$116 Find Cheap Flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea

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Cheapest round-trip
$215
Overall average: $312
JetBlue
Sun 1/18Tue 1/27
JFK - SFO • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$116
Typical prices: $196-$415
Multiple Airlines
Wed 1/7
LGA - SFO • 3 stops
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Cheap Flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea (NYC-SFO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea 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 New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea

Sun, Jan 18 - Tue, Jan 27
JetBlue Logo
6:00 am - 9:40 am
JFK
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SFO
6h 40mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
7:00 am - 3:29 pm
SFO
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JFK
5h 29mnonstop
$215JetBlue
Thu, Jan 15 - Sun, Jan 18
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 1:24 pm
LGA
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SFO
10h 09m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:25 pm - 7:50 am
SFO
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LGA
14h 25m2 stops
$216Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jan 8 - Sun, Jan 11
Frontier Logo
6:25 am - 1:18 pm
JFK
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SFO
9h 53m1 stop
Frontier Logo
9:48 pm - 5:00 am
SFO
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JFK
28h 12m2 stops
$216Frontier
Sun, Jan 18 - Tue, Jan 27
Delta Logo
9:05 am - 12:49 pm
JFK
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SFO
6h 44mnonstop
Delta Logo
9:00 am - 5:45 pm
SFO
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JFK
5h 45mnonstop
$217Delta
Thu, Jan 8 - Thu, Jan 29
Frontier Logo
6:25 am - 1:18 pm
LGA
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SFO
9h 53m1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:18 pm - 3:59 pm
SFO
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LGA
16h 41m2 stops
$217Frontier
Sun, Jan 18 - Tue, Jan 27
Delta Logo
9:05 am - 12:49 pm
JFK
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SFO
6h 44mnonstop
Delta Logo
9:00 am - 5:45 pm
SFO
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JFK
5h 45mnonstop
$218Delta
Tue, Jan 13 - Tue, Jan 20
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:29 am - 1:24 pm
LGA
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SFO
9h 55m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 2:59 pm
SFO
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LGA
12h 00m1 stop
$218Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jan 9 - Sat, Mar 14
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 9:08 pm
EWR
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SFO
6h 38mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:07 pm - 5:40 am
SFO
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EWR
5h 33mnonstop
$248Alaska Airlines
Thu, Jan 8 - Mon, Jan 12
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 9:08 pm
EWR
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SFO
6h 38mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 3:29 pm
SFO
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EWR
5h 29mnonstop
$249Alaska Airlines
Sat, Jan 10 - Sat, Jan 31
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 10:23 am
EWR
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SFO
6h 23mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 8:27 am
SFO
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EWR
5h 32mnonstop
$253United Airlines
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$116
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 28% increase in price.
Flight from New York LaGuardia Airport to San Francisco

When to book flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea

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Flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea 
BeverlyFlew with JetBlue
JFK
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SFO
Dec 2025
Wear support socks which helps when you sit for a long time.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
EWR
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SFO
Dec 2025
Bring your own food and in flight activity since they don’t supply any.
LuisFlew with Delta
JFK
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SFO
Mar 2025
It’s a long flight, come prepared to either watch movies, read or sleep.
JulieFlew with Alaska Airlines
JFK
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SFO
Oct 2024
Leave early. JFK can be messy. I couldn’t find healthy food choices so eat before you arrive.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
JFK
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SFO
Jun 2024
SFO is one of the most convenient and pleasant airports. When flying Alaska Air make sure to bring your food and a larger water bottle that usual (you get only two drink services (one small cup each) for a 6 hour flight.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
JFK
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SFO
May 2024
The airport food was limited and expensive. Best to bring a sandwich from outside…

FAQs for booking flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    When flying out of New York you’ll be using one of these airports: Newark, New York John F Kennedy Intl or New York LaGuardia. Carmel-by-the-Sea does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby San Francisco airport, which is 78.0 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea take?

    Direct flights cover the 2,566 miles separating New York and Carmel-by-the-Sea in about 6h 08m.

