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This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from the United States to South Island departing on 11/28. 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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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops$774
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$957
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,181
Nelson
Nelson1 stop$1,369
Blenheim
Blenheim1 stop$1,269

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Low season

September

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$536
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 28% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking South Island flights

  • How long is the flight to South Island?

    An average nonstop flight from the United States to South Island takes 24h 28m, covering a distance of 8164 miles. The most popular route is San Francisco - Christchurch with an average flight time of 14h 05m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to South Island?

    The cheapest ticket to South Island from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $773. The most popular route is from San Francisco to Christchurch and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $773.

  • What are the most popular destinations in South Island?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Christchurch (65% of total searches to South Island). The next most popular destinations are Queenstown (27%) and Blenheim (3%). Searches for flights to Dunedin (3%), to Nelson (2%) and to Invercargill (0.3%) are also popular.

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Top 5 airlines flying to South Island

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to South Island. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to South Island. 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 the United States to South Island? 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
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 206 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.6Food
8.1Comfort
8.5Crew
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The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

10.0 ExcellentLinda, Sep 2024LAX - NAN
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The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

Business class Seats on the A350 from Nan to YVR were wonderful. The flight crew was okay but could do with better training. Toilets were clean but ran out of paper towels towards the end of the flight. The food/menu and the wine offered really needs considerable improvement. Dinner options were either Bolani, a beef sandwich (even this could be made much better), or paneer butter masala. Unfortunately, if you are not a fan of Fijian food, there isn’t much choice. Dessert was either turmeric ice cream or fruits but unfortunately, they were out of fruit! So the only option was turmeric ice cream. I’m not certain how many passengers like turmeric but I am not one of them. They need to cater to a more diverse group of people. Perhaps they need a new chef? The movies& tv shows were mostly older so I didn’t find that interesting either. It was however, fun to view the plane’s exterior cameras as we take off and land. The best thing about this flight are the business class seats.

Comfortable as one can get in Economy, food was very good, staff were super friendly & efficient.

Really liked the plane and business class seat. Food was ok but could be better. Service was very good.

Better connections, much better cabin crew, much cleaner cabin that Qantas, American and probably other carriers.

Better connections, much better cabin crews, much cleaner aircraft than Qantas, American and probably others.

Fiji left without me because American Airlines was too stupid to get to LAX on time. Fiji should have offered a standby on another flight but they told me tough luck. I will never fly with this company again.

The A350 aircraft business class experience was very good. Comfortable and well appointed pod, and supplemental bed pad available for sleeping. Food was very good.

Business class seats and amenities were excellent, crew very attentive. Slept well. Food good, lounge experience nice. Would fly them again. A350 aircraft excellent, very quiet.

The flight attendants were extremely friendly and helpful. Everything ran on time. I highly recommend Fiji Airways.

The boarding process was less than ideal. While I liked being greeted with “Kia Ora”, the rest of the process was very average for business-class travel — queue, crowding, no clear separation between economy and business premier. The aircraft felt old, even though I believe it was only 6 years’ old. Travelling in Business Premier in Air New Zealand is like sitting in a glass bowl. One can see everyone, and everyone can see others. Very bad structuring of seats. If you have a choice, fly another airlines like Singapore Airlines for business — I had the option, but chose this flight due to it’s departure time. Regrettable decision. I had opted for Vegan food choice. Very poor food as well as service. It is as if the chefs preparing the meal have little idea what nutritious, healthy and filling plant-based food is. And the crew were totally uncoordinated. In the main dinner meal, the first thing I was served was a fruit bowl, and then followed by other items. No mention was made that the fruit bowl (served first) was the dessert! And then after my meal tray was cleared another steward (not the one who served the main meal) comes around asks me that now that I had had the would like the dessert. I said yes, please. He went off and comes back to tell me discreetly that I’ve already had my dessert! He also didn’t know what the dessert was — and I guess it was the fruit platter that was the first item I was served. I was traveling with partner, who had similar experience. For her, they just cleared her table without offering dessert. Extremely poor coordination. The area behind the seats was extremely dirty. I just happened to use the overhead light to try and locate something that had fallen, only to be horrified at the dust, crumbs and all kinds of other particles. The only good thing about the flight was that when it ended, our bags came very very quickly. But that I guess is more to do with airport operations for Air New Zealands at Auckland Airport rather than the flight itself. I would think very hard next time I have to fly Business Premier in New Zealand, especially on Boeing 787-9NZM, which this plane was. Basically if you are selecting seats and find that they are at a diagonal angle, do not book this if you are looking for luxurious travel. Better off with premium economy or a good economy seat. The quality of food and service indeed was way below par.

Gate agent was fantastic in Auckland. They wanted to charge me for my two bags even though I was gold member with United in Tonga. So I had to pay for an upgrade. The meals on both flights had no vegetarian option. The only one item the salad was not tasty at all. Good thing I had brought my own snacks. The bread was white roll which is so not healthy. I think New Zealand air can definitely improve their food offering.

