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Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stopsR16 440
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stopR16 264
San Diego
San Diego2 stopsR16 687
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stopsR21 844

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Top 5 airlines serving from OR Tambo to California

 
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3549 reviews
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
7,9Food
8,3Entertainment
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They were very pleasant and helpful. My husband and I were sitted apart. We asked if we could be seated together were told flight ws fuly booked but would try. After a while they were able to make it work we got seats together. Their food is good and attendents are very friendly/helpful.

10,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sept 2024ATH - EWR
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They were very pleasant and helpful. My husband and I were sitted apart. We asked if we could be seated together were told flight ws fuly booked but would try. After a while they were able to make it work we got seats together. Their food is good and attendents are very friendly/helpful.

The crew were friendly, dressed professionally and helpful when needed. The food was good to very good. The seats were comfortable and entertainment selections were excellent.   For that long of a flight Athens to Newark Economy is a little tight and the space became uncomfortable about mid-way. Next time I would try and get a Premium Economy seat. Especially for the return flight when one can be less enthused and tired. On the way to a vacation enthusiasm can outweigh discomfort.

The staff were very friendly and helpful. The seats were very comfortable and spacious. The entertainment was amazing, and so was the food!

Excellent staff! Flights were delayed due to technical issues after everyone was boarded and we sat in the flight for almost 2 hours before taking off. Not enough vegetarian food was available despite pre-ordering. The staff did an exceptional job dealing with both the problems neither of their making.

Better entertainment; the lack of it made the very long flight even longer

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

POOR CREW BEHAVIOR. RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD. FEELS LIKE ECONOMY CLASS.

First time flying Emirates and business class. What a civilized way to travel, everything was wonderful organized and relaxing. Thank you for providing the best first impression!

Vegetarian food was unpalatable! Definitely need to look into this. The crew were prompt and helpful and the flight as one would want was uneventful. It was a comfortable flight, with new aircraft more legroom and seating space. Would recommend travel with Emirates to others as well.

Emirates is still my favorite airline. The good, entertainment, crew, and value are excellent. Unfortunately, the flight was delayed taking off and arriving - which caused me to lose my ground transportation plan. While delays happen, more communication about the delays would be helpful.

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.

It was a middle of the night changeover, so we were all ready for sleep. Staff were helpful and managed a few hours sleep. Food options were good.

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.

I loved the comfort of the flight and the hospitality of the flight attendants!

I was amazed at how clean Cathay Pacific planes were compared to our US domestic airlines. Everything was great all but the food service I was just okay with. Shorter flights with other airlines usually provided more meals and snacks that I have been on. Almost a 16 hour flight just two meals and no snacks with Cathay Pacific. Even ran out of what I wanted for one of them. Other than that top notch!

Cathay was not the problem. The problem was the customer service from Kayak/Underprice. Will never book through Kayak again.

The crews were smiling all the time with soft tunes when they spoke; the food was excellent. Thank you!

Cathay flight was fine, Amsterdam airport was a nightmare, spent way too much time walking to our next connection, no travelators.

They charged me $900 to board my flight I already paid for just because I missed my previous flight. I do not recommend this airline by any means.

Not good. Small seats. Not enough food that customers wanted. No special requests were given that i could see. Slow response from flight attendants

For a transpacific flight, flying economy is awful! The seats are cramped and its meant for petite folks! Good luck if you have long legs. BOARDING - AWFUL, we got to Hong Kong - the gate was listed, but upon arrival, there was a MESS of boarding procedures, they basically DIY'ed how to board but making three lines and putting three ground crew to check for passports in the terminal area. THEN to make it worse, after going through that cattle process, all of a sudden you see people standing and looking confused, apparently we were told to get in line to board, but the AV notification wasnt even working. So people started cramming in line - worse than cattle. One saving point, the flight crew forgot to serve me dinner and after waiting for it, I fell asleep since this was a midnight flight. After letting a crew know that I was forgotten, all of my meals were served first !!! Yay for being in the economy seats! Nothing much to write home about once more!

The crew is amazing, very attentive. They went above and beyond when we had a small spill. the food on this trip was not nearly as good as other Cathay flights. The economy seats are very comfortable, but when the person in front of yo reclines, you need to recline to see your screen or be comfortable.

Cathay Pacific helps me with the planning due to weather delays. Well planed flights.

Flight crew went above and beyond to make sure the flight was enjoyable for us!

Do not overbook flights and kick out confirmed ticketed passengers :-(

Wasn’t allowed to continue with the purchased tickets because I hadn’t been able to go on the first scheduled leg.

Do I need to repeat my complaints about my lost carry on bag?

Noice cancelling headphones would be better since it’s a crowded plane And kids behaviors are unavoidable

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

Just happy I flew Qatar Airways awesome no wonder they are #1 in the world right now! The food was just delicious, very courteous, professional crew.

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

It was a really long flight from Doha to Philadelphia and it was overall a good one. The one area that I would comment on is that there is a lot of single-use plastic and disposables in the meal service for American Airlines. It would be great to see more circular options in the meal service to reduce the amount of waste.

