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Top 5 airlines serving from Switzerland to California

 
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8.1
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1336 reviews
8.3Boarding
7.7Food
8.0Comfort
8.0Entertainment
8.6Crew
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Everything was good except food , food choices was very less. Washrooms were closed.overall good experience.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Nov 2024SIN - SFO
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Everything was good except food , food choices was very less. Washrooms were closed.overall good experience.

On time boarding I would like to see ground hostess to help transit customers to direct them to the right terminal and boarding gate. Last night, all the transit customers on SQ484 arriving Singapore had to merry go round to look for terminal and boarding gate to board SQ128 transit to KL Malaysia. We went to Terminal 3 taking the Skytrain to T3 and back to T3 to get out to look for different Skytrain to T2. On arrival t2, we had to go round to ask which boarding gate to KL. We only had 5 minutes to make to the boarding time at 6:55pm but we already spent more than 30 minutes running around to find the boarding gate. We were late at the boarding gate.

This flight was 16 hours and they made it very tolerable. Seats were comfortable and the staff very accommodating. I had plenty of inflight entertainment. Food was very good.

Service excellent would chose Singapore airlines as my first choice

The staff were amazing and very kind. The seats recline a little too far back and are up close when sitting behind.

My groups frequent flyer star allianceUnited airline miles was not accepted. The Singapore premium economy bag had to be requested, it was very lacking- no toothbrush. I paid more than double than economy but could only use the bathrooms sharing with economy which was hardly available and had to wait in line. Is the 2X $ worth it just for a larger seat???? It is questionable. Seats were not that comfortable. My husband’s seat had white stains on it- had to wipe it down. Our headphones did not have covers on it. Food- way too much.

The booking experience was bad. Our six character booking ID number disappeared the day before the flight, We could not find out what happened or what was the status of our flight, scheduled for the next day. We finally found the right number to contact Singapore Airlines on the matter (not easy). The Singapore agent worked through the issue in a little over thirty minutes on the phone, the day before the flight. That was great. I'm very happy with Singapore Airlines and their performance. Contact with a competent person on the matter was near impossible. It seems no one in business these days wants to deal with customers once they've pocketed the money. There were resellers, including Kayak, involved in the chain. When we finally got through to Underpricer, we did get a return call that could have proved helpful. But by that time the matter had been resolved by the Singapore agent. Majestic Vacations, the reseller who received the payment was less than worthless. That's just a fast buck operation. Ugh.

A 16 hour flight from Singapore to Los Angeles had only 2 meals. Please make it 3 meals.

Overall good experience, convenient Changi Airport, even the layover was long.

The experience was poor in comparison to the flight to Manado from Singapore via Scoot. Gate against could only check in stroller to Singapore (by clearing immigration) or to Brisbane. Who is able to carry their baby for 7 hour transit without having to enter Singapore?

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

It was unclear that additional passport control was needed before boarding. The seats were cramped and uncomfortable even for small persons. The arm rests were unable to be lifted completely out of the way and the media controls cut-out made them uncomfortable to lean on. One audio channel was not working on one of our seats.

Flight was very full and we had to checkin our carry on. Stuff however promised us that our luggage will be the first one to come out and it did

Great food - movie selection was good. Plane was a few minutes late but got to destination on time.

This flight was a dreamliner so I think the space was ok for the legs, but the option for food was again limited and the crew was same.

Boarding was efficient, had to check in cabin luggage. Seats were narrow, food was more in quantity, received cabin luggage on the luggage belt which was fine.

I did not have a good experience in both flights of Etihad. First of all, when I was booking the flight, there were two options. The first option was a cheaper flight with longer layover (9 hrs), or a more expensive flight with shorter layover (2 hrs). I booked the expensive flight with shorter layover because I wanted a more comfortable trip. A few days before the trip, Etihad informed me that the departure time of my first flight will change 7 hours earlier, leading to an 9 hour layover, without giving me another option nor reimbursing me for the extra cost. They didn’t even send me an apologetic email for this change. Regarding the flight experience, I would rate it as mediocre. This is mostly because the pilots of both flights did their best to give us the worst approach to airports that I have ever experienced. In the case of the first flight they had to aboard the landing and took off again right before touching the landing strip. The captain said that it was due to wind conditions but the second time the pilot followed the same direction as the first time to land the plane.

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

Long way to improve. Toilets not working. Bad handling when flight was canceled

Lovely crew - comfortable journey despite it being an older plane.

The business class experience is fantastic. The crew were polite but often unavailable even when I tried to call them! I even found myself bringing my used dishes and cutlery up to the crew because no one had come to collect it after over an hour.

1st of all on February 27th Abu Dhabi to Delhi flight the seat wasn't comfortable at all, coming back the Lounge at Abu Dhabi didn't have anything. Than the Food in the flight

Overall mediocre experience. Check in was good. They're were discriminatory. They were not attentive, food choices were not vegetarian friendly. The food served was frozen.

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience. The new airport is fantastic, as is the new lounge, a huge upgrade from the old airport and lounge!

Our check-in was mediocre. We were told that we didnt have access to the lounge although we were in business and we were asked to remove 1kg from each of our checked luggages as they had 21 kgs and we found out that our tickets were for 20kgs checked bags. I would have expected: 1 - more clarity on the website so that I could see the difference on fares and be able to buy tickets with more checked luggage kgs allowance, and lounge access, and 2- more flexibility for business class passengers.

On the flight back the seats where very uncomfortable, they where so bad that my back started to hurt after the first 2 hours. I can sit in a wooden chair for 2 hours. But these where just horrible, it just shows how cheap the airline has become. And the cabin was heated all those people in a heated cabin during a night flight. It was clear the climate control was not working. To top that off you are not even offered a glass of water, these people are animals.

