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R10 477 Find cheap flights to California

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from South Africa to California departing on 27/11. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stopsR17 080
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stopsR14 984
San Diego
San Diego2 stopsR16 041
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stopsR45 992
San Jose
San Jose2 stopsR25 849

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R10 477
Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
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Flight from Johannesburg to San Francisco

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How long is the flight to California?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to California takes 32h 29m, covering a distance of 26549 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Los Angeles with an average flight time of 26h 00m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to California?

    The cheapest ticket to California from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R15 865. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Los Angeles and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R16 552.

  • What are the most popular destinations in California?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Los Angeles (25% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are San Francisco (17%) and Las Vegas (17%). Searches for flights to San Jose (13%), to San Diego (6%) and to Ontario (6%) are also popular.

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Top 5 airlines flying to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to California. 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 South Africa to California? 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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EmiratesOverall score based on 3548 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
8,3Entertainment
8,0Comfort
7,9Food
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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

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.

very nice experience…….we had a comfortable fly with emirates…this is 6 th time flying with emirates….i recommend friends to fly with emirates…….

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.

Fantastic patience when one of the passengers behind me was an absolute horrible, horrible person and the girls just kept smiling and doing their job with patience and kindness. Well, done to the crew.

Could not really fault anything. We had a really short time between flights (about 45 mins), and had to get across the other side of the terminal. But we made it and crew were helpful. Food was good and service for the kids was great.

Excellent- a lot of food Disappointed with the premium economy pouch- did not have toothbrush and tooth paste or socks. Other airlines provide them

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.

Good airlines, travelled 🧳 n Singapore multiple times and experience is consistent

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.

Not enough food for everyone. . Always run out of food when we ask

It would be nice if they could have a choice of both gluten AND dairy free menu. Lots of people have problems with BOTH. I also could not get on their website to check. Phone verification issues etc( not all of us have our phones on roaming. I tried over an hour!

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!

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

Mediocre. Nothing special. Bad airline food Never received the food I requested Slow response from ground staff concerning my wheelchair. I was left at a holding area and had to walk the distance to the gate. In Hong Kong

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.

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

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

The crew was fantastic and the over flight was perfect as well.

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

Flight was delayed resulting in a series of unfortunate events. I ran the airport as people were yelling my flight anyone who can’t run wouldn’t have made it! Then the luggage is missing. Good company, execution needs fine tuning.

The boarding area was too small with only one agent checking passengers into their standing bus

My experience was with Ethiopian airlines was pathetic. I would not recommend anyone to travel with Ethiopian air. Customer Service was very poor, rude stuff and flight attendants. Unwilling to offer help when asked either not able to articulate English properly or adamantly rude. Bole airport is dirty and unpleasant. Many passengers going through the airport but inadequate staff to offer service. Passengers in the flight very unkempt. Noisy flight. flight attendants unable to make order during flight. Passengers with kids unable to control their kids. The kids kept screaming, and shouting during the flight making everyone uncomfortable. Overall the flight was not comfortable.

1. They messed up my baby food order. 2. They messed up my confirmed seats. 3. The screen on my seat was not working at all. So, it’s a horrible experience

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

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

I still cannot find my luggage. I need my luggage.

The cabin crew members were so exceptionally good. They were always respectful to us the passengers and were professional. I also enjoyed the meals.

Customer service and the food was great. If the announcements in English could be said slower for the customer to understand what is being said. Due to ascent, it is difficult to understand. repaeting would help.

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These are the cheapest return flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
22/1Wed
2 stops
33h 00mCPT-SFO
4/2Tue
2 stops
33h 05mSFO-CPT
R14 984
21/1Tue
2 stops
35h 01mCPT-LAS
1/2Sat
2 stops
41h 55mLAS-CPT
R15 372
10/3Mon
1 stopSingapore Airlines
40h 10mJNB-LAX
25/5Sun
1 stopSingapore Airlines
36h 15mLAX-JNB
R18 259
11/3Tue
1 stopSingapore Airlines
38h 15mJNB-LAX
25/5Sun
1 stopSingapore Airlines
36h 15mLAX-JNB
R18 664
12/11Tue
3 stopsEthiopian Air
35h 45mCPT-LAX
19/11Tue
2 stopsEthiopian Air
29h 45mLAX-CPT
R19 386
6/11Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
27h 55mCPT-LAX
13/11Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
33h 20mLAX-CPT
R19 756
3/3Mon
3 stopsEthiopian Air
35h 14mJNB-SFO
10/3Mon
2 stopsEthiopian Air
29h 15mSFO-JNB
R23 419
10/11Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
34h 15mCPT-LAX
15/11Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
33h 30mLAX-CPT
R23 524
18/1Sat
1 stopEmirates
28h 25mCPT-SFO
2/2Sun
1 stopEmirates
34h 00mSFO-CPT
R26 165
1/12Sun
1 stopEmirates
28h 20mCPT-LAX
15/12Sun
1 stopEmirates
39h 10mLAX-CPT
R33 033

