Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Orlando to Santa Barbara
Low season |
April | Best time to beat the crowds with an average 23% drop in price. |
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High season |
December | Most popular time to fly with an average 26% increase in price. |
Average price round-trip |
$345 | (avg. price over the last 2 weeks) |
Good deal round-trip |
$267 | or less |
Good deal one-way |
$168 | or less |
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers, 2 years of age or older (including US citizens and transit passenger) must present a negative COVID-19 viral or antigen test result issued 72 hours prior to departure or have a proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days prior to boarding the plane.
Exemptions or waiver to the testing requirements may be granted by the CDC on an extremely limited basis when emergency travel (like an emergency medical evacuation) must occur to preserve someone’s life, health against a serious danger, or physical safety and testing cannot be completed before travel.
US citizens and permanent residents arriving from the UK must present a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test result issued within 72 hours prior to departure.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers are advised to get tested 3-5 days after travel and stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days after travel. Even if they test negative, they must still stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days. If the test is positive, isolate to protect others from getting infected.
Travelers who did not get tested, are advised to stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
There are currently 1,095 active cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in US and 0 deaths as of Feb 24 2021
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
There are no direct flights for this route listed on KAYAK, the shortest multi-flight duration is 7h 31m.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets were found on American Airlines ($157) and United Airlines ($395), and the lowest round-trip tickets have been found on American Airlines ($313) and United Airlines ($321).
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For Orlando Airport to Santa Barbara, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Tuesday is the most expensive. Flying from Santa Barbara back to Orlando Airport, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Tuesday being the most expensive.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Pros: "Straight flight"
Cons: "None"
Cons: "We sat on the tarmac for two hours waiting for “catering.” When we were about to pull out, we had to go back to the gate because of a passenger fight. Very unpleasant flight. This could have all been avoided."
Pros: "The seats were comfortable and the leg room for a 5 ft 10 inch man was fine in the main cabin. Pre ordered food and that was good."
Cons: "If people understood how to get off the plane"
Pros: "Crew was amazing."
Cons: "Comfortable seating."
Cons: "If flight 339 from Orlando to San Diego is not delayed by one hour. It was hot and uncomfortable waiting in the plane for one hour before taking off.."
Pros: "the crew was good my seat was broken so they moved me into a premium seat which w very comfortable"
Cons: "and explanation could of been made while we were standing in the jet way waiting to board for about 15-20 minutes"
Pros: "Was the seat super comfortable? Absolutely not. But no worse than any other flight."
Cons: "We were seated behind a family, including an infant and two children under 4. The kids had no concept of “indoor voice” and were up and wired the entire flight; the parents abstaining from trying to keep them quieter. I believe I will get some sound-cancelling headphones For the next flight."
Cons: "Assigned seats."
Pros: "Loved the crew"
Pros: "Not sure how we mistakenly booked premium economy but the extra legroom was nice."
Cons: "Didn’t try the food. Entertainment required a pre downloaded app which we didn’t have."
Pros: "Comfortable, smooth flight"
Cons: "A bag was lost despite being checked in at the same time as two others on a direct flight."
Pros: "The coffee was good and the crew was attentive and helpful."
Cons: "The transfer was very rushed. I know it’s hard to control those things, but 45 minutes turned out to NOT be enough time between flights, especially because the first flight was taxiying for 20 minutes once we landed, which was an unanticipated delay."
Pros: "Always happy with Alaska"
Pros: "We flew to and from with Alaska for our honeymoon and they were awesome."
Cons: "Only thing served on flight was beverages"
Pros: "Good crew, early arrival, great plane (737-800)!"
Cons: "Hard landing (half point deduction) 9.5 ;-)"
Pros: "Plane was on time"
Cons: "Not enough space for everyone's luggage"
Pros: "Flight attendants were very nice"
Cons: "No televisions in the headrest"
Cons: "I didn’t like about not knowing your seats and being blocked by the airline."
