$122 Find Cheap Flights from San José to California

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Cheap Flights from San José to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$285
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$455
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$376
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$396
Redding
Redding3 stops$1,011
Reno
Reno1 stop$405
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$366
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$285
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$455
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$376
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$396
Redding
Redding3 stops$1,011
Reno
Reno1 stop$405
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$366

Book Cheap San José to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San José to California 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San José to California

vie., jul. 3 - dom., jul. 5
Viva Logo
2:20 am - 10:35 pm
SJO
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LAX
21h 15m
1 stop
Viva Logo
12:05 am - 1:15 am
LAX
-
SJO
24h 10m
1 stop
$285Viva
vie., jul. 3 - dom., jul. 5
Viva Logo
2:20 am - 10:35 pm
SJO
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LAX
21h 15m
1 stop
Viva Logo
12:05 am - 1:15 am
LAX
-
SJO
24h 10m
1 stop
$300Viva
vie., abr. 24 - sáb., may. 2
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:38 pm - 11:53 pm
SJO
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LAX
36h 15m
2 stops
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 11:33 am
LAX
-
SJO
29h 03m
2 stops
$304Spirit Airlines
jue., abr. 16 - lun., abr. 27
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 12:50 am
SJO
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LAS
17h 05m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:04 pm - 12:21 pm
LAS
-
SJO
16h 17m
2 stops
$340United Airlines
mié., abr. 22 - lun., abr. 27
United Airlines Logo
11:13 am - 9:57 pm
SJO
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LAS
11h 44m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:50 pm - 7:15 am
LAS
-
SJO
10h 25m
1 stop
$349United Airlines
jue., ago. 13 - mar., ago. 18
Avianca Logo
5:05 am - 1:05 pm
SJO
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LAS
9h 00m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
2:55 pm - 11:40 pm
LAS
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SJO
7h 45m
1 stop
$351Avianca
jue., sep. 10 - mar., sep. 15
Avianca Logo
3:10 pm - 9:45 pm
SJO
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ONT
7h 35m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
11:35 pm - 8:45 am
ONT
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SJO
8h 10m
1 stop
$372Avianca
mar., abr. 7 - mar., may. 12
American Airlines Logo
2:22 pm - 10:38 am
SJO
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SMF
21h 16m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:27 pm - 11:07 am
SMF
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SJO
19h 40m
2 stops
$387American Airlines
mar., abr. 7 - mar., may. 12
American Airlines Logo
2:22 pm - 10:38 am
SJO
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SMF
21h 16m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:27 pm - 11:07 am
SMF
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SJO
19h 40m
2 stops
$388American Airlines
mié., may. 6 - mar., jun. 2
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:55 am - 9:49 pm
SJO
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SFO
21h 54m
2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:40 am - 11:33 pm
SFO
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SJO
14h 53m
2 stops
$480Alaska Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San José to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San José to California?

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 José to California departing in July.

What is the cheapest San José to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from San José found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $263 round-trip. The most popular route is from San José (SJO) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $263.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

The average price for all round-trip flights from San José to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $298 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $493.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San José to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 3 stops layover the cheapest option at $243 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San José to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to California, 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 José to California is September, when tickets cost $334 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $474 and $465 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San José to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San José to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to California on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Monday. On your return trip to San José, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San José to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to California, 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 José to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$122
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from San José to Las Vegas

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San José to California?

    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 José to California.

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

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

    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 José to California 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 José to California?

    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 José to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San José to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $270 one-way - $403 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San José to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to California. 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 José to California? 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.
7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12097 reviews
7.8Comfort
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

Four hour delay. Missed our event. And they offered me $75. Absolutely shameful.

2.0 MediocreEric, Mar 2026
SFO - SAN
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Four hour delay. Missed our event. And they offered me $75. Absolutely shameful.

i canceled my flight from SEA to SFO, SNA to SEA and received full refund from Alaska Airlines. i am pleased with the customer service.