The entire process was excellent! The economy sits are a bit snug so I'll have to be sure to purchase premier or business class next time but, other than that, food, service, attendants were exceptional. Gate agents and ticket agents too!

Can you please process refund. Mum died and dad went to Pakistan to bury her after cancelling flight.

Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

Great meal. Best seats ever! They need to teach other airlines how to do that.

Overall excellent but the Captain kept the seat belt sign on for far too long, especially at the beginning and end of the flight. It was 2 hours after take-off before the crew were able to start the service (on an 11 hour night flight, reducing our sleeping time) and the seat belt sign on went on during breakfast (90 mins before landing) and was not turned off again until we landed. This made for an uncomfortable journey of trying to limit fluid intake because it was unclear when the toilets would be available for use.

Food was not good. We asked for Muslim food and it was weird tasteless type of boiled veges.

Crew were pleasant, happy to be there and were a joy to be around. Entire operation was professional, well thought out and ran like a Swiss clock.

United flight from SFO to PDX was cancelled. I will ask for a refund. Had to book on Alaska

Don't irreparably damage my luggage, don't stand around talking in the kitchen area of the plane when a passenger is waiting to speak to you, don't run out of a meal selection so have me end up eating bread for dinner. Lastly, regarding the code-share flight from DFW to JFK....STOP PARTNERING WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES - THEY ARE THE WORST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD! The delay, followed by another delay, followed by disorganized boarding, followed by stale snacks fit for a rodent, followed by a pilot who literally slammed the plane onto the runway when landing causing quite some concern among the passengers.

The crew was very helpful to my family, especially when my daughter became sick during the flight. Will fly with them again.

Enjoyed the flight with attentive flight staff. Thank you Qantas.

The flight was delayed by 1.5 hours and most of the flights bags were not on the flight. Have also had no communication from QANTAS

Food was great. Customer Service not so much! Flight Delays.

The plane was delayed about 3 hours so anything else is immaterial

Excellent plane, smooth boarding Friendly crew Clean flight till end Food can be little better

1) crackly headphone jack 2) one of the emergency seats recline. Usually second row does. But in this case neither did 3) food was scrambled eggs or fruit. 4) fruit should not be the option to eggs 5)miserable unpleasant crew not a smile. Thought that was a virgin thing

Amazing! Was put on the earlier flight and I requested for an aisle seat and was given it. Thanks Qantas!

The staff we fantastic and seemed to work very well with each other

More water distribution throughout flight. Food quality poor and hot items delivered not hot on both attempts. Not United Standards

My flight was completely full. Making me very stressful with people walking around all the time. I believe airlines can do better for entertain people during the flight.

Short flying. The seats do not recline at all and very uncomfortable.

Good plane, crew, and flight. Boarding was a bit chaotic. Bathrooms were unacceptable. United DESPERATELY needs a new terminal at IAD.

Basics were there, but a 5:15 flight with almost no food ans no entertainment, it is quite long.

Flight was on time, crew were excellent. For some reason our originally selected seats were changed. We had to re-choose our seats when we checked in online and options were limited. One of our two checked bags we placed on the wrong carousel. It was only be shear luck that I saw it. That cost us 20 minutes of wasted time. So much for the “priority” tags. They are meaningless, and have been ever since they were implemented. I wish you would do the save some money and stop using them.

Everything was very good. Was able to change a make run flight leaving on direct earlier in the app -seamless!!! Well done

Haven’t used United in a while. Was surprised with the free blanket and earphones. Service was great. Huge plane. 9/.row.

Moody attendants that can barely look up at the passengers. I’m all for people having an off day, but you can tell some Untied Airlines Employees have lost their zeal for their jobs

Delayed by 2.5hrs any longer and they would’ve had to honour their own policy for breaking their own rules and regs. Not cool, especially when I have an infant child that needs to stay on a routine and they get schedules.

Charlotte NC agents were great and ended up with decent seats after having to switch flights amidst Hurricane situation. CMH was a different story. Doors to flight closed 15 minutes before departure so we nearly were left behind. Flight crew were OK but nothing to brag about for sure

My initial flight to ORD was extended without reason. We circled the airport a few time and then drove on the ground for at least 20 minutes. These kinds of delays are annoying but somewhat expected… it would be nice if the crew would make an announcement to give updates on how long we could expect to be delayed.

It was on time, which is always a good thing. There wasn’t any food hence my okay rating.

Always a great flight on AA. PHX to DFW and vise versa is always going to be a pretty full flight but the crew handles it phenomenally.

I had a TERRIBLE experience with the AA crew. I believe it was disability-related. It’s unlikely I will fly AA again.

Airlines changed our originally booked flights. Our luggage was completely damaged.

Great - quick boarding and landed early with an available gate.

Not too impressed with them to be honest. They had forgotten my gf meal, despite the fact that the app had notified me that it was sorted. Apparently there is a ‘glitch’ in the system, according to one of the stewardesses, and has been for a while. Also the legroom in economy is way too small (and I’m a slight person) and are very uncomfortable. An extra Internal flight I booked via the app, had not even given me the option to order a meal, so was unaware of that and left without food on a 9 hr. flight !! Don’t think I’ll use AA again after this.

