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Cheapest return fare
R14 943
Typical prices: R15 331-R27 331
British Airways
Tue 20/10Mon 25/1
JNB - SAN • 1 stop
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R11 547
Qatar Airways
Tue 27/10
JNB - SAN • 2 stops
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Tue, Oct 20 - Mon, Jan 25
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21:15 - 17:50JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
29h 35m1 stop London Heathrow
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18:00 - 10:25SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
30h 25m1 stop London Heathrow
R14 943British Airways
Tue, Oct 20 - Mon, Jan 25
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21:15 - 17:50JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
29h 35m1 stop London Heathrow
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13:12 - 10:25SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
35h 13m2 stops Chicago O'Hare Intl London Heathrow
R16 237British Airways
Tue, Oct 20 - Mon, Jan 25
Virgin Atlantic Logo
20:15 - 23:42JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
36h 27m2 stops London Heathrow Los Angeles
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8:00 - 8:20SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
38h 20m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson London Heathrow
R16 577Virgin Atlantic
Thu, Oct 1 - Sat, Oct 31
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20:15 - 17:59JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
30h 44m2 stops London Heathrow Seattle/Tacoma Intl
Virgin Atlantic Logo
13:53 - 8:20SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
33h 27m2 stops Seattle/Tacoma Intl London Heathrow
R16 609Virgin Atlantic
Tue, Oct 20 - Mon, Jan 25
United Airlines Logo
22:00 - 22:27JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
33h 27m2 stops Newark Denver Intl
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19:41 - 18:35SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
60h 54m3 stops San Francisco Chicago O'Hare Intl Newark
R17 110United Airlines
Thu, Oct 1 - Thu, Oct 8
KLM Logo
23:15 - 20:37JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
30h 22m2 stops Amsterdam Schiphol Minneapolis St Paul
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13:40 - 21:20SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
22h 40m1 stop Amsterdam Schiphol
R17 499KLM
Sun, Oct 4 - Sun, Oct 25
Multiple Airlines Logo
19:20 - 18:40JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
32h 20m2 stops Zurich Chicago O'Hare Intl
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14:30 - 9:55SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
34h 25m2 stops Los Angeles Munich Franz Josef Strauss
R18 501Multiple Airlines
Wed, Dec 2 - Tue, Jan 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
19:40 - 15:55JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
30h 15m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Salt Lake City
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:00 - 22:00SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
26h 00m2 stops Los Angeles Amsterdam Schiphol
R19 132Multiple Airlines
Thu, Oct 1 - Thu, Oct 8
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23:15 - 19:13CPT  Cape Town Intl-SAN San Diego
28h 58m2 stops Amsterdam Schiphol Los Angeles
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13:40 - 21:25SAN  San Diego-CPT Cape Town Intl
22h 45m1 stop Amsterdam Schiphol
R19 714KLM
Wed, Jan 27 - Sun, Jan 31
United Airlines Logo
15:05 - 18:37JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-SAN San Diego
37h 32m3 stops Cape Town Intl Newark Chicago O'Hare Intl
United Airlines Logo
21:55 - 18:35SAN  San Diego-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
34h 40m2 stops Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Newark
R31 649United Airlines
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What is the cheapest flight to San Diego?

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to San Diego was found on the route from Johannesburg, at R14 943 return. The most popular connection is from Cape Town to San Diego, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R18 809 in the last 5 days.

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  • What is the cheapest flight to San Diego?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to San Diego was found on the route from Johannesburg, at R14 943 return. The most popular connection is from Cape Town to San Diego, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R18 809 in the last 5 days.

  • How far is San Diego Airport from central San Diego?

    You’ll need to travel 4 km to reach the San Diego city centre from San Diego Airport.

  • What is the name of San Diego’s airport?

    All flights to San Diego land at San Diego Airport. The airport code is SAN,and it can also be referred to as Lindbergh Field, San Diego, or San Diego Intl.

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying to San Diego

 
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7,8
KLMOverall score based on 1560 reviews
8,4Crew
7,2Entertainment
7,7Comfort
7,3Food
7,8Boarding
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I think I previously submitted my feedback about flight lead Katherine in a different field by mistake. Please see those comments. Comments for Hyd to AMS are it was good. The flight lead and service met expectations for satisfactory high quality service but the flight lead did not stand out as exceptional as did the leads on the other two flights so I don’t remember anything specific one way or the other besides the fact I was satisfied.

10,0 ExcellentEmily, Jul 2026
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I think I previously submitted my feedback about flight lead Katherine in a different field by mistake. Please see those comments. Comments for Hyd to AMS are it was good. The flight lead and service met expectations for satisfactory high quality service but the flight lead did not stand out as exceptional as did the leads on the other two flights so I don’t remember anything specific one way or the other besides the fact I was satisfied.

Flight lead was a gentleman with silver hair and he went out of his way to shake hands and interact with each passenger seated in business class. A medical emergency took place during our flight and he handled it with perfect poise and professionalism. He was gracious and confidently competent. Just what you want from a leader,

Crew is not the cheerful type. very slow meal service (this is their style as have flown this many times)

Legroom not all it could be, especially when the seat in front is reclined. Otherwise it was good, food and beverage were nice.

