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$1,368 Find cheap flights from San Diego to Chennai

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Cheap flight deals from San Diego to Chennai (SAN-MAA)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Diego to Chennai 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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10:00 pm - 10:45 amSAN-MAA
48h 15m2 stops
6:00 am - 10:10 amMAA-SAN
40h 40m2 stops
$1,368
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Fri, Jun 14 - Sat, Jun 29
10:00 pm - 10:45 amSAN-MAA
48h 15m2 stops
1:50 am - 10:47 pmMAA-SAN
33h 27m2 stops
$1,391Air Canada
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Fri, Jun 14 - Fri, Jun 28
11:06 am - 8:55 amSAN-MAA
33h 19m3 stops
3:25 pm - 3:25 pmMAA-SAN
36h 30m2 stops
$1,489Lufthansa
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Fri, May 24 - Mon, Jun 24
12:10 pm - 12:10 amSAN-MAA
47h 30m2 stops
1:50 am - 5:52 pmMAA-SAN
28h 32m2 stops
$1,606Lufthansa
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Sun, Jun 23 - Sat, Jul 27
8:15 pm - 2:50 amSAN-MAA
42h 05m2 stops
4:10 am - 6:59 pmMAA-SAN
51h 19m2 stops
$1,684Etihad Airways
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Tue, Jun 4 - Wed, Jul 17
8:15 pm - 8:05 pmSAN-MAA
35h 20m2 stops
10:15 am - 9:32 amMAA-SAN
59h 47m2 stops
$1,786Etihad Airways
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Sat, Jun 1 - Sat, Jul 6
6:22 am - 2:50 amSAN-MAA
31h 58m2 stops
4:20 am - 9:03 pmMAA-SAN
29h 13m2 stops
$1,848Qatar Airways
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Sun, Jun 2 - Sat, Jul 6
11:35 am - 3:30 amSAN-MAA
27h 25m2 stops
5:35 am - 9:07 pmMAA-SAN
28h 02m2 stops
$1,901British Airways
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Sat, May 25 - Tue, Jun 25
6:22 am - 2:50 amSAN-MAA
31h 58m2 stops
4:05 am - 9:07 pmMAA-SAN
29h 32m2 stops
$1,934Qatar Airways
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Thu, May 23 - Sun, Jun 23
11:35 am - 3:30 amSAN-MAA
27h 25m2 stops
5:25 pm - 6:10 pmMAA-SAN
37h 15m2 stops
$1,966British Airways
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Sat, May 25 - Sun, Jun 23

Flights from San Diego to Chennai - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Diego to Chennai?

The average price of all flights from San Diego to Chennai clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For San Diego to Chennai, Monday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Chennai back to San Diego, the best deals are generally found on Sunday, with Monday being the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Diego to Chennai, 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 Chennai is October, where tickets cost $1,218 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of tickets is $2,261 and $1,801 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Diego to Chennai?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Diego to Chennai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Diego to Chennai, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 48 days before departure.

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September

High season

June

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$1,368
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 22% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 44% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Diego to Chennai

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

  • What is the most preferred means of transport to the city center from Chennai Airport?

    Transportation services that provide shuttles to and from airports have been around for quite some time and are popular. Affordable and convenient, the Chennai MAA Airport Shuttle service is an excellent option for travelers.

  • Are there rental car companies inside Chennai Airport?

    There are several automobile rental businesses accessible at Chennai Airport. They consist of companies such as Avis, Hertz, and SS Travels. They may be found on the other side of the airport from the parking garage.

  • Is there a place to sleep at San Diego Airport?

    You may bring a pillow or blanket if you sleep on the floor, although most sitting options include armrests. There are check-in counters and chairs without armrests in the baggage claim area and the northwest corner of Terminal 2 for those who want to nap before their flight.

  • Are there parking services at San Diego Airport?

    Three miles north of downtown San Diego is where you will find San Diego International Airport. On-site parking is available at San Diego International Airport in two authorized lots or garages: Terminal 1 Parking and Long Term Parking. Moreover, the airport is home to two Curbside Valet Terminals.

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Diego to Chennai was $1,368 for a round-trip ticket.

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

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Chennai from San Diego.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Diego to Chennai, Qatar Airways or Etihad Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Diego to Chennai are Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,755 and an overall rating of 7.7, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Etihad Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,239 and an overall rating of 7.3.

