$627 Find Cheap Flights from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to United States

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Cheap Flights from Melbourne to the United States

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$989
New York
Newark2 stops$1,426
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,015
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$973
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$1,275
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$1,407
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$1,275
Miami
Miami3 stops$1,527
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$1,314
Orlando
Orlando3 stops$1,476
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore2 stops$1,612
Boston
Boston3 stops$1,605
Houston
Houston2 stops$1,559
Atlanta
Atlanta2 stops$1,633
Denver
Denver2 stops$1,650
Detroit
Detroit3 stops$1,770
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City1 stop$1,633
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stop$1,588
Phoenix
Phoenix1 stop$1,524
Portland
Portland2 stops$1,285
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$989
New York
Newark2 stops$1,426
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$1,015
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop$973
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stops$1,275
Dallas
Dallas1 stop$1,407
Seattle
Seattle2 stops$1,275
Miami
Miami3 stops$1,527
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$1,314
Orlando
Orlando3 stops$1,476
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore2 stops$1,612
Boston
Boston3 stops$1,605
Houston
Houston2 stops$1,559
Atlanta
Atlanta2 stops$1,633
Denver
Denver2 stops$1,650
Detroit
Detroit3 stops$1,770
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City1 stop$1,633
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stop$1,588
Phoenix
Phoenix1 stop$1,524
Portland
Portland2 stops$1,285

Book Cheap Melbourne to the United States Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Melbourne to the United States 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Melbourne to the United States

Thu, 7 May - Thu, 14 May
Fiji Airways Logo
13:30 - 13:05
MEL
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LAX
16h 35m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 12:00
LAX
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MEL
19h 05m
1 stop
$989Fiji Airways
Wed, 15 Apr - Sun, 19 Apr
Fiji Airways Logo
13:25 - 13:05
MEL
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LAX
16h 40m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
23:55 - 12:25
LAX
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MEL
19h 30m
1 stop
$992Fiji Airways
Thu, 14 May - Wed, 27 May
American Airlines Logo
09:45 - 22:00
MEL
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SFO
29h 15m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
11:25 - 05:00
SFO
-
MEL
24h 35m
1 stop
$1,160American Airlines
Thu, 14 May - Wed, 27 May
United Airlines Logo
10:55 - 08:10
MEL
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SFO
14h 15mdirect
United Airlines Logo
10:19 - 07:30
SFO
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MEL
28h 11m
1 stop
$1,168United Airlines
Thu, 7 May - Tue, 28 Jul
United Airlines Logo
10:55 - 12:22
MEL
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ONT
18h 27m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
16:20 - 08:15
ONT
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MEL
22h 55m
1 stop
$1,316United Airlines
Fri, 8 May - Fri, 15 May
Qantas Airways Logo
09:45 - 10:59
MEL
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LAS
18h 14m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
18:43 - 06:45
LAS
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MEL
19h 02m
1 stop
$1,418Qantas Airways
Mon, 3 Aug - Sun, 9 Aug
American Airlines Logo
13:35 - 22:29
MEL
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LGA
22h 54m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
14:57 - 06:45
LGA
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MEL
25h 48m
2 stops
$1,453American Airlines
Wed, 22 Apr - Wed, 29 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
09:30 - 20:13
MEL
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EWR
24h 43m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
09:20 - 07:30
EWR
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MEL
32h 10m
1 stop
$1,454Air New Zealand
Wed, 22 Apr - Wed, 29 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
09:30 - 21:14
MEL
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EWR
25h 44m
2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
18:25 - 07:30
EWR
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MEL
23h 05m
1 stop
$1,460Air New Zealand
Wed, 26 Aug - Mon, 7 Sep
Qantas Airways Logo
09:45 - 18:59
MEL
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JFK
23h 14m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
21:44 - 06:45
JFK
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MEL
43h 01m
1 stop
$1,474Qantas Airways
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Melbourne to the United States flights

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

What is the cheapest Melbourne Airport to the United States flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to the United States from Melbourne Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $1,117 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 $1,117.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to the United States?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Melbourne Airport to the United States depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to the United States is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost $1,247 on average. Morning departures are around 22% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the United States is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,418.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Melbourne Airport to the United States?

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.

No, with an average price for the route of $1,353, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne Airport to the United States?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne Airport to the United States, 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 Airport to the United States is August, when tickets cost $1,121 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,458 and $1,422 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to United States?

