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Cheap Flights from Melbourne to North America

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
New York
Newark1 stop$1,318
Vancouver
Vancouver1 stop$1,428
Toronto
Toronto2 stops$1,528
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,122
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$919
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$1,105
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$1,440
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,504
Orlando
Orlando2 stops$1,389
Calgary
Calgary2 stops$1,528
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$1,117
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$1,407
Mexico City
Mexico City2 stops$1,496
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore2 stops$1,389
Montreal
Montreal2 stops$1,463
Houston
Houston1 stop$1,531
Atlanta
Atlanta2 stops$1,190
Denver
Denver1 stop$2,327
New York
Newark1 stop$1,318
Vancouver
Vancouver1 stop$1,428
Toronto
Toronto2 stops$1,528
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,122
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$919
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$1,105
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$1,440
Miami
Miami2 stops$1,504
Orlando
Orlando2 stops$1,389
Calgary
Calgary2 stops$1,528
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$1,117
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$1,407
Mexico City
Mexico City2 stops$1,496
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore2 stops$1,389
Montreal
Montreal2 stops$1,463
Houston
Houston1 stop$1,531
Atlanta
Atlanta2 stops$1,190
Denver
Denver1 stop$2,327

Book Cheap Melbourne to North America Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Melbourne to North America 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 Melbourne to North America

Sat, 8 Nov - Sat, 15 Nov
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14:15 - 11:50MEL-LAX
16h 35m1 stop
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22:45 - 12:25LAX-MEL
18h 40m1 stop
$1,063Fiji Airways
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Sat, 8 Nov - Sat, 15 Nov
Fiji Airways Logo
14:15 - 11:50MEL-LAX
16h 35m1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
22:45 - 12:25LAX-MEL
18h 40m1 stop
$1,069Fiji Airways
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Thu, 13 Nov - Mon, 24 Nov
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08:35 - 11:15MEL-LAX
21h 40m1 stop
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20:10 - 09:25LAX-MEL
18h 15m1 stop
$1,077Air New Zealand
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Mon, 17 Nov - Mon, 8 Dec
Air New Zealand Logo
10:35 - 10:40MEL-LAX
19h 05m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
20:10 - 09:25LAX-MEL
18h 15m1 stop
$1,083Air New Zealand
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Thu, 5 Feb - Wed, 18 Feb
Air Canada Logo
08:10 - 11:48MEL-LAX
22h 38m2 stops
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18:10 - 14:15LAX-MEL
25h 05m2 stops
$1,149Air Canada
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Sat, 21 Feb - Mon, 9 Mar
Air Canada Logo
07:10 - 11:48MEL-LAX
23h 38m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
18:10 - 13:15LAX-MEL
25h 05m2 stops
$1,152Air Canada
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Sat, 8 Nov - Fri, 5 Dec
Qantas Airways Logo
12:00 - 07:25MEL-LAX
14h 25mdirect
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22:50 - 09:30LAX-MEL
15h 40mdirect
$1,181Qantas Airways
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Thu, 18 Dec - Sat, 31 Jan
United Airlines Logo
11:30 - 06:50MEL-LAX
14h 20mdirect
United Airlines Logo
22:35 - 09:30LAX-MEL
15h 55mdirect
$1,183United Airlines
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Sat, 13 Dec - Mon, 29 Dec
United Airlines Logo
11:30 - 06:50MEL-LAX
14h 20mdirect
United Airlines Logo
22:35 - 09:30LAX-MEL
15h 55mdirect
$1,186United Airlines
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Wed, 26 Nov - Wed, 3 Dec
Qantas Airways Logo
16:05 - 23:54MEL-EWR
23h 49m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
12:46 - 05:00EWR-MEL
24h 14m1 stop
$1,318Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Melbourne to North America flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Melbourne to North America to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Melbourne to North America flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to North America from Melbourne found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $1,105 return. The most popular route is from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,105.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne to North America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne to North America, 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 Melbourne to North America is August, when tickets cost $1,172 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,741 and $1,537 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Melbourne to North America?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Melbourne to North America clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

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

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne to North America?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne to North America, 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 a flight from Melbourne to North America, you should book around 10 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$588
Flight from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to San Francisco

FAQs - booking North America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne to North America?

    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 Melbourne to North America.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Melbourne to North America?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Melbourne to North America 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 Melbourne to North America?

    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 Melbourne to North America 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 Melbourne to North America?

    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 Melbourne to North America 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 North America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to North America is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost $1,224 on average. Morning departures are around 37% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to North America is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,456.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Melbourne to North America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Melbourne to North America? 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.
8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 208 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
7.5Food
Airline reviews

The airline is ok, but it needs to improve it schedules.

6.0 GoodHon, Oct 2025NAN - SFO
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The airline is ok, but it needs to improve it schedules.

Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

Fiji Airways was amazing, will definately be lfying them again. The "Fijian hospitality" is not a catch phrase, it is genuine. the only things that could be improved is the entertainment. Not a great choice of movies, and the TV shows only have about 5 or so episodes, and often of a random season.

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.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.

