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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Memphis (SAN-MEM)

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

Fri, Sep 5 - Tue, Sep 9
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 1:57 pmSAN-MEM
5h 42m1 stop
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3:01 pm - 11:34 pmMEM-SAN
10h 33m1 stop
$137Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Sep 4 - Mon, Sep 8
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7:47 pm - 11:53 amSAN-MEM
14h 06m1 stop
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1:48 pm - 12:31 pmMEM-SAN
24h 43m1 stop
Tue, Oct 14 - Fri, Oct 17
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 2:02 pmSAN-MEM
5h 47m1 stop
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2:57 pm - 6:30 pmMEM-SAN
5h 33m1 stop
$158Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Sep 4 - Tue, Sep 9
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7:47 pm - 11:53 amSAN-MEM
14h 06m1 stop
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3:01 pm - 11:34 pmMEM-SAN
10h 33m1 stop
Thu, Oct 9 - Wed, Oct 15
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7:47 pm - 12:05 pmSAN-MEM
14h 18m1 stop
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2:57 pm - 11:17 pmMEM-SAN
10h 20m1 stop
Thu, Sep 4 - Wed, Sep 10
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7:47 pm - 11:53 amSAN-MEM
14h 06m1 stop
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3:01 pm - 11:34 pmMEM-SAN
10h 33m1 stop
Thu, Oct 16 - Sun, Oct 19
Frontier Logo
6:41 am - 7:23 pmSAN-MEM
10h 42m1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:10 pm - 9:57 amMEM-SAN
15h 47m1 stop
$172Frontier
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Fri, Sep 26 - Tue, Sep 30
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 1:57 pmSAN-MEM
5h 42m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
3:01 pm - 6:42 pmMEM-SAN
5h 41m1 stop
$195Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Sep 11 - Thu, Sep 18
Frontier Logo
6:35 am - 6:07 pmSAN-MEM
9h 32m1 stop
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6:56 pm - 11:53 pmMEM-SAN
6h 57m1 stop
$200Frontier
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Sat, Aug 30 - Mon, Sep 1
Frontier Logo
12:12 pm - 6:59 pmSAN-MEM
28h 47m1 stop
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7:53 pm - 10:08 pmMEM-SAN
28h 15m1 stop
$235Frontier
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Diego to Memphis flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Diego to Memphis 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 Memphis?

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Memphis on a Wednesday, 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 Memphis. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Tuesdays for the best deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to Memphis, 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 Memphis is September, where tickets cost $237 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $565 and $532 respectively.

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

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 Memphis, 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 Memphis, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 56% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$94
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 20% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 15% increase in price.
Flight from San Diego to Memphis

When to book flights from San Diego to Memphis

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

  • Can I pre-select my seat when flying United Airlines from San Diego to Memphis?

    You can pre-select your seat when flying United Airlines from San Diego to Memphis. Passengers on United Airlines flights can choose their seats in advance during the booking process or afterward through their website or mobile app. By selecting your seat early, you can ensure your preferred location on the aircraft and have a more comfortable journey.

  • What are the in-flight entertainment amenities available on Frontier flights from San Diego to Memphis?

    Frontier Airlines offers a variety of in-flight entertainment amenities on its flights from San Diego to Memphis. Passengers can enjoy a range of movies, TV shows, and music through the seat back entertainment systems. Additionally, there are in-flight magazines and Wi-Fi services available for browsing the internet or accessing personal devices.

  • Can I rent a car after my flight from San Diego to Memphis?

    You can rent a car after your flight from San Diego to Memphis. Several rental companies operate at Memphis International Airport, including Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Hertz, and National. These companies offer a range of vehicles to choose from and provide convenient rental services at the airport.

  • How does United Airlines support sustainable travel on flights from San Diego to Memphis?

    United Airlines supports sustainable travel on flights from San Diego to Memphis by implementing various eco-friendly initiatives. They utilize fuel-efficient aircraft, employ optimized flight planning to minimize fuel consumption, and actively participate in carbon offset programs. United Airlines also promotes recycling on board and in their facilities, reduces single-use plastics, and invests in alternative fuel sources.

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Diego to Memphis was $94 for a one-way ticket and $137 for a round-trip.

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

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Diego to Memphis, United Airlines or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Diego to Memphis are United Airlines and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $496 and an overall rating of 7.4, United Airlines is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $434 and an overall rating of 7.2.

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

    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 Memphis.

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

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

    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 Memphis with an airline and back to San Diego with another airline. Booking your flights between San Diego and MEM 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 Memphis?

