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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Nashville to California.

Best California Flight Deals

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

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$135
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$214
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$118
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$175
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$145
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$188
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$300
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$634
Monterey
Monterey1 stop$368
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$274
Reno
Reno2 stops$256

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January

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December

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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • Where are common layovers on flights from Nashville to California?

    If you aren’t able to avoid booking a flight that makes stops on the way from Nashville to California, be aware of where layovers might take place. Some of the airports where these layovers will occur might include Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) or Denver International Airport (DEN).

  • Which California airport is close to Disneyland?

    John Wayne Airport (SNA) is the closest airport to Disneyland, but since there aren’t many major airlines that fly to it, you might want to consider flying to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) instead on your way to Disneyland. LAX is only about 1h 30 min away from Disneyland by car.

  • Which airlines will allow me to bring a pet on a flight to California?

    Many airlines will enable you to bring a pet on a flight as a carry-on when you’re traveling to California. Delta is one example as they'll allow you to fly with a small dog, cat, or bird as long as it fits into a soft-sided ventilated pet kennel that is no larger than 18 x 11 x 11 inches. Your pet will also need to be at least 8 weeks old and be vaccinated for rabies in most cases.

  • How can I make a flight from Nashville to California sustainable?

    If you’d like to make a flight from Nashville to California sustainable, do your research on the different sustainability plans airlines have put in place. Options like American Airlines have committed to becoming carbon-neutral by 2050 by investing in fuel-friendly planes for its fleet and finding ways to offset its carbon emissions.

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

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

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Nashville 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 Nashville 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 Nashville to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $120 one-way - $238 round-trip; Los Angeles $158 one-way - $245 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 5% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
  • When you want to fly from Nashville to California, you should plan to depart from Nashville International Airport (BNA). You should also figure out which airport you would like to fly to in California since there are so many options. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Sacramento International Airport (SMF), and Oakland International Airport (OAK) will be just a few of the airports available to you.
  • You'll need to give thought to which airline you want to fly with when traveling from Nashville to California. American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, Spirit Airlines, and United Airlines will all be options. Search for one that offers non-stop flights from Nashville to California whenever possible. Spirit Airlines, for example, can provide direct flights from Nashville International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport.
  • Even if you’re able to find direct flights from Nashville to California, they’ll still be on the longer side. For instance, a non-stop Spirit Airlines flight from Nashville International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport will take nearly 5 hours. Attempt to upgrade to a first-class seat after buying an economy-class seat if you can. Keep an eye on your email inbox and look for upgrade offers from your airline.
  • Many airlines, like American Airlines, will charge you for every bag that you check when flying through them. A better option would be to only bring a carry-on bag that doesn't exceed 18 x 14 x 8 inches to avoid baggage fees.
  • Those who arrive early at Nashville International Airport for a flight to California might find themselves with extra time on their hands. If you are traveling with American Airlines, you'll be able to relax in the Admirals Club to kill time while you wait for your flight to take off.
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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 Nashville to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Nashville 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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8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 5116 reviews
7.7Entertainment
7.2Food
8.1Comfort
8.7Crew
8.3Boarding
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Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

8.0 ExcellentMark, Oct 2024LAX - SFO
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Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

The plane arrived 25 minutes late, and the Wi-Fi was slower than it usually is.

Forget beverage, they didn't even have water for half the passangers?

Can not wait for seating change to reduce the amount of pre boards - it’s disheartening the abuse. And then then deplaning

The crew was nice. Boarding sucked. Instead of loading from the back to the front people just sat wherever and you had to wait for them to move to get to a seat. And the flight was 25 minutes delayed.

I boarded last because of my boarding assignment and was given a middle seat at the back of the plane. I’m 6”1” so it was really tight. I wish I just had a seat assignment instead of a general boarding group. My bag was way at the front and my seat at the back. Was never offered a beverage and had no room to move.

No space for our carryon and needed to check at plane before boarding !

The open seating makes passengers boarding ahead of you think they also have the right to the empty middle seat. Trumper next to me refused to move her laptop bag from my leg area. I did not make a fuss since it was a short flight.

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.

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.

Canceled last minute. Also canceled another flight that my brother was supposed to be on. Delta is horrible now. Never flying them again.

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

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.

Inconsiderate staff, plane was very hot, poor decision-making from the crew.

Meh. A late flight meant I missed my connections, and a 2pm LAX arrival turned into gettin in after midnight.

This was a 5 hour flight with no entertainment and with a snack being provided (pretzels and fruit bar), which are both high in carbs and sugar. Nuts would have been a better choice.