Like: Aircraft was better than others I've flown in. Crew was great, food was very good. Air New Zealand is now my favorite airline. On our long flight from AKL to YVR there was enough room for those of us in Economy to stretch a bit. My sister is disabled and they took very good care of her and me. Best entertainment offering of all the other airlines. Not so much; Flight from AKL to YRV was delayed BUT they recovered really well so no complaints here. Pretty petty point to complain about. Only negative I have. I will recommend to friends.

Nice friendly staff and crew. Love the 787 flight. Get meals and lots of drinks!

Great entertainment options on the screen. uSB A and C chargers. Free WiFi! Crew were excellent.

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

Check in crew member was very helpful, nice and excellent service👍

Aircon set too high so VERY warm and VERY uncomfortable.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

No internet on flight, which makes log travels really hard.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

A few more inches of legroom is all i ask

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

Airline running better than post Covid, proper boarding process now implemented, some aircraft feeling a bit old and tired, crew fine, online experience better.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

Five hour flight instead of four hours due to westerly headwinds which wasn’t the fault of Qantas !

After boarding the plane in Chicago, the passengers were told that there was a technical problem with the plane. Passengers remained on the plane as they tried to fix the problem. After what was probably an hour passengers were told that there was a need to change planes as the problem was not solved. Passengers disembarked and boarded another plane. After taxing to the runway and waiting for takeoff, passengers were told that owing to the thunderstorm the flight was unable to take off but would try and reroute. After some time passengers were told there wasn't enough fuel for the new route and the plane had to return to the gate for additional fuel. after another log delay the flight got underway. On the plane there was food, drinks, ice or entertainment. We were a glass of water, which appeared rationed. Flight arrived about 5 hours late. The pilot was fantastic and communicated with the passengers throughout the ordeal.

During booking, I kept trying submitting my payment from the Mexican website and it didn't work. After I had the idea to change it to the Canadian website, it worked but I had to be charged the equivalent of 50 CAD more. I received the clear instruction that I would only be able to check-in at the airport and that it was impossible to select a seat 24 hours before departure, that I had to pay 144 CAD to do so, although not only was I able to check-in 24 hours before departure, but I could have selected my seats for free then. All in all, I almost threw $200 out the window due to misleading information. Besides, the app kept crashing, the information to get to the gate on the app was inaccurate, my gate was switched and I was only informed once in the air (luckily I had noticed the departure pannel), I was not addressed in my language beforehand and even if I tried I was immediately answered in English (which meant the crew understood but didn't want to answer accordingly), there was only one snack & beverage service on my medium haul flight and no beverage service on my short haul flight. To be fair, the planes were comfortable, the crew apart from the language issue was helpful, dynamic and engaging, the plane was clean and the directions were clear and direct. United has a lot of potential to be one of my favourite airlines, but the devil is in the details and a lot of them missed the target.

Great service on board. Boarding a bit slow due to process. Food was pretty average.

There was no food available for this red eye... one little waffle cookie for a 6+ hour flight... thank God I was able to sleep some

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

I found the staff to not be very attentive at all. When paying for Business Class you expect a certain type of service and that was not found. They were almost rude even

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

It was all good flight was on time, service was good I enjoyed a few movies and everything was smooth

Impressed with the service despite turbulence because of the weather. Both flights arrived before their scheduled times.

I liked that the flight was nonstop from ORD to CIU for $200 round trip.

I liked a lot , the flight attendant so nice ,the seat very comfortable I enjoyed the flight , I will do it again with Air Canada,

First message when all on board was that we didnt have a pilot, then they found one, then it was something about the bridge something not working, they will either fix or do manually. Flight of course was leaving late with all the cruise guests worrying about making it to their ship in time. Then only some luggage made it off the ship. Around 15 to 20 people waiting. 45 min later arrived except mine. I asked the rep at the luggage conveyor, he asked me my name. Then said it was not picked up with the first batch so they put it in a room. I was going to take public transport but now worried about time so took a taxi that cost me $65 USD

The flight attendants were not very nice. No smiles On my return trip I was charged for one bag $83.30 although I had purchased the flight including one piece of luggage. Can this be refunded to me? Thank you!

Service Director cut all cabin lights and window screens defaulted to dark, but it was an afternoon flight going west. I spent hours trying to see what was reading as reading lights weren't working either. What the hell.

There is not enough space between two chairs and raws.

Both meals (chicken option for dinner and omelette for breakfast) were lacking in good texture and taste.

Previous flight from Melbourne to Brisbane was late. I had 1 hr 40 min to get to the connecting flight. That was not enough time as I had to take a shuttle bus to change terminal. Then needed to get through security and customs. The airline was announcing my name to board at 9:10. The take off time was scheduled for 9:40 but I was again one of the last to board at about 9:20. Kayak needs to allow more time for these connections

Almost missed boarding, mass line up made me be the last person. Wish the announcement was more loud, didn’t hear what seats or zones were ready. Being last also made finding space for my roller bag. Fortunately the flight attendants made it work!

Good service was quite limited but that is due to short flight.

Service and crew very organised however the plan and seat seemed very dated and not enough space

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