SAN - BHM

$151 Find Cheap Flights from San Diego to Birmingham

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Diego to Birmingham departing on 1/17. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Diego to Birmingham, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Diego to Birmingham, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$334
Overall average: $592
Delta
Sun 1/18Sat 1/31
SAN - BHM • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$151
Typical prices: $503-$525
United Airlines
Sat 1/17
SAN - BHM • 1 stop
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Delta
Cheapest • from $334 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to travel
April
Cheapest • 26% price drop
December
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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Birmingham (SAN-BHM)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Diego to Birmingham 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 San Diego to Birmingham

Sun, Jan 18 - Sat, Jan 31
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10:30 pm - 8:08 am
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7h 38m1 stop
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5:22 pm - 10:11 pm
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6h 49m1 stop
$334Delta
Sun, Jan 18 - Thu, Jan 22
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10:30 pm - 8:08 am
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7h 38m1 stop
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5:22 pm - 10:45 pm
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7h 23m1 stop
$378Delta
Sat, Jan 17 - Tue, Jan 20
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11:10 am - 9:31 pm
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8h 21m1 stop
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4:53 pm - 9:56 pm
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7h 03m1 stop
$391United Airlines
Sat, Jan 17 - Tue, Jan 20
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11:10 am - 9:31 pm
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8h 21m1 stop
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9:10 am - 8:42 pm
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13h 32m2 stops
$396United Airlines
Sat, Jan 17 - Tue, Jan 20
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6:15 am - 9:31 pm
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13h 16m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:10 am - 8:42 pm
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13h 32m2 stops
$402United Airlines
Sun, Jan 18 - Sat, Jan 31
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10:30 pm - 8:08 am
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7h 38m1 stop
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6:20 am - 4:30 pm
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12h 10m2 stops
$403Delta
Sun, Jan 18 - Tue, Feb 10
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11:40 am - 8:00 pm
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6h 20m1 stop
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10:30 am - 6:05 pm
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9h 35m2 stops
$419Southwest
Mon, Feb 2 - Mon, Feb 9
United Airlines Logo
11:10 am - 9:31 pm
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8h 21m1 stop
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3:18 pm - 8:42 pm
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7h 24m1 stop
$437United Airlines
Sat, Jan 17 - Tue, Jan 20
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11:08 am - 9:31 pm
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8h 23m2 stops
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9:10 am - 8:49 pm
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13h 39m2 stops
$442United Airlines
Sun, Jan 18 - Tue, Feb 10
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9:55 am - 9:31 pm
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9h 36m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
4:53 pm - 11:42 pm
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8h 49m2 stops
$445United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for San Diego to Birmingham flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Diego to Birmingham to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to Birmingham?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to Birmingham, 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 San Diego to Birmingham is April, where tickets cost $345 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $741 and $592 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$151
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 27% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 59% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Diego to Birmingham

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Diego to Birmingham 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 San Diego to Birmingham

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Diego to Birmingham?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Diego to Birmingham was $151 for a one-way ticket and $334 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Diego and Birmingham?

    No

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Diego to Birmingham?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Diego to Birmingham?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between San Diego and Birmingham, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Diego to Birmingham, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Diego to Birmingham are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $529 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 $344 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Diego to Birmingham?

    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 San Diego to Birmingham.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Birmingham from San Diego 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 San Diego to Birmingham?

    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 Birmingham with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline. Booking your flights between San Diego and BHM 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 San Diego to Birmingham?

    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 Birmingham from San Diego 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 San Diego to Birmingham

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4248 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

8.0 ExcellentRussell, Dec 2025
SAN - OAK
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

I’m so sorry, I can’t remember her name, I believe it was Dimpti. She was stellar, also a mature Asian flight attendant, lots of flowers in her hair, just as amazing! But literally the crew was AWESOME . Only downside is there weren’t any charging outlets. Maybe I needed to ask a flight attendant , but it would’ve been nice to have one easily accessible.

I boarded flight UA#1318 at Sacramento International Airport going back to Houston TX. The flight was scheduled at 5:10am. I was able to check in virtually using the United Airlines app. When I entered the airport, there was no one outside assisting with checked bags as it was for Delta Airlines. Immediately upon entering, there was a LONG, EXTREMELY LONG line to the kiosks to get boarding passes. I stand in line to get boarding passes then had to move to ANOTHER EXTREMELY LONG line to get my bags checked in. While standing in this line, we noticed an agent taking customers to 3 at a time to her station to check their bags in. Lucky for me, she called me back, checked my bags for me and I was on my way. I then encountered another long line at the TSA check and to avoid I ending up having to sign up for CLEAR to bypass it. So glad, I did.,...Both of my flights were great with no issues, butthe check in progress at Bush Airport was so much smoother. Check-in at SMF airport needs to be anaylzed and corrected. Do better United, I know you can....thanks

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

The flight attendants were great, I joked with one I can’t remember her name, a blond, really sweet. I thought it was run well very professional. This was great i survived Spirit, I know for which I speak.

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

Overall experience was great. Flights were almost on time in departing and we arrived at our destination as scheduled. No issues with amenities or flight crew. Everything went well as as expected. Will fly again with American Airlines in the future!

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

Mostly good. Flight was crowded but Airline personnel were very friendly & accommodating. It would be good to have savory snacks rather than just sweet Biscoff cookies.

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

Very crowded flight but what can you expect these days?? Crew was accommodating.

The seats in economy were appeared to be quite thin and lack sufficient cushioning to be comfortable. Perhaps it was my seating position but the plane seemed notably load.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

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