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Find cheap flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles from $576

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Cheap flight deals from Johannesburg to Los Angeles (JNB-LAX)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles 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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6:50 pm - 6:20 pmJNB-LAX
32h 30m1 stop
12:37 am - 7:00 pmLAX-JNB
33h 23m2 stops
$877Delta
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vie., may. 3 - mié., may. 15
6:50 pm - 6:20 pmJNB-LAX
32h 30m1 stop
11:15 am - 7:00 pmLAX-JNB
22h 45m1 stop
$882Delta
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vie., may. 3 - jue., may. 16
7:20 pm - 5:15 pmJNB-LAX
30h 55m1 stop
7:35 pm - 9:25 amLAX-JNB
28h 50m1 stop
$964British Airways
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sáb., sep. 7 - sáb., sep. 21
7:20 pm - 6:30 pmJNB-LAX
32h 10m2 stops
8:30 am - 9:25 amLAX-JNB
39h 55m2 stops
$985British Airways
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sáb., sep. 7 - sáb., sep. 21
9:55 am - 5:10 pmJNB-LAX
40h 15m2 stops
12:00 pm - 8:35 amLAX-JNB
59h 35m2 stops
$1,084Etihad Airways
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dom., may. 12 - vie., may. 31
9:55 am - 11:03 pmJNB-LAX
46h 08m2 stops
11:59 pm - 8:35 amLAX-JNB
47h 36m2 stops
$1,148Etihad Airways
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mié., ago. 21 - jue., sep. 5
8:00 pm - 7:41 pmJNB-LAX
32h 41m2 stops
12:45 am - 5:45 pmLAX-JNB
32h 00m2 stops
$1,415United Airlines
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mié., oct. 9 - jue., oct. 24
7:00 pm - 8:45 pmJNB-LAX
34h 45m2 stops
12:55 am - 5:45 pmLAX-JNB
31h 50m2 stops
$1,479United Airlines
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dom., may. 5 - vie., may. 10
9:35 am - 7:25 amJNB-LAX
30h 50m3 stops
10:30 pm - 5:00 pmLAX-JNB
33h 30m2 stops
$1,736Qatar Airways
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sáb., sep. 7 - sáb., sep. 21
9:35 am - 7:25 amJNB-LAX
30h 50m3 stops
4:40 pm - 9:50 amLAX-JNB
32h 10m2 stops
$1,931Qatar Airways
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sáb., jun. 1 - lun., jun. 17

Flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles - Travel Insights & Trends

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

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

The average price of all flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Johannesburg to Los Angeles, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Johannesburg, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles is May, where tickets cost $835 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of tickets is $1,126 and $1,123 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 81 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Etihad Airways offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $576. KAYAK users also found Johannesburg to Los Angeles round-trip flights on Delta from $877 and on Virgin Atlantic from $924.

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Low season

January

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$576
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to Los Angeles based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Johannesburg to Los Angeles flights

  • What types of flights are available when booking flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles?

    There are only connecting flights available when making the journey from Johannesburg to Los Angeles. Iberia Airways, British Airways, and Delta Air Lines are among the airlines which offer flights in this route. The layovers take place in Heathrow Airport (LHR), Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG), and the Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC).

  • What hotels can you stay in while at the OR Tambo International Airport (JNB)?

    There are a couple of hotels in which you can choose to spend the night, especially if you have an early morning flight from OR Tambo. The Intercontinental Hotel is located 4.4 miles away from the airport and is a good option for travelers. The Premier Hotel is located 3.5 miles away. This is the most convenient hotel in which you can choose to stay due to its close proximity to the airport.

  • What are the parking options in OR Tambo International Airport (JNB)?

    There are a couple of parking options available at OR Tambo. The short term parking lots are those in Parkade 1 Basement, and the Parkade 2 North and South Parkings. The Pizza Pick-up Parking is also a short-term parking option.The long stay parking areas are those of the Car Ports and the Shaded Parkings 1 and 2.

  • Are there lounges in the OR Tambo International Airport (JNB)?

    There are a couple of lounges which you can use to refresh as you travel through the OR Tambo airport. The Shongololo Premium Lounge and the Mashonzha Lounge are located in the International Departures, Terminal A. Bidvest Premier Lounge also has a section in this area and in the domestic departures of Terminal B.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Los Angeles was $576 for a one-way ticket and $877 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Johannesburg and Los Angeles?

    A passport is required to fly from Johannesburg to Los Angeles.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Johannesburg to Los Angeles?

