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Find cheap flights from Christchurch to California from $401

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Christchurch to California departing on 10/29. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$745
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$877
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$996

Good to know

Low season

October

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$401
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 11% increase in price.
Flight from Christchurch to Los Angeles

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Christchurch 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 to California with an airline and back to Christchurch with another airline.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Morning departure is around 94% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 3 airlines serving from Christchurch to California

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Christchurch to California? 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.
8.2
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 640 reviews
8.4Boarding
8.1Comfort
7.7Food
8.8Crew
7.9Entertainment
Airline reviews

Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

8.0 ExcellentMichelle, Apr 2024NPL - AKL
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Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

All was good, the only thing was it didn't run on time.

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

Crew were pleasant, happy to be there and were a joy to be around. Entire operation was professional, well thought out and ran like a Swiss clock.

Couldn’t request a vegan meal somehow but I noticed other people getting them

United flight from SFO to PDX was cancelled. I will ask for a refund. Had to book on Alaska

Good food and entertainment options. Great Staff that were all welcoming and caregiving.

The recline on the seat in front of me came back so that I was staring at the top of the man’s head in front of me the whole trip. He refused to bring his seat back up twice every time he was instructed to do so and only relented when he had a tray of good in front of him. And then right back in my lap!!! Horrible man!! I complained to the staff multiple times, but no one would address the issue. Otherwise, it would have been a perfect flight.

Flight was canceled due to technical issue shortly before the check-in counters opened. Passengers were rebooked on a flight three days later. Request to be accommodated on Air Tahiti Nui could not be processed. Customer service sorted out the refund after calling and being put on hold for almost an hour.

Carring crew, nice ambiance of the cabin, comfortable beds, good food well served. We liked everything.

My overall experience with Singapore Airlines is great. Will definitely fly Singapore airline again.

It was a great flight Food was great Crew was spectacular

When boarding, after business class should be premium economy, but economy class already lined-up at the gate blocking premium economy to board. Singapore airline crew should done a better job to organize this chaos :( Thank you.

It seems paying premium economy does not make difference with economy. No priority boarding, not worthy paying extra$$$ for premium economy.

Every thing was fine. Some ild classical Hindi movies should be add

Flying with Singapore airlines is always excelllent - the crew are lovely and the food too is great. It’s my number 1 airline

They were able to assist my elderly father and myself after not being able to check in to scoot. The counter service was phenomenal. They did what they could to get us on the next plane so we could catch our Connecting flight. Scoot closed early on us so we ended up missing our flight.

They close their counter so early. I had internet issues so I couldn’t check In online . I would have made the flight but their counter was closed 5 minutes before we arrived. No way of contacting them even though I had the confirmation number and tried to check in the night before on someone else’s phone. I tried calling their customer service with no pick up. Horrible experience, I’m very unhappy with them. I hope to never fly with them ever again. It costed me almost $900.

They are great with every aspect of customer service. Helped my elderly father and aided him with using the restroom.

Transfer within the same terminal and lots of facilities at the airport.

BA Airbus A380 BC upstairs had 2 3 2 layout. The seat was comfy but access for those in middle or window seats had to climb over others fest to get to ailse when seats in bed mode. The layout was not nearly as private as other layouts. The staff was amazing as well as the food. Most airline food is average but this was restaurant quality.

Flight delay was informed at the last minute. Food quality is not up to Qantas standard I was unable to book an online boarding pass on any of my 6 flights.

1) crackly headphone jack 2) one of the emergency seats recline. Usually second row does. But in this case neither did 3) food was scrambled eggs or fruit. 4) fruit should not be the option to eggs 5)miserable unpleasant crew not a smile. Thought that was a virgin thing

I was pleasantly surprised with my flight to LA with Qantas. Although seats were not the roomies, service was excellent.

Wonderful crew, good food. Absolutely loved the wine spritz and wish I could buy it!

Don’t like last minute airline change. Not able to choose seat earlier.

Enjoyed the new possibilities of in flight entertainment. Been awhile since I've flown, and that was a nice surprise. Being able to pick from such a variety was personalized and welcomed.

It's only a short trip from Sydney to Melbourne, which i have done many times. The trip met my expectations

I really appreciated the fact that when I checked my bags at the Quantas counter after arriving from an international flight an hour early, the agent noticed I had a very long layover. He then found an earlier flight that allowed me to get to Cairns several hours earlier than I planned. That was amazing because I had already traveled over 20 hours and wasn’t looking forward to such a long layover. It allowed me to see my daughter and grandchildren much earlier (it had been two years since I visited last).

My bag didn’t make it but otherwise it was a great experience.

Book cheap flights from Christchurch to California

Recent round-trip flight deals

6/10Mon
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 40mCHC-LAX
6/30Sun
1 stopFiji Airways
17h 20mLAX-CHC
$745
6/12Wed
1 stopQantas Airways
31h 05mCHC-LAX
6/30Sun
1 stopQantas Airways
20h 40mLAX-CHC
$873
6/4Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
21h 05mCHC-SFO
6/11Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
20h 15mSFO-CHC
$877
6/4Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
39h 03mCHC-LAX
6/11Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
35h 53mLAX-CHC
$883
6/4Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
45h 37mCHC-SFO
6/11Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
46h 55mSFO-CHC
$883
10/7Mon
2 stopsAir New Zealand
17h 50mCHC-SFO
10/29Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
18h 50mSFO-CHC
$887
10/7Mon
2 stopsAir New Zealand
18h 45mCHC-SFO
10/29Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
18h 50mSFO-CHC
$890
9/4Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
21h 10mCHC-SFO
9/7Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
16h 15mSFO-CHC
$914
6/10Mon
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
33h 50mCHC-LAX
6/29Sat
3 stopsSingapore Airlines
39h 00mLAX-CHC
$2,494
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33h 50mCHC-LAX
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3 stopsSingapore Airlines
39h 00mLAX-CHC
$2,596

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10/29Tue
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25h 03mCHC-LAX
$401
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1 stopQantas Airways
22h 50mCHC-LAX
$438
7/1Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
27h 15mCHC-LAX
$545
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27h 15mCHC-LAX
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$572
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27h 15mCHC-LAX
$575
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22h 05mCHC-LAX
$580
6/30Sun
2 stopsAir New Zealand
19h 15mCHC-LAX
$597
9/16Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
56h 40mCHC-LAX
$1,144
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42h 15mCHC-LAX
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Christchurch - California Flights

Departure:

Christchurch (CHC)New Zealand

Return flight deals:

California - Christchurch

Cabin classes:

$2,437
$1,111