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Find First Class Flights to San Diego

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results for flights to San Diego, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results for flights to San Diego, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap First Class Flight Deals to San Diego

 
These are the cheapest deals for flights from the United Kingdom to San Diego currently on KAYAK along with options from the most popular airlines KAYAK users selected for this route. 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 first class return flight deals to San Diego

Fri, 12 Jun - Fri, 26 Jun
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18:05 - 12:35
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26h 30m
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11:22 - 09:00
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13h 38m
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£4,032Finnair
Fri, 12 Jun - Fri, 26 Jun
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08:55 - 17:55
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17h 00m
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14:05 - 12:10
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14h 05m
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£4,242American Airlines
Fri, 12 Jun - Fri, 26 Jun
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14:30 - 17:50
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11h 20mdirect
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14:05 - 12:10
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14h 05m
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£4,258American Airlines
Fri, 12 Jun - Fri, 26 Jun
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14:30 - 17:50
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11h 20mdirect
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19:40 - 14:20
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10h 40mdirect
£4,278American Airlines
Thu, 19 Mar - Fri, 20 Mar
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11:45 - 21:07
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16h 22m
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22:43 - 07:20
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25h 37m
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£8,991Multiple Airlines
Wed, 15 Apr - Wed, 22 Apr
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14:30 - 17:50
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19:40 - 14:20
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10h 40mdirect
£9,192American Airlines

When to book first class flights to San Diego

Are your dates flexible? We break down the daily and monthly prices for first class flights to San Diego, so you can find the best time to fly.
Average price per month
To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for first class flights to San Diego, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all the values for each month.
Flight prices as travel date approaches
To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for first class flights to San Diego, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.

FAQs for San Diego first class flights

  • Which airports in the UK offer First Class flights to San Diego?

    For a selection of airlines and choice of flight times, we recommend flying to San Diego from London Heathrow Airport, where you’ll find both direct flights and convenient one-stop flights. Heathrow Airport also has the largest selection of lounges that First Class passengers can make use of before their flight.

  • Which airline offers the best services on First Class flights to San Diego?

    On First Class flights to San Diego International Airport with British Airways, you can travel to the airport luggage-free with the AirPortr service. Your luggage will be picked up from your accommodation, taken to the airport and checked in to your flight without you having to do anything. The service is available from Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick (LGW), and Manchester Airport (MAN).

  • Which airline offers the best seat on First Class flights to San Diego?

    When travelling on First Class flights with British Airways, you’ll have your own private suite area on the plane. Inside your suite, you can convert your seat to a fully flat bed if you want to get some rest during your flight, or you can easily get some work done with your own personal power supply.

  • How long is a flight to San Diego?

    Flights from Oakland1h 36m
    Flights from Dallas3h 05m
    Flights from Newark5h 48m
    Flights from Boston6h 03m
    Flights from Miami5h 30m
  • What is the most popular airline offering First Class flights to San Diego?

    Among KAYAK users, American Airlines is the most popular airline offering First Class seats on flights to San Diego.

  • Which airlines offer First Class tickets on flights to San Diego?

    Traveling to San Diego and want to offer yourself a First Class experience? Depending on the origin, the following airlines offer seats in First Class: American Airlines and Finnair.

  • How does KAYAK find such good deals on First Class tickets to San Diego?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can 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 San Diego for economy class as well as First Class travelers.

  • What is the best airline for first class flights to San Diego?

    The highest-rated airline by KAYAK users offering first class flights to San Diego is KLM, with an overall rating of 7.7.

Top tips for finding first class flights to San Diego

  • First Class flights from the UK arrive into San Diego International Airport (SAN). For direct flights you can fly with British Airways; the journey should take you just over 11h.
  • Passengers on First Class flights to San Diego with British Airways can make use of the exclusive First Wing at the airport, which features a private check-in and security area that leads you directly to the airport lounges.
  • On First Class flights to San Diego International Airport with American Airlines, you can choose your meals up to 30 days in advance from a selection of options designed and created by notable chefs.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to San Diego. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to San Diego. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly first class to San Diego? 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.
7.5
Virgin AtlanticOverall score based on 678 reviews
7.6Entertainment
6.9Food
7.7Boarding
8.2Crew
7.3Comfort
Airline reviews

Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

10.0 ExcellentRanj, Nov 2025
DEL - LHR
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Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

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

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

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

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

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Mean flight attendant. I wanted to reuse my plastic cup, but he (Matthew) said he can't for safety. I then said "I don't want water then" and he poured me a glass. I hope Matthew gets herpes and spends the rest of his life poor, lonely, and homeless.

Yet another flight in which beverage and snack service was skipped. Other that that, firmly mediocre. Landed early, to gate late due to congestion at the gates. Airline's fault or airports fault: unknown.

Both flights delayed. 2nd flight over 3 hours late mechanical issues

Flight was delayed 45 minutes because originating flight was coming from Newark. No complimentary snacks were offered on this 5+ hour flight. No screens for the flight, but movies offered if you had already downloaded the United app (which I hadn't on my ipad). No USB ports, only a flimsy plug-in port near the bottom of the seat that was hard to see and kept coming unplugged.

It was good but only meal served is very less. Meantime good to add rice and chicken in one of meal

Teeny tiny bathrooms, crew was not realistic about when we'd arrive.

