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$45 Find Cheap Flights from Detroit to California

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Detroit to California departing on 11/25. 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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Best California Flight Deals

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$104
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$258
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$168
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$153
San Jose
San Jose3 stops$214
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$290
Fresno
Fresno2 stops$269
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$300
Monterey
Monterey2 stops$345
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$274
Arcata
Arcata2 stops$684
Reno
Reno1 stop$180

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Flight from Detroit to Las Vegas

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Detroit 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 to California with an airline and back to Detroit 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 to California from Detroit up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Detroit to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $115 one-way - $196 round-trip; Los Angeles $133 one-way - $260 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 11% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit 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.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 8835 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
8.5Crew
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I appreciated friendly service from check-in, to boarding, to in-flight amenities! Attendants were accommodating and helpful. Thank you! Elaine

10.0 ExcellentElaine, Oct 2024DTW - YYZ
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I appreciated friendly service from check-in, to boarding, to in-flight amenities! Attendants were accommodating and helpful. Thank you! Elaine

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

Was unsure of this flight due to high winds in CVG from Hurricane Helene. Crew did a great job of getting us to CVG safely.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

5 hour delay. They blamed the weather but it was the computer issues they had been dealing with for days.

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

Smooth boarding and friendly crew. Unfortunately as soon as we boarded the unit that provides air circulation failed. The pilot informed us and requested maintenance technicians to check it out. The plane became uncomfortably warm without any fresh air coming in. Plus the repair delayed our departure. I am glad the maintenance crew were able to fix the problem. I also was without use of my tv monitor for the first 1/3rd of the trip.

Communication with the customer and stay is important. Staff off with a minor inconvenience but it worked out of course. Also this was a very old Mint Class plane. They snuck this one in on us. The updated aircraft are much better.

The flight itself was fine, but the boarding process was extremely frustrating. There is no one scanning boarding passes - passengers just scan themselves and enter the jetway. By the time my husband and I got on the plane and were halfway to our seats they determined there were too many bags on the plane and everything at that point needed to be checked. This created a lot of unnecessary chaos. They should have alerted people before getting on the plane that they would need to start checking bags instead of waiting until people were already on the plane.

The best flight I’ve had in a while. The plane was like 25% capacity, if that. Smoothest boarding and deplaning process I’ve ever experienced. Wish all flights were this smooth.

Did not enjoy this flight at all. All of my coworkers flew delta and I chose JetBlue because I really value how simple the WiFi and entertainment is and this flight I didn’t get either. Crew staff was unsympathetic to my system not working, everyone I asked for help with was extremely bothered by my request for help.

Little snafu at boarding. Staff communicated with gate poorly. Flight attendant was rude making disembark early. This was an older mint class. Needs an overhaul for sure. Food was good. The male flight attendant was really nice.

My encounter with the entertainment services provided on board was moderate; the functionality of the Wi-Fi connection was either sluggish or nonoperational, while the display screens were antiquated and suffered from poor visibility. On the positive side, the cabin exuded a sense of expansiveness, and the crew exhibited amiable and accommodating behavior throughout the journey.

Everything was great except for some reason crew and ground crew could not figure out how to deal with an electric wheelchair and it delayed us 20-30mins. Was pretty frustrating for passengers and the captain.

Like the space, did not like the snack options, there was no power outlet in seats, no entertainment, no flyfi.

Traveling with JetBlue from NYC was convenient as accessing JFK airport was straightforward via the LIRR to the AirTrain. Maneuvering through the terminal was hassle-free, which was a pleasant start to the journey. However, the flight experience itself left much to be desired. The seating arrangement was notably uncomfortable; despite securing a window seat, space felt cramped. This was exacerbated by the middle seat passenger encroaching on my area, which made the flight less enjoyable. Additionally, while the in-flight entertainment system initially seemed like a reprieve, the sound outlet on my seat was inoperable. This issue turned what could have been a manageable three-hour flight into a rather tedious ordeal, as I was unable to use the entertainment system effectively. While JetBlue provided a smooth process in terms of airport logistics, the on-board experience highlighted areas in need of improvement, particularly in terms of comfort and entertainment system maintenance.

