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

What is the cheapest flight to California?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to California from the Netherlands found in the last 72 hours was to San Diego, at $584 round-trip. The most popular route is Amsterdam (AMS) to San Francisco (SFO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $591.

What is the cheapest month to fly from the Netherlands to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands to California is November, when tickets cost $699 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $961 and $904 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from the Netherlands to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights 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 the Netherlands to California, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Francisco Airport (SFO), with an average flight price of $828.


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FAQs for booking flights from the Netherlands to California

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands to California.

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

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

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to California?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $912. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $989 on average.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $604 on average. Morning departures are around 10% more expensive than evening flights, 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 $997.

Top 5 airlines serving from the Netherlands to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the Netherlands to California. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7946 reviews
7.3Food
7.9Entertainment
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
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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.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jun 2025BOS - LAX
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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.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

The service was great. However the lounge only gets passing grade

I appreciate that KLM was proactive in informing me of the 2 hour delay which enabled me to replan my travel. It was a bit stressful not knowing whether my connection from Montreal to Ottawa was happening. But the ground and air crew did a good job at comforting and assuring me.

Cabin crew professional, polite and friendly, boarding was seemless, but come on KLM surely you can do better than a pack of cheesy biscuits as an inflight snack

Legroom not all it could be, especially when the seat in front is reclined. Otherwise it was good, food and beverage were nice.

This portion of the flight was through Indigo. A local carrier. So all economy seating. No real service some refreshments for purchase standard economy stuff.

Transfer at Amsterdam airport is very convenient and the airport is easy to navigate. Boarding was also quick and easy. Cabin crew were excellent and the meals were good, although lacking in options.

This fight left ahead of time which meant it arrived early which was great. Staff were very professional, but as with all these Short hop Flights the food was a disappointing snack There was no entertainment on this flight, but I did not expect any

I flew premium economy and this was a good option. Although the seats didn’t recline much, I was able to get some sleep with my head propped against the window. The food was good and the entertainment was wonderful The staff were very attentive and professional

They only had vegetarian food left on the flight which I wasn’t happy about. I didn’t get any food to eat at all.

I would definitely use a Linus again, the price was right, the service is excellent. No delays. Wish I had a direct flight from my hometown Detroit.

i used to fly aer Lingus regularly but due to price - poor seating etc i have been using other carriers - i now have aer lingus in my state and the price is always the highest - i have flown to Ireland 11 times in last 24 months and have not used Hartford because of price

Nicest staff I’ve experienced on a plane! Good food, great entertainment, and they gave out little blankets that my kids loved. All in all, great experience.

I dont fly them much anymore. Other carries offere better pricing and better seating options

Unfortunately the flight was delayed for 50 min. Just as we were about to board so that was a drag. The boarding was average. The bag check in process was new to us and efficient. And the flight itself was smooth- basically no turbulence.

I liked how they looked after couples by providing a row of 4 seats if available.

Food was very bad. Boarding was disorganized and messy. Crew was friendly

It was ok not that much because I always travel with Emirates airlines, Etihad, airlines, Qatar airlines compare to them food and comfortable was too low . Staff was good . Helpful

Noted in last review. Good to know, though air Lingus on European flights does not offer any food or drink, even though we were on the plane for 3 1/2 hours from Naples to Dublin everything you had to purchase even water.

Seats were alarming close to the row in front of you. I didn’t do the measurements online, which I’m sure they’re available, but it seemed much tighter than other planes, but the airplane itself was well maintained and looked fairly new. My only complaint on the staff was that we’re on an international flight. Normally they give you wine with dinner and the flight attendant decided to pull some strict restrictions and wouldn’t give more than one glass of wine per person, and you could not share with your spouse, which seemed ridiculous when we have four people on the plane with us and only one person ordered wine asked for a second one and she said oh absolutely not. It’s only one per person Which on a transcontinental usually is not the case. They’re very attentive on making sure everyone is as comfortable as possible.

The food not that great. Did not like the fact that we could not purchase upgrade at the airport

We paid for business class, and my seat did not work at all. Each time I wanted to adjust the position, an attendant had to come to physically force the seat into its new position. They tried to fix it by fiddling with the electronics (military reset, for example), to no avail. Also, the food was just mediocre. We were at the end of a serving section, so they ran out of several choices. (This was on the flight from Los Angeles to Munich.)

The crew was the best I’ve ever encountered. Business class was spacious, immaculate, and very modern.

The plane was very clean. The bathroom was clean as well. The land crew were very polite and informative and helpful. They informed me that there is a long way and challenging to go from international terminal to national terminal and in addition to getting my suitcases and going through customs and dropping them again for my second leg of trip which was San Francisco to Los Angeles . I have left knee issue and had a recent fall with aching muscles all over, the land crew suggested wheelchair help for me, God bless her. If I did not have help, I could not make it to my last terminal. Thank you UNITED AIRLINE!

I like the service and the efficiency. I am lactose intolerant and the lactose intolerant meal in business class was not astounding. Also, the business class fully reclining seats are not that comfortable.

Food was great but they didn't clear my meal tray for 3 hours. You'd think they could check though the cabin now and then.

Upon arriving at IAH, it was informed that the luggage had not arrived. Still waiting to hear back when it will be delivered.

I wasn’t allowed to board with my children. I was charged outrageous costs for basic carry on size luggage. The entertainment screens were outdated and not user friendly.

