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Cheapest round-trip
$652
Typical prices: $492-$1,161
Scandinavian Airlines
Fri 9/11Thu 9/24
SFO - BLQ • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$320
Typical prices: $431-$476
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Wed 10/21
SFO - BLQ • 3 stops
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Cheapest • from $652 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.4 score
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Cheapest • Avg $729 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 13h 51m (one-way)
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 42% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Bologna (SFO-BLQ)

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

Fri, Sep 11 - Thu, Sep 24
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4:45 pm - 7:20 pm-
17h 35m
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8:05 pm - 2:40 pm-
27h 35m
$652Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, Aug 23 - Tue, Sep 8
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4:45 pm - 7:20 pm-
17h 35m
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8:05 pm - 2:40 pm-
27h 35m
$653Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, Dec 1 - Mon, Dec 7
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15h 35m
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35h 00m
$725ITA Airways
Tue, Aug 18 - Thu, Aug 27
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19h 45m
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30h 45m
$725ITA Airways
Tue, Dec 1 - Mon, Dec 7
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18h 27m
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8:15 pm - 2:55 pm-
27h 40m
$731British Airways
Tue, Aug 18 - Thu, Aug 27
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15h 00m
$739American Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Thu, Aug 27
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19h 12m
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21h 29m
$740Iberia
Sun, Jan 10 - Thu, Jan 14
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17h 40m
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22h 30m
$771United Airlines
Sat, Jan 9 - Thu, Jan 14
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$771United Airlines
Sat, Dec 5 - Sun, Dec 13
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28h 20m
$806British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Bologna flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San Francisco to Bologna?

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 Francisco to Bologna departing in September.

Flight prices are typical for this route right now.

Flights to Bologna from San Francisco usually cost between $635 and $1,043 in September.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $652 on Scandinavian Airlines (Sep 11-Sep 24).

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Bologna, 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 Bologna is September, where tickets cost $619 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and May, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,570 and $1,107 respectively.

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

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 Bologna, 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 Bologna, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 42% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

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Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$320
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 74% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Francisco to Bologna

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Bologna 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 Francisco to Bologna

  • Can I bring my pet on my flight from San Francisco to Bologna?

    Yes, you can consider KLM for flying with your pet. The airline, just like several others, allows 1 cat or dog in the cabin and 3 pets in the hold. The airline requests that the pet’s reservation be made at least 48 hours before the scheduled departure. The pet’s kennel should be at most 17 lb in the cabin and 30 lb in the hold.

  • Which alternative airports in San Francisco can I fly out for my trip to Bologna?

    You have two alternative airports besdies SFO to fly out out of San Francisco from for your trip to Bologna. The first is Oakland International Airport (OAK), which offers less congestion and potentially cheaper flights. The second is San Jose International Airport (SJC), with shorter security lines for fast airport clearance.

  • Do I need a visa to travel from San Francisco to Bologna?

    US citizens do not need a visa to travel from San Francisco to Bologna, Italy, as long as their stay does not exceed 90 days within a 180-day period. This applies for various purposes like short-term studies, medical treatment, sports, cultural events, tourism, or business. Ensure your passport is valid for at least three months beyond your planned departure date.

  • Which airlines have lounges on the San Francisco to Bologna flight route?

    You can access the American Airlines Admirals Club, Alaska Lounge, Delta Sky Club, Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge, Cathay Pacific First and Business Lounges, British Airways Club Lounge, Emirates Lounge, and United Airlines Polaris Lounge at SFO airport. These lounge options provide premium amenities and comforts for travelers.

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

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Bologna was $320 for a one-way ticket and $652 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Bologna, SWISS or Scandinavian Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Bologna are SWISS and Scandinavian Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,757 and an overall rating of 7.5, SWISS is the most popular choice. Scandinavian Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $654 and an overall rating of 7.4.

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

    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 Bologna.

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

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

    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 Bologna with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and BLQ 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 Bologna?

