$75 Find Cheap Flights from San Diego to Dallas

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Cheapest round-trip
$162
Typical prices: $375-$236
Frontier
Wed 5/13Thu 5/28
SAN - DFW • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$163
Typical prices: $380-$247
Frontier
Sat 5/9Tue 5/12
SAN - DFW • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Dallas (SAN-DFW)

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

Wed, May 13 - Thu, May 28
Frontier Logo
6:25 am - 8:21 pm
SAN
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DFW
11h 56m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:15 pm - 11:50 pm
DFW
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SAN
6h 35m
1 stop
$162Frontier
Mon, May 4 - Mon, May 11
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9:00 pm - 5:41 am
SAN
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DFW
6h 41m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:41 pm - 11:50 pm
DFW
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SAN
6h 09m
1 stop
$163Frontier
Fri, May 8 - Fri, May 15
Frontier Logo
9:59 pm - 5:41 am
SAN
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DFW
5h 42m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
5:01 pm - 6:25 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 24mnonstop
$164Frontier
Tue, Aug 11 - Sat, Aug 15
Frontier Logo
7:31 pm - 5:40 am
SAN
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DFW
8h 09m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
11:53 am - 3:32 pm
DFW
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SAN
5h 39m
1 stop
$165Frontier
Thu, May 7 - Sun, May 10
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6:25 am - 11:41 am
SAN
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DFW
3h 16mnonstop
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5:01 pm - 6:25 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 24mnonstop
$166Frontier
Mon, May 11 - Wed, May 27
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7:10 pm - 5:48 am
SAN
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DFW
8h 38m
1 stop
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5:06 pm - 6:30 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 24mnonstop
$167Frontier
Fri, May 1 - Sun, May 3
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8:49 pm - 5:50 am
SAN
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DFW
7h 01m
1 stop
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6:59 pm - 5:56 pm
DFW
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SAN
24h 57m
1 stop
$168Frontier
Wed, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 19
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6:25 am - 11:54 am
SAN
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DFW
3h 29mnonstop
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11:53 am - 3:32 pm
DFW
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SAN
5h 39m
1 stop
$169Frontier
Sat, May 9 - Tue, May 12
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6:25 am - 11:25 am
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DAL
3h 00mnonstop
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6:00 am - 7:10 am
DAL
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SAN
3h 10mnonstop
$217Southwest
Sat, May 9 - Tue, May 12
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7:15 am - 3:40 pm
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DAL
6h 25m
1 stop
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6:00 am - 7:10 am
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SAN
3h 10mnonstop
$226Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Diego to Dallas flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San Diego to Dallas?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from San Diego to Dallas departing in May.

What is the cheapest San Diego to Dallas flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from San Diego to Dallas costs $196 on the route between San Diego (SAN) and Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 13% cheaper than other San Diego-Dallas routes. It is also the most popular route.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Diego to Dallas clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Dallas on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from San Diego to Dallas. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Saturday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to Dallas, 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 Dallas is August, where tickets cost $210 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $337 and $318 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to Dallas, 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 San Diego to Dallas, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

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Stefanie Waldek

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Expert on DFW

An avid traveler and aviation expert who has visited 173 countries, all 50 states and seven continents, Ramsey Qubein flies nearly 400,000 miles a year. As a North Carolina-based freelance journalist for publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes, USA Today and Bloomberg among others, he explores the latest trends in aviation, hospitality, cruises and business.

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Laura Ratliff

Expert on DAL

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Cheapest flight$75
Flight from San Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

When to book flights from San Diego to Dallas

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Diego to Dallas based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from San Diego to Dallas

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Diego to Dallas was $75 for a one-way ticket and $162 for a round-trip.

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

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

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Diego to Dallas?

    San Diego is served by only 1 airport and there are 2 airports in Dallas. You will leave San Diego from San Diego and you will be arriving in Dallas at one of these airports: Dallas Love Field or Dallas/Fort Worth.

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

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

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

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Dallas from San Diego?

    Las Vegas is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Diego to Dallas.

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

    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 Dallas.

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

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

    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 Dallas with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Diego to Dallas?

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

Prefer to fly direct from San Diego to Dallas?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San Diego to Dallas.
Find which airlines fly direct from San Diego Airport to Dallas, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San Diego to Dallas

Monday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Tuesday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Wednesday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Thursday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Friday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Sunday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

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Direct returns

Dallas to San Diego

Monday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Tuesday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Wednesday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Thursday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Friday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines, +2 more

Sunday

Alaska Airlines,American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to Dallas

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Diego to Dallas. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Diego to Dallas? 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
SouthwestOverall score based on 4331 reviews
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
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Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

4.0 OkayDavid, Apr 2026
COS - DAL
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Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

The seat was not comfortable. 1D. My back was sore all night and the next day.

One of the best airlines for fast boarding, on time arrivals, and top notch service!

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

An entire day of delays. Cost lots of money. Meals and a hotel.

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

The seats are now more narrow. I paid for front row the seats in the front are even more narrow than before.

