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Best California Flight Deals from Frankfurt

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop596 €
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop563 €
San Diego
San Diego2 stops584 €
San Jose
San Jose1 stop506 €
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop576 €
Fresno
Fresno1 stop714 €
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo2 stops738 €
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop596 €
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop563 €
San Diego
San Diego2 stops584 €
San Jose
San Jose1 stop506 €
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop576 €
Fresno
Fresno1 stop714 €
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo2 stops738 €

Cheap Flights from Frankfurt to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Frankfurt to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Frankfurt to California

Sat, 29. Aug - Sat, 19. Sep
United Airlines Logo
12:40 - 22:50
FRA
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SJC
19h 10m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:45 - 9:20
SJC
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FRA
15h 35m
1 stop
506 €United Airlines
Wed, 24. Jun - Sun, 28. Jun
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13:55 - 21:55
FRA
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ONT
17h 00m
1 stop
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13:50 - 15:15
ONT
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FRA
16h 25m
1 stop
523 €United Airlines
Thu, 25. Jun - Wed, 8. Jul
British Airways Logo
10:55 - 23:12
FRA
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SJC
21h 17m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
6:01 - 22:45
SJC
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FRA
31h 44m
2 stops
538 €British Airways
Thu, 25. Jun - Wed, 8. Jul
British Airways Logo
9:20 - 18:33
FRA
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SJC
18h 13m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
19:22 - 7:20
SJC
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FRA
26h 58m
2 stops
542 €British Airways
Tue, 1. Sep - Tue, 22. Sep
British Airways Logo
10:55 - 10:50
FRA
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SJC
32h 55m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
14:36 - 19:45
SJC
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FRA
20h 09m
2 stops
546 €British Airways
Mon, 7. Sep - Wed, 30. Sep
Lufthansa Logo
9:15 - 14:20
FRA
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SFO
14h 05m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
14:40 - 10:25
SFO
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FRA
10h 45mdirect
567 €Lufthansa
Fri, 26. Jun - Thu, 16. Jul
Air Canada Logo
10:15 - 15:22
FRA
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SFO
14h 07m
1 stop
Air Canada Logo
6:00 - 11:00
SFO
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FRA
20h 00m
1 stop
569 €Air Canada
Tue, 25. Aug - Sun, 30. Aug
Lufthansa Logo
17:30 - 19:45
FRA
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SFO
11h 15mdirect
Lufthansa Logo
14:00 - 13:00
SFO
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FRA
14h 00m
1 stop
569 €Lufthansa
Mon, 9. Nov - Sun, 15. Nov
KLM Logo
6:55 - 15:20
FRA
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SAN
17h 25m
2 stops
KLM Logo
8:00 - 7:50
SAN
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FRA
14h 50m
1 stop
614 €KLM
Mon, 9. Nov - Sun, 15. Nov
KLM Logo
6:55 - 15:20
FRA
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SAN
17h 25m
2 stops
KLM Logo
10:00 - 13:35
SAN
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FRA
18h 35m
2 stops
615 €KLM
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Frankfurt to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Frankfurt to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a return flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California departing in September.

What is the cheapest Frankfurt am Main Airport to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from Frankfurt am Main Airport found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at 554 € return. The most popular route is from Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 7 days was 554 €.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost 730 € on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is 747 €.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of 721 €, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California is February, when tickets cost 604 € (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of return tickets is 770 € and 768 € respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Frankfurt Airport to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Frankfurt Airport to California, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from California back to Frankfurt Airport, the best deals are generally found on Sunday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Frankfurt Airport to California

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight388 €
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 6% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Las Vegas

Flights from Frankfurt to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from Frankfurt to California 
PGFlew with Condor
FRA
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LAX
Oct 2024
Make sure you have plenty of time to get through the Frankfurt Airport if you are flying internationally.
HenryFlew with United Airlines
FRA
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SFO
Apr 2024
connection took much longer than I expected; need 20 minutes between taking a shuttle bus and pass through custom before you get on your flight

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Frankfurt Airport to California?

    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 Frankfurt Airport to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Frankfurt Airport to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Frankfurt Airport to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Frankfurt Airport to California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Frankfurt Airport to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Frankfurt Airport to California?

    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 from Frankfurt Airport to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Frankfurt to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Frankfurt am Main to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. 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 Frankfurt 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.
7,4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 9813 reviews
7,7Boarding
7,3Comfort
7,1Entertainment
8,1Crew
6,6Food
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Like: departed and arrived on time. Unlike: Food options for purchase allways bad, 1 of 2 of the crew members not very friendly at all. Seats and leg room aweful. At this point I am thinking on switching to AA.

