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Cheap Flights from Ho Chi Minh City to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$860
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$779
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,039
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,135
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$860
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$779
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,039
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,135

Book Cheap Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Ho Chi Minh City to California

Tue, Sep 29 - Tue, Nov 24
Asiana Airlines Logo
12:05 pm - 3:30 pm
SGN
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SFO
17h 25m
1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 11:00 am
SFO
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SGN
20h 10m
1 stop
$779Asiana Airlines
Wed, Aug 26 - Tue, Sep 8
Cathay Pacific Logo
7:10 am - 11:15 pm
SGN
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SFO
30h 05m
1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
1:20 am - 5:20 pm
SFO
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SGN
26h 00m
1 stop
$786Cathay Pacific
Sun, Sep 6 - Wed, Sep 16
STARLUX Airlines Logo
11:30 am - 8:30 pm
SGN
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SFO
23h 00m
1 stop
STARLUX Airlines Logo
12:50 am - 4:55 pm
SFO
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SGN
26h 05m
1 stop
$807STARLUX Airlines
Mon, Dec 14 - Wed, Jan 27
STARLUX Airlines Logo
5:50 pm - 7:10 pm
SGN
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SFO
16h 20m
1 stop
STARLUX Airlines Logo
11:10 pm - 4:45 pm
SFO
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SGN
26h 35m
1 stop
$808STARLUX Airlines
Wed, Aug 26 - Sun, Aug 30
China Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 9:35 pm
SGN
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LAX
18h 05m
1 stop
China Airlines Logo
12:55 am - 9:40 am
LAX
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SGN
18h 45m
1 stop
$860China Airlines
Mon, Sep 28 - Tue, Dec 29
China Airlines Logo
10:50 am - 8:45 pm
SGN
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LAX
23h 55m
1 stop
China Airlines Logo
10:40 pm - 10:00 am
LAX
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SGN
20h 20m
1 stop
$861China Airlines
Thu, Nov 19 - Fri, Nov 20
EVA Air Logo
1:55 am - 7:00 am
SGN
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LAX
20h 05m
1 stop
EVA Air Logo
10:40 am - 10:05 am
LAX
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SGN
32h 25m
1 stop
$869EVA Air
Thu, Sep 17 - Sun, Sep 20
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:58 pm
SGN
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LAS
20h 58m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 10:05 pm
LAS
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SGN
25h 45m
2 stops
$984United Airlines
Tue, Nov 24 - Tue, Nov 24
United Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 5:17 pm
SGN
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SAN
24h 47m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
7:41 pm - 10:55 pm
SAN
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SGN
36h 14m
3 stops
$1,096United Airlines
Tue, Sep 1 - Fri, Sep 11
EVA Air Logo
3:45 pm - 8:45 am
SGN
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SNA
31h 00m
2 stops
EVA Air Logo
9:22 am - 10:00 pm
SNA
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SGN
22h 38m
2 stops
$1,141EVA Air
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Ho Chi Minh City to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Ho Chi Minh City to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to California departing in August.

What is the cheapest Ho Chi Minh City to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from Ho Chi Minh City found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $887 round-trip. The most popular route is from Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $887.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Ho Chi Minh City to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $1,525 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,525.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City to California is May, when tickets cost $403 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $725 and $675 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to California?

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to California on a Monday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Friday is the most expensive day to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to California. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Fridays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City to California, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$486
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 11% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 6% lower on average.
Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Las Vegas

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City 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 Ho Chi Minh City to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many flights are there between Ho Chi Minh City and California per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Ho Chi Minh City and lands in California, with an average flight time of 14h 15m. The most common departure time is 5:00 pm and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 4 flights.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Ho Chi Minh City to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Ho Chi Minh City 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Ho Chi Minh City 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.
8.8
STARLUX AirlinesOverall score based on 356 reviews
8.9Comfort
8.8Entertainment
9.2Crew
8.9Boarding
8.6Food
Airline reviews

Was not able to buy wifi on the plane given, not available for economy tickets. Was not clear when buying the ticket that this was the case.

8.0 Excellentjoseph, Jun 2026
SGN - TPE
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Was not able to buy wifi on the plane given, not available for economy tickets. Was not clear when buying the ticket that this was the case.

