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Best California Flight Deals from Oakland

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

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$95
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$172
San Diego
San Diegononstop$38
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$520
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$276
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$198
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$300
Monterey
Monterey1 stop$205
Crescent City
Crescent Citynonstop$246
Imperial
Imperial2 stops$305
Reno
Reno1 stop$84

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Low season

February

High season

October

Cheapest flight

$29
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 18% lower on average.
Flight from Oakland to Las Vegas

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How long is the flight to California from Oakland?

    Flights to San Diego1h 31m
    Flights to Long Beach1h 24m
    Flights to Los Angeles1h 29m
    Flights to John Wayne (Santa Ana)1h 25m
    Flights to Burbank1h 14m
  • What is the cheapest flight to California from Oakland?

    The cheapest ticket to California from Oakland found in the last 72 hours was $29 one-way, and $31 round-trip. The most popular route is from Oakland to John Wayne (Santa Ana), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $24.

  • Which airlines fly to California?

    Southwest flies most frequently to John Wayne (Santa Ana) from Oakland. In general, JetBlue, Spirit Airlines and Advanced Air fly the most to California.

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

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

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Oakland 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 from Oakland to California 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 Oakland to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $73 one-way - $93 round-trip; San Diego $57 one-way - $86 round-trip; John Wayne (Santa Ana) $42 one-way - $86 round-trip
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be October, November and December. The cheapest month to fly from Oakland is September.
  • Morning departure is around 14% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
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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 Oakland to California

 
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8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4821 reviews
7.7Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.7Crew
8.1Comfort
7.2Food
Airline reviews

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2024AUS - OAK
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Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

We had a nice flight. Boarding was easy, our seats were comfortable and the on board service was pleasant.

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

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

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.

From my interactions with the Oakland airport staff through TSA through the gate agents to the flight crew on Hawaiian they were just so kind professional and helpful.. the only thing I would add would be the they need more help and TSA and on the Hawaiian airlines flight it would be so much nicer for them to play beautiful Hawaiian music on the way over there.. they didn't start playing it until right before we landed..

orgiginal scheduled flight ( 2.5 hours connection) was cancelled, was given option to rebook between a 1-hour connection or a next day flight. Missed connection flight, and decided to book last minute with an other airline.

Short flight. Delayed because of ??. Had a water served . Staff was nice.

Crew members were helpful and responsive. However, the toilet in the only main cabin bathroom didn’t work properly.

Damaged my luggage. Insisted to check in my small luggage now it’s scratched and dented.

Crew gave us conflicting information and was unecesaily hostile in responding about several things. Another crew member spent most of the flight talking poorly about his co-workers within earshot of myself and several other passengers.

Was flying out of a small airport so that I could avoid long lines. However, Alaska Airlines wanted me to check in two hours in advance. I was there fifty minutes ahead of time, but because I didn't check in the Alaska Air app deleted the trip all together. By the time I was able to speak with someone and get a new boarding pass twenty minutes had passed and they wouldn't let me board the flight. Poor communication through the app, gate agents were unhelpful, and overall felt like Alaska Airlines doesn't care whether they do a good job or not. Will avoid as much as possible. Southwest Air seems like a better airline.

Fine. Had trouble with the app,, maybe because it was part of an international flight

Short flight so really no interaction with crew and there was no food. It was on time and comfortable. Liked the plugs in seat in front!

The first flight attendant who served refreshments was not pleasant at all. No eye contact, no smile, I used my “please “ and “thank you “ and all but had pretzels thrown at me. Next one far surpassed pleasantries and more like Alaska Air! Good leg room, comfortable seats. Boarding was without flaws. I didn’t order food….

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.

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.

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.

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

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

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?

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

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).

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.. .

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.

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

While booking it was not obvious that I had to pay for carryon. Realized it only during check-in. Overall, meh!

Stop changing gates at sfo. When you are elderly going back for it’s not fun.

We understand and comply with Frontier’s bag sizes. We’ve had some problems in past while having to await other passengers who do not understand the baggage restrictions or have not prepaid and that is usually our biggest concern (others delaying us) with flying Frontier. Flying OUT of ONT, however, has always been a great experience. I’ve also noted even on delayed Frontier flights very knowledgeable pilots who manage expectations well.

There was no easy way to check in. I don't want to install an app to checkin. I will use alaska from now on because they have a web check in method that is easy.

