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Cheapest return fare
$1,048
Fiji Airways
Sat 25/7Sat 1/8
OOL - SFO • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
$1,949
Typical prices: $2,183-$1,318
Qantas Airways
Wed 18/11Sun 3/1
SYD - SFO • Direct
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You can’t fly directly to Palo Alto. It is served by San Francisco (SFO), located 28.8 km from Palo Alto.
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Cheap Flights to Palo Alto

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Palo Alto 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 return flight deals to Palo Alto

Sat, 25 Jul - Sat, 1 Aug
Fiji Airways Logo
12:30 - 13:55
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SFO
18h 25m
1 stop
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22:35 - 11:30
SFO
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OOL
19h 55m
1 stop
$1,048Fiji Airways
Sat, 10 Oct - Sat, 17 Oct
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14:15 - 13:40
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SFO
17h 25m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:10 - 12:50
SFO
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SYD
19h 40m
1 stop
$1,096Fiji Airways
Fri, 23 Oct - Fri, 30 Oct
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06:05 - 13:40
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SFO
25h 35m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:05 - 12:35
SFO
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SYD
19h 30m
1 stop
$1,098Fiji Airways
Sun, 15 Nov - Sun, 15 Nov
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13:00 - 08:25
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SFO
14h 25mdirect
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22:44 - 09:30
SFO
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MEL
39h 46m
1 stop
$1,262United Airlines
Sun, 15 Nov - Mon, 16 Nov
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13:00 - 08:25
MEL
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SFO
14h 25mdirect
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07:15 - 09:30
SFO
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MEL
31h 15m
1 stop
$1,286Air New Zealand
Fri, 23 Oct - Thu, 5 Nov
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06:00 - 15:21
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SFO
26h 21m
2 stops
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16:20 - 12:40
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26h 20m
2 stops
$1,548Air Canada
Fri, 23 Oct - Thu, 5 Nov
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06:00 - 10:20
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SFO
21h 20m
2 stops
Air Canada Logo
16:20 - 12:40
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OOL
26h 20m
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$1,637Air Canada
Wed, 4 Nov - Mon, 9 Nov
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00:40 - 08:25
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SFO
25h 15m
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06:00 - 23:50
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48h 20m
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$2,053United Airlines
Thu, 12 Nov - Mon, 16 Nov
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12:45 - 06:55
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SFO
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05:00 - 12:05
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36h 05m
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$3,219Virgin Australia
Thu, 12 Nov - Mon, 16 Nov
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SFO
37h 10m
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Virgin Australia Logo
07:00 - 12:05
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34h 05m
2 stops
$3,220Virgin Australia
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Flight from Adelaide to San Francisco

Flights to Palo Alto: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew to Palo Alto 
AurianneFlew with United Airlines
SYD
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SFO
Sept 2024
Ensure you have 2-3 hours layover You’ll likely need unless you don’t mind missing your next flight
DonnaFlew with Qantas Airways
SYD
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SFO
Dec 2023
We got off a cruise so were at the airport over 7hrs before our flight. We paid for the day pass at the Premium Club. Totally worth it! It was quiet and offered food, drinks, showers and when they closed, we were able to go to the downstairs lounge which opened at 6:30. This lounge was much larger and had a bigger selection of food and beverages. Would definitely go there again.

FAQs - booking Palo Alto flights

  • How long is the flight to Palo Alto?

    Flights from Melbourne Airport14h 10m
    Flights from Brisbane12h 55m
    Flights from Sydney13h 20m
    Flights from Adelaide14h 50m
  • What is the cheapest flight to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to San Francisco was found on the route from Adelaide, at $1,048 return. The most popular connection is from Melbourne to San Francisco and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as $1,193 in the last 3 days.

  • How to fly to Palo Alto?

    You cannot fly directly to Palo Alto. KAYAK recommends you fly to San Francisco (SFO) (28.78 km from Palo Alto). From there you can hire a car or take a taxi.

  • What airports are near Palo Alto?

    The closest airport is San Jose (SJC) (20.89 km). Other nearby airports are San Francisco (SFO) (28.78 km) or Oakland (OAK) (30.71 km). KAYAK recommends you fly to San Francisco.

