$159 Find Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara to Texas

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Cheap Flights from Santa Barbara to Texas

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$310
Houston
Houston1 stop$296
Austin
Austin1 stop$294
San Antonio
San Antonio1 stop$309
El Paso
El Paso1 stop$432
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$310
Houston
Houston1 stop$296
Austin
Austin1 stop$294
San Antonio
San Antonio1 stop$309
El Paso
El Paso1 stop$432

Book Cheap Santa Barbara to Texas Plane Tickets

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

ti., nov. 4 - lø., nov. 8
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:44 pm - 3:14 pmSBA-AUS
17h 30m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:18 pm - 6:56 pmAUS-SBA
25h 38m1 stop
$294Alaska Airlines
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ti., sep. 9 - ti., sep. 16
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 4:59 pmSBA-IAH
7h 29m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 6:41 pmIAH-SBA
12h 41m1 stop
$296Alaska Airlines
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ti., sep. 9 - ti., sep. 16
Delta Logo
8:13 am - 5:39 pmSBA-HOU
7h 26m1 stop
Delta Logo
1:13 pm - 8:03 pmHOU-SBA
8h 50m1 stop
$297Delta
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ti., nov. 4 - lø., nov. 8
Delta Logo
12:40 pm - 8:56 pmSBA-AUS
6h 16m1 stop
Delta Logo
12:45 pm - 9:44 pmAUS-SBA
10h 59m2 stops
$300Delta
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ti., sep. 9 - ti., sep. 16
American Airlines Logo
6:05 am - 8:11 pmSBA-HOU
12h 06m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:31 amHOU-SBA
7h 31m1 stop
$302American Airlines
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ti., nov. 4 - lø., nov. 8
American Airlines Logo
10:08 am - 8:45 pmSBA-AUS
8h 37m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
9:59 am - 4:01 pmAUS-SBA
8h 02m2 stops
$305American Airlines
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fr., okt. 3 - ma., okt. 6
Southwest Logo
4:55 pm - 12:25 amSBA-SAT
5h 30m1 stop
Southwest Logo
8:20 pm - 11:20 pmSAT-SBA
5h 00m1 stop
$349Southwest
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fr., okt. 3 - ma., okt. 6
Southwest Logo
5:30 am - 2:45 pmSBA-SAT
7h 15m1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:15 pm - 11:20 pmSAT-SBA
7h 05m2 stops
$354Southwest
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fr., sep. 19 - ti., sep. 23
United Airlines Logo
2:32 pm - 11:58 pmSBA-AUS
7h 26m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:55 pm - 11:59 pmAUS-SBA
8h 04m2 stops
$362United Airlines
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lø., okt. 4 - ti., okt. 7
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 5:54 pmSBA-SAT
9h 54m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
4:21 pm - 11:49 pmSAT-SBA
9h 28m2 stops
$399United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Barbara to Texas flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Santa Barbara to Texas to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Santa Barbara to Texas flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Texas from Santa Barbara found in the last 72 hours was to Dallas, at $267 round-trip. The most popular route is from Santa Barbara (SBA) to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $267.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Santa Barbara to Texas?

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 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $533 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Barbara to Texas, 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 Texas is February, when tickets cost $333 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $575 and $525 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Santa Barbara to Texas?

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

For Santa Barbara to Texas, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Texas back to Santa Barbara, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Santa Barbara to Texas?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Barbara to Texas, 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 Santa Barbara to Texas, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 41% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$159
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
Flight from Santa Barbara to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

FAQs - booking Texas flights

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

    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 Texas.

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

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

    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 Santa Barbara to Texas 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 Santa Barbara to Texas?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Texas?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Texas is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $441 on average. Morning departures are around 13% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Texas is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $501.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Texas

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Santa Barbara to the following destinations at these prices or less: Dallas $218 one-way - $326 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Santa Barbara to Texas

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Barbara to Texas. 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 Texas? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4246 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
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The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

10.0 ExcellentJoseph, Aug 2025SFO - BWI
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The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

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.

Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

There was a security issue at the airport and we were unable to land. We circled endlessly and then landed at another airfield for fuel. We then circled the airport again, almost landed but didn’t fully touch down before circling again. I am thankful to the crew for keeping us safe- the issue was the airline and staff at the airport getting us seats on our connecting flights. That part was hours of searching for someone and getting in double my steps.

The flight was scheduled for 2:30 PM. Early in the morning we got a text message saying the flight was delayed and rescheduled for 3:00 PM. We got to the airport with that in mind. Then we got a message during check-in at the flight was rescheduled again for 2:30 PM. We almost missed our flight. In fact, our bags Were told that they would not make it. At the end, everything worked out. But it is very stressful.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

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 woman gate agent in Phoenix was none too sympathetic about my check-in process as I am relatively new with using apps. I almost did not get on because she said I did not check-in. I thought I had via Kayak where I purchased a very expensive ticket. Lesson learned but to be told I may not get on as a matter of factly was difficult to hear.

Gate agent did not hold flight for connection, provided no assistance to get new flight

The plane pushed back from the gate on time. However, it stopped on the ramp, and we waited for over 20 minutes before the aircraft pulled back to the gate. Apparently, something of importance had to be removed from the aircraft by the gate agent. I found this to be odd. The delay was not significant, but I felt that whatever was on the aircraft that had to be taken off, should’ve been done before we pushed back from the gate.

Smooth boarding process. Early departure, smooth flight, early arrival. The entertainment package has very good recent movie options. The flight crew were friendly and professional.

I don’t understand the purpose of the orange “priority” tag on my bag. This tagged, my bag is last or near to the last bag to come down the carousel at IAH.

Oh my gosh, I loved my experience with United! they made me want to travel more often.

The planes are so dirty! Food crumbs and finger print smudges, Dust over the vents and carpet stains. It’s disgusting.

Great flight. No issues at all. I still think boarding could be more efficient but otherwise, a good experience.

4 hours late, including over +1 hour waiting in plane to take off. Baggage left behind too.

Our flight was 1.5 hours delayed. There was no weather for the inbound flight, so I don't understand why. This meant a VERY late arrival and only a quick nap before my morning flight.

It was very difficult to stretch my knee out and I am very short. I also had a torn tendon in my knee which made it extra uncomfortable anyways. My husband is 6'2" and I can't imagine him flying in that plane.

Delayed flight, so I switched fights to SFO to Phoenix , Phoenix to DSM. Excellent service through American Airlines

The AA app really sucks ... Every flight & connecting flights were delayed over 30 mins. One connecting flight on American Eagle said it was delayed in its arrival ... when it was actually parked across from the gate for over 1 hr before they pulled it to the gate. Seats in the economy/ main cabin are packed together like sardines ... no leg room.

The flight delay in Dallas created a domino effect that impacted all connecting flights, leading to an increase in the number of connections. As a result, I missed my flight from Casablanca to Marrakech due to the tight turnaround when landing in Casablanca. CMN Airport was understaffed; only one employee was available to assist passengers while others just stood by and watched. It was an extremely frustrating situation. Many passengers were crying and banging their hands on the counter while talking to customer service representative Allabough. Unfortunately, Allabough couldn’t change my flight in the system. At the same time, I was on the phone with an American Airlines customer service representative named Solomon, who said he couldn’t make the change either. So, I decided to take an ONYA Voyages train from Casablanca to Marrakech to reach my destination on Friday, June 26. It turned out to be an unpredictable trip.

Pretty bad gate mgmt upon arrival. No open gates and we had to wait at midnight. Shouldn’t be a surprise that an aircraft is coming in.

Comfortable plane ride however on delays disappointment no real details as to why the delays when other flights are leaving the airport

The chair cushions may need an upgrade. I have been noticing they are so worn out, thin so you’d sit in a dip 😄. Other than that, all was an enjoyable trip. Thanks AA!

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