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This is the cheapest return flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight to Santa Barbara departing on 16/9. 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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Cheap flight deals to Santa Barbara

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Santa Barbara 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.
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09:55 - 20:55LHR-SBA
19h 00m2 stops
13:20 - 13:15SBA-LHR
15h 55m2 stops
£558Delta
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Mo, 16 Sep - Mo, 30 Sep
12:45 - 20:55LHR-SBA
16h 10m1 stop
07:25 - 07:50SBA-LHR
16h 25m1 stop
£561Delta
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Mo, 16 Sep - Mo, 30 Sep
13:30 - 23:59LHR-SBA
18h 29m2 stops
06:15 - 12:20SBA-LHR
22h 05m3 stops
£592United Airlines
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Do, 12 Sep - Do, 26 Sep
19:10 - 23:59LCY-SBA
36h 49m2 stops
14:05 - 18:35SBA-LCY
20h 30m2 stops
£632Lufthansa
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Mo, 16 Sep - Mo, 30 Sep
19:10 - 17:31LCY-SBA
30h 21m2 stops
14:05 - 18:35SBA-LCY
20h 30m2 stops
£637Lufthansa
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Mo, 16 Sep - Mo, 30 Sep
11:05 - 20:58LHR-SBA
17h 53m2 stops
16:11 - 06:50SBA-LHR
30h 39m2 stops
£688American Airlines
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Mi, 19 Jun - So, 30 Jun
11:00 - 22:44LHR-SBA
19h 44m1 stop
18:39 - 13:35SBA-LHR
34h 56m1 stop
£689American Airlines
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Mi, 19 Jun - So, 30 Jun
07:00 - 18:08MAN-SBA
19h 08m2 stops
13:10 - 15:15SBA-MAN
18h 05m2 stops
£750Finnair
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Mo, 17 Jun - Mo, 24 Jun
08:40 - 18:08LHR-SBA
17h 28m2 stops
18:40 - 21:40SBA-LHR
19h 00m2 stops
£906Finnair
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Mo, 15 Jul - Sa, 20 Jul
06:55 - 00:14MAN-SBA
25h 19m3 stops
05:15 - 17:00SBA-MAN
27h 45m3 stops
£2,683United Airlines
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Mo, 17 Jun - Mo, 24 Jun

Flights to Santa Barbara - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Santa Barbara?

The average price of all flights to Santa Barbara clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Santa Barbara is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as £636. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, where prices are £742 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Santa Barbara?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Santa Barbara, 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 to Santa Barbara is February, where tickets cost £517 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and June, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is £847 and £776 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is January with an average price of £555.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Santa Barbara?

The average price for all flights to Santa Barbara depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Santa Barbara is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost £654 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Santa Barbara is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £781.

How long is the flight to Santa Barbara?

The duration of your flight to Santa Barbara depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Santa Barbara on KAYAK are from London, which takes 13h 45m, Manchester, which takes 13h 55m, and Edinburgh, which takes 14h 05m.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Santa Barbara

Low season

August

High season

March

Cheapest flight

£558
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 23% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
Flight from London Heathrow Airport to Santa Barbara

When to book flights to Santa Barbara

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Santa Barbara based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Santa Barbara based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Santa Barbara flights

  • How far is Santa Barbara from central Santa Barbara?

    The city centre of Santa Barbara is 8 miles from Santa Barbara.

  • What is the name of Santa Barbara’s airport?

    All flights to Santa Barbara land at Santa Barbara. The airport code is SBA,and it can also be referred to as Santa Barbara or Santa Barbara Municipal.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Santa Barbara?

    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 to Santa Barbara.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Santa Barbara?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Santa Barbara?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Santa Barbara 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 to Santa Barbara?

    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 Santa Barbara up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Santa Barbara?

    Of the 5 airlines that fly to Santa Barbara, Southwest offers the most flights, with around 87 per week, followed by American Airlines with 70 flights per week.