  • How far is San Francisco Airport from central San Francisco?

    The distance between San Francisco Airport and the city centre of San Francisco is 18 km.

  • What is the name of San Francisco’s airport?

    All flights to San Francisco land at San Francisco Airport. The airport code is SFO,and it can also be referred to as San Francisco or San Francisco Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Palo Alto?

    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 to Palo Alto.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Palo Alto?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Palo Alto is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Palo Alto?

    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 Palo Alto 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 to Palo Alto?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Palo Alto

  • There is no major airport in Palo Alto. It is instead served by San Francisco Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to Palo Alto? 25% of our users found return tickets to Palo Alto for the following prices or less: From Brisbane $1,494, from Sydney $2,185, from Melbourne $3,794
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Palo Alto flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Palo Alto

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Australia to Palo Alto? 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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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 243 reviews
7.5Food
8.2Boarding
8.1Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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Roomy seats and crew is pleasant. Vegi food can be a lot better in terms choices. Inflight entertainment needs to have more options especially for 13+ hour flight. Very nice and warm blankets and seats are roomy than other A350 aircraft’s. Swift boarding and crew is pleasant to deal with.

8.0 ExcellentNeeta, May 2026
DFW - NAN
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Roomy seats and crew is pleasant. Vegi food can be a lot better in terms choices. Inflight entertainment needs to have more options especially for 13+ hour flight. Very nice and warm blankets and seats are roomy than other A350 aircraft’s. Swift boarding and crew is pleasant to deal with.

Boarding had poor communication. Passengers didn't get clear directions to prepare for Boarding. The plane was an older model which had some issues with operating the seats (the staff was great). Due to age the seat cushions were compressed and less comfortable than expected.

I thought Fiji and Fiji Airways was great. Looking forward to the next trip. Baggage claim at the end went to sh...t

Fiji Airways always goes above and beyond. If anything I'd say the food was less enjoyable than in the past. But that in no way lessened the experience with the cabin crew or the excellent attentiveness and service they provided throughout the entire trip!

Left on time , arrived on time. Staff was awesome!!!!! Great flight!!!!

Great food, wonderful staff made a long flight seem short

Everything was great . Arrived on time was smooth plane was clean. Crew/Staff was friendly and helpful.

Everything from the staff to the comfort of business class was excellent. This is one of my new favorite airlines.

Ticketing said dinner for the almost 14 hour flight and we were delayed an hour. However, onboard we were only served a sluce if pizza bread and a cookie. Not at all dinner and insufficient for a long international flight. Breakfast was good.

We have had an absolutely horrific experience so far getting home from Australia on a $18,000 + flight we booked with you. The flight did not deplane in Dallas because there was no available gate or staircase. We sat in the plane for 3 hours waiting to deplane. As a result we missed our connecting flight to New York. American Airlines put us up in a hotel several miles away. We waited 45 minutes for a shuttle and The shuttle driver was horribly rude and unhelpful. They offered us $70 vouchers for food but actually there was no food left when we arrived minus some chicken nuggets and corn dogs. It was awful. Horrible way to end a vacation. There has to be accountability here.

We got to experience Premium Economy from Sydney to Auckland and it was a great experience wiht Air New Zealand. The crew was friendly and helpful.

Great airline service by the staff. I highly recommend it

Time to upgrade those planes so you can provide first class.

The flight was smooth and on time. Entertainment options were lacking and there was no food, other than some very boring snacks.

A better selection of entertainment would have been nice. I found nothing that appealed to me as a middle-aged traveler. The flight attendants were gracious, helpful, and attentive. It also would have been nice to have more bathrooms as the flight was full and the plane was big.

Wonderful trip. Everyone from checking in to the gate to the flight itself was amazing - kind, helpful, and has a beautiful smile.

This flight was the second leg of a trip that began in Auckland, New Zealand. I was unable to find a way to select seats in advance. The boarding passes we were given in Auckland did not have seat assignments for the second flight. There was no way to check on it until personnel showed up at the gate in Los Angeles, immediately before boarding time. The flight was overbooked by one, and since I was traveling with my sister, we needed two seats. We waited in considerable anxiety for everyone else to board and when one person did not show up, we had to take whatever was left. At least we finally got on the flight although we were the very last to board. We were not able to sit together, of course.