I have been flying commercial for decades. I was in one of the ladder boarding groups, had my bag tagged because they thought there was not going to be enough space for it in the overhead bins. I politely asked one of the attendance if I could try to find a space- she said I could and I did. I then took the bag tag off and gave it to one of the other attendants as I was told to do by the first one. He, in a curt, anal, and disrespectful manner, told me that I needed to take my bag down from the overhead bin and check it. This was a situation I’ve never encountered before. The attendant’s attitude was confrontational and belittling in front of other onlooking passengers as if daring me to challenge him. I am a physician who takes care of patients day in and day out. Not wanting to make a scene, I calmly told him, “do what you need to do.” he took my bag down from the overhead bin, put the back tag back on it, and checked it only to make room for another bag that was also supposed to be technically checked by a following passenger. The same male attendant later came up to me and said “you shouldn’t have showed me the bag tag,” as if conveying that he was just following protocol was a justification for treating me like a kid out of line. I cared about this because it took 15 minutes from my life to then retrieve the bag at baggage claim and it also felt like really poor customer service. I understand the need for protocols. This is also a service industry, and we the passengers are the clients. We should be made to feel welcome and respected and our life in transit made as easy as it can be within reason. This attendant clearly needs to be reminded of that. Of note, an older female fellow passenger sitting next to me agreed with this assessment.

Departing flight for our weekend trip was cancelled due to weather which meant our return flight was useless. The whole thing was difficult to get support through but Alaska did recover and was able to reimburse us for the flights yesterday. For some reason, Kayak was not kept in the loop, adding to the confusion.

i canceled my return flight package with Alaska Airlines. Customer Service was excellent and assisted me to cancelled both of our reservations and returned the payment in full. that is excellent service and understanding and empathy of the customers' needs. i like Alaska Airlines and recommend AS to everyone.

You sent me an email saying boarding was at 9:29 and AA sent one that was 8:29 on Sunday morning. I had to call AA to get that it was indeed 8:29.

The airport crew and on board experience was fine. The problem with Alaska air is that there is zero customer service over the phone when you’re trying to buy your ticket or change anything.

The front desk attendant was rude to everyone in an absolutely careless way.

Good as usual. Just wished my seat was assigned at online check in. Thanks anyways

There was plenty if room for my carry-on in above-seat bins, but they made me gate-check it on both flights!

Smooth flight. Easy boarding. Come early. Check in line is long

Quick boarding and check in.. but premium seats don’t recline.. very hard to relax. But overall, it was a Great a satisfying experience.. Thank You

If they listen to you especially when there’s a problem with a passport now I lost my tickets and also my seat money

The worst airline I have ever experienced. Terrible customer service. Absolutely disgraceful

Checking bags at the airport, very confusing they make lines for different flights but they don’t have any signs, so if you are on the wrong line be aware they will send you to the end of the correct line. No priority for check in even if you pay and no priority to disabled persons and elderly persons.

Despite all the negative reviews, I took Volaris with a family of 4 (including a toddler and infant in arms). The only compliant was they charged me $70 to gate check our wagon (which we use as a stroller) and then it was not available for pickup at the gate (which is the entire point), so we had to get through customs and the airport with our luggage and no way to push our kids :(

Après avoir manqué l’avion aucune aide de la part des agents à l’aéroport pour trouver un autre vol

Más comida no cobrar tanto por los asientos y comida food

Worst airline ever!! Delays in all my flights!!! Do not flight with Volaris!

The departures screens in the airport showed the flight as canceled for some weird reason, but when I got to the gate just to double check, it showed it as on time, and not canceled. This was confusing, but ultimately I was able to get to where I needed to go.

The head flight attendant made the trip excellent. He was very accommodating.

The economy seats on the 777 was not as cramped as I had feared, but the food was terrible.

Terrible experience! delay 2 time and say i dont have ticket

It was amazing. I had several upgraded seats on my flight out. Everything went smooth with no delays.

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

Flight attendants were friendly & good service, food sucks, seats uncomfortable, not many Asian movies or shows flying from Hong Kong

Flight attendants had a little attitude. Food tastes no good.

