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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Manila (SFO-MNL)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from San Francisco to Manila 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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Recent return flight deals from San Francisco to Manila

Tue, 14 Oct - Thu, 23 Oct
Singapore Airlines Logo
11:30 - 05:40SFO-MNL
27h 10m1 stop
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18:30 - 09:40MNL-SFO
30h 10m1 stop
£451Singapore Airlines
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Tue, 14 Oct - Thu, 23 Oct
Singapore Airlines Logo
11:30 - 05:40SFO-MNL
27h 10m1 stop
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18:30 - 09:40MNL-SFO
30h 10m1 stop
£454Singapore Airlines
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Mon, 13 Oct - Thu, 23 Oct
China Airlines Logo
01:05 - 09:35SFO-MNL
17h 30m1 stop
China Airlines Logo
16:50 - 19:55MNL-SFO
18h 05m1 stop
£517China Airlines
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Mon, 13 Oct - Thu, 23 Oct
China Airlines Logo
01:05 - 09:35SFO-MNL
17h 30m1 stop
China Airlines Logo
10:35 - 19:55MNL-SFO
24h 20m1 stop
£521China Airlines
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Tue, 9 Sep - Tue, 30 Sep
United Airlines Logo
00:40 - 05:55SFO-MNL
14h 15mdirect
United Airlines Logo
08:40 - 06:35MNL-SFO
12h 55mdirect
£530United Airlines
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Tue, 14 Oct - Thu, 23 Oct
Philippine Airlines Logo
23:55 - 05:30SFO-MNL
14h 35mdirect
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22:45 - 20:50MNL-SFO
13h 05mdirect
£538Philippine Airlines
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Tue, 14 Oct - Thu, 23 Oct
Philippine Airlines Logo
23:55 - 05:30SFO-MNL
14h 35mdirect
Philippine Airlines Logo
22:45 - 20:50MNL-SFO
13h 05mdirect
£540Philippine Airlines
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Wed, 10 Sep - Tue, 30 Sep
United Airlines Logo
09:20 - 21:10SFO-MNL
20h 50m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
23:50 - 06:32MNL-SFO
21h 42m2 stops
£544United Airlines
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Mon, 1 Sep - Mon, 15 Sep
Cathay Pacific Logo
13:40 - 00:15SFO-MNL
19h 35m1 stop
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12:30 - 22:40MNL-SFO
25h 10m1 stop
£550Cathay Pacific
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Tue, 2 Sep - Wed, 17 Sep
Cathay Pacific Logo
13:40 - 22:55SFO-MNL
18h 15m1 stop
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12:30 - 17:30MNL-SFO
20h 00m1 stop
£551Cathay Pacific
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Expert advice for your flight from San Francisco to Manila

 
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Manila flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Manila?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Manila clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from San Francisco to Manila, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Francisco, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Manila?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Manila, 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 San Francisco to Manila is October, where tickets cost £607 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £1,127 and £965 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from San Francisco to Manila?

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.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at £502 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Manila?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Manila, 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 the flight from San Francisco to Manila, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.


Good to know - Cheap tickets from San Francisco to Manila

Low seasonAugust
High seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight£275
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
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When to book flights from San Francisco to Manila

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Manila based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Manila

  • What is there to do while waiting at San Francisco International Airport?

    If you are interested in history, stop by the Aviation Museum that can be found in the International Terminal of San Francisco International Airport. To learn more about the airport and all of its amenities, take one of the three self-guided tours that go throughout each terminal. Movies, tablets, and games can also be rented from one of the InMotion Entertainment desks that are placed in the International Terminal and Terminal 3.

  • Does San Francisco International Airport have a spa in the Departures terminal?

    San Francisco International Airport currently has several XpresSpa locations in the International Terminal as well as in Terminals 2 and 3. These spas offer many different services, including massages, facials, manicures, pedicures, and waxing.

  • Where can I rent a car at Ninoy Aquino International Airport?

    To rent a car, head to the ground transportation center in Ninoy Aquino International Airport. In this area, you can find the desks for several major rental companies, including Avis and Hertz. Take note of the fact that, to rent a car in the Philippines, you will either have to have an international driver’s license or an English-language license.

  • Can I store my luggage at Ninoy Aquino International Airport?

