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Cheap Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to London

 
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Recent return flight deals from San Francisco Bay Area to London

Sun, 10 Jan - Fri, 29 Jan
Virgin Atlantic Logo
09:05 - 10:40SJC  San Jose-LHR London Heathrow
17h 35m2 stops Los Angeles Seattle/Tacoma Intl
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08:55 - 21:47LHR  London Heathrow-SJC San Jose
20h 52m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Los Angeles
£480Virgin Atlantic
Sun, 10 Jan - Fri, 29 Jan
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13:50 - 16:30SJC  San Jose-LHR London Heathrow
18h 40m1 stop Los Angeles
Virgin Atlantic Logo
08:55 - 21:47LHR  London Heathrow-SJC San Jose
20h 52m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Los Angeles
£480Virgin Atlantic
Mon, 12 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
Alaska Airlines Logo
19:53 - 15:05OAK  Oakland-LHR London Heathrow
35h 12m1 stop Seattle/Tacoma Intl
Alaska Airlines Logo
14:45 - 22:55LHR  London Heathrow-OAK Oakland
15h 10m1 stop Seattle/Tacoma Intl
£541Alaska Airlines
Mon, 12 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
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10:37 - 15:05SJC  San Jose-LHR London Heathrow
20h 28m1 stop Seattle/Tacoma Intl
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14:45 - 20:00LHR  London Heathrow-SJC San Jose
36h 15m1 stop Seattle/Tacoma Intl
£541Alaska Airlines
Mon, 5 Oct - Tue, 20 Oct
Delta Logo
09:52 - 10:15SJC  San Jose-LHR London Heathrow
16h 23m1 stop Los Angeles
Delta Logo
08:40 - 19:52LHR  London Heathrow-SJC San Jose
19h 12m2 stops Amsterdam Schiphol Los Angeles
£545Delta
Tue, 1 Dec - Tue, 8 Dec
Delta Logo
13:05 - 11:40SJC  San Jose-LHR London Heathrow
14h 35m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta Logo
06:20 - 16:07LHR  London Heathrow-SJC San Jose
17h 47m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Salt Lake City
£545Delta
Wed, 13 Jan - Wed, 20 Jan
KLM Logo
05:55 - 06:50OAK  Oakland-LHR London Heathrow
16h 55m2 stops Salt Lake City Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
KLM Logo
17:50 - 16:32LHR  London Heathrow-OAK Oakland
30h 42m2 stops Amsterdam Schiphol Salt Lake City
£555KLM
Fri, 22 Jan - Mon, 25 Jan
United Airlines Logo
17:35 - 11:50SFO  San Francisco-LHR London Heathrow
34h 15m1 stop Vancouver Intl
United Airlines Logo
09:00 - 16:30LHR  London Heathrow-SFO San Francisco
15h 30m1 stop Zurich
£618United Airlines
Sun, 27 Dec - Mon, 11 Jan
British Airways Logo
20:35 - 15:10SFO  San Francisco-LHR London Heathrow
10h 35mdirect
British Airways Logo
11:45 - 14:55LHR  London Heathrow-SFO San Francisco
11h 10mdirect
£618British Airways
Tue, 5 Jan - Fri, 8 Jan
United Airlines Logo
23:59 - 07:40SFO  San Francisco-LHR London Heathrow
23h 41m1 stop Houston George Bush Intcntl
United Airlines Logo
06:35 - 14:50LHR  London Heathrow-SFO San Francisco
16h 15m1 stop Munich Franz Josef Strauss
£618United Airlines
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Good to know - Cheap tickets from San Francisco Bay Area to London