Pros: "I'm an alaska member so I have taken quite a few flights with them and I notice the service difference after a while. Generally the crew was nice."
Cons: "There was no beverage or food service till ~2 hrs into the flight. No air issues etc. that would cause a delay. There was only 1 service in a 5.5 hr flight. The previous crew served us beverages at least 2-3 times and carried water up and down. Coming from +90 degree weather everyone is thirsty. I bought food soon as I got on, I have a toddler.. it was delivered over 2 hrs later, luckily I came prepared with lots of snacks. Also there are no hot vegetarian meal purchase options on the flight to Mexcio/Costa Rica (which was the first leg of our trip) we had to make do with cheese/fruit platters."
Pros: "It was a smoooth good flight. Flight attendants were great and helpful"
Cons: "food is terrible !!! need improvement"
Pros: "I generally love Virgin/Alaska. The crew is friendly and the flights are generally on time."
Cons: "The WiFi was inoperable for the duration of the 5-6 hour flight."
Pros: "Overall, good flight."
Cons: "I pay for first class because I want a higher level of peace and quiet and a lower level of distractions. On two instances, first during the mid flight cockpit bathroom break, and second during the 30 min final descent, the crew engaged in conversations between themselves in such load and animated voices that it was impossible for passengers sitting in the first four - five rows to ignore them. During the cockpit break, the young handsome pilot flirted with the young beautiful flight attendant who had positioned herself to block access to the forward bathroom. They chatted for what seemed like 10 min, her standing and facing us, him standing directly behind her, also facing us. We felt like we were on a soap opera set. And during the final 30 descent into Seatte, when we from Florida were extremely tired, the two forward flight attendants talked with each other in such load voices that it was impossible to keep reading my book. Admittedly, they were just chatting, but doing so in such a load voice that we could not escape."
Pros: "I didn’t have any problem at all everything worked perfectly"
Cons: "I really wish the airline could sort out the whole "check at the gate for seating" because I don't think anyone wants to buy a plane ticket just to deal with the uncertainty of if they are going to be able to fly or not."
Cons: "We had a specific situation on our flight tonight that was especially disruptive. Shortly after take-off, my fiancé who was traveling with me, felt the teenager (most likely a minor) directly behind him pushing his seat. My fiancé turned around to ask her to stop. Rather than apologizing and stopping, the teenager immediately began complaining about how my fiancé was encroaching on her space. My fiancé replied that it was well within his rights to lean his seat back. The teenager responded with further complaints. Her comments were out of line and rude. It was clear that she was not satisfied with my fiancé having his seat leaning back. My fiancé eventually put his seat back, and the teenager stopped complaining. We believed that the situation had been resolved, but apparently the teenager was not satisfied. Instead, she went to a flight attendant and lodged a complaint against my fiancé. Rather than hear our side, the flight attendant immediately asked us to move to a different seat. We were forced to move, against our will, to two separate middle seats further forward in the plane. We no longer were able to sit next to each other for the remaining five hours of the flight. And this was all because one particular teenager did not want my fiancé to put his seat back, which he is certainly allowed to do. Overall, the situation was handled poorly. We paid to sit together on a flight, but due to one other passenger's attitude, we were forced to sit in seats that we did not choose apart from one another. The flight attendant should have at least heard our side of the story and offered us an alternative. Instead, we were forced to accommodate another passenger who was in the wrong. Not to mention, throughout this entire process - which lasted about 30 minutes - I was not able to use the GoGo Inflight Internet Package I had just paid for. That was money wasted. The experience was embarrassing, disruptive, and awkward. We love Alaska Airlines, and we are usually pleased with their customer service. However, tonight, the customer service we received did not meet our needs; instead the flight attendant exacerbated the situation and we left our flight feeling frazzled, angry and disappointed."
Pros: "New aircraft, helpful staff"
Cons: "Slightly delayed"
Pros: "Usb and 120v plugs in seats. Got a row to myself."
