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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,139
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,132

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Low season

November

High season

December

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$633
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (8% more expensive on average)
Flight from Christchurch to San Francisco

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How long is the flight to California from Christchurch?

    Flights to San Francisco13h 37m
  • What is the cheapest flight to California from Christchurch?

    The cheapest ticket to California from Christchurch found in the last 72 hours was $633 one-way, and $1,132 round-trip. The most popular route is from Christchurch to San Francisco, and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $633.

  • Which airlines fly to California?

    Lufthansa flies most frequently to San Francisco from Christchurch. In general, SWISS, Air New Zealand and United Airlines fly the most to California.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Christchurch to the following destinations at these prices or less: San Francisco $1,030 one-way - $2,265 round-trip
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be June, July and August. The cheapest month to fly from Christchurch is February.
  • Morning departure is around 7% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from Christchurch to California

 
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8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 192 reviews
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.4Food
8.0Comfort
7.4Entertainment
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See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Dec 2024NAN - CHC
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See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

They charged me over a $1000 dollars to bring two surfboard bags as check baggage. Inappropriate and I would avoid flying sgain

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

Business class Seats on the A350 from Nan to YVR were wonderful. The flight crew was okay but could do with better training. Toilets were clean but ran out of paper towels towards the end of the flight. The food/menu and the wine offered really needs considerable improvement. Dinner options were either Bolani, a beef sandwich (even this could be made much better), or paneer butter masala. Unfortunately, if you are not a fan of Fijian food, there isn’t much choice. Dessert was either turmeric ice cream or fruits but unfortunately, they were out of fruit! So the only option was turmeric ice cream. I’m not certain how many passengers like turmeric but I am not one of them. They need to cater to a more diverse group of people. Perhaps they need a new chef? The movies& tv shows were mostly older so I didn’t find that interesting either. It was however, fun to view the plane’s exterior cameras as we take off and land. The best thing about this flight are the business class seats.

Comfortable as one can get in Economy, food was very good, staff were super friendly & efficient.

Really liked the plane and business class seat. Food was ok but could be better. Service was very good.

Liked the non-stop option, can always use more leg room!

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

typical long haul economy flight. Food was mediocre, inflight service was average. Offered in flight snacks but in seat ordering didn't work. Entertainment was good.

Would have been nice to have decaf coffee as an option, and perhaps a scone

Overall, a great experience from food and crew. The only setback was that this was the Second flight from Air New Zealand within a week that was an hour late for boarding.

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

The air New Zealand employees who assisted us with wheelchair aid on Auckland made our transfer from flight to the next seamless. Also were amazing in helping with our luggage and customs in Brisbane.

New Zealand crew were attentive. We were not informed that we needed transit document to pass through New Zealand. A checkin employee helped with this for which we were thankful.

Overall good. We had to transfer to Bradly terminal. We had requested wheelchair assistance. The bus that picked us up had to wait for other passengers. The wait was long. Then, at the Bradly terminal we had to wait an extended period of time for the wheel chair assistance. These delays caused tension at checked in and resulted in arriving at the gate as passengers were boarding.

Can you please process refund. Mum died and dad went to Pakistan to bury her after cancelling flight.

Headphone jacks worked poorly, seat recline was broken. Planes were rundown.

Delayed and missed connection, was not re-booked like other travelers so ended up being stuck for several hours due to no one handling my booking.

American Airlines was their usual junk service — but at least it got us down to LA. I was more irritated that while they codeshare with Alaska Airlines in Seattle, they could not out our flight on one of these, opting for one of the small SkyWest operated American Eagle flights — and causing a 14 hour layover. Which I accepted due to a $2000 difference in airfare — that said it was irritating for a flight that usually would have cost around $100 extra, if that.

same as previous comments. i hate being on a plane that long. no problems w/anything else.

nothing to complain about w/the food, and professionalism of the crew. i just cant stand being on a flight for that long of a time.

Everything was great from the staff to the seats and food. The plane was timely taking off and landing.. I couldn't have asked for a better experience (especially on such a long flight)

Good communication regarding any updates time of flight and flight delayed. The fight was delayed by two and half hours at eleventh hour. That was unexpected, especially when you international passenger.

The service was excellent. The quarters were a little cramped in Economy, and we had to exist there for 18 hours.

