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Cheap Flights from San Jose to Detroit

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

Recent round-trip flight deals from San Jose to Detroit

KAYAK's recommended round-trip deals from the most popular airlines that fly from San Jose to Detroit.
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Frontier Logo
12:13 pm - 12:44 amSJC-DTW
9h 31m1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 11:18 amDTW-SJC
8h 18m1 stop
$218Frontier
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Thu, Jun 5 - Sun, Jun 8
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 6:59 pmSJC-DTW
9h 59m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:34 pmDTW-SJC
18h 34m2 stops
$223Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Jun 12 - Tue, Jun 17
Frontier Logo
12:13 pm - 10:51 amSJC-DTW
19h 38m1 stop
Frontier Logo
10:06 pm - 1:45 pmDTW-SJC
18h 39m1 stop
$231Frontier
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Sun, Jun 1 - Wed, Jun 4
Delta Logo
10:25 pm - 6:00 amSJC-DTW
4h 35mnonstop
Delta Logo
7:50 pm - 9:41 pmDTW-SJC
4h 51mnonstop
$419Delta
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Tue, Aug 5 - Sat, Aug 9
Delta Logo
11:00 pm - 6:38 amSJC-DTW
4h 38mnonstop
Delta Logo
7:55 pm - 10:06 pmDTW-SJC
5h 11mnonstop
$428Delta
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Mon, Sep 29 - Wed, Oct 1
Southwest Logo
7:25 am - 6:10 pmSJC-DTW
7h 45m1 stop
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5:10 pm - 10:10 pmDTW-SJC
8h 00m1 stop
$454Southwest
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Sat, Jun 28 - Sat, Jul 5
Southwest Logo
10:15 am - 11:05 pmSJC-DTW
9h 50m2 stops
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6:50 am - 10:15 amDTW-SJC
6h 25m1 stop
$459Southwest
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Sat, Jun 28 - Sat, Jul 5
American Airlines Logo
9:48 am - 10:13 pmSJC-DTW
9h 25m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
3:10 pm - 10:25 pmDTW-SJC
10h 15m2 stops
$498American Airlines
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Fri, Aug 22 - Mon, Aug 25
American Airlines Logo
6:03 am - 8:22 pmSJC-DTW
11h 19m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
3:37 pm - 10:22 pmDTW-SJC
9h 45m2 stops
$547American Airlines
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Thu, Oct 23 - Mon, Oct 27
United Airlines Logo
6:26 pm - 10:05 amSJC-DTW
12h 39m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 1:21 pmDTW-SJC
7h 21m1 stop
$548United Airlines
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Sat, Jun 14 - Tue, Jun 24
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Detroit flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Jose to Detroit?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from San Jose to Detroit, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Jose, you’ll find the best rates on Fridays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, 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 Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is February, where tickets cost $296 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $519 and $470 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

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 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $596 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, 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 Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
High seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$88
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 32% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 15% lower on average.
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When to book flights from San Jose to Detroit

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Jose to Detroit 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 San Jose to Detroit flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was $88 for a one-way ticket and $218 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Jose and Detroit?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Jose to Detroit?

    San Jose airport is called San Jose and the only airport in Detroit is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Jose to Detroit?

    All the following airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Jose to Detroit flight route: Delta, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, American Airlines, United Airlines, Air Canada, and Hawaiian Airlines.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Jose to Detroit?

    The Boeing 737-800 Passenger/BBJ2 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Jose to Detroit flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Jose to Detroit?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Jose to Detroit, Delta or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Detroit are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $485 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $492 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Jose to Detroit?

    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 Jose to Detroit.

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

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

    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 Detroit with an airline and back to San Jose with another airline. Booking your flights between San Jose and DTW 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 Jose to Detroit?

    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 Detroit from San Jose 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 Jose to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $138 or less one-way and $333 or less round-trip.

Top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to Detroit

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Jose to Detroit. 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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SouthwestOverall score based on 4294 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.1Food
8.6Crew
7.6Entertainment
8.2Boarding
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025LGB - SMF
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

We had a nice flight. Boarding was easy, our seats were comfortable and the on board service was pleasant.

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

Delta is my preferred airline. I've traveled with them for years. On time in most cases, good communication, easy to use app. Most planes are pretty nice. I was on a CRJ 700/900 however, which was pretty badly aged inside and needed a refresh. No infotainment, unreliable wifi, best to download before boarding or bring a book. Food choices are really just snacks on this flight, nice variety but about what you'd expect. Great staff and prompt in departure and early arrival too. Overall quite satisfied.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

A little bumpy ride . No food was being provided due the the turbulence. That was ok it was a short flight to my standards.

Boarding in Amsterdam is always chaotic. KLM/ Delta has not streamlined or made it efficient as it was boarding in Detroit . The food was mediocre The crew was unfriendly and more focused on getting things done quickly rather than service with a smile .

Lower number on this flight so spaced out passengers. Able to enjoy more room to relax during flight. It was lovely.

Broken jer bridge. Poor communication about it. Lost 2 of 4 luggage pieces

Coach seating is debilitating, neither my husband or I can walk the following day

Extremely dosappoontined and frustrated. Refused entry to lounge in Detroit despite having Delta AMEX Reserve linked in MyDelta phone app as revommended and also having proof of account. No pillows were available for overnight flight to AMS and breakfast was not served in Delta Comfort.

I liked the screens in the seat headrest with movies to watch. I didn’t like being forced to check my carryon bag and being told there wasn’t room for my bag - when there were 5 bins sitting empty on takeoff. I didn’t like the “I don’t give a fig” attitude of the flight attendants and the delta gate attendants when I asked why they decided to put me out. They gave me a 1800 number to call but I can’t get a live person on the phone. Customer service is non existent. My business must not be that important to them.