    Johannesburg airport is called Johannesburg OR Tambo and the only airport in Los Angeles is Los Angeles.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Johannesburg to Los Angeles?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Johannesburg and Los Angeles, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Los Angeles are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $992 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $945 and an overall rating of 7.8.

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

    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 Johannesburg to Los Angeles.

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

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

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

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Los Angeles with an airline and back to Johannesburg with another airline. Booking your flights between Johannesburg and LAX can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

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

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from JNB to Los Angeles

  • In the case of a late evening arrival into the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), you can choose to stay in the Hyatt Regency Hotel located 0.5 miles away from LAX. Also, the Homewood Suites by Hilton, located 0.2 miles away and the Renaissance Hotel located 0.6 miles away are good options too.
  • For mothers with infants, there are nursing rooms located all over LAX. There are new nursing rooms in Terminals 2, 4, and 5. Terminals 1, 3, 6, 7, and 8 have nursing rooms as well.
  • There are several lounges located in various terminals at LAX, The Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge is located in Terminal 6’s airside, the Alaska Lounge is also in Terminal 6 (in the Mezzanine Level near Gate 64), and the American Airlines Admirals Club also has a couple of lounges in Terminals 4 and 5.
  • LAX has even got a beach-themed childrens' play area located in the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
  • LAX has pet relief areas in all its terminals. Terminal 1 has its area near Gate 13, in Terminal 2 it's near gate 21 and Gate 33, in Terminal 3 it's near Gate 20B, in Terminal 5 it's along the bridge to the Tom Bradley International Terminal, in Terminal 6 it's near Gate 62, and in Terminal 7 it's near Gate 71A.
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Top 5 airlines serving from Johannesburg to Los Angeles

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Los Angeles. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 11123 reviews
8.6crew
7.5food
8.0entertainment
7.9comfort
8.2boarding
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I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

8.0 ExcellentCarisa, Mar 2024DFW - LAX
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I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Great experience overall. Check in at Austin was congested as they only have about 6 check in kiosks, one was broken, and there was a lot of Spring Break travelers.

I was sitting at comfort +. One of the Asian male crew was so loud when he delivered service. When he asked questions or what food you need, he was shouting. He must be a prison guard before going Delta.

Bag drop off was slow and annoying. Only 2 agents at the entire delta desk, and no one directing traffic for what line to be in, many confused people slowed down the process. Boarding was fine. Seats in Delta comfort plus were fine. Snacks were great! Definitely a bonus. The entertainment system was awful — old, slow, not responsive, and completely unable to play games due to some kind of error. But on the other hand, thank you to Delta for the free WiFi. That made it better.

Space and comfort was good. Staff could have been more helpful and friendly.

Crew was great. However the seat I had would not recline and stay put. It would spring back to upright. Hopefully they can check the seats and maintain them. Otherwise the plane is clean and the crew is very friendly.

Boarding in Seattle is always a mess. Sat in Deltas new domestic first class cabin. Everything was great except I found the seat cushion to be fairly uncomfortable. I’m a bigger guy so take that into mind (6’2” / 300 lbs.). Crew was meh.

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

You need to be a hacker to get the (Free) WiFi

Delta flights are great. Easy boarding, friendly crew, great entertainment system. The food/snack choices could be a little better, especially on 4+ hour flights, but still better than most other airlines.

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

Just happy I flew Qatar Airways awesome no wonder they are #1 in the world right now! The food was just delicious, very courteous, professional crew.

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

It was a really long flight from Doha to Philadelphia and it was overall a good one. The one area that I would comment on is that there is a lot of single-use plastic and disposables in the meal service for American Airlines. It would be great to see more circular options in the meal service to reduce the amount of waste.

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

The crew was fantastic and the over flight was perfect as well.

They shld provide food. Between food they are giving 10 hours gap which is toooo much

The crew was great and the food and liquor offerings were good. Seats were a bit cramped. Flight arrived early at destination. That's a plus.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

I had already opted for Vegan food before 2 months yet they say we have no record for it,

Too many fees (but that seems to apply to all airlines nowadays)

Over two hours wait to get wheelchair assistance from arrival to the departure gate for LA was unreasonable even though there appreared to be heavy demand.

I was duped into thinking it was a United Airlines flight when in fact United had nothing to do with it.

There was no lounge for passengers waiting before boarding the aircraft at F65, so passengers are just sitting on the floor or just spread everywhere the premises before boarding.

