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$59 Find Cheap Flights from California to Santa Barbara

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Cheapest round-trip
$97
Overall average: $257
Alaska Airlines
Sat 4/25Sat 5/2
SAN - SBA • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$59
Typical prices: $213-$333
Southwest
Wed 4/29
SAN - SBA • 1 stop
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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

Sat, Apr 25 - Sat, May 2
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:06 pm - 2:16 pm
SAN
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SBA
1h 10mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:53 pm - 3:57 pm
SBA
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SAN
1h 04mnonstop
$97Alaska Airlines
Sat, Apr 25 - Sat, May 2
Southwest Logo
2:00 pm - 7:05 pm
SAN
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SBA
5h 05m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:35 am - 2:10 pm
SBA
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SAN
7h 35m
1 stop
$122Southwest
Fri, Apr 24 - Sun, Apr 26
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:06 pm - 2:16 pm
SAN
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SBA
1h 10mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:04 am
SBA
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SAN
1h 04mnonstop
$127Alaska Airlines
Wed, Apr 29 - Sat, May 2
Southwest Logo
6:25 am - 1:35 pm
SAN
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SBA
7h 10m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
6:35 am - 2:10 pm
SBA
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SAN
7h 35m
1 stop
$128Southwest
Sat, Feb 28 - Mon, Mar 2
United Airlines Logo
11:05 am - 5:07 pm
SAN
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SBA
6h 02m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 8:49 pm
SBA
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SAN
6h 29m
1 stop
$157United Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Thu, Mar 5
United Airlines Logo
4:00 pm - 10:42 pm
SAN
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SBA
6h 42m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 10:22 am
SBA
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SAN
4h 02m
1 stop
$162United Airlines
Fri, Feb 27 - Mon, Mar 2
United Airlines Logo
6:10 pm - 11:52 pm
SAN
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SBA
5h 42m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 8:49 pm
SBA
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SAN
6h 29m
1 stop
$167United Airlines
Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 11
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 12:00 pm
RNO
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SBA
6h 00m
1 stop
Delta Logo
4:50 pm - 11:35 pm
SBA
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RNO
6h 45m
1 stop
$233Delta
Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 11
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 4:09 pm
RNO
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SBA
9h 09m
2 stops
Delta Logo
5:45 am - 12:18 pm
SBA
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RNO
6h 33m
1 stop
$238Delta
Thu, Mar 19 - Sat, Mar 21
American Airlines Logo
6:10 am - 9:42 am
LAS
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SBA
3h 32m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:12 am - 9:17 am
SBA
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LAS
4h 05m
1 stop
$309American Airlines
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Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$59
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
Flight from San Diego to Santa Barbara

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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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11825 reviews
7.1Food
7.0Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.8Comfort
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Due to plane delays on both legs of my flight home, I had to be rerouted from Santa Rosa to Las Vegas on Skywest and then to DCA on American. SkyWest airlines sat on runway in Las Vegas for 20 minutes waiting for gate to clear. My boarding pass for American that I was given by Alaska was incomplete and the Las Vegas airport lacked signage and departure boards. I barely made my flight bc it was so confusing. American Airlines has a much better wireless connection. I’ll never fly Alaska again. It clearly has problems.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2026
STS - SAN
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Due to plane delays on both legs of my flight home, I had to be rerouted from Santa Rosa to Las Vegas on Skywest and then to DCA on American. SkyWest airlines sat on runway in Las Vegas for 20 minutes waiting for gate to clear. My boarding pass for American that I was given by Alaska was incomplete and the Las Vegas airport lacked signage and departure boards. I barely made my flight bc it was so confusing. American Airlines has a much better wireless connection. I’ll never fly Alaska again. It clearly has problems.

I paid for wifi and it never worked... it was miserable. I couldn't access my shared files to work on the plane, it didn't work on my phone. I paid for nothing but frustration and continual refreshing, hoping it would work

Again, very smooth and all of the Alaska folks were great. They continue to meet all my needs.

Overall it was fine, however one of my two checked bags did not arrive and I was told it was left in Palm Springs. I don't understand how one of the two bags made it through fine but the other got lost .

The whole experience went smoothly with no hitches along the way.

The flight was excellent and very friendly and helpful staff. Will travel again and recommend to friends. Thank you

Did not have In flight service on my round trip due to turbulence. I did not partake in In flight entertainment. Flight descending into LAX was very turbulent. It would have been nice if the pilot communicated with us during that rough descent into LAX to ease the minds of some of us more nervous flyers.

They canceled my flight with only a couple hours before checking in at the airport and offered no alternatives to get home.

Was notified the departure would be late. Later on it was suddenly on time. Traffic by LAX was horrendous, and I missed the flight.

I wasn’t able to check in prior to arriving at the airport, I was told by the agent I may not get a seat on the plane as others were waiting for seats, I sat there for 2 hours before being assigned a seat, very stressful. The plane was delayed. Overall not a great travel experience for a 44 minute flight.

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

The flight crew was extremely rude and especially not helpful when our flight was delayed.

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

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

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Yet another flight in which beverage and snack service was skipped. Other that that, firmly mediocre. Landed early, to gate late due to congestion at the gates. Airline's fault or airports fault: unknown.

Teeny tiny bathrooms, crew was not realistic about when we'd arrive.

Unbelievably poor service from flight attendants. They didn’t even do water service on a four hour flight. Just disrespectful.

Flight was late - I was downgraded from first class to coach

United needs to step up their game. Delayed flight leaving Seattle, San Francisco. Older aircraft, not very comfortable.

Plane boarded early a quickly, was mostly full. We left close to on time. And landed early.

7 hours delayed due to operational issues on United’s end. Basically laziness.

Flight was timely, relatively comfortable, with decent entertainment and food served. Only problem encountered was with the free messaging which I highly appreciate, but it did not work from iphone to non-iphones.

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