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Cheap Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Santa Ana

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Santa Ana 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 Francisco Bay Area to Santa Ana

Fri, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 2
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 1:25 pmSTS  Santa Rosa Sonoma County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
7h 25m2 stops San Diego San Jose
Southwest Logo
3:25 pm - 10:40 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-STS Santa Rosa Sonoma County
7h 15m2 stops San Jose San Diego
$142Southwest
Sun, Sep 27 - Thu, Oct 1
Frontier Logo
2:04 pm - 3:48 pmSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
1h 44mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:30 am - 3:46 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
6h 16m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
$156Frontier
Wed, Nov 4 - Thu, Nov 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 8:41 amSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
1h 41mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:30 pm - 8:05 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
1h 35mnonstop
$156Multiple Airlines
Wed, Oct 14 - Thu, Oct 15
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:15 am - 9:55 amSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
1h 40mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:30 pm - 8:05 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
1h 35mnonstop
$156Multiple Airlines
Wed, Sep 2 - Tue, Sep 22
Southwest Logo
1:40 pm - 7:15 pmSTS  Santa Rosa Sonoma County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
5h 35m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 11:20 amSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-STS Santa Rosa Sonoma County
4h 35m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
$157Southwest
Sat, Sep 19 - Mon, Sep 21
Frontier Logo
11:42 am - 11:05 amSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
23h 23m1 stop Denver Intl
Frontier Logo
6:00 pm - 7:39 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
1h 39mnonstop
$157Frontier
Wed, Sep 16 - Sat, Sep 19
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:40 pm - 3:21 pmSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
1h 41mnonstop
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12:15 pm - 1:51 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
1h 36mnonstop
$168Alaska Airlines
Tue, Sep 1 - Tue, Sep 1
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:05 am - 8:45 amSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
1h 40mnonstop
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12:15 pm - 1:51 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
1h 36mnonstop
$170Alaska Airlines
Tue, Sep 15 - Sat, Sep 19
United Airlines Logo
10:20 am - 12:06 pmSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
1h 46mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 8:47 amSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
1h 32mnonstop
$189United Airlines
Wed, Sep 9 - Wed, Sep 16
United Airlines Logo
7:10 pm - 8:51 pmSFO  San Francisco-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
1h 41mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
4:11 pm - 5:52 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-SFO San Francisco
1h 41mnonstop
$189United Airlines
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Flight from Santa Rosa to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco Bay Area to Santa Ana

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco Bay Area to Santa Ana? 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 4218 reviews
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
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Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

8.0 ExcellentNicole, Mar 2026
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Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

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

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

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.

The open seating makes passengers boarding ahead of you think they also have the right to the empty middle seat. Trumper next to me refused to move her laptop bag from my leg area. I did not make a fuss since it was a short flight.

Three delays that got us home hours later than expected.

The plane was freezing. A few other customers mentioned how they can’t get their temperature right on their flights lately.

I paid for wifi and it never worked... it was miserable. I couldn't access my shared files to work on the plane, it didn't work on my phone. I paid for nothing but frustration and continual refreshing, hoping it would work

The flight was excellent and very friendly and helpful staff. Will travel again and recommend to friends. Thank you

They canceled my flight with only a couple hours before checking in at the airport and offered no alternatives to get home.

I’m New to Alaska Airlines. I was not able to connect to WiFi on either leg of my flights to/from Santa Rosa. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable ride.

Im not sure what could have been better. flight was quick and efficient, everyone was kind and made the experience far better than other flights I have made. This is specific to the Santa Rosa Airport crew.

They had all the passengers running around the airport as they kept changing the gate (from B7 to C1 to B16). Then they were saying the flight would be delayed and then they immediately boarded it, almost standing passengers who'd wandered off thinking it was delayed.

I have taken 4 Alaska flights in the past 3 weeks and every single flight was delayed. They give you a $12 voucher for airport food, sometimes too late, after you’ve already eaten. That might get you a bagel. Reservations, rentals, etc have to be cancelled with no repercussions. Will be avoiding Alaska if possible.

Excellent flight, hour and half flight so no food was served other than pretzels, which was fine. Excellent , very professional.

I had to change my plans and my tickets were non-refundable. I booked separately with Alaska Airlines and that was mostly fine. I'm unhappy with Kayak of course.

It was a short, comfortable flight. It did leave an hour late due to the pilot having to be replaced (family emergency) but that didn’t inconvenience myself & my friend. The situation was explained, eventually.

UA594 was delayed multiple times. I ended up getting picked up so I can make it in time for work 6AM on Monday, 7/6/2026

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

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

Flight delayed for more than 16 hrs and no effort was spent to provide an alternate

The control panel for the seat back screen did not work at all after takeoff.