    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 Bologna from San Francisco 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 Francisco to Bologna

  • To reach SFO conveniently, you can take the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train from downtown Oakland, San Francisco, or other Bay Area points. Trains run from downtown every 15 minutes on weekdays and every half hour on weekends. The ride takes around 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco.
  • Many airlines operating the San Francisco to Bologna route are actively working to reduce their carbon footprint. Airlines like Delta, Lufthansa, and Turkish Airlines have implemented biofuel usage and invested in more fuel-efficient aircraft, significantly decreasing CO2 emissions. By booking eco-friendly airlines, you demonstrate your commitment to a sustainable future.
  • If you want your child to travel alone, we recommend Austrian Airlines, which offers exceptional services to ensure a safe and pleasant journey for unaccompanied minors. Your 5- to 11-year-old minor will receive supervision by trained staff and assistance during check-in, layovers, and arrival.
  • Apart from the usual amenities, Delta offers a range of additional services that enhance passenger comfort. These include special meals for those with dietary restrictions, priority boarding for families with kids, and pre-booking specific mobility assistant services for those with mobility challenges. Ensure you make your request at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure.
  • To cater to your budgets and preferences, you have different classes of tickets for flights from San Francisco to Bologna. Delta Air Lines offers Basic Economy, Main Cabin, Delta Comfort+, First Class, Delta One, and Delta Premium Select. Delta One is the highest, with premium amenities and services for seamless travel.

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Bologna. 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 Francisco to Bologna? 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.
7.4
Scandinavian AirlinesOverall score based on 1923 reviews
6.8Entertainment
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
8.0Crew
6.8Food
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The first flight was delayed. We missed the second flight, which was rebooked 9 hours later. We missed all our arrangements for the first day of vacation.

4.0 OkayOlga, Jul 2026
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The first flight was delayed. We missed the second flight, which was rebooked 9 hours later. We missed all our arrangements for the first day of vacation.

Terrible airlines, kept lying to me about the fact that my connection flight was cancelled. Left me hanging until last min. NEVER AGAIN

Cancelled flight, wasn't refunded paid selected seats. Poor customer service. Called airline and they didn't realize the flight was cancelled until several hours after the email notice was sent.

5 of my 7 pieces of luggage are missing and they cant call to find out where it is. I have to fill out a form and wait for them to mail it to me in several days (if they find it). That does not work for my travel itinerary. I need my full ticket cost refunded please.

Fantastic. The only thing - out of my six luggage one was lost in Copenhagen, however it was delivered Home 3 Days later so all great..

Amazing! Everyone was so nice and the food was so good!!

I was surprised how good an American airline can be - I was really impressed.

Over all experience was good. However the connection time was too short at CPG. We missed our connecting flight to AMS as the passport control line was too long and by the time we got our passport control done it was too late I wish there were some SAS staff to help us out at the passport control center Though they put us in a KLM flight from CPG to AMS, That flight was also delayed by over two hours

Great logistics and timeliness as we arrived quite early. Flight smooth and fast. Excellent entertainment. Plane itself was a bit tired and the crew mostly indifferent. Baggage took forever but that’s on CPH. Would use SAS again for sure.

Business class seats narrower and the most uncomfortable Business class I've ever experienced. Clothes on the seats was itchy, head of the bed was elevated causing us to slude down even though they were "lie flat seats". Plane was way too hot. My partner and I were both sweating just sitting in our seats. Staff appeared sad or depressed

The pilot was late so we didn’t take off til almost 2 hours late.

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.

Excellent communication from the staff. We actually arrived early. Very friendly and professional staff.

No extra snacks were available. Meals quality is terrible. Crew was not friendly.

Lost one piece of luggage even though I checked in 2.5 hours before the flight

It was perfect! United Airlines staff was extremely caring, super friendly and professional

United has maintenance issues and can then never recover. No operations ability and simple issues always turn into multiple hours long cascading delays. Worst airline on earth.

I paid for a confirmed upgraded aisle seat and was moved to a center seat in the back of the plane at the last minute.

Horrifying Almost 2 million miles. Bring your own food and drink. One coffee or drink every three hours. Have to order meals on app more than 24 hours ahead Tiny and dirty bathrooms

Flight itself excellent, but delayed so missed connection & got to destination 2 hrs later

They set someone on our assigned seats and we ended up finding seats for ourselves to ensure the family sits together.

Flight attendants were fine, seats a bit hard but I use a cushion for extra support. The only issue was it was a bit too cool and I needed to ask for and received and extra blanket. I survived!!!

Food choices limited & not enticing Seats quite uncomfortable & difficult to control

Boarding was disorganized. The door to one to the toilets wouldn’t lock. The plane was shockingly cramped, and clearly used for domestic flights due to the menus for items to sell domestic travelers. United should be ashamed of its small seats, tiny unclean toilets, and money grubbing stance toward services, compared to Lufthansa, Emirates, and most international carriers United is awful.

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.

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

Crew was excellent. Sat us together after the airline changed our seats. This was the smaller plane/shorter flight so no entertainment or food.