Was realllly smooth. It was delayed but we were well informed.

Good plane, crew, and flight. Boarding was a bit chaotic. Bathrooms were unacceptable. United DESPERATELY needs a new terminal at IAD.

Haven’t used United in a while. Was surprised with the free blanket and earphones. Service was great. Huge plane. 9/.row.

Delayed by 2.5hrs any longer and they would’ve had to honour their own policy for breaking their own rules and regs. Not cool, especially when I have an infant child that needs to stay on a routine and they get schedules.

To san Francisco it was ok. From sf to Manila it was horrible

Awful, rude staff. Their abrasive comments are unnecessary. Most seek a frictionless experience and will cooperate if you ask. Additional childish bullying of customers is not acceptable or tolerated. We had the same problem with our departure flight. We will never fly United again.

Very poor the plane itself was really old, slight smell that couldn’t be named. I didn’t even get a boarding pass UNTIL AFTER clearing security! Even then, they said when I get to my connected flight I’ll get my 2nd boarding pass there! A bit ridiculous!

No cooked food. Crew was not friendly and not that helpful

See my previous comments. I was probably booked in business but was moved to economy

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.

Absolutely the worst experience. We were 5 hours delayed due to mechanical issues and a crew timing out. We were not offered any concession. When I asked for a meal voucher, they gave me $12. You can get a bottle of water for that at the airport. Offensive.

waited 5 hours to tell us it was cancelled even when they knew

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.

Fantastic !!! Seamless boarding. Meticulously clean. We left and arrived early.

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 Nashville to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/16Sat
1 stopFrontier
20h 33mBNA-LAS
11/19Tue
1 stopFrontier
13h 00mLAS-BNA
$106
11/13Wed
1 stopFrontier
8h 44mBNA-LAS
11/15Fri
1 stopFrontier
13h 00mLAS-BNA
$108
11/12Tue
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
19h 36mBNA-SAN
11/13Wed
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
15h 12mSAN-BNA
$125
11/13Wed
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
22h 07mBNA-BUR
11/16Sat
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
18h 40mBUR-BNA
$139
1/2Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 30mBNA-SMF
1/4Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 25mSMF-BNA
$236
1/28Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
9h 21mBNA-SMF
2/4Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 25mSMF-BNA
$241
1/24Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 05mBNA-SFO
1/28Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 24mSFO-BNA
$249
12/13Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 57mBNA-SAN
12/16Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
11h 50mSAN-BNA
$253
12/13Fri
1 stopDelta
6h 36mBNA-SAN
1/7Tue
1 stopDelta
10h 54mSAN-BNA
$260
12/10Tue
1 stopDelta
10h 51mBNA-SFO
12/11Wed
1 stopDelta
9h 40mSFO-BNA
$263

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Nashville to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/12Tue
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
22h 07mBNA-BUR
$50
11/16Sat
1 stopFrontier
8h 55mBNA-ONT
$57
11/19Tue
nonstopDelta
4h 38mBNA-LAX
$103
11/19Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 41mBNA-LAX
$105
11/24Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 00mBNA-SMF
$118
11/27Wed
1 stopDelta
6h 48mBNA-SMF
$128
11/26Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
6h 28mBNA-SAN
$133
1/27Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 51mBNA-BUR
$138
12/16Mon
nonstopSouthwest
4h 20mBNA-LAS
$140
1/28Tue
2 stopsSouthwest
10h 05mBNA-SFO
$144

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Last minute flights from Nashville 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 Nashville to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
11/2Sat
multi-stopFrontier
17h 16mBNA-ONT
11/6Wed
multi-stopFrontier
21h 10mONT-BNA
$150
11/2Sat
multi-stop
17h 18mBNA-LAX
11/8Fri
multi-stop
14h 34mLAX-BNA
$209
11/5Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
20h 12mBNA-LAS
11/11Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 47mLAS-BNA
$234
11/5Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 14mBNA-LAS
11/7Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
30h 33mLAS-BNA
$238
11/1Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 48mBNA-SMF
11/11Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 38mSMF-BNA
$338
11/1Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 02mBNA-SMF
11/11Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 47mSMF-BNA
$343
11/3Sun
multi-stopDelta
8h 21mBNA-SFO
11/13Wed
multi-stopDelta
9h 24mSFO-BNA
$404
11/5Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 07mBNA-LAX
11/6Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 05mLAX-BNA
$418
11/3Sun
multi-stopDelta
7h 48mBNA-SFO
11/14Thu
multi-stopDelta
8h 50mSFO-BNA
$436
11/1Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 16mBNA-SMF
11/11Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 47mSMF-BNA
$438

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