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Flight from Geneva to San Francisco

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Top 5 airlines serving from Switzerland to California

 
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DeltaOverall score based on 8601 reviews
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.3Food
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.

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.

Since it wasn’t a Delta flight, I was not able to sit with my group and there was no entertainment.

Three adults, three children. They did not give us seats together. Two seats together, in row 23, one in 13, one in 14, one in 10, and one in 17. When we got on the plane, the crew tried to ask people to move but basically threw up their hands. One person moved so we had two pairs of seats together. The 1.5 year old sat on a parent's lap (despite having paid for his own seat).

the fight attendants were great and i appreciated that they had season 1 of The Wire from HBO as a viewing option

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.

I took this flight to be able to fly with Swiss instead of Air Canada from Geneva.. The AC planes have a better outfit in Business class than Swiss, but the service aboard Swiss is really best, first-class, as is the food and beverages. Though using the same plane model (A330-300), the interior setup of the cabin starts to show its age, but IMO the planes are better serviced by Swiss than AC. I had in my recent trips with AC way too many technical problems that led to delays or even complete cancellation of my flight.. Their fleet is aging (average 20+ years) and the maintenance has taken a toll compared to years ago. Cutting costs in every corner has to be paid sometime by someone, and it's the travelers at the end that pays for it. Unfortunately for me, flying directly to Zurich puts a much longer after-fly trip on me than Geneva.. so I might go back to direct flight YUL-GVA, even if I don't like flying with AC.

We're talking about a short-haul in-country flight.. there is no confort, no food, just the bottle of water. The seats are squeezed like hell and I was in the back-end of the plane, with one spare row left for the crew and to store excess bags that could not fit in the overhead bin.. Speaking of carry-on, some passengers should be better screened as their bags were simply too big to fit in the overhead bins.. ! How can this happen, and it was an A310, with 2 columns of 3-seater rows.. There is a pseudo-Business class, which is simply a section in the front of the plane where the same seats are occupied only 2 out of 3, on each side, leaving more rooms for the passengers and their bags. That's it.

We are glinting with united , but over all very disappointed

better announcing at the gate prior to boarding and better organization of various gps

This time, I traveled in the economy, and it was surprisingly better than the eco-premium (food, comfort, and crew were noticeably worse in premium!)

Lots of water brought around by staff which is very important to stay hydrated on a long flight. There provided swiss chocolate icecream! The attention to detail is obvious. They really want to make their passengers entertained and comfortable.

overall the flight was good and we were happy they waited for us. However, our luggage didn t make it and this caused us a lot of problems.

This was an upgrade to business class and really enjoyed the experience. Much better than my earlier flight and thank you.

It was a pleasant experience accept temperature in the plane It was extremely cold in the airplane that I was shivering I got sick because of the extreme cold temperature on my flight

Crew was wonderful, snacks were so good and quite a variety for free, food was mediocre, big selection of movies and they kept lavatories pretty clean throughout the flight

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

The flight was delayed so the people from a late connecting flight was able to still make the connection.

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.

My experience was medium staff where great I dislike flying in triple 7 seats very uncomfortable and no room on jet all the rest of the flights where great

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.

Staff was generally seeming stressed out and was a bit rude and slow. Plane left late. Pilot was very well-spoken.

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

Great thanks - a whole row to myself. Good food but film selection not great.

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..

I liked the duration speed while in the air but that is is for positive things to say. The service was over 3 hours late, staff not very friendly (probably because they were also late to the destination), uncomfortable seats and disappointing food options

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.

Baby cried a lot. Nothing anyone could do about it. Just part of flying.

The boarding process was such a chaos with everyone crowding at the gates. There was no structure. The onboard crew were fantastic and very good.

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

I have been flying with American most of my professional career. But the airline seems tired and becoming more and more subpar with older planes than other airlines, dirtier and less comfortable seating, and less and less amenities. Their WiFi seldom works and their food is becoming more and more mediocre. How do you fly from LAX to PHL with only being offered one drink and as a platinum customer. I am exploring delta here on out for more of my flying.

No land services during boarding, specially while moving from terminal to another

Even the carry-ons were not allowed and upon getting down, we had the wait for the longest time for the baggage to put on the jet aisle. We had a short connection which British Airways kept changing and made out entire experience poor. I would never fly BA again.

The seat was very uncomfortable. It helped to use the foot rest. Could not sleep because of the seat.

