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Sydney
Sydney2 stops$1,228
Brisbane
Brisbane1 stop$1,450
Perth
Perth1 stop$1,535
Adelaide
Adelaide1 stop$1,459
Hobart
Hobart2 stops$2,218
Canberra
Canberra2 stops$1,456
Proserpine
Proserpine2 stops$3,023

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FAQs - booking Australia flights

  • Which are the best airlines that I should fly with on my way to Australia?

    According to KAYAK, Singapore Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Fiji Airways are among the most recommended airlines to fly with if you are on your way to Australia. However, you may not find all three airlines available depending on which city in Australia you are traveling to. For instance, if you are traveling from San Francisco to Sydney, the airlines offering flight routes to Sydney include Air New Zealand, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, United Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Delta Airlines, Scoot, and Singapore Airlines.

  • Which airlines provide nonstop flights from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia?

    If you are heading to Sydney, Air New Zealand, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, and United Airlines offer nonstop flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport.

  • Which is the best airport to fly to for visiting the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park?

    Book your flight to Cairns International Airport since Cairns is the closest city to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. You can also choose to book a domestic flight from another Australian city to Cairns, like Melbourne, Perth, or Sydney.

  • Do I need a visa to travel to Australia from the United States?

    You should carry your U.S. passport and visa with you along with an approved Electronic Travel Authority (ETA). All those traveling to Australia for business or tourism purposes within 90 days or less can get an Electronic Travel Authority. Note that travel agents and airlines in the United States can apply for ETAs for travelers.

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

    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 San Francisco to Australia.

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

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

    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 Australia with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline.

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

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

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Australia

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Francisco to the following destinations at these prices or less: Brisbane $1,290 one-way - $2,069 round-trip; Sydney $963 one-way - $1,950 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 5% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
  • For those traveling from San Francisco to Australia for the first time, Sydney is the best place to visit to get a feel of Australian culture and entertainment. Once your flight has arrived at Sydney Airport, you will be pleased to know that the airport provides shuttle services to the city’s various popular destinations, which include the Sydney Opera House, Bondi Beach, SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium, Sydney Harbour Bridge, and Taronga Zoo.
  • Since it is a long flight from San Francisco to Australia, you will need some time to relax before the long journey. San Francisco International Airport offers free yoga rooms for relaxation, practicing yoga, and self-reflection. You can find the yoga rooms at Terminal 2 between Terminal 1 C Gates and Terminal 2 D Gates. The rooms are also at Terminal 3 E Gates near Gate E6.
  • Sydney, Australia may be the most popular destination in the country, but you might want to extend your stay in Australia and explore other cities. Consider taking cheap domestic flights to other popular cities like Melbourne, Cairns, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. Jetstar, Virgin Australia, and Qantas are among the airlines that provide cheap domestic flights, which are available from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and other cities. You can also find affordable domestic flights at smaller airports like Gold Coast, Proserpine, and Avalon.
  • Looking for the fastest way to get to the city of Sydney? Airport Link provides a train service that will take you to the main city within 13min.
  • Did you know there are a number of dining places at San Francisco International Airport? If you are waiting for your flight at SFO Airport, visit these places that serve delicious snacks like burgers, sandwiches, wraps, baked items, and so on: Bacon Bacon, Bistrot Bay Area, Drake’s Flyaway, and Farley’s Café & Lounge.
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Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Australia

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Australia? 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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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 209 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.6Food
8.2Boarding
8.1Comfort
Airline reviews

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

10.0 ExcellentLinda, Sept 2024LAX - NAN
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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.

Better connections, much better cabin crew, much cleaner cabin that Qantas, American and probably other carriers.

Better connections, much better cabin crews, much cleaner aircraft than Qantas, American and probably others.

Fiji left without me because American Airlines was too stupid to get to LAX on time. Fiji should have offered a standby on another flight but they told me tough luck. I will never fly with this company again.

The A350 aircraft business class experience was very good. Comfortable and well appointed pod, and supplemental bed pad available for sleeping. Food was very good.

Business class seats and amenities were excellent, crew very attentive. Slept well. Food good, lounge experience nice. Would fly them again. A350 aircraft excellent, very quiet.

The flight attendants were extremely friendly and helpful. Everything ran on time. I highly recommend Fiji Airways.

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.

A 16 hour flight from Singapore to Los Angeles had only 2 meals. It would be great to have 3 meals.

Once again the meal served was delicious - we got chicken rice

The flight was very late, sitting on the plane for over an hour and missed our connecting flight from Singapore to LA. As senior citizens, we were rerouted to Copenhagen and then to LA. They should not do this to senior citizens. They should have given us a hotel voucher for a night, then catch a flight to LA the next day. Singapore Airlines should grant us some kind of credit for the next trip, if they want us to fly with them. I doubt if we will ever hear from them.

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

I was traveling with my 3 minor children, one leg I was seated two aisles behind them. On the longest leg I would have preferred sitting across the aisle from them, not behind. My youngest is 4yos. I understand airplane seating configurations are not the airlines problem but seating the one adult with a reservation apart from the minors was very difficult.

Awesome! Was impressed with the hospitality and the thoughtful services. The cabin attendants were superb.

If I made the connection in Singapore I was stuck there for 24 hours you owe me 355.00 for accommodations

Leg room and flight sound insulation is very bad. They broke 3 of my bags with bad handling

It’s a very long flight and there are so many people on board. Perhaps a warm washcloth now and then to freshen up

The crew was very helpful to my family, especially when my daughter became sick during the flight. Will fly with them again.