On the way my flight entertainment wouldn’t work the screen went black and no matter how many times I tried to turn it on it wouldn’t. Food was surprisingly good but the tray tables were tiny so you couldn’t get anything else on the table. The seats hardly go back and are not overly comfortable. Wouldn’t fly United again.

Unbelievably poor service from flight attendants. They didn’t even do water service on a four hour flight. Just disrespectful.

Flight was late - I was downgraded from first class to coach

Movie selection is good. Crew did not understand mileage program and were no help. Sick later. Food?

Boarding, crew, food and baggage handling excellent (no bags lost, yay!). However for an 8 hour flight, there were limited entertainment options. And really would have liked to have a pillow!

The crew was super friendly and helpful. The food was quite good. An overall positive experience.

Plane delayed due to weather. Plane boarded, then told to unboard due to a maintenance issue.

A more organized boarding experience and better food would have made the experience better.

Was all good.l including a sofdrink. AA improved significantly. There was no entertainment.

why can't planes be boarded from back to front?? everything was great otherwise

We flew into Barcelona and the plane was so cramped and very uncomfortable and dirty. But we flew out of Madrid and that plane was much better. Would fly Iberia again.

For what we are willing to pay for international air travel, our experience was very good. We had no problem checking in, we had very little wait time at the AA counter in Madrid, and the staff in Madrid were very helpful. The flight crew was helpful and courteous, the plane was on the newer side, and our assigned seats were together without us needing to purchase them. The flight took off on time and arrived early. Overall, it was a pleasant experience or as much as could be expected in economy for almost 10 hours.

Boarding was easy, the flight left on time and even landed 20 minutes early. The food was plentiful and really good! The crew was kind & helpful. Overall it was an exceptional experience!

We were delayed 2 hours because the crew was late. They need better planning by the crew, we had to sit in uncomfortable seats waiting for them.

Some of the crew was sassy and not super helpful. The food was okay, but it seems like they were all unprepared compared to my flight I did from JFK to Frankfurt

We missed our flight. There was not enough time built into the layover to get through immigration, customs, bagclaim, bag rechecking, and the long trip to another terminal and gate. Kayak really screwed up. We took the bus up to Wisconsin and then were picked up in Brookfield by private car. It was lucky we didnt miss the last bus out.

We were in premium economy seats that appeared to be locked in plae, No reclining. My aching back.

I don’t understand how they charge as much as they do for such a poor experience

Lufthansa flight LH04414 from Munich to Washington DC, was fine. Efficient and safe!

I wish the plane had pod seating for business class. I had a window seat (8K) and I had to climb over the person sitting on the aisle when I needed to get up. Also there is no partition between the seats for privacy when sleeping. The Asian airlines have much nicer business class seating. Their seats are wider for better comfort when sleeping.

Bumpy ride, not Lufthansa‘s fault. Crew managed a situation over a back rest to far down well. It was two iles behind me. The person putting the seat down, against the other person’s knees, was quite rude and belligerent and needed to be told in a no nonsense matter to stopp. Male flight attendant did good job.

Patrick and the whole crew were amazing! Hope to have this team for all my European trips.

This review is based on 2 things: 1. The lack of hygiene on the plane. 2. William - the head flight attendant. The lack of cleanliness on the plane upon arrival was appalling. Being given a sanitizing wipe upon boarding of the plane is shocking when you consider the cost of a business class flight. UA expects me to do their job and clean all the bread, food and debris left from previous guests. Does this sound normal to you. The seat, the food table and the sides were full of crumbs, chocolate and dirt. When I told the flight attendant they just gave me more wipes so I could clean it myself. Secondly, William the business cabin head flight attendant was so busy flirting with a couple in the front that his attention to the other guests was minimal. He continuously asked them if they were ok or if they needed anything and it didn’t matter if the rest of us needed anything. And if you are the lead attendant shouldn’t you be checking if the bathrooms in business class are clean and needing toilet paper. There were 2 bathrooms in business. Halfway through the flight the first bathroom was closed and the second bathroom was dirty and had no toilet paper one hour and a half before the flight landed. He needs additional training on prioritizing things. He should care less about flirting and more about his work

Booked seats (paid extra) online and found they didn’t exist on the flight. We were then separated from the rest of our party. Given seats in the very back of the plane. We will not fly Discover or Lufthansa again. We will not book flights or travel through Kayak again!

My touch screen at my seat wasn't working, the films BA advertised on the website for this flight were not available, and the plane was a little dated, food was good and the staff were good, just let down by the aircraft facilities.

Did not like the seating configuration at all with 2+3+2 in business class. Lacking total privacy and comfort

Check-in experience, for business call please provide a premium experience

Lost my luggage, ran out of food choices in business class, ground crew was completely unapologetic.

Excellent. The crew and flight were great. Checking in was easy and everyone was very helpful.

Entertainment devices on A380 need to be fixed, the seats might do with updates.

Everything. Employees offered to help me because I had to use a cane.

Check-in and boarding were great. On flight staff were rude and disrespectful. Paid for extra room and found it incredibly cramped. Bathrooms kept in poor condition. Overall negative experience.

Great seat in premium economy, great food and drinks throughout lots of in flight entertainment. 1 hour 40 min delayed flying out , 2 1/2 hour wait at passport control in tampa

My seat cushion was poor. The cushion was compressed and was uncomfortable for such a long flight.

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