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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Auckland to San Diego, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Auckland to San Diego, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest • Avg $1,102 (return)
Shortest trip • 15h 55m (one-way)
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Cheapest • 26% price drop
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Cheap Flights from Auckland to San Diego (AKL-SAN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Auckland to San Diego that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Auckland to San Diego

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Auckland to San Diego flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Auckland to San Diego to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Auckland to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Auckland to San Diego, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Auckland to San Diego is December, where tickets cost $1,588 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,749 and $2,450 respectively.

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Low seasonFebruary
Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 14% lower on average.

When to book flights from Auckland to San Diego

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Auckland to San Diego based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Auckland to San Diego

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Auckland to San Diego?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Auckland to San Diego?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Auckland and San Diego.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Auckland to San Diego, Air New Zealand or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Auckland to San Diego are Air New Zealand and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $2,314 and an overall rating of 8.0, Air New Zealand is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,611 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Auckland to San Diego?

    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 Auckland to San Diego.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Diego from Auckland 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 Auckland to San Diego?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to San Diego with an airline and back to Auckland with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Auckland to San Diego?

    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 to San Diego from Auckland up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top airlines flying from Auckland to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Auckland to San Diego. 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 Auckland to San Diego? 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.
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 645 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.5Crew
7.4Entertainment
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The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

10.0 ExcellentSharon, Feb 2026
AKL - LAX
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The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

Great except paying $240 usd for 2 pounds over on a checked luggage. Outrageous.

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Sitting in an aisle seat equals getting hit by food cart and spilled on multiple times Food: gross and minimalistic Crew: frumpy and kurt Sound on multiple entertainment platforms poor Not an earplug problem, system soundboard poor

Wonderful Airlines…our American Airlines could learn from ANZ. From boarding to landing everyone was professional and gracious. Kiwi’s really are the nicest of all people! Thank you

The flight attendances were very helpful and friendly ! Dinner and breakfast were great . The seat was not too comfortable though .

Friendly crew, but we were delayed for more than an hour and had to change planes due to maintenance issues.

On the way my flight entertainment wouldn’t work the screen went black and no matter how many times I tried to turn it on it wouldn’t. Food was surprisingly good but the tray tables were tiny so you couldn’t get anything else on the table. The seats hardly go back and are not overly comfortable. Wouldn’t fly United again.

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

Connecting flights were poor,especially in Naples.our Lufthansa air bus was a joke.way too small for that long of a flight.no room at all.couldn’t even get out of the seats to move around or go to the bathrooms.we thought we were getting an actual air bus,double decker.i will never fly that long in a plane like that again.kind of misleading to call it an air bus.we actually had more room on our buses that we used.

For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable

This flight was a code share on Air New Zealand.

temperature, temperature, temperature. it was hot as balls and everyone around me was complaining and constantly adjusting their vents

Lost connnection had to stayON in Chicago Was a mess

Booked economy through United - air canada treated it as standby and was almost refused boarding.

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