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

Like: It arrived, Dislike: Boarding was a separate corridor with no counter announcements at the passenger waiting area. Very dirty airplane and toilets, food options were terrible - everything even the vegetarian option was a curry spice. Many other passengers using the toilets would not lock the door and kept door partially open during use - flight attendants would not enforce or direct them to lock it and light turns on, no entertainment options at all, other passengers would be singing and not peaceful. Atrocious flight experience.

Like: Plane made it to the destination. Dislike: Food is terrible, no entertainment, very dirty airplane.

The food needs to improve especially the fish as there where only 3 fish cubes in my plate.

I had a full row so can't imagine how this could be better

The experience was amazing! Many thanks to the pilot who informed us that we were passing mt Kilimanjaro and we had the chance to see it !

I like the leg room. I did not like the plane from Chicago to Addis. It was dirty and smelly and toilet area filthy. My screen was not working and kept saying loading. The plane from Addis to Harare was clean , more modern and food looked much fresher and tasted better. Boarding at Addis was a nightmare, long queues and lots of confusion,International space has no seating are and one is standing all the time.

My suitcase 🧳 got missing we still looking for it This not good for them 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾🤦🏽‍♀️

Lost our bags. They didn’t make it to Lilongwe

Movie channels was great. Air hostess could be a little more caring

I did not receive my luggage This airline is not good. My luggage is missing please you guys need to find my luggage. It’s been three days now I cannot get my luggage. This is not a good business I

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights from Johannesburg to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
19/11Tue
1 stopLufthansa
38h 40mJNB-SFO
26/11Tue
1 stopLufthansa
31h 30mSFO-JNB
R16 264
11/11Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
30h 16mJNB-LAX
19/11Tue
1 stopLufthansa
27h 35mLAX-JNB
R16 440
31/10Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
33h 50mJNB-SFO
5/11Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
38h 50mSFO-JNB
R20 612
31/10Thu
3 stopsEthiopian Air
34h 00mJNB-LAX
5/11Tue
2 stopsEthiopian Air
28h 25mLAX-JNB
R20 735
31/10Thu
3 stopsEthiopian Air
36h 02mJNB-SFO
5/11Tue
2 stopsEthiopian Air
27h 50mSFO-JNB
R21 686
30/10Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
33h 50mJNB-SFO
4/11Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
27h 10mSFO-JNB
R24 431
30/10Wed
1 stopEmirates
33h 25mJNB-SFO
4/11Mon
1 stopEmirates
32h 45mSFO-JNB
R27 230
4/12Wed
1 stopSingapore Airlines
38h 50mJNB-SFO
8/12Sun
1 stopSingapore Airlines
34h 30mSFO-JNB
R27 283
31/10Thu
1 stopEmirates
28h 00mJNB-SFO
4/11Mon
1 stopEmirates
32h 45mSFO-JNB
R27 846
6/12Fri
1 stopSingapore Airlines
38h 50mJNB-SFO
8/12Sun
1 stopSingapore Airlines
34h 30mSFO-JNB
R28 550

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Johannesburg to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
18/11Mon
3 stops
45h 41mJNB-LAX
R9 206
20/11Wed
2 stopsEtihad Airways
41h 09mJNB-LAX
R9 716
18/11Mon
2 stopsEtihad Airways
47h 55mJNB-LAX
R9 998
20/11Wed
1 stopTurkish Airlines
31h 55mJNB-LAX
R12 902
23/11Sat
1 stopTurkish Airlines
31h 55mJNB-LAX
R13 149
19/11Tue
3 stopsEthiopian Air
35h 00mJNB-LAX
R14 398
23/11Sat
3 stopsQatar Airways
31h 10mJNB-LAX
R16 880
5/12Thu
3 stopsEthiopian Air
37h 02mJNB-SFO
R18 605
30/12Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 50mJNB-SFO
R23 411
30/11Sat
1 stopEmirates
33h 20mJNB-LAX
R83 785

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Last minute flights from OR Tambo 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 Johannesburg to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
21/10Mon
multi-stopDelta
32h 07mJNB-LAX
4/11Mon
multi-stopDelta
35h 15mLAX-JNB
R16 563
21/10Mon
multi-stopDelta
24h 35mJNB-LAX
4/11Mon
multi-stopDelta
35h 15mLAX-JNB
R16 634
25/10Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
31h 53mJNB-LAX
21/1Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
33h 15mLAX-JNB
R16 651
21/10Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
31h 12mJNB-LAX
3/11Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
31h 44mLAX-JNB
R18 482
25/10Fri
multi-stopDelta
33h 36mJNB-LAX
21/1Tue
multi-stopDelta
33h 40mLAX-JNB
R18 517
25/10Fri
multi-stopDelta
33h 36mJNB-LAX
23/1Thu
multi-stopDelta
31h 50mLAX-JNB
R18 552
25/10Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
34h 05mJNB-LAX
21/1Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
29h 35mLAX-JNB
R19 151
21/10Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
38h 39mJNB-LAX
4/11Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
27h 55mLAX-JNB
R24 414
24/10Thu
multi-stopKLM
33h 34mJNB-SMF
31/10Thu
multi-stopKLM
30h 45mSMF-JNB
R25 769
25/10Fri
multi-stopKenya Airways
44h 11mJNB-SFO
6/11Wed
multi-stopKenya Airways
39h 16mSFO-JNB
R76 973

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