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Find First Class Flights from San Francisco to Honolulu

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Francisco to Honolulu.
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Cheap First Class Flight Deals from San Francisco to Honolulu

 
These are the cheapest deals for flights from San Francisco to Honolulu currently on KAYAK along with options from the most popular airlines KAYAK users selected for this route. 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 first class round-trip flight deals to Honolulu

Thu, Oct 8 - Thu, Oct 15
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7:48 pm - 10:18 pm
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5h 30mnonstop
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11:59 pm - 8:09 am
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$1,288Alaska Airlines
Fri, Oct 2 - Tue, Oct 20
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7:50 pm - 10:24 pm
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11:59 pm - 8:09 am
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$1,289Alaska Airlines
Wed, Jul 8 - Wed, Jul 15
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7:00 pm - 9:43 pm
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11:01 pm - 7:05 am
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$1,309United Airlines
Wed, Jul 8 - Mon, Jul 13
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7:42 pm - 10:11 pm
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11:26 pm - 7:31 am
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$1,318Alaska Airlines
Sun, Jul 5 - Thu, Jul 9
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7:42 pm - 10:11 pm
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11:26 pm - 7:31 am
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$1,319Alaska Airlines
Wed, Jul 8 - Wed, Jul 15
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7:00 pm - 9:43 pm
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11:01 pm - 7:05 am
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$1,329United Airlines
Wed, Jul 8 - Wed, Jul 15
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7:00 pm - 9:43 pm
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7:00 am - 8:10 pm
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$1,338United Airlines
Tue, Jun 23 - Tue, Jun 30
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7:42 pm - 10:11 pm
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11:26 pm - 7:31 am
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$1,349Alaska Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Wed, Sep 9
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10:45 am - 7:11 pm
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9:45 pm - 9:37 am
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$1,368Delta
Thu, Jul 23 - Wed, Jul 29
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7:05 am - 9:40 am
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3:50 pm - 11:59 pm
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$1,372United Airlines

Good to Know - First Class Flights from San Francisco to Honolulu

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$630
Average price round-trip$1,602
Good deal round-trip$1,362
Good deal one-way$790
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Honolulu
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When to book first class flights to Honolulu

Are your dates flexible? We break down the daily and monthly prices for first class flights to Honolulu, so you can find the best time to fly.
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KAYAK’s Insights & Trends for San Francisco to Honolulu First Class Flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly First Class from San Francisco to Honolulu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Honolulu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for First Class flights from San Francisco to Honolulu is October, where tickets cost $1,437 (round-trip) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,990 and $1,846 respectively.

How far in advance should I book my First Class ticket from San Francisco to Honolulu?

To get a below average price, you should book around 1 week before departure, which saves you about 2% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.

Which airlines offer First Class tickets between San Francisco and Honolulu?

There are 6 airlines that fly First Class from San Francisco to Honolulu. They are: Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with Delta at $411 for a round-trip flight. On average, the best prices for flying First Class on this route can be found at Delta.

FAQs for First Class San Francisco to Honolulu Flights

  • How much is a first class ticket from San Francisco to Honolulu?

    The price of a first class flight ticket between San Francisco and Honolulu depends on many factors, like when the ticket was booked, the departure date, season and much more. The average price for all bookings made on KAYAK for this route over the last 2 weeks is $1,602 for a round-trip.

  • Is it cheaper to fly business or first class between San Francisco and Honolulu?

    Business Class tickets are usually cheaper, but that's not the case for this route, with an average return fare of $1,858, compared to $1,602 for First Class.

  • What is the best airline when flying first class between San Francisco and Honolulu?

    The highest-rated airline by KAYAK users offering first class flights for this route is Alaska Airlines, with an overall rating of 7.9.

KAYAK's Tips for Finding Cheap First Class Flights from San Francisco to Honolulu

  • Try flying direct if you’re looking to save, as direct first class tickets are cheaper on average.
  • What’s a good price for a first class ticket between San Francisco and Honolulu? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $894 or less one-way and $1,374 or less round-trip.

Reviews of the Top 4 Airlines Flying First Class from San Francisco to Honolulu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Honolulu. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from San Francisco to Honolulu. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly first class to Honolulu? 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.
7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12429 reviews
8.5Crew
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
7.0Entertainment
Airline reviews

The flight attendant and first class were very friendly, efficient, and wanted to make sure that service was great. Highly recommend this airline.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, May 2026
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The flight attendant and first class were very friendly, efficient, and wanted to make sure that service was great. Highly recommend this airline.

It is a hassle to not have entertainment screens on the backs of the seats.

The crew seem untrained and uncertain no one ever checked up on us in our first class cabin. I had to ask for water four times and the lady kept saying she was busy when they weren't really doing anything. Had to walk to the back of the plane to get water for myself. Crew seem new and unexperience. You can tell this by the fumbling they kept making trying to fight. (I miss Hawaiian air.)

You can standby to get on earlier flight if the seat is open.

