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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Thailand

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Phuket City
Phuket City2 stops$984
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai2 stops$999
Ko Samui
Ko Samui2 stops$1,142
Krabi
Krabi2 stops$1,342
Phuket City
Phuket City2 stops$984
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai2 stops$999
Ko Samui
Ko Samui2 stops$1,142
Krabi
Krabi2 stops$1,342

Price, demand and travel trends for San Diego to Thailand flights

Use KAYAK data on prices, travel dates, airlines and seasonal trends to compare options and book flights with more confidence.

Are flights from San Diego to Thailand cheaper or more expensive than last year?

Fares from San Diego to Thailand are running about 4% lower than they were around this time last year, averaging $1,134 round-trip.

What are the cheapest fares from San Diego to Thailand right now?

Here are the cheapest round-trip fares from San Diego to Thailand on KAYAK in the last week:

• Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK) from $853
• Phuket City (HKT) from $984
• Chiang Mai (CNX) from $999
• Ko Samui (USM) from $1,231
• Krabi (KBV) from $1,342

What’s the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to Thailand?

April is the cheapest time of year to fly, with average fares of $985. Prices are highest in December, when average flight costs increase to around $1,730.

When is the best time to book flights from San Diego to Thailand?

Book your flights 24 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data collected over the past 12 months shows that booking in this window can save you around 16% compared to booking last-minute (within 2 weeks of departure).

Which airport in Thailand is the cheapest to fly to from San Diego?

Based on KAYAK data from the past 12 months, the cheapest airports to fly into Thailand are:

• Phuket City (HKT) from $1,077
• Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK) from $1,218
• Krabi (KBV) from $1,233

What’s the cheapest day to fly from San Diego to Thailand?

Monday tends to be the cheapest day to fly from San Diego to Thailand, while Friday is the most expensive. Fares run about 27% higher that day, based on the past 12 months of KAYAK data.

What's the cheapest time of day to fly from San Diego to Thailand?

Data from the past 12 months shows it's cheapest to fly to Thailand during the morning with average prices of $1,154. The afternoon is the most expensive time to fly, with average prices of $1,360.

Key details for San Diego to Thailand flights

Low season

September

Cheapest flight

$409
Beat the crowds with an average 43% drop in travelers.
The most popular month to fly with an average 62% increase in travelers.
One-way flight from San Diego to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

Your San Diego to Thailand flight questions, answered

Find helpful answers about this route, including flight times, airports, airlines and booking tips.

  • Is now a good time to book a flight from San Diego to Thailand?

    Yes. Fares from San Diego to Thailand are low right now. As a rule of thumb, a round-trip under $992 (cheaper than most fares this year) is a good deal, so if you spot one at or below that, it's a good time to book.

  • How much should I budget for a flight from San Diego to Thailand?

    Over the past 12 months, round-trip fares from San Diego to Thailand have ranged from $992 to $1,462.

  • What are the main airports serving Thailand?

    Thailand has 33 airports. The three busiest are Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK) (85% of arrivals), Chiang Mai (CNX) (10%) and Phuket City (HKT) (3%).

  • What airlines fly nonstop from San Diego to Thailand?

    Based on the flight schedule for the next 3 months, no airline regularly operates nonstop flights from San Diego to Thailand. One-stop options include Japan Airlines and Air Canada.

  • Which cabin classes are available on flights from San Diego to Thailand?

    On flights from San Diego to Thailand you can book Economy Class, Premium Economy Class, Business Class or First Class.

  • What are some popular landmarks in Thailand?

    KAYAK travelers' favorite landmarks in Thailand include:

    • Lamai Beach
    • Pratunam
    • Chaweng Beach
    • Phuket Old Town

  • What type of visa or passport will I need to travel to Thailand?

    If you are making your way to Thailand on vacation, you do not need to get a visa so long as you don't plan on staying in the country for more than 30 days. It is important to make sure you do have a valid passport, and the government of the United States recommends that this passport be valid for at least 180 days beyond the day you enter the country.

  • What are some of my choices for getting from the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport to Bangkok after my flight?

    One transportation option that is quick and cost-effective is to travel on the City Line light rail route offered by Airport Rail Link, that makes the journey in around 26 minutes. Another option is to travel aboard bus number S1 operated by Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, that makes the trip in about 1 hour 15 minutes.

  • Where will I find my rental car company when I arrive at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport?

    There are roughly 8 different major rental car companies that operate at this airport, and each of the companies has a customer service desk in the arrivals hall of the airport right adjacent to the baggage claim area.

  • What is a good choice for a hotel that has a location right at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport?

    There are a couple of hotel options that have a location right on the airport property, and they include the Boxtel and the Avagard Capsule Hotel.