RE Food: Wish there was a choice for No Rating. Flew from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a Red-Eye flight (11:00 pm to 7:30 am). Other than a package of cookies with a beverage choice offered soon after take-off, and a beverage choice shortly before landing, no other food choices were offered. Everyone slept or rested for most of the trip. Nothing to rate. RE Entertainment: Everyone was sleeping most of the flight. Only saw one passenger watch about 30 minutes of entertainment on his iPad. I never attempted to access any entertainment options.

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

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

For coast to coast travel the A321 and even the NEO, even in first class will never be excellent. That would take a B787 or 777 to accomplish.

The flight crew was fantastic! Which the seats had a small TV.

The foot ottoman cushion was missing on my business class seat.. the hydraulics is on its last leg & seat cushions do not have support or paddling. Heavily dented by butts

also wi-fi never worked attendant said satellite coverage is spotty over water ..... but we were over land!

I was unhappy with having the seat I chose changed at the last minute. I was moved to an aisle seat which did not recline and was next to the bathroom. The bathroom odors made the flight entirely unpleasant. Having carefully chosen my seat months before I was not pleased with my AA experience. In addition, they ran out of tea during flight service, really?

Dallas Hub. American taking ownership for their screwups instead of blaming their contractors and customers, trading their people, their call in service, reservation agents and their ticketing process. Make sure wheelchairs are available especially when the request is in their record.

The aircraft was on-time and plane and lavatory was clean.

The TSA people or whatever you call them were a bit rude- I asked why I had to take my shoes off bc I'm 75 and in the USA, I don't have to. The man didn't need to snap at me. It wasn't even busy! The plane was ok, a bit small for such a long flight, but I'm very familiar with the 737 used ( I fly it often between SFO and SAN) service was ok-nothing special. If I drank alcohol I guess I would be happy with free choices. the plane was HOT and even the FA commented on it. They tried to get it cooler, but it never happened.

It was a small plane and difficult to put my carry-on bag in the overhead compartment. The crew was awesome and boarding was good.

I liked Air Canada crew, very profession, the food was excellent. The boarding was fast but has room for improvement. My monitor screen wasn't working at all so I had no entertainment.

Multiple change of the gates at Pearson, delayed flight was extremely uncomfortable.

Easy boarding, punctuality, decent service. I can only complain about the measly snack.

Never made this leg of the flight since we rebooked through United instead. Did not make it to immigration/US custom due to the delay. Had to spend the night on our own dime in Toronto

Booked flight was cancelled. Was rebooked but sat in airport for several hours for new departure.

Staff were amazing but there check in machines need a major update! Absolutely horrible machines the staff were so sweet and helped but everyone. Was in need of help. They need to update it

Seat change. New seat 5 rows back from our group. Flight ok but we had to wait for half an hour after we landed for the gate.

YYZ air Canada security messed up which led to my kids missing their flight and having to go on a separate flight later in the day without the rest of the family. Customer service was horrible and have no sense of urgency or compassion for their customers. They refuse to compensate for their errors and making my kids wait hours in the airport. This isn’t the first time we have had issues with this airline and I won’t be flying with them again.

The flight was delayed and the announcements were hard to hear, but the crew was great

Paid extra for a “comfy seat” which was anything but!

It was cancelled unexpectedly so we rented a car and drove home.

Everything that was available was excellent. Spacious and comfortable, with lovely and helpful crew (one was having a bit of a sour day, but that happens). We sat on the tarmac for one hour and seven minutes waiting for our gate to clear in SAN, but the pilot kept us informed and, amazingly, was very professional in not ragging on the airport (whose fault it was).

Flight was delayed 8 hours so far. Don’t expect to fly when choosing Spirit Airlines. I will happily pay more to never deal with this company again.

This airline is effective for the price you pay, do not expect anything extra at all. You have to pay extra for seat assignment , carry on luggage, food, you name it ...and even if you pay extra for better seats they do not recline.