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
27/11Wed
2 stops
39h 13mJNB-SFO
R10 477
21/3Fri
2 stopsEtihad Airways
45h 32mJNB-SFO
R10 494
21/3Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 50mJNB-SFO
R10 565
11/11Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
34h 05mJNB-LAX
R10 864
13/4Sun
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
32h 00mCPT-SFO
R12 625
26/1Sun
3 stopsSingapore Airlines
34h 35mCPT-LAX
R13 822
27/10Sun
3 stopsEthiopian Air
34h 59mJNB-LAX
R14 615
9/12Mon
3 stopsEthiopian Air
34h 50mJNB-LAX
R15 002
2/12Mon
1 stopEmirates
28h 25mCPT-SFO
R16 023
28/10Mon
1 stopEmirates
28h 00mJNB-LAX
R16 816

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Recent domestic flight deals

23/11Sat
directSpirit Airlines
1h 15mLAX-LAS
25/11Mon
directSpirit Airlines
1h 19mLAS-LAX
R1 409
15/11Fri
directUnited Airlines
1h 18mLAX-LAS
17/11Sun
directUnited Airlines
1h 19mLAS-LAX
R1 673
10/11Sun
directAlaska Airlines
1h 22mLAX-LAS
14/11Thu
directAlaska Airlines
1h 20mLAS-LAX
R1 743
19/11Tue
directAlaska Airlines
1h 18mLAX-LAS
23/11Sat
directAlaska Airlines
1h 24mLAS-LAX
R1 866
14/11Thu
directAlaska Airlines
1h 18mLAX-LAS
15/11Fri
directAlaska Airlines
1h 20mLAS-LAX
R1 954
12/11Tue
directDelta
1h 19mLAX-LAS
15/11Fri
directDelta
1h 27mLAS-LAX
R2 025
23/11Sat
directDelta
1h 15mLAX-LAS
25/11Mon
directDelta
1h 27mLAS-LAX
R2 043
10/12Tue
multi-stopFrontier
9h 19mJFK-SFO
11/12Wed
multi-stopFrontier
12h 12mSFO-JFK
R2 271
30/12Mon
directSouthwest
1h 15mLAX-LAS
2/1Thu
multi-stopSouthwest
3h 30mLAS-LAX
R2 395
28/11Thu
directSouthwest
1h 20mLAX-LAS
30/11Sat
directSouthwest
1h 15mLAS-LAX
R2 588

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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 to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
25/10Fri
multi-stopAir France
59h 10mJNB-LAX
21/1Tue
multi-stopAir France
48h 55mLAX-JNB
R17 643
25/10Fri
multi-stopAir France
59h 10mJNB-LAX
23/1Thu
multi-stopAir France
31h 50mLAX-JNB
R17 678
26/10Sat
multi-stopVirgin Atlantic
34h 30mJNB-LAX
12/11Tue
multi-stopVirgin Atlantic
34h 05mLAX-JNB
R18 682
26/10Sat
multi-stopAir France
34h 25mJNB-LAX
12/11Tue
multi-stopAir France
32h 00mLAX-JNB
R19 105
25/10Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
34h 05mJNB-LAX
21/1Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
29h 35mLAX-JNB
R19 157
24/10Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
26h 50mJNB-LAX
1/11Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
38h 10mLAX-JNB
R27 539
24/10Thu
multi-stopEthiopian Air
34h 05mJNB-LAX
1/11Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
28h 55mLAX-JNB
R28 261
24/10Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
37h 48mJNB-LAX
1/11Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
38h 10mLAX-JNB
R31 043
23/10Wed
multi-stopLufthansa
27h 00mJNB-LAX
1/11Fri
multi-stopLufthansa
27h 35mLAX-JNB
R35 709
24/10Thu
multi-stopCathay Pacific
35h 00mJNB-LAX
31/10Thu
multi-stopCathay Pacific
46h 20mLAX-JNB
R36 255

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