The airplanes were so old and out-dated it was terrifying to fly on them.

Very helpful ground crew after an earlier flight delay and being rebooked on a different flight.

American Airlines initially postponed the flight. Then they cancelled it an rescheduled us on a flight that would take over 24 hours with multiple stops. They then changed this flight to a reasonable alternative the next day which they later cancelled and replaced with a flight that would take off with an additional 16 hour delay. They blamed weather but I noticed (at 4am) that Delta had direct flights from Charlotte to Detroit. I went on line. Booked it and was in Detroit buy 9am. The interesting thing is they did a similar thing to a family member just 2 days earlier. I don't think I will fly American unless I have to.

The plane was late and then sat on the runway for almost 45 minutes before taking off.

We kept being told that the flight was full and that all overhead compartments were full and therefore had to check in our hand luggage. We were some of the last people to board and noticed that there was still sufficient space in the overhead compartments. We were obliged to check in hand luggage when there was space and so had to wait at luggage retrieval which took a while to then noticed damage to our luggage - not a great experience!

Excellent! The gate agents were kind enough to rebook me on an earlier flight saving me from a 6 hour layover. Even my luggage made it despite the fact that the connection was technically too narrow. The flight itself was very comfortable, roomy, and clean. Plenty of space for my carryon items with plugs to charge my phone. After a long international flight of 14 hours, this was an excellent way to end my travels!

This was an overnight flight. There was no meal service in first class, just a simple snack basket was offered along with beverages. There should have been some type of continental breakfast prior to arrival in PHL. As an Executive Platinum American Airlines Advantage member, I received no name recognition from the first class flight attendant. When disembarking at PHL, the flight attendants were more interested in their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as they disembarked.

The flight was quick and to the point. The crew just did their job w/o excessive talking and everything was just perfect.

Awkward carry on process. Forced to check all carry on. No overhead space of worthiness. Left delayed, but made up the time. Crew was amicable.

Amazingly comfy flight - I had upgraded for a reasonable price and it was worth it. The food also was good.

Had to wait on pilot and crew to depart and had to wait to arrive at the gate because they only had 2 crews working. Delays, delays....Planes just keep getting smaller and tighter and they nickle and dime for everything. When will an airline actually wake up and make flying more enjoyable?

I paid for streaming wifi and the connection was poor.

terrible service, no room for a dog underfoot, a broken chair that is impossible to sit on and all this costs a lot of money

It was fast but uncomfortable seats. Had to pay a bit extra not sure why? Maybe in selection of all my 4 tix together ? Just knew I had a balance before getting boarding pass online when departing from satx ? And flight was delayed..

Bad experience. Unhappy with the changing of flight times and one particular flight attendant (Bartholomew) on our flight from Orlando to Detroit. Traveling with a large family of 7, including our 18 month old, can be arduous but when the airline changes your flight time from landing at 9:30 pm to landing after midnight, this becomes much more difficult. When our 18 month old was predictably over tired and fussy, my wife and I tried to move to an open row so we can console her more effectively. The flight attendent rebuked us and said we could not sit in an exit row. We were not planning on sitting there for more than a few minutes but just to have space to console our screaming 18 month old. Spirit did not allow for a family friendly trip. Likely will be choosing a different airline next time.

Last minute 2-3 hr delay in flight schedule; no explanation Unexpected extra $52 charge What's the benefit of choosing a cheap airline if you trick people last minute and force them to pay extra last minute? Did not appreciate being cornered.

Seats are uncomfortable and too close together. Also, you missed my connection in Vegas on the way back and I ended up sleeping in the airport, flying back to Burbank instead of LAX and I got home 12 hours late.

Surprising everything went well. Nice attendants and fast getting on and off the plane. Overall, was happy with the experience.

Pl meed tp make proper accom for all pets and owners by placing them on a section to accommodate human animal allergies and give up a few seats YWS ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD BE MADEBY THE AIRLINES and not pushed off to another paying customer that has to sit in fear or by being touched by someone elses animal.

Non-professional acting crew, Very uncomfortable seats…!! Very bad pricing with all the add-ons for seat choice, luggage fees, etc….soon you’ll charge extra for oxygen. The ticket price means Nothing because in the end, the actual amount i paid, i could have and will in the future continue to fly on a real airline…

With this price, I shouldn't complain on anything. I understand I have to pay for every services they provide. The plane could smell a little better. Advise them to use frebeeze to freshen up the interior a little bit.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

They switched my flight to Spirit, Never using Kayak again,

Frontier had yet another flight cancellation. Have never made a complete round trip with this airline without at least one leg getting cancelled. Miserable flights - dirty, uncomfortable planes that apparently always have issues since I've had multiple delays and cancellations with them.

Flight was delayed 3 times, would have been nice to have received text message instead of email notifications. Frontier app wasn’t even updated accordingly, no gate number disclosed. No agent at front desk of gate to inform of delay. Very confused and left if the dark

They changed the timing , first delayed by 4 hours then went back to 40 mins late, we had to run back to airport to not miss our flight. This is ridiculous

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

I loked walking out on the tarmac to board and no first class. I didn't like that they have no snacks or onboard wifi to bide your time.

It was a redeye flight, so every passenger just wanted to sleep, but through the entire flight, the flight crew made announcements over the loudspeaker at maximum volume every few minutes making sleep impossible. For example: it’s 2am, and the crew decides to give an extremely detailed announcement about snacks and beverages for sale. And 3am is the perfect time to wake up everyone with a lengthy announcement about how to get a coffee refill and how to take advantage of new offer from frontier for a credit card.

The takeoff was the smoothest I've ever experienced on any airline and this is the first time I've flown on frontier so this was an extremely pleasant surprise!

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