Got on quickly and easily. When it turned out the other two seats in my row would be occupied, a nearby flight attendant immediately let me know that I could move one row behind me since it was an empty row, I moved into the window seat where I could relax enough to take a little nap. Can’t ask for much more.

Time in the air good, but waited on the tarmac on arrival for 35 minutes before access to the gate.

Awful. My flight was three hours late leaving DFW and we just arrived at LAX three hours late and stuck on the runway. I heard the Spirit workers at the desk in DFW say that we were waiting on a crew. I am extremely disappointed in Spirit.

Canceled my first flight for no discernible reason and couldn't rebook me on to a new flight until the next day. They did not compensate me for the delay in any way.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Detroit to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/19Tue
nonstopSpirit Airlines
4h 33mDTW-LAS
12/11Wed
nonstopSpirit Airlines
4h 01mLAS-DTW
$91
11/19Tue
nonstopSpirit Airlines
4h 33mDTW-LAS
11/23Sat
nonstopSpirit Airlines
3h 55mLAS-DTW
$94
1/3Fri
nonstopDelta
4h 38mDTW-LAS
1/6Mon
nonstopDelta
3h 55mLAS-DTW
$199
12/11Wed
nonstopDelta
5h 14mDTW-LAX
12/15Sun
nonstopDelta
4h 32mLAX-DTW
$199
12/21Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 59mDTW-LAS
12/28Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 54mLAS-DTW
$218
1/18Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 46mDTW-LAX
1/19Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 33mLAX-DTW
$218
12/6Fri
1 stopJetBlue
10h 08mDTW-SFO
12/10Tue
1 stopJetBlue
11h 40mSFO-DTW
$268
3/5Wed
1 stopJetBlue
12h 13mDTW-SFO
3/12Wed
1 stopJetBlue
8h 54mSFO-DTW
$317
12/7Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
14h 52mDTW-ONT
12/10Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
14h 40mONT-DTW
$351
12/13Fri
2 stopsUnited Airlines
20h 13mDTW-ONT
12/15Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
14h 40mONT-DTW
$369

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Detroit to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/25Mon
nonstopSpirit Airlines
4h 33mDTW-LAS
$45
12/10Tue
nonstopSpirit Airlines
4h 35mDTW-LAS
$50
1/1Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
6h 36mDTW-LAS
$109
1/28Tue
1 stopJetBlue
10h 12mDTW-SAN
$135
11/30Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 53mDTW-LAS
$139
1/1Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 55mDTW-LAS
$154
12/9Mon
1 stopDelta
14h 40mDTW-SFO
$167
12/18Wed
nonstopDelta
4h 30mDTW-LAS
$179
11/14Thu
1 stopJetBlue
10h 45mDTW-SFO
$181
11/28Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
11h 08mDTW-SFO
$196

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Last minute flights from Detroit to California

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 from Detroit to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
11/5Tue
multi-stop
14h 29mDTW-LAS
11/13Wed
multi-stop
10h 41mLAS-DTW
$126
11/5Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 29mDTW-LAS
11/13Wed
nonstopSpirit Airlines
3h 55mLAS-DTW
$136
11/2Sat
multi-stopFrontier
13h 56mDTW-LAX
11/6Wed
multi-stopFrontier
12h 49mLAX-DTW
$190
11/2Sat
multi-stopFrontier
13h 54mDTW-ONT
11/6Wed
multi-stopFrontier
20h 12mONT-DTW
$190
11/5Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
15h 11mDTW-LAX
11/19Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 52mLAX-DTW
$501
11/5Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 23mDTW-ONT
11/17Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 31mONT-DTW
$587
11/5Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 01mDTW-ONT
11/13Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 41mONT-DTW
$726
11/4Mon
nonstopDelta
4h 49mDTW-SAN
11/13Wed
nonstopDelta
4h 27mSAN-DTW
$789
11/4Mon
multi-stopDelta
6h 27mDTW-SAN
11/13Wed
nonstopDelta
4h 27mSAN-DTW
$798
11/4Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 11mDTW-SFO
11/19Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 49mSFO-DTW
$853

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