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.

The flight was delayed over 2 hours. We had to wait on the plane and the air conditioning was turned off. The food was average and the cutlery was wooden!

Perfect. The flight was on time and the crew were very friendly and helpful.

Plane a little late departing, but not an issue. The pilots humour when he said “I will try to make up some time…. I know a few short cuts to Adelaide” made the passengers chuckle. This is what makes Qantas “Australian”.

I have never had a problem with flying Qantas, so this flight was the same as any other.

After British Airways cancelled my London to Sydney and Virgin Australia refused to refund, there was no ways I would try Virgin Australia again, so it was Qantas - what a good flight experience. So much easier to get off an international flight and get a local flight without having to add extra amounts for baggage

The plane was delayed about 3 hours so anything else is immaterial

Flight was quite late as there was no pilot Crew is usually excellent, this flight not as good as usual there were more mistakes, slower and less friendly service But honestly the aircraft was too cramped and uncomfortable for a 4 hour flying get so, do to the aircraft liability the very best you could ever do is mediocre.

It was so uncomfortable for 14 straight hours it was torture

Absolute disaster. Rude, uncooperative staff. Staff ignores and pretends you don’t exist when you are asking them a question. Erroneous departure gate and baggage claim information. Equipment not working for purchase of drinks. Overly expensive baggage check-in fees. Overly crowded. Dirty airplane. Passengers coughing incessantly as if they were being gassed. Circled airport in flight several times and waited on the tarmac for 1.5 hours. The worst experience ever. Consider another industry. The travel industry is not for you.

The pairing of personal Bluetooth headset did not work, provided headset did not work, then the screen locked and therefore no in-flight entertainment was available.

Our flight was delayed several times. It left 9 hours after scheduling. We had to sleep in the airport.

This flight was 2.5 hours delayed due to crew issues. This meant that we arrived after 2 AM. Very very inconvenient and we were not really kept well informed.

Everyone on board was great. It was just super late and we missed our connection in Frankfurt, and had to power through jet lag while we waited 4 hours in the terminal. My family missed a big welcome dinner in Berlin.

United is today and old, the planes, the staff, the business processes. Yet they expect premium prices for a less than average flight experience. I should have remembered to stay away from them and will remember to stay away from them in the future since I'm traveling a lot again. In a nutshell, they suck eggs.

Two staff were rude, loud and burnt out I think. Two were friendly kind and helpful.

Frankfurt airport is the worst. Passengers are forced to use stairs to get to the terminal or catch a shuttle. Very inconvenient for passengers who are ambulatory challenged or have physical handicaps.

Lines at gate boarding is messy. It spills into traffic which causes other travelers to snake around the boarding passengers. Need better traffic control.

Very pleasant crew! Good entertainment options. Water wasn’t working in the bathrooms, but they were able to fix it. Just had to stand with sticky soap hands for 20min….

I did not appreciate being scolded by the captain himself, and being told my dog could die, in front of my daughter.

This is the first and the last time I ever fly Air Canada. The seats were extremely uncomfortable, no leg room. My back was throbbing by the time the flight was over. I payed both flights up and back for internet and both times had trouble connecting all while the clock was ticking on my payed subscription. Here's the worst part which I have never experienced on a flight before. the flight attendant would walk down the aisle with the drink cart and only give out drinks to selected passengers. This was not a big plane, there were not that many passengers! We were totally ignored, I had to ask three times for my husband to get a drink. My son and his girlfriend were sitting across the isle from us and received a snack but we were never offered a snack or anything. My son's girlfriend had children sitting behind her who were continually kicking her seat the entire flight. I have never wrote a negative review for an airline before but after spending my money for four seats I was extremely disappointed in your service.

In general our flights were awful. They cancelled flights, and we lost one night at the hotel in Athens that it was already paid. Also we paid extra for the seats we assigned in advance but since they were cancelled the flights, we lost our seats,. we were running back and forth for the connections. THEY DIDN’T FOLLOW OUR ORIGINAL ITINERARY. Our itinerary was change to :LAX TO VANCOUVER ,MUNICH , then NAPLES, ATHENS. Because our original flight was cancelled we spent one night in Munich. Due to all the changes we lost money and time for our original schedule. We are seniors and running in the airport to catch the flights was very frustrating and painful. We are hoping from Air Canada / Lufthansa to take responsibility and compensate us for those events. We are filling frustrated .

Flight was canceled 2 hours ahead. Just as I arrived at the airport

It’s very good.. keep up the good job!!! Thank U.

Great flight! Service, food and flight experience were top notch.

My flight from LAX to toronto, of 6 hrs, and no food was served. I expected lunch but they gave only a soft drink and a biscut. Very sorry to say it was terrible.

We left a CPAP machine under the seat and informed them. They emailed after 3 days delivery or ship! We paid $54 and stayed at the house every day for 10 Am delivery “Priority overnight” . It was never delivered. Emailed and Martin kept replying that label was created. I had to leave on Sunday so we went to lax in person and after 2 hours asking and going from one place to another, we finally got it. Very disappointing experience. Air Canada DOESNOT have a customer care line to call to speak to a live person. Cpap machine is a breathing machine for sleep. I had very hard time for a week. We could not get out and explore California every day as we were expecting FedEx 10 Am delivery ! It’s crazy that they charged us too and now they don’t even refund. No more air Canada!!!!!

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