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Best San Francisco Bay Area Flight Deals from Sky Harbor Intl

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

San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$77
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$80

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January

High season

March

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$31
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
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Flights from Sky Harbor Intl to San Francisco Bay Area: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Sky Harbor Intl to San Francisco Bay Area 
MichaelFlew with American AirlinesPHX-SFOJun 2024
Upgraded - so everything went smooth, comfortable seats, nice attention from staff
AnnetteFlew with United AirlinesPHX-SFOJan 2024
United has the options for business folks needing earlier flights. Alaska has better flight attendants.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to San Francisco Bay Area

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: San Francisco $86 one-way - $187 round-trip
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be May, June and July. The cheapest month to fly from Phoenix is April.

Top 5 airlines serving from Sky Harbor Intl to San Francisco Bay Area

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Phoenix 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 Sky Harbor Intl 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.
8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4362 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.7Crew
7.6Entertainment
7.1Food
8.1Comfort
Airline reviews

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

8.0 ExcellentStephen, Feb 2025AUS - SAN
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Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

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

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

Delayed 4 hours due to mechanical issues. No mention of compensation for being over 3 hours late

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.

At time of arrival to the airport, there were plenty of kiosks open/running for checking and baggage tags. While waiting to drop my bag, a team member was checking everyone's IDs against their baggage tag to verify a match/compliance to save additional time when dropping it at the front of the line. This was actually a really big time saver and greatly appreciated! Once boarding was starting, the team member had a clear and audible voice with their announcements, with direct (yet friendly) instructions for the boarding process. Once actually boarding, the flight crew gave genuine greetings while walking on board and were very nice and attentive during the flight. The take-off and landing were one of the smoothest I've had in MANY of years. Kudos to the pilots! I literally cannot remember the last time a had such a smooth landing :D

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 registration was chaotic. The kiosks didn't work for most people, and most had to do registration and receive boarding slips with a person. It took about an hour to get through he process, and I was worrying that I will be late to the flight. However, the personnel was great - courteous, professional, and was able to work through the problems.

I upgraded my seat and the service and boarding were wonderful. My flight attendant was very helpful when I experienced nausea on the flight (a first time experience). Flight arrived early which was nice. The only negative was many airlines have screens to provide some on flight entertainment, this aircraft did not. I had planned to read and listen to an audiobook on my flights, so no big deal on my part. The USB plug ins were broken on both my seat and the center seat, so I was not able to charge my phone during the flight, I will add 2 of the three USBs were broken on ride from San Diego as well. I would attribute this to the design, it is a very awkward angle to plug in, so frequent and perhaps not so gentle attempts to plug in have caused them to break.

Alaska no longer allows customers to print boarding passes at the airport. They only use mobile phones for boarding passes. Try getting on an Alaska plane with a dead phone and no boarding pass! Great customer service Alaska!

Stay with what you are doing. Excellent service and ahead of schedule. Well done.

We had to cancel and we’re treated fairly with 100%refund quickly

The flight itself was okay, but there were 2 screaming kids in front of me my entire flight which made it just awful. The parent did zero to try and make the children settle down and flight attendants did nothing either. I understand it's hard to travel with children, but constantly yelling, screaming, or loud talking for 4 hours straight is just ridiculous.

There was an issue with water that led to us not having potable water onboard. They dumped the onboard water and we were two hours late taking off.

All good. Great food and entertainment when there isn’t any on a one hour flight

Boarding for Alaska Airlines is always chaotic with many people crowding the gates. Arriving in on Alaska in Los Angeles is always interesting since there is never a gate available. So the planes are often parked all the way out on the west side of the airport while waiting for the gate to be cleared of the departing plane. This flight was no exception.

No TSA pre check on boarding passes. Was told known traveler numbers are only kept with Alaska Airlines mileage plan members. Did not notice until reached the head of line, and then was sent back through the line to general boarding which took almost an hour. Learned two things: check our boarding passes, which we haven’t had to do with our other airlines, and don’t fly Alaska! You used to be much better!

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

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

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

Service in first class no longer exists on American Airlines .

My seat was very worn. Otherwise I had an excellent flight

Boarding can be more efficiently done by having the back row passengers board first. This way, the other people do the have to wait for front row passengers to load their luggage in the overhead cabins. Food is simply pathetic for the price I paid. Cleanliness is simply poor; my seat was full of crumps.

Always a great flight on AA. PHX to DFW and vise versa is always going to be a pretty full flight but the crew handles it phenomenally.

also wi-fi never worked attendant said satellite coverage is spotty over water ..... but we were over land!

16 Hours delayed, NOT because of the cybersecurity Microsoft issue, but because we were one flight attendant short, then when the missing flight attendant showed up two hours later, the flying shift of our pilot had expired, so, now no pilot. American Airlines is the new Spirit Airlines, actually, that is not fair for Spirit, they are probably better.

