$465 Find Cheap Flights from Chennai to California

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Cheap Flights from Chennai to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles3 stops$861
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$808
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$921
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,120
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$1,435
Los Angeles
Los Angeles3 stops$861
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$808
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$921
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,120
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$1,435

Book Cheap Chennai to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Chennai to California 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Chennai to California

Thu, Jan 29 - Fri, Feb 27
Air India Logo
6:00 am - 12:25 pm
MAA
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SFO
19h 55m1 stop
Air India Logo
10:50 pm - 7:15 am
SFO
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MAA
42h 55m2 stops
$808Air India
Wed, Dec 31 - Mon, Feb 9
Air India Logo
7:25 pm - 2:30 pm
MAA
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SFO
32h 35m2 stops
Air India Logo
2:25 pm - 4:55 am
SFO
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MAA
25h 00m2 stops
$810Air India
Thu, Feb 5 - Wed, Feb 18
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:10 pm - 11:22 pm
MAA
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LAX
39h 42m3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:14 pm - 3:40 pm
LAX
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MAA
30h 56m2 stops
$861Multiple Airlines
Thu, Feb 5 - Mon, Feb 9
British Airways Logo
7:35 am - 12:53 pm
MAA
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LAX
42h 48m2 stops
British Airways Logo
6:25 am - 5:35 am
LAX
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MAA
33h 40m2 stops
$920British Airways
Wed, Feb 18 - Sun, Feb 22
British Airways Logo
7:35 am - 3:53 pm
MAA
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SNA
45h 48m2 stops
British Airways Logo
8:45 am - 5:35 am
SNA
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MAA
31h 20m2 stops
$920British Airways
Thu, Jan 29 - Thu, Feb 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:00 pm - 6:50 pm
MAA
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SAN
38h 20m3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:11 am - 8:55 am
SAN
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MAA
34h 14m3 stops
$944Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jan 23 - Sat, Feb 7
Qatar Airways Logo
3:25 am - 5:08 pm
MAA
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SJC
27h 13m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
9:05 am - 2:20 am
SJC
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MAA
27h 45m2 stops
$1,120Qatar Airways
Mon, Mar 30 - Tue, Apr 21
Qatar Airways Logo
4:20 am - 11:48 am
MAA
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SNA
43h 58m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
8:55 pm - 2:50 am
SNA
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MAA
41h 25m2 stops
$1,337Qatar Airways
Wed, Jan 28 - Thu, Feb 5
Emirates Logo
3:50 am - 10:24 pm
MAA
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SNA
32h 04m2 stops
Emirates Logo
10:51 am - 8:10 pm
SNA
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MAA
43h 49m2 stops
$2,355Emirates
Tue, Mar 17 - Wed, Sep 16
Emirates Logo
3:50 am - 5:45 pm
MAA
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BUR
26h 25m2 stops
Emirates Logo
11:11 am - 2:30 am
BUR
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MAA
26h 49m2 stops
$2,459Emirates
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chennai to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Chennai to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Chennai to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from Chennai found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $1,777 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chennai (MAA) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,777.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chennai to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chennai to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Chennai to California is September, when tickets cost $1,074 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,428 and $1,356 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Chennai to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Chennai to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Chennai to California, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from California back to Chennai, the best deals are generally found on Sunday, with Monday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Chennai to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Chennai to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Chennai to California, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 12% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$465
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 20% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Chennai to California?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Chennai to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Chennai to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Chennai to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Chennai to California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Chennai to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Chennai to California?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Chennai to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $1,147 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,406.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chennai to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Chennai to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3440 reviews
7.9Food
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
8.1Boarding
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Sadly I couldn't get the food I requested as it was out. Also, if you don't want to be woken up make sure the crew knows it. My wife was woken on every service.

10.0 ExcellentJason, Sep 2025
DXB - IAD
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Sadly I couldn't get the food I requested as it was out. Also, if you don't want to be woken up make sure the crew knows it. My wife was woken on every service.

Three meals on a single flight is disgusting. Even if I reject them all, sleeping is impossible and all that food (especially wasted food) is just antithetical to a pleasant flight experience. People were chucking multiple abandoned trays on the floor in front of my seat.

Similar to Hyd->Dubai this too was worst airlines. Bad seats, bad seating arrangement which created lot of confusion since family member were not given seat together. However most of them changed the seat and got with the family. Cheap tactics by Emirates.

The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

Overall I was quite pleased with the experience; the cleanliness; the polite and attentiveness of the cabin crew; and the delicious food options.

I would never have been able to make the transfer in time without asking for a wheelchair

Good food, real silverware, polite staff, smooth landing, charging plugs, good entertainment options.

Loved that I had an exit row seat, and there was no one else in the row! And again, I don' use on-line entertainment at all (I read or sleep) but I very much appreciate that I didn't hear anyone else's entertainment!

Flight was on time. Seats (economy) were very comfortable and food was excellent. The bad thing was that after landing it took an hour to reach arrivals. We had to wait 15mins to get off the plane and then had to board a bus which moved very slowly and took almost 30 minutes.

The entire crew was amazing. They went out of their way to make us enjoy a great travel experience.