6,0 GoodEnrique, Jun 2026
IAD - LAX
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Like: departed and arrived on time. Unlike: Food options for purchase allways bad, 1 of 2 of the crew members not very friendly at all. Seats and leg room aweful. At this point I am thinking on switching to AA.

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Crew was great! Good meals. Had room to stretch out

Packed flight, which makes it tough on crew and boarding staff (and the customers of course). But this was great boarding, clear instructions, etc. Traveling on the weekends are always fraught with danger as you have families and less frequent flyers thus more confusion. But this flight went as planned.

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

New plane was lovely. Crew customer service is always lax but expected. Kraft on time and arrived safely.

Uncomfortable plastic seats even in premium economy. No free wifi. Even paid wifi was spotty to nonexistent. Bad food. Much worse than economy on foreign carriers like Qantas.

How can you rate a flight when it is canceled after you leave the gate & 3 hours into sitting there or in remote area of airport after mechanical problems

Seat pitch is horrible especially on the 15 hour flight. Gate crew at SFO was Outstanding. The flight crew was also great.

6 1/2 hours from Tampa to SFO on a Boeing 737. Cramped. No Service. No real food. One pass for coffee at the beginning and a second pass THREE hours later. And check-in in Tampa was nasty even by United standards. And I am at almost TWO million miles on United. It's a non-stop. But terrible service.

I was rescheduled when I missed my flight due to border clearance issue

gave me complimentary food as the flight was not full and was attentive to my needs

The flight was smooth, the plane was spacious and clean, the staff was kind and the food was decent.

Flight crew was great, and even the crew for checking bags! I had a question for a friend of mine flying tomorrow and the man I talked to was awesome and answered my questions and looked up things for me when he didn’t have to! I was able to give her current & accurate info for her flight and she was so appreciative too!!

Crew at gate and onboard were just very OK, not very friendly and honestly seemed bothered to be there. I will give a shout out to still selling headphones for those who forgot.

Very disappointed with premier lounge. Food selection very poor, both coffee machines out of order. For the price you charge for an upgrade, the seats don’t fully recline, movie selection is old. Not very good value. Asian airlines are light years ahead at a more affordable price.

The flight was delayed, but not for weather. We landed over 3hrs later than planned.

The stag were helpful, kind and liked the passengers. The plane was pristinely clean! Great flight!

The plane was delayed an hour. Heard from other passengers that the Vancouver connection to SFO was never on-time.

My experience was good with United too But only not so good thing was that at Calgary airport I was not given lounge access despite of flying business. Aspire lounge denied it to me, which was unfair I feel

The food on this flight was better than what we had getting to Rome. The flight was comfortable and the staff was great. One of the staff members was a stickler about the blankets in the aisle, which I get, but still. Overall, great flight and will fly with them again!

The legroom was lacking and the entertainment system lacked adequate selection of older films. Modern films are generally not very good.

The flight attendants were wonderful - one man put my carry on in the bin for me. Very attentive service. Loved the blanket and pillow waiting for me in economy. Food was excellent which is a surprise given the reputation of any airline food. Wine was fine with the meals. Delighted with the new movies - flight went by very quickly. I would definitely fly Lufthansa again.

My flight was cancelled, but it was not Kayak's fault. Kayak did require me to pay for the ticket twice to two different venders who paid Lufthansa. Kayak/Lufthansa owes me for the first booking I made first was fraudulent on the part of the subcontracting ticket seller. There will be litigation over this issue under the current passenger protection laws.

flight was half full, plenty of empty seats, was able to lie down across 4 seats, food was good, arrived on time

Generally good. Not their fault but the design of the Boeing 747 had seating supports directly in line with my legs. So my legs always had to straddle this support which caused body misallignment. Such poor design from Boeing. There was no USB port for me to charge my phone. The screen touch control was very poor.

I like crew. They are friendly. The flight was delayed to take off for 1hr and that caused panic at Houston Airport to catch connecting flight due to security check delay. If it has reached on time I would have sufficient time in collecting bags and security check

How about changing the personal out to more friendly human beings? This team was pretty arrogant. No fun!!

It was good. The seats in economy weren’t bad

Wonderful staff. The boarding process can be improved a little better by adequate prior communication but all in all they did fine. However the boarding gate was quite unfreindly to elderly and who needs help with sevral stairs.

