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Cheap flight deals from San Francisco to Bucharest (SFO-OTP)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Bucharest 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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5:35 pm - 10:55 pmSFO-OTP
20h 20m1 stop
8:15 am - 6:30 pmOTP-SFO
20h 15m1 stop
$575British Airways
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Tue, Oct 29 - Tue, Nov 12
3:30 pm - 12:20 amSFO-OTP
22h 50m1 stop
8:15 am - 6:30 pmOTP-SFO
20h 15m1 stop
$576British Airways
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Wed, Oct 23 - Tue, Nov 5
6:35 pm - 8:20 pmSFO-OTP
15h 45m1 stop
9:40 pm - 4:40 pmOTP-SFO
29h 00m1 stop
$649Turkish Airlines
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Thu, Sep 12 - Wed, Oct 16
6:35 pm - 8:20 pmSFO-OTP
15h 45m1 stop
3:55 pm - 11:20 amOTP-SFO
29h 25m1 stop
$655Turkish Airlines
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Mon, Sep 30 - Mon, Oct 14
10:50 pm - 12:50 amSFO-OTP
16h 00m1 stop
7:20 pm - 7:00 pmOTP-SFO
33h 40m1 stop
$1,114Lufthansa
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Wed, Jul 10 - Thu, Jul 25
7:40 pm - 12:50 amSFO-OTP
19h 10m1 stop
6:30 am - 9:44 pmOTP-SFO
25h 14m2 stops
$1,121SWISS
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Wed, Jul 10 - Thu, Jul 25
9:05 pm - 12:50 amSFO-OTP
17h 45m1 stop
6:00 am - 9:27 amOTP-SFO
37h 27m2 stops
$1,165United Airlines
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Mon, Jul 22 - Mon, Aug 5
9:05 pm - 12:50 amSFO-OTP
17h 45m1 stop
12:45 pm - 9:00 pmOTP-SFO
18h 15m1 stop
$1,181Lufthansa
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Sun, Jul 14 - Tue, Jul 23
12:12 am - 12:00 pmSFO-OTP
25h 48m2 stops
6:00 am - 9:27 amOTP-SFO
37h 27m2 stops
$1,219United Airlines
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Sun, Jul 21 - Mon, Aug 5
7:40 pm - 12:50 amSFO-OTP
19h 10m1 stop
6:30 am - 4:05 pmOTP-SFO
19h 35m1 stop
$1,245SWISS
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Mon, Jul 1 - Tue, Aug 20

Flights from San Francisco to Bucharest - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Bucharest to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Bucharest?

The average price of all flights from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from San Francisco to Bucharest, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Tuesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Bucharest, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport, 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 San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport is January, where tickets cost $709 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of tickets is $1,633 and $1,423 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 80 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Bucharest?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to Bucharest from San Francisco were found on Turkish Airlines ($473) and ITA Airways ($797), and the lowest round-trip tickets were found on British Airways ($575) and American Airlines ($580).

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February

High season

July

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$367
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 25% drop in price.
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When to book flights from San Francisco to Bucharest

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Bucharest based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking San Francisco to Bucharest flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Bucharest Otopeni Intl Airport was $367 for a one-way ticket and $575 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Bucharest?

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Francisco to Bucharest?

    On your way to Bucharest, you’ll fly out from San Francisco. You’ll be landing at Bucharest Otopeni Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Bucharest?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Bucharest?

    Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Bucharest, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Bucharest from San Francisco?

    Istanbul is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco to Bucharest.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Bucharest, SWISS or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Bucharest are SWISS and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of $990 and an overall rating of 7.7, SWISS is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,221 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Bucharest?

    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 San Francisco to Bucharest.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Bucharest from San Francisco 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 San Francisco to Bucharest?

    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 Bucharest with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and OTP can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Bucharest?

    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 Bucharest from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Bucharest

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Bucharest. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Bucharest? 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.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1520 reviews
8.4Crew
7.7Comfort
7.2Entertainment
7.9Boarding
7.4Food
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Quick and efficient as always. Air France managed to loose and damage my luggage that never made it onto my KLM flight.

8.0 ExcellentBartosz, May 2024CDG - AMS
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Quick and efficient as always. Air France managed to loose and damage my luggage that never made it onto my KLM flight.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

Booked connecting flights with KlM. My serving flight was the furthest part of the airport. On arrival in Zurich. My two cases arrived but only one carry on belong to my son. His three suitcase didn't arrive. After enquiring we discovered they were still in Amsterdam. We landed at 11.12. We eventually left the airport just after one.

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

no issues at all... Kudos to the food. This time was really really good

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

The plane was clean and the staff was friendly. Food and drinks as expected on international flights. The entertainment system was old style, with a pullout controller, and selections not as extensive as on other flights.

The boarding was one of the worst I’ve ever experienced. The fault lays on Ohare Airport and not so much the airline. The waiting area by the gate was the size to accommodate a regional flight for 20-30 people and right next to a busy walkway. When you cramped nearly 300 passengers into that space is was unbearable.

Generally good. The crew is excellent. The food could be better.

Did not find the wheelchair that supposed to assist and went to a long queue for transit security chk which was very slow and boarding desk wanted to close counter although that they knew that I am minutes away because of their mistake of not providing the wheelchair.

They charge me for luggage which is was included on the ticket

Business class in the second leg - CDG-EVN was a disaster.

worst experience ever i choose my seat in advance and also have my seat selected in my boarding and the they told me that my seat has been changed without notify me

I have used Air France and KLM many times it will help if they change their menu's feel like it's been the same for years!!!, Especially the breakfast. Overall the flight was good and enjoyable.