  • How many flights are there between New York and Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    170 direct flights run between New York and Carmel-by-the-Sea on a daily basis. On average, there are about 1,193 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between New York and Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    Consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to New York, you’ll find the best rates on Sundays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    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 New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Carmel-by-the-Sea from New York 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 New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    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 Carmel-by-the-Sea with an airline and back to New York with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    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 Carmel-by-the-Sea from New York up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between New York and Carmel-by-the-Sea found on KAYAK was with Frontier for $83. Spirit Airlines offered a round-trip connection from $92 and JetBlue from $118.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea

  • There is no airport in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Instead, you’ll be flying into San Francisco Airport when flying between New York and Carmel-by-the-Sea.
  • The cheapest flight from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea was found 86 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 2 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be November, December and January. The cheapest month to fly is February.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New York to Carmel-by-the-Sea? 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
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11448 reviews
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.1Food
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First Class seats had no more legroom then Premium Economy. There was no working WiFi or entertainment. I would have rather paid $400 more and flown on United for the 6 hours from EWR to SFO.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Nov 2025
EWR - SFO
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First Class seats had no more legroom then Premium Economy. There was no working WiFi or entertainment. I would have rather paid $400 more and flown on United for the 6 hours from EWR to SFO.

Overall the flight was on-time and plane ride very comfortable. The free snacks not so good - only a small bag of pretzels and no milk. I wanted milk. There was not entertainment on the plane unless I wanted to download their APP. But I would consider flying with them again and be more prepared on my part with food and entertainment.

This time it is good, no delay and right on time

No food but only snack was provided during the 6-hour flight from EWR to LAX. I was so hungry during the trip.

Miss bigger screens for movies Staff was friendly Seats comfortable Bathroom line long

Seats are so small now that it's very hard even for a medium-sized person to be comfortable!!!

Good experience on flight. But flight was delayed for takeoff by an hour, and Alaska posted the wrong landing time on its website. So the person who was designated to pick me up arrived 1 hour early and sat waiting for a long time at 11pm at night. This could have been avoided with better text and website communication by Alaska/Hawaiin Airlines

If there were movies it would have made the flight much easier.

As always to close confinement for passengers not in upgrades. I like that you still get carry on and personal bag.

I purchased the internet during the flight and it stopped working after 1 hour, so I barely got to use it.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

I truly love flying with Delta. They have always treated me with the upmost respect

The flight was great. The gate location was way to far away!!!

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

I believe that a four-hour trip should have a meal. Delta had none.

Was charged for my luggage despite having been on one ticket from an international flight. Too tired to argue after 15 hours on flight. Was charged for rechecking it at JFK airport. Not sure why those off Kenya Airways were required to do that.

Flight was canceled, and no effort was made to help with rebooking, no hotel vouchers, no car transportation and minimal food voucher and most places for food were closed by the time the voucher was given. Waited for 3 hours for bags. Simply the worst travel experience I have ever had

At first, we were on the runway for about an hour, literally. The Captain did explain that the Control Tower just had a change shift (sounds like an unrealistic excuse) and then that we had to change a runway. A regular economy seat is made for 12 yo twiggy. I understand Delta wants to push for an upgrade, but after sitting in a Comfort seat and in First class. I would say First class is not worthy of my money. The landing was delayed because of the weather in NYC, I don't hold that against Delta, of course. The Captain did alert us to that upon takeoff in Vegas and again as we reached NY.

Flight was delayed 8 times. We were sitting at the airport for 14 hours. We got 2 hours of sleep (if that) on what was not meant to be a red-eye.

Plane boarded early a quickly, was mostly full. We left close to on time. And landed early.

Flight was timely, relatively comfortable, with decent entertainment and food served. Only problem encountered was with the free messaging which I highly appreciate, but it did not work from iphone to non-iphones.

This flight was perfect. No complaints and only the highest regard for the crew and ground staff and how they executed perfectly. I fly a lot with United and would request predictability and transparency in their operations instead of last minute changes.

Survey sent before we actually left. Delay after delay. Now a crew problem.

