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Cheapest round-trip
$250
Typical prices: $262-$398
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SBN - SAN • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$209
Typical prices: $373-$451
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Thu 8/6
SBN - SAN • 2 stops
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Cheapest • from $349 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.8 score
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There are currently no direct flights between South Bend and San Diego. You'll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg $302 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 7h 03m (one-way)
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 38% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheapest • 28% price drop
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Cheap Flights from South Bend to San Diego (SBN-SAN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from South Bend to San Diego 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 South Bend to San Diego

Wed, Oct 21 - Sat, Oct 24
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9:48 pm - 12:40 pm
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17h 52m
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1:35 pm - 1:17 pm
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20h 42m
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$250Multiple Airlines
Mon, Oct 26 - Thu, Oct 29
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2:17 pm - 9:02 am
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21h 45m
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7:24 pm - 12:27 pm
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14h 03m
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$267Multiple Airlines
Wed, Oct 21 - Sat, Oct 24
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9:48 pm - 7:37 pm
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24h 49m
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1:35 pm - 1:17 pm
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20h 42m
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$339Multiple Airlines
Thu, Aug 13 - Wed, Aug 19
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1:53 pm - 8:06 pm
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9h 13m
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6:25 am - 12:41 pm
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27h 16m
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$345Multiple Airlines
Mon, Oct 26 - Tue, Nov 3
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6:00 am - 11:16 am
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8h 16m
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11:26 am - 8:53 pm
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6h 27m
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$349Delta
Wed, Sep 2 - Tue, Sep 15
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6:00 am - 9:32 am
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6h 32m
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8:45 am - 9:48 pm
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10h 03m
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$354United Airlines
Fri, Sep 4 - Sat, Sep 5
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5:10 pm - 11:00 pm
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8h 50m
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11:48 am - 10:33 pm
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7h 45m
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$368Delta
Thu, Aug 13 - Wed, Aug 19
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1:53 pm - 8:06 pm
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9h 13m
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6:25 am - 12:41 pm
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27h 16m
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$372Multiple Airlines
Mon, Oct 26 - Thu, Oct 29
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2:17 pm - 9:02 am
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21h 45m
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12:37 pm - 8:31 am
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16h 54m
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$381Multiple Airlines
Thu, Dec 10 - Sun, Dec 13
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6:05 am - 11:34 am
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8h 29m
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7:00 am - 5:33 pm
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7h 33m
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$382United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for South Bend to San Diego flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from South Bend to San Diego?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from South Bend to San Diego departing in October.

What is the cheapest month to fly from South Bend to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from South Bend to San Diego, 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 South Bend to San Diego is January, where tickets cost $288 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $513 and $475 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from South Bend to San Diego?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from South Bend to San Diego, 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 South Bend to San Diego, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 38% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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Low season

August

Cheapest flight

$209
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 15% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 18% increase in price.
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FAQs for booking flights from South Bend to San Diego

  • What is the cheapest flight from South Bend to San Diego?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from South Bend to San Diego was $209 for a one-way ticket and $250 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between South Bend and San Diego?

    No

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from South Bend to San Diego?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from South Bend to San Diego?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from South Bend to San Diego, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from South Bend to San Diego are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $365 and an overall rating of 7.8, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $417 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from South Bend to San Diego?

    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 South Bend to San Diego.

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

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

    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 San Diego with an airline and back to South Bend with another airline. Booking your flights between South Bend and SAN 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 South Bend to San Diego?

    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 San Diego from South Bend 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 South Bend to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from South Bend to San Diego. 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 South Bend to San Diego? 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.
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DeltaOverall score based on 8478 reviews
7.2Food
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.8Comfort
7.8Entertainment
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Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2026
DTW - SAN
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Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

Gate agent rushed to fill hot jetway with crowd so it took over 12 minutes to go from gate to plane. Just like a discount airline Pooly prepared cabin and third time that claim of rough air prevented any cabin service. Friends on a Southwest flight at similar time had service.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

Everything was very good other than I had selected a specific seat when I booked the flight and they changed it once I checked-in the day before my flight. I was still in first class but lost my aisle seat for a window seat. Being tall, the aisle offers more comfort so I always select an aisle seat.