The seats are incredibly uncomfortable. My luggage didn't make it on the flight from London to Nashville.

The plane itself is old and way overcrowded. The crew do a great job of trying to mitigate. It is just uncomfortable for over 8 hours, bearable, but barely. Boarding, and the baggage game, is ludicrous. Why charge extra to check bags when there is not enough room for everyone to "carry-on" and checking is needed? I do not think these issues would be different with other airlines, I believe it is the attitude that squeezes every penny out of each traveler.

Expected a lot better service paying for a business class seat. Seemed to be short on staff and did not get the service I expected.

I flew Club World and was SHOCKED at how totally absent the crew were for the duration of the flight. So much so that we received no drink service other than the post-departure cocktail and that was it. Wasn't even offered tea/coffee and the in-flight attention was so bad that literally minutes before landing the one crew member for our row was scrambling to pick up left-behind water bottles, glassware, trash. And the rest of the crew had already stowed all carts, he was cramming the trash into the lavatory trash can and was stashing the glassware frantically in the galley as we were on final approach. He was so scrambled he left two overhead lockers wide open (that he'd opened) for landing. Unbelievable!

The flight was several times changed. That was inconvenient, to sah the least.

They lost my special meal request and tried to tell me I didn't request it. I had the proof. Then they tried to get me to eat food I can't eat. No apologies

British airways keeps canceling our flights. I won’t be booking any future flights with them

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/22Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
33h 30mZRH-SFO
5/6Tue
2 stopsBritish Airways
21h 14mSFO-ZRH
$512
1/26Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
36h 45mZRH-SFO
2/2Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
32h 30mSFO-ZRH
$513
1/26Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
17h 20mZRH-SFO
3/8Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
18h 56mSFO-ZRH
$545
1/17Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
27h 55mGVA-SFO
1/30Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
20h 35mSFO-GVA
$545
1/16Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
17h 22mZRH-SFO
1/29Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
14h 00mSFO-ZRH
$592
1/15Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
29h 07mZRH-SFO
1/22Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
19h 25mSFO-ZRH
$593
1/16Thu
1 stopDelta
16h 15mZRH-LAS
1/23Thu
2 stopsDelta
18h 57mLAS-ZRH
$604
1/16Thu
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
1/29Wed
nonstopSWISS
11h 05mSFO-ZRH
$607
1/15Wed
1 stopDelta
32h 55mZRH-LAS
1/22Wed
2 stopsDelta
20h 55mLAS-ZRH
$607
1/16Thu
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
1/29Wed
nonstopSWISS
11h 05mSFO-ZRH
$608

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Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/9Sun
1 stop
16h 10mGVA-SFO
$374
5/25Sun
3 stops
39h 47mZRH-LAX
$377
1/27Mon
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
$608
5/27Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
19h 35mZRH-SAN
$608
3/15Sat
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
$618
1/12Sun
2 stopsBritish Airways
28h 55mZRH-SFO
$628
1/19Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
20h 44mZRH-LAX
$756
1/9Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
36h 20mZRH-SAN
$1,476
12/29Sun
3 stopsUnited Airlines
21h 49mZRH-SAN
$1,703
1/4Sat
3 stopsUnited Airlines
38h 16mZRH-SAN
$1,709

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
12/25Wed
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
28h 15mZRH-SFO
1/13Mon
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
17h 15mSFO-ZRH
$725
12/25Wed
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
28h 15mZRH-SFO
1/16Thu
multi-stopScandinavian Airlines
17h 15mSFO-ZRH
$748
12/25Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 50mZRH-SFO
12/31Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
22h 34mSFO-ZRH
$824
12/24Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
17h 50mZRH-SFO
1/15Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
19h 15mSFO-ZRH
$828
12/22Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
22h 11mZRH-SFO
1/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
33h 50mSFO-ZRH
$843
12/25Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 57mZRH-SFO
1/8Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 20mSFO-ZRH
$848
12/25Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 57mZRH-SFO
1/7Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 00mSFO-ZRH
$850
12/23Mon
multi-stopBritish Airways
17h 10mZRH-SFO
1/12Sun
multi-stopBritish Airways
14h 30mSFO-ZRH
$875
12/24Tue
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
1/7Tue
nonstopSWISS
11h 05mSFO-ZRH
$937
12/24Tue
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
1/15Wed
nonstopSWISS
11h 05mSFO-ZRH
$951

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