SFO - BHX

$229 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Birmingham

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Francisco to Birmingham departing on 5/11. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Francisco to Birmingham.
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Cheapest round-trip
$631
Overall average: $718
Virgin Atlantic
Tue 3/10Tue 3/17
SFO - BHX • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$229
Typical prices: $497-$569
Delta
Mon 5/11
SFO - BHX • 1 stop
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Virgin Atlantic
Cheapest • from $631 (round-trip)
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January
Cheapest • 24% price drop
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Birmingham (SFO-BHX)

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

Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Mar 17
Virgin Atlantic Logo
2:55 pm - 8:10 pm
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BHX
22h 15m
1 stop
Virgin Atlantic Logo
8:50 pm - 12:50 pm
BHX
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SFO
23h 00m
1 stop
$631Virgin Atlantic
Sun, Mar 1 - Wed, Apr 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:40 pm - 12:35 pm
SFO
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BHX
13h 55m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:50 am - 4:15 pm
BHX
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SFO
15h 25m
1 stop
$637Multiple Airlines
Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Mar 17
Delta Logo
6:20 am - 9:30 am
SFO
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BHX
20h 10m
2 stops
Delta Logo
6:15 am - 12:50 pm
BHX
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SFO
13h 35m
1 stop
$649Delta
Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Mar 17
KLM Logo
9:15 am - 8:30 am
SFO
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BHX
16h 15m
2 stops
KLM Logo
6:15 am - 4:04 pm
BHX
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SFO
16h 49m
2 stops
$655KLM
Mon, Mar 16 - Mon, Mar 23
Lufthansa Logo
3:40 pm - 5:05 pm
SFO
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BHX
18h 25m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
5:45 pm - 1:40 pm
BHX
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SFO
26h 55m
2 stops
$657Lufthansa
Tue, Mar 17 - Tue, Apr 7
Air Europa Logo
4:40 pm - 9:30 am
SFO
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BHX
33h 50m
1 stop
Air Europa Logo
5:55 am - 11:45 am
BHX
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SFO
13h 50m
1 stop
$661Air Europa
Mon, Mar 2 - Tue, Apr 7
Delta Logo
10:20 am - 5:50 pm
SFO
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BHX
23h 30m
2 stops
Delta Logo
1:25 pm - 11:45 am
BHX
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SFO
30h 20m
1 stop
$664Delta
Tue, Mar 3 - Wed, Apr 8
Delta Logo
1:55 pm - 4:50 pm
SFO
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BHX
18h 55m
1 stop
Delta Logo
9:20 am - 11:45 am
BHX
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SFO
34h 25m
1 stop
$665Delta
Wed, Mar 18 - Wed, Apr 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:55 am - 12:45 pm
SFO
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BHX
17h 50m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:50 am - 9:21 pm
BHX
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SFO
20h 31m
2 stops
$668Multiple Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Mon, Apr 6
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 8:30 am
SFO
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BHX
17h 30m
2 stops
Delta Logo
9:20 am - 11:45 am
BHX
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SFO
34h 25m
1 stop
$669Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Birmingham flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Birmingham?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Birmingham, 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 Francisco to Birmingham is January, where tickets cost $654 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,164 and $1,138 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Birmingham?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Birmingham, 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 Francisco to Birmingham, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$229
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 24% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 11% lower on average.
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When to book flights from San Francisco to Birmingham

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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Birmingham

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Birmingham?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Birmingham was $229 for a one-way ticket and $631 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Birmingham?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Birmingham from San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Birmingham?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Birmingham?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Birmingham, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Birmingham are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $996 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $891 and an overall rating of 7.7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Birmingham?

    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 Francisco to Birmingham.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Birmingham from San Francisco 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 Francisco to Birmingham?

    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 Birmingham with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and BHX 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 Francisco to Birmingham?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Birmingham

 
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7.6
SWISSOverall score based on 1870 reviews
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8.3Crew
7.7Boarding
6.8Entertainment
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The flight itself was fine, but due to a snow delay my connection to Lisbon was delayed by six hours. Despite this, Swiss Air still managed to lose my luggage. Not acceptable. Someone else on the flight also lost their luggage.

6.0 GoodSonja, Jan 2026
BOS - ZRH
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The flight itself was fine, but due to a snow delay my connection to Lisbon was delayed by six hours. Despite this, Swiss Air still managed to lose my luggage. Not acceptable. Someone else on the flight also lost their luggage.

Bad experience overall. Crew did not provide food for our 2 year old (even though we specifically bought a child infant seat for her and literally bought another full price flight), which was unacceptable. And we had to pay $310 each way to carry our ski equipment even though they advertise it as something that is free. Tickets were purchased the same way as usual, but they told us we had Economy Light tickets (I never elected to have such seats). Just plain manipulation and false advertisment. Very disappointed overall about this airline.

The trip was great until my luggage was lost on transfer from United to Swiss. It took Swiss 3 days to get my luggage to me though it was located almost immediately.

Horrible!! The WiFi was not working, the food was awful

We’ve never been more uncomfortable on a flight than we have on this particular one. The seats in front of us reclined so far back that when the person reclined their seat of broccoli, it almost hit me in the face and left me with literally no room to move that said I had to recline my seed in which made the person behind me upset. It seemed like the seats also would recline without even pressing the button in the armrest and would unrecline as well for that same reason, and it also seemed that some seats reclined more than others. The bottom cushions of the seat were so thin that even after one hour of an 11 hour flight, our tailbones were so sore. It seemed like an overall old airplane. It also didn’t have individual air vents and it was extremely hot the entire flight. Several passengers were commenting on how hot it was. The breakfast was some kind of flavorless triangle, puffy egg, laying in a watery bed of steamed peppers and onions and spinach. It was not appetizing at all. The flight crew was extremely nice so that was a nice thing this flight attendant. They let us try different types of Swiss sodas, which was really nice and the dinner was actually delicious but still overall given the other considerations. It was pretty much a miserable flight without basic seat comfort.