Worst flight in terms of service and food. Attendants were inexperienced, no preflight drinks, did come and give us hot towels until well into the flight. The left the Curtin open between main cabin and everyone from the main cabin went to the fist class bathroom. Food was awful! Had the golden chicken and was too lemony and inedible. No offer of coffee after. Awful!

My morning PHX to NY flight was canceled. Not a cloud in the sky. No wind. No weather across the country. My guess is they canceled the flight because they didn’t have enough people or a mechanical issue. Either way really bad. I checked it at midnight and the 830a flight was on time so I was very surprised when I woke up to see the flight canceled and I’ve been rebooked on a flight… An hour earlier than my originally scheduled one. Of course I missed this earlier flight because AA texted at 4 AM when I was sleeping. I was re routed to Miami, boarded a plane, sat in the heat for 40 minutes, then boarded because of mechanical issues and had to wait another hour before finally getting to New York Ironically, the 430 Phoenix to New York flight landed at the same time I did… I could’ve been sitting at the pool all day vs jumping through hoops. never ever will I again fly American Airlines. No offer of a free drink, maybe a few points on my advantage account nothing… As if nothing happened and they did not inconvenienced me at all. I’m so sick of the dumb crackers that they give us on these flights. It’s really like a budget Airlines these days. A far fall for s once mighty company.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

The crew was ghetto lol I felt like I was on an inner city field trip

Book cheap flights from Phoenix to San Francisco Bay Area

Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Phoenix to San Francisco Bay Area found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/12Wed
nonstopFrontier
2h 15mPHX-SFO
3/19Wed
nonstopFrontier
2h 12mSFO-PHX
$77
3/19Wed
nonstopFrontier
2h 15mPHX-SFO
3/22Sat
nonstopFrontier
2h 03mSFO-PHX
$78
4/29Tue
nonstopSouthwest
2h 00mPHX-SFO
5/17Sat
nonstopSouthwest
1h 55mSFO-PHX
$104
3/11Tue
nonstopSouthwest
2h 10mPHX-SFO
3/25Tue
nonstopSouthwest
1h 50mSFO-PHX
$106
3/18Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 07mPHX-SFO
3/25Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 03mSFO-PHX
$125
4/23Wed
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 08mPHX-SFO
4/27Sun
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 58mSFO-PHX
$147
3/19Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 35mPHX-SFO
3/22Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
1h 55mSFO-PHX
$151
3/17Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 35mPHX-SFO
3/19Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 03mSFO-PHX
$157
4/4Fri
1 stopAlaska Airlines
16h 43mPHX-OAK
4/14Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
14h 17mOAK-PHX
$267
4/17Thu
1 stopAlaska Airlines
17h 43mPHX-OAK
4/21Mon
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
12h 08mOAK-PHX
$288

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Phoenix to San Francisco Bay Area found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/25Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
3h 53mPHX-SJC
$31
3/25Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
3h 53mPHX-SJC
$33
3/21Fri
nonstopFrontier
2h 15mPHX-SFO
$38
3/15Sat
nonstopFrontier
2h 20mPHX-SFO
$39
4/22Tue
nonstopSouthwest
2h 00mPHX-SFO
$52
3/12Wed
nonstopSouthwest
2h 05mPHX-OAK
$52
5/14Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 08mPHX-SFO
$63
5/6Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
1h 55mPHX-SJC
$68
3/15Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 07mPHX-SJC
$79
3/29Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
5h 35mPHX-SFO
$85

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Phoenix to San Francisco Bay Area that are departing in the next 10 days.
2/28Fri
nonstopFrontier
2h 20mPHX-SFO
3/3Mon
nonstopFrontier
2h 07mSFO-PHX
$173
2/28Fri
nonstopFrontier
1h 59mPHX-SJC
3/3Mon
nonstopFrontier
1h 53mSJC-PHX
$173
2/28Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 50mPHX-SFO
3/7Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
2h 03mSFO-PHX
$225
2/28Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
5h 35mPHX-SFO
3/3Mon
nonstopSouthwest
1h 55mSFO-PHX
$260
2/28Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 20mPHX-SFO
3/7Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 21mSFO-PHX
$262
2/28Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
5h 35mPHX-SFO
3/3Mon
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 00mSFO-PHX
$345
3/1Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 10mPHX-STS
3/4Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 07mSTS-PHX
$405
2/28Fri
nonstopAlaska Airlines
2h 15mPHX-SFO
3/3Mon
nonstopAlaska Airlines
2h 11mSFO-PHX
$421
2/28Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
3h 39mPHX-SFO
3/3Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
2h 03mSFO-PHX
$431
2/28Fri
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
21h 39mPHX-SJC
3/4Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
6h 43mSJC-PHX
$668

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