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

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Los Angeles1 stop$72
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Santa Ana1 stop$128

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January

High season

June

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$65
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
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Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Orange County

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, November and December. The cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. is September.

Top 5 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to Orange County

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to Orange County. 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 Washington, D.C. to Orange County? 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 4411 reviews
8.7Crew
8.2Boarding
8.1Comfort
7.6Entertainment
7.1Food
Airline reviews

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

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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.

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

Pretty standard flight. We left late, but arrived early. The wifi entertainment is always nice. The free snacks and beverages are simple, but appreciated. I'm tall and the seats are an issue. I can deal with a short flight, but any longer, I have to find another airline where I know beforehand I have extra legroom.

The crew was nice. Boarding sucked. Instead of loading from the back to the front people just sat wherever and you had to wait for them to move to get to a seat. And the flight was 25 minutes delayed.

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.

Inexpensive, got an exit row aisle aeat with no middle passenger, bought a great breakfast sandwich, flight comfortable & arrived ahead of schedule.

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.

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

Liked nothing. As per previous segment it was delay delay delay.

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.

I completely missed my flight because the first leg was longer than planned. I had to sleep overnight in the airport because no accommodation was provided and then sent to Trinidad in the morning with an anticipated 7 hour layover before my flight to Georgetown which was now with Caribbean Airlines. I tried twice with customer service to see if they could put me on an earlier flight which had seats available but was told it wasn’t possible.

Boarding always seems a bit chaotic. Seat spacing could leave more for leg room.

First class felt like economy, seats were horrible, food was horrible, staff inattentive

EVen warmer in the plane it think it was 24+ degrees

The flying experience was great. The flight was on time with no boarding issues during a peak travel period. The short cut baggage drop and process was not smooth and efficient at Dulles.

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

I flew out of Reagan National. My flight was delayed, delayed, delayed, and then canceled ...THREE TIMES over TWO DAYS. Staff were seemingly not empowered to provide information on why the flights were screwed up. A real nightmare.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

I had two wonderful flights - very relaxing and got me there early!

Cancelled and rebooked twice in one day with a drop in seat class. Not good at all.

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.

First, to be fair, the flight was on time and the trip through the air was relatively smooth. But the flight was full, and they were checking carryons. As this process went on, the crew got increasingly rude and overbearing. During the drink service, a young girl (maybe 9) who had gotten up to use the lavatory got stuck behind the cart. At some point, she started feeling fearful and overwhelmed. Passengers noticed this and asked the crew to let her return to her seat. They refused. Then she started crying, and they still refused to move the cart forward to let her sit. The poor girl was trying to be brave and compose herself. The crew handled the situation terribly and with zero grace or decency. That episode, to me, encapsulates AA’s attitude toward its passengers. Disgraceful. The plane itself was cramped and miserable, as usual. There was zero inflight media or entertainment, other than the lane and borderline inappropriate jokes the steward made during the safety briefing. Then, of course, it took the better part of an hour for the checked bags to show up at the carousel. AA is no better than the el cheapo airlines these days and a far, far cry from its former self.

Customer service for American Airlines first class is at an all time low.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

The check in process was a mess for no reason. I spent an hour waiting in line trying to get them to print my boarding pass and as a result I missed my flight.

The airline used deceptive tactics to charge us more for our trip. Search Frontier Class Action Lawsuit to find out more or read the hundreds of reviews that have nearly identical stories.. don't fly this airline.. you've been warned.

Check in at Philadelphia international was absolutely terrible! I fly 2 to 3 times a month and avoid frontier at all cost and will never fly Frontier again! The night before travel, I tried checking in however, the app was giving me an error, so I went to the desktop, which instructed you that you need to use the app. The next day I presented at the check-in gate after trying at least a half dozen times prior to getting into the airport and continuing to getting the error in the app. I actually had rebooted my phone numerous times and reinstall the app just in case. My phone is only one generation older than the current model. It has no problems completing a frontier flight purchase or any other app issues. There was only three frontier employees working at check-in and a huge line while I was in line I continued to try and check in via the app. As I approach the desk, I was dreading dealing with the agent. He was extremely unprofessional, anti-semantic & very ignorant, and mean to the people in front of me, as well as the people who ended up being behind me. He literally told people “Man I don’t care bout y’all” in his native dialect! Maintaining my composure I approached and explained the situation. To which he replied, you’re gonna have to pay then! I don’t understand. It’s an issue with their app not allowing me to check in! Not my issue! He told me if I pay cash it would be $15, $25 if I pay credit card. I don’t understand a $10 difference for paying with a credit card? I am completely cashless so I continued to try using the app to avoid the $25 fee, Which I still don’t believe that I should be responsible for since it was Frontier’s technical issue!!! I continued to check in via the app a couple more times after he verified I was doing everything right he proceeded to continue to belittle the people behind me. Yelling at them saying I don’t care about you people! I cannot believe that this is the way that businesses would treat its customers! Unfortunately, the black mail with dreadlocks did not have a name tag all he had was a frontier sweater on! For the $25 fee that I ended up getting charged on my credit card. I should’ve just booked originally with Spirit or any other carrier! I have no problem paying fees that I should be responsible for, but when it’s due to a technical failure of a company, the customer should not be responsible for it! I cannot believe that it’s not frontier going out of business!