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to United States on a Monday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine), you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne Airport to the United States?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne Airport to the United States, 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 Airport to the United States, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$627
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (12% more expensive on average)
Flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles

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  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) to United States?

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    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 Airport (Tullamarine) to United States up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Melbourne to the United States

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Melbourne to the United States? 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.
8.1
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 237 reviews
8.1Comfort
8.5Crew
7.5Entertainment
7.6Food
8.2Boarding
Airline reviews

Fiji Airways always goes above and beyond. If anything I'd say the food was less enjoyable than in the past. But that in no way lessened the experience with the cabin crew or the excellent attentiveness and service they provided throughout the entire trip!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2026
LAX - NAN
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Fiji Airways always goes above and beyond. If anything I'd say the food was less enjoyable than in the past. But that in no way lessened the experience with the cabin crew or the excellent attentiveness and service they provided throughout the entire trip!

Left on time , arrived on time. Staff was awesome!!!!! Great flight!!!!

Great food, wonderful staff made a long flight seem short

Everything was great . Arrived on time was smooth plane was clean. Crew/Staff was friendly and helpful.

Everything from the staff to the comfort of business class was excellent. This is one of my new favorite airlines.

Ticketing said dinner for the almost 14 hour flight and we were delayed an hour. However, onboard we were only served a sluce if pizza bread and a cookie. Not at all dinner and insufficient for a long international flight. Breakfast was good.

We have had an absolutely horrific experience so far getting home from Australia on a $18,000 + flight we booked with you. The flight did not deplane in Dallas because there was no available gate or staircase. We sat in the plane for 3 hours waiting to deplane. As a result we missed our connecting flight to New York. American Airlines put us up in a hotel several miles away. We waited 45 minutes for a shuttle and The shuttle driver was horribly rude and unhelpful. They offered us $70 vouchers for food but actually there was no food left when we arrived minus some chicken nuggets and corn dogs. It was awful. Horrible way to end a vacation. There has to be accountability here.

A bit cramped in economy and the people in front wouldn’t put their seats up during meal service, crew did not help with that and I felt they could have done more about it.

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...

The flight was smooth and on time. Entertainment options were lacking and there was no food, other than some very boring snacks.

A better selection of entertainment would have been nice. I found nothing that appealed to me as a middle-aged traveler. The flight attendants were gracious, helpful, and attentive. It also would have been nice to have more bathrooms as the flight was full and the plane was big.

Appreciated the ability to get an earlier flight home after flying in from in from Japan. No problem with boarding or crew service. The limited choice of snacks, compared to previous years. Aircraft seats seem to be getting harder and more uncomfortable all the time. Overall, happy to be home

This flight was the second leg of a trip that began in Auckland, New Zealand. I was unable to find a way to select seats in advance. The boarding passes we were given in Auckland did not have seat assignments for the second flight. There was no way to check on it until personnel showed up at the gate in Los Angeles, immediately before boarding time. The flight was overbooked by one, and since I was traveling with my sister, we needed two seats. We waited in considerable anxiety for everyone else to board and when one person did not show up, we had to take whatever was left. At least we finally got on the flight although we were the very last to board. We were not able to sit together, of course.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

The seats are feeling very hard to sit on. All the padding is flat, like sitting on a park bench for over an hour

We had difficulty checking in as United didn’t recognize the confirmation number and the agent was not helpful. We went to the United Assistance desk where the agent was able to process our reservation. We also weren’t allowed to choose seats in advance.

Space between seats on Air New Zealand is generally tight. The crew on this flight was excellent! Very attentive and nice. You get free wine or beer and chips and of course the Air New Zealand candies. 1 hour and 35 min flight approximately.

Your entertainment could be better. I flew on Air New Zealand in January so was expecting a better choice in February...but no luck. Same choices and also could have a better selection. Otherwise, lovely service, the purser came to our seats to welcome us. Overall, very nice. Direct flight from Auckland to YVR was fantastic!

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Good flight. On time. No problems. Plane was clean. Service was as you would expect. However nothing special, just a good flight.

Very friendly staff. No food service and no entertainment. Only 1hr 20min flight

High fees for excess checked baggage and somehow ridiculous rules for carry on bags.

