Compare 5 loyalty programs for New York to San Francisco award flights, with economy seats from 7,900 points.
New York to San Francisco is a transcontinental domestic route, and nonstop award space shows up on JetBlue, Delta, and Alaska Airlines. The data shows five programs pricing it, and economy starts at 7,900 points via JetBlue TrueBlue, on a nonstop. That spread of programs is the opportunity: identical seats often price differently from one to the next, so compare before transferring a single point. The tables below compare JFK–SFO pricing across all five programs.
Best one-way award prices per airline over the next 12 months.
| Airline | Economy | Business |
|---|---|---|
 JetBlueB6 | 7,900Lowest | Not available |
 DeltaDL | 11,700pts | Not available |
 American AirlinesAA | 12,500pts | Not available |
 Alaska AirlinesAS | 12,500pts | 308,600Lowest |
 Qatar AirwaysQR | 120,000pts | Not available |
When award seats between New York and San Francisco price cheapest over the next year.
| Month | Cheapest award (points) |
|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 7,900 |
| Dec 2026 | No award data |
| Jan 2027 | 11,700 |
| Feb 2027 | No award data |
| Mar 2027 | No award data |
| Apr 2027 | No award data |
| May 2027 | No award data |
| Jun 2027 | No award data |
| Jul 2027 | No award data |
6 airlines with award seats between New York and San Francisco, nonstop or connecting.
American AirlinesAAAlaska AirlinesASJetBlueB6DeltaDLQatar AirwaysQR
United AirlinesUAWhat to know before booking New York to San Francisco with points.
~2,580 miles; ~5h40 nonstop (approximate). San Francisco runs 3 hours behind New York. The data runs November 2026–July 2027. Only two months in the calendar data carry prices: November 2026 at 7,900 points and January 2027 at 11,700.
New York to San Francisco is served by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue and 3 more, offering multiple options for award travelers. Compare 5 loyalty programs to find the best value for your points. Award prices start from 7,900 points in economy. Use our search tool to check real-time award availability on this route.
Roughly 2,580 miles separate New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), so a nonstop spends about 5h40 in the air, a little more or less depending on winds and direction. Nonstop award space in the data comes from JetBlue, Delta, and Alaska Airlines. Aircraft logged on those nonstops include the Boeing 737-900 and Boeing 757-200. Nonstops account for about 22% of the award options in the data.
New York–San Francisco is a domestic route, so the first question is whether to spend points at all. The cheapest economy seat is a JetBlue nonstop booked through the airline's own program, so saving points costs no extra time. Taxes and fees on that seat run about $6, in line with the route's typical economy taxes. Points pay off here mainly when fares run high, so redeem then and pay cash otherwise. Flexible bank points can reach JetBlue TrueBlue; confirm the space first, since transfers can't be undone.
JetBlue TrueBlue wins economy at 7,900 points on a JetBlue nonstop. GOL Smiles takes business class at 308,600 points. Also in the mix: American AAdvantage, Delta SkyMiles, and Qatar Airways Privilege Club. Partner pricing sets the business class floor, so the program and the airline flying the seat differ. GOL Smiles takes over at business class, so the right currency depends on where you want to sit.
Nonstop award space on New York–San Francisco spans two alliances: Delta (SkyTeam) and Alaska Airlines (oneworld), plus JetBlue. That means partner programs in both alliances have a way onto a nonstop. Beyond the nonstop, the cheaper connecting awards in the data change planes in Los Angeles. Only six airlines hold award inventory here, so shifting dates is the main lever when space runs out.
For New York departures, Newark (EWR) starts at 10,000 points in economy, above the route's 7,900-point economy floor, and works as a backup when JFK space is gone; LaGuardia (LGA) prices from 10,500. Newark has nonstop flights to San Francisco in the data too. Pricing the round trip? San Francisco to New York is tracked separately, and awards can price differently each way.
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Common questions travelers ask about the New York to San Francisco route.
