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Best San Francisco Bay Area Flight Deals from Detroit

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

San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$130
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$144

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Low season

November

High season

May

Cheapest flight

$58
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from Detroit to San Francisco

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  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from Detroit is June.

Top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to San Francisco Bay Area

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit to San Francisco Bay Area. 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 Detroit to San Francisco Bay Area? 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 8521 reviews
7.3Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
7.9Entertainment
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If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Nov 2024MSP - LAX
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If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

All fine save for the abominable catering. Really gone downhill. We found it all inedible.

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.

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Boarding always seems a bit chaotic. Seat spacing could leave more for leg room.

Good flight. On time. Boarding and seating was easy. Crew were really friendly, yet professional. Bathroom (by cockpit) was small but serviceable. Some the seats were showing some notable wear & tear, but were comfy. Very happy UA customer. TY! 🤛🏽💗

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

We had to wait almost an hour for the wheelchair porter to be ready to pick up my mother. And when she arrived in Newark airport the porter was not there and she started walking with her cane and her poor mobility. When the Newark porter found her they didn't want to transfer her bags to the wheelchair for her.

Great onboard crew. Boarding was a zoo, I got in line before pre boarding in Group 2, still had my bag force checked. WiFi was glitchy all flight. Seat and bathroom are both tiny unless you pay $$$ for first class.

Cabin was pitch black, even during meal service. The reading lights for seat 2E/F did not work, and seat 2E did not recline.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

AA is always pretty solid. Was on time all the way around today so can’t complain!

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

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.

- flight attendants not very friendly. - Paid for WiFi and plane didn’t have it working , never got a refund.

We got to fly on the new airplane. Much better as it’s roomier and cleaner than before. Most Importantly it’s much more comfortable. I still can’t move the seat back but the extra space made up for it. I didn’t taste the food or drinks because they charge for everything so I didn’t bother. I didn’t experience the entertainment because I downloaded my own movies on my phone. The crew was great. The flight itself was smooth . No complaints.

I was comfortable because I upgraded. I would not have been comfortable in economy. It was a short flight so there was limited food service and no inflight entertainment.

I thought since I upgraded my seat I would get some perks. Free water, free snacks. Free carry on luggage.

It’s ridiculous to pay for carry-on luggage. I also wasn’t given an option to specify I have carry on bag at time of ticket purchase. I also could not specify I have carry on luggage at time of online check-in.

Delayed fight LAS to LAX. OK, fog in LA, not your fault. But all your staff, onboard in in lounge, speak so fast, enunciate so poorly and often have a accent that it is impossible to understanding anything they are saying.

The gate area was terrible at San Diego airport -way too crowded in a small space. Since my husband was driving to our destination, we did not have to take any luggage so my kids and I only had backpacks. Therefore everything was easy and smooth. And we didn’t have to pay up charges for everything and it was a short flight. I tried table was broken and it was a little cramped, but it was fine for what we needed. I probably would not fly spirit on a longer flight and if I had to take baggage.

Boarding procedure is horribly slow. You charge me to check a bag and would not let me carry it on. Charged me to simply select a seat. Charged me for water. Charged me for every little thing on top of paying for an expensive ticket. Your seats are terrible. So uncomfortable, they don’t recline. No WiFi, no way to charge my phone. No entertainment. I mean you Offer noting and you charge for everything. Why would anyone want to fly with you again?

WiFi didn’t work despite paying for it. Crew was nice.

The staff from LAX to New Orleans were rude but the staff from New Orleans to LAX were nice!

Very easy with the app to board and staff skills

After waiting several minutes to be acknowledged by 3 employees on their phones, was told we had missed our flight because the doors were closed at that literal moment. Had they given any actual service or help while we were standing there we would have been on with time to spare. More than 10 people were turned away in this fashion claiming there was no way they could let us on the plane, even though it was still sitting connected to the terminal. After the desk agents let us know they didn't care about the situation we were forced to pay more than twice the price of our original tickets as no credits were given for the price of the "missed" flight. And the icing on the cake was after being treated poorly, fleeced for another few hundred dollars for new tickets? We waited on the next plane for 25 minutes passed the "doors closed" time, letting almost an extra dozen passengers on board. You're company has lazy, disinterested employees and your lack of any real help will ensure this was the first and last time we fly Frontier. Awful.

