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$559 Find cheap flights from Wellington to California

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

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$1,206
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,206
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$2,870

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October

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December

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$559
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Flight from Wellington to Los Angeles

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Morning departure is around 20% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
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Top 5 airlines serving from Wellington to California

 
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8.1
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1334 reviews
8.0Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.7Food
8.3Boarding
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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.

10.0 ExcellentAndrew, Oct 2024SIN - LAX
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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.

They made 22 hours aboard aircraft very enjoyable. I was very impressed with the attention to detail and level of service. Singapore airline will be my preferred choice going forward.

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.

My daughter and I had a pleasant trip to Singapore. Reliable and on time.

Didn't like much at all Nowhere near enough legroom, narrow seats. Aisles not wide enough for safe food trolley access and husband had his knee hit cos not enough leg room. Would take a lot to convince us to fly Singapore Airlines again which is a pity cos it was always our go-to airline

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.

Singapore Airlines from Mumbai was late, we were rerouted to Copenhagen and then to Los Angeles. As senior citizens, we should have been given a hotel voucher for a night and fly out the next day. I hope Singapore Airlines should give us a credit in good faith if they want us to fly with them. I doubt it, but you never know.

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.

The entire process was excellent! The economy sits are a bit snug so I'll have to be sure to purchase premier or business class next time but, other than that, food, service, attendants were exceptional. Gate agents and ticket agents too!

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

Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

All was good, the only thing was it didn't run on time.

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

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.

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.

An extremely long flight packed in like sardines. But they feed you often with meals,drinks and snacks. They have a lot of movies and audio books

Don't irreparably damage my luggage, don't stand around talking in the kitchen area of the plane when a passenger is waiting to speak to you, don't run out of a meal selection so have me end up eating bread for dinner. Lastly, regarding the code-share flight from DFW to JFK....STOP PARTNERING WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES - THEY ARE THE WORST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD! The delay, followed by another delay, followed by disorganized boarding, followed by stale snacks fit for a rodent, followed by a pilot who literally slammed the plane onto the runway when landing causing quite some concern among the passengers.

Too many passengers are bringing on too many large items as part of carry on baggage where it should be checked in. This is not the fault of Qantas but the stupid mindset passengers have now about trying to bring anything and everything on as carry on luggage where it should be checked in.

Better than expected, normally I don't use this airline because they are too expensive for me, but if you can afford it, good on you, you won't regret it. Regards.

Fabulous I have no issues with JetStar great service always use them to fly

Flight was as expected - we got what we paid for which was a base fare

Hardly we had overweight and we were asked to pay $75. We were checked by a female and weight was alright

Unaware of charge for carry on until i got to gate

I got what I paid for - flight was clean, staff were friendly

There's a reason why fare is cheap, no amenities.

Plane was delayed both on arrival to Sydney and departure. We boarded the plane while it was in the process of being refuelled, which I am certain is against CASA regulations. Comfort for anyone over 6 foot is non existent.

The flight was over an hour late due to staff shortages and due to it being the last evening flight, I got back to Sydney very late

This was the most horrific experience we have ever had. I would advise people to steer clear of this airline at all costs.

Online checkin was a nightmare. They kept popping me into Chinese language site which I can't understand.

It was good but I wished if they could have sign do not disturb if we did not wanted any meals . I was tired and slept through the entire flight and woke up just before landing .being hungry Too late to ask for something to eat before exiting the flight . Left feeling hunger 🙁

Pleasant, attentive and efficient flight attendants. Boarding process and seat selection easy. No internet on transatlantic flight. Extremely uncomfortable, rigid seat.

The seats of the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner were ridiculously uncomfortable. I was on 10 flights during this vacation and this plane was super uncomfortable both times I was on one whereas all of the others were perfectly fine. Additionally, these planes do not have any air vents that passengers can control, the climate is entirely controlled by the crew which made for an extremely uncomfortable temperature for the duration. The flight attendants tried to make everyone happy with the temperature but several people you could tell were excessively warm and just wanted a bit of airflow.

Don't fly thru London Awful and huge U need 4 hrs to transfer cuz u have to tale buses to and fro from airplanes Bad business

Staff with low service level, forgetful. Temperature at 15 C and after asking twice to raise the temperature the crew did nothing.

I was disappointed with the quality of the food for an international flight also I wasn't given a toiletry bag which is customary in international flights.

