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$139 Find Cheap Flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara

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Cheap Flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara (MSP-SBA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara 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 Minneapolis to Santa Barbara

Wed, Oct 1 - Sat, Oct 4
United Airlines Logo
5:06 pm - 9:05 pmMSP-SBA
5h 59m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:15 am - 12:35 pmSBA-MSP
5h 20m1 stop
$249United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Sat, Oct 4
United Airlines Logo
5:06 pm - 9:05 pmMSP-SBA
5h 59m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 5:26 pmSBA-MSP
9h 26m2 stops
$254United Airlines
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Thu, Oct 30 - Sat, Nov 1
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:48 pm - 6:56 pmMSP-SBA
30h 08m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:23 am - 1:35 pmSBA-MSP
28h 12m1 stop
$262Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Nov 5 - Fri, Nov 7
Southwest Logo
1:50 pm - 9:05 pmMSP-SBA
9h 15m2 stops
Southwest Logo
1:10 pm - 11:15 pmSBA-MSP
8h 05m1 stop
$277Southwest
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Thu, Oct 30 - Sat, Nov 1
Delta Logo
8:00 am - 11:58 amMSP-SBA
5h 58m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:50 am - 2:25 pmSBA-MSP
6h 35m1 stop
$278Delta
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Wed, Nov 5 - Fri, Nov 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 6:56 pmMSP-SBA
13h 56m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:44 pm - 1:52 pmSBA-MSP
16h 08m1 stop
$280Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Oct 8 - Wed, Oct 15
American Airlines Logo
7:41 am - 12:36 pmMSP-SBA
6h 55m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:05 am - 2:02 pmSBA-MSP
5h 57m1 stop
$281American Airlines
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Thu, Oct 30 - Sat, Nov 1
Delta Logo
8:00 am - 11:58 amMSP-SBA
5h 58m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:50 am - 5:37 pmSBA-MSP
9h 47m2 stops
$283Delta
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Thu, Oct 30 - Sat, Nov 1
American Airlines Logo
6:18 am - 11:40 amMSP-SBA
7h 22m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:05 am - 6:48 pmSBA-MSP
10h 43m2 stops
$286American Airlines
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Tue, Sep 30 - Tue, Oct 7
Southwest Logo
12:40 pm - 9:05 pmMSP-SBA
10h 25m2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:30 am - 5:20 pmSBA-MSP
9h 50m2 stops
$321Southwest
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United Airlines
Cheapest • from $249 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to book
4 weeks
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 55% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
January
Cheapest • 15% price drop
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Cheapest round-trip
$249
Overall average: $426
United Airlines
Wed 10/1Sat 10/4
MSP - SBA • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$139
Typical prices: $168-189
Delta
Thu 10/30
MSP - SBA • 1 stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Minneapolis to Santa Barbara flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara 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 Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Santa Barbara, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara, 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 Minneapolis to Santa Barbara is January, where tickets cost $382 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and October, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $540 and $520 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara, 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 Minneapolis to Santa Barbara, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 55% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$139
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara 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 flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara

  • What is the cheapest flight from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara was $139 for a one-way ticket and $249 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Minneapolis and Santa Barbara?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    When flying out of Minneapolis you will be using Minneapolis St Paul. You will be landing at Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Minneapolis and Santa Barbara, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $459 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $443 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    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 Minneapolis to Santa Barbara.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Santa Barbara from Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    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 Santa Barbara with an airline and back to Minneapolis with another airline. Booking your flights between Minneapolis and SBA 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 Minneapolis to Santa Barbara?

    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 Santa Barbara from Minneapolis up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Minneapolis to Santa Barbara. 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.
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4248 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

10.0 ExcellentGordon, Jul 2025GEG - OAK
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

The flight was scheduled for 2:30 PM. Early in the morning we got a text message saying the flight was delayed and rescheduled for 3:00 PM. We got to the airport with that in mind. Then we got a message during check-in at the flight was rescheduled again for 2:30 PM. We almost missed our flight. In fact, our bags Were told that they would not make it. At the end, everything worked out. But it is very stressful.

Great overall. There was a bit of turbulence so they could only serve water because too much turbulence for the carts. Was glad they prioritized safety though

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

1. when we went to check in, our 2 first class seats had been CANCELED and the flight was sold out. This was done without our prior knowledge. It was all we could do to restore one first class seat for my wife and I flew economy. 2, Our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm. Due to tsunami warnings, the roads were closed and our flight status was uncertain as to whether it would leave as scheduled. It was announced that it would now leave at 11:20 pm and the roads were now open since the tsunami had come and gone. We made a mad dash to the airport and checked in. Delays were announced at 12:30 pm, 1:30 am, 2:30 am and at 3:30 am it was canceled. Since this was a flight due to natural (tsunami) causes, there was no compensation. We were told to return at 1:00 pm the next day and our baggage would be kept on the plane since the same plane was going to leave at 1:00 pm. We had to return to our hotel for the rest of the night. The same plane did not leave at 1:00 pm and our baggage was gone! All in all, it was a miserable performance by UA. Information was hard to obtain and no one knew what was going on and what was going to happen. Hundreds of passengers slept on the floor, chairs, etc. No food and no water was made available to the passengers. It was a situation where UA could care less what was going on. As a one million mile flyer, I had not experienced anything like this before and it was hugely disappointing!

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Did not get the seat I selected and paid for.

My flight was delayed for several hours. Sitting at gate 16 for several hours, I got a text from Kayak the gate changed to 9 before it was announced. Very bad communication at each gate from American Airlines employees. I received 10 notifications of delay from Kayak. My vacation started off horrible! I will write to American Airlines corporate office also.

Delayed flight that lead to a missed connection and a 5-hour trip became a 12-hour flight 🙄

There is no room, no gluten free options, or any free internet/entertainment. You have to bring your own tablet or smartphone because there are no screens.

Amazing food, great staff, with one noticable detail missing ...but no seat entertainment in any of aircraft ...I am not a fan

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.

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