Seats not as comfortable as I had hoped. Food was very nice, service was fine. Entertainment options very nice. Had thought the premium economy was a more plus 2-3-2 layout but it was a 2-4-2 with seats not as wide as I had expected.

I liked my seats on the return trip. Didn't like having to pay for luggage on an international flight. Also didn't like that it was on American airlines and not British Airways. I specifically selected a BA flight to experience that airline.

I flew four flights on British Airways within two weeks. I was unable to download the boarding pass to my phone for any of the four flights. I could check-in for my flight but the system would not give me boarding pass. I tried multiple ways and multiple times. I discovered many other passengers also had the same issue with their boarding passes. No explanation or acknowledgement by BA.

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

Because our ABZ-LHR flight was cancelled by BA for reasons they refuse to tell us--not weather--we did not make this flight and were booked on the following day. BA offered no assistance to us on the phone or in the airport, and we had to find a hotel at Heathrow on our own.

Horrible - flight was delayed by 6 hours - we boarded, were made to de-board due some technical fault; aircraft changed; special meals request on new flight - all went awry. Landed in Dulles airport; breezed thru immigration; as Business Class passengers or baggage was delivered almost 90 minutes after landing; air tags indicated the bags were just near the carousel but the unhelpful BA staff - Maria and Ghina refused to give any update - palming it off on some imaginary invisible “manager” despite air tags evidence showing it right there. So about 50-60 passengers waiting and getting infuriatingly impatient for their bags coz one container was not delivered. Finally after much argument by some other passengers Maria condescended to go to the “ramp” and within 5 minutes the baggage was delivered miraculously. Question is why couldn’t she have done it one hour earlier ? Poor poor experience once again on Business Class BA.

Cheap Flight Fares would not provide booking info. I canceled the reservation and we arbitrated with American Express. They provided erroneous info to Amex and it was determined that C.F.F. deserved the price of the ticket. Worse experience I've ever had.

Seating space is appalling. Seats and all surrounding area in "Economy" is built for individuals shorter than 4' 10" and below 120 lbs. Ridiculous. While I'm not expecting fine dining, the food was the worst airplane food that I can recall.

My luggage was lost at the airport but American Airlines contacted me and got it to me the next day.

Business class lounge for my gate was closed and no email was sent, causing me to walk back and forth to different gates, etc for over 20 minutes one way. Flight entertainment was mediocre with very poor choices especially for business class cabin. Original flight was cancelled and rebooking was difficult and no reason given for cancellation.

This Condir premium economy is terrible. All it is is a few extra inches of legroom in an economy seat. British airways premium economy is the same as a first class domestic seat, wider with more recline. Plus the flights were all late to leave, arrive, etc. terrible day.

Absolutely the worst food I ever had on any flight. Half of passengers simply didn't eat their meals, as I noticed.

Food could be better. Service was just ok without any enthusiasm...

The breakfast snack was horrible. No nutrition value. I couldn't finish it. The main meal had no taste, no real vegetable, the brownie had no chocolate taste., I was not even sure what the salad consists off.

Breakfast was terrible. Sugary yogurt, inferior pastry, poor quality fruits. No protein.

Our connection in Frankfurt was the worst ever. No one from the airline or the airport seemed to be bothered to get us into our connecting flight on time! The procedures at the airport took us forever and we barely made it into our flight. If we had missed it, I’m sure we would’ve missed our cruise. Looks like everything is on autopilot and no one is interested in helping customers anymore especially us 69 year olds

Crew was very responsive to give soft drinks etc.. At Frankfurt Airport Special Assistance did a great job for us. The seat cushions were simply bad and not up to the mark for Premium Economy which we chose. All the cushions from Business to Economy were poor. Also, any snack besides lunch and breakfast, you have to purchase including chips and chocolate. It is simply cheap. I don't think I will fly Condor anytime soon

The short leg flight was fine. Crew and airport were nice to allow special assistance which helped.

Planes are new and clean and staff is attentive. Food wasn't great and chair cushions were very uncomfortable for long haul flights.

The boarding process is a nightmare. They put you on a bus for 30 minutes with no air flow. The process was extremely slow and we were behind schedule so they auto rebooked us on a flight for our layover. The new flight was 4 hours later in the day, we landed an hour and 45 minutes before our layover flight so this was completely unnecessary. When I called to get us back on the original flight the support staff was useless

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