Crew were bad Didn’t help with luggage When asked for a glass of wine, I was told that they will serve later , which they didn’t to Me and didn’t serve anyone else in First class . Didn’t offer any snacks , Chips or Nuts to anyone . Flight was not crowded either. Worst Service/ or No Service !

Boarding was easy and quick. Staff was very friendly. Service of snacks and drinks by staff was outstanding.

Kayak wouldn’t refund me for a flight I was trying to cancel through Kayak. Alaska airlines said I had to cancel through Kayak. I called the customer service line and they couldn’t refund the flight that I booked through Kayak either. You stole my money. You will be hearing from my lawyer.

Good overall. Except for 1 crew member, they were all great.

See previous. It was the flight from Honolulu to Kapalua that was cancelled.

Good. Flight was good. Crew was good. Wish they offered coffee refills. Wish I didn’t have to pay for headphones. Otherwise good for a commercial flight.

Crew was nice, meal was good. Entertainment had to be rebooted 3 times and still did not work. Turns out there was residue on screen, it needed to be cleaned to prevent the touchscreen buttons from continuously activating. I had entertainment for the last 45 minutes of a 5 hour 45 minute flight. Really unacceptable for first class. Flight attendent indicated your cleaning solution creates this problem. Seems as if this is widely known, you should be using a different product or cleaning better. Really really disappointing which simply added to the wi fi on your planes with reliably never ever works.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Long flight but comfortable and not freezing as I have experienced on Hawaiian flights to the islands. They gave us blankets just in case. Nice touch.

I took seat 15A in anticipation of window seat, there is no window.

The first class flight attendant was awful to everyone. Very rude; no customer service. She should not be working in first class.

Smaller plane for a longer flight than my first one. Doesn’t make sense.

Fabulous if you have a portable wheelchair. They can store it in the galley and you can just walk out with it. Really nice and the flat seats are just incredible, very nice. iPads for movies, also pretty nice,

No charging outlets worked. Other than collecting trash attendants didn’t come around. No one could hear flight attendants announcements during the flight. Seat pads were horrible. Sitting on a board for 5 hours. What happened to Hawaiian airlines comfort, hospitality, and extras? Our pilots did an excellent job trying to minimize turbulence and incredible job in landing in windy conditions.

The crew at Hawaiian Airlines was fantastic. Kind and hard working. The pilots were great with giving us all the updates to make sure we were informed.

Very good. Nice plane and we sat in economy plus - bigger seats, more room. They served a meal and snacks, and the meal was an apple stuffed pancake that was very good! The snack for us was a hummus sandwich - also very good. The flight attendants were helpful and nice. They have plenty of movies and shows to watch. My only negative -- they changed our flights around and did not adjust the layovers, so we ended up with a very long and unnecessary layover in Honolulu.

Flight scheduled to take off at 5.55pm but it did not take off until 7pm due to some food delivery delay.

Wasn’t on the flight due to Alaska cancellation…also after all the rerouting, I was going to be on a later flight that left SFO at 7:47pm, which meant an almost 6 hour layover. That same Hawaiian flight was delayed for another 2hours.

Everything was great and smooth. Given the short flight there was no entertainment but the rating does not give this option. My first flight with Hawaiian was a success all around.

comfortable but the food is horrible. I have flown Hawaiian several times now and no matter what they say the food is its the same squashed bread with melted goop inside. Tastes fake and isnt what they represent, its quite nasty. What happend to real food? And there is NO entertainment!! so not sure why they are asking for a review on that.

I was very, very cold and a stranger loaned me her sweater next to me. I didn’t wanna buy a blanket just for a four hour trip when I did not need the pillow or the earphones. I don’t mind purchasing a blanket, but I only needed that not all of it accessories. Cold air pretty much blew the entire trip. Two people in front of me both bought the blanket packages. Maybe that’s the idea. The crew was exceptionally nice and passed through multiple times.. the restrooms were very clean and usually accessible.

Very accommodating on flight changes when something came up. Definitely felt a notch above other airlines.

My service dog and I were asked to deplane just before they closed the door - clearly very last minute they couldn’t find the documentation that I have filled out many many times before that is for flying service animals. I purposely purchase 3seats (a whole row) since he is large and not all passengers want to sit next to a dog on a cross country flight. The plane departed with my husband on it!!! They made me fill out a hard copy of the same form and had to reschedule me on a later flight where they could find 3 seats together!! I’ve done this so many times before - clearly the error was on their part in a technology glitch - but really people - do better!! Very traumatic - and my husband had to wait for us when he landed ….so bad. Poor pup was confused and tired.

No screens or meal options. Freezing cold. Dirty seats. Left late.

Overall a good experience, but no wifi available for free or for purchase and we got wet from condensation or other water source during descent.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

It was a more comfortable seat don't get stuck in middle, makes for uncomfortable situation

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

It was perfect! I've never flown with United before, but I definitely will in the future

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

Seats are uncomfortable. This has been a trend in the industry for decades. Trying to fit more seats on each plane to increase profits at the expense of the passenger.

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