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Best Washington Flight Deals from San Francisco

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Seattle
Seattle1 stop$106
Spokane
Spokanenonstop$219
Pasco
Pasco1 stop$208
Bellingham
Bellingham1 stop$218
Pullman
Pullman1 stop$268
Wenatchee
Wenatchee1 stop$208
Walla Walla
Walla Walla1 stop$218
Yakima
Yakima1 stop$1,068
Portland
Portlandnonstop$38

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January

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$43
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 17% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
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Flights from San Francisco to Washington: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Francisco to Washington 
MiraFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-SEAAug 2024
we stayed at crowne Plaza at SeaTac. super convenient to Link.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-SEAJul 2024
It is a very crowded flight, so I advice to choose seats in advance. We didn’t have that option and that was the only complaint I’d have because they put us in the middle seats and we both wanted aisle seats. My sister was able to switch but I wasn’t. She was switched to the back, almost to the last row.

FAQs - booking Washington flights

  • How long is the flight to Washington from San Francisco?

    Flights to Everett2h 15m
    Flights to Seattle2h 18m
    Flights to Spokane2h 30m
    Flights to Pasco2h 14m
  • What is the cheapest flight to Washington from San Francisco?

    The cheapest ticket to Washington from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was $43 one-way, and $38 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco to Spokane, and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $119.

  • Which airlines fly to Washington?

    United Airlines flies most frequently to Spokane from San Francisco. In general, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Qatar Airways fly the most to Washington.

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

    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 Washington.

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

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

    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 from San Francisco to Washington with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Washington?

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

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Washington

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, November and December. The cheapest month to fly from San Francisco is October.
  • Morning departure is around 146% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Washington

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Washington. 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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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9525 reviews
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.1Entertainment
7.2Food
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orgiginal scheduled flight ( 2.5 hours connection) was cancelled, was given option to rebook between a 1-hour connection or a next day flight. Missed connection flight, and decided to book last minute with an other airline.

2.0 MediocreChris, Dec 2024SFO - SAN
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orgiginal scheduled flight ( 2.5 hours connection) was cancelled, was given option to rebook between a 1-hour connection or a next day flight. Missed connection flight, and decided to book last minute with an other airline.

Crew members were helpful and responsive. However, the toilet in the only main cabin bathroom didn’t work properly.

The ground crew were helpful, although it was unclear when the ETA would be so we had to wait for quite some time before being notified of when we will board. Our seats were also changed, and there were also duplicated seat numbers which cost an issue when we boarded. When this issue came up, the flight crew was even Snarky towards us that we did not check our seat number when it was already reassigned. There were no apologies from the flight crew at all, and it was very disappointing.

Check in Agent at SFO was indifferent, didn’t say hello , didn’t place priority Tag . We were Travelling First Class. No foodas it’s a short flight. Still you could have offered some thing better than Biscuits/ Popcorn. They announced that luggage will arrive in 20 minutes after we reach the gate. First Piece came 35 + Minutes after I walked out of the Plane

Damaged my luggage. Insisted to check in my small luggage now it’s scratched and dented.

I flew from San Francisco to Honolulu on Alaska Airlines codeshare with Hawaiian Airlines, with a Hawaiian Airlines plane and crew. The flight was well organized, including boarding and deboarding. The crew was professional. Unfortunately, the charging ports at my seat and the seat next to me were broken. The Hawaiian airline terminal was a pleasant surprise compared to the rest of Honolulu airport.

No entertainment and one bag of pretzel/beverage at the beginning of a 5 plus hour flight.

The hosts were excellent !!! We had the BEST time. The pilot was great. Super great. Nicccce landing. Cheers. See YA’LL again sooooon.

My seat was broken and there was tape over the light/call buttons...but overall things were smooth

Crew was great. Helpful, friendly, sense of humor. 👍🏽 Seat was really uncomfortable -- too concave ( why make them like that???) but worst, This is the first flight I've ever been on in my life where the seat did not have the option to recline!!! Whaaaat??? I was so sleepy but never was able to get comfortable enough to actually sleep. I forget which model of a plane it was exactly, but it was a 737 of some type.

