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$348 Find Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Budapest

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Cheapest round-trip
$668
Typical prices: $997-$620
Scandinavian Airlines
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LAX - BUD • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$348
Typical prices: $394-$552
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Mon 9/7
LAX - BUD • 1 stop
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Cheapest • Avg $891 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 14h 12m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Budapest (LAX-BUD)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Budapest 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 round-trip flight deals from Los Angeles to Budapest

Tue, Aug 18 - Fri, Aug 28
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7:10 pm - 7:10 pm
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15h 25m
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$668Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Aug 25
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8:30 am - 7:10 pm
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25h 40m
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$672Scandinavian Airlines
Mon, Nov 2 - Fri, Nov 20
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29h 10m
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$683Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, Nov 1 - Wed, Nov 18
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7:30 pm - 7:05 pm
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14h 35m
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15h 35m
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$686Scandinavian Airlines
Sat, Oct 17 - Sun, Nov 1
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7:10 pm - 9:45 am
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$695Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, Jul 28 - Tue, Aug 25
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$699Multiple Airlines
Mon, Oct 26 - Fri, Nov 6
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29h 10m
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$700Scandinavian Airlines
Thu, Oct 29 - Thu, Nov 12
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1:45 pm - 7:05 pm
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21h 20m
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$702Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, Aug 4 - Tue, Aug 18
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$707Multiple Airlines
Mon, Oct 26 - Fri, Nov 6
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Los Angeles to Budapest flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Los Angeles to Budapest?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Los Angeles to Budapest departing in August.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Budapest, 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 Budapest is January, where tickets cost $520 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,122 and $941 respectively.

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

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 Budapest, 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 Budapest, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 38% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$348
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 58% increase in price.
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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Los Angeles to Budapest 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 flights from Los Angeles to Budapest

  • Is there a kid's play area in LAX airport?

    If you are traveling with kids, LAX airport has made it less cumbersome for you. It has a kid's play area where your child can have fun before your flight. The play area is open during terminal hours and is situated near the dining hall. It connects to other family-friendly activities at the new Tom Bradley International Terminal, such as a bead factory where kids can make their own bracelets, Sanrio Surprises where you can buy gifts for your young ones, Vanilla Bake Shop where they make delicious cupcakes, Marmalade Cafe with kids meals, and affordable meals for the entire family at Panda Express.

  • Can you park your vehicle at LAX airport?

    If you want to park your vehicle, LAX airport offers long-term and short-term parking services. For long-term parking, there is the Economy Public Parking Lot, Central Terminal Area Parking and Long-term Off-site Parking outside the airport. Complimentary shuttle services transport passengers from the long-term off-site parking to the terminals. Short-term parking consists of Central Terminal Parking Garage and Quickpark LAX.

  • Which transport options are available from Budapest airport to the city center?

    Budapest airport, which is about 10 miles southeast of Budapest city center, is a hub for Hungary, WizzAir and Ryanair. When traveling from the airport, a bus, minibus, car rental and taxi can be easily accessible. If you are considering car rentals, various companies operate them, including Sixt, Hertz, Budget, Avis, Europcar, Enterprise and Megadrive.

  • Can you cash out at the departure and arrival airports?

    If you want to cash out, BUD airport offers ATM services. The ATMs are orange, making them easy to spot. The ATMs are located under the escalators towards terminal 2 at SkyCourt, in terminals 2A and 2B on the landside of arrival terminals and on the baggage reclaim levels of terminals 2A and 2B. The LAX airport also has ATMs on the departures and arrivals of all terminals. Citibank, Wells Fargo Bank, Chase bank Cardtronics and Bank of America operate these ATMs.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Los Angeles to Budapest?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Los Angeles to Budapest was $348 for a one-way ticket and $668 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes

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

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

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

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Budapest from Los Angeles?

    Munich is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Los Angeles to Budapest.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Los Angeles to Budapest are Delta and SWISS. With an average price for the route of $857 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. SWISS is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $691 and an overall rating of 7.6.

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

    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 Budapest.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Budapest from Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to Budapest?

    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 Budapest with an airline and back to Los Angeles with another airline. Booking your flights between Los Angeles and BUD 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 Los Angeles to Budapest?

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Los Angeles to Budapest

  • We advise arriving at LAX airport 2h before your departure for domestic flights and 3h before departure for international flights.
  • If you are traveling with your breastfeeding baby, LAX airport has lactating rooms. The nursing room can accumulate multiple breastfeeding mothers who wish for a safe place to breastfeed and pump. The nursing mother's room can be found in terminals 2, 4, 1, 3, 5 and 6.
  • If you want a place at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) where you can meditate or pray, head to mezzanine level of terminal 2B. There is a chapel, also known as the room of silence, where you can pray.
  • If you are traveling with a person with reduced mobility and have a valid disabled parking permit, BUD airport offers free parking services for 1h. The car park area next to the terminal building is for people with reduced mobility.
  • If you have extra time, Budapest airport has an observation deck where you can relax and enjoy the views of the runway. Get a ticket and enjoy free Wi-Fi services and a snack. The observation deck is located at the departure hall mezzanine level at terminal 2A.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Los Angeles to Budapest

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Los Angeles to Budapest. 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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Austrian AirlinesOverall score based on 914 reviews
8.1Crew
6.8Food
7.6Boarding
6.8Entertainment
7.3Comfort
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It was a great experience. The aircraft is a bit dated but other than that it was great.