The overall experience with STARLUX was phenomenal. One of the best highlights for me was the smooth landing in LA(smoothest landing I’ve experienced ever) and the attentiveness of all your staff from check-in to boarding. Also, flight left and landed between airports on time. I highly recommend Starlux to my family and friends and I’m excited to fly with you again.

We are on economy premium but they put us in economy seating? Asking why the fligh supports said : If you not happy you can claim for refund?

I liked everything but I flew business class and StarLux booked another passenger and a one year old , in business class The child cried 80 percent of the flight, the flight was a long 13 hour flight. I’m 75 and I have 10 grand children, I love kids But with that said it still made it not and enjoyable flight. Ask your great flight attendance what they think of the situation, they had to deal with. Let me know what they said Respectfully, Al Eaddy

Everything is smooth. Very good. Except flight arrived SFO 30min late.

Got dinner and breakfast! They had mahjong game in entertainment system. Current movies. Loved the slippers, sleeping mask packet. Great experience for a long flight

Th tray was dirty when pulled it out. Still oily and food stains can clearly see last trip cleaner did not clean well. The toilet sink water did not drain quickly enough.

Someon vomit during boarding. My seat was next to the vomit. I asked crew member to switch seat, but they said it was a full flight. I had my baby with me. My baby got sick after the flight. He was in the hospital for 2 days.

Seats are not table comfortable. Crew members are pretty good. Can be much better!!

Leg space is too small. Need to increase space for long flight.

Crew was good. Sometimes food was eh. The spaghetti is gross for me. First time i got food, they didn’t provide utensils so i ate with my hands. I was hungry. They gave it to me 20 mins later when a crew member came by. I would fly with them again. Nobody is perfect

Eva air was fine - Trip.com via KAYAK sold my family access to a “VIP” lounge fo a layover in Taipei… i’m please look at my pictures. It was a scam, Trip.com knows it and they are perpetrating a fraud through your web site.

We travelled with a toddler and was allowed extra time to board first which was very helpful!

My flight was amazing smooth and the attendants were so friendly and nice

Crew are excellent. Food was good generally. Seats are small and there isn’t much leg room. Overhead bins are very small.

Everything is good staff is polite and helpful flights are on time sub sandwhich for a snack was good with a bottle of water only thing maybe more variety of food like breakfast or dinner depends on the time

The food is quite mediocre. I had spaghetti and the tomato based sauce was quite salty and there were no other flavors, no spices used in the sauce.

Great experience for a long 13-14 hours flight. Great pilot and crew, everyone is pleasant and attentive to the passengers.

The crew is so cold and indifferent but I have to appreciate their professionalism. The seat is too hard and not comfortable at all. Entertainment is very limited and not of many choices.

I enjoyed the flight it was long but very friendly crew

The crew are amazing. Very professional, polite, kind, and accommodating.

Very bad. They don’t allow group people to sit together by blocking most of seats and opening only single seat during online checking in. . By doing so, they can rip off customers at the check-in counter by collecting extra money if we want to sit together in the same row.

I absolutely loved my flight from Taipei to LAX. I was originally assigned to a different seat, however one of the stewardess noticed I was uncomfortable in my seat. She offered to move me to a more comfortable setting. Although she didn’t have to do what she did, I am more than grateful and thankful for her doing so. My longer flight felt much more comfortable, just by her taking notice. I really appreciate her.

When I booked a premium economy ticket. I then had to pay $100+ to book my seat.

The flight who provided services on my row had some not-nice attitude and not smiling at all.

Comfort was left wanting due to such a long flight, made the wife and I wish we could upgrade the seats to Business class or First Class, but did not have that option. Food was good but had very limited options and I have a dietary restriction which was difficult for the staff to accommodate since everything provided came with cheese on it. (Cheese could potentially kill me) Did not have an option to inform the staff until we were already in the air about the restriction and was not provided another option before flight departed.

The plane was uncomfortable. I paid extra for more legroom but the seat was still uncomfortable. Other seats on the same exact row didn’t have to pay extra but still have extra legroom. I didn’t understand why I needed to pay $170 for. It was Iike China airline just wants to make money off their passengers. It was unfair.