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

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Best time to beat the crowds (24% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (44% more expensive on average)
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Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to London: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from San Francisco Bay Area to London 
Verified travelerFlew with British Airways-Dec 2025
If not getting off in London make sure you have enough time to get to your connecting gates
Verified travelerFlew with Iberia-Jan 2026
Buy your flight directly from the airline because the cancellation process is purgatory
GeraldFlew with Virgin Atlantic-Jun 2025
Virgin Atlantic uses terminal 3. Much faster clearing customs than terminal 5
Verified travelerFlew with American Airlines-Jun 2025
Large number of passengers on the flight so arrive early to the airport and to the boarding gate
PallaviFlew with British Airways-Apr 2025
Eat at the lounge first so you are not stuck eating overcooked cheese ravioli
TapanFlew with British Airways-Oct 2024
Great baggage policy in BA.. The worst part was experience at London Heathrow airport. Security was slow, too many people. Almost lost connecting flight even with 2 hours layover.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from San Francisco Bay Area to London

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco Bay Area to London? 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.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1576 reviews
7.7Comfort
7.3Food
7.8Boarding
8.4Crew
7.2Entertainment
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The flight was excellent, the crew was super friendly. The only complaint I have is, 3 of my zipper handles were broken and there were 2 massive scratches on the back of my bag

4.0 Okayankit, Jul 2026
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The flight was excellent, the crew was super friendly. The only complaint I have is, 3 of my zipper handles were broken and there were 2 massive scratches on the back of my bag

Had to cancel and rebook, KLM connection was cancelled prior to departure, ended up flying to Munich on non-Delta carrier.

As per usual when you Hit the UK it's a slow process through customs Not as efficient at Thailand for sure

Empty seats next to me - wish it had been for a longer flight!!

Over 1 Hr delay. No APU so no AC on ground. Plane was hot during boarding and then they closed the doors over 20 minutes before engine start so interior of plane was steamy hot and stuffy. Could have been helped by opening doors until ready to depart.

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

Cabin crew professional, polite and friendly, boarding was seemless, but come on KLM surely you can do better than a pack of cheesy biscuits as an inflight snack

Overall very positive. Boarding was quick and organized. Cabin was clean and seats were reasonably comfortable. Cabin crew was excellent and the meals provided were also of good quality

The IFE was quite old, but it worked fine and the content was good. The cabin crew were excellent and the food was as also very good

The plane. Airbus A330-200. Comfortable for a 7-hour flight. Seats seemed to have more legroom. I was in row 17. Flight was operated by Delta but was better than expected.

Our flight delayed, due to the incoming flight arriving late from Paris. AF caused us to miss our connecting flight, also booked through Air France directly. They couldn't accommodate us until later that night, and we had to be in AMS earlier than that. They won't do anything else to help us and wanted to charge us more money to rebook us too. Not great service, since it was all their fault.

Seats! The eternal problem in economy. They are like stones!!

Everything is good except the seats are tightened no rooms for the legs,

The plane's pilots, including the captain himself, thanked me for the flight. I know it's just marketing, but it was really nice to see these people. It's a great idea. Airplane food is never "good," but the entire crew and flight organization were top-notch. I really liked Delta, and I think I've traveled all over the world, and that was something new for me. Maybe even the old planes, the B767, but next time I have a choice, Delta will be my first choice. Thank you, a satisfied passenger :)

It was a great experience. The only thing I would have changed was that the bathrooms were never cleaned and they got very dirty.

It was an OK flight with below mediocre service by their flight attendants

The only reason the overall rating wasn't "excellent" was due to problems in claiming luggage. The bags are delivered to the main area (Cinta 35) for domestic passengers, but to a DIFFERENT ROOM for international arrivees. After waiting 30 minutes, someone (who didn't appear to be from Air France or the airport) told us to go to another area. There we found our bags, which appeared to have been awaiting us for a while. We had to go through a bag check before leaving the airport. If we had been alerted to this possibility, or better yet, been to go directly to Cinta 34, we could have eliminated quite a bit of waiting.

Business class in the second leg - CDG-EVN was a disaster.

Food could have been better especially the breakfast. Overall it was a good flight

No birding was given for next trip on same carrier, food was very moderate.

This flight has a history of leaving late, however, I was pleasantly surprised that it was not delayed this day. The flight went smooth, except I was in a window seat and the wall and my feet were freezing. I found it difficult to sleep due to being so cold, I also was using 2 provided UAL blankets and could not get my feet warm. This was annoying, but I still made it there on time and safe.

