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 → KUL
San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur
Best fare, round trip
$797
−12%
below its usual $905
you keep $108
Found
- Depart
- Thu 4 Feb
- Return
- Thu 18 Feb
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 21.5h
- Airline
United
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $875 and $905. The drop beats 29% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
MalaysiaKuala LumpurAirAsia’s home base, which is why fares onward to anywhere in Asia collapse the moment you land.Best windowMay–JulAirportsKuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB)Every route into Kuala LumpurFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in February around $797 and peak in November near $919, 15% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 21.5 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under United, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $797 for 13,590 km each way, that works out to about $29 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $42 per 1,000 km that ultra-long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 19 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Kuala Lumpur, this fare ranks 8th — 1.7× the $456 we hold from Madrid. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 33 routes of similar length we watch out of San Francisco, where the middle fare is $969. The best time to be in Kuala Lumpur: May–Jul.
The 4 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% higher than when tracking began on 5 Sep — $868 then versus $907 now, across 11 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $797, on 4 Feb '27.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $797
12% below the $905 typical fare
$903Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$919Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$875Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$797Feb ’27, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- SFO · Oakland (OAK) · San José (SJC) ↔ Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB)
- Flight time
- ≈21.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈13,590 km each way
- Typical price
- $905 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- United
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- May–Jul
Good to know
SF → KUL, answered.
Is $797 a good price for San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $905 round-trip and this fare is 12% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Kuala Lumpur are May–Jul — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SF → Kuala Lumpur?
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. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 4 months of cached fares, Feb comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur?
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 17 October). 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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