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$633 Find Cheap Flights from Christchurch to San Francisco

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Cheap Flight Deals from Christchurch to San Francisco (CHC-SFO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Christchurch to San Francisco 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.

Recent return flight deals from Christchurch to San Francisco

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Christchurch to San Francisco.
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14:20 - 12:50CHC-SFO
19h 30m1 stop
21:45 - 13:20SFO-CHC
18h 35m1 stop
$1,132Fiji Airways
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Thu, 6 Feb - Thu, 20 Feb
13:15 - 13:50CHC-SFO
19h 35m1 stop
23:00 - 13:20SFO-CHC
18h 20m1 stop
$1,155Fiji Airways
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Thu, 12 Jun - Thu, 30 Oct
09:40 - 13:50CHC-SFO
23h 10m2 stops
22:45 - 12:15SFO-CHC
18h 30m1 stop
$1,336
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Tue, 10 Jun - Sat, 28 Jun
14:20 - 12:50CHC-SFO
19h 30m1 stop
21:45 - 17:35SFO-CHC
22h 50m2 stops
$1,339
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Thu, 6 Feb - Thu, 20 Feb
14:00 - 11:05CHC-SFO
18h 05m2 stops
22:45 - 15:10SFO-CHC
19h 25m2 stops
$1,778Air New Zealand
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Thu, 6 Feb - Thu, 20 Feb
06:00 - 08:20CHC-SFO
23h 20m1 stop
23:30 - 09:35SFO-CHC
14h 05mdirect
$1,779United Airlines
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Mon, 24 Feb - Sun, 9 Mar
06:00 - 08:20CHC-SFO
23h 20m1 stop
23:30 - 09:35SFO-CHC
14h 05mdirect
$1,781United Airlines
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Mon, 24 Feb - Sun, 9 Mar
06:00 - 11:05CHC-SFO
26h 05m2 stops
18:00 - 15:25SFO-CHC
25h 25m2 stops
$1,790Qantas Airways
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Mon, 24 Feb - Sun, 9 Mar
16:05 - 22:05CHC-SFO
25h 00m2 stops
09:32 - 00:20SFO-CHC
43h 48m2 stops
$1,804Qantas Airways
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Tue, 10 Jun - Sat, 28 Jun
14:15 - 06:25CHC-SFO
13h 10mdirect
23:30 - 10:35SFO-CHC
14h 05mdirect
$1,813Air New Zealand
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Fri, 24 Jan - Sun, 9 Feb

Flights from Christchurch to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Christchurch to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Christchurch to San Francisco, 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 Christchurch to San Francisco is May, where tickets cost $1,595 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and September, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,100 and $2,086 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Christchurch to San Francisco?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
No, with an average price for the route of $1,815, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Christchurch to San Francisco?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Christchurch to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Christchurch to San Francisco, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

November

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$633
Best time to beat the crowds (2% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (2% more expensive on average)
Flight from Christchurch to San Francisco

When to book flights from Christchurch to San Francisco

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Christchurch to San Francisco 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 Christchurch to San Francisco

  • What is the cheapest flight from Christchurch to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Christchurch to San Francisco was $357 for a one-way ticket and $638 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Christchurch to San Francisco?

    Christchurch and San Francisco are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Christchurch from Christchurch and will be arriving at San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Christchurch to San Francisco?

    The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Christchurch to San Francisco flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Christchurch to San Francisco?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Christchurch and San Francisco.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Christchurch to San Francisco?

    You can catch a direct flight from Christchurch to San Francisco on on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Christchurch to San Francisco, Air New Zealand or Fiji Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Christchurch to San Francisco are Air New Zealand and Fiji Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,913 and an overall rating of 8.0, Air New Zealand is the most popular choice. Fiji Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,315 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Christchurch to San Francisco?

    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 Christchurch to San Francisco.

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

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

    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 Francisco with an airline and back to Christchurch with another airline.

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

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

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Christchurch to San Francisco

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $1,030 or less one-way and $2,265 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Christchurch to San Francisco?

Find which airlines fly direct from Christchurch Airport to San Francisco Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Christchurch to San Francisco

Tuesday

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, SWISS, +1 more

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +2 more

Friday

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, SWISS, +1 more

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +2 more

Sunday

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, SWISS, +1 more

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +2 more

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Direct returns

San Francisco to Christchurch

Wednesday

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, SWISS, +1 more

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +2 more

Friday

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, SWISS, +1 more

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +2 more

Sunday

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, SWISS, +1 more

Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +2 more

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Top 4 airlines serving from Christchurch to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Christchurch to San Francisco. 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 Christchurch to San Francisco? 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.
8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 192 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
7.4Food
8.1Boarding
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.

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.

Gate agent was fantastic in Auckland. They wanted to charge me for my two bags even though I was gold member with United in Tonga. So I had to pay for an upgrade. The meals on both flights had no vegetarian option. The only one item the salad was not tasty at all. Good thing I had brought my own snacks. The bread was white roll which is so not healthy. I think New Zealand air can definitely improve their food offering.

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

Boarding was over 3 hrs late and we didn’t land until almost 1:30am

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.

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.

Much better than I expected for such a long flight.

Great flight and attendants. Seating is a bit weird. The extra price seats aren’t too worth it.

Top notch service, good selection of snack and meal options, generous accommodation for luggage, and great selection of in cabin entertainment. I really appreciate the offering of pillows, blankets, sleep mask, tb&paste, and earplugs. The only complaint I can make was that my seat was horribly uncomfortable and lacked cushion.

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 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

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?!?

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.

The seat seemed roomy, the service was good, everything was fine.

Was realllly smooth. It was delayed but we were well informed.

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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 San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/3Tue
1 stopFiji Airways
19h 30mCHC-SFO
$633
12/3Wed
2 stops
37h 20mCHC-SFO
$662
11/3Tue
directAir New Zealand
13h 10mCHC-SFO
$864
18/2Tue
directAir New Zealand
13h 10mCHC-SFO
$866
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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Last minute flights from Christchurch to San Francisco

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 Christchurch to San Francisco 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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