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Find cheap flights from French Polynesia to San Francisco from $235

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Flights to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to San Francisco?

The average price of all flights to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to San Francisco is Monday where tickets can be as cheap as $455. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where prices are $585 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to San Francisco, 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 to San Francisco is January, where tickets cost $398 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and June, where the average cost of tickets from French Polynesia is $642 and $545 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $330.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco?

The average price for all flights to San Francisco depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco is generally in the morning, when flights cost $432 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Francisco is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $550.

What is a good deal for flights to San Francisco?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to San Francisco, 25% of our users found tickets to San Francisco for the following prices or less: From Papeete $352 one-way - $413 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to San Francisco?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 79 days before departure.

Which airline offers the most flights to San Francisco?

Of the 10 airlines that fly to San Francisco, United Airlines offers the most flights, with around 2,040 per week, followed by Alaska Airlines with 663 flights per week.

How long is the flight to San Francisco?

The duration of your flight to San Francisco depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular route to San Francisco on KAYAK is from Papeete, which takes 8h 05m.

How many direct flights to San Francisco are there each day?

There are around 549 direct flights from within French Polynesia to San Francisco every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 46% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to San Francisco are there each week?

Each week there are around 3,837 direct flights from within French Polynesia to San Francisco. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

How many long-haul flights are there to San Francisco each week?

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to San Francisco. Instead, there are 8 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Papeete.

How many cities have direct flights to San Francisco?

From French Polynesia, there are direct flights to San Francisco from 1 city. This city is Papeete and there are 8 direct flights each week.

Good to know

Low season

August

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$235
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 26% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Papeete to San Francisco

FAQs - booking San Francisco flights

  • How far is San Francisco from central San Francisco?

    Central San Francisco is 12 miles away from San Francisco.

  • What is the name of San Francisco’s airport?

    When flying to San Francisco, you'll arrive at San Francisco (SFO). The airport is also known as San Francisco or San Francisco Intl.

  • How much is a flight to San Francisco?

    On average, a flight to San Francisco costs $586. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $238 and departed from Papeete Faaa Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to San Francisco?

    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 to San Francisco.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to San Francisco?

    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 San Francisco 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 to San Francisco?

    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 to San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Nonstop departures

French Polynesia to San Francisco

Monday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +80 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Wednesday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +80 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Friday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +80 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Sunday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +82 more

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Nonstop returns

San Francisco to French Polynesia

Monday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +80 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Wednesday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +80 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Friday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +80 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Sunday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +82 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from French Polynesia to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to San Francisco. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from French Polynesia to San Francisco. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to San Francisco? 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
DeltaOverall score based on 10838 reviews
8.0Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.4Food
Airline reviews

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

6.0 GoodEliza, Apr 2024SAN - LAX
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There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

Had a broken tray in business class. Crew just shrugged it off.

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Great experience overall. Check in at Austin was congested as they only have about 6 check in kiosks, one was broken, and there was a lot of Spring Break travelers.

I was sitting at comfort +. One of the Asian male crew was so loud when he delivered service. When he asked questions or what food you need, he was shouting. He must be a prison guard before going Delta.

Bag drop off was slow and annoying. Only 2 agents at the entire delta desk, and no one directing traffic for what line to be in, many confused people slowed down the process. Boarding was fine. Seats in Delta comfort plus were fine. Snacks were great! Definitely a bonus. The entertainment system was awful — old, slow, not responsive, and completely unable to play games due to some kind of error. But on the other hand, thank you to Delta for the free WiFi. That made it better.

Everything was very good other than I had selected a specific seat when I booked the flight and they changed it once I checked-in the day before my flight. I was still in first class but lost my aisle seat for a window seat. Being tall, the aisle offers more comfort so I always select an aisle seat.

Flight diverted in SD. Later take off in Seattle by 1.3hrs

Space and comfort was good. Staff could have been more helpful and friendly.

Crew was not friendly when I went to request a seat change.

The check in was horrible. I stood in line for 1 hour to check in with an Air France ticket. Then I was told I had to go to Delta counter onstead to check in instead. It made no sense.

Old cabine without flat bed in business for a 12 hour flight is not acceptable

Medíocre. The food wasn't good (although not bad, bad) and the staff wasn't kind. I asked for n extra blanket, the steward never came back, serving us roughly.

Generally good. The crew is excellent. The food could be better.

They wanted to close counter although they did not provide the wheelchair requested which ended by going alone to transit security and lost long time and they did not want to wait .

Did not find the wheelchair that supposed to assist and went to a long queue for transit security chk which was very slow and boarding desk wanted to close counter although that they knew that I am minutes away because of their mistake of not providing the wheelchair.

They charge me for luggage which is was included on the ticket

Boarding was smooth and on time. The seat was comfortable and the entertainment worked. Staff were gracious.

Good aorcraft 777 but Worst food ever Breakfast was a bû’with matonnaise… Staff was nice but invisible most of the flight

Business class in the second leg - CDG-EVN was a disaster.

My bag was lost with my medicine and I am very inconvenienced. I don’t know what happened, however I want you to do a better job on getting people’s bag back

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Our seat tv didn’t work All the rest was perfect

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

Meals were adequate but could be better. Lots of movies, podcasts, tv shows. We really enjoyed using our personal headsets highly recommended. 15 hrs flight great to travel at night.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

the plane was old. the wifi didn’t work. the entertainment was boring and dated. the charging ports were impossible to find. i was mostly ignored by flight attendants that had no problem speaking to the man beside me. i got two drinks the entire time i was on the plane.

Quit making seats narrower and narrower. The guy beside me spilled over in to my seat.