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

    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 Chennai.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Chennai 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 Chennai?

    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 Chennai with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline. Booking your flights between San Diego and MAA 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 Chennai?

    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 Chennai from San Diego up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from SAN to Chennai

  • The Aspire Lounge at San Diego International Airport (SAN) is available to all passengers leaving from terminal 2, regardless of the travel class or airline they are flying with. Guests staying in this lounge have access to various amenities, such as free high-speed Internet access, complimentary showers, specialized work rooms and facilities, and a comprehensive food and beverage selection.
  • At San Diego International Airport, nursing mothers have designated areas to use as breastfeeding rooms. There is one room located behind a security checkpoint in Terminal 1, and there are two rooms located behind checkpoints in Terminal 2. In addition to a place to wash one's hands, each space has a children's seat, comfortable seating, artwork, electrical outlets, and low-key illumination. While traveling through the airport, nursing mothers may utilize these rooms to locate a private location that is both quiet and isolated to use while they are feeding their children.
  • At San Diego International Airport, they make it simple for your animal companion to relieve themselves by supplying cutting-edge facilities developed just to satisfy that need. If traveling with a pet, you should stop at one of the seven designated Pet Relief Areas. These places have been provided fake grass, waste bags for pets, and even a fire hydrant to encourage participation in these activities.
  • There are two terminals at Chennai Airport (MAA): the international terminal, Anna, and the domestic terminal (Kamaraj). A space designated for administrative offices and dining is between the two, and an elevated travelator links the two floors. Despite the modifications, passengers claim that the facilities still have an old feel, with ineffective and delayed passenger processing and security, and unpleasant immigration and security officers.
  • Both the MAA and SAN airports are committed to providing excellent customer service. Passengers at these airports have a wide variety of options available to them in the hours before and after their flights. Services like wheelchair rentals and terminal maps come under this umbrella. Before, during, or after your trip, passengers are encouraged to approach any airport staff member with any questions, comments, or concerns they may have.
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Top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to Chennai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Diego to Chennai. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3988 reviews
8.3Entertainment
8.3Crew
8.1Comfort
7.9Food
8.2Boarding
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we bought trip insurance from you and could not use it. 'underrated' only return 50 % of trip cost. my doctor told me i have stage 4 cancer and that I might not live till the end of the month..

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2024EWR - ATH
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we bought trip insurance from you and could not use it. 'underrated' only return 50 % of trip cost. my doctor told me i have stage 4 cancer and that I might not live till the end of the month..

Flight got canceled without any prior information and it caused lot of trouble

Worst ever. No assistance and communication from Emirates crew. No visibility of when the flight is flying. Couldn’t understand if we can go to lounge to take rest. Emirates system at a certain point said flight is not operating and suggested to take the next flight and in few minutes it suddenly opened the gate for boarding. unsupportive and rude crew. Worst experience ever. Flight was delayed by 5 hours so need the compensation for that.

Staff were friendly, and provided great service. The food was plentiful and delicious. Food could have been hotter.

I was traveling business purposes and I only had one carry on and a personal computer back pack . My carry on was 8.5 kg little more than allowable. At jfk airport check in they did not let me carry it . I was little disappointed.

More leg room and comfortable seats at least for long flights

The entertainment selections are amazing. But the live TV is sometimes spotty. If you’re going to have it, then have it. If you can’t make it consistent, then, perhaps it’s better not to have it. The crew are always cordial when approached, but they seem to do the minimum and sit around, talking to each other in the back of the plane during the flight. I realize that delays are not always predictable, but I missed my flight in Dubai because we left 90 minutes late from Washington. I will say that Emirates took very good care of me in Dubai. But I would rather not be delayed.

Probably the best flight I’ve ever been on. Emirates first class is leagues beyond British airways and Lufthansa’s.

Great flight. Comfortable seats, courteous service, and excellent selection for entertainment.

Emirates flights always nice. Service rendered by the staff is superb.I am always comfortable in Emirates flights.

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Honestly, I didn’t expect that I will experience this long time wait during the check in. There was only one person who was taking care of the passengers for the economy class and it took us to wait about one hour to do our check i. As a result we barely get to the airplane as the gate was at the end of the airport. That is totally not professional where one crue is working at the registration desk with economy and 3-4 crues are helping for the business class.