Horrible! The short distance flight ended up taking 5 hrs! There was a 3 hr delay for the flight to take off and there was a 70 min wait on the tarmac for some bogus reason that the pilot said the gate he was supposed to board was taken up. After a 30 min wait he said the plane that was supposed to push out of the gate called a medical emergency and 40 min later he ended up boarding another gate. For the initial 3 hr delay there was no information/alert about the gate or delay in the app or the boards up until the boarding time and even beyond! Had to walk all the way to the end of the terminal to find the frontier staff to ask what was going on. Avoid this airline at all costs! If you have carryon bags or checked bags , their prices come equivalent to the prices of more reliable airlines. They are the worst in timeliness at 60% (reported as delayed) this year (check the data) by a high margin even compared to the second worst airline. If you are ok with having a miserable flight experience with the odds close to flip of a coin, feel free to try them. If you value your time , money and flying experience, stay away.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Oakland to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/2Thu
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 30mOAK-LAS
1/7Tue
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 37mLAS-OAK
$40
1/4Sat
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 30mOAK-LAS
1/7Tue
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 35mLAS-OAK
$41
1/14Tue
2 stops
8h 33mOAK-SNA
1/18Sat
1 stop
6h 35mSNA-OAK
$127
1/26Sun
1 stopDelta
6h 22mOAK-LAS
1/27Mon
1 stopDelta
6h 21mLAS-OAK
$156
1/21Tue
2 stops
8h 33mOAK-SNA
1/23Thu
1 stop
8h 36mSNA-OAK
$157
1/9Thu
1 stopDelta
6h 22mOAK-LAS
1/14Tue
2 stopsDelta
10h 21mLAS-OAK
$161
1/28Tue
nonstopSouthwest
1h 30mOAK-SAN
1/30Thu
nonstopSouthwest
1h 40mSAN-OAK
$174
2/3Mon
nonstopSouthwest
1h 30mOAK-LAX
2/6Thu
nonstopSouthwest
1h 30mLAX-OAK
$186
1/21Tue
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
31h 26mOAK-PSP
1/24Fri
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
18h 35mPSP-OAK
$198
1/21Tue
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
31h 26mOAK-PSP
1/27Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
12h 50mPSP-OAK
$210

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Oakland to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/15Sat
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 31mOAK-LAS
$29
1/18Sat
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 10mOAK-BUR
$29
2/3Mon
nonstopSouthwest
1h 30mOAK-LAX
$71
1/22Wed
2 stopsDelta
6h 55mOAK-LAS
$83
2/18Tue
1 stopDelta
6h 36mOAK-LAS
$88
1/21Tue
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
10h 08mOAK-BUR
$89
2/4Tue
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
8h 33mOAK-SNA
$89
3/26Wed
nonstopSouthwest
1h 30mOAK-LAS
$99
2/17Mon
nonstopJetBlue
1h 15mOAK-BUR
$250
3/24Mon
nonstopJetBlue
1h 30mOAK-LAS
$280

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Oakland to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
12/25Wed
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 11mOAK-BUR
12/31Tue
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 21mBUR-OAK
$77
12/25Wed
nonstopSpirit Airlines
1h 11mOAK-BUR
1/9Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
4h 14mBUR-OAK
$81
12/22Sun
multi-stopSouthwest
3h 55mOAK-LAX
1/19Sun
nonstopSouthwest
1h 30mLAX-OAK
$344
12/21Sat
nonstopSouthwest
1h 35mOAK-LAS
12/30Mon
nonstopSouthwest
1h 30mLAS-OAK
$366
12/22Sun
multi-stopDelta
6h 33mOAK-LAS
12/31Tue
multi-stopDelta
6h 13mLAS-OAK
$403
12/22Sun
multi-stopDelta
11h 10mOAK-LAS
12/31Tue
multi-stopDelta
6h 13mLAS-OAK
$408
12/21Sat
multi-stop
11h 55mOAK-BUR
12/23Mon
multi-stop
15h 37mBUR-OAK
$463
12/21Sat
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
24h 25mOAK-ONT
1/13Mon
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
25h 49mONT-OAK
$592
12/22Sun
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
13h 57mOAK-ONT
1/19Sun
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
15h 39mONT-OAK
$602
12/24Tue
multi-stop
15h 19mOAK-SNA
1/1Wed
multi-stop
26h 46mSNA-OAK
$656

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