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Find cheap flights from San Francisco to Jinan from $553

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Cheap flight deals from San Francisco to Jinan (SFO-TNA)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Jinan 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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12:35 am - 5:05 pmSFO-TNA
25h 30m1 stop
10:05 pm - 8:15 pmTNA-SFO
37h 10m1 stop
$1,448China Southern
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Tue, May 21 - Wed, Jun 19
12:35 am - 5:05 pmSFO-TNA
25h 30m1 stop
9:10 pm - 8:15 pmTNA-SFO
38h 05m2 stops
$1,520China Southern
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Tue, May 21 - Wed, Jun 19
1:05 am - 8:10 pmSFO-TNA
28h 05m3 stops
7:15 am - 8:50 pmTNA-SFO
28h 35m3 stops
$1,735
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Wed, May 15 - Tue, Jul 16
12:50 am - 10:45 pmSFO-TNA
30h 55m2 stops
9:25 am - 3:15 pmTNA-SFO
20h 50m2 stops
$1,736
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Tue, May 14 - Wed, Jul 17
11:30 pm - 12:25 amSFO-TNA
33h 55m1 stop
8:10 am - 3:10 pmTNA-SFO
22h 00m1 stop
$1,758
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Wed, May 22 - Wed, Jun 19
11:30 pm - 12:25 amSFO-TNA
33h 55m1 stop
8:10 pm - 5:48 pmTNA-SFO
36h 38m2 stops
$1,873Asiana Airlines
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Wed, Jul 10 - Wed, Aug 7
6:30 am - 12:30 amSFO-TNA
27h 00m2 stops
7:15 am - 4:19 pmTNA-SFO
24h 04m2 stops
$1,950China Eastern
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Tue, Jul 9 - Tue, Jul 16
11:30 pm - 12:25 pmSFO-TNA
21h 55m1 stop
8:10 am - 3:40 pmTNA-SFO
22h 30m1 stop
$1,968Asiana Airlines
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Tue, Jul 9 - Tue, Jul 16
1:20 pm - 6:10 pmSFO-TNA
37h 50m3 stops
9:35 pm - 10:50 amTNA-SFO
52h 15m2 stops
$2,009Air China
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Sat, Jul 13 - Thu, Aug 15
12:00 pm - 10:45 amSFO-TNA
31h 45m2 stops
7:15 am - 6:54 pmTNA-SFO
26h 39m2 stops
$2,180China Eastern
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Thu, May 16 - Tue, Jul 16

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Flight from San Francisco to Jinan

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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Jinan

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Jinan was $553 for a one-way ticket and $1,448 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is required to fly from San Francisco to Jinan.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Jinan, Asiana Airlines or China Southern?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Jinan are Asiana Airlines and China Southern. With an average price for the route of $1,940 and an overall rating of 8.3, Asiana Airlines is the most popular choice. China Southern is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,419 and an overall rating of 7.8.

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

    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 Jinan.

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

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

    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 Jinan with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and TNA 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 Jinan?

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

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Top 4 airlines serving from San Francisco to Jinan

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Jinan. 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.
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8.3
Asiana AirlinesOverall score based on 587 reviews
8.2Food
8.5Boarding
8.2Comfort
8.6Crew
7.9Entertainment
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Flight attendants rude, they disappear for almost 3 hours not doing rounds to see what people needed. The laboratories were full of empty water cups, because they never come back to collect them.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2024LAX - ICN
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Flight attendants rude, they disappear for almost 3 hours not doing rounds to see what people needed. The laboratories were full of empty water cups, because they never come back to collect them.

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.

Flew on an Airbus 350-900. Excellent aircraft properly cleaned and serviced. Flight crew was excellent plane departed and arrived on time. The A350 has excellent air circulation far better than the 777. I would recommend Asiana to anyone looking to fly in a clean comfortable environment. This is my second round trip flight from New York to Bangkok via Asiana and I will book Asiana again!

Amazing service and fabulous syaff. Loved the jumbo jet too, comfortable.

The entertainment screens are dated and needs to be changed to new screens. Then when we got home, I found out 2 of our luggage’s were damaged (huge) and some items stolen.

I could not choose my seat prior to check in

I had the most wonderful experience from CEB bag drop through deplaning. The staff, the aircraft, food, and cabin crew were all amazing. I want to give a kudos to Marky from Mactan Cebu's Asiana airport staff for his exceptional customer service and assistance.