Staff were good and nice. There should me 3 meals instead of only 2 and snacks.

Excellent staff made the boarding process fast and easy. Friendly crews on both flights from Saigon to Taipei and Taipei to Los Angeles. Will fly China Airlines again.

As an elite member i was put in the back - bad Also both flight delay total more than 1 hour

Overall, very pleased with this flight. Boarding could be better because boarding was announced without a microphone so people didn’t know to line up until we heard the staff walking around to announce it. Also, had to stand in line for 10’ before we started moving. My husband who is impatient and cannot stand for too long did not like this. The rest of the flight- crew, food, and entertainment were very good.

Really good 👍 This was our first time flying with Vietnam Airlines. It was a short domestic flight, so no meal service, but boarding was organized and the flight departed and arrived on schedule. The flight attendants were professional and neatly presented. All in all, a very good first experience. We would recommend Vietnam Airlines.

This is a very short commuter flight, so there is no food or flight entertainment. Hence, I marked it in the neutral flight left on time. The plane was full pretty much and it was a pretty easy flight overall very good.

Very good flight and very kind crew Only thing is I wish there would be a vegetarian option for the meals

Lovely staff, comfortable seats. Transit time was short but they had great processes in place to get us on the plane.

Poor. Flight was delay without prior notice. Poor boarding. Poor meal service. Plane was dirty and smelly. Does not worth the money.

when we arrived at Taipei no one help us to get boarding pass. we saw a few people there asked them for help but they just ignored us. There was a guy told us to call Starlux number to get help but we don’t know how to dial the number until there was a lady working there helped us to call Starlux customer then someone came down took us to another counter for boarding pass. Very confused and inconvenient. We might not choose Starlux again in the future.

They didn't have a vegetarian food in spite of the ore order

Flight was good but they cancelled return direct flight so they provide us connecting flight through hanoi

Inflight entertainment is limited. Boarding process is delayed and interrupted.

Seat is too small. Food selection is limited and often ran out of selectable item.

The staff from beginning to end we're friendly and helpful. The food and beverages were quite good (but see the comment below). I also liked their entertainment options, as we'll as their frequent attention to the airplane restrooms. Here are the reasons this is not a 5-star review: - You have to pay for WiFi on the plane unless you have some level of seat upgrade. - CP sent me a warning that the name I entered to book didn't match my passport. True, but the form for entering my name didn't allow for anything but a middle initial. This lead to a lot of chats, phone calls and stress before finding out at the ticket counter that it didn't matter. CP has modified their notice to now tell you this key bit of info. - After consuming a chicken dinner they offered (Kathmandu to Hong Kong), I developed symptoms entirely consistent with salmonella, beginning about 6 hours later. There were some odd things about the serving of this meal, too. Our row was the last one served, and we were given a tray without the entree on it. About 10 minutes later the stewardess came by and said they only had one chicken meal left. My seat mate and I decided he would have the lamb and I would take the chicken. I think I lost. I suspect that this entree was left over from an earlier flight and they were scrambling to get the last row fed. My seat mate and I were the last two to receive our entrees. I am not accusing CP of giving me a contaminated meal - just that the onset and progress of symptoms closely match those of salmonella poisoning. I opted out of the first meal on the next flight 13 hours later, but was fine after that.

The worst experience ever! Lots of flight delays and rerouting that ended up doubling the total time. . I had to recheck my luggage because I was rerouted to Tokyo and ended up on ANA flight. I missed connecting flight twice because of the delay at Cathy Pacific. Additional stop added, rerouted to a different country for connecting flight and ended up in long waits and delays.

I liked the service. The touch screen needs improvement as well as movie choices.

My only suggestion is a way to not be woken up for food. … like maybe something you can place on you if you’d prefer to miss food than be woken up

After each meal was served I didn't see any flight attendant offer coffee or tea to the passengers after the initial drinks were offered. Other flights I had been one it was standard procedure to offer hot drinks after the meal service.

Selected ovo lacto meal because I’m ok with milk products but not any meat. It was terrible. We had the same selection back in October when we had traveled and it was pretty good at that time. It was gross this time.

Cramped, hot and the plane was grubby. Also the plane was an hour late and it took an hour to get my luggage once I got to LAX.

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

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.

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