Hated every minute of it. Delayed for over 10 hours only to have to cancel rental car, car insurance and hotel. Its taken me 3days to get to my final destination when it should have only taken 12-14 hours. Very unhappy with Lufthansa.

ITA has these new Airbus A330 Neo that hates economy class passengers. The seats have absolutely no cushion to a point where it hits your spine constantly and reminds you to fork out for premium economy or don’t travel next time. The food was absolutely horrible, ETA mentioned 3 meals for 12 hour flight but it was mostly 1 meal and 2 light snacks. I am vegetarian, so my 2’d food was 1 slice of tomato, 1 cucumber on a dry cold bun. The other 2 meals were disgusting. My young one threw up the entire time. Flight attendants were the cherry on top - plain bad. They would skip servicing drinks to some passengers completely and if you call for an attendant, they will come and stop the button on top without even asking you what you need. I would avoid ITA by all means - there are plenty of options including SAS for same routes with better seats and humane treatment.

Nice flight. Uneventful, very good crew, comfortable seats. Pleasant experience.

ITA cancelled fligh rebooked with Lufthansa. Flight good, but 2hour connection in Frankfurt was HORRIBLE, took 1.9 hours to get through scanner, customs, another security, got to gate after running all the way, so caught it but stressful and terrible start to trip.

In Prem Econ, safe and timely flight, good amount of space, mostly comfortable seats. Little irritants: When lying down, seat kept shifting on me...as a short person w/light weight, my seat often reverted to semi-upright. Footrest was broken. TV screen didn't work, after I asked a few times a FA rebooted it to work again. And food was marginal. I don't expect much from airplane food...surprisingly, ITA didn't even meet expectations.

Flight was canceled. Rebooked on Lufthansa Also Canceled. Had to pay 3000 more per person and fly Alaska to EWR and fly emirates to Athens.

We upgraded to premium economy and it made a difference in a 12 hr flight. I didn’t like that we had to deplane in the tarmac with our carryon luggage. Other than that, it was ok.

Everything was much better than I had expected, since I hadn’t heard of your airline before. I hope to take advantage of your excellent service again.

It is the worst ever airline. All employees I spoke with over the phone were pompous asses.

Terrible. I showed up at airport and they cancelled my ticket. I wanted to go to Rome only and not finishtel Aviv part since they said that part got cancelled hours earlier and they refused. I lost money on hotel and an entire day at the airport driving back and forth. Awful experience

We booked months in advance, but were told at the airport we are on standby because the airline overbooked the flight. We finally (family of 5) got our boarding passes and had to run through the huge airport to get on the flight. The plane then had an electrical issue and we sat on the tarmac for another 2 hours before we even started our 12 hour flight. Our luggage did not make it, but was delivered to our destination the next evening after we landed. I would not fly this airline again.

Boarding was orderly, pilot and flight attendants were nice, entertainment options were good, and low sodium meals were quite tasty.

Flight delayed, connection was not at gate listed and so missed, staff were rude at Heathrow, phone tree stupid and difficult, took me 21 actual hours to reach my destination. Almost lost my hotel reservation after walking in a strange city alone after midnight because they would not put me up in a hotel at sfo or heathrow. I will never fly BA again and will tell all people and Instagram followers never to fly BA.

Wish the food and overall service was better. They treat Business class passengers same as economy

Loved the boarding option from Business class lounge, experience on flight was excellent, plenty of good food choices

Check in was was and the agent was very friendly and helpful The lounge was nice...boarding was straight from the lounge Everything worked at our seats, and video entertainment was good ..food was mediocre

Airlines have to stop assuming passengers bring entertainment. Provide it like you used to in business class and above!! N

Crying baby the ENTIRE flight. Not your fault, but I paid 2700 for a premium economy ticket and it wasn't worth it. should have just stuck with coach. flight attendants very mediocre - minimal effort. Plane didn't seem very clean. Didn't have any cleansing wipes - most airlines give you this when you board. Flat screen scrolling didn't work. Toiletry case a joke - why bother at all?

Enjoyable flight, helpful crew everything was organized to accommodate passengers.

This was the second time on BA, food terrible, bathrooms gross,( granted, that was mostly due to the disgusting children urinating all over it)boarding was late and disorganized. No gate issued until last minute st Heathrow, bad system, caused undue stress. Seats were painful, that's what you get for traveling like a poor in economy, right BA? Should have been able to afford business or first class if you want to actually be able to walk upright without back pain after a trip.

I was forced to have my carry on luggage checked in because there was concern for lack of storage in overhead bins. I was told my baggage would come off the plane first. Instead it was one of the last.

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