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$34 Find Cheap Flights from Houston George Bush Airport to California

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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$92
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$108
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$108
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$108
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$141
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$241
Fresno
Fresno2 stops$272
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo2 stops$336
Monterey
Monterey1 stop$416
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$254
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$518
Redding
Redding2 stops$538
Reno
Reno1 stop$141

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Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to Las Vegas

FAQs - booking California flights

  • What are the most eco-friendly airlines flying from Houston George Bush to California?

    If you wish to fly more sustainably, then you should consider taking the shortest flight, as this releases the least amount of carbon into the atmosphere. Some airlines though, have taken measures to ensure that they produce less amount of carbon. On this route, Spirit Airlines is the most suitable airline, operating from IAH to LAX without a layover. This airline produces around 800 kg of carbon per flight which is the least carbon released on this route.

  • What family services are offered at Houston George Bush Airport?

    Families are welcomed at Houston George Bush Airport. The airport takes care of families, setting aside children’s area where children can play and be care for. If you are looking for a place where your kids can play without upsetting other older travellers, then there is a children’s area at Terminal D, across from gates D8 and D9.

  • What are the most common layover cities for flights from Houston to California?

    If you are looking to explore and wish to take a flight with a layover, then Dallas is the most common layover city for this route, with most single-layover flights stopping here. Most double-layover flights as well, make a stopover here. American Airlines operating the flights making a stopover in this city, Dallas at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

  • Are there nonstop flights from Houston to California?

    Yes, depending on which airport you choose as your destination. If you are looking to fly nonstop on this route, you will find flights from IAH to LAX. The flights are available daily and are offered mainly by United Airlines and Spirit Airlines. United Airlines is the major airline flying this route, offering at least two daily nonstop flights to LAX while Spirit Airlines come second with the second most daily nonstop flights to LAX.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston George Bush Airport 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 Houston George Bush Airport to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Houston George Bush Airport to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to California from Houston George Bush Airport 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 Houston George Bush Airport 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 Houston George Bush Airport with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Houston George Bush Airport to 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 to California from Houston George Bush Airport 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 Houston George Bush Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $77 one-way - $147 round-trip; Los Angeles $119 one-way - $210 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 16% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
  • Houston George Bush Airport (IAH) is the main airport in Houston, serving the Greater metropolitan area of Houston. The airport serves as a base of operations mainly for United Airlines which is the main airline offering flights from Houston to California.
  • For those looking for flights from Houston to California, note that this route is mostly served by three airlines: United Airlines, American Airlines and Spirit Airlines. There are several other airlines that operate this route, depending on which California airport you choose as the destination.
  • If you want to have a rest and relax before your flight to California, then you can do so at United Airlines United Club at IAH. The lounge is open to United Airlines passengers and all passengers who are willing to pay at the entrance. The lounge is located at terminals A, B, C and E.
  • Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is the main airport in California. The airport is located around 29 km southwest downtown of Los Angeles. The airport serves the state of California. The airport serves as a hub for United Airlines, Delta Airlines and American Airlines.
  • Los Angeles Airport is majorly served by three airlines from IAH namely: American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines. These airlines offer both nonstop and connected flights from IAH to LAX. Travelers can therefore make either choice on their preferred airline for the flights on this route.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from George Bush Intcntl to California

 
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8.4
EVA AirOverall score based on 1329 reviews
8.4Boarding
8.2Comfort
8.0Food
8.6Crew
8.0Entertainment
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It was a good flight. I would highly recommend it to family and friends.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Oct 2024LAX - TPE
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It was a good flight. I would highly recommend it to family and friends.

The employees were professional and efficient. I consider myself a traveler but have trouble with the international fare served on airplanes. I admit Americans buy their food in the supermarket and we typically don’t eat the ligaments and cartilage. I know that is whiny but as I age, I dislike it more. At least things weren’t covered in cheese. The desserts are terrible! My neighbor didn’t eat her bread so I asked if I could have it. First time for everything but had been traveling a total of 27 hours and was hungry.

The night flight was only 2/3 full, which is always a plus. Room to stretch out for sleeping. Gracious stewardesses, attentive, and slim/attractive (which is rare these days). Good food, and curtesy wine.with meals. Comfortable seats and decent leg room (economy class)

Plane is new and I was upgraded to first class so all was great.

On time service. Seat comfort and the crew service very good .

Only one Hindi movie from LAvto Taipei and same movie from Taipei to Singapore Really horrible and we call it entertainment???

Food was ok. Could have been better. Entertainment was limited, especially for kids.

The flight from Taipei to LAX was the first time we encountered rudeness from the crew. From the gate agents to the in flight crew. We had received such wonderful service going to Bali and on our Bali to Taipei flight that it shocked us when the gate agent was rude and then the rudeness continued on the flight to LAX.

Overall great experience. All four members of my family were seated together without paying extra to reserve seats. Everything was on time. Food was great and healthy. Media entertainment was good. Rock music could be added as a listening choice. No issue with baggages. Flight attendants were friendly and helpful. I would recommend EVA to friends and family.

The crew was very helpful. Food was prepared with great care and tasted wonderful. Movie selection was a bit limited. The bedding on the seat is a little too thin for sleeping.

Everything was awful Flight attendant was condescending, rude and not helpful at all. Small outdated plane. No service, uncomfortable seats. Flight attendant was really the worst. He used hand gestures to communicate instead of words and whenever he used words he was condescending.