My experience with the phoenix airport was terrible, the personnel lay the ticket counter charged me for a carry on that fit in the carry on size box, and the two women I spoke with were terribly rude and not willing to help.,,, there was one lady “candy” on the flight crew that was amazing and is the only reason I stayed on the flight at all, because the other stewards helping people to get seated on the plane were terrible

I loked walking out on the tarmac to board and no first class. I didn't like that they have no snacks or onboard wifi to bide your time.

The plane was clean, the crew was friendly and helpful. It’s a low cost airline so there was no food, drinks or in flight entertainment but we didn’t expect any of these things. In the room for improvement department, they should install USB ports in seats to charge mobile devices.

The seats were extremely hard and uncomfortable, even for a budget airline.

The seats were extremely hard and uncomfortable. It was disappointing even for a budget airline.

Charging $74 for one checked bag is outrageous. I will never fly Frontier again.

Boarding was very well executed. Got my bag right away.

I was surprised that all baggage, including carry on, were charged. Each additional bag went up in cost. Really disappointed in the additional costs.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Detroit to San Francisco Bay Area found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/15Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 58mDTW-OAK
2/22Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
9h 04mOAK-DTW
$119
4/16Wed
1 stopFrontier
9h 12mDTW-SFO
4/22Tue
1 stopFrontier
12h 22mSFO-DTW
$130
3/1Sat
1 stopFrontier
11h 47mDTW-SFO
3/4Tue
1 stopFrontier
8h 44mSFO-DTW
$131
2/3Mon
1 stopSpirit Airlines
9h 57mDTW-SJC
2/6Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
11h 18mSJC-DTW
$144
4/2Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 51mDTW-SJC
4/8Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 27mSJC-DTW
$199
4/2Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 51mDTW-SJC
4/8Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
10h 59mSJC-DTW
$204
2/7Fri
1 stopDelta
9h 46mDTW-SJC
2/9Sun
1 stopDelta
6h 30mSJC-DTW
$299
3/12Wed
1 stopDelta
9h 19mDTW-OAK
3/19Wed
1 stopDelta
7h 22mOAK-DTW
$337
2/22Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 55mDTW-SJC
3/1Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 24mSJC-DTW
$339
3/18Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 53mDTW-SJC
3/26Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
12h 00mSJC-DTW
$344

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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 San Francisco Bay Area found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/25Tue
1 stopFrontier
12h 08mDTW-SFO
$58
5/1Thu
1 stopFrontier
8h 48mDTW-SFO
$64
2/21Fri
1 stopSpirit Airlines
12h 14mDTW-SJC
$71
2/5Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
8h 26mDTW-OAK
$74
3/26Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 17mDTW-SJC
$100
2/17Mon
1 stopDelta
9h 43mDTW-SJC
$150
3/18Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
12h 59mDTW-SJC
$175
2/11Tue
2 stopsDelta
12h 20mDTW-OAK
$179
4/27Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 21mDTW-STS
$229
2/18Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
22h 39mDTW-SJC
$263

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Last minute flights from Detroit to San Francisco Bay Area

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 San Francisco Bay Area that are departing in the next 10 days.
1/24Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 28mDTW-SJC
1/31Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
16h 22mSJC-DTW
$262
1/23Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
25h 07mDTW-SJC
1/25Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
16h 01mSJC-DTW
$290
1/24Fri
multi-stopFrontier
29h 55mDTW-SFO
1/29Wed
multi-stopFrontier
26h 26mSFO-DTW
$310
1/24Fri
multi-stopFrontier
29h 55mDTW-SFO
1/27Mon
multi-stopFrontier
11h 09mSFO-DTW
$320
1/24Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 32mDTW-SFO
1/29Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 01mSFO-DTW
$796
1/23Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 32mDTW-SFO
1/26Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
18h 13mSFO-DTW
$816
1/22Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 02mDTW-SFO
1/25Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 20mSFO-DTW
$823
1/24Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
12h 09mDTW-SFO
1/26Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 20mSFO-DTW
$857
1/24Fri
nonstopDelta
5h 27mDTW-SFO
1/26Sun
multi-stopDelta
7h 59mSFO-DTW
$909
1/22Wed
nonstopDelta
5h 29mDTW-SFO
1/25Sat
nonstopDelta
4h 30mSFO-DTW
$949

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