The service was non existent . Crew did very little didn’t even answer call button . Premium economy in this long haul was the worst I have ever experienced . Never again flying with them .

everything is an extra cost on this flight, you need to pay to have a your children sit next to you (they won’t change the seat for your kids to sit next to you without charging you), food is an extra you need to pay for on a 12 hour flight, no drinks or snacks throughout the flight, the media selection is subpar and your phone has more options

Many families including ours we seated separately. For kids entertainment only 2 cartoons for 11 hour flight. Checked bag $100 each. Everything else was fine

The boarding process was completely disorganized, adding avoidable stress, and the airline's business model is tight spaces, but seats that recline more to make sleep easier in economy. The passenger behind us did not understand that and shook our chair saying we're reclining too much. We immediately brought the flight attendants in to mediate and deescalate the situation, and they didn't. The passenger behind us kept harassing my wife throughout the 8 hour flight. They should be better trained in this regard if this is the airline's business model and promise to passengers like us who review leg space and reclining angles before purchasing a fare on the airline.

The orthopedic sits, no room to move, no reclining, was horrible and because that I'm still in pain and aches in my whole body

Seats were uncomfortable. Lower back support would be nice. It was the usual for an airplane. Other than that, everything was wonderful. Even my kids said the food was good! Nice to get a blanket and set of earbuds.

Flight got canceled, took us 3 hrs in line to give us vouchers for hotel and meals, which was chaotic and then went to hotel and the voucher did not work at hotel, had to pay and apply for reimbursement and waiting for payment

Better than expected from a low cost airline! The food, seat and overall experience was great! I would fly with them again.

We were there on time we checked in early online and when we got to the airport we only had one code ticket and not the other one, the people at the desk didn’t want to print the other ticket since we didn’t have it on the phone

Pros: "All of the ground grew was excellent, I always travel with my service dog and they handled the process very professionally."
Cons: "Over the phone service in trying to notify the airline that I was travelling with my service dog was ridiculous. I called multiple times, but nobody could understand me due to their limited English, and refused to put in a note in my booking because were insisting on a letter from a psychiatric doctor, which is not applicable. As per the French Bee (an most airline) regulations - this is a requirement for ESA and not service animals, on top of the fact my disability is not psychiatric. Result was no comment put on my booking, but fortunately the staff at the airport were very helpful and understanding."
Pros: "I did not prepay for a meal, but the options available compelled me to buy. The meal was exceptional. The service was also 5-star and the seat was quite comfortable."
Cons: "The flight was late."

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/1Sat
nonstopFrench Bee
8h 05mPPT-SFO
6/12Wed
nonstopFrench Bee
8h 20mSFO-PPT
$370
6/1Sat
nonstopFrench Bee
8h 05mPPT-SFO
6/12Wed
nonstopFrench Bee
8h 20mSFO-PPT
$371
10/20Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 10mPPT-SFO
11/1Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 45mSFO-PPT
$493
7/11Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 10mPPT-SFO
7/28Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 30mSFO-PPT
$539
7/11Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 10mPPT-SFO
7/28Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 30mSFO-PPT
$541
10/21Mon
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
20h 49mPPT-SFO
10/23Wed
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
11h 54mSFO-PPT
$713
10/20Sun
1 stopDelta
28h 03mPPT-SFO
11/1Fri
1 stopDelta
22h 30mSFO-PPT
$885
10/21Mon
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
32h 57mPPT-SFO
10/23Wed
1 stopAir Tahiti Nui
34h 18mSFO-PPT
$949
10/21Mon
1 stopAir France
12h 46mPPT-SFO
10/23Wed
2 stopsAir France
39h 15mSFO-PPT
$960
10/20Sun
1 stopDelta
12h 46mPPT-SFO
11/1Fri
2 stopsDelta
27h 15mSFO-PPT
$2,314

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/11Thu
nonstopAir Caraïbes
8h 05mPPT-SFO
$235
5/30Thu
nonstopAir Caraïbes
8h 05mPPT-SFO
$245
10/21Mon
nonstopFrench Bee
8h 05mPPT-SFO
$288
8/29Thu
nonstopFrench Bee
8h 05mPPT-SFO
$289
6/10Mon
1 stopDelta
32h 23mPPT-SFO
$398
5/28Tue
1 stopDelta
13h 04mPPT-SFO
$399
10/22Tue
1 stopAir France
12h 46mPPT-SFO
$446
7/28Sun
1 stopAir France
13h 12mPPT-SFO
$522
5/28Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 10mPPT-SFO
$533
9/8Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
8h 10mPPT-SFO
$534

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Last minute flights to San Francisco

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to San Francisco that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/8Wed
multi-stopAir Tahiti Nui
15h 07mPPT-SFO
5/11Sat
multi-stopAir Tahiti Nui
17h 40mSFO-PPT
$816
5/7Tue
multi-stop
21h 30mPPT-SFO
5/10Fri
multi-stop
18h 40mSFO-PPT
$837
5/8Wed
multi-stop
20h 41mPPT-SFO
5/11Sat
multi-stop
11h 50mSFO-PPT
$848
5/7Tue
multi-stop
20h 45mPPT-SFO
5/10Fri
nonstop
8h 20mSFO-PPT
$853
5/7Tue
multi-stop
49h 52mPPT-SFO
5/10Fri
nonstop
8h 20mSFO-PPT
$964
5/7Tue
nonstop
8h 10mPPT-SFO
5/10Fri
nonstop
8h 20mSFO-PPT
$990
5/8Wed
multi-stop
20h 45mPPT-SFO
5/11Sat
nonstop
8h 35mSFO-PPT
$1,014
5/8Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
21h 36mPPT-SFO
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
15h 50mSFO-PPT
$1,145

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Flights to San Francisco

Destination:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Return flight deals:

San Francisco - French Polynesia

Cabin classes:

$682
$240

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