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$49 Find Cheap Flights from California to Santa Barbara

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Cheap Flights from California to Santa Barbara

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from California to Santa Barbara that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from California to Santa Barbara

Thu, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 3
Southwest Logo
1:10 pm - 2:20 pmOAK-SBA
1h 10mnonstop
Southwest Logo
11:05 am - 12:20 pmSBA-OAK
1h 15mnonstop
$97Southwest
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Wed, Oct 15 - Thu, Oct 16
Southwest Logo
7:10 am - 2:40 pmOAK-SBA
7h 30m2 stops
Southwest Logo
4:55 pm - 10:55 pmSBA-OAK
6h 00m1 stop
$122Southwest
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Tue, Nov 11 - Fri, Nov 14
United Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 9:49 amSFO-SBA
1h 19mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
2:09 pm - 3:16 pmSBA-SFO
1h 07mnonstop
$134United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 15 - Wed, Oct 22
United Airlines Logo
6:25 pm - 7:38 pmSFO-SBA
1h 13mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 8:10 pmSBA-SFO
3h 10m1 stop
$137United Airlines
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Sat, Oct 25 - Tue, Oct 28
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 11:58 amRNO-SBA
5h 58m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:01 pm - 9:16 pmSBA-RNO
4h 15m1 stop
$251Delta
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Sat, Oct 11 - Mon, Oct 13
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 11:58 amRNO-SBA
5h 58m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:01 pm - 11:18 pmSBA-RNO
6h 17m1 stop
$265Delta
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Wed, Oct 15 - Sat, Oct 18
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:05 am - 6:41 pmSTS-SBA
11h 36m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:40 pm - 1:36 pmSBA-STS
17h 56m1 stop
$282Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Oct 14 - Tue, Oct 21
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:58 pm - 6:41 pmSMF-SBA
22h 43m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:40 pm - 9:54 pmSBA-SMF
26h 14m1 stop
$302Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Nov 12 - Sun, Nov 16
American Airlines Logo
12:32 pm - 6:09 pmLAS-SBA
5h 37m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:10 am - 11:40 amSBA-LAS
5h 30m1 stop
$319American Airlines
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Thu, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 23
American Airlines Logo
12:51 pm - 6:30 pmLAS-SBA
5h 39m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:45 pm - 10:05 pmSBA-LAS
5h 20m1 stop
$339American Airlines
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Everything you should know

Cheapest round-trip
$97
Overall average: $350
Southwest
Thu 10/30Mon 11/3
OAK - SBA • Non-stop
Cheapest non-stop
$97
Typical prices: $310-543
Southwest
Sat 11/15Mon 11/17
OAK - SBA • Non-stop
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$49
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from California to Santa Barbara

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from California to Santa Barbara? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.1Entertainment
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.1Food
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Such great crew, from checkin to the plane. So friendly and helpful, I was genuinely impressed.

10.0 ExcellentJuli, Aug 2025SAN - SBP
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Such great crew, from checkin to the plane. So friendly and helpful, I was genuinely impressed.

Staff at Gate desk were helpful. My connecting flight from the first part of my trip Kona to Seattle was late. I had to run through SeaTac Seattle to catch my flight to San Jose. They made an exception to let me board. On my return trip San Jose to San Diego and San Diego to Honolulu the same thing happened. One flight arrived late and I had to run through the terminal to catch my connection. There are no Gluten-free & Vegan options meals and snacks to purchase.

I liked the crew. There was no food flight to short

2 FLIGHT DELAYS? what an inconvenience to stay @the airport HALF THE DAY😳from 1pm till boarding @ 4pm pass 😠exhausting !

boarding was late worst was going back LAX to SFO delayed not once ? but TWICE😡I was at the airport practically almost 5 hours of previous time , very inconvenient! i would have spend longer time with family , I was wanting to avoid TSA line? but it just got me to spend unwanted time @ d airport

Flight was delayed - we left at 11:30 pm instead of 10:30 and it was extremely inconvenient. It affected both the day of the flight and the next day

Plane boarded and left on time or very close to the stated departure. Arrived on time. Staff was subdued. Could not hear the flight attendant too well. No announcement from the pilot which is always nice. Biggest complaint absolutely no little snacks! But the important thing is we left and arrived on time and we survived.

Departing flight to San Diego was delayed. Return flight from SD to SBP was delayed. Not terrible but not ideal

Delayed flight both ways. Then, on the return flight, we were stuck on the tarmac for at least 30+ minutes. Idk what happened, but this was a bad experience.

Coffee or tea service would be nice for an evening flight, water or juice not good enough.

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

1. when we went to check in, our 2 first class seats had been CANCELED and the flight was sold out. This was done without our prior knowledge. It was all we could do to restore one first class seat for my wife and I flew economy. 2, Our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm. Due to tsunami warnings, the roads were closed and our flight status was uncertain as to whether it would leave as scheduled. It was announced that it would now leave at 11:20 pm and the roads were now open since the tsunami had come and gone. We made a mad dash to the airport and checked in. Delays were announced at 12:30 pm, 1:30 am, 2:30 am and at 3:30 am it was canceled. Since this was a flight due to natural (tsunami) causes, there was no compensation. We were told to return at 1:00 pm the next day and our baggage would be kept on the plane since the same plane was going to leave at 1:00 pm. We had to return to our hotel for the rest of the night. The same plane did not leave at 1:00 pm and our baggage was gone! All in all, it was a miserable performance by UA. Information was hard to obtain and no one knew what was going on and what was going to happen. Hundreds of passengers slept on the floor, chairs, etc. No food and no water was made available to the passengers. It was a situation where UA could care less what was going on. As a one million mile flyer, I had not experienced anything like this before and it was hugely disappointing!

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

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