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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$128
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$143

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April

High season

December

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$62
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
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  • High season is considered to be October, November 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.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 8601 reviews
7.3Food
7.9Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

Delayed each time on a round trip with no significant weather interference. Updates to flight times came after the fact. 30 min behind in boarding and board and phone still show an on time departure. Some mysterious extra 300 miles that came so surprising they had to fuel while we were already on board?

A lady asked to stop the flight after the tunnel pulled away and we began to depart a flight that was already hours late. The attendance respectfully stopped the the plane and had the tunnel return. After the tunnel returned the passenger claimed to have changed her mind . The tunnel was then put in reverse and the passenger remained on the plane .. They should have sent the sick passenger off the plane like initially replaced. They existed a couple off the plane prior to that situation.. So.. all and all.. it was a long and flight.. .

terrible cascading delays and unhelpful customer service. uncomfortable plane. crew was great, however!

I ended up paying $70+ dollars to for a carryon because the website is confusing and misleading. I now realize I did not need to pay that. I request a refund. I will pay extra to other airlines and not fly Frontier again.

With frontier you get what you pay for. The flight was two hours late. It’s a tight fit for the number of people they bring but you get to where you’re going cheap. Sometimes that’s more important than a nifty drink and cool TV..

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

Although we received an email from Kayak AND the airline, turns out we were not on Frontier’s manifest for the flight. We had to purchase tickets at the gate. Not sure where this transaction fell apart, but it did. We are now disputing the charges for the SLC to PDX flight originally booked through Kayak.

We had an awful experience getting our bags checked in. Frontier’s check in on the app manipulated us into buying the business package because that was the only option available for a checked bag which included two checked bags per person which we did not need. Upon arriving to the airport, we stood in line for what seemed like forever at the baggage check in and there was no one available at the counter. We were first in line and we were afraid we were going to miss our flight due to the baggage attendant being late. After realizing there were a lot of other people waiting at the baggage check in and no one available. I reached out to Frontier and could not get any customer service so I had to call the airport to page the baggage attendant to send someone to the counter to check in our bags before we were able to go through security , I finally spoke to the attendant at the counter and explained to her that we had to pay for two checked bags person a total of six bags when we only had a total of three bags between three people she said to reach out to Frontier and they would issue a refund for the three bags that we paid for and did not need. I reached out to Frontier which I was not able to reach anybody by phone so I had to go through their automated chat feature, which sent me around in circles until I finally reached a representative to assist me. I explained to them what happened and they explained that they were not able to assist me. I continued to push the issue with them as this was very frustrating and they finally put in a customer service ticket where we were issued a flight credit and we were so disappointed because after this experience, we NEVER want to fly Frontier again, and we do not want a credit that we will not use. Frontier charged us almost $500 for us to check three bags which is absolutely absurd! The customer service agents were not able to offer anything else other than a flight credit and I do not feel like my frustrations were truly heard , we will never use Frontier Airlines again ! Truly Theft by Manipulation! They should be ashamed!

I couldn’t check in because the app didn’t work. It took 3 Frontier employees at the counter to get me checked in. Flight left 3 hours after departure time

One crew member was rude about our bags. Be nice about it. We don’t fly a lot. And the fact that you have to pay for a carry on is ridiculous

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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.
3/1Sat
1 stopFrontier
11h 47mDTW-SFO
3/3Mon
1 stopFrontier
12h 53mSFO-DTW
$128
1/13Mon
1 stopFrontier
29h 57mDTW-SFO
1/30Thu
1 stopFrontier
20h 04mSFO-DTW
$133
1/31Fri
1 stopSpirit Airlines
8h 26mDTW-OAK
2/4Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 58mOAK-DTW
$155
1/8Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
12h 49mDTW-OAK
1/13Mon
1 stopSpirit Airlines
14h 23mOAK-DTW
$163
1/17Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 12mDTW-SJC
1/24Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 46mSJC-DTW
$236
1/18Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 30mDTW-SJC
1/22Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 20mSJC-DTW
$336
1/18Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 30mDTW-SJC
1/22Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
12h 03mSJC-DTW
$341
1/10Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
11h 41mDTW-SJC
1/14Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
8h 30mSJC-DTW
$343
1/18Sat
1 stopDelta
22h 07mDTW-SFO
1/24Fri
1 stopDelta
30h 46mSFO-DTW
$404
1/18Sat
1 stopDelta
7h 00mDTW-SJC
1/22Wed
1 stopDelta
6h 29mSJC-DTW
$410

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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.
1/22Wed
1 stopFrontier
19h 03mDTW-SJC
$62
1/20Mon
1 stopFrontier
29h 55mDTW-SFO
$70
2/19Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
8h 30mDTW-OAK
$81
1/11Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
8h 26mDTW-OAK
$86
1/9Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
11h 40mDTW-SJC
$173
1/18Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
10h 41mDTW-SFO
$205
1/21Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
11h 40mDTW-SJC
$223
2/19Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 27mDTW-SFO
$263
3/25Tue
1 stopDelta
9h 12mDTW-OAK
$268
1/2Thu
1 stopDelta
7h 19mDTW-OAK
$300

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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.
12/22Sun
multi-stop
13h 21mDTW-SFO
1/16Thu
multi-stop
20h 04mSFO-DTW
$352
12/22Sun
multi-stop
13h 21mDTW-SFO
1/19Sun
multi-stop
11h 09mSFO-DTW
$374
12/25Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
9h 30mDTW-OAK
1/13Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
7h 41mOAK-DTW
$398
12/22Sun
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
22h 04mDTW-OAK
1/11Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
7h 24mOAK-DTW
$399
12/21Sat
multi-stopFrontier
29h 23mDTW-SFO
1/18Sat
multi-stopFrontier
29h 18mSFO-DTW
$433
12/21Sat
multi-stopFrontier
29h 23mDTW-SFO
12/28Sat
multi-stopFrontier
8h 49mSFO-DTW
$487
12/20Fri
multi-stopDelta
9h 25mDTW-SJC
1/1Wed
multi-stopDelta
9h 38mSJC-DTW
$687
12/24Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 02mDTW-SFO
1/1Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 42mSFO-DTW
$748
12/24Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 02mDTW-SFO
12/31Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 28mSFO-DTW
$759
12/20Fri
nonstopDelta
5h 10mDTW-SFO
1/18Sat
multi-stopDelta
13h 56mSFO-DTW
$776

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