I have difficulties to book wheelchair for my parents returned flight

Airline should consider adding a small meal at the last leg of the flight, right now there is 7 hours of no meal break.

The staff on the plane were attentive and friendly. The frustration with the cabin crew was that we were served second to special diet people. And, we were in economy section. The boarding staff was mediocre. Got scolded for requesting to sit with spouse on 14 hours long flight home. Was told they cannot break up families for us. Didn’t understand how we were denied sitting together as we are husband and wife. After many words of exchange, we were accommodated. Cleaning crew did a horrible job! Bathrooms were unsanitary or dirty from beginning of flight! Didn’t expect sparkling as its economy, but did except decent.

Crew and service excellent. 2 hour delay for takeoff. SQ app showed flight on time.

The food wasn’t good at all. I skipped meals .

Construction at PDX resulting in very lung walk from the rental car to the gate. SFO, extremely long walk between terminals to get to connecting Singapore airlines flight. My smart watch recorded a total of 3 miles.

Loved the airline with the exception of their carry on limitations. They enforce a strict 7 kilo limit for carry on baggage which is ridiculous. We traveled from SFO to SIN with carry on with no difficulty yet when we checked in Delhi they forced us to check the carry on bags. The weight of our carry on bags were 11 and 12 kilos and while they exceeded the limitations set by Singapore Airlines they were well under weight limitations set by may other carriers. Interestingly my wife and I were each allowed two 22 KG bags to check in addition to the 7 kg carry on for a total weight of 102 KG's. Our total weight with the one bag we planned to check and our two carry ons was 46 kgs.

So happy I flew with Singapore Airlines. The customer service is top notch. I am terrified of flying and the staff made me feel so at ease. Will only fly Singapore internationally moving forward.

It was an average flight. I would have expected more from this airline. Food, seats, service, etc was just average. I just give them some extra points for offering free WiFi on board with just a Krisflyer account.

I very much liked and appreciated the service on board. The seating arrangement in Business feels uncomfortable. It's not made for tall people, in any case.

I wish there were more bathrooms available on these larger carriers.

My flight was suppose to be at 7:45pm to fly but it didnt fly out until 8:55 to dallas so then all of my other flights was late and delay ihad to wait at the airport for extra 14 hours to be able to get on a different plane

Super delayed. Unnecessary. Need more competent people doing logistics to keep things moving on time. Totally unacceptable.

Overall, not good. Super late boarding in Hong Kong because some last minute issue with a plane. The boarding process is chaotic. Kathy Pacific should seek to do better with punctual departure time. Caused a lot of trouble with missed connecting flight.

Not much of anything could have been done better unless I had a first class ticket. I was literally 15 hours with an airline in the economy class. Very professional friendly and attentive crew. Good airline food, clean cabin, seating area and bathrooms. I've been 4 times back-and-forth with Cathay Pacific, and I would not choose another airline for this trip. Five out of five stars.

Issues: 1) the charging issue as described in my previous survey 2) when I requested diet coke during the breakfast time, it is not available. Why? I can't drink diet coke in the morning? 3) when I tried to transfer to this flight, its gate information was not available to me?

The lead business class attendant was excellent. Made a point of greeting you and knowing your name by the time you leave.

If my return flight was not so much better, I would have given an excellent review.

A lot of things Never flying with this airline again Had an emergency landing

Chicken pieces were too big with pasta. Need to be smaller.

Paid $10 for wifi for full flight duration and the wifi wasn’t available after initial 2 hours

My baggage is lost. Flight cancelled, Rebooked ticket through long routes. Mental stress, emotional hurt

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I would love the entertainment center to be updated with more content. The flight to Doha had more options than the one to Miami

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Not sure how we end up with American Airlines instead of Qatar Airways. From Philadelphia to Qatar they boarded us then they asked us to unload. After 30 minutes later they board us again. The inside the plane it was burning hot and we were sweating like crazy. Crew members are absolute rude. The way they served the passengers were horrible. One of the crew members hit my knee with food cart and kept going. I was holding an ice pack for almost 2 hours. I am still with the pain.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

Boarding was through bus even though aerobridges were empty. Major mess

Food is good, staff is good... Wi-fi quality is poor, disembarkment after landing is atrocious.

Flight crew was lovely. Bathrooms should have been cleaner. The handsets in business class for watching the entertainment are horrible. Very difficult to figure out which buttons are for what. I managed to get the flight maps on my screen but it wasn't easy. Never got anything else up.

Uneventful trip. Good flight crew. Food could have been better and a bit more of it. Cabin cleanliness was ok.

Extremely bad experience compared to Vistara. No priority in check in, no priority for boarding. No upgrade. Seat selection is paid. Curtains were dirty. Demo bag was dirty. Warmth of the crew was missing.

Inflight Services are poor compared to other airlines. They do not offer even water during 15 hr flight. Food is little in portion and I had food poisoning after last meal ( rajma chawal)

Boarding at Mumbai airport was terrible, the staff had no idea how to handle it. It was chaos - and led to a delay

My seats that I paid for were changed last minute and I had to sit in uncomfortable chairs

It was far better than what others had led me to expect. I would fly with them again. Don't expect all features of the entertainment system to work.

This was a bery good experience as it was a newer plane . AI older plane bussiness class is bad .

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