    You can leave a suitcase or personal item at the Luggage and More desk, which is near the baggage claim of Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Prices start at 150 PHP (approximately 3 USD), and they vary depending on the size of your items and how long you will be storing them.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Manila?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Manila was £376 for a one-way ticket and £615 for a return.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Francisco to Manila?

    Only American Airlines offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Francisco to Manila flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Manila?

    The Boeing 777-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Francisco to Manila flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Manila?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between San Francisco and Manila.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Francisco to Manila?

    There are direct flights from San Francisco to Manila on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Manila, Cathay Pacific or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Manila are Cathay Pacific and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of £593 and an overall rating of 7.6, Cathay Pacific is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £893 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Manila?

    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 San Francisco to Manila.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Manila?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Manila?

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Manila?

    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 Manila from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Francisco to Manila

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Manila to San Francisco? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £1,050 or less round-trip.
  • For those looking to save on travel time, book your reservation with Philippine Airlines, as they offer several daily flights from San Francisco to Manila. If you don’t mind layovers, book your ticket through either Air China or Cathay Pacific, as both of these companies offer affordable tickets and free checked baggage.
  • Are you often stressed while traveling? Pay a visit to one of the yoga rooms in San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to unwind. Placed near Gate 87A and Gate 62, these quiet rooms contain practice mats and guided DVDs, making them a peaceful space to relax.
  • If you need to quickly charge one of your portable devices before boarding your flight from San Francisco to Manila, rent a rapid portable charger from San Francisco International Airport. For a small hourly fee, you can carry a portable charger around with you and charge your cell phone up to two times quicker than normal.
  • To allow your kids to burn off some steam once your flight has landed, head to one of the Kiddie Traveller’s Lounges located in Terminals 1, 3, and 4 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL). These lounges are free to enter and have staff members to help watch the kids, as well as books, toys, and TVs playing child-friendly programs.
  • If you would like to take a quick nap or shower once arriving in Manila, book one of the Day Rooms that are located in Terminal 1 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport. These rooms contain private restrooms, a small bed, a desk, and outlets. The starting rate for a room is 840 PHP (approximately 16 USD).

Prefer to fly direct from San Francisco to Manila?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San Francisco to Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from San Francisco Airport to Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

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San Francisco to Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl

Monday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

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Direct returns

Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl to San Francisco

Monday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

Philippine Airlines, United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from San Francisco to Manila

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Manila. 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.
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8.4
EVA AirOverall score based on 1215 reviews
8.6Crew
8.0Entertainment
8.4Boarding
8.1Food
8.3Comfort
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The food from Los Angeles to Taipei made me throw up. The flight is also not comfort. But the staffs are very friendly and nice.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2025LAX - TPE
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The food from Los Angeles to Taipei made me throw up. The flight is also not comfort. But the staffs are very friendly and nice.

Aircraft was late getting to the gate - probably due to weather. We left the gate one hour late and had to wait another hour since we lost our slot in the takeoff queue. Our box was very wet and was falling apart when we got to Clark. It appears that luggage was exposed to weather in TPE while waiting to be loaded. Crew, however, handled the delay well and was able to provide planned service.

I appreciate the email reminders for online check-in which made my entry to the lines less stressful. The flight was on schedule and on time. The baording staff were proactively helpful and approachable. The airplane inflight food, entertainment and comfies as well as provisions are excellent even in the economy seating. The airline transfer was smooth and easy! Luggage safe and intact! Thank you EVA airline for making my trip a reliable safe and comfortable experience.

Movie selection was not as good as recent flights I've taken (EVA and other airlines).

I was sleep when they brought the food. They had put a note on my seat. There was no food when I asked for food later. There was just one main meal served in this 14 hours flight. They offered me sandwich with ham which I don’t eat since I am pescatarian. Long story short I had to wait to get to TPE to get something to eat. I am extremely disappointed from the service. I have been flying EVA since I was 1 year old. Perhaps no more EVA for me. Seems EVA glorious day is long gone

Excellent food. Good service. Crammed Premium Economy seats. I Asked to change seats during check in. They told me the flight was fully booked. But on board I saw empty seats where I could have been easily relocated.

basic and only minimum of service, they offer nothing special

The app was awful. No accurate info. Paying for internet is a negative (Delta is free). The crew was very nice for the most part although you are not guaranteed to get good service. Some crew would ignore requests for things as simple as a cup of water if you were sleeping when the first serving was made. Food was great. Male crew member was exceptionally kind and responsive.

It was a good flight. I would highly recommend it to family and friends.

