$471 Find Cheap Flights to Southern California

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Cheap Flights to Southern California

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$982
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,270
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$1,332
Tijuana
Tijuana3 stops$3,221
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$982
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,270
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$1,332
Tijuana
Tijuana3 stops$3,221

Book Cheap Southern California Plane Tickets

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

Wed, 27 Aug - Tue, 16 Sep
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16:20 - 05:00SYD-LAX
29h 40m1 stop
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08:07 - 14:40LAX-SYD
37h 33m2 stops
Wed, 27 Aug - Tue, 16 Sep
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16:20 - 05:00SYD-LAX
29h 40m1 stop
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17:41 - 14:40LAX-SYD
27h 59m1 stop
Fri, 5 Sep - Thu, 18 Sep
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16:20 - 21:59SYD-LAX
22h 39m1 stop
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08:07 - 14:40LAX-SYD
37h 33m2 stops
$1,008
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Fri, 22 Aug - Fri, 29 Aug
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23:35 - 12:55MEL-LAX
30h 20m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 12:00LAX-MEL
19h 05m1 stop
$1,079Fiji Airways
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Fri, 5 Sep - Thu, 18 Sep
United Airlines Logo
09:30 - 06:05SYD-LAX
13h 35mdirect
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20:20 - 06:55LAX-SYD
17h 35m1 stop
$1,081United Airlines
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Wed, 17 Sep - Thu, 2 Oct
Fiji Airways Logo
13:25 - 12:55MEL-LAX
16h 30m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 12:00LAX-MEL
19h 05m1 stop
$1,082Fiji Airways
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Mon, 8 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep
United Airlines Logo
10:20 - 12:24SYD-LAX
19h 04m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
18:45 - 06:55LAX-SYD
19h 10m1 stop
$1,084United Airlines
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Thu, 14 Aug - Mon, 18 Aug
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11:50 - 13:20SYD-LAX
18h 30m1 stop
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22:10 - 08:45LAX-SYD
17h 35m1 stop
$1,147Air New Zealand
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Sat, 1 Nov - Sat, 8 Nov
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12:10 - 11:40MEL-LAX
17h 30m1 stop
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19:05 - 10:55LAX-MEL
20h 50m1 stop
$1,165Air New Zealand
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Thu, 6 Nov - Thu, 13 Nov
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19:25 - 14:15BNE-LAX
12h 50mdirect
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20:50 - 05:00LAX-BNE
14h 10mdirect
$1,244Qantas Airways
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What is the cheapest flight to Southern California?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to Southern California from Australia found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $763 return. The most popular route is Brisbane (BNE) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $763.

How much is a flight to Southern California?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Southern California from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to Southern California costs $1,484 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was $692 for the route Sydney (SYD) to Los Angeles (LAX). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Sydney to Los Angeles which costs $1,816 on average, and Melbourne to Los Angeles, which costs $1,944 on average.

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What is the cheapest month to fly from Australia to Southern California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Australia to Southern 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 Australia to Southern California is March, when tickets cost $1,498 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,440 and $2,089 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Australia to Southern California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Southern California, 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 a flight from Australia to Southern California, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Southern California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Southern California is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with an average flight price of $1,022.


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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$471
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 13% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (30% more expensive on average)
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Flights to Southern California: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew to Southern California 
Verified travelerFlew with United AirlinesSYD-LAXJan 2025
Bring some extra food! Long flight, you don’t get enough and quality is mediocre. No free snacks in between meals except for mini pretzels.
Verified travelerFlew with Qantas AirwaysBNE-LAXOct 2024
Qantas is definitely the way to go!!! Great service and boarding process stress free. The website is extremely helpful for booking and very user friendly. Make sure you have all of your documents though. Honestly, I didn't need to worry about bringing extra snacks or entertainment despite the long flight. Maybe bring along an extra bottle of water if you tend to get thirsty.

FAQs - booking Southern California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Australia to Southern 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 Australia to Southern California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Australia to Southern California?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Australia to Southern California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Australia to Southern California 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 from Australia to Southern California?

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

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Southern California?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Southern California is Monday when return tickets can be as cheap as $1,760. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, when return prices are $1,942 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Southern California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Southern California is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost $1,019 on average. Morning departures are around 22% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Southern California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,526.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Southern California

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Southern California? 25% of our users found return tickets to Southern California for the following prices or less: From Melbourne $3,637, from Brisbane $3,965, from Sydney $5,828
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Southern California flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Southern California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Southern California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Australia to Southern California. 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 Australia to Southern 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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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 201 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.5Food
7.5Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.0Comfort
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They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

4.0 OkayChristopher, June 2025NAN - SYD
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They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

They charged me over a $1000 dollars to bring two surfboard bags as check baggage. Inappropriate and I would avoid flying sgain

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

Again, Air New Zealand was great. They kept bathrooms clean, food was actually very good, New Zealand wines a big hit

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

Five hour flight instead of four hours due to westerly headwinds which wasn’t the fault of Qantas !

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

One of the oldest most uncomfortable "lay down" seats I've ever experienced. Old plane and old seats that don't lay flat. The seat back does not even recline - at all. Instead the legrest awkwardly extends to fill the gap between a small cubby into which you must insert your feet/legs. I am 5' 11" and could not lay straight but had to tuck my knees. Ticket was also very expensive. Would not recommend flying business/first on Finair from Melbourne to Bangkok and will not do so again myself.

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Delayed QF59 flight once again, Qantas doesn't fail in maintaining there delayed departures and arrivals. USB points do not work nor do the power point sockets on the plane, Qantas staff admitted that on the flight. Don't expect to your charge devices. Saving grace, was the ice cream. Bottom line, if you expect to fly to HND and make it on time avoid Qantas and if you're interested in ice cream - visit 7/11.

Only answered OK and poor as there was no entertainment and I didnt have any food

4.5 hr international flight. We got a glass of water. Ranks up there with Ryan Air, Easy Jet, Spirit and Frontier. Expected better.

Gluten free options less explicit on business class, but great service

Very good… seems the virgin staff particularly in the lounge and in flight exceeded expectations.

I liked everything about the experience but would have liked some free snacks!

Crew was great but flight was delayed almost three hours due to a technical issue and we had to go back to the terminal and wait for another one.

Being told why we delayed three hours and not even given an apology by someone. Not a word. Not my airline of choice ever.

Checked Baggage line up was long but moved quickly, rest of the process, boarding, crew was excellent

Virgin has always provided a smooth and comfortable flight. This one was no different. Seats are comfortable. Staff are great. This is my favourite airline.

Virgin changed the flight to an Alliance flight. Smaller plane, tea coffee and water the only refreshments available and not sure what happened to the extra money I paid to sit in a selected seat with extra leg room. This is obviously a regular switch as it happened on our flight there and back. Do not recommend.

Our experience on United Airlines was extremely poor. The plane was extremely cold throughout our entire flight- which multiple people complained about- and we had to wait 2 hours to get a blanket which was too thin and barely helped warm us up. As well as this, none of the entertainment features were working so we had to sit through a roughly 10 hour flight with nothing to keep our attention, including the actual flight path screen. It was an extremely disappointing experience and I would hope that this gets fixed if we ever choose United Airlines again.

I really enjoyed flying with United airlines amazing experience , good customer service and great food

1.It will be better if sandwich is warm. 2.The food is too salty. 3.Breakfast needs some vegetables or fruits.

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

It was all good flight was on time, service was good I enjoyed a few movies and everything was smooth

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.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

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

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

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