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Direct departures

United Kingdom to Santa Barbara

Monday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +9 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +10 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

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Direct returns

Santa Barbara to United Kingdom

Monday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +9 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +10 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Wednesday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Friday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Saturday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

Sunday

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, +10 more

Air Canada, Air New Zealand, +11 more

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Top 3 airlines flying to Santa Barbara

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Santa Barbara. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to Santa Barbara. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Santa Barbara? 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.
7.7
FinnairOverall score based on 1376 reviews
8.2Crew
6.9Food
7.5Comfort
7.0Entertainment
7.8Boarding
Airline reviews

All good- I love BA and the professionalism of the crew and pilots.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024JFK - LHR
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All good- I love BA and the professionalism of the crew and pilots.

Great flight- smooth, nice crew, nice clean aircraft, departed a little late but arrived 10 early.

It was listed on my ticket as Finnair but there was no indication that the flight was Finnair. In fact the number was even different. There were no employees there until exactly 2 hours before so we had to wait in line at Iberia and hope

Sorting on line would have been appreciated Onward information on flights missed No ability to get seating arranged before we got to gate Very unfriendly at gate

The flight was Finnair but there was no indications anywhere that the checkin was for Finnair also. There was no one to ask. I think at a minimum they should list the code shares so people don’t stand in the wrong line for an hour.

I booked the flight with Finnair, which made the arrangements for downloading a boarding pass unnecessarily complicated. I wouldn't do that again. Instead I'd book direct with AA.

Flight ok, but me and other two passengers didn’t have connection with the entertainment in our seats. So, no movies, no games, no music… for 9 hours. The crew just told us that there’s nothing they can do but I noticed during the flight that there were empty seats, so they could have offered to us to change seats. Customer service could be better.

Finnair cancelled my flight 12 hours prior to leaving for Helsinki. They stated there were mechanical problems. I had to scurry around to find a new flight that would meet my needs for arrival in Helsinki. Luckily I was able to find alternate transportation through Lufthansa/United.

I’m very disappointed, to fly into an airplane for 10 straight hours, and not having a TV even though when I put the ticket I was told that I will have entertainment for the TV. Very disappointed.

Very rude hostess. She embarrassed me in front of others. I went to sit after taking off in a different sit in the same economic cabin. Was the area where doors are. She come to me very laud and said: go back to your sit those sit are more expensive.wow! No diplomacy. Flight was super full except 3 of those sit. The only person in that row later during the flight occupied all sit laying down!. Once more disappointed at American Airlines. Early flight they lost my luggages for 4 days. Never refund money for replacement for some of essential items purchased..when I booked the flight I thought was Finlandair. I

Check in etc was very good. As for on the plane, it was like flying in a freezer. It was so cold, i have flown for years and never been so cold on a plane. Staff on board said its always cold when flying which is a load of rubbish. They wouldnt put any heating on and now i have the flu because of this .

I’ve had a couple flights this week on United that were delayed by an hour or more

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

My bag was lost with my medicine and I am very inconvenienced. I don’t know what happened, however I want you to do a better job on getting people’s bag back

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Our original business class flight was cancelled so we not only downgraded but we were also spread out across the plane not sitting together in separate middle seats. My poor kids were scared and couldn’t see me on the flight and the crew wasn’t sensitive to the situation and what the airlines did to us. Very dissatisfied with United airlines.

The WiFi didn’t work and the seats are too close together. Very uncomfortable.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Our seat tv didn’t work All the rest was perfect

We liked the direct flight from Frankfurt to Orlando, however, it was a little confusing as I thought I was traveling with Lufthansa from Izmir- Frankfurt-Orlando. We were not able to check in online twenty-four hours before the flight from Izmir. One lady in our group wanted to check two suitcases in Izmir, but was not allowed to do so. She was allowed to take the extra bag into the cablin. Others in our group were able to check two bags. In Frankfurt several in our group were given stand-by boarding tickets, which worried them. Everyone eventually was allowed to board, but it caused them to worry. I didn't have any of those problem.

Boarding, comfort, food/drinks, entertainment and most of all an extremely courteous and friendly group of flight attendants made my 12 hour flight an absolute joy!

The bad part was 2 hour delay and we were seating in the airplane it was getting hot and uncomfortable But after they fixed the problem everything went so smooth Crew were amazing very nice polite and caring

Touchscreens do not work. WiFi did not work. Food is possibly the worst on any European airline. Drinks came by only four times on a cross-Atlantic. The plane was two hours late because—it was announced—Lufthansa didn't have enough large aircraft in their fleet to accommodate an on-time flight.