They had about 20-25 people overbooked. Including me. Why is this?? I was put on a flight to NC an hour later with a 4 hour layover. I was supposed to be home at 1045am instead i was home at 7:30pm. An extra day to pay for dog care.

Boarding is not controlled as groups called was not enforced

The plane was clean. The crew were lovely. Food was good - but seat 1D is a poor location. - the crews cupboard is right near your feet and they visited them frequently swishing the curtain from the galley onto my feet everytime also creating a swish of cold air each time & then slamming the door.

This flight was booked with Iberia, but when we got to the airport, it was actually switched to Level. We went to Iberia terminal, then had to be redirected. Ridiculous that we had to pay for a soda on the plane. Also had to pay for earbuds, no pillows. If we had wanted a blanket would have been charged. This is not the British Airways experience. Flight attendant was non existent. Had our call light on for 45 minutes with no response. Attendant charged for a drink, forgot to bring it back. We would never fly Level again. If British airways is going to switch out carriers, We would not fly with them

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights from Wellington to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/12Thu
1 stopQantas Airways
20h 45mWLG-SFO
11/12Wed
2 stopsQantas Airways
30h 11mSFO-WLG
$1,206
4/12Wed
1 stopQantas Airways
27h 10mWLG-LAX
11/12Wed
1 stopQantas Airways
22h 10mLAX-WLG
$1,206
1/2Sat
2 stops
26h 10mWLG-LAX
4/2Tue
2 stops
33h 30mLAX-WLG
$1,236
4/12Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
28h 46mWLG-LAX
11/12Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
20h 30mLAX-WLG
$1,291
4/12Wed
2 stops
24h 33mWLG-LAX
11/12Wed
2 stops
29h 10mLAX-WLG
$1,342
4/12Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
31h 10mWLG-SFO
11/12Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
18h 35mSFO-WLG
$1,611
27/11Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
19h 20mWLG-SFO
6/12Fri
2 stopsAir New Zealand
21h 55mSFO-WLG
$1,927
30/12Mon
3 stopsAmerican Airlines
28h 45mWLG-ONT
6/1Mon
3 stopsAmerican Airlines
31h 20mONT-WLG
$2,310
1/2Sat
3 stopsSingapore Airlines
40h 35mWLG-LAX
4/2Tue
3 stopsSingapore Airlines
61h 55mLAX-WLG
$3,224
4/12Wed
3 stopsSingapore Airlines
35h 30mWLG-LAX
11/12Wed
3 stopsSingapore Airlines
50h 35mLAX-WLG
$5,143

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Wellington to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
14/1Tue
2 stopsAir Canada
23h 33mWLG-LAX
$559
10/12Tue
2 stops
21h 25mWLG-LAX
$561
30/1Thu
2 stops
27h 11mWLG-SFO
$578
9/12Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
20h 40mWLG-LAX
$597
5/12Thu
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 55mWLG-LAX
$604
27/11Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 00mWLG-SFO
$622
29/12Sun
2 stopsAir New Zealand
37h 15mWLG-SFO
$774
29/12Sun
1 stopAir New Zealand
17h 10mWLG-SFO
$999
3/1Fri
3 stopsFiji Airways
31h 18mWLG-LAX
$5,492
17/3Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
27h 47mWLG-ONT
$11,203

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Last minute flights from Wellington to California

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 Wellington to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
19/11Tue
multi-stopQantas Airways
21h 55mWLG-LAX
2/12Mon
multi-stopQantas Airways
22h 10mLAX-WLG
$1,158
18/11Mon
multi-stopQantas Airways
20h 40mWLG-LAX
2/12Mon
multi-stopQantas Airways
20h 30mLAX-WLG
$1,207
18/11Mon
multi-stopQantas Airways
21h 05mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
28h 10mLAX-WLG
$1,212
18/11Mon
multi-stopQantas Airways
27h 06mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
28h 10mLAX-WLG
$1,219
18/11Mon
multi-stop
25h 10mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stop
35h 30mLAX-WLG
$1,379
18/11Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
24h 10mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
27h 50mLAX-WLG
$1,429
17/11Sun
multi-stop
19h 15mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stop
21h 30mLAX-WLG
$1,487
16/11Sat
multi-stopAir New Zealand
19h 58mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stopAir New Zealand
19h 15mLAX-WLG
$1,859
18/11Mon
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
36h 15mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
51h 25mLAX-WLG
$4,485
19/11Tue
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
42h 30mWLG-LAX
1/12Sun
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
54h 25mLAX-WLG
$4,716

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