Everything was fairly easy just hard when you get to Heathrow not know your Gate number until an hour before but otherwise really everything great. Did not get my texts in time though to do me any good but that is why I still like everything the old fashioned way and print everything out.

We flew an Air Bus 330 airliner from Zurich to Boston. Our seats were terrible. I am 6'5" with long legs. I tend to refuse paying extra for extra seat room, usually it's tolerable. We were side by side in row 40, with my wife in the window and me in the aisle. The internal arm rest only rose to 45 degrees, I thought it was broken. I ended up standing by our seats in the aisle for an hour. A stewardess finally approached me and asked if I was feeling sick. I told her that it was the worst seat comfort I had ever encountered. She left and shortly came back telling me that there were center row seats two up from us where only one passenger was sitting out of the 4 seats. I took her advice and sat there most of the flight. I put m legs sideways in the adjoining empty seat. But the arm rests there as well only rose to 45 degrees, so it's a feature, not a defect. The arm rest position really limits our position. It's a horrible seating design, what are the air craft designers thinking?

Food used to be better and comfort was not attainable after 5 hours everything starts hurting.

horrible.. they cause such a problem and my daughter 14 years old was stranded in san francisco

I can’t even the whole trip was a catastrophe

Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

Great staff great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Great staff, great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Terrible. No customer service, no food, no drinks on a 6 hour premier economy booking.

The flight crew where really good. Better then the crew from BNE to SFO

Food should be changed in menu Many muslims travels in this airlime they need to add one Halal meal

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

Some flight attendants were great others were cranky. Seats were very tight and sitting on an aisle was very hard as the carts and people walking constantly bumped shoulder and arm.

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

from SFO-> FRA flight, AVML meal was significantly less compared to regular meal, especially no Desert, no Bread, no sides.

This was an older airplane. The cabin was constantly warm to hot throughout the 10 hour flight and there were no vents to personalize air flow. Also since it was an older plane, the material and comfort of the chairs were very uncomfortable. I left my flight with major soreness on my tailbone.

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Great. Has a problem with DOB. Fixed 4 us. Led to a 5 hour earlier flight to London!

Punctual, smooth flight. Crew excellent and cabin very clean. Paid for WiFi but once you close out you cannot get back in even if you paid for entire flight.

Flight crew was superb. Meal was one of the meals at altitude I’ve had

Canceled my flight couple hours before takeoff. They could not find a decent re-routing and refused to pay for when i subjected alternative with Lufthansa.

Seats a little to soft on the SFO DUB flight

Well, I think we left close to on time. Crew was “eh”.

Flight takeoff was delayed an hour, but arrival time was not updated at the same time as departure time, so those picking me up at the other end were not alerted to the change in my arrival.

Seats are terribly cramped. I’m only 5’2” and my knees were practically in my face. No room to put a normal size bag under the seat and when the person in front of you reclined their seat your tray table was in your lap. This is the airline’s way of cramming more seats into the plane to make more money. I’ll think twice about taking Aer Lingus again since there are a few other options from Boston to the Emerald Isle.

Couldn’t check In online, message was couldn’t check in until Sunday morning though plane left Saturday night. Checked in okay at airport but caused slot if stress.

Fast and sensible boarding was absolutely amazing. But extortionate wifi and seats that barely moved, making me unable to sleep, didn't do a lot of favors.

Service and food were excellent. Incredibly friendly and competent staff. Flight was delayed over and hour and I had to run between terminals to get my connecting flight.

Late flight Delays Poor service Poor staff Worst airline ever

A bit more space? Not practical, I know. I felt squished in but part of that could have been the man sitting next to me.

Everything was really great just The aircraft was too old and sounded it will break during takeoff

Extremely pleased with the crew. Best flight attendants ever! Very friendly, genuinely caring and attentive.

Cheapest airlines I have ever been on. I got downgraded and never got on united. I got rerouted through Vancouver onto jetwesf

Very small and uncomfortable seats, Hard to hear entertainment system sound. Horrible food. Staff doesn't care much about the passengers. 2nd time they didn't give me my vegetarian meal. They asked me regular food with meat. The airline and staff was from United airlines.

Lufthansa charged me $280 to take skiiis when in the US the boot bag and skiis are one check-in bag. This was not advertised and a real shock at the airport. They only took the boot bag as a check-in item. The seats have been squeezed together like any economy airline and legroom is not as good as it used to be. Otherwise, the flight was fine and staff was helpful for making my connection.

Professional crew and staff, very organized boarding and on time flights, baggage handling. Indian vegetarian meals were good, though could improve by offering Indian bread (naan/paratha/roti) as well. Very helpful pre flight emails with details of onboard experience 👍 Above average selection of movies. Consider offering more movies with subtitles and ratings indicators (e.g., IMDB scores).

Terrible experience. Should be a short simple flight from San Francisco to Palm Springs. Disgusting insult that United Air doesn’t have a cabin crew ready to receive a plane that’s already an hour plus late in departure. Lots of misinformation along the way from cockpit and crew. Definitely unimpressed with both union and management.

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