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$59 Find Cheap Flights from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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Cheap Flights from George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana (IAH-SNA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana 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 George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana

Tue, Jul 29 - Tue, Aug 5
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6:14 am - 11:26 amIAH-SNA
7h 12m1 stop
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11:56 am - 11:49 pmSNA-IAH
9h 53m1 stop
Sat, Sep 6 - Sun, Sep 7
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9:04 am - 7:45 pmIAH-SNA
12h 41m1 stop
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8:40 pm - 5:53 amSNA-IAH
7h 13m1 stop
$148Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Jul 29 - Tue, Aug 5
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2:44 pm - 9:21 pmIAH-SNA
8h 37m1 stop
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12:26 pm - 11:04 amSNA-IAH
20h 38m2 stops
$149Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Sep 6 - Mon, Sep 8
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7:20 am - 12:13 pmIAH-SNA
6h 53m1 stop
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8:40 pm - 5:53 amSNA-IAH
7h 13m1 stop
Wed, Aug 13 - Tue, Aug 19
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7:00 am - 11:11 amIAH-SNA
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6:45 am - 4:22 pmSNA-IAH
7h 37m1 stop
Fri, Aug 22 - Mon, Aug 25
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9:14 am - 9:21 pmIAH-SNA
14h 07m1 stop
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8:30 pm - 6:05 amSNA-IAH
7h 35m1 stop
$158Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Jul 30 - Wed, Aug 6
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2:44 pm - 9:21 pmIAH-SNA
8h 37m1 stop
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12:26 pm - 11:49 pmSNA-IAH
9h 23m1 stop
$162Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Aug 7 - Thu, Aug 14
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6:00 am - 11:10 amIAH-SNA
7h 10m1 stop
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12:01 pm - 11:36 pmSNA-IAH
9h 35m1 stop
$164Frontier
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Mon, Jul 14 - Thu, Aug 28
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6:00 am - 11:10 amIAH-SNA
7h 10m1 stop
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12:54 pm - 9:12 pmSNA-IAH
6h 18m1 stop
$169Frontier
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Mon, Jul 28 - Sat, Aug 2
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1:07 pm - 7:46 pmIAH-SNA
8h 39m1 stop
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11:56 am - 11:49 pmSNA-IAH
9h 53m1 stop
$192Frontier
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Expert advice for your flight from George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana

 
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KAYAK's insights & trends for George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana), you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Houston George Bush Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Saturdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana, 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 Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana is October, where tickets cost $319 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and September, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $474 and $451 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $355 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana, 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 Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonMay
High seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$59
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 13% lower on average.
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

When to book flights from George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana) flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana was $59 for a one-way ticket and $133 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Houston George Bush Airport and John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    A passport is not required to fly from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana).

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    Delta, Alaska Airlines, and American Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana) flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    The Boeing 737-700 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana) flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Houston George Bush Airport and John Wayne (Santa Ana).

  • On which days can I fly direct from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    There are nonstop flights from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana) on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Houston to Santa Ana, American Airlines or Spirit Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Houston to Santa Ana are American Airlines and Spirit Airlines. With an average price for the route of $320 and an overall rating of 7.2, American Airlines is the most popular choice. Spirit Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $196 and an overall rating of 6.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    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 Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana).

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to John Wayne (Santa Ana) from Houston George Bush Airport 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 Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) with an airline and back to Houston George Bush Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Houston George Bush Airport and SNA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) from Houston George Bush Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $293 or less one-way and $329 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Houston George Bush Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Houston George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty.
Find which airlines fly direct from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport to Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Houston George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty

Monday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

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Tuesday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Wednesday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Thursday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Friday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Saturday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Sunday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

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Direct returns

Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Houston George Bush Intcntl

Monday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Tuesday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Wednesday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Thursday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Friday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Saturday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

Sunday

Emirates, Lufthansa, United Airlines

Emirates, Lufthansa, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to Santa Ana. 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 George Bush Intcntl to Santa Ana? 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 8861 reviews
8.1Crew
6.6Food
7.0Entertainment
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
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Although the flight was delayed the crew and the flight itself were very good. Couldn't fault anything and after the disappointment of being abandoned in the US by BA it was a welcome relief to travel with United

10.0 ExcellentAndrew, Jul 2025IAH - LHR
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Although the flight was delayed the crew and the flight itself were very good. Couldn't fault anything and after the disappointment of being abandoned in the US by BA it was a welcome relief to travel with United

Boarding experience was smooth. Flight attendants were friendly and helpful. Entertainment system on the Houston-Edmonton flight did not function for passengers on the left side of the aisle. On the bird's eye flight from Quito to Houston, they should not serve a meal. No one needs to eat after midnight and it is disturbing for those passengers trying to sleep.

Smooth flight. Boarding was chaotic. Could not hear the gate agent over the intercom. People were lined up in the wrong lines. Groups one and two were told to board through line one and group 3 through line 2. All very confusing. Once in the air, the flight was smooth. There was no entertainment option on this aircraft, even though it was a larger aircraft.