JetBlue's check-in was great, but there was an in-flight attendant who was very rude and unkind. I didn't realize that the bathrooms were already locked 30 mins prior to landing and needed to use the restroom. Instead of politely asking me to return, she rudely told me, 'NO, bathrooms are locked! Go back to your seat!' The JetBlue flight was more than an hour delay, which made me almost miss my connecting flight with Asiana. I understand the reasoning, but the action they took to get a hold of maintenance was time consuming. It took them more than 30 mins to get a hold of maintenance and for maintenance to get started. The Asiana flight and crew were wonderful, in general. They waited for us who were delayed from the previous flight before they took off and were very kind to take my checked baggage's info. Seats were a little uncomfortable for such long flight, but service and flight attendants were great! However, my 3 checked baggages are missing! They're lost somewhere in the transition. I'm writing this review 3 days after my arrival to the Philippines, and my 3 checked baggages, where my wedding dress is, are all still missing! I and the CEB airport crew have sent multiple emails to both JetBlue and Asiana, and neither has responded to any of our emails. Although, I was able to get in contact with JetBlue's Interline Department who confirmed that the bags were turned over to Asiana without confirmation details.

The full flat bed was not that comfortable, hard and lumpy., too much space wasted with those bulky walls and divisions instead of making the bed 3-4 inches wider. The compartment where you put your feet is like a shoebox, poor design. Toilets of A350 are just too small, sink is too small

Airfare was ok . Food not good , seat ok but not comfortable. Lay over too long , crew was ok Overall just ok

My experience with Scoot is very good. Will have no issue flying with Scoot again.

I commend the flight attendants on our SFO-SIN flight who went above and beyond to provide us with extra snacks and food. This type of service makes the flight experience personal and awesome.

It was a great flight Food was great Crew was spectacular

In general good, but the machine seems to be long in operation and some functions were restricted as e. g. Adjusting of seats.

Every thing was fine. Some ild classical Hindi movies should be add

The premium economy seats were not that great. It could have been more premium than economy seats.

People were so nice! Economy seats were small and cramped feeling for me. I’m slender and 6 feet tall

The singapore airline now compared before covid, I like the service before covid. SQ was the best of all airlines but now I am going to look for different airline if I am travelling in asia.

I did not like anything. Flight experience was bad overall.

The seat comfort, the food and of course the crew, they made you feel welcome and relaxed 😊

We bought the business class tickets. The check-in staff and onboard crew were excellent, providing commendable service throughout. However, it was disappointing to find that China Southern Airlines does not have a lounge at SFO. Instead, passengers were provided with a $35 per person food voucher, which fell short of expectations. Furthermore, the quality of the onboard food left much to be desired, marking a significant decline compared to our previous flight experience in 2019, prior to the pandemic.

Wuhan - Dubai. Old plane: 1. Only USB charger. No power outlet to plug in.. 2. Super narrow seat layout 3. Toilet cover consistently fell down and hit my back when sitting on it.. :( 4. Entertainment system touch screen not sensitive, and need to press hard or use finger tips to hit. Crew were very nice and accommodating though.

1. I got very poor check in experience with the counter lady . This is the first airline I ever experienced that no combine check in weight allow . Even we have 4 of us but weight counter by piece . So we wasted lot of time argue and repack . This is super crazy 2. Next I left my Samsung tablet on the plane . And I started to escalate and finally spoke to southern airline lost and found in Malaysia and the amazing answer she give is : system nothing found and please try to call southern airline in china 🧐 . I have been flying many other airlines but this is my first encounterment with such irresponsible airline response and no empathy given to customer . My feeling is nobody bother whether how customer like me feel and I’m just too small for the management to take note .

During flight, some passengers perform stomping leg exercises which disturb the comfort (I.e. sleep) of other passengers.

No good but was short flight. Both of our China Southern flights were on time. No surprises.

The flight was okay it was the kayak customer service that was poor, I have been trying to change my name on my flight ticket 3 days before my flight and nothing got done about it even tho I messaged so many times and phoned, all I got in return was that is was being processed and still to this day nothing has been done about it, I think it’s disgusting and un needed stress to the trip.

The food was perfect. The boarding process is a bit long. Given the late boarding time, I felt very tired by the time I was seated.

Quality flight from start to finish. Customer service is evidently very important to this company. The staff really exceeded expectations.