8.0 ExcellentLeida, May 2026
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It was a great experience. The aircraft is a bit dated but other than that it was great.

Last few years I didn't not have great experience with United Airlines.

Booked economy. Seat felt like it was a bit more roomy than my last trans Atlantic flights. I had a nice person sitting next to me. Everything was as good as it could be considering you are 35,000 feet up in the air and in a metal container. Beers, wine, food were all readily available. Plenty of movies and shows to watch. Friendly flight staff

Short flight. Bare bones and kinda seeming like an older plane. But got me there on time and that's what counts. Perfectly fine flight all the way from start to finish.

We were delayed three hours from Montenegro to Vienna on our outbound flight and then rebooked an extra leg on our trip to the US. Our bags, which Austrian made us check in in Montenegro even though the flight was barely half full, didn't find us for ten days. Then, when we asked for compensation for the delay we were given the runaround that the flight originated outside of the EU. Next time we fly Turkish Air.

My Austrian Air flight from Montenegro to Vienna was delayed by three hours because their plane de-icer was broken and they had to wait for the sun to come up before the ice could melt. This meant we missed our United flight altogether. So I can't speak about United, but I was not impressed by Austrian Air. They made us check in two carry on bags for a 60% full flight, and the bags didn't find us in the US for ten days. The re-routing they arranged included an extra leg, a midnight taxi ride across New Jersey and New York, and a five hour sleep in a hotel. Not impressed.

Most of the crew members were rude, flight arrived late and we missed our connecting flight, they damaged my friends suitcase so badly that two wheels had been destroyed.

Excellent flight. The crew was exceptionally attentive and organized. Attention to details is unmatched.

Loved the courtesy and punctuality. Very professional and most importantly on time.

My layover in Vienna was supposed to be 35 minutes but because my flight was canceled I had to wait in the airport for an additional 8 hours.

The flight and all amenities were good to excellent. SWISS was awful to deal with. Every step of the way they nickel and dime you. Chose your seats? $14. Change your seats… No accounting for the prior payment. You get billed again. 17 pound restriction on overhead luggage, nonsense. It’s a weight in the plane whether it’s in the overhead or in check baggage. They just milk you for every cent they can and I resent it. The flight was excellent.

plenty of legspace, snacks, no pull face from flight attendants when asking for a wine. Also fast transfer ability at ZRH.

The flight itself was fine, but due to a snow delay my connection to Lisbon was delayed by six hours. Despite this, Swiss Air still managed to lose my luggage. Not acceptable. Someone else on the flight also lost their luggage.

Bad experience overall. Crew did not provide food for our 2 year old (even though we specifically bought a child infant seat for her and literally bought another full price flight), which was unacceptable. And we had to pay $310 each way to carry our ski equipment even though they advertise it as something that is free. Tickets were purchased the same way as usual, but they told us we had Economy Light tickets (I never elected to have such seats). Just plain manipulation and false advertisment. Very disappointed overall about this airline.

The trip was great until my luggage was lost on transfer from United to Swiss. It took Swiss 3 days to get my luggage to me though it was located almost immediately.

They lost my luggage on December 30th. It is now January 3rd and i still don’t have it. I’ve called lost and found multiple times and they cannot provide an update. They keep saying one day and then it gets postponed again. This is ridiculous and unprofessional. It’s infringing on my vacation. I have stressed how important it is for me to have my suitcase right away. It should have been resolved within 1-2 days.

It was much better than most airlines we have flown with. It remo des me Swiss Air 25 years ago.

Horrible!! The WiFi was not working, the food was awful

We’ve never been more uncomfortable on a flight than we have on this particular one. The seats in front of us reclined so far back that when the person reclined their seat of broccoli, it almost hit me in the face and left me with literally no room to move that said I had to recline my seed in which made the person behind me upset. It seemed like the seats also would recline without even pressing the button in the armrest and would unrecline as well for that same reason, and it also seemed that some seats reclined more than others. The bottom cushions of the seat were so thin that even after one hour of an 11 hour flight, our tailbones were so sore. It seemed like an overall old airplane. It also didn’t have individual air vents and it was extremely hot the entire flight. Several passengers were commenting on how hot it was. The breakfast was some kind of flavorless triangle, puffy egg, laying in a watery bed of steamed peppers and onions and spinach. It was not appetizing at all. The flight crew was extremely nice so that was a nice thing this flight attendant. They let us try different types of Swiss sodas, which was really nice and the dinner was actually delicious but still overall given the other considerations. It was pretty much a miserable flight without basic seat comfort.

Food used to be better and comfort was not attainable after 5 hours everything starts hurting.