I was very happy with everything, thank you for the smooth flight ✈️

helpful and friendly. The Lufthanza people I dealt with before my holiday were so unhelpful by comparison.

Better synchronizing the boarding processes. The audio announcements, the personnel and the digital signage were not saying the same thing. All confusion.

The first class seats were unusable, mine at the end of the flight, my husband's in the middle of the flight, and the one next to me was unusable either, they had to move the person to another seat.

Last minute gate change. Didn’t put our TSA global on our trip even though we asked multiple times to confirm. Did not help with food when could not eat what was served.

Our luggage didn’t arrive with us, that puts a damper on the whole trip.

The cabin was bit colder than I like but the crew members looked after us very well. They did even offer hot water bottle and hot chocolate. I cannot rate the crew enough excellent is not good enough. They really were wonderful.

Boarding is always a challenge as folks in al groups crowd around for no reason, but crew handled it well. I once again applaud the LHR ground baggage staff as they got our bags from a flight at Terminal 5A to a flight in Terminal 5C within 40 minutes...amazing!

This flight from London to Chicago was actually on an AA airline. I did book through BA but the flight was AA. Great flight, hectic in Chicago, I wouldn't choose to fly through Chicago again, but that's not the airlines fault. The flight itself was great.

Push back is not working when I complaint a male staff he told me that most of the seats are like that so we can’t do anything

Seats were way too small. I got claustrophobic waiting for trash from meal to be taken away. I couldn't move to even close my tray until trash was taken.

Was 3 hrs delayed and my poor friend I met in Barcelona was waiting at airport for 3 hrs. Dallas airport was awful

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/2Tue
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
27h 55mAMS-SFO
9/18Thu
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
17h 20mSFO-AMS
$473
9/1Mon
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
28h 00mAMS-LAX
9/14Sun
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
20h 40mLAX-AMS
$477
9/19Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
14h 45mAMS-LAX
10/4Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 50mLAX-AMS
$558
9/20Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
31h 10mAMS-LAX
10/11Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 50mLAX-AMS
$563
11/22Sat
1 stopAer Lingus
14h 10mAMS-LAX
1/3Sat
1 stopAer Lingus
14h 40mLAX-AMS
$617
11/18Tue
1 stopAer Lingus
17h 15mAMS-LAS
11/27Thu
1 stopAer Lingus
15h 20mLAS-AMS
$624
9/25Thu
nonstopDelta
10h 55mAMS-SFO
10/11Sat
1 stopDelta
21h 15mSFO-AMS
$659
10/9Thu
nonstopDelta
10h 55mAMS-SFO
10/19Sun
1 stopDelta
21h 15mSFO-AMS
$661
11/8Sat
nonstopKLM
11h 00mAMS-SFO
11/11Tue
1 stopKLM
13h 35mSFO-AMS
$668
11/8Sat
nonstopKLM
11h 00mAMS-SFO
11/11Tue
nonstopKLM
10h 15mSFO-AMS
$672

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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 California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/18Wed
1 stop
16h 10mAMS-LAX
$345
9/18Thu
2 stops
54h 15mAMS-SFO
$349
6/17Tue
1 stopAer Lingus
15h 20mAMS-SFO
$508
9/2Tue
2 stopsAer Lingus
17h 27mAMS-LAS
$518
9/22Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 47mAMS-SAN
$710
10/13Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 30mAMS-SAN
$715
10/7Tue
nonstopKLM
11h 10mAMS-SAN
$1,561
8/26Tue
nonstopKLM
11h 10mAMS-SAN
$1,563
9/2Tue
nonstopDelta
10h 40mAMS-LAS
$1,706
7/10Thu
nonstopDelta
11h 10mAMS-SAN
$1,723

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Last minute flights to California

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 California that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/13Fri
nonstopLufthansa
11h 05mAMS-SFO
6/29Sun
multi-stopLufthansa
15h 15mSFO-AMS
$544
6/13Fri
multi-stop
18h 35mAMS-SFO
6/29Sun
multi-stop
15h 15mSFO-AMS
$546
6/16Mon
multi-stopBritish Airways
15h 19mAMS-LAX
9/9Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
14h 30mLAX-AMS
$595
6/15Sun
multi-stopBritish Airways
17h 06mAMS-ONT
6/22Sun
multi-stopBritish Airways
16h 50mONT-AMS
$606
6/15Sun
multi-stopAer Lingus
35h 19mAMS-LAX
6/22Sun
multi-stopAer Lingus
35h 05mLAX-AMS
$794
6/14Sat
multi-stopAer Lingus
17h 50mAMS-LAX
6/30Mon
multi-stopAer Lingus
49h 30mLAX-AMS
$1,127
6/17Tue
nonstopKLM
11h 05mAMS-LAX
6/24Tue
multi-stopKLM
13h 15mLAX-AMS
$1,399
6/17Tue
nonstopKLM
11h 05mAMS-LAX
6/24Tue
nonstopKLM
10h 15mLAX-AMS
$1,404
6/15Sun
multi-stopDelta
14h 41mAMS-OAK
6/21Sat
multi-stopDelta
38h 40mOAK-AMS
$1,491
6/15Sun
multi-stopDelta
19h 57mAMS-OAK
6/20Fri
multi-stopDelta
16h 40mOAK-AMS
$1,505

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