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Best Australia Flight Deals from Los Angeles

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Sydney
Sydney1 stop$1,052
Brisbane
Brisbane1 stop$1,153
Perth
Perth1 stop$1,357
Adelaide
Adelaide2 stops$1,386
Coolangatta
Coolangatta1 stop$1,369
Cairns
Cairns1 stop$1,411
Hobart
Hobart1 stop$1,607
Canberra
Canberra1 stop$1,319
Maroochydore
Maroochydore1 stop$1,580
Townsville
Townsville1 stop$1,801
Sydney
Sydney1 stop$1,052
Brisbane
Brisbane1 stop$1,153
Perth
Perth1 stop$1,357
Adelaide
Adelaide2 stops$1,386
Coolangatta
Coolangatta1 stop$1,369
Cairns
Cairns1 stop$1,411
Hobart
Hobart1 stop$1,607
Canberra
Canberra1 stop$1,319
Maroochydore
Maroochydore1 stop$1,580
Townsville
Townsville1 stop$1,801

Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Australia

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Los Angeles to Australia 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 Los Angeles to Australia

Sat, 30 Aug - Sun, 7 Sep
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17:41 - 14:40LAX-SYD
27h 59m1 stop
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16:20 - 05:00SYD-LAX
29h 40m1 stop
$1,052
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Tue, 26 Aug - Sun, 31 Aug
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17:41 - 14:40LAX-SYD
27h 59m1 stop
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16:20 - 20:06SYD-LAX
20h 46m2 stops
$1,065
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Fri, 22 Aug - Fri, 29 Aug
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23:55 - 11:45LAX-SYD
18h 50m1 stop
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13:15 - 12:55SYD-LAX
16h 40m1 stop
$1,076Fiji Airways
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Sat, 25 Oct - Sat, 15 Nov
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23:55 - 12:45LAX-SYD
18h 50m1 stop
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14:30 - 11:50SYD-LAX
16h 20m1 stop
$1,078Fiji Airways
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Thu, 14 Aug - Fri, 22 Aug
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23:55 - 12:15LAX-SYD
19h 20m1 stop
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13:15 - 12:55SYD-LAX
16h 40m1 stop
$1,079Fiji Airways
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Wed, 3 Sep - Wed, 17 Sep
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23:15 - 07:05LAX-SYD
14h 50mdirect
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09:10 - 06:00SYD-LAX
13h 50mdirect
$1,167Qantas Airways
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Wed, 3 Sep - Wed, 17 Sep
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23:15 - 07:05LAX-SYD
14h 50mdirect
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09:10 - 06:00SYD-LAX
13h 50mdirect
$1,168Qantas Airways
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Tue, 12 Aug - Tue, 26 Aug
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18:50 - 06:55LAX-SYD
19h 05m1 stop
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09:30 - 06:10SYD-LAX
13h 40mdirect
$1,291United Airlines
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Sat, 2 Aug - Sun, 17 Aug
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22:50 - 07:00LAX-SYD
15h 10mdirect
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10:20 - 10:20SYD-LAX
17h 00m1 stop
$1,293United Airlines
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Tue, 5 Aug - Mon, 25 Aug
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21:35 - 05:25LAX-BNE
14h 50mdirect
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20:05 - 16:40BNE-LAX
13h 35mdirect
$1,695Alaska Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Los Angeles to Australia flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Los Angeles to Australia to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Los Angeles to Australia flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Australia.

The cheapest ticket to Australia from Los Angeles found in the last 72 hours was to Melbourne, at $772 return. The most popular route is from Los Angeles (LAX) to Sydney (SYD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $815.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Los Angeles to Australia?