We lucked out. The passenger who was supposed to be in our row changed her seat, so my husband and I had 3 seats for the 2 of us. We were able to stretch out a little which made the trip much more tolerable.

Good - better than other airlines in terms of food and seat comfort.

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

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.

The speakers were way too loud. Music was played during boarding too. This noise could've been avoided.

The flight was delayed for 4 hours and the airplane was really old cuz not one thing was working.

Nice crew - very small plane and uncomfortable, with no entertainment options…

The TSA people or whatever you call them were a bit rude- I asked why I had to take my shoes off bc I'm 75 and in the USA, I don't have to. The man didn't need to snap at me. It wasn't even busy! The plane was ok, a bit small for such a long flight, but I'm very familiar with the 737 used ( I fly it often between SFO and SAN) service was ok-nothing special. If I drank alcohol I guess I would be happy with free choices. the plane was HOT and even the FA commented on it. They tried to get it cooler, but it never happened.

Multiple change of the gates at Pearson, delayed flight was extremely uncomfortable.

Easy boarding, punctuality, decent service. I can only complain about the measly snack.

Never made this leg of the flight since we rebooked through United instead. Did not make it to immigration/US custom due to the delay. Had to spend the night on our own dime in Toronto

Booked flight was cancelled. Was rebooked but sat in airport for several hours for new departure.

Staff were amazing but there check in machines need a major update! Absolutely horrible machines the staff were so sweet and helped but everyone. Was in need of help. They need to update it

Seat change. New seat 5 rows back from our group. Flight ok but we had to wait for half an hour after we landed for the gate.

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These are the cheapest return flights from Christchurch to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/2Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
19h 30mCHC-SFO
20/2Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 35mSFO-CHC
$1,132
15/2Sat
1 stopFiji Airways
18h 30mCHC-LAX
27/2Thu
1 stopFiji Airways
17h 45mLAX-CHC
$1,139
21/3Fri
2 stopsAir Canada
29h 56mCHC-LAX
26/3Wed
2 stopsAir Canada
33h 45mLAX-CHC
$1,284
24/1Fri
2 stopsAir Canada
30h 25mCHC-SFO
9/2Sun
2 stopsAir Canada
36h 55mSFO-CHC
$1,568
21/3Fri
2 stopsAir New Zealand
17h 50mCHC-LAX
26/3Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
18h 25mLAX-CHC
$1,669
21/3Fri
1 stopAir New Zealand
18h 15mCHC-LAX
26/3Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
18h 25mLAX-CHC
$1,682
19/2Wed
1 stopQantas Airways
22h 45mCHC-LAX
22/2Sat
1 stopQantas Airways
29h 35mLAX-CHC
$1,735
29/1Wed
2 stopsQantas Airways
26h 39mCHC-LAX
13/2Thu
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 25mLAX-CHC
$1,746
29/1Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 41mCHC-LAX
13/2Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
42h 35mLAX-CHC
$1,760
15/2Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
50h 43mCHC-LAX
26/2Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
40h 15mLAX-CHC
$1,776

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Christchurch to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/3Tue
1 stopFiji Airways
19h 30mCHC-SFO
$633
12/3Wed
2 stops
36h 20mCHC-LAX
$662
12/3Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
15h 15mCHC-LAX
$837
5/5Mon
1 stopAir New Zealand
20h 20mCHC-LAX
$843
13/2Thu
1 stopQantas Airways
20h 15mCHC-SFO
$892
10/3Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
30h 58mCHC-SFO
$901
15/2Sat
2 stopsAir Canada
28h 46mCHC-SFO
$905
14/2Fri
2 stopsAir Canada
26h 56mCHC-SFO
$908
8/3Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
23h 20mCHC-SFO
$922
14/2Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
35h 05mCHC-SFO
$940

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Christchurch to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/1Sat
multi-stopQantas Airways
50h 09mCHC-SFO
11/1Sat
multi-stopQantas Airways
40h 44mSFO-CHC
$2,652
4/1Sat
multi-stopAir New Zealand
16h 05mCHC-SFO
11/1Sat
multi-stopAir New Zealand
24h 00mSFO-CHC
$4,302
4/1Sat
multi-stopAir China
44h 49mCHC-SFO
11/1Sat
multi-stopAir China
37h 50mSFO-CHC
$11,476

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