Baby cried a lot. Nothing anyone could do about it. Just part of flying.

The flight was uneventful. What was a problem was I was delayed getting home one entire day because the flight from Sacramento was delayed. That made getting to my connecting flight impossible. I had to stay another night at the hotel and incur that expense as a result.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to South Island found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/26Sun
2 stopsAir Canada
36h 45mSFO-CHC
2/16Sun
2 stopsAir Canada
27h 01mCHC-SFO
$774
2/18Tue
2 stops
33h 20mSFO-CHC
3/12Wed
2 stops
22h 56mCHC-SFO
$781
11/14Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
17h 35mLAX-CHC
11/28Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 30mCHC-LAX
$844
2/20Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
17h 45mLAX-CHC
3/11Tue
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 30mCHC-LAX
$852
2/4Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
19h 15mLAX-ZQN
2/11Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
20h 20mZQN-LAX
$957
2/20Thu
2 stopsAir New Zealand
21h 10mLAX-CHC
3/11Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
16h 40mCHC-LAX
$957
1/22Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
14h 05mSFO-CHC
2/4Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
13h 10mCHC-SFO
$982
11/26Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
29h 15mSFO-CHC
12/17Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
13h 10mCHC-SFO
$995
11/29Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
23h 35mLAX-CHC
12/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 26mCHC-LAX
$1,170
11/21Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
31h 44mSFO-CHC
12/4Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 00mCHC-SFO
$1,246

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to South Island found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/28Thu
2 stops
21h 50mLAX-CHC
$536
11/28Thu
2 stops
22h 35mSFO-CHC
$537
11/28Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 20mSFO-CHC
$567
11/28Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
17h 35mLAX-CHC
$567
2/7Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
14h 05mSFO-CHC
$743
1/29Wed
nonstopAir New Zealand
14h 05mSFO-CHC
$761
1/26Sun
nonstopAir New Zealand
14h 05mSFO-CHC
$802
1/1Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
14h 05mSFO-CHC
$873
12/25Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
36h 35mLAX-ZQN
$1,070
12/17Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
18h 15mLAX-CHC
$1,466

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Recent domestic flight deals

11/24Sun
nonstopJetstar
0h 50mWLG-CHC
11/29Fri
nonstopJetstar
0h 50mCHC-WLG
$66
10/15Tue
nonstopJetstar
0h 50mWLG-CHC
10/16Wed
nonstopJetstar
0h 50mCHC-WLG
$70
2/17Mon
nonstopJetstar
1h 25mAKL-CHC
3/4Tue
nonstopJetstar
1h 20mCHC-AKL
$74
2/19Wed
nonstopJetstar
1h 25mAKL-CHC
2/26Wed
nonstopJetstar
1h 20mCHC-AKL
$78
2/17Mon
nonstopJetstar
1h 25mAKL-CHC
3/3Mon
nonstopJetstar
1h 20mCHC-AKL
$81
2/12Wed
nonstop
1h 25mAKL-CHC
2/23Sun
multi-stop
3h 50mCHC-AKL
$131
1/11Sat
multi-stopAir New Zealand
6h 10mAKL-NSN
1/14Tue
multi-stopAir New Zealand
11h 15mNSN-AKL
$150
11/13Wed
multi-stopAir New Zealand
6h 40mAKL-CHC
11/23Sat
nonstopAir New Zealand
1h 25mCHC-AKL
$156
2/21Fri
nonstopAir New Zealand
1h 25mAKL-CHC
3/1Sat
nonstopAir New Zealand
1h 25mCHC-AKL
$160
2/21Fri
nonstopAir New Zealand
1h 25mAKL-CHC
3/2Sun
nonstopAir New Zealand
1h 25mCHC-AKL
$164

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Last minute flights to South Island

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to South Island that are departing in the next 10 days.
10/4Fri
multi-stopAir New Zealand
29h 05mSFO-CHC
10/14Mon
multi-stopAir New Zealand
40h 25mCHC-SFO
$1,669
10/4Fri
multi-stopAir New Zealand
29h 05mSFO-CHC
10/14Mon
multi-stopAir New Zealand
15h 50mCHC-SFO
$1,814
10/4Fri
multi-stopAir New Zealand
42h 20mSFO-CHC
10/14Mon
multi-stopAir New Zealand
40h 25mCHC-SFO
$1,831
10/3Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
36h 50mSFO-CHC
10/14Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 55mCHC-SFO
$2,699
10/3Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
36h 50mSFO-CHC
10/14Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
25h 49mCHC-SFO
$2,704
10/4Fri
multi-stop
28h 53mSFO-CHC
10/14Mon
multi-stop
22h 56mCHC-SFO
$2,813
10/4Fri
multi-stop
28h 53mSFO-CHC
10/14Mon
multi-stop
37h 39mCHC-SFO
$3,363

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