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Find cheap flights to Santa Barbara from £504

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 12/9. 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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06:30 - 20:55LHR-SBA
22h 25m2 stops
07:25 - 13:15SBA-LHR
21h 50m1 stop
£504Delta
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
06:30 - 20:55LHR-SBA
22h 25m2 stops
07:25 - 06:25SBA-LHR
15h 00m1 stop
£505Delta
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Thu, 12 Sep - Thu, 26 Sep
11:15 - 21:57LHR-SBA
18h 42m2 stops
12:15 - 12:45SBA-LHR
16h 30m2 stops
£544American Airlines
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Mon, 16 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
10:05 - 20:11LHR-SBA
18h 06m2 stops
06:20 - 08:20SBA-LHR
18h 00m2 stops
£545American Airlines
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Mon, 16 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
11:00 - 18:39LHR-SBA
15h 39m1 stop
06:25 - 06:20SBA-LHR
15h 55m2 stops
£593Finnair
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Fri, 31 May - Fri, 7 Jun
17:00 - 23:59LCY-SBA
38h 59m2 stops
14:05 - 18:35SBA-LCY
20h 30m2 stops
£640Lufthansa
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Mon, 16 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
19:10 - 23:59LCY-SBA
36h 49m2 stops
14:05 - 18:35SBA-LCY
20h 30m2 stops
£641Lufthansa
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Mon, 16 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
08:00 - 21:56MAN-SBA
21h 56m2 stops
13:12 - 17:40SBA-MAN
20h 28m2 stops
£652Finnair
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Mon, 27 May - Mon, 3 Jun
06:55 - 00:14MAN-SBA
25h 19m3 stops
05:15 - 17:00SBA-MAN
27h 45m3 stops
£1,430United Airlines
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Mon, 24 Jun - Mon, 1 Jul
06:05 - 00:14MAN-SBA
26h 09m3 stops
05:15 - 17:25SBA-MAN
28h 10m2 stops
£3,122United Airlines
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Mon, 27 May - Mon, 3 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 £643. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, where prices are £777 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 £522 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 £855 and £784 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of £554.

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 £648 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 £789.

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 14h 05m, and Edinburgh, which takes 14h 35m.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Santa Barbara

Low season

August

High season

April

Cheapest flight

£504
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 21% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% 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, United Airlines offers the most flights, with around 78 per week, followed by Southwest with 55 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 1379 reviews
7.0Entertainment
7.8Boarding
6.9Food
8.2Crew
7.6Comfort
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

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

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

Meals were adequate but could be better. Lots of movies, podcasts, tv shows. We really enjoyed using our personal headsets highly recommended. 15 hrs flight great to travel at night.

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

Lufthansa was amazing. Definitely upgrade your seat if you can swing it - they take very good care of their passengers. Customs in DC is nothing short of a nightmare though. Stood in line waiting to go back through security for 30 minutes, had to RUN through and across two terminals to make my connection and only had 5 minutes to spare. Terrible. Very very poor coordination by the airport staff and CBP.

I was ver pleased with the service all the way through

I always try to book flights that don’t charge for baggage. Yet I was charged $75 for this flight.

Trouble keeps changing the time and I was booked different flight without knowing it was bad experience

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Santa Barbara found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
12/9Thu
2 stopsDelta
22h 25mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
1 stopDelta
21h 50mSBA-LHR
£504
12/9Thu
2 stopsDelta
22h 25mLHR-SBA
26/9Thu
1 stopDelta
15h 00mSBA-LHR
£505
16/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
18h 42mLHR-SBA
30/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
16h 30mSBA-LHR
£544
16/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
18h 06mLHR-SBA
30/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
18h 00mSBA-LHR
£545
31/5Fri
1 stopFinnair
15h 39mLHR-SBA
7/6Fri
2 stopsFinnair
15h 55mSBA-LHR
£593
16/9Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
38h 59mLCY-SBA
30/9Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
20h 30mSBA-LCY
£640
16/9Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
36h 49mLCY-SBA
30/9Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
20h 30mSBA-LCY
£641
27/5Mon
2 stopsFinnair
21h 56mMAN-SBA
3/6Mon
2 stopsFinnair
20h 28mSBA-MAN
£652
24/6Mon
3 stopsUnited Airlines
25h 19mMAN-SBA
1/7Mon
3 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 45mSBA-MAN
£1,430
27/5Mon
3 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 09mMAN-SBA
3/6Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
28h 10mSBA-MAN
£3,122

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Recent domestic flight deals

8/6Sat
multi-stopDelta
7h 10mPDX-SBA
11/6Tue
multi-stopDelta
7h 31mSBA-PDX
£138
29/5Wed
directAlaska Airlines
2h 24mSEA-SBA
1/6Sat
directAlaska Airlines
2h 38mSBA-SEA
£141
8/6Sat
multi-stopDelta
7h 05mPDX-SBA
11/6Tue
multi-stopDelta
7h 31mSBA-PDX
£142
29/5Wed
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
4h 16mSEA-SBA
5/6Wed
directAlaska Airlines
2h 38mSBA-SEA
£152
31/5Fri
directAlaska Airlines
2h 24mSEA-SBA
7/6Fri
directAlaska Airlines
2h 38mSBA-SEA
£169
7/6Fri
multi-stopDelta
4h 48mPDX-SBA
10/6Mon
multi-stopDelta
6h 29mSBA-PDX
£186
1/10Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
5h 03mSEA-SBA
5/10Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 00mSBA-SEA
£208
28/5Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 19mPDX-SBA
4/6Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
6h 23mSBA-PDX
£210
14/6Fri
directUnited Airlines
2h 35mDEN-SBA
26/6Wed
directUnited Airlines
2h 29mSBA-DEN
£226
14/6Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
4h 34mDEN-SBA
26/6Wed
directUnited Airlines
2h 29mSBA-DEN
£233

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Santa Barbara (SBA)United States

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