Pros: "Great service and on time"
Cons: "None"
Pros: "Power sockets on each seat, good snacks"
Cons: "The loading of the plane was a bit messy. Not terrible, just didn't have much structure to it."
Pros: "This was our first time on Alaska Airlines. We flew nonstop from Orlando to Portland. Staff and crew were excellent! We arrived early and our bags were already on the carousel by the time we got to baggage claim!"
Cons: "At Orlando (MCO), there was no line for baggage drop off for passengers who had already checked in online or at a kiosk. The line was the same whether you had already checked in or not, which seems to defeat the purpose of checking in before getting in line."
Pros: "The crew on the plane and on the ground were all very patient and helpful."
Cons: "Narrow seats and the seat pockets are really tiny."
Pros: "The staff was amazing!"
Cons: "The turnaround took to long at the gate and we were stuck with thunderstorms and two hours late."
Pros: "My flight attendant service was awesome! "Atta-boy" to Ben for taking good care of me in first class!"
Cons: "No issues"
Pros: "Best flight ever!The flight took off early we arrive 40 minutes early which was fantastic. The flight crew was terrific best ever!"
Cons: "The flight took off early we arrive 40 minutes early which was fantastic. The flight crew was terrific best ever!"
Pros: "Helpful crew and comfortable flight"
Cons: "middle seat, my 13 yo son was in a different row and we couldn't communicate in flight. It would be nice if when booking there was automatically an option to put families together - without an addition fee to select seats. There were enough seats avail when I booked, but not once I arrived to the airport."
Pros: "Left early and arrived early. Bags were at baggage claim when I arrived."
Pros: "Ease of airport, flight attendants"
Cons: "The seats do not recline it hurts your back"
Pros: "Good legroom. Good service."
Pros: "On time, friendly attendants."
Cons: "Limited food options for a 5 hour flight and expensive."
Pros: "Flight crew was very helpful"
Cons: "The turbulence"
Pros: "Enough leg room"
Cons: "Not enough shoulder room"
Pros: ",'"
Cons: "90 minutes late returning"
Pros: "My stewardess was amazing!"
Pros: "They are good across the board, A to Z."
Cons: "Nothing to note."
Pros: "Cabin crew service and friendliness On time arrival Nice pilot"
Cons: "Took too long to take off"
Pros: "Pilot had a sense of humor"
Cons: "Lack of common features of 2010 and up like American outlet, TV in headrest for everyone for free. Co-pilot arrived late although I do not know why, maybe there was an emergency but I feel there should be a stand-by closer than 50 min. Away."
Pros: "Empty seat between us. Entertainment was good. Bags made it to the baggage claim before we did!"
Cons: "Flight attendant had an attitude when I boarded. I went to put my carryon item in overhead compartment and she questioned me asking my seat number. My seat included a carryon and she had an attitude for no reason."
Cons: "The plane was ancient. Cabin was freezing, seats were rocks. Using an old short-haul CRJ for a 3.5 hour flight sucked."
Pros: "Kinda confusing the train finding the gates"
Cons: "Seat too cramped"
Cons: "The fact that I can’t purchase a drink is ridiculous! I am willing to pay $8 for a can of beer and still can’t buy one. I believe many companies are using the coronavirus excuse as cost saving measures."
Cons: "Serve cofee"
Cons: "The food was pretty terrible, especially the egg breakfast."
Pros: "Everything went smooth and comfortably. So that’s a good thing"
Cons: "Crying babies, but ya know, there’s not a whole lot ya can do about that"
Pros: "Easy boarding"
Cons: "Not as friendly as I hoped"
Cons: "the pilot gave us a hard landing in Jamaica"
Pros: "Eh"
Cons: "No delay. Seats were horribly uncomfortable."
