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Cheap Flights from Wellington to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$1,001
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,070
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$1,001
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,070

Book Cheap Wellington to California Plane Tickets

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

Tue, Nov 3 - Tue, Jan 5
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12:00 pm - 12:00 pm
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LAX
21h 00m
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10:35 pm - 4:10 pm
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WLG
20h 35m
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$1,001Multiple Airlines
Tue, Nov 3 - Tue, Jan 5
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12:00 pm - 12:00 pm
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LAX
21h 00m
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10:35 pm - 10:20 pm
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WLG
50h 45m
2 stops
$1,043Multiple Airlines
Sun, Dec 27 - Sat, Jan 9
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7:50 am - 12:25 pm
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SFO
25h 35m
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9:35 pm - 4:10 pm
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WLG
21h 35m
1 stop
$1,045Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jan 25 - Fri, Jan 29
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12:35 pm - 7:00 am
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LAX
15h 25m
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11:35 pm - 5:20 pm
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WLG
20h 45m
1 stop
$1,060American Airlines
Mon, Jan 25 - Fri, Jan 29
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12:35 pm - 12:08 pm
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LAX
44h 33m
2 stops
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11:35 pm - 5:20 pm
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WLG
20h 45m
1 stop
$1,066American Airlines
Sat, Sep 12 - Sun, Sep 20
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4:10 pm - 1:40 pm
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SFO
16h 30m
1 stop
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11:25 pm - 8:40 am
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WLG
38h 15m
2 stops
$1,070Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jan 25 - Fri, Jan 29
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12:35 pm - 7:00 am
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LAX
15h 25m
1 stop
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11:35 pm - 5:20 pm
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WLG
20h 45m
1 stop
$1,071American Airlines
Sun, Sep 6 - Sun, Sep 13
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1:05 pm - 10:50 am
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LAX
16h 45m
2 stops
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11:00 pm - 6:10 pm
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WLG
24h 10m
2 stops
$1,076Multiple Airlines
Mon, Nov 23 - Fri, Dec 11
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3:05 pm - 10:05 am
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LAX
16h 00m
1 stop
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8:00 pm - 9:25 am
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WLG
16h 25m
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$1,092Air New Zealand
Sun, Sep 6 - Sun, Sep 13
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8:00 pm - 1:20 pm
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LAX
36h 20m
1 stop
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10:10 pm - 8:40 am
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WLG
15h 30m
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$1,141Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Wellington to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Wellington to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Wellington to California departing in November.

Flight prices are above average for this route right now.

Flights to California from Wellington usually cost between $707 and $967 in November.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $1,001 on Multiple Airlines (Nov 3-Jan 5).

What is the cheapest month to fly from Wellington to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Wellington to California, 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 Wellington to California is May, when tickets cost $712 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,178 and $1,105 respectively.

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February

Cheapest flight

$583
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 20% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
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  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Wellington to California?

    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 Wellington to California.

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Wellington to California 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 Wellington to California?

    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 Wellington to California with an airline and back with another airline.

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

Reviews of the top airline flying from Wellington to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Wellington to California. 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 Wellington to California? 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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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 657 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.5Food
7.4Entertainment
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

The Air New Zealand product is terrible, it's as expensive as a Jetstar ticket with add ons but with surely staff and old aircraft.

6.0 GoodZac, Mar 2026
WLG - CHC
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The Air New Zealand product is terrible, it's as expensive as a Jetstar ticket with add ons but with surely staff and old aircraft.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

Great except paying $240 usd for 2 pounds over on a checked luggage. Outrageous.

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

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.

No refunds for flights that I could not take due to Covid restrictions

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