I love flying with United. Unfortunately, I flew on an older plane with minimal upgraded technology (no Bluetooth functionality or handy charging ports). Otherwise, the flight was great and even arrived early.

They changed my seats after I checked in and I was stressed from the time I saw that information until just before boarding, when the gate attendant fixed it, but it shouldn't have happened. And if it couldn't be prevented, then the people on the phone I spoke with should have done something to help, which they did not, nor did they offer me compensation, just meaningless apologies.

Smooth flight, especially take off and landing, and great crew on board. Really loved the stroopwaffles!

Deplaning was delayed because of Jetbridge equipment issues in MKE, causing an issue on an otherwise great flight.

Not really their fault, but a 4.5 hour delay is pretty brutal

Baggage handling poor. Second time this has happened. My bag went to San Francisco instead of Fiji. No apology. Luckily Nadi airport staff are fantastic. My bag arrived in Fiji the next day.

Disliked having to wait a little longer to disembark from the plan when we landed in London

Food should be better quality. Video screens have poor resolution and the library of movies is poor. The other airlines are much better.

They only offered water for Group 6. Awful announcements from the Crew. Couldn't understand a single word. Barely came by for the trash afterwards. Man, I love water for a premium flight. Wow. Water in a cup.

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

We arrived 4 hours early and still almost missed the flight because they weren’t able to access one of the boarding tickets. They then sent hour bags late and we were all of our without clothing and eventually had to take an expensive cab back and forth to the airport as they wouldn’t deliver the bag which arrived late at night that day and we would have to wait until noon the began day (messing up a second day of plans). Also, all the food has dairy or pork. No vegan or even vegetarian option in the flight—even for purchase.

The comfort of the seats was great, the crew eased my child’s anxieties and the fact that I had full cans of my beverage choice was great.

Pathetic check in experience at JFK. Everything is self check in. Not enough staff present to help with when the check in process or the kiosk gets stuck. Staff present not welcoming or pleasant at all. On the other hand the NY based flight crew was great. Courteous and friendly throughout the flight. Special meals leave a lot to be desired. Kids meals should be made available when kids are flying and same goes for special kids meals too.

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.

Waited on the runway for takeoff for 2.5 hours. Air traffic rerouted us. The plane didn't have enough fuel, so had to go back to the gate. Had to wait for a new pilot. Should have landed at 5:22. Didn't land until 9:10. Trash flight.

Everything was great. I liked the text updates so that I never miss a gate change & I have all the latest info.

No internet on a flight over three hours in this age is criminal. Staff inattentive and dismissive

Worst flight experience ever flights canceled. JetBlue told us just did not even bother standing in line to come back in one and a half hours then without any information we had to go pick up all of our luggage and spend over $2000 in accommodation just to get home. JetBlue said that the next flight available for us to get home would be three days later. Absolutely absurd hasn’t offered to give us any compensation do not fly JetBlue horrible company. They said it was based on the weather and the weather is great in all locations that we would’ve been flying to total hoax. I think it’s a conspiracy theory.

flight was delayed for hours with no explanation. The plane was a very old aircraft.

The flight departed more than 1 hour late. Leg room is bigger than most airlines

Excellent. Although they used to greet me as a mosaic member and provide a free drink, early boarding helps me to keep coming back to JetBlue.

No music app working: no economy meal on five hour flight; hour on tarmac at the end waiting for a gate. Flight itself was smooth and easy.

Communication with the customer and stay is important. Staff off with a minor inconvenience but it worked out of course. Also this was a very old Mint Class plane. They snuck this one in on us. The updated aircraft are much better.

The flight itself was fine, but the boarding process was extremely frustrating. There is no one scanning boarding passes - passengers just scan themselves and enter the jetway. By the time my husband and I got on the plane and were halfway to our seats they determined there were too many bags on the plane and everything at that point needed to be checked. This created a lot of unnecessary chaos. They should have alerted people before getting on the plane that they would need to start checking bags instead of waiting until people were already on the plane.

In flight on demand didn't work at our seats. Only a single beverage/snack run.

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