Cons: "On time and a little early"
Cons: "Boarding slow"
Cons: "It's a long time in an ever smaller seat"
Cons: "Nothing, great job"
Cons: "Missed the flight due to poor staff and a delayed landing from my crossover. Given how childish the ground staff were being, I can only assume the flight staff wouldn't be much better."
Pros: "The entertainment was excellent"
Cons: "Traveling overall was stressing. Due to long line. And not enough space"
Pros: "So frendly"
Cons: "Everything"
Cons: "Better seat cushions! There is not much padding & the seats get really hard."
Cons: "The hardest thing about any air travel is cramp seats in coach. That being said, AA makes the best of your cramp quarters with free online movies and television, and a power outlet for your cell on the headrest in front of you, which is so convenient and makes up for the tight seating!"
Cons: "The attitude from the crw"
Pros: "na"
Cons: "AA has a tendency of delaying flights."
Pros: "Delayed and dropped off in the rain far from terminal still waiting for bags"
Pros: "Friendly, comfortable, and ON-TIME!!"
Pros: "As expected, on time, predictable"
Cons: "As expected, no empty seats, crowded."
Cons: "The airline"
Pros: "How fast it was"
Cons: "No tv"
Cons: "Mucha turbulencia!! Pero el servicio muy bueno!!"
Pros: "Great"
Pros: "The aircraft, the entertaining"
Cons: "Food service"
Pros: "Customer service"
Cons: "My prepaid seat was not taken in consideration."
Pros: "The pilot sounded nice"
Pros: "The updates from Kayak."
Pros: "Fast reliable two thumbs up!!!"
Cons: "Having to pay for wifi"
Pros: "On time, nice airplane"
Cons: "No entertainment OB, no food OB,"
Pros: "I like to party. But besides that, I like flying with my instruments and not having to gate check them. Yay!"
Cons: "I didn’t like the way the employees were so friendly! It was not fair. I wanted to be angry and my opportunity was taken from me!"
Pros: "Excellent service by the airline stewardess"
Cons: "Wait time to board"
Cons: "The aircraft was hot. Barely any A/C. It felt like 78 degrees. Uncomfortably hot."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Nothing was together, missed connection. Had to buy a hotel in Phoenix"
Pros: "Readiness for take off was well organized and quick"
Cons: "Missed first round of golf. Have no clubs or clothes. So far this sucks."
Pros: "the team was great, boarsing smooth, arrived early"
Cons: "we waited an hour for the bags to arrive on the carousel. What's that about? Get it together and have the bags out in time. We're just sitting here waiting for them over an hour - there are no other arrivals in this terminal. What's going on?"
Cons: "The check in process took to long. In line more than an hour."
Cons: "No tv screens or entertainment"
Pros: "Terri was very attentive."
Cons: "airbus A321 doesn't have power ports at seats...."
Pros: "The service AA provides is very constant in time and that is good"
Cons: "Chairs could have more comfort"
Pros: "The plan the people an service."
Cons: "Nothing i did not like"
Pros: "No delays except for weather."
Pros: "All"
Cons: "N/A"
Cons: "Clean the bathroom!! Horrible, horrible, horrible!!"
Cons: "Better communication about the constant delays"
Pros: "Quick time"
Cons: "Blanket and better gate management at landing."
Cons: "The TV control pads are a major FAIL. And all of the baggage charges are despicable piracy."
Pros: "Everything perfect"
Cons: "The only issue that would have improved the trip would be if tickets were free Lol"
Pros: "The supervisor sent us a credit for the vomit in our seat."
Cons: "If there wasn’t vomit in our seats. They could have move non rev passengers to our seats and moved us into clean seats."
Pros: "Yes"
Cons: "The cs"
Pros: "That I made it to my destination."
Cons: "Slow and inefficient boarding, small seats, terrible WiFi, No overhead space."
Cons: "N/a"
Pros: "Everything United I love you ❤️"
Cons: "On flights that have seating available all around the cabin you should let people sit where they want"
Pros: "Staff was super friendly and very helpful. They made boarding and the rest of the trip a wonderful experience."