My suitcase was completed destroyed. The top part is broken and unusable now.

We boarded but then sat there waiting on some missed connection people to get on so we sat for about 15 minutes for that. Then we sat again because the passenger manifest was wrong and they had to figure it out before we could leave. That took about another 20 minutes or so. The crew was working hard to figure it out so it’s not their fault. It ended up being a system glitch where someone was upgraded to first class while another person was also in the same seat and it just created a mess that took a little while to figure out. They literally went to every person on the plane asking their names to see who was sitting in the wrong seat. I also hate the entertainment that must be watched on your phone or tablet. Just give us setback screens. It’s so much better. Almost every Delta flight has this now and it is so nice to have them. The crew did a great job. I have no complaints from them. They were very hard working, even with the mishap and a disgruntled passenger.

My priority checked bag was not loaded on the flight. I had to sit in baggage claim in Las Vegas for 2 1/2 hours waiting for the next flight. All baggage staff were very helpful, tracking showed it as scanned for loading. Nobody told me why it wasn't on my flight.

All male crew was just too woke for me. I felt like a sardine. I will never take a window seat or the rearmost seat again. I booked early and did not pay for seat selection and that was a mistake. The security at IAH was atrocious. I was violated and radiated as I was in a hurry to connect to my other flight. I may have lost items under the seat in front of me that I couldn't see nor bend over to look.

It’s been awhile since I have traveled on United. I, along with my family who were on the flight noted how smoothly everything went . Boarding, flight crew and service was excellent.

In general ok, my only issue is that they had no hot items for purchase. I had very little time in my connection due to baggage/customs/TSA, thag I barely even had a chance for a stop at the washroom and buy water, to make it to my gate when they started boarding. I had nothing to eat because the trip started early, so I was ready to purchase, and they had nothing except for dry items like snacks. I had to purchase a mediocre, overpriced cheese and fruit board, instead of at least a pizza or sliders that I was planning on getting. Other than that, it was fine. But that’s typical Air Canada, to not have enough.

How badly can you screw up baggage claim? We were told to go to baggage claim too for our bags from this flight. Another flights bags were there. They finished up. More bags from a different flight arrived. Our bags did not Finally the baggage claim belt stopped working and and are flight was still listed on the arrivals for that baggage claim 2. And then nothing It turns out that they had been delivered not only the United baggage claim but far away on a Delta baggage claim No I never told us. It was only the people looking around who had been on the flight But I’m sure there was plenty of time for the employees to raffle through the bags and steal whatever they wanted

Boarding gate in Honolulu was staffed with a great clerk with a soothing voice despite the flight delay of over an hour. Flight attendants in the plane were all grumpy, not pleasant looking bunch. Their sour attitude showed throughout the flight. Inly able to get a select few movies started. Most of the movie links in the “free entertainment” did not work.

This was a horrible experience. For a first class experience, my chair was held together by 3M tape - and I have a photo. The crew weren’t very attentive, somewhat dismissive and forgot my drink and snack, the chair reclined about 3 inches on a 6-hour cross country flight. I was also not informed that there was no lounge available in Newark airport because of renovations, so all around this was one of the worst experiences and I would actively avoid both American and Alaska Air going forward.

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

They changed my seat from one that I had paid for as an upgrade to a regular seat at the last minute.

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

The flight was on time. The seats are very narrow.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

Seats are poor. They do not lean back. They do not even have pockets on the back, making it impossible to store a phone or a coke bottle. If you opt for basic economy cheap seats, they stick you always in the middle or window seat, even though there are unoccupied seats on the aisle. And then there is the nickel and diming. No carry-ons. And checking your carry-on is $70. At the end there is no price advantage but there is plenty of aggravation.

Worst Airplane ride I ever have taken... My purchased seat was changed without my consent

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

We were delayed three times ,and that destroyed my plans, and reservations

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

They canceled flight. Hard to believe there was even a plane incoming for us to get on

Book with frontier airlines with the mentality that they'll cancel your flight, kick you off and lose your luggage. Anything besides that is a win. Compare prices with other airlines (to include luggage) and if frontier is still worth it, book it but know all of their policies.

Plane was down graded and I lost my uncharged exit row with more leg room. No mention or offer of refund from podium. Flight attendant was nice to explain this happens often and that I could request a refund via online form submission. I did this and have heard nothing back.

Horrendous. I do not recommend Frontier. The passengers lack manners and decency, and the flight attendants lack professionalism. If I wasn’t in a bind to fly with 48 hours notice for a job interview, I would not have selected a flight with Frontier and I never plan to fly with them in the future.

The reps working at the airport counter were dumber than a second coat of paint.

The seats were hard molded plastic covered in plastic vinyl. And the scam to charge people extra to sit together. Don’t they know we can just ask someone to trade seats. And watching the staff separate young children from parents… super classy. We had to guilt them into offering up our seats. This companies policies suck. Don’t give them your money.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

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