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 $2,844 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to Australia?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Australia, 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 Los Angeles to Australia is February, when tickets cost $1,395 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of return tickets is $2,091 and $1,747 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Los Angeles to Australia?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Australia clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Australia on a Tuesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Friday is the most expensive day to fly from Los Angeles to Australia. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Monday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Los Angeles to Australia?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Australia, 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 Los Angeles to Australia, you should book around 6 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonMay
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$480
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (34% more expensive on average)
Flight from Los Angeles to Sydney

Flights from Los Angeles to Australia: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from Los Angeles to Australia 
Verified travelerFlew with Qantas AirwaysLAX-MELApr 2024
Arrive earlier than recommended. You'll never know what awaits you!
Verified travelerFlew with Qantas AirwaysLAX-SYDFeb 2024
Use swimmers ear wax for ear plugs and be sure to have a good neck pillow and sleep mask

FAQs - booking Australia flights

  • If I am traveling from Los Angeles to Australia, do I need a passport and will I need to get a visa before I travel?

    To travel from the United States to Australia, travelers do need a valid passport and the passport must be valid at your time of entry into Australia. The passport must have one blank page for an entry stamp into the country. While Australia does generally require visas for travelers if you are traveling for either tourism or business purposes and will not be staying for more than 90 days in Australia, you can obtain an Electronic Travel Authority from the website of the government of Australia in place of a visa to enter the country.

  • If I'm going to be flying to Brisbane Airport (BNE), are there any public transportation options to get me from the airport to downtown Brisbane?

    A convenient choice to get you from the airport to the center of Brisbane is to take the light rail service offered by TRANSLink QLD that will get you from the airport to the center of town in around 20min. The cost of the trip is about 20 AUD(15 USD).

  • If one of the reasons I'm traveling to Australia is to visit the very famous Great Barrier Reef, what is the best way for me to get there from Los Angeles?

    Start your trip by booking a one-stop flight aboard Qantas Airlines that has a layover at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport and a final destination of Cairns Airport (CNS). Once in Cairns, take a ride on the boat service offered through Green Island Adventures to explore the reef for a cost of about 88 AUD (65 USD).

  • Does Los Angeles International Airport have any lounges available where I can wait for my flight to Australia?

    The airport offers lounges from several airlines. This includes one from Qantas Airlines, which is popular with travelers to Australia. The lounge has a great location on the airside of Level 5 of the Tom Bradley International Terminal.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Los Angeles to Australia?

    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 Los Angeles to Australia.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Los Angeles to Australia?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Los Angeles to Australia?

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Los Angeles to Australia?

    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 from Los Angeles to Australia up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Australia?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Australia is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost $968 on average. Morning departures are around 23% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Australia is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,283.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Australia

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Los Angeles to the following destinations at these prices or less: Brisbane $1,098 one-way - $1,712 round-trip; Melbourne $1,166 one-way - $1,434 round-trip; Sydney $770 one-way - $1,349 round-trip
  • A quick and convenient way to get to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) from downtown Los Angeles is to take the LAX FlyAway bus that makes the trip in about 40min for a cost of about 9 USD.
  • After a long flight to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), a nice way to freshen up is to use their free shower facilities. You will find these near Gates 31 and 51 as well as near check-in counters A and K.
  • If you are a nursing mother that is flying from Los Angeles to Australia, Los Angeles International Airport has nursing stations in all of the terminal buildings, including near Gate 150 in the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
  • If you plan on driving yourself to Los Angeles International Airport, you can pre-book your parking on the airport’s website to save time and make sure you have a place to park. There are also very affordable economy lots that are about 7min from the airport that offer free shuttle service.
  • If you are bringing your favorite four-legged friend on your flight, Los Angeles International Airport has 10 animal relief stations with locations in all of the terminal buildings of the airport.

