$301 Find Cheap Flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands

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Cheap Flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Rarotonga
Rarotongadirect$593
Aitutaki
Aitutaki1 stop$1,358
Rarotonga
Rarotongadirect$593
Aitutaki
Aitutaki1 stop$1,358

Book Cheap Sydney to the Cook Islands Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands 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 Sydney to the Cook Islands

Sat, 6 Sep - Fri, 12 Sep
Jetstar Logo
22:00 - 07:45SYD-RAR
5h 45mdirect
Jetstar Logo
09:10 - 12:35RAR-SYD
7h 25mdirect
$593Jetstar
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Sun, 17 Aug - Tue, 26 Aug
Jetstar Logo
21:30 - 07:15SYD-RAR
5h 45mdirect
Jetstar Logo
09:00 - 12:35RAR-SYD
7h 35mdirect
$605Jetstar
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Sat, 6 Sep - Fri, 12 Sep
Jetstar Logo
22:00 - 07:45SYD-RAR
5h 45mdirect
Jetstar Logo
09:10 - 12:35RAR-SYD
7h 25mdirect
$616Jetstar
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Sat, 6 Sep - Fri, 12 Sep
Jetstar Logo
22:00 - 07:45SYD-RAR
5h 45mdirect
Jetstar Logo
09:10 - 12:35RAR-SYD
7h 25mdirect
$618Jetstar
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Sun, 17 Aug - Tue, 26 Aug
Jetstar Logo
21:30 - 07:15SYD-RAR
5h 45mdirect
Jetstar Logo
09:00 - 12:35RAR-SYD
7h 35mdirect
$622Jetstar
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Wed, 3 Sep - Fri, 12 Sep
Jetstar Logo
21:10 - 06:55SYD-RAR
5h 45mdirect
Jetstar Logo
09:10 - 12:35RAR-SYD
7h 25mdirect
$627Jetstar
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Sat, 6 Sep - Fri, 12 Sep
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07:10 - 21:05SYD-RAR
9h 55m1 stop
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09:10 - 12:35RAR-SYD
7h 25mdirect
Sun, 14 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
11:50 - 19:20SYD-AIT
27h 30m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
17:10 - 21:40AIT-SYD
32h 30m2 stops
$1,761Air New Zealand
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Fri, 12 Sep - Fri, 19 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
09:55 - 19:20SYD-AIT
29h 25m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
19:40 - 10:35AIT-SYD
18h 55m2 stops
$1,946Air New Zealand
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Fri, 12 Sep - Fri, 19 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
09:55 - 19:20SYD-AIT
29h 25m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
19:40 - 21:40AIT-SYD
30h 00m2 stops
$2,089Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sydney to the Cook Islands flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Sydney to the Cook Islands flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to the Cook Islands from Sydney found in the last 72 hours was to Rarotonga, at $312 return. The most popular route is from Sydney (SYD) to Rarotonga (RAR), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $312.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Sydney to the Cook Islands?

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 $892, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to the Cook Islands?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands, 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 Sydney to the Cook Islands is February, when tickets cost $757 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,527 and $1,145 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sydney to Cook Islands?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Cook Islands on a Saturday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Sydney, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sydney to the Cook Islands?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands, 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 Sydney to the Cook Islands, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$301
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (13% more expensive on average)
Flight from Sydney to Rarotonga

FAQs - booking Cook Islands flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sydney to the Cook Islands?

    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 Sydney to the Cook Islands.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sydney to the Cook Islands?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Sydney to the Cook Islands 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 Sydney to the Cook Islands?

    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 Sydney to the Cook Islands 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 Sydney to the Cook Islands?

    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 Sydney to the Cook Islands 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 the Cook Islands?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to the Cook Islands is generally at night, when retur flights cost $570 on average. Morning departures are around 8% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the Cook Islands is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $992.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying from Sydney to the Cook Islands

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sydney to the Cook Islands? 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.
7.9
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 501 reviews
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.4Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.3Food
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Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, July 2025AKL - SFO
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Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

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

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

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.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

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 !

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

One of the oldest most uncomfortable "lay down" seats I've ever experienced. Old plane and old seats that don't lay flat. The seat back does not even recline - at all. Instead the legrest awkwardly extends to fill the gap between a small cubby into which you must insert your feet/legs. I am 5' 11" and could not lay straight but had to tuck my knees. Ticket was also very expensive. Would not recommend flying business/first on Finair from Melbourne to Bangkok and will not do so again myself.

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

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

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

It was better than I expected. Thought $5 for a small cup of tea was a bit much!

Overall good trip I find seats a bit hard. We were waiting on board for about an hour for 2 passengers with some document issue. This main our arrival late for our pickup person.

15kg allowance is outrageous. Change of time a few days before departure and more than 2 hours of delay in the end. The worse we’ve taken so far in Oceania.

stuck in the aircraft for over three hours due to engineering work, significantly delayed and made a lot of passengers missed the connecting transport, no mention any compensation

Very quiet plane!! One of the quietest planes we have been on.

Jetsatar refused to take my foldable stroller in the plane, despite following all the rules on dimensions and packaging. Similar thing happened on our previous fight. However, at that instance, they offered to check in the stroller. At this fight, the staff was rude, trying to rush us to board the flight. They made excuses that the stroller was not allowed and even offer to leave it behind and ship it back at our own cost. Fortunately, we had someone else attending. Since the flight was about to take off, they left it behind and send it back to us on the next available flight.

Overall, it was good. The only concern was that I couldn't charge my phone because the USB port didn't work after we took off. One of the crew members tried to restart it but never came back to me with an update.

Comfortable seats, boarding was easy and staff were very nice.

Flight was fine but a domestic flight was called by Jetstar international. This meant going through immigration and custom scanning twice. Long queues were experienced which were frustrating. We were using a wheelchair and exit at Perth needed a scissor lift as no air bridge provided. No fast lane at Perth for wheelchair. The staff were helpful but this system is poor.

The crew were great. The seat was older than an old Holden with a big metal bar sticking right into my back. The passenger next to me complained that hers was the same. The pre purchase system for food was disappointing as the pie/quiche took 20 mins to warm up, arrived too hot and with no utensils. It was one of the most uncomfortable flights I've ever been on.

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