ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
SFO to LASUnited States
Las Vegas
$61
usually $155
−61%
Most monthly lows $130–$295. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · SFO → OTP
San Francisco to Bucharest
Best fare, round trip
$1,114
Too little price history on this route to compare — the fare is shown as found.
Found
- Depart
- Fri 28 May
- Return
- Sun 18 Jul
- Stay
- 51 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13h
- Airline
United
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
RomaniaBucharestBelle-époque villas next to communist concrete, and the cheapest capital in the European Union.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsHenri Coandă (OTP)Every route into BucharestFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13 hours outbound, on a 51-night trip — ticketed under United, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,114 for 10,327 km each way, that works out to about $54 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 15 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Bucharest, this fare ranks 12th — 1.9× the $573 we hold from Seoul. For context, the middle fare among the 49 routes of similar length we watch out of San Francisco is $828. We have 1 month of cached prices for this route so far — not enough to call a fare cheap or expensive, so we publish the price without a percentage. Fare history here is still too short to name a cheap season. The best time to be in Bucharest: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
We are still collecting this route's months — 1 month of cached prices so far, too few to chart.
Route facts
- Airports
- SFO · Oakland (OAK) · San José (SJC) ↔ Henri Coandă (OTP)
- Flight time
- ≈13 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈10,327 km each way
- Airlines on the board
- United
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
SF → OTP, answered.
How far in advance should I book SF → Bucharest?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. Our guide Why flight prices change covers the levers we can measure.
Are there nonstop flights from San Francisco to Bucharest?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under United. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 14 September). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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