I was very disappointed with my experience at the United Airlines baggage check. The representative was rude and unhelpful. I was required to remove approximately 1.5 pounds from my two checked bags, even though it was a very small amount over the limit. The interaction was unnecessarily unpleasant, and I expected much better customer service. I hope United will review this incident and provide additional customer service training to its staff.

Cree was organized and pleasant. Plane had good seating but as it’s a shuttle toilets hadn’t been thoroughly cleaned (eg. bins too full)

Some flight attendants were great others were cranky. Seats were very tight and sitting on an aisle was very hard as the carts and people walking constantly bumped shoulder and arm.

Although the flight was delayed the crew and the flight itself were very good. Couldn't fault anything and after the disappointment of being abandoned in the US by BA it was a welcome relief to travel with United

Liked fold flat bed. Didn’t like having no window. Didn’t like poor choice of food and being served dinner very late, hours after take off of a 7:40pm flight. Servers not friendly. Food horrible in business class.

Waited for our plane from HNL so we didn't miss connection. AMAZING Service for that, then really clean plane. Nice airline attendants.

The trip was very smooth. Flight crew were very friendly and efficient.

Old plane with broken interiors, unclean restrooms and non attentive crew.

The infotainment system is liking compared to Airlines like Emirates Etihad Singapore Qantas

Selection of movies didn't include recent box office hits. Food was average not great. English sparkling wine is not drinkable. Otherwise, everything was great.

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

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

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.

Good overall. Cannot fault the airlines. I have had better entertainment systems before ie ice in Emirates but it was not too bad. Food was decent and staff were friendly.

Miami airport needs more thorough signage. It was a long walk from my transport point to the check in desk,

Flight took off an hour late. Had to stay on the tarmac for half an hour after landing. Both annoying.

My only complaint is that the pocket in front of me was ripped and my things, like iPad and airline magazines, kept slipping to the floor.

Flight delayed yet again. Crew apathetic and unhelpful re affect on connecting flight.

Cabin crew on our flight showed lack of any customer service gruff and acting annoyed if you asked anything and I mean anything Example a man on the seat over dropped his beer on my husbands blanket We asked if we could switch out blankets cabin crew Said. No we don’t have any extras OK well can you take the wet one Cabin crew looked disgusted and annoyed Took it no OK or yes just a growl

A/C temp. was way too cold during the flight.

Boarding from the SFO lounge is a big improvement. Although the first class dining room inside the lounge is becoming very crowded.

Spent unnecessary hours on phone calls to resolve small error on one of the passengers name... It was extremely stressful and time consuming... Not great... Also all 4 members of the family: 2 parents/ 2 teenagers were allocated separate seats (even separate floors... Not great...

I was booked in Premium Economy and never given a chance to choose to purchase my own seat. Ended up with a middle seat, which was very difficult for me. The airline then left my bag in London so when I arrived in Instanbul it was not there. They delivered it to me the next day but many valuable items had been stolen. I've been flying with BA for years and this was the first time I had such a bizarre and bad experience with them.

Canceled flight late London to Florence. Help at airport very poor. Treated poorly. Had to sleep in the airport. Lost bags- still do not have them. Horrible. I should be reimbursed!

Boarding was orderly, pilot and flight attendants were nice, entertainment options were good, and low sodium meals were quite tasty.

Flight delayed, connection was not at gate listed and so missed, staff were rude at Heathrow, phone tree stupid and difficult, took me 21 actual hours to reach my destination. Almost lost my hotel reservation after walking in a strange city alone after midnight because they would not put me up in a hotel at sfo or heathrow. I will never fly BA again and will tell all people and Instagram followers never to fly BA.

Wish the food and overall service was better. They treat Business class passengers same as economy

They had us seating down for one hour just waiting on the plane

Flying with BA is always a good experience—even in economy class. It is better if in business and first class. Timely, breeze through security and timely connections

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