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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to California

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 New Zealand found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $870 round-trip. The most popular route is Auckland (AKL) to San Francisco (SFO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,086.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Zealand to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to California is February, when tickets cost $739 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $995 and $990 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to California, you should book around 9 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 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 $604.


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FAQs for booking flights from New Zealand to California

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 $1,129. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,241 on average.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $878 on average. Morning departures are around 23% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,184.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to California. 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 New Zealand 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.
8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 200 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.5Food
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
Airline reviews

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

4.0 OkayChristopher, Jun 2025NAN - SYD
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They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

They charged me over a $1000 dollars to bring two surfboard bags as check baggage. Inappropriate and I would avoid flying sgain

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

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.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

Again, Air New Zealand was great. They kept bathrooms clean, food was actually very good, New Zealand wines a big hit

The issue was with getting our boarding pases. There were issues with our arrangements that were made through Kayak. I am sorry to say that we will not use you again because of this. The flight itself was good and the flight attendants excellent.

Arriving at Coolangatta, rows 20 forward, took the airbridge across to the terminal. It was suggested to those from rows 21 back, that we take the rear stairs and to be careful crossing the tarmac. That was all well and good. However, when we got across to the terminal we then had to climb three large flights of stairs to meet up with those coming across the airbridge. No elevator! There were people carrying babies and elderly carrying hand luggage that needed assistance from others.. There was no option to turn back.

It was good for a short domestic flight. As no food ar entertainment provided, there should be a n/a rating available for those.

USB charging ports did not work on any of Air New Zealand flights

Flew premium economy, well worth the extra. Much better seat size & space. Meals & snacks were lovely. Crew really pleasant. Internet is not great, not really useful for anything. Couldn't even send messages.

Everything was fine. Wish the wifi was free and included in the ticket price.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Touch screens were very difficult to use, generally being laggy and unresponsive- it was quite an art to get it to play the thing you wanted rather than some thing at random. Selection of films and Tv was good when touchscreen decided to finally respond.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Friendly staff, surprisingly good premium economy seats allowing good sleep/ snooze opportunity and very good menu.

I liked the service, the menu, and the comfort of the seats! Even tho we were seated by the bathrooms, the reclining seats and movie selection was very good, my husband and I didn’t mind at all

It’s a two prop flight so I had problems with my ears on re- entering ! But otherwise fine

Complaint is with American Airlines which delayed our flight from salt lake to Dallas reaulting in us missing our connection to Brisbane. Had to spend 24 hours in Dallas to wait for the next flight. Awful experience and ruined my wife’s birthday.

The food was terrible. And the flight attendants were very rude. One flight attendant wouldn’t help a passenger lift their carry-on. Another flight attendant wouldn’t give a man an extra blanket. And they walked by not even looking at the passengers to see if they needed a glass of water.

Our baggage didn’t arrive with us on the plane. Need I say more?

I got upgraded from economy to business, and the experience was outstanding

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 😁

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

Its good expeince but in enternteiment please be like you tube the music i like or movie

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

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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.
11/7Fri
1 stopFiji Airways
24h 50mAKL-LAX
11/29Sat
1 stopFiji Airways
27h 55mLAX-AKL
$682
9/10Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
17h 45mAKL-LAX
9/17Wed
1 stopFiji Airways
27h 50mLAX-AKL
$683
12/5Fri
nonstopDelta
12h 10mAKL-LAX
1/11Sun
nonstopDelta
13h 25mLAX-AKL
$785
11/7Fri
nonstopDelta
12h 10mAKL-LAX
11/29Sat
nonstopDelta
13h 25mLAX-AKL
$836
7/24Thu
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 05mAKL-LAX
7/27Sun
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 50mLAX-AKL
$1,017
7/21Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
19h 45mAKL-LAX
8/4Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
23h 50mLAX-AKL
$1,029
7/21Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
25h 55mAKL-LAX
8/3Sun
1 stopQantas Airways
23h 50mLAX-AKL
$1,038
7/21Mon
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 05mAKL-LAX
8/3Sun
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 50mLAX-AKL
$1,039
7/31Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
25h 32mAKL-LAX
8/7Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
28h 10mLAX-AKL
$1,083
7/21Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
12h 05mAKL-SFO
8/3Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
23h 20mSFO-AKL
$1,099

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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.
7/10Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 00mAKL-LAX
$344
7/10Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
16h 30mAKL-LAX
$349
10/20Mon
nonstopDelta
12h 15mAKL-LAX
$425
11/12Wed
nonstopDelta
12h 10mAKL-LAX
$427
11/11Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
43h 20mAKL-LAX
$462
11/24Mon
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 05mAKL-LAX
$514
6/23Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
19h 50mAKL-LAX
$520
8/19Tue
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 05mAKL-LAX
$526
9/29Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
29h 30mCHC-LAX
$533
12/10Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
24h 47mAKL-LAX
$555

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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.
6/19Thu
multi-stopQantas Airways
25h 55mAKL-LAX
6/29Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
30h 25mLAX-AKL
$1,043
6/18Wed
multi-stopQantas Airways
26h 40mAKL-LAX
6/29Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
28h 50mLAX-AKL
$1,048
6/19Thu
nonstopAmerican Airlines
10h 05mAKL-LAX
6/29Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
30h 40mLAX-AKL
$1,068
6/18Wed
multi-stop
25h 46mAKL-SFO
6/22Sun
multi-stop
30h 00mSFO-AKL
$1,102
6/19Thu
multi-stopAir New Zealand
36h 46mAKL-LAX
6/29Sun
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 50mLAX-AKL
$1,141
6/19Thu
multi-stopAir New Zealand
36h 46mAKL-LAX
6/29Sun
nonstopAir New Zealand
12h 50mLAX-AKL
$1,181
6/19Thu
multi-stop
24h 08mAKL-SFO
6/29Sun
multi-stop
25h 22mSFO-AKL
$1,261
6/18Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
33h 56mAKL-LAX
6/29Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
30h 40mLAX-AKL
$1,306
6/19Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
12h 10mAKL-SFO
6/26Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
30h 15mSFO-AKL
$1,538
6/19Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
12h 10mAKL-SFO
6/25Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
34h 06mSFO-AKL
$2,209

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