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.

We had difficulty checking in as United didn’t recognize the confirmation number and the agent was not helpful. We went to the United Assistance desk where the agent was able to process our reservation. We also weren’t allowed to choose seats in advance.

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!

It was ok, but not what it was like 20 years ago

We had a cancellation due to weather, but the American Airlines staff was very helpful. Once we got on a plane, the trip was great.

Great food and good entertainment options for the long flight.

It seems that qantas are trying hard to regain their status as Australia's premier airline. I only flew economy but happy with the service entertainment, food, configuration everything.

I never flew with alliance. Kayak is a joke and none of the flights or times were correct. Won’t ever use kayak again

I missed my flight due to unforeseen circumstances It was, however , an excellent price !

Loved the food and beverages available, spacious economy class, excellent entertainment

Very good overall. Highly recommend for all flying to Australia

Helpful staff when I felt unwell. Qantas need to have an audio/music channel so you can listen to various music/.artists

We had bulkhead seats in a A380 in the upper deck in seats 31 D and E. Storage was very limited other than in overhead bin - which is not within reach when in seat. Yet paying same price as others in premium economy who have a lot more storage within arm’s reach. Seems very unfair.

Crew was great! Good meals. Had room to stretch out

Packed flight, which makes it tough on crew and boarding staff (and the customers of course). But this was great boarding, clear instructions, etc. Traveling on the weekends are always fraught with danger as you have families and less frequent flyers thus more confusion. But this flight went as planned.

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

New plane was lovely. Crew customer service is always lax but expected. Kraft on time and arrived safely.

Uncomfortable plastic seats even in premium economy. No free wifi. Even paid wifi was spotty to nonexistent. Bad food. Much worse than economy on foreign carriers like Qantas.

How can you rate a flight when it is canceled after you leave the gate & 3 hours into sitting there or in remote area of airport after mechanical problems

Seat pitch is horrible especially on the 15 hour flight. Gate crew at SFO was Outstanding. The flight crew was also great.

6 1/2 hours from Tampa to SFO on a Boeing 737. Cramped. No Service. No real food. One pass for coffee at the beginning and a second pass THREE hours later. And check-in in Tampa was nasty even by United standards. And I am at almost TWO million miles on United. It's a non-stop. But terrible service.

First class ticket gets you no seat back entertainment? I have to bring my own laptop to see a movie? And most of their movies have ADS? No thank you. Worse: Tiny snacks only on a 2 hr flight?

Late plane. Only one crew on the ground so we b had to wait for Denver flight to come in, board, and depart. At 78 yrs of age I was not pleased trying to get my connection. What really made me angry was the notification you sent me to hurry up or I would miss my connection. Why tell me to hurry up when you got me in late. It was not a good way of treating customers.

gave me complimentary food as the flight was not full and was attentive to my needs

The flight was smooth, the plane was spacious and clean, the staff was kind and the food was decent.

Flight crew was great, and even the crew for checking bags! I had a question for a friend of mine flying tomorrow and the man I talked to was awesome and answered my questions and looked up things for me when he didn’t have to! I was able to give her current & accurate info for her flight and she was so appreciative too!!

Crew at gate and onboard were just very OK, not very friendly and honestly seemed bothered to be there. I will give a shout out to still selling headphones for those who forgot.

Very disappointed with premier lounge. Food selection very poor, both coffee machines out of order. For the price you charge for an upgrade, the seats don’t fully recline, movie selection is old. Not very good value. Asian airlines are light years ahead at a more affordable price.

The flight was delayed, but not for weather. We landed over 3hrs later than planned.

The stag were helpful, kind and liked the passengers. The plane was pristinely clean! Great flight!

The plane was delayed an hour. Heard from other passengers that the Vancouver connection to SFO was never on-time.

My experience was good with United too But only not so good thing was that at Calgary airport I was not given lounge access despite of flying business. Aspire lounge denied it to me, which was unfair I feel

We left over 2 hours late and they didn't even give us a complimentary snack, when getting to the desk I asked if I could be put in a row with only 1 other person or an empt y one I was told the flight was full when the last two rows were empty. All around over it

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