No bording was given for next trip on same carrier, food was very moderate.

No birding was given for next trip on same carrier, food was very moderate.

We transited through Chad and what was supposed to be a 1hr 20 minutes transit time lasted over 4hrs. We didn't get regular updates until we complained. After a 10hr flight from Paris no form of refreshment given and finally arrived Abuja over 6hrs later and none of my bags came

Lost luggage, 2 bags were badly damaged and one of the bags came open.

Overnight flight in the old style Business class, but still very good.

I was in business class, without the business class amenities. Large seat with lots of legroom, but no TV or bed. Food was okay, but I did enjoy the Turkish red wine.

Excellent service and comfort from the moment you check in. Flight crew is hyper focused on making passengers comfortable and at ease. It’s like a flying hotel!

Only chicken as a meat dish through out the flight

Nothing really was great as such. Seen other no name airlines perform better.

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

On line check in needs a lot of improvement. I tried and gave up.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

the female flight attendant was racist towards me. I could tell she treated the two other passengers next to me with more softness.

Aisle chair was good and liked the foot bar preventing you from putting your foot in the isle, The breakfast on this international flight to Zurich was horrible (Europeans, specially, used to good food) may make this a dealbreaker for booking with United Airlines again. I agreed with my Spanish fellow passenger.

On time take off…US cabins look tired and need of refresh!

Backpack should NOT allowed put in the flight bin , only put it under the seat. I can't find space put my carry on luggage!!! and I pay for it ! that was very bad experience

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

Beverage and food services are excellent. We enjoy paying the extra for economy plus for the 3 inches more leg room to be exact.

Flight was delayed by 3 hours. The pilot made up 1 hour during the flight, but that made the wait at the airport 5 hours once you factor getting there 2 hours early.

Staff didn’t care in business class. Closed the door on my mom while she was on the jetbridge and flight attendant told me she would make it from the connecting flight. They lied. My luggage was damaged on arrival. No success in filing damage claim.

Overall, the flight was comfortable without any serious issues. Transit through Frankfurt airport was a little confusing, but not too difficult if you follow the signs

Staff disappeared after dinner service until breakfast, no help with beds, no help running to our gate to catch connection cause flight was late, our luggage didn’t make it, took over 24 hours to get luggage to hotel, no compensation!!

Second time I took this flight, and they lost my luggage both times. Waiting for my suitcase now, last time it took two days to get it back.

Checked in is easy and it was a smooth flight from LAX to Munich

It was a busy flight and all the crew were very helpful and gracious

I wish the flight attendant was a little bit kinder

I always try to book flights that don’t charge for baggage. Yet I was charged $75 for this flight.

Used to love Lufthansa, but Rowe are too close together in Economy and passengers are allowed to recline their seats so far back it is impossible for those behind them to even reach for carry-on essentials during flight - except for meal service when flight attendants ask for seat backs to be raised, we can’t sleep on planes so this flight was most uncomfortable ever! Rod Rose

Horrible crowding on the seats, headphones provided did not fit or work in the entertainment center, seriously the most uncomfortable flight I have taken in a LONG time. The people in front of me were literally 5 inches from my face the entire flight. Did they change their seats recently? I remember it being tight but wow this was a whole new level. Also I am a 5'3" small woman so I can't even imagine a larger person dealing with that for 11 hrs.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Francisco to Bucharest found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/10Wed
3 stops
58h 54mSFO-OTP
$367
7/10Wed
2 stops
45h 39mSFO-OTP
$407
7/26Fri
2 stops
25h 30mSFO-OTP
$434
7/25Thu
2 stops
37h 20mSFO-OTP
$453
7/24Wed
1 stopTurkish Airlines
15h 45mSFO-OTP
$473
7/23Tue
1 stopTurkish Airlines
15h 50mSFO-OTP
$488
6/11Tue
2 stopsITA Airways
25h 50mSFO-OTP
$797
7/9Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
32h 23mSFO-OTP
$1,040
6/11Tue
1 stopLufthansa
17h 45mSFO-OTP
$1,333
6/10Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
25h 15mSFO-OTP
$1,397

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Last minute flights from San Francisco to Bucharest

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 San Francisco to Bucharest that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/4Tue
multi-stop
22h 50mSFO-OTP
6/11Tue
multi-stop
29h 15mOTP-SFO
$884
6/2Sun
multi-stop
40h 45mSFO-OTP
6/5Wed
multi-stop
24h 40mOTP-SFO
$974
6/4Tue
multi-stop
42h 49mSFO-OTP
6/11Tue
multi-stop
34h 05mOTP-SFO
$989
6/2Sun
multi-stop
31h 25mSFO-OTP
6/5Wed
multi-stop
24h 40mOTP-SFO
$1,032
6/3Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
24h 50mSFO-OTP
6/11Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
23h 00mOTP-SFO
$2,019
6/4Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
28h 11mSFO-OTP
7/24Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
40h 45mOTP-SFO
$2,028
6/3Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
24h 50mSFO-OTP
6/11Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
19h 15mOTP-SFO
$2,029
6/4Tue
multi-stopEmirates
35h 40mSFO-OTP
6/10Mon
multi-stopEmirates
29h 01mOTP-SFO
$2,600
6/1Sat
multi-stopEmirates
35h 40mSFO-OTP
6/7Fri
multi-stopEmirates
29h 01mOTP-SFO
$2,823
6/4Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
28h 11mSFO-OTP
7/24Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
24h 59mOTP-SFO
$2,835

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San Francisco - Bucharest Flights

Departure:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Destination:

Bucharest (OTP)Romania

Return flight deals:

Bucharest - San Francisco

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