Traveling with the Chinese airlines , their service superior to the US Airlines , they are much more friendly and the seats are comfortable , In the past I flew with United , now ,United Airline will become history for me .

Pros: "Yes, seats were very comfortable and crew members were extremely helpful"
Cons: "Everything was excellent."

For the price we paid, we had a really good flight. The seats and bed (business class) was extremely comfortable. I have no complaints. The crew were very attentive and helpful. They spoke English and there were no misunderstanding although their English wasn’t perfect or fluent. You will never go hungry as there was ample food and drinks but their food for mediocre. The entertainment was limited to older movies and the wifi didn’t allow you to access some Social media. Apart from the above, it was a very pleasant flight. Would highly recommend them.

Cheapest option from Gatwick £400 cheaper than Emirates and Qatar. Entertainment no where near as good as Emirates and Qatar, but saved £400 so all good.

Great staff and food. Seats pretty uncomfortable but plenty of legroom. Entertainment system outdated.

The flight was cancelled without any reason. But the next flight to Shanghai has to be cancelled to pay penalty.

Gatwick London-Shanghai -Bangkok.. Would have liked entertainment screens, but I know these planes are not that new. Cheap flights at the time of booking, Emirates wanted double so you get what you paid for. I would fly again with them, but if Emirates was the same price I would go with them.

We were cutting it close on our connecting flight and notified all staff at departing gate and flight attendants. From the start, we were told to check in with the international transfer desk by everyone, except for one lady who wanted to argue the time difference that was already taken into account. We also asked if we could try to exit the plane first (our family of 4 and 8 others on the same connecting flight). They just told us to check in with international transfers. We landed and had very little time to make our next flight. We were not offered any assistance or communication to the receiving gate. We ran all the way to the international transfers gate only to be turned away. I think we could have made it if we were allowed to exit and a call was made to other check in counter. After that we spent 6 grueling hours with our kids trying to rebook a flight. No food of any type of compensation was offered besides a dirty hotel room. The ladies with China Eastern at the Shanghai International counter were rude an unhelpful. We were directed to 3 different counters and waited before they said they forgot about a hotel. It was a long, miserable day. I believe this could have all been avoided.

The landings were smooth . Being unable to check-in online was terribly stressful and the queue at Haneda exemely long. We paid extra for window seats and did not get them.

Flight was fine, however we were not able to check in online, this adds to travel stress. Luckily check-in at Heathrow was quick, but we did not get the seats we paid extra for. We paid for a window and 2 aisle seats from Shanghai to Tokyo leg, but they changed us to middle seats. Not good :(

You’re in the three parts of my life, the China Eastern air crew remembered and wish me happy birthday. I was given pastries on two different occasions and a complementary drink. The stew is wish me happy birthday and gave me a birthday card. Everything was first class. Thank you.

Again, I was presented with birthday pastries two times as a celebrated my birthday on both legs of my trip. I will keep flying to China using China Eastern airlines. As they made this trip a special one thank you.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Francisco to Jinan found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/5Thu
3 stops
42h 44mSFO-TNA
$553
9/2Mon
3 stops
42h 44mSFO-TNA
$585
9/5Thu
2 stops
40h 10mSFO-TNA
$613
9/2Mon
2 stops
40h 10mSFO-TNA
$654
9/2Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
21h 30mSFO-TNA
$655
9/1Sun
2 stops
32h 30mSFO-TNA
$664
9/4Wed
3 stops
28h 05mSFO-TNA
$695
9/4Wed
2 stops
32h 35mSFO-TNA
$698
9/1Sun
3 stops
32h 05mSFO-TNA
$715
8/12Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
21h 30mSFO-TNA
$880

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Last minute flights from San Francisco to Jinan

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Francisco to Jinan that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/8Wed
multi-stop
26h 50mSFO-TNA
6/29Sat
multi-stop
26h 35mTNA-SFO
$1,691
5/8Wed
multi-stop
26h 50mSFO-TNA
6/29Sat
multi-stop
32h 40mTNA-SFO
$1,708
5/8Wed
multi-stop
25h 20mSFO-TNA
6/29Sat
multi-stop
32h 40mTNA-SFO
$1,748
5/8Wed
multi-stop
33h 20mSFO-TNA
6/29Sat
multi-stop
31h 20mTNA-SFO
$1,901

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