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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland (WAS-OAK)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland 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 Washington, D.C. to Oakland

Sat, Nov 1 - Tue, Nov 4
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5:00 pm - 11:59 pmDCA-OAK
9h 59m1 stop
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6:30 am - 9:59 pmOAK-DCA
12h 29m1 stop
$257Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Jan 28 - Sat, Jan 31
Southwest Logo
4:40 pm - 9:25 pmDCA-OAK
7h 45m1 stop
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7:30 pm - 8:55 amOAK-DCA
10h 25m2 stops
$262Southwest
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Mon, Sep 29 - Wed, Oct 1
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:02 pm - 11:32 pmBWI-OAK
7h 30m1 stop
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6:30 am - 5:57 pmOAK-BWI
8h 27m1 stop
$264Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Nov 22 - Fri, Nov 28
Southwest Logo
6:50 pm - 1:30 amDCA-OAK
9h 40m1 stop
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5:25 am - 2:55 pmOAK-DCA
6h 30m1 stop
$277Southwest
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Tue, Oct 21 - Tue, Oct 21
Southwest Logo
6:50 am - 12:50 pmBWI-OAK
9h 00m1 stop
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6:15 pm - 5:10 amOAK-BWI
7h 55m1 stop
$281Southwest
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Sun, Sep 28 - Tue, Sep 30
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:02 pm - 11:32 pmBWI-OAK
31h 30m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 4:30 amOAK-BWI
19h 00m1 stop
$295Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Oct 21 - Tue, Oct 28
Delta Logo
7:15 am - 11:50 amBWI-OAK
7h 35m1 stop
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4:51 pm - 9:13 amOAK-BWI
13h 22m2 stops
$302Delta
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Sat, Nov 1 - Tue, Nov 4
Delta Logo
5:10 pm - 9:32 pmDCA-OAK
7h 22m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 7:33 pmOAK-DCA
10h 38m2 stops
$302Delta
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Sat, Nov 1 - Wed, Nov 5
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 11:59 pmDCA-OAK
9h 59m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 9:59 pmOAK-DCA
12h 29m1 stop
$340Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Jan 13 - Sun, Jan 18
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 11:38 pmDCA-OAK
9h 08m1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 9:55 pmOAK-DCA
8h 45m1 stop
$385Hawaiian Airlines
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February
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Overall average: $550
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Typical prices: $283-400
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Washington, D.C. to Oakland flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Washington, D.C. to Oakland, California?

What is the cheapest Washington, D.C. to Oakland flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Washington, D.C. to Oakland costs $742 on the route between Baltimore (BWI) and Oakland (OAK). It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Washington, D.C. to Oakland, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Washington, D.C., you’ll find the best rates on Fridays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland, 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 Washington, D.C. to Oakland is February, where tickets cost $382 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $515 and $481 respectively.

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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$123
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to Oakland

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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. to Oakland 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 flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Oakland was $123 for a one-way ticket and $257 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Washington, D.C. and Oakland?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    Washington, D.C. is served by 2 major airports and there is only 1 main airport in Oakland. You will leave Washington, D.C. from one of these airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National or Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. You will be arriving at Oakland.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    Only Alaska Airlines offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Washington, D.C. to Oakland flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Washington, D.C. to Oakland flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Washington, D.C. and Oakland, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland, Southwest or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland are Southwest and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $470 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $397 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    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 Washington, D.C. to Oakland.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Oakland from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    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 Oakland with an airline and back to Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Oakland?

    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 Oakland from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Oakland

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $742 or less round-trip.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to Oakland

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to Oakland. 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 Washington, D.C. to Oakland? 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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Awesome. Great flight. Super nice people and I like the extra space

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sep 2025DCA - SAN
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Awesome. Great flight. Super nice people and I like the extra space

On time, WiFi worked, reasonable legroom, helpful staff. Unfortunately there was no water for handwashing in the rear lavatory.

Everything except for the lack of a choice of the snack provided was great.

I was in the middle seat in the last row but that wasn’t their fault. It is why I rated the flight as mediocre, also the landing was a little rough. The good was really good. The self service luggage belt at SEATAC stopped working right when I reached it. I was literally placing my bag on the small belt when the main belt stopped. I understand that it wasn’t just Alaska but the entire side of the terminal. It took the agents about 20 minutes to arrive at a game plan and it certainly wasn’t flawless but they arranged for our luggage to be taken to the plane the old fashioned way by hand. Understandably, the plane was late in leaving. The flight took the proper amount of time and instead of arriving at OAK at 1:45, we got there at 2:30. I took my time getting to baggage claim because I knew it would be late if it was there at all. Sure enough it wasn’t but there was an agent there to greet me and inform me about my luggage. Long story longer, they delivered my luggage to where I was staying which was an hour away from the airport. Alaska has instituted a delivery type tracking system through my email that kept me informed of where my luggage was the whole time. WELL DONE!!

My husband unfortunately had a very large lady next to him who did not fit in the seat and had to have the armrest up so she was partially in his seat and she also had horrible BO

The Boeing 737 plane is old with narrow seats and tiny lavatories. The flight was delayed for over 2 hours. The flight attendants were discourteous.

Only offered water, no snacks provided, and it was cold on the plane, everyone was wearing sweatshirt or jacket in June. I asked for blanket, but crew said they didnt have anything and would turn the heat up, that didn't happen, so for 6 hours I remained cold.

One of the stewardess, Tre, went above and beyond to ensure my comfort!

It was too cold for the first quarter of the flight.

I loved that we boarded orderly and quickly, that I had an opportunity to check my bag free at the gate, that there was plenty of seat/leg room, there was smooth takeoff and landing, the attendants were pleasant and helpful, and that we arrived on time!!

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

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

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

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.

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

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.

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

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Great service on board. Boarding a bit slow due to process. Food was pretty average.

Very small cramped plane for an international flight. Everything else was good, but it was maybe the smallest comfort-wise I've ever been on for longer than 3-4 hours and the trip was 7.5

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

Flight was delayed 3 hours. No food and drink vouchers was provided. They offered a mini pretzel bag and water .

Staff was rude. Didn’t give water for 2 hours. Worst service

Was on time until within 1 hour of flight-how does that happen? Staff very friendly.

I liked the choice of lemon ginger tea. I think stewardesses can be more considerate of older people needs.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

I fly UAL 7-8 times per year. This flight was not up to snuff because it boarded very late "due to unexpected delays in restocking the plane" and yet Flight Aware showed the plane had landed some 10 hours earlier--so I think they could have planned accordingly. The FA's were nice but harried. The video system had to be rebooted 3-4 times. The food service was rather abrupt; they forgot my row and when I asked for my meal, they brought it with some impatience. Overall, the flight was fine, but the little details made it feel somewhat mundane and hurried.

Cancelled my flight last minute and did not help me rebook. It was a horrible experience.

Late departure by 1:45min. No explanation why. During boarding inconsistent policing of their baggage rules. Before takeoff and lamdimg strange obsession with window shade and armrest positions. Don't know why they care. 15 min tarmac delay on arrival, they blamed airport congestion but we were the o lh flight waiting, it was clear it was due to poor staff planning (only one ground crew to receive airplanes and multiple arrivals) Got there but was rrally lame the whole trip.

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

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