they delayed my flight which ended up, causing my layover flight to leave without me, resulting in me missing a flight and having to stay overnight in Houston international. I got no compensation other than a flight to my original location only a day later. i’ve never experienced such a unprofessional situation

Very easy with the app to board and staff skills

After waiting several minutes to be acknowledged by 3 employees on their phones, was told we had missed our flight because the doors were closed at that literal moment. Had they given any actual service or help while we were standing there we would have been on with time to spare. More than 10 people were turned away in this fashion claiming there was no way they could let us on the plane, even though it was still sitting connected to the terminal. After the desk agents let us know they didn't care about the situation we were forced to pay more than twice the price of our original tickets as no credits were given for the price of the "missed" flight. And the icing on the cake was after being treated poorly, fleeced for another few hundred dollars for new tickets? We waited on the next plane for 25 minutes passed the "doors closed" time, letting almost an extra dozen passengers on board. You're company has lazy, disinterested employees and your lack of any real help will ensure this was the first and last time we fly Frontier. Awful.

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.

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

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Orange County found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/2Wed
1 stopFrontier
7h 35mDCA-SNA
4/8Tue
1 stopFrontier
6h 34mSNA-DCA
$128
4/30Wed
1 stopFrontier
7h 30mDCA-SNA
5/8Thu
1 stopFrontier
6h 40mSNA-DCA
$130
3/12Wed
1 stopDelta
7h 55mIAD-LGB
3/18Tue
1 stopDelta
7h 19mLGB-IAD
$297
4/29Tue
2 stopsDelta
13h 16mIAD-LGB
5/13Tue
1 stopDelta
7h 51mLGB-IAD
$302
4/3Thu
1 stopSouthwest
8h 45mDCA-LGB
4/7Mon
1 stopSouthwest
8h 15mLGB-DCA
$302
5/5Mon
1 stopSouthwest
7h 25mDCA-LGB
5/12Mon
1 stopSouthwest
8h 45mLGB-DCA
$337
5/3Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
10h 39mIAD-SNA
5/10Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 24mSNA-IAD
$342
4/9Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
10h 53mIAD-SNA
4/14Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
10h 08mSNA-IAD
$382
7/31Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 43mIAD-SNA
8/10Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 42mSNA-IAD
$436
3/14Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 15mIAD-SNA
3/22Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 21mSNA-IAD
$457

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Washington, D.C. to Orange County found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/30Wed
1 stopFrontier
7h 30mDCA-SNA
$65
3/5Wed
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
21h 44mBWI-SNA
$70
3/25Tue
1 stopDelta
7h 35mDCA-LGB
$149
3/18Tue
1 stopDelta
7h 55mIAD-LGB
$149
3/29Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
10h 35mIAD-SNA
$174
6/18Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
9h 55mBWI-SNA
$198
3/16Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 48mIAD-SNA
$204
3/19Wed
1 stopSouthwest
8h 40mBWI-LGB
$210
3/28Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
12h 05mIAD-SNA
$214
3/5Wed
1 stopSouthwest
8h 00mDCA-LGB
$214

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Last minute flights from Washington, D.C. to Orange County

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 Washington, D.C. to Orange County that are departing in the next 10 days.
2/25Tue
multi-stopFrontier
7h 30mDCA-SNA
3/4Tue
multi-stopFrontier
6h 29mSNA-DCA
$208
2/25Tue
multi-stopFrontier
7h 30mDCA-SNA
3/11Tue
multi-stopFrontier
6h 29mSNA-DCA
$258
2/25Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 17mIAD-SNA
2/27Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 38mSNA-IAD
$663
2/23Sun
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 35mIAD-LGB
3/1Sat
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 45mLGB-IAD
$708
2/23Sun
multi-stopSouthwest
11h 05mIAD-LGB
3/1Sat
multi-stopSouthwest
8h 45mLGB-IAD
$713
2/25Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
23h 04mDCA-SNA
2/27Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
15h 29mSNA-DCA
$714
2/23Sun
multi-stopDelta
8h 02mIAD-LGB
2/26Wed
multi-stopDelta
7h 14mLGB-IAD
$758
2/23Sun
multi-stopDelta
8h 02mIAD-LGB
2/27Thu
multi-stopDelta
13h 03mLGB-IAD
$763
2/21Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 24mIAD-SNA
2/23Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
13h 08mSNA-IAD
$948
2/21Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 59mIAD-SNA
2/23Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 04mSNA-IAD
$970

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