This fight left ahead of time which meant it arrived early which was great. Staff were very professional, but as with all these Short hop Flights the food was a disappointing snack There was no entertainment on this flight, but I did not expect any

I flew premium economy and this was a good option. Although the seats didn’t recline much, I was able to get some sleep with my head propped against the window. The food was good and the entertainment was wonderful The staff were very attentive and professional

Overall very poor. Flight was disorganised, staff were rude and this is my second experience with KLM that I've had baggage go missing. It feels like, if you are an economy customer, KLM staff do not show you any care. I shall never fly with KLM again. Worst airline in Europe

Seats were nice and comfy. Crew was polite and attentive. Business class is awesome and worth the money.

It was operated by Delta. Boarding took a long time. How difficult can it be? Overall decent trip. Liked the Salt Lake City airport. Better option than Chicago for transfers.

We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

The flight was excellent. Their was no service as we boarded, the flight attendants spent about 30 minutes just taking and not really caring that the cabin was about 80 degrees and did not offered any beverage to first class passengers or any passenger. The flight from DEN to ONT is not long but not under an hour, we received one drink and bag of chips if you were lucky. I was in first class…. I did leave my hat on the plane and it only took less than five minutes for a United rep to locate and bring it to me.

The app logs you out right when you are boarding requiring all passwords and reservation number for the flight. Super annoying

Delayed 2 hours while stuck on the aircraft. If the luggage was properly loaded the first time we probably wouldn’t have been delayed at all

UA594 was delayed multiple times. I ended up getting picked up so I can make it in time for work 6AM on Monday, 7/6/2026

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

Connecting flights were poor,especially in Naples.our Lufthansa air bus was a joke.way too small for that long of a flight.no room at all.couldn’t even get out of the seats to move around or go to the bathrooms.we thought we were getting an actual air bus,double decker.i will never fly that long in a plane like that again.kind of misleading to call it an air bus.we actually had more room on our buses that we used.

For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable

Lost connnection had to stayON in Chicago Was a mess

Booked economy through United - air canada treated it as standby and was almost refused boarding.

Lounge was top notch h with great variety of food and drinks. Cabin crew were great. Smooth flight.

My seat 3G did not go down fully and the buttons were not working properly

Great staff, great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

My ticket was for Premium Economy and all the seats were taken, I was placed in Economy class and I’m looking for a refund.

Unfortunately delayed 2 hrs due to faulty tyre.. which had to be changed, but better safe than sorry.

Lots of legroom on the flight. No interaction from the staff at all on the plane. They only attended to the First Class passengers. There was no entertainment. Security I was body scanned even though I hadn't set off an alarm, my father-in-law in his 80s, was stopped and subjected to a through body search, told that they would have to place their hands in intimate places. There were several border guards present, and as we walked off we could hear the TWA officer talk about the procedure as if he was training. My father-in-law was a little upset about the whole process. A kind explanation would have been more acceptable, and it felt dehumanizing to him.

Needed a 6 hour lay over in Atlanta. How can this be avoided ?

If I could fly Virgin Atlantic airlines to every place, I need to go, I would. Leaving Heathrow through the special virgin air entrance, security is completely white glove service. I love this airline. From ticketing agents to flight staff everyone tries to make it a wonderful & happy flight experience. I wish other airlines copied the positive culture of Virgin Airlines.

Incredible. The upgrade to Business was a phenomenal way to end my trip, beyond grateful for the generosity and hospitality.

I was sent an email that said my card payment was not verified. When I spoke to an agent , he said my card was not verified and the flight I thought I had to booked was no longer available so I booked another flight on another airline(United). Later I got flight updates , etc., concerning my supposed first flight. So if I was charged for this flight on British Airways/American airlines, I need a refund.

Generally very good. I think their service is better than some other big names I used to travel with. Their food variety is second to none - and you can place order beforehand. Their seating design is a bit awkward for service, I'd say. Flight attendants must be tall enough - long legs and arms - to reach the window seat passenger while crossing over the isle passenger. Also appreciated the variety on entertainment.

Lovely big plane. Excellent take off and landing. Cabin crew were so nice. Flight in time no delays

Los Angeles to London. 25th of April 2026. Business class. I was flying backwards with a complete stranger snoring next to me. In Business class. Males and females, strangers lying next to each other. Seats were backwards. I paid for comfort. I got dizziness and stress.

The crew has always been great on BA. They are very friendly and accommodating. I like that they have vegetarian options already in the menu. And the free wine is a nice perk.) I noticed (both directions of my trip) minor upgrades/ replacements needed on the plane itself (touch screen didn't work with touch; bathroom light didn't go on). However, this is one of my favorite airlines.

All service prior to the flight was terrible: online check-in not working, no customer service tel,, multiple airport scanners not working, A huge mess.

Service of the crews were great. Food on flight was very greasy, and salty.

Terrible, broken window and the blinded didn’t shut during the entire flight. Nobody could sleep

Horrible. Crew is not helpful. Lounge is sub standard and overcrowded. Getting to your plane is underwhelming “via a bus”. Worst experience I have had.

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