$372 Find Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara to Houston

This is the cheapest round-trip flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Santa Barbara to Houston departing on 1/1. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Santa Barbara to Houston, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$372
Alaska Airlines
Thu 1/1Wed 1/7
SBA - IAH • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$414
Typical prices: $264-$434
United Airlines
Tue 12/23
SBA - IAH • 1 stop
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Cheapest • from $372 (round-trip)
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Best reviews • 7.9 score
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Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara to Houston (SBA-HOU)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Santa Barbara to Houston 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 Santa Barbara to Houston

Thu, Jan 1 - Wed, Jan 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 4:57 pm
SBA
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IAH
7h 42m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:55 pm - 7:47 pm
IAH
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SBA
27h 52m1 stop
$372Alaska Airlines
Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Feb 26
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 12:56 am
SBA
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IAH
8h 36m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:39 pm - 11:52 pm
IAH
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SBA
6h 13m1 stop
$394United Airlines
Thu, Jan 1 - Wed, Jan 7
Southwest Logo
5:50 am - 1:00 pm
SBA
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HOU
5h 10m1 stop
Southwest Logo
10:40 am - 4:35 pm
HOU
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SBA
7h 55m1 stop
$398Southwest
Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Feb 26
American Airlines Logo
4:42 pm - 11:48 pm
SBA
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IAH
5h 06m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 11:50 am
IAH
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SBA
8h 50m2 stops
$399American Airlines
Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Feb 26
Southwest Logo
5:25 am - 1:55 pm
SBA
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HOU
6h 30m2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:40 am - 9:50 am
HOU
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SBA
6h 10m1 stop
$399Southwest
Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Feb 26
Southwest Logo
2:25 pm - 10:30 pm
SBA
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HOU
6h 05m1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:40 am - 9:50 am
HOU
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SBA
6h 10m1 stop
$400Southwest
Thu, Jan 1 - Wed, Jan 7
Southwest Logo
5:50 am - 1:00 pm
SBA
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HOU
5h 10m1 stop
Southwest Logo
2:55 pm - 9:10 pm
HOU
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SBA
8h 15m2 stops
$403Southwest
Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Feb 26
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 11:53 pm
SBA
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IAH
9h 18m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 11:50 am
IAH
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SBA
8h 50m2 stops
$406American Airlines
Sun, Dec 28 - Thu, Jan 1
Delta Logo
12:59 pm - 9:31 pm
SBA
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IAH
6h 32m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:42 am - 12:05 pm
IAH
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SBA
6h 23m1 stop
$421Delta
Tue, Apr 28 - Sun, May 3
Delta Logo
12:45 pm - 9:38 pm
SBA
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IAH
6h 53m1 stop
Delta Logo
11:55 am - 4:25 pm
IAH
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SBA
6h 30m1 stop
$427Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Barbara to Houston flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Santa Barbara to Houston 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 Santa Barbara to Houston?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Santa Barbara to Houston clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Houston on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Santa Barbara, you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Barbara to Houston?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Barbara to Houston, 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 Santa Barbara to Houston is October, where tickets cost $316 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $710 and $666 respectively.

Good to know

Cheapest flight$372
Flight from Santa Barbara to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights from Santa Barbara to Houston

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Santa Barbara to Houston based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from Santa Barbara to Houston

  • What is the cheapest flight from Santa Barbara to Houston?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Santa Barbara to Houston was $414 for a one-way ticket and $372 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Santa Barbara and Houston?

    Yes

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Santa Barbara to Houston?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Santa Barbara to Houston?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Santa Barbara and Houston, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Santa Barbara to Houston?

    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 Santa Barbara to Houston.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Santa Barbara to Houston?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Houston from Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara to Houston?

    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 Houston with an airline and back to Santa Barbara with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Santa Barbara to Houston?

    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 Houston from Santa Barbara up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Santa Barbara to Houston

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Barbara to Houston. 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 Santa Barbara to Houston? 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
SouthwestOverall score based on 4250 reviews
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
Airline reviews

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

8.0 ExcellentRussell, Dec 2025
SAN - OAK
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Full cans of soda would be nice. A choice between two snacks would be appreciated.

Tried watching free movie and it kept freezing so I couldn’t finish.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

Ot was overall fine. Left on time and had basic snacks. Weather was finicky but that’s not the airlines fault.

Even though we were delayed, we were able to make our connection

Crew and customer service were excellent. This flight also had plenty of leg room and seat mounted screens for entertainment. A very pleasant flight all around!

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

I flew with my dog and had already purchased my dog’s ticket. Even that morning I had called costumer service to insure that my husband and I had seats together since the website was giving me an error when choosing our seats and the representative mentioned our dog. I showed up early to the airport and when I got to the gate and we started boarding I was help back and told that I was supposed to have a yellow tag and that I should have checked in at the counter for them to give me that tag. I was not aware of this, the representative on the phone did not say anything. Nor did I see it anywhere in the checking process online, so if you travel with a pet and are not checking in luggage, just know that you still have to go to the check in counter when arriving at the airport unless you want to be the last one to board and not have room for your carry on in the overhead bins. Other than that, I had a great experience.

This flight was perfect. No complaints and only the highest regard for the crew and ground staff and how they executed perfectly. I fly a lot with United and would request predictability and transparency in their operations instead of last minute changes.

This is for UA2274 from Houston to Sacramento. The flight was delayed arriving due to mechanical issues so we left about 3 hours later than scheduled. When boarding the plane the temperature inside was excessive - likely close to 100. Pilot apologized and said it was going to improve at altitude, which it did. But before that I honestly thought there might have been more delays removing passengers made ill from the heat. We were delayed leaving due to another mechanical issue. There was not water on the plane due to a panel that was not secured. They did that quickly, but the combination of mechanical issues was rather disturbing and did not reflect well on United.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

The boarding was as always, the crew tried their best but not enough. The food was a disaster I had dietary restrictions that were half met because the company did not loaded the food for the flight. The entertainment screen was fine but content was not and also they removed the free messaging option from the flight and they charged 30 dollars for that crappy bandwidth. This flight is not worth the cost and the company is going down on quality.

A little late at the start but all worked out well.

I liked the humor of the captain and crew on the flight from Flagstaff to Dallas. They were humorous.

After arriving in Dallas, the aircraft taxied for an unusually long time and was unable to park at the gate, which caused a significant delay and made me miss my connecting flight. I then had to wait in a very long line to be rebooked, and I was told that no hotel or meal accommodations would be provided. What is even more unacceptable is that my luggage was mishandled and has still not been located. My suitcase contains important medications that I urgently need, and I have been unable to access them due to the airline’s mishandling. This situation has caused me considerable stress and inconvenience, and I need this issue to be resolved immediately.

I appreciated that it was on time, safe and professional. I didn’t like that I wasn’t in a place where I had a window at my window seat. It would have been nice to know that in advance. If it was mentioned in the ticketing, I didn’t notice it.

I have a gluten allergy so didn't have any food

Baggage handling poor. Second time this has happened. My bag went to San Francisco instead of Fiji. No apology. Luckily Nadi airport staff are fantastic. My bag arrived in Fiji the next day.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

Wish a flight with more than 2 hours with some snack rather than just cookie/biscuit.

Flight delayed and missed connection. Rescheduled flight cancelled after 6 hrs wait. Rerouted thru ORD, flight cancelled, overnight stay in ORD. Still in the air on new flight!

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