It was freezing in the airplane. Everyone was wearing everything they had with them. The crew acknowledged it was cold, but did nothing about it

The flight attendants were superb and the service was outstanding. Some passengers with small children were very rude and inconsiderate, kids were constantly crying and some were running around the aisle unsupervised.

Terrible. There was a rattling noise the whole flight. The internet didn't work after I paid. Boarding is very disorganized.

Horrible flight attendant in back of economy that screamed at me, have already reported to United. Horrible food - for Gluten free, why would you assume the person is vegetarian? I was served some kind of horrible curry bean paste and multiple cold rolls and soggy vegetables with no seasoning... um no!

The crew member put her luggage and boxes behind my seat so I was able to recline while the passenger in front of me did for 8 hours. My knees were forced against the seat for hours :(. Dude sitting next to me hasn't showered in weeks so I almost threw up.

Sorry my last review for prg to fra was for this flight. My prg to fra flight was fine but my second flight back to Washington DC was with a slow awful crew who wouldn’t come in a timely manner to take trash and take trash before serving coffee tea and was shoving other people’s bottles of water on me when we were not traveling together

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These are the cheapest return flights to Santa Barbara found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
16/9Mo
2 stopsDelta
19h 00mLHR-SBA
30/9Mo
2 stopsDelta
15h 55mSBA-LHR
£558
16/9Mo
1 stopDelta
16h 10mLHR-SBA
30/9Mo
1 stopDelta
16h 25mSBA-LHR
£561
12/9Do
2 stopsUnited Airlines
18h 29mLHR-SBA
26/9Do
3 stopsUnited Airlines
22h 05mSBA-LHR
£592
16/9Mo
2 stopsLufthansa
36h 49mLCY-SBA
30/9Mo
2 stopsLufthansa
20h 30mSBA-LCY
£632
16/9Mo
2 stopsLufthansa
30h 21mLCY-SBA
30/9Mo
2 stopsLufthansa
20h 30mSBA-LCY
£637
19/6Mi
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
17h 53mLHR-SBA
30/6So
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
30h 39mSBA-LHR
£688
19/6Mi
1 stopAmerican Airlines
19h 44mLHR-SBA
30/6So
1 stopAmerican Airlines
34h 56mSBA-LHR
£689
17/6Mo
2 stopsFinnair
19h 08mMAN-SBA
24/6Mo
2 stopsFinnair
18h 05mSBA-MAN
£750
15/7Mo
2 stopsFinnair
17h 28mLHR-SBA
20/7Sa
2 stopsFinnair
19h 00mSBA-LHR
£906
17/6Mo
3 stopsUnited Airlines
25h 19mMAN-SBA
24/6Mo
3 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 45mSBA-MAN
£2,683

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17/7Mi
multi-stopDelta
6h 09mDEN-SBA
23/7Di
multi-stopDelta
5h 09mSBA-DEN
£180
1/10Di
directAlaska Airlines
2h 27mSEA-SBA
5/10Sa
directAlaska Airlines
2h 41mSBA-SEA
£187
1/10Di
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
5h 07mSEA-SBA
5/10Sa
directAlaska Airlines
2h 41mSBA-SEA
£194
9/9Mo
multi-stopDelta
4h 26mPHX-SBA
25/9Mi
multi-stopDelta
5h 59mSBA-PHX
£195
1/10Di
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 10mSEA-SBA
5/10Sa
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 00mSBA-SEA
£203
22/9So
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 51mSEA-SBA
29/9So
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 27mSBA-SEA
£226
18/10Fr
directSouthwest
1h 15mOAK-SBA
20/10So
multi-stopSouthwest
4h 30mSBA-OAK
£232
18/10Fr
multi-stopSouthwest
4h 55mOAK-SBA
20/10So
multi-stopSouthwest
4h 30mSBA-OAK
£243
20/9Fr
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 49mJFK-SBA
22/9So
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 52mSBA-JFK
£454
11/6Di
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 21mSEA-SBA
19/6Mi
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 14mSBA-SEA
£499

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