The employees were professional and efficient. I consider myself a traveler but have trouble with the international fare served on airplanes. I admit Americans buy their food in the supermarket and we typically don’t eat the ligaments and cartilage. I know that is whiny but as I age, I dislike it more. At least things weren’t covered in cheese. The desserts are terrible! My neighbor didn’t eat her bread so I asked if I could have it. First time for everything but had been traveling a total of 27 hours and was hungry.

As before, my only problem was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arrival at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

Special request meals are really below average. Vegetarian options are very limited if you didn't prebook.

I've stomach problems after 2 hours of flight, Iris, the flight purser not only did her best to make me feel comfortable, she went above and beyond providing pain relievers medicines and ointment. She look and found a doctor passenger on the flight to provide advise. She even report on ground staffs about my condition and provide wheelchair upon arrival. Kudos to her and Cathay Pacific!

So so, crew was overly professional and lacks human touch. Equipment is very old, especially the HKG-PVG CX366 flight. That plane along with its decor must have twenty years of history, or at least I had that impression.

I have a Peanut Allergy and the Steward staff were very accommodating in ensuring my safety as my allergy is life threatening. Very professional and so vested in their profession.

Crew was great. But a bit understaffed. The business class seat, etc were dated. But comfortable. Some legs had entertainment system from a decade ago. Selections were rather poor. Food was mediocre at best. Actually poor for business class standards. I liked the lounge in Hong Kong. Showers were great. Food was nice.

Very noisy and careless crew on this overnight flight. They should understand customers want to sleep

Everything was fine and I have no complaints or things to note.

Highly impressive. On time. Smooth and fast boarding and disembarkment. Really great service

The economy seats are much indeed roomier. Meals needs improvement.

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Flight was late as pilot crew had to land at different airport in their previous flight. Passengers boarded and had to wait for pilots inside plane. Series of incomplete and unnecessary announcements by an annoying voice, rather than complete, informative announcements.

Breakfast was not loaded at SFO due to catering company change. Seems like a major airline at a major hub would have thought of something else or warned passengers to pick up food before boarding a 3 hour flight.

Boarding seemed to be organized bedlam. For what ever reason, preboarding took longer than 20 minutes. Made the plane 20 minutes late taking off. Luckily we arrived on time. Flight crew seemed very friendly. Only slight turbulence.

They hired a new catering company the same day of my flight. They botched the job by not delivering the right carts and after THREE HOURS waiting, the flight crew timed out (flight was 19 hours long and FAA rules state crew can’t work more than 14 hours long). So they CANCELED OUR FLIGHT!! Worst experience ever. Avoid UAL at all costs.

The personnel were professional and friendly. The Boeing 737 Max 9 is too claustrophobic and was very warm at both airport gates, and still warm in the air.

While the staff was pleasant and helpful, the following observations are for your awareness. There was some delay on the tarmac on take off and landing. The paid lunch/food offerings were limited. Entertainment was only available on WiFi at a cost.

get E+, a must for 5 hours flight if you are tall

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.

reach the standard, crew tried to fix up issues fast.

Overall the flight was a good experience. It is different from American Airlines because they board the back of the plane first rather than the front first. Food was decent. They gave out pillows ,blankets , and face masks. I did find this airline had faster flights back home than others. Less travel and layover time.

The flight was fantastic and the crew was absolutely excellent, but the entertainment system on the B777 was not working. That's a long time to spend with no electronics. The crew offered I-Pads but I had brought my own. I am only pointing this out because this is the second flight on Philippines Air where the entertainment system was down. FJM

The checking in agent tried to give me a different seat. She tried to give me an economy seat even though I had already checked in with a seat assigned and paid an extra $300 for those seats. She also separated our seating assignment. Very unprofessional and seriously a bad example for an agent. She was rude when I showed her my receipts and she made us wait more than 15 minutes before we were able to get the right boarding passes and correct seats (seats that we paid for in advance)!!!

Terrible check in and food was like from fast food

Delayed, from morning flight, they moved to evening. And said, their earlier flight is already full but we can upgrade the seat

I thought the meals and meal choices were excellent. The cabin staff was helpful and as is the norm for Pinays, extraordinarily empathetic.

Nice new lay-flat seats in Business Class!! What a wonderful experience!

Well it's strange everytime going the flight is late coming back the service is superior

Going to Dumaguette 4 times in a row I was late it's terrible

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