The stewardess was incredibly rude. The gave you only one drink with dinner.

Cancelled flight, wasn't refunded paid selected seats. Poor customer service. Called airline and they didn't realize the flight was cancelled until several hours after the email notice was sent.

The worst with the trip was the space in economy, my knees are still hurting. There was no way to control personal air by turning a knob above you, it was way to hot on both rides. During the night flight they allowed 2 people from across the aile which was narrow to sit and talk for 7 hours while also using tablets and the flashlight from their phones pointing into the row where I sat at times. They allowed people with way too large baggage to bring onboard. I paid way too much for the ticket ($1,364} for economy. Kayak misinformed me to get cancellation insurance that was only valid for a very short time (less than 12 hours) and was over one hundred dollars. Hotel booking was incorrect, I had the room booked myself at the hotel, only double or larger rooms available which I paid over 400 dollars for. I will never fly with SAS again unless there is no other alternative.

Crew members were excellent. The seat wasn’t the best as well as a food options.

5 of my 7 pieces of luggage are missing and they cant call to find out where it is. I have to fill out a form and wait for them to mail it to me in several days (if they find it). That does not work for my travel itinerary. I need my full ticket cost refunded please.

Fantastic. The only thing - out of my six luggage one was lost in Copenhagen, however it was delivered Home 3 Days later so all great..

The crew was friendly, the flight was pleasant. Thank you for your service!

Our trip plan from Kayak stated we were flying SAS. That was not true. The first leg was a Delta flight. We wasted 25 minutes before finding out to check in with the correct airline. Then our SAS flight for the second leg arrived 25 minutes late, and our third leg flight with SAS closed the gate knowing the flight delay was SAS’s fault, and that this flight would only be backed up 5 minutes. The final kicker was that between Delta and SAS, they lost all our checked luggage.

Flight was completely full January 9th? I problem i had the stewardess was bumping into me constantly walking by? very annoying.. on Austrian air I dint have this issue at all...

Amazing! Everyone was so nice and the food was so good!!

I liked that my son and I were reseated next to each other (we had different bookings). I liked that it was a directg flight and mostly on time. I liked that you provided pillows and blankets. Flight attendants were generally courteous. The messaging through wifi did not work well. The food was not good. Seats are very narrow and I felt slightly claustraphobic in the window seat.

Some crew were unfriendly or in some cases just straight up rude.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

United Airline crews were very friendly and very attentive. 12 hours flight was gone like in a shorter one.

Food was surprisingly delicious. Space in the seat is horrible when the seating front is reclined. Movie offerings were terrible. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Flight itself excellent, but delayed so missed connection & got to destination 2 hrs later

The business class seat is exceptional. I wish the food is more palatable.

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

Business class seats felt very cramped compared to other airlines.

Definitely get premium economy on a flight this long if you can. Your legs and while body will thank you.

Boarding was disorganized. The door to one to the toilets wouldn’t lock. The plane was shockingly cramped, and clearly used for domestic flights due to the menus for items to sell domestic travelers. United should be ashamed of its small seats, tiny unclean toilets, and money grubbing stance toward services, compared to Lufthansa, Emirates, and most international carriers United is awful.

Terrible. Lost our luggage for 4 days. Did not advise passengers there was a strike in Barcelona Airport and had zero personnel on hand at airport to advise passengers on where to go to file claims. We had to fend for ourselves. No assistance at all other than an online claims submission process that we had to find out about on our own.

Lufthansa cancelled our flight from Los Angeles to Naples Italy on March 10 for scheduled flight on March 12 Very stressful experience trying to arrange alternatives. Will never fly again with Lufthansa

Service and food were excellent. Incredibly friendly and competent staff. Flight was delayed over and hour and I had to run between terminals to get my connecting flight.

Late flight Delays Poor service Poor staff Worst airline ever

We exited from a plane from LAX TO MUC containing 853 passengers. Passport control was packed and very slow as they fingerprinted and photgraphed everyone. After finally getting though we ran to the gate listed on our boarding pass. We made it just as boarding was suppost to begin. No one was there. We started running again and found a Lufthansa gate open and spoke with them. We were told the gate had changed and they called the correct gate that we were coming. We started running again, but needed to wait for the train to get to the correct terminal. Running again we made it to the gate. The plane was still there but they said it was too late. So we went to the Lufthansa help desk, they told us it was our fault for missing our flight and that if we didn't buy a new ticket from them for €256 each our return trip to the states would be cancelled. Needless to say this was very disapointing to find out on the day before Christmas that we had to pay an extra €512 to complete our trip we had already paid $3344 for. We were left with no choice. No Christmas spirit there. Unhappy custumers.

Lufthansa still has a good level of quality compared to US airlines, especially with respect to (1) food quality - actually tasty, (2) good French red wine - free, (3) good movie selection. Also my ticket price includes 1 free check-in luggage, while some other budget airlines sneak in an extra $150 for a checkin.

The food could be better, more snacks. And have some plugs to chargue the phone.

Everything was really great just The aircraft was too old and sounded it will break during takeoff

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