The flight and crew were fine. The entertainment- the sound was so bad through the headphones I could barely understand it and it was a show I had seen before. The food might have been fine but having to have an account with united in order to access the app in order to pay for the food was rage inducing. I had entered my credit card info at home and logged in as guest but that wouldn’t allow the “wallet” tab to open in the app. And then the wifi was so bad that it took about 45 minutes to fully log in and get all the info working at which time I missed the food. You shouldn’t have to give your address, email and phone number in order to get a hamburger.

Unfortunately our flight was delayed by 45 minutes due to Kate arriving aircraft. Once we stated everything was great.

We booked flight thru Amex travel and it was already a lot of money for economy and no reserved seats until check in. On our flight from fra, we could not check in one passenger online and when we went to the airport, they said he does not have a guaranteed seat and he would be on a waiting list. This was a guaranteed seat and United overbooked. It was sos stressful when at the gate because they didn’t have a seat and the response was yeh, nothing we can do because the industry overbooks. But they knew we had one person with no seat and even up till boarding, they didn’t say anything. We had to go to the counter over 3 times and my husband was so beside himself, I went up and the counter person said yes, you have a ticket. Ohalaa, why wouldn’t they say anything? Leave us in angst the entire waiting time on a delayed flight. That’s poor customer service. On the flight, people would recline seats immediately and not even return them to normal when eating. We were so crammed, I can not fly eco again on Lufthansa or United when international. Other airlines have been better even when we were in economy. Not even worth it to upgrade to business compared to other airlines either. Overall, it was a really bad flight mainly because of the initial boarding and then no oversight over passengers. The flight crew did their best but they should really announce it more that people need to recline seats back. Kids kicking chairs, all the babies crying…must’ve been my worse flight in 15 years.

Crew was unhelpful in boarding. Did not help passengers board and store bags efficiently. Did not alleviate tensions as passengers had to stow bags then return forward to seats. Baggage rules are unreasonable. Will fly southwest next time

Flight was absolutely sold out, so that just makes the crews job that much tougher. I will say people (customers) are behaving better over the last year.

I like the united App ,easy to check in and baggage.

Overall mediocre experience. Check in was good. They're were discriminatory. They were not attentive, food choices were not vegetarian friendly. The food served was frozen.

1st time with. Etihad Airways and it was amazing from check in to crew. Great flight.

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience. The new airport is fantastic, as is the new lounge, a huge upgrade from the old airport and lounge!

Eine Toilette der Business Class war gesperrt und somit nicht benutzbar.

Very unfriendly team. It was very difficult to get a cup of coffee. Legroom was extremely small. Old, dilapidated plane.

Ripped off and broken seats in Business class. Seats stink and need to request the staff for additional bedsheets. Crew if very friendly though

Crew was good, boarding mediocre, food choices were limited, seating was not comfortable

Sits are very uncomfortable Don’t feel like to travel in Etihad. It was 1st time we traveled in Etihad now we decided we don’t want to travel in Etihad.

The flight was small and was not cool very bad

Everything was great. Cabin Crew was awesome and very helpful. Thank you so much.

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

Both mine and my husband's chairs were broken. Also it took 2 hours to get our bags after our flight which was wild.

perhaps eye contact with the cabin crew, instead of abruptness and an impatience to serve.

Annoying customer pushing my seat did not make this pleasant.

Not enough trash pickups throughout the flight. Everything else was great.

Overall good, the gluten free food is very hit/miss though and you must tell them you have an allergy days in advance.

All was good. The headphones they supply are of poor quality. The food is good but too much dairy.

Seating space was crowded and I am a very small woman.

The crew on this flight were excellent. They were friendly and attentive. It really made the flight more enjoyable.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Johannesburg to Los Angeles found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/13lun.
2 stopsEtihad Airways
42h 14mJNB-LAX
$576
5/13lun.
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 50mJNB-LAX
$628
8/1jue.
2 stopsEtihad Airways
46h 55mJNB-LAX
$774
5/13lun.
3 stopsRwandAir
31h 05mJNB-LAX
$823
8/1jue.
1 stopBritish Airways
31h 43mJNB-LAX
$919
5/12dom.
2 stopsRwandAir
43h 55mJNB-LAX
$924
7/31mié.
2 stopsRwandAir
37h 15mJNB-LAX
$1,015
8/1jue.
3 stopsEthiopian Air
33h 42mJNB-LAX
$1,314
9/17mar.
1 stopCathay Pacific
32h 25mJNB-LAX
$1,320
9/17mar.
2 stopsLufthansa
37h 40mJNB-LAX
$1,703

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Johannesburg - Los Angeles Flights

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Johannesburg (JNB)South Africa

Destination:

Los Angeles (LAX)United States

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