Flight was late, food and drink an extra charge, my carry on is five rows behind me, and the seats are too narrow. Don’t ask me to be happy about it

I bought flights in August and there wasn’t a flight in the system

Our 6.30am flight was boarded then cancelled to fly at 10.55am . We were flying to Brisbane to attend a funeral at 12 noon an hour away . This means missing the funeral due to unreliability of Virgin . Unimpressed !!

It was with Link Airways and the Saab 340 jet was noisy and little comfort.

They didn’t sent my luggage I got it 24 hours later

Plane was late and they wouldn’t check our bags through to Tokyo

Overall experience was good but what really impressed me the most was the care the flight attendants took of a sick passenger who was sitting in front of me. The flight attendants would come and check on her quite regularly providing her support and comfort. Brilliant service!

On the Qantas flight, I could barely hear some of the announcements. It was better when I could read them on the screen.

Good check in and helpful staff. Delayed for 1 hour. Took about 45 Mins to get baggage’s at DFW . Food was average ( Hindu meal ) . Overall it was good experience

Our boarding and flight was very good. However when we landed and pulled in to the gate it took 55 minutes for the jet bridge to be positioned next to the aircraft. That caused us to miss our ground transportation and it caused us unnecessary last minute transit planning and expense. Our flight was AA1733 on March 17, 2026

We booked with Qantas instead of Delta and we instead flew on American Airlines. American is not our favorite to go on. No leg room and the width of seats are a joke. Your are packed like sardines on American flights.

When I originally booked this flight, I was expecting to travel on Qantas. When the itinerary changed and the long-haul segment was operated by American Airlines, we were disappointed but remained open-minded. Unfortunately, the overall service experience fell far short of expectations. This was a long-haul international flight. Getting up periodically to use the restroom or stretch is inevitable, especially on flights of this duration. However, each time we stood up, we felt as though we were inconveniencing the crew. The tone and body language often suggested that we were in the way or disrupting something simply by moving about the cabin. As a result, I avoided getting up as often as I needed to and was physically very sore upon arrival. Meal service was similarly impersonal. The options were presented in single words “beef or veggie,” “pasta or beef” without any description of what was actually being served. There was little engagement or courtesy beyond that. Even simple expressions of gratitude were often not acknowledged. I am accustomed to no-frills travel and do not expect luxury. What was disappointing was not the absence of extras, but the absence of basic warmth and professionalism. On a long-haul international flight, small moments of courtesy and humanity make a significant difference. In this case, the experience felt transactional and dismissive rather than welcoming. I hope this feedback is taken constructively, as there is a meaningful difference between efficient service and indifferent service.

Flight arrived late with no one to help over 30 people rebook. I slept at the airport.

Business seats not as comfortable or private as most competitors (e.g. Qantas was outstanding), and movie selection was much more limited than Qantas or United has been recently

Hard to move and get out of my seat when the passenger in front is in recline position.

Flight was 2.5 hours late leaving. We spent 50 minutes of that sitting on the plane with no explanation. They did reduce the time in the air so we arrived a little less late which was something. The cheese and crackers were okay but the wine was terrible.

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

Smooth and easy boarding, comfortable for the entire 5 hour flight, and the seat back entertainment was great! I appreciated all the features, from location info and maps, movies, the ability to connect with Bluetooth headphones, and good selection of movies. Food was good, normal airline snacks (I didn’t purchase anything)

we did a return flight from Paris CDG to SFO. This trip was much better than the departing flight SFO to CDG. The food was better quality, the crew was nicer, and the interior of the plane seemed cleaner.

They promise free wi-fi prior to boarding and then once on board you are informed you have to purchase wifi even after being a mileagePlus member.

I've been flying American mostly, and it's been very frustrating. This united flight makes me realize maybe the issue isn't flying, but the airline. United was a significantly better experience. The plane was more comfortable, with a normal amount of leg room (vs the ridiculous reductions AA has made), more comfortable seats, screens to watch movies. It was a much better experience!

Awful. No counter attendants. No dinner offered due to delays.

Horrible service no Wi-Fi connection on both leg of the flight and they are refusing to fix bad service

3 hour delay…. Nearly 2 hours sitting on tarmac. Do better, United. Or at least have the sense to not say “we hope you enjoyed your flight with us” upon disembarking.

Flights were on time. Free Wifi on plane. Everything was well organized.

During landing. 2 crew members passed 3 times by my lane and didn't notice that people in front of us had their site to the furthermore reclined... That was uncomfortable and could have been dangerous.

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

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