We purchased a Go First Pass for 10 Euros each so we could board first, but everyone was able to board at the same time so we wasted 20 Euros. The flight left ab out 15 minutes late and was not allowed to land at Healthrow so we had to circle Heathrow for about 45 minutes. This caused us to almost miss our flight from Heathrow to Atlanta.

Severely delayed with no notice. Could have arrived at the airport hours later had we been informed of the delay

Once the boarding sign went on and all passengers gathered in line, we were left waiting standing up for almost an hour because there was a delay.

It would be nice to have vegan options for meals. The entertainment was not working on the the way to Austria. It was only available near the end of flight to Canada. The service was excellent.

Flight was delayed by approx 1 hour. The boarding process and the flight itself were very good, slightly tight squeeze for my legs but overall happy.

The business class layout on this plane is tightly packed and atrocious with no sense of privacy.

Flight was meant to leave at 8:30pm but there was a 2 hour delay 😞

Airmalta does not include meals in their flights and neither offers entertainment.

We boarded and then sat on the tarmac for an hour….probably not E Jets fault. But the gentleman that checked us in and took our luggage was exceptionally friendly and calming for early morning/ confused passengers. As always, it’s the people that make or break an experience, right?

I was hesitant to book with a low cost airline due to previous experience but Easy Jet surpassed my expectations. I would definitely book a flight with them again! Seemless booking, upfront about baggage fees, professional, and helpful staff.

Kayak sent several notifications that the flight was late. This contradicted the information on the airport boards. This was extremely confusing and we very nearly missed the flight purely because we double checked with the info desk when the flight stays said’closed’. Kayak notifications are therefore unreliable and pointlesa

Usual issues with flight delay. Perennial problem of travel by plane.

i didnt go this was a hacker booked this flight on my debit card !

Delayed almost 2 hours sitting on plane. No updates at all from flight deck and virtually no updates from cabin crew

Long delay resulted in my being unable to catch a train home and resulted in an additional £76 cost for an Uber

I was charged at the gate for bags I had already paid for. There was no other option. I am trying diligently thought easyJet website but making no progress HELP!

Be sure to check bags for 23 kg,.(50 lbs) Coming from US I chose the wrong size luggage weight when I checked in on my phone, and had to pay more when I dropped it off

The flight was delayed for over 1 hour. The boarding process is appalling making you wait for 30 minutes in the passage leading to the outside door without any seats.

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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.
3/20Thu
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
31h 15mZRH-SFO
4/3Thu
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
21h 10mSFO-ZRH
$450
1/24Fri
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
17h 05mZRH-SFO
1/31Fri
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
18h 20mSFO-ZRH
$476
1/24Fri
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
17h 10mGVA-SFO
1/31Fri
1 stopTAP AIR PORTUGAL
19h 00mSFO-GVA
$476
1/13Mon
2 stopsFinnair
38h 17mZRH-SFO
1/26Sun
2 stopsFinnair
21h 54mSFO-ZRH
$586
1/30Thu
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
2/9Sun
1 stopSWISS
14h 00mSFO-ZRH
$602
12/12Thu
1 stopKLM
13h 50mZRH-LAX
2/2Sun
1 stopKLM
14h 50mLAX-ZRH
$608
3/23Sun
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
4/6Sun
nonstopSWISS
11h 10mSFO-ZRH
$612
2/8Sat
1 stopKLM
35h 40mGVA-SFO
2/15Sat
1 stopKLM
33h 40mSFO-GVA
$617
1/16Thu
1 stopFinnair
15h 30mZRH-LAX
1/29Wed
2 stopsFinnair
24h 05mLAX-ZRH
$629
12/11Wed
1 stopTurkish Airlines
26h 00mBSL-LAX
12/15Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
19h 10mLAX-BSL
$1,008

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
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.
1/28Tue
1 stopVueling
18h 25mZRH-LAX
$274
5/3Sat
2 stops
45h 48mZRH-LAX
$299
12/8Sun
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
$612
12/6Fri
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
$621
4/4Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 47mZRH-SFO
$716
1/15Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 35mZRH-LAX
$765
12/17Tue
1 stopFinnair
15h 15mGVA-LAX
$775
12/20Fri
1 stopFinnair
35h 01mZRH-SFO
$967
1/1Wed
1 stopKLM
13h 55mZRH-SFO
$1,222
1/6Mon
1 stopKLM
30h 15mGVA-SFO
$1,377

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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.
11/26Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 10mZRH-SFO
12/3Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
24h 29mSFO-ZRH
$532
11/26Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 10mZRH-SFO
12/3Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 35mSFO-ZRH
$536
11/26Tue
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
12/3Tue
nonstopSWISS
11h 05mSFO-ZRH
$798
11/26Tue
nonstopSWISS
12h 20mZRH-LAX
12/3Tue
nonstopSWISS
11h 05mLAX-ZRH
$843
11/22Fri
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
33h 00mZRH-SFO
12/3Tue
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
19h 00mSFO-ZRH
$871
11/25Mon
multi-stopKLM
18h 00mZRH-LAS
11/30Sat
multi-stopKLM
31h 00mLAS-ZRH
$972
11/25Mon
multi-stopKLM
35h 20mZRH-LAS
11/30Sat
multi-stopKLM
31h 00mLAS-ZRH
$975
11/26Tue
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
19h 00mZRH-SFO
12/7Sat
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
24h 10mSFO-ZRH
$4,204
11/26Tue
multi-stopCathay Pacific
35h 20mZRH-LAS
12/3Tue
multi-stopCathay Pacific
41h 01mLAS-ZRH
$21,269
11/22Fri
multi-stopCathay Pacific
41h 06mGVA-LAS
11/24Sun
multi-stopCathay Pacific
41h 35mLAS-GVA
$21,744

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