Poor and identical to the first two legs, except for the crew who were patient, professional and of pleasant and jovial disposition!

The entertainment would not work. The comfort of the seats leaves something to be desired, pretty uncomfortable.

My flight was completely full. Making me very stressful with people walking around all the time. I believe airlines can do better for entertain people during the flight.

Delayed over an hour due to paperwork not being filed correctly. Forced to change planes.

The departure was delayed by 1 hour. The seat was comfortable and selection of entertainment is very good.

I was refused to used the toilet closes to my seat and had to go to the back of the plane .. it was difficult for me I’m a wheelchair customer

Was a good flight , well served by the flight attendants. Boarding went smoothly, flight was smooth.

Clean and plenty of room for handbaggage. Leg room was cramped compared with the 777 from Frankfurt.

Lady was a bit rude during boarding and I was being nice to her.

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.

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.

Very aggressive and unhelpful ground crew. Wanted to check my hand luggage for 3 flights. I had lots of delicate items and computer equipment. So the silly lady wanted to rebook 3 international flights because of a carry on. What nonsense. The baggage handler suggested I put it under my seat - so I did. And this was during the rebooking chaos of the Microsoft crash. She was the most arrogant annoying and aggressive ground staff member I’ve met in 20yrs. (AA flight out of Houston).

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.

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.

United did not permit online check-in from home as document scans were not getting uploaded. This should be fixed their app

Cancelled flight had to fight for a hotel voucher and lost my upgrade. Not great business.

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

The gate employees and the flight crew were friendly and professional. Afterboarding we waited 20 minutes for another flight; a complimentary beverage would have ben appreciated for the inconvenience.

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.

Everyone on the plane was wonderful. I can't say that the trip of flying was wonderful because I hadn't done that since I was 13 years old. Honestly I was terrified. What would make it better is if they didn't drive so fast but I know they have to. And if they could go up slowly and land slowly. But none of that they can control.

Horrible experience, they cancelled the flight , and we had to lose money on car rentals and hotels and tickets for extraction

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.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Houston to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
12/2Mon
nonstopFrontier
3h 30mIAH-LAS
12/3Tue
nonstopFrontier
3h 14mLAS-IAH
$68
12/2Mon
nonstop
3h 30mIAH-LAS
12/3Tue
1 stop
6h 05mLAS-IAH
$71
11/10Sun
nonstopSpirit Airlines
3h 21mIAH-LAS
11/13Wed
nonstopSpirit Airlines
3h 02mLAS-IAH
$88
11/20Wed
nonstopSpirit Airlines
3h 21mIAH-LAS
11/23Sat
nonstopSpirit Airlines
2h 58mLAS-IAH
$89
12/14Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 27mIAH-LAS
12/16Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 55mLAS-IAH
$177
12/7Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 06mIAH-LAS
12/11Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 15mLAS-IAH
$217
12/7Sat
nonstopDelta
3h 53mIAH-LAX
12/14Sat
nonstopDelta
3h 23mLAX-IAH
$235
1/24Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 51mIAH-SNA
1/31Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 18mSNA-IAH
$249
12/19Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 38mIAH-SNA
12/23Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 07mSNA-IAH
$268
1/18Sat
2 stopsDelta
12h 39mIAH-SNA
1/30Thu
2 stopsDelta
12h 23mSNA-IAH
$278

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Houston to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/25Mon
nonstopFrontier
3h 30mIAH-LAS
$34
11/6Wed
nonstopSpirit Airlines
3h 14mIAH-LAS
$38
12/11Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 27mIAH-ONT
$89
12/11Wed
2 stopsDelta
13h 04mIAH-ONT
$123
12/7Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 27mIAH-ONT
$129
12/15Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
5h 52mIAH-ONT
$138
1/28Tue
2 stopsDelta
13h 35mIAH-SJC
$147
11/19Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
8h 18mIAH-ONT
$173
11/4Mon
2 stopsQatar Airways
48h 37mIAH-SFO
$1,897
12/1Sun
2 stopsQatar Airways
48h 57mIAH-SFO
$2,282

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Houston to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
11/5Tue
nonstopSpirit Airlines
3h 14mIAH-LAS
11/7Thu
nonstopSpirit Airlines
2h 57mLAS-IAH
$76
11/5Tue
nonstopFrontier
3h 26mIAH-LAS
11/7Thu
nonstopFrontier
3h 12mLAS-IAH
$77
11/5Tue
nonstop
3h 14mIAH-LAS
11/6Wed
multi-stop
5h 35mLAS-IAH
$91
11/5Tue
nonstop
3h 14mIAH-LAS
11/7Thu
multi-stop
5h 27mLAS-IAH
$92
11/5Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 41mIAH-SNA
11/12Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 13mSNA-IAH
$414
11/1Fri
multi-stopDelta
6h 06mIAH-SAN
11/2Sat
multi-stopDelta
6h 02mSAN-IAH
$446
11/1Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 41mIAH-SNA
11/3Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 13mSNA-IAH
$499
11/1Fri
multi-stopDelta
9h 25mIAH-SNA
11/3Sun
multi-stopDelta
11h 27mSNA-IAH
$543
11/2Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 04mIAH-ONT
12/3Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 01mONT-IAH
$691
11/3Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 17mIAH-SJC
11/7Thu
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 37mSJC-IAH
$882

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