Your guide to booking San Diego to Thailand flights

Get tips on when to book, when to fly and what to know before your trip.
  • If you can plan ahead, the sweet spot for booking your flight is 24 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data shows fares in this window are around 16% lower than last-minute bookings (made within 2 weeks of departure). Not ready to commit? Set a Price Alert and we'll let you know when prices change.
  • If your travel dates are flexible, book your trip for April when flights are typically cheapest and avoid December when prices are at their highest.
  • Flying on Monday is usually the cheapest. Flights on Friday cost about 27% more on average, so being flexible with your travel dates could help you save.
  • If you're looking to save, Phuket City (HKT) is the cheapest airport to fly into from San Diego. If you have onward travel, don't forget to factor in the cost of your journey by train, bus or domestic flight.
  • Start your trip in Bangkok, which is the most popular destination in Thailand. From there, it's easy to continue on to other popular destinations such as Pattaya, Phuket City and Chiang Mai.
  • One of the most common destinations in Thailand for those traveling from San Diego International Airport (SAN) is to fly to the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK). On this route of flight, you will find one-stop flight options aboard Lufthansa Airlines.
  • One of the most convenient ways to get from downtown San Diego to the San Diego International Airport without having to drive your own car is to travel aboard the San Diego Metro Transit line 992 bus, which makes the trip in around 12 minutes. Another option is to travel on the San Diego Flyer bus that travels between the Old Town Transit center and the airport.
  • When you are taking a pet or a service animal through the San Diego International Airport, you'll find that this airport offers seven different pet relief areas. Most of the pet relief areas sit outside the terminal buildings, but there is one indoor relief area inside Terminal Two West. Each of the relief areas offers artificial turf and pet waste bags.
  • For nursing mothers traveling through the San Diego International Airport you will find a nursing mother's room in each terminal building just past the security checkpoints. Each of the nursing rooms includes a handwashing station, comfortable seating, a seat for small children, plus electrical outlets.
  • After a long flight to the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport, one of the best ways to get refreshed and revitalized is to use the showers available in both the Miracle Transit Hotel and the Miracle CIP First Class Lounge.

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

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Diego to Thailand? 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.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1938 reviews
7.7Food
8.2Comfort
7.8Entertainment
8.4Boarding
8.7Crew
Airline reviews

I missed the flight. I never got on. That sucked.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Aug 2026
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I missed the flight. I never got on. That sucked.

They didn't tell me they changed my flight. So I got confused on what happened to my flight.

The flight was delightful overall. The check-in and boarding were on smooth and on time. Amenities and staffs were elevated. However, if glasses were served instead of cups, there should be a complete premium.

Sure I would’ve liked a little more space, but it was better than economy. I bring my own food because I have food allergies it would be nice if they offered larger salads or more vegetables instead of starch it was really a good flight. I don’t wanna complain. I’m grateful to fly at all safely. Thank you to the pilots.

American Airlines food is horrible. Also, paid to fly JAL on all segments, but received a much lower quality. I was disappointed to learn that we would be using American Airlines on this flight, which has less comfort, entertainment, choices, and lower standard of service. Overall not satisfied.

Food was very mediocre. Economy is pretty uncomfortable. Crew was excellent and responsive.

This was serviced by American Airlines. Not as great as Japan Airlines. The LAX domestic airport is not a great airport. We needed to take a shuttle to go to the gate. Mind you, this is just a connection, but we had to go to security again, which is a hassle after a very long flight from Japan. It makes sense, for our checked baggage to be picked up and moved to the other carousel for our final destination, but for us doing the security all over again, pointless. We had our boarding passes already when we were still in Japan, yet we had to start from zero again when we arrived LAX. There should at least be a different line for connecting passengers without going out like it’s our final destination. Next time, I will try to book our flights from any foreign countries non stop to my destination.

We booked business class round trip from Delhi to San Diego and back. On our last leg from Bangalore to Delhi we were down graded to economy class which was big disappointment other than that everything was great.

Truly impressive service in the air. After the main meal, they have a delicious a la carte menu that you can order anytime until 1.5 hrs prior to landing. Flight crew were so pleasant and very efficient. Wish I could fly JAL more often!

It was an outstanding flight and service. The only thing is the seat cushion for economy could be a little more comfortable. More cushion.

I’d have rated Asiana good except an unfortunate incident in which I felt one of your employee didn’t really help us. During the first leg of the trip, the flight from LAX to ICN, I left my backpack on the plane. When I realized, I reported to one of your employee who promised me that it’d be taken care of, that my backpack will be there at HCM city. When we arrived there, HCM people had no idea and my backpack was still at Incheon airport who denied any knowledge whatsoever. I was left in the cold and felt helpless. I was very disappointed. I’d like someone to look into this and let me know.