Cons: "The small baby in my row had a hard time adjusting and cried a lot. Can small kids and their parents be seated in a separate area near the east of the plane where they're crying won't be so disruptive?"
Pros: "Seating was great 11F , I will always attempt to get that seat"
Cons: "PA system was painfully too loud."
Pros: "Safe landing. Open seats."
Cons: "Late take off. No one to take my bag by the plane so it stayed on the ground and then they had to come in the plane to decide if each carry on stowed under was safe."
Pros: "Process was super easy, I even emailed my itinerary from United to kayak as requested, and I received updates about the gate, baggage and status before United!"
Cons: "No complaints whatsoever"
Pros: "Worse experience ! I will never use united anymore ."
Pros: "At the airport was a little confusion to get pass TSA . There was construction and no clear directions to get to the gates , what made the lines extra long and people getting confused."
Cons: "Long lines to get through security"
Cons: "The boarding process"
Pros: "The seat nice and comfortable"
Cons: "The pilot taking off was very rocky and landing was extremely rocky:(( not a very smooth flying pilot at all:(("
Pros: "Everyone was courteous....boarding was well organized...altough we left late we still arrived in good time ...landing very smooth"
Cons: "Nothing. ..i received great service"
Pros: "Everything was very smooth from beginning to end"
Cons: "Nothing"
Cons: "Headphones plog did not work..."
Cons: "Not enough personnel at check-in area generates long waiting timenifnyoubneednassistance."
Pros: "Great service from take off to touch down!"
Cons: "No vhangibg table in 1st class cabin bathroom!"
Pros: "Arrived on time and early"
Pros: "Fast and efficient and two seat figuration is better than three."
Cons: "Delays.delays.delays.."
Pros: "Timely and comfortable. Landed ahead of schedule"
Pros: "Good"
Cons: "Good"
Pros: "Happy with all products & services."
Cons: "My seat"
Pros: "Very accommodating due to medicle issues."
Pros: "Typical airline experience. I would rate 90% of my flights the same way."
Cons: "Seats are always to close together for me st six foot three and I hate the serious upsell to pay extra for a slightly larger seat."
Cons: "United ruined our checked car seat. They spilled jet fuel on it and it stinks. No response from them on a compensation claim! Be on guard!!!"
Pros: "Poor. They forced me to check my luggage bag and now it is broken."
Pros: "Staff members were courteous."
Pros: "Arrived on time even with storms"
Cons: "Boarding- process organized by groups. Not all people do this and gate people aren't paying attention- busy with other customers and they don't announce next group, leaving us standing. Need better process."
Cons: "Support for all Android platforms needs to be updated."
Pros: "All"
Cons: "My bag was misplaced after being gate checked, it ended up going to baggage claim, not a huge inconvenience, but after all our trouble with United, it was frustrating and we were tired and not interested in waiting for our bags (which is why we took carry on only in the first place)."
Pros: "They helped with the seating so my son and I could sit together."
Cons: "Can't complain about anything."
Pros: "On time"
Cons: "Wasn't offered a snack. Was in the BR whe they were handed out."
Pros: "Nothing."
Cons: "Everything."
Pros: "No air conditioning,really shaky bad overall"
Cons: "Bad"
Pros: "Eugene is so easy"
Cons: "san jose airport parking"
Cons: "Tv you have to pay"
Pros: "Everything went smooth"
Pros: "With all the money they make, they don't even give you a snack free. They are very cheap. I was on the flights from Orlando since 6 am. I arrived in LA 5 pm and they didn't offer even......!"
Cons: "I didn't like anything about them"
Cons: "Wheelchair service at Newark"
Airlines flying from Orlando to Santa Barbara have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Orlando to Santa Barbara
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Orlando to Santa Barbara
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Orlando to Santa Barbara
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Orlando to Santa Barbara
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Orlando to Santa Barbara
Orlando Airport (MCO) United States
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