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Diego to Memphis

  • After your flight from San Diego (SAN) to Memphis (MEM), you can utilize various public transportation options. The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) operates bus services throughout the city, offering convenient travel within Memphis. Additionally, taxi services and ride-share apps like Uber and Lyft are available for transportation. Memphis also has a light rail system called the Memphis MATA Trolley, which provides a unique and nostalgic way to explore the city's downtown area.
  • Common layovers for Alaska Airlines flights from San Diego to Memphis may include stops at airports such as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), or Portland International Airport (PDX). Please note that specific layovers can vary depending on the airline's schedule and route availability.
  • Alaska Airlines uses the Admiral's Club and United Club lounges for flights from San Diego to Memphis. Passengers traveling on Alaska Airlines can access these lounges to relax, enjoy amenities, and access complimentary services while waiting for their flight at San Diego International Airport.
  • American Airlines offers a variety of kid-friendly options on flights from San Diego to Memphis. Children can enjoy in-flight entertainment with a selection of movies, TV shows, and games suitable for their age group. Additionally, the airline provides special meals designed for kids, ensuring their dietary preferences are accommodated. Friendly flight attendants are available to assist families with any additional needs or requests throughout the journey.
  • American Airlines has certain pet restrictions for flights from San Diego to Memphis. Only cats and dogs are allowed as cabin pets, and they must be at least 8 weeks old. The maximum weight limit for cabin pets is 20 lbs. (including the carrier).

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Diego to Memphis. 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 Memphis? 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 4246 reviews
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
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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.

10.0 ExcellentJoseph, Aug 2025SFO - BWI
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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.

My flight was delayed 50 minutes and we were rushed to board to then sit for 15 minutes until the pilot arrived. Unacceptable since we could have waited to board. Also the delayed flight was updated AFTER we boarded to more than the 10 minutes as originally stated.

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.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

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.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

There was a security issue at the airport and we were unable to land. We circled endlessly and then landed at another airfield for fuel. We then circled the airport again, almost landed but didn’t fully touch down before circling again. I am thankful to the crew for keeping us safe- the issue was the airline and staff at the airport getting us seats on our connecting flights. That part was hours of searching for someone and getting in double my steps.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

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.

Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks

4 hours late, including over +1 hour waiting in plane to take off. Baggage left behind too.

While waiting to claim my checked luggage, I discovered the airline had lost it. After a long wait and inquiries, I discovered it was on another flight. Fortunately, the airline finally sent my luggage home.

Crew should be nicer and emphatic with customers. Same cookies as the past 20 years. Seat are ok and the plane was clean though it was delayed.

Was not able to watch most shows on the entertainment site. They would not load

Plane was delayed for 6 hours, at first by weather, which is understandable, but was further delayed with NO given reason for 2 1/2 hours more. We had no clue when we were going to depart actually until they opened the ramp. VERY POOR to ZERO COMMUNICATION!!!

Our flight was 1.5 hours delayed. There was no weather for the inbound flight, so I don't understand why. This meant a VERY late arrival and only a quick nap before my morning flight.

Delayed flight, so I switched fights to SFO to Phoenix , Phoenix to DSM. Excellent service through American Airlines

AA re-routed flight from HNL to LAX due to delay. My group of 3 with reserved seats in row 9 was broken up, with one assigned to a middle seat, another in the last row of the plane. Not happy. No explanation to the delay. No apologies. No compensation. Would have been nice to be offered an Admiral Club admission or a voucher for the extra 3 hours of layover in LAX. Could not hear the boarding gate announcements in LAX. Adjacent gate was boarding at the same time. Loud speakers were competing against each other. Barely made my boarding group.

Almost a 6 hour flight and the only food option is a cheese plate… and chips. Also how is it there are no options for texting on American. I’ll be going back to delta and united.

Delayed because of weather in Nashville. I think God or some higher power generally has cursed me when it comes to flying out of Charlotte on American. I'm delayed pretty much everytime. We need Team Cobra Kai types to come in and "sweep the leg(s)" of the Charlotte ops people on principle. Don't let the sweet southern rocking chairs fool you, Charlotte is a sinkhole

The staff was very very rude in Las Vegas when boarding the flight. When presenting the boarding ticket. Las Vegas flight, it was hot and stuffy, it smelled really bad.

Dear All, I have harassment and accident with the flight attendant . This is my phone to talk 8168073567, please, leave phone message . Regards Emily,

Flight was on time but the amount of noise from several children and the kicking of my seat the entire flight was overwhelming.

Unbelievable check in horrible. Asked to print tickets at the gate after a delay

check in at security was a hassle being scanned. Spirit employees were helpful and professional.

First time on Spirit. Definitely a streamline flight but I would fly Spirit again.

Had a issue with catching flight due to airline, was unable to board flight

I liked how cheap it was but both my flights were delayed heavily

It was okay delay was long but I made it

I have never flown Spirit it was much better than anticipated!

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