I was on flight #3022 departed from San Diego, California to Medford, Oregon. I had Denise & Damaris as my flight attendants. I didn’t have much interaction with Damaris, but I did with Denise who had, this calm, cool collective voice when she spoke about the emergency exit plans before takeoff. I travel often and I’ve never met a flight attendant that can put you at ease. I felt she respects and takes pride in her position and more airlines need to adopt the integrity and respect that she has for Alaska Airlines. Debbie

All airlines should board planes back to front, instead of catering to higher priced tickets. The boarding groups are inefficient and delay takeoff time

Luggage was severely damaged. Flight was late for several hours

The ticketing counter in SD was a mess. The lady handling the First-Class check-in seemed overwhelmed until a supervisor replaced her. It took almost 20 minutes to get once couple checked in, and then she started walking around the counters while 7 people just stood in line. Once her supervisor arrived, she announced she was going on break, never to engage with customers again.

No outlets, plugs, way to charge the phone or service and no food on one leg o the trip, but other than that, great. Loved WIFI, the flight, the crew, the pilots, the schedule, etc. Great job. My new favorite airline!

I had a problem with my reservation and no one could help me understand what happened. I booked my flight months ago and received a confirmation email. In the confirmation email, it said that the flight would depart at 3:15 p.m. A few hours before the flight, I tried to go online and check in, and suddenly it said that the flight was leaving an hour earlier. I had to rush to get to the airport and almost didn't make it. No one could help me understand why this happened, and I'm really concerned that it might happen in the future. I would appreciate some support in this matter.

It was a super old plane so the first class experience was just not luxurious

Good as usual. Just wished my seat was assigned at online check in. Thanks anyways

This was my first trip with Alaska Airlines (round trip DCA to San Diego). Despite a slight delay on the return flight, I feel compelled to post a RAVE review! I cannot praise the airline and the crew enough! Everyone was kind, professional, and courteous, every step of the way- excellent service, snacks, and entertainment! On both legs of the trip I inquired whether there were any free seating upgrades and my request were granted BOTH times! I’ve flown on other airlines where they won’t do that, even when those premium seats are empty. As a customer service professional myself, I can say I left my experience feeling like a valued customer and not just a number. I NEVER expected to praise an airline lol I’ll definitely go out of my way to fly with Alaska on future trips. Thank you for such an awesome experience!

I bought tickets MONTHS ago for a flight that left SAN at 14:30. That is what it says on our tickets. I was never notified of any time changes. During online check-in. I discovered the flight time had been changed to 15:45. This was unacceptable and had I been notified, I would have changed flights, or airlines. That departure time was unworkable with our plans. We called Alaska and asked for an explanation. They said flight time was changed 11/08/25. No proof of notification could be offered. We asked to be moved to an earlier flight. After much pleading, the rep said she would allow a “one time exception..” While I appreciate being moved, this was YOUR fault Alaska Airlines.

Flights on time w/o delays. However, my baggage was damaged. Ground crew, throws baggage from plane to the baggage carrier, carelessly.

Business class was very good, one of my best flights

American flight was diverted and delayed but app didn’t show that information so I wasn’t able to change my connection until the last min.

Was not able to do a online check-in because the American Airlines system doesn't store our visa or other passport information, allowing us to have a trouble-free check-in. We were forced to have to check-in at the counter which Changes are upgrade status given that we were not able to check in much earlier.

Air condition was not working for long both after boarding and also after landing ; unbearably hot and suffocating

Human interaction. Thought there would be more service-even a smile would have been nice.

It was canceled at the last minute. While I was literally at the airport. Messed my entire trip up.

Moved to earlier flight which unexpectedly had maintenance issues initially indicated as quick fix to ultimately plane changes. Moved back to original flight, also delayed. In all cases customer updates and communication very unclear, no updates on drivers for delays.

Better snacks but flight and crew were amazing on this flight

The flight attendant in business class was excellent! Professional, friendly and attentive.

It was a full Spirit experience. Got to witness police officers having to deboard a passenger and cost us about an hour of delay. Front seat was spacious and better than expected.

Bad airline to travel with my flight was delayed for more than 3 hours they act like it’s normal

My flight was delayed by over an hour and the turbulance was horrible.

The flight was delayed over an hour which got us into DFW at approximately 2:20 am

Terrible. Spirit cancelled the flight with 3 hours notice and were absolutely no help getting another flight. Had to make my own reservation on another airline and arrived in Dallas 12 hours later.

They cancelled the flight due to crew unavailability. The next day they cancelled the flight again.

That gate is like a ducking shelter at Newark No where to sit Outlets that don’t work Bathrooms that are dirty

Loved that all flights were om time or early. Hated all the additional costs for a seat and luggage.

Boarding and unboarding processes were pretty smooth. I gave a low score for Boarding because of how my flight was missing from all the boards at the airport, and when I checked the flight status on the Spirit website, it said it would be departing from Terminal E, gate D15. There are no "D" gates in terminal E.

Waited at the airport for over 4 hours to board this flight. Terrible airline

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

baggage clamed had to wait over a hour and half for all people on my flight it was terrible

My flight was canceled I was promised a reginf still not received.

The confirmation # CK8GNW and my name was not recognized/in Frontier system. I was able to check in on Frintier app so i went to the Frontier ticket agent, at time they told me that my name/ confirmation did not show up as a purchased ticket. I had to purchase a new ticket that cost $289.00 one way.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

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