Inexpensive, got an exit row aisle aeat with no middle passenger, bought a great breakfast sandwich, flight comfortable & arrived ahead of schedule.

Delta was great the entertainment was outdated. Screen was very small and didn’t work.

The seats are uncomfortable, feels like a small seat pad on plywood.

My husband is very tall and we generally fly Delta Comfort. We used our companion benefit, and our seats were coach and extremely uncomfortable........ horrid even

My seat had no padding, it was literally plywood with a plastic cover. I could not change seats on my 10 hour flight. My excitement for this trip helped me deal with the pain.

New boarding doesn't make sense. Filling front first is slow.

The flight was great. The crew were a little terse about the size of my bag. It fit fine.

Screen didn’t play movies, do I was pretty boated the entire flight.

It was very cold because the air conditioner was on high power, and my son got sick.

There was plenty of overhead room but half of the passengers were told they had to check their carryon bags. My partner and I checked in as early as possible and our seats were split across the aisle.

It was good. Just that the seats could not be reclined. The people behind were not ready to let the chairs be reclined

Plane left & arrived early- 5 Crew great. Wi fi - paid for 2, only 1 worked - so so. Waste of $. Coolie was good

There was no USB plug in my section of the plane. So I could not charge my phone. Also, there was no screen to watch movie or anything like that. Wish I had known that in advance, I would’ve brought my iPad.

Made all groups except 2 check despite ample bin space. Inflight WiFi and entertainment didn’t work most of the time.

Not enough room between rows and food was gross. $160 baggage charge?! Never again.

Excellent staff helping my 96 year old senior promptly with her oxygen needs

Flight was quite late as there was no pilot Crew is usually excellent, this flight not as good as usual there were more mistakes, slower and less friendly service But honestly the aircraft was too cramped and uncomfortable for a 4 hour flying get so, do to the aircraft liability the very best you could ever do is mediocre.

Absolute disaster. Rude, uncooperative staff. Staff ignores and pretends you don’t exist when you are asking them a question. Erroneous departure gate and baggage claim information. Equipment not working for purchase of drinks. Overly expensive baggage check-in fees. Overly crowded. Dirty airplane. Passengers coughing incessantly as if they were being gassed. Circled airport in flight several times and waited on the tarmac for 1.5 hours. The worst experience ever. Consider another industry. The travel industry is not for you.

The pairing of personal Bluetooth headset did not work, provided headset did not work, then the screen locked and therefore no in-flight entertainment was available.

Our flight was delayed several times. It left 9 hours after scheduling. We had to sleep in the airport.

Multiple maintenance delays and the missed and rebooked connection changed gates at least 6 times including one which had us walking 20 minutes to another terminal and then back again. Seated our family of three in different middle seats throughout the plane and then there was an empty seat next to me. Very long travel day which I would have never agreed to if I knew the itinerary would be changed at 5 am, 2 hours before takeoff.

It was as expected for such a short flight. No complaints

It was nice being on a flight that had working wifi. The boarding was quick - why don’t all airlines have small boarding groups window to aisle? Makes so much sense!!! I was disappointed to be the first person stopped to have to gate check my carryon. Especially when there was plenty of overhead space at the back! But I get it…keeps it moving. Crew was nice.

The flight encountered a delay exceeding 4 hours. The food voucher issued was valued at $12, insufficient to cover our meal expenses. Consequently, I was unable to take my medication, leading to a drop in blood sugar levels and exacerbating my anxiety.

Not too impressed with them to be honest. They had forgotten my gf meal, despite the fact that the app had notified me that it was sorted. Apparently there is a ‘glitch’ in the system, according to one of the stewardesses, and has been for a while. Also the legroom in economy is way too small (and I’m a slight person) and are very uncomfortable. An extra Internal flight I booked via the app, had not even given me the option to order a meal, so was unaware of that and left without food on a 9 hr. flight !! Don’t think I’ll use AA again after this.