Overall we had a good experience during our flight from San Francisco to Houston.

it was a very short flight so my expectations were low.

Good flight. However, when booked flight with United, assumed the layover included by United in San Francisco of 1 hr and 40 minutes was sufficient . Not so and would recommend at least 2 hours or more. Needed to go through US immigration (very long lineups), then pick up bags, take all the way to another terminal, running because we did not have sufficient time. We made the flight because they held the door for us but luggage didn’t follow.

Smooth flight. From the early boarding and all were on board before departure time and arrived early in ONT. Great crew. Thank you!!!!

The flight was significantly delayed for 6.5 hours because of snow. There was no communication once the plane returned to the gate regarding when the flight would resume. Other flights were departing while our flight was being unloaded for reasons unknown. Our flight also seemed out of the queue regarding further deicing, refueling, and waiting to Taxi to the runway.

They are always late and seats was also not having working charger

did not have enough meal for first class passengers so offer us snack

We were upgraded to Business Class. So comfortable with great service and food options

The flight was completely full. Crew was not happy. Everyone was rude and brusque. Travelling with an arm in a cast and seating in the first row of economy cabin (in front of the separation) I needed help retrieving my tray for the meal. A staff member literally threw the tray on my lap, without helping to take out the tray. Boarding was messy, with 300 people waiting in an encloses space with low ceiling. I will try to avoid AA next time I have a long flight.

The comfort of Business Class made this trip far more comfortable. I was indeed surprised when I asked one of the flight attendant to help me set up my "bed", she responded that "We don't make beds in Business Class any longer...only First Class" I believe her name was Giselle, but I'm not certain. She did instruct me how to adjust the seat, place the hooded cover and I clearly understood how to place the blanket and the cover. Additionally, the meal I was served (a beef dish) was almost inedible. The beef was tough and odd tasting. I didn't mention it as I was hoping to quickly settle down and try to get some sleep.

Amazing I love American. I’ll never fly anyone else if I can help it.

Everything about the flight was lovely. My only suggestion would be to offer a few more options of tv series from Apple TV or HBO.

After the door had been closed, the cockpit makes an announcement that catering is running late and it is not the airline's fault. It is their fault in the sense that we had to sit for 2 hours or more when we could have stayed in the terminal. Poor communications between catering and airline. This caused a young man to lose his temper and he went storming out hitting objects. He had complained to the gate agent that he had already waited at the gate 7 hours and when can the airplane leave? Airilnes do a poor job of explaining delays, maintenance issues, etc. whereas being truthful may gain more sympathy or understanding.

Horrible experience with Avianca, they delayed their flight and when we arrived to NYC, AVIANCA took 1 hr y 30 mins to park the airplane and all passenger get off the plane, it made me lost all my trains to get back home and I came back to my place at 3 am instead of 12 am. On the top of that their plane seat are so uncomfortable and is not enough space and killed my legs and knees, Avianca used to be good when it was a Colombian company, now after Brasilian company bought them, their service quality is bad and their flights are delayed and oversold.

Not good, tried to purchase a first class upgrade and they couldn’t get it done. Was super uncomfortable the whole time.

Deplaning was a mess, I sat in business (seats are horrible) and the front door had a problem so we had to deplane from the rear exit. The stairs were not tall enough to reach so there was a large step down from the plane to the top of the stairs.

I handed in my suitcase in perfect condition at SAL Airport. And in MIA Airport I received it with one corner broken and the wheels bent.

I like the crew members they're very friendly. Clean plane. The flight was on time. I dont like the comfort my car seat its better that the plane seats. They charge for everything. This airline was very good. Now it's a low cost airline

6 hour flight and have to pay for everything 100 dollars to add a carry-on bag is insane

Usb plugs for charging your phone does not work in every flight. uncomfortable chairs even in higher categories.

Luggage lost and nowhere to be found, no response from either airline regarding my bag

The check in is the only positive thing in Avianca. The seat is the most uncomfortable I have traveled, the distance is minimal.

Not what it used to be. The sale of food makes them look greedy!

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