The crew was nice but the people going to Orange County are so entitled. Everyone thinks everything is suppose for be perfect for them. Tough crowd.

How they treated my luggage was horrible. And foods are not edible… Flight attendants were not listening my request. Etc

Awful! We boarded and then sat on the plane for 50 mins before having to deplane due to a maintenance issue which should have been addressed before boarding. Then we had to change terminals as there was no other plane for us at the current terminal. Then we waited another 2 and a half hours to board again only to wait for 50 mins on the plane again for the snacks to be brought from the broken plane. And once we were on the flight we still only got the complimentary cookie and soda or water. No food vouchers provided even though we had waited over 3 hours for our flight.

Our experience with American Airlines was extremely disappointing and honestly made an already exhausting international journey much worse. After flying all the way from Melbourne and dealing with significant jet lag, the American Airlines experience at LAX was the last thing we needed. The terminal and boarding area felt very old and uncomfortable, with little to no air conditioning and only old fans running in the area. Boarding was also through outdoor stairs rather than a jet bridge, which felt especially inconvenient after such a long journey. Even though we were traveling First Class, the onboard experience was surprisingly poor. There were no meaningful snack options, no decent coffee available to order, and the aircraft was so small that there was barely enough overhead space for carry-on luggage. The staff experience was also disappointing and lacked the warmth or attentiveness we had experienced on our international flights. To make matters worse, the flight departed late, extending an already very long travel day. Overall, the combination of the outdated terminal, uncomfortable boarding process, limited First Class service, small aircraft, poor staff experience, and delay made this an extremely unpleasant final leg of our journey. It significantly worsened our exhaustion and jet lag rather than making the connection home easier. Unfortunately, this experience was bad enough that I do not plan to travel with American Airlines again in the future.

No food. I paid over $1.000 for my ticket for nuts and espresso beans.

Worst communication. Delayed boarding for two hours without a single announcement until hour 1 had passed - on time status showing until our flight was supposed to takeoff and the crew had already walked away. No one was boarding. Disgusting part of DFW overcrowded with no AC on a 97 degree day. Then the first app update is that we’d take off in 15 mins… but again no one had boarded a full flight. No announcement in the terminal so everyone is just crowded around a disgusting place with no info for over an hour which turned into two. This was an overfill flight and a disgrace to passenger decency all while likely just trying to fix their own issue of overbooking. The worst airline at the worst airport.

To have arrived on time and not 3 hours late after having already spent $100 to change to an earlier flight, only to arrive back home close to the original flight time.

The WiFi would not connect enough for me to do my actual work. It permaspooled, disconnected, said it was connected, then wouldn't open an email... it was frustrating. I am not a tall person, 5'4" - and I felt cramped with little room to reach into my bag under the seat in front of me. I feel sorry for anyone taller than me having to fly. the one positive thing I will add, is the overhead bins are roomy enough to manage more bags than other carriers.

The experience at checkin for my American Airlines flight from Sacramento to LAX was very good including the assistance I received in getting my bags checked in and boarding passes printed. Was pleasantly surprised the my bags were checked through all the way to my destination at Clark International Airport in Angeles, Philippines.

Amazing food, great staff, with one noticable detail missing ...but no seat entertainment in any of aircraft ...I am not a fan

The flight landed at LAX we were then bussed to collect our bags. That process took nearly as long as the flight. Luckily we weren't in a hurry!

On our return trip we were able to get on an earlier flight. American airlines made it so easy to do & at no cost!

I really didn't like anything. Paid for my checked luggage online ($79) and then was told that I would have to paid another $79 for my carry on. Was not allowed to enter the terminal until 3 hours before my flight and when I finally was allowed to check my bag and enter, my flight was delayed 3 times. When I finally landed, we were all instructed to "run off the plane" as they had to do a quick turn around to Las Vegas. Me and several of my flying companions will never fly Frontier again.

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

I think Frontier was very good at communication. Their app worked very well. Loading was great and the flight was nice and easy.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

I couldn’t check in because the app didn’t work. It took 3 Frontier employees at the counter to get me checked in. Flight left 3 hours after departure time

Stop changing gates at sfo. When you are elderly going back for it’s not fun.

I had to cancel within 1hour of the reservation an they put you through hell to . no live customer service desk. I'm handy caped and they make it almost impossible to cancel. They are steeling my money. You should not have that airline on your site. Contact me and I will give you all info. Of what the are doing to me just notable treatment they are set up like that to take people

Frontier is a no-frills airlines were the focus is low cost. You get basic service so don't set your expectations high. Watch out thought because this airline, like a few others, will try to nickel and dime you.

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