The flight was uneventful. What was a problem was I was delayed getting home one entire day because the flight from Sacramento was delayed. That made getting to my connecting flight impossible. I had to stay another night at the hotel and incur that expense as a result.

VERY disappointed at the agent checking in my luggage. I know that the weight limit is 23 kg, a little over 50 pounds (50.71 pounds). Yet the agent kept repeating "50 pounds". So I said, the limit is 23 kg, and she had the audacity to say 'no, it is 22 kg!" Imagine my surprise. Was she ignorant or was she poorly trained? Not sure. The boarding process was pretty good. The speakers were loud enough so I still could hear them despite inconsiderate passengers continuing to speak while the announcements were going on. During the flight, the teenage girl sitting behind me kept pressing her feet to the back of my chair. I turned around several times, yet she did not get the hint. I did not make a fuss since I sense I had a bad streak that night with AA, so I just did the best I can to lean forward and not let that bother me.

Seats were very uncomfortable. I paid extra for a seat with more leg room, the seat was no different than a seat at the back of the plane. Flight attendant was rude.

Flights were on time. That's the main consideration since I had to change planes. The entertainment was whatever you bring with you and the food (in Economy) is non-existant. Neither of those was a surprise.

Mobility assistance at DFW is A JOKE!!! Totally disorganized, ineffective and annoying. Ended up having to walk and find our own way for a good part of the very, very long walk between gates. Worst assistance I have ever experienced.

With frontier you get what you pay for. The flight was two hours late. It’s a tight fit for the number of people they bring but you get to where you’re going cheap. Sometimes that’s more important than a nifty drink and cool TV..

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

We had an awful experience getting our bags checked in. Frontier’s check in on the app manipulated us into buying the business package because that was the only option available for a checked bag which included two checked bags per person which we did not need. Upon arriving to the airport, we stood in line for what seemed like forever at the baggage check in and there was no one available at the counter. We were first in line and we were afraid we were going to miss our flight due to the baggage attendant being late. After realizing there were a lot of other people waiting at the baggage check in and no one available. I reached out to Frontier and could not get any customer service so I had to call the airport to page the baggage attendant to send someone to the counter to check in our bags before we were able to go through security , I finally spoke to the attendant at the counter and explained to her that we had to pay for two checked bags person a total of six bags when we only had a total of three bags between three people she said to reach out to Frontier and they would issue a refund for the three bags that we paid for and did not need. I reached out to Frontier which I was not able to reach anybody by phone so I had to go through their automated chat feature, which sent me around in circles until I finally reached a representative to assist me. I explained to them what happened and they explained that they were not able to assist me. I continued to push the issue with them as this was very frustrating and they finally put in a customer service ticket where we were issued a flight credit and we were so disappointed because after this experience, we NEVER want to fly Frontier again, and we do not want a credit that we will not use. Frontier charged us almost $500 for us to check three bags which is absolutely absurd! The customer service agents were not able to offer anything else other than a flight credit and I do not feel like my frustrations were truly heard , we will never use Frontier Airlines again ! Truly Theft by Manipulation! They should be ashamed!

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

While booking it was not obvious that I had to pay for carryon. Realized it only during check-in. Overall, meh!

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

We understand and comply with Frontier’s bag sizes. We’ve had some problems in past while having to await other passengers who do not understand the baggage restrictions or have not prepaid and that is usually our biggest concern (others delaying us) with flying Frontier. Flying OUT of ONT, however, has always been a great experience. I’ve also noted even on delayed Frontier flights very knowledgeable pilots who manage expectations well.

There was no easy way to check in. I don't want to install an app to checkin. I will use alaska from now on because they have a web check in method that is easy.