It was my first time flying Asiana but i was very pleased with how professional and understanding the flight crew is with little kids. One flight attendant held my 3 year old daughter’s hand guiding her to the exit after landing while i had my hands full with luggage and my infant. She was very helpful.

Love flying Asiana. Been using it for over a decade now.

The beefsteak on the lunch menu was excellent! I usually do not eat airplane food. I loved it.

For the most part, it was an enjoyable experience. It's the 2nd half of the journey was a bit uncomfortable. It was on a noticable smaller plane compared to the previous one.

Only process that my luggage didn’t make it to my destination because of short connection but I understand

I like the food, the crew and everything.!!! Except for the delay in our flight.

Check in agent very rude, no greeting “Hi” or “ Thank you. Doesn’t direct where to go for gate info. In flight crew staff not friendly. Very disappointed ☹️

My favorite airline to fly across the Pacific. The Business class lounge is fantastic, the wonderful flight attendants are helpful and professional. Great comfort while flying.

The flight attendant, where kind of rude, there where hiding for almost 3 hours, without doing rounds to see if people needed water or pickup the water cups, the toilets were full of water cups, because they never come back to pick them up.

The only issue is that the plane was HOT. This was not the case on my first flight so not sure why, but thankfully I had a portable fan with me. Everything else was great!

Seats were old and very uncomfortable. Coach seating is way too tight

Flight was delayed at airport with large backlog and WiFi was spotty

Flight was delayed from San Diego due to being overweight for weather conditions. We missed our connecting flight to our final destination due to the delay, as well as the connecting flight leaving before the scheduled departure time. We missed the connection within 10 - 15 minutes. We were booked on a later flight arriving 7 hours later. There were 7 passengers sharing the same originating and connecting flight.

Horrible, mismanaged ground issue resulting in a long delayed, next flight left early, waiting extra 7 hours in the airport, screen did not work

The internet on these planes stinks. Need to get starlink

Very good flight. Crew was great. No issues and we even arrived early.

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

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

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

Entertainment was great. Seats were good. They did not have my pre-ordered hot food product available but did comp me something cold in place of the item.

Food was good. Clean aircraft. But why do the airlines make the seats so narrow?! Your executives should have ride in a seat so restrictive for 11 hours and see how miserable it is! When.we got to MUC they changed my boarding gate 3 times for my next flight!!!!

Flight was on time, clean, etc. Despite connecting to your wi fi I was unable to use your app to watch entertainment.

The back to back mechanical delays from Denver to San Diego and then on my return flight from Denver to Great Falls it added extra time both ways

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Over 2.5 hour maintenance delay on first morning flight with no acknowledgement, compensation or even gesture of good will. Aircraft had overnighted at airport so issue should have been addressed prior to boarding. Over 3.5 hours before first slow and deliberate beverage service.

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

The food was terrible this time. Otherwise pleasant, quiet, on-time.

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.

The people were awesome, my only complaint is the lack of business lounges

The flight attendants went out of their way to help me align everything so I can catch my connection as soon as we landed

Flight was canceled for a reason they knew hours before but did not mention. Next the gate chnage from 37 to 38 at least 10 times. Ridiculous.

I liked a lot , the flight attendant so nice ,the seat very comfortable I enjoyed the flight , I will do it again with Air Canada,

Real smooth and easy, Real good leg room in coach!

Plane was old, cabin was small, overhead bins were small, seats really uncomfortable, no seat-back entertainment

I had a disappointing experience at the San Diego airport with one of your gate agents. Despite being in Zone 4 and traveling with a standard carry-on bag that has never been an issue (30 flights in Q4 alone), the tall, blonde gentleman forced me to gate-check my bag. When I politely asked if we could verify the bag’s size, he became confrontational, even threatening to deny me boarding twice. His behavior appeared erratic and unprofessional, projecting a negative attitude onto passengers, as if he was going through something mentally. Notably, there was ample overhead space once all passengers had boarded. In contrast, the tall, older Asian agent handled the situation with professionalism and calmness, making a clear effort to de-escalate. As an avid traveler, this unnecessary inconvenience set a frustrating tone for my trip to Asia.

. Crew was professional and friendly. Food could have been hotter

Terrible. They cancelled our flight the night before. Please give me a call to discuss.

My experience was pretty frustrating because the first leg of my flight on United (though booked through Air Canada) was delayed causing me to miss my connecting flight on Air Canada. This could have been an easy solve as there was a direct flight later that morning via Air Canada that they easily could have put me on which would have only gotten me to my destination 2 1/2 hours later but because United and Air Canada don’t seem to have good communication they gave me the run around both telling me to talk with the other which I did three times to no avail. I ended up taking the delayed flight and getting on a new connecting flight which ended up getting me to my destination 6 hours later and I missed the event I was planning to go to this evening.

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