Flight diverted in SD. Later take off in Seattle by 1.3hrs

Was a great smooth flight from Detroit to San Diego.

The boarding process was terrible especially with an indirect flight Chicago to Seattle to San Diego was terrible talking about we overbooked a flight idk if I’d take this airline ever again we got off our flight from Chicago to Seattle and we traveled for business and they told us our connecting flight was over booked and their was no seats asking people to take a delayed next flight and they don’t tell anyone coughing to wear masks seats 30A-B were terrible during the flight no one wants to sit next to people coughing all around I don’t want to be sick traveling for work or get sick anytime it’s very upsetting the staff doesn’t take this stuff serious to tell them to wear masks when they see people coughing and sneezing

They made us check our bag…. Even though there was plenty of space up top… and then proceeded to shatter by brand new luggage 😞

It was a short, comfortable flight. It did leave an hour late due to the pilot having to be replaced (family emergency) but that didn’t inconvenience myself & my friend. The situation was explained, eventually.

There was a piece of plastic baked into my buttermilk biscuit! I have a pictures. The flight attendants in first class were really apologetic, and tried to rectify the situation. I I am very appreciative that they were able to give me some packets of pretzels and gummy bears. I understand they don't personally handle the food until warming it up so I know it wasn't their fault. I don't know whether it was a newer aircraft, or different food packaging, but I was happy that when the food was being warmed up - it didn't smell like plastic. Jokes on me with finding plastic in my food.

The seats were uncomfortable, as if the cushions haven't been switched out in many years. I felt like I was on an old bus. The food was delicious. thank you. Onboard entertainment, very limited. Unless you like violent movies. Why in the world would you have such severely violent movies on a plane? if you don't want to see such things, you don't have a choice. Have you considered that when choosing entertainment? Good god. Why would you have the Godfather? Or black women being brutally beaten with a club? Why in the hell would you put that kind of material on a plane? As for Kayak: Why when I ordered Qantas, was the plane on United?

UA594 was delayed multiple times. I ended up getting picked up so I can make it in time for work 6AM on Monday, 7/6/2026

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

Connecting flights were poor,especially in Naples.our Lufthansa air bus was a joke.way too small for that long of a flight.no room at all.couldn’t even get out of the seats to move around or go to the bathrooms.we thought we were getting an actual air bus,double decker.i will never fly that long in a plane like that again.kind of misleading to call it an air bus.we actually had more room on our buses that we used.

For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable

Lost connnection had to stayON in Chicago Was a mess

Booked economy through United - air canada treated it as standby and was almost refused boarding.

The seat when "flat" was not flat and pad was too thin to cover it.

Delayed for mechanical and no updates on what was happening and how long the delay might be.

We are too tired and frustrated to comment politely at this point

My flight was delayed for several hours. Sitting at gate 16 for several hours, I got a text from Kayak the gate changed to 9 before it was announced. Very bad communication at each gate from American Airlines employees. I received 10 notifications of delay from Kayak. My vacation started off horrible! I will write to American Airlines corporate office also.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

The flight crew was fantastic! Which the seats had a small TV.

also wi-fi never worked attendant said satellite coverage is spotty over water ..... but we were over land!

They attended to my needs as I couldn't walk and they provided a wheelchair for me.q

This time my flight was smooth and uneventful. They started boarding even earlier than it was scheduled. I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you!

Boarding was a mess - the agent basically called every group in rapid succession, so there was no organization at all. The economy seats are a joke, and main cabin extra seats were sold out when I purchased my flight. As such, I was locked in the same position for four hours. Being 6’6”, it was impossible to get my bag out from under the seat in front of me, and I couldn’t have used my laptop even if my bag were accessible due to the minuscule seat pitch. Also the wifi was broken. American is a joke - can’t wait until they merge with Spirit.

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