Horrible! The short distance flight ended up taking 5 hrs! There was a 3 hr delay for the flight to take off and there was a 70 min wait on the tarmac for some bogus reason that the pilot said the gate he was supposed to board was taken up. After a 30 min wait he said the plane that was supposed to push out of the gate called a medical emergency and 40 min later he ended up boarding another gate. For the initial 3 hr delay there was no information/alert about the gate or delay in the app or the boards up until the boarding time and even beyond! Had to walk all the way to the end of the terminal to find the frontier staff to ask what was going on. Avoid this airline at all costs! If you have carryon bags or checked bags , their prices come equivalent to the prices of more reliable airlines. They are the worst in timeliness at 60% (reported as delayed) this year (check the data) by a high margin even compared to the second worst airline. If you are ok with having a miserable flight experience with the odds close to flip of a coin, feel free to try them. If you value your time , money and flying experience, stay away.

There was nothing to like, flight delayed had to move to different departure areas, disorganized to say the leasr

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These are the cheapest round-trip flights from San Francisco to Washington found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
12/31Tue
nonstopFrontier
1h 47mSFO-PDX
1/6Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 58mPDX-SFO
$63
1/2Thu
nonstopFrontier
1h 47mSFO-PDX
1/6Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 58mPDX-SFO
$65
1/13Mon
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 52mSFO-PDX
1/13Mon
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 51mPDX-SFO
$91
1/9Thu
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 50mSFO-PDX
1/12Sun
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 57mPDX-SFO
$96
2/7Fri
1 stopDelta
7h 20mSFO-PDX
2/9Sun
1 stopDelta
5h 09mPDX-SFO
$136
1/8Wed
nonstopDelta
2h 25mSFO-SEA
1/11Sat
nonstopDelta
2h 21mSEA-SFO
$137
1/4Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 20mSFO-SEA
1/10Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 19mSEA-SFO
$197
2/15Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 20mSFO-SEA
2/22Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 21mSEA-SFO
$207
1/10Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 16mSFO-PAE
1/13Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 14mPAE-SFO
$257
4/14Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 11mSFO-PAE
4/18Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 09mPAE-SFO
$297

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Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Francisco to Washington found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/17Fri
nonstopFrontier
1h 51mSFO-PDX
$43
1/1Wed
nonstopFrontier
1h 47mSFO-PDX
$44
1/7Tue
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 51mSFO-PDX
$49
1/7Tue
1 stopDelta
7h 20mSFO-PDX
$68
3/5Wed
nonstopAlaska Airlines
2h 15mSFO-PAE
$69
1/17Fri
nonstopDelta
2h 25mSFO-SEA
$84
4/29Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 55mSFO-SEA
$93
12/16Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 50mSFO-PDX
$99
4/13Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 53mSFO-PDX
$105
1/25Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 54mSFO-GEG
$119

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Francisco to Washington that are departing in the next 10 days.
12/12Thu
nonstopFrontier
1h 47mSFO-PDX
12/15Sun
nonstopFrontier
1h 58mPDX-SFO
$100
12/13Fri
nonstopFrontier
1h 47mSFO-PDX
12/16Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 58mPDX-SFO
$103
12/13Fri
multi-stopDelta
5h 47mSFO-PDX
12/15Sun
multi-stopDelta
4h 35mPDX-SFO
$216
12/11Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 50mSFO-PDX
12/13Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 51mPDX-SFO
$247
12/13Fri
multi-stopDelta
5h 47mSFO-PDX
12/19Thu
multi-stopDelta
5h 51mPDX-SFO
$251
12/12Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 50mSFO-PDX
12/12Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 49mPDX-SFO
$267
12/11Wed
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 49mSFO-PDX
12/20Fri
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 57mPDX-SFO
$282
12/11Wed
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 49mSFO-PDX
12/12Thu
nonstopAlaska Airlines
1h 51mPDX-SFO
$297
12/13Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
5h 20mSFO-PDX
12/19Thu
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 53mPDX-SFO
$312
12/12Thu
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 11mSFO-PDX
12/14Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 34mPDX-SFO
$346

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