Top 5 airlines serving from Los Angeles to Australia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Los Angeles to Australia? 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.
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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 194 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.1Comfort
7.5Food
8.5Crew
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.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

8.0 ExcellentGrant, May 2025NAN - AKL
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.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

They charged me over a $1000 dollars to bring two surfboard bags as check baggage. Inappropriate and I would avoid flying sgain

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

Business class Seats on the A350 from Nan to YVR were wonderful. The flight crew was okay but could do with better training. Toilets were clean but ran out of paper towels towards the end of the flight. The food/menu and the wine offered really needs considerable improvement. Dinner options were either Bolani, a beef sandwich (even this could be made much better), or paneer butter masala. Unfortunately, if you are not a fan of Fijian food, there isn’t much choice. Dessert was either turmeric ice cream or fruits but unfortunately, they were out of fruit! So the only option was turmeric ice cream. I’m not certain how many passengers like turmeric but I am not one of them. They need to cater to a more diverse group of people. Perhaps they need a new chef? The movies& tv shows were mostly older so I didn’t find that interesting either. It was however, fun to view the plane’s exterior cameras as we take off and land. The best thing about this flight are the business class seats.

Thank you still providing bags for vomit. My son had a migraine and needed a bag to vomit in and it was right there behind the seat in front of us. Thank you!

We waited over an hour for our luggage to arrive at the carousel in Seattle.

Comfortable seat, a little delay, very informative. Love Wi-Fi

late take off - which they blamed on ATC 1000 times. Fake news that there was no room overhead for carry-ons. Seat space was so tiny I could barely drink my coffee. Cabin was freezing cold. Seat was hard. Zero in-flight entertainment. Only good thing was we arrived on time. Not a good experience!

I ordered the fruit and cheese plate on both outbound and inbound flights, the cheese portion on the inbound flight was half of what it had been on the outbound flight. 🙁

Awesome just like that we have a timeline flying Alaska.

Long delay before boarding. By the time I was informed of the delay I was already at the gate.

Check your emails that you sent me. 9 emails were sent telling me that my flight is Delayed. Each one with a different time 7:10, 7:55, 9:31, 9:09, 9:29, 9:44, 10:00, 9:49, and 10:10. That was how my experience went.

Personal demeanor not good on flight returning to LAX..Great and superb on the way to Portland

I paid an extra $100 for a seat upgrade including complimentary drinks, no drinks were served due to a few minutes of minor turbulence. They said they would return, they didn’t’. Sad…

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

Bathrooms dirty sinks clogged. No one seemed to clean them. Plane very old

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

It was terrible, if they ran flights on time it would make a big difference.

Delta seems to be improving in many areas, except they are super bad with the food available. Bring back normal food service on long flights.

I actually received a notification from kayak on email but not one by text from Delta when my departure gait changed and I almost missed my flight

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Delayed QF59 flight once again, Qantas doesn't fail in maintaining there delayed departures and arrivals. USB points do not work nor do the power point sockets on the plane, Qantas staff admitted that on the flight. Don't expect to your charge devices. Saving grace, was the ice cream. Bottom line, if you expect to fly to HND and make it on time avoid Qantas and if you're interested in ice cream - visit 7/11.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Loved the staff. The economy seats could have been bigger.

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

Overall good experience with flight and airport wheelchair staff. Also got Indian food in the flights

I liked the service, the menu, and the comfort of the seats! Even tho we were seated by the bathrooms, the reclining seats and movie selection was very good, my husband and I didn’t mind at all

Very good as always, stand out airline. The passengers whom choose to stuff baggage that otherwise should be checked-in is a real bother but that's not the airlines doing. A real frustration that passengers just don't want to check-in luggage. This is a pet hate unfortunately.

It’s a two prop flight so I had problems with my ears on re- entering ! But otherwise fine

it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks

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.

The food was the worst I’ve had on any flight I’ve ever been on.

I was supposed to be on business class at first class from Denver back to Miami due to weather changes. I missed my connection and it’s put on a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of honoring my business class/1st class ticket, they put me in coach, but there were two first class seats open. I think it’s absolutely disgusting that I paid for first class $1300 ticket and they put me in economy and they had to open seats available and I have still not been refunded the difference. I ended up having to eat a snack box instead of the meal I was supposed to get and did not get home till 2 AM so I think that’s a little pathetic that I had to live off crackers for dinner And my poor dog ate some cheese and salami. Oh yes, apparently when they switched me to the new flight they forgot to mention I had a service dog

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.

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