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

You need to be a hacker to get the (Free) WiFi

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

No towels or tissue and chocolate and mint provided before arrival

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

They made us deliberate waste time by holding our passports and boarding passes making us miss the flight

The made us waiting and held our passports and boarding pass making us miss our flights

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

Checked in is easy and it was a smooth flight from LAX to Munich

It was a busy flight and all the crew were very helpful and gracious

I wish the flight attendant was a little bit kinder

I always try to book flights that don’t charge for baggage. Yet I was charged $75 for this flight.

Used to love Lufthansa, but Rowe are too close together in Economy and passengers are allowed to recline their seats so far back it is impossible for those behind them to even reach for carry-on essentials during flight - except for meal service when flight attendants ask for seat backs to be raised, we can’t sleep on planes so this flight was most uncomfortable ever! Rod Rose

Horrible crowding on the seats, headphones provided did not fit or work in the entertainment center, seriously the most uncomfortable flight I have taken in a LONG time. The people in front of me were literally 5 inches from my face the entire flight. Did they change their seats recently? I remember it being tight but wow this was a whole new level. Also I am a 5'3" small woman so I can't even imagine a larger person dealing with that for 11 hrs.

Seat controls of lights were broken, and only 1 of the 2 seat TVs ever worked on the long flight. On the short flight there were no USB connections, on the long one they were difficult to access. Part of my meal was frozen, though the hot portion was good.

Lufthansa fails at mentioning no luggage when booking through points. We had to pay added fees to take checked bags to Europe for 2 weeks. The staff at check in were not helpful at all. told us "if we don't like it, then book another flight". Food was bad, they ran out of half the options. Vegetarian was terrible. The flight crew was nice, and tried to make it work ok.

The accommodations are top-notch. The only negative was that both our initial flights were delayed, which caused us to miss one and almost miss the other. The staff immediately handled the missed flight and compensated us for the inconvenience.

1. Food provided was not per the selection. 2. Very old and outdated media infotainment and not much language oriented films 3. Better provide with a proper headset rather cheap in ear headphones.

Lost our bags in Heathrow, We didn’t receive bags in Mallorca for 3 days, out of a 7 day cycling vacation. Really inconvenient and disappointing!

We missed the flight to Barcelona because the flight from Baltimore was delayed. We flew on Vueling VW6653. Our luggage didn’t arrive. Please help us get our luggage. We are staying at Hotel Gran Via in Barcelona

The seats were tiny, being of a fairly petite build, I don’t usually expect to feel crammed and cramped in a seat, but I definitely was on this flight. I couldn’t even bend over to get anything out from under the seat in front and getting up to go to the bathroom at night with the seat backs reclined was nearly impossible. I had to do gymnastics to get over and out. For an airline that does long flights overnight, it’s kind of ridiculous.

Not connecting flights. Missed my flight from Dublin to Liverpool because I arrived at Dublin one hour too late. For this mistake, they offered me a flight from Dublin to Manchester. Thats great and all, but I waste time and money to commute to Liverpool. Be sure to check the time of your connecting flights, because they sure don’t when they sell it to you

Excellent! Great flight attendants, good food (in business class, at least), very comfortable. Touchscreen and remote wasn’t great.

In economy and food was ok, but with limited leg space (and I was in a 2 seat configuration) it was difficult to eat with a tiny seat tray. I spilt wine on my trousers. First time on British Air (I usually fly Turkish Air) and in a 777. Heathrow was pleasant but changing terminals awkward.

Starting with the flight Cairo to London the plain was so poor no entertainment at all uncomfortable seats although it’s 5 hours long,then an American airline plain took me from London to Miami it was a bad experience the crew most of flight time not available and they asked us to help our selves for any snacks if we need. From Miami to London actually was perfect flight with a huge plain and perfect crew but from London to Cairo was horrible plain with stiff fixed seats not movable no entertainment or wi fi very poor Menu which is unacceptable for a business class

This was an American Airlines flight. The crew were very unhappy and quite grumpy. Abrupt to the point of being rude. The food was dreadful. Indeed the breakfast was in edible. I will avoid AA at all costs in the future.

We have business class seats from Los Angeles to London. The crew is friendly and provided great service. The flight was very comfortable and very smooth. Will use this airlines again in the future.

Asked for a wheelchair multiple times. Got denied the wheelchair in London layover.

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