$593 Find Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to the Cook Islands

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Book Cheap Los Angeles to the Cook Islands Plane Tickets

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

Thu, Sep 10 - Sat, Sep 26
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7:59 pm - 10:54 pm
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RAR
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12:05 pm - 8:38 am
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17h 33m
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$965Multiple Airlines
Fri, Aug 28 - Sat, Sep 5
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$966Alaska Airlines
Fri, Oct 23 - Sat, Oct 31
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$972Multiple Airlines
Fri, Aug 28 - Sat, Sep 5
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12:05 pm - 5:00 am
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13h 55m
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$984Multiple Airlines
Fri, Sep 11 - Sat, Sep 26
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18h 37m
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$988Multiple Airlines
Fri, Oct 9 - Sat, Oct 17
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$989Multiple Airlines
Sun, Nov 1 - Sun, Nov 8
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$1,703Air New Zealand
Mon, Sep 7 - Fri, Sep 11
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$2,326Air New Zealand
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$2,487Air New Zealand
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$2,610Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Los Angeles to the Cook Islands flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to the Cook Islands is August, when tickets cost $596 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,170 and $1,113 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$593
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 30% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
Flight from Los Angeles to Rarotonga

FAQs - booking Cook Islands flights

  • Are there passenger-accessible lounges at RAR airport?

    Yes. Passengers can access lounges at RAR airport, where they can relax and refresh before heading out. You can go to the International Gate Lounge adjacent to Reefside Rarotonga, offering snacks and beverages. Air New Zealand Koru Lounge is accessible by premium passengers providing a relaxing oasis, food, and drinks.

  • Which financial services are available at RAR airport?

    RAR airport provides foreign currency exchange services to its international arriving passengers. It hosts the Bank of the South Pacific found between Foodland and Island Crafts, where passengers can access currency exchange services. It is open from Monday to Friday for 24h and on Saturday from 9 am to noon.

  • Are there pet facilities at LAX?

    LAX airport is an ideal option if you plan to go on a trip with your pet. The airport provides pet-friendly amenities, including pet relief areas. Take your pet to the indoor pet relief area within T4 on the Airside to ease itself before boarding. Outdoor pet areas which are secure and have grassy space are found outside Terminals 1, 2, and 5.

  • Which interesting features are available at LAX airport?

    LAX airport has a public art program to enhance the experience of the travelers flying through it. Permanent and rotating artworks are displayed throughout the airport, which travelers can enjoy viewing during their downtime at the airport. For instance, Tom Bradley International Terminal hosts a public art designed to greet departing and arriving travelers offering calmness and reflection.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to the Cook Islands.

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

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

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to the Cook Islands

  • Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is suitable for traveling mothers as it offers convenient baby care facilities. It has a nursing room for breastfeeding or breast pump in Terminal 1 next to Gate 13 and between Gates 21B and 23 of Terminal 2. These private rooms feature comfortable benches, rocking chairs, and power outlets.
  • Disabled passengers should consider flying out through LAX as they will access special facilities. There are elevators in all terminal buildings next to public stairways. The terminals provide rampways from the street to the sidewalk level suitable for wheelchair users. The hard of hearing can access hearing aid compatible phones, amplified telephones, and TDDs in all terminals.
  • Travelers flying through LAX can drive to the airport since the airport has ample and secure parking facilities where you can leave your car as you travel. Travelers can access parking facilities 1, 2A, 3, 4, 6, and 7 near the central terminal area offering short-term parking service. There is also an economy parking lot 15 minutes to the terminal building offering long-term parking options and EV charging stations.
  • Travelers flying from LAX should choose to land at Rarotonga Airport (RAR) since the airport provides efficient ground transportation services. Group travelers can consider Cook Buses city bus services that connect the airport to the other parts of the island from the airport parking lot. You can also rent a car in the Arrivals area provided by Polynesian and Avis Rentals.
  • Mangaia Island Airport provides several concierge services on request to arriving passengers. Foreign travelers can access language translation services offered by the airport’s multilingual staff to avoid the language barrier, which can get you lost in the complex terminals. You can also sign up for meet and greet services before landing and a personal assistant will meet you at the arrivals gates, lead you to the VIP Terminal, and take care of your luggage and clearance procedures.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Los Angeles to the Cook Islands

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Los Angeles 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.
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 645 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.4Entertainment
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
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Great airline service by the staff. I highly recommend it

10.0 ExcellentManish, Apr 2026
SFO - AKL
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Great airline service by the staff. I highly recommend it

Needed more leg room. Leg rest and entertainment system box took up a lot of space and I'm not tall. Breakfast was good. Poor quality of the entertainment options.

Time to upgrade those planes so you can provide first class.

My experience with Underpricer was not great. The representative assigned to me did not tell me beforehand that selecting seats, which i could not do through ANZ, WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT cost to my ticket (all flight segments were reg economy seats. The seat selections for the ticket, MCI-AKL, AKL-PER, PER-MCI, cost $284 USD. I WAS NOT TOLD AHEAD OF SELECTING SEATS chosen by the rep OF THE COSTS and never received an itemized invoice of the seat selections.). The costs of seat selection, an option solicited as a service, with no mention of costs, should have been disclosed to me prior to seat selection and certaily should have been itemized. For all I know, the $284 was not referred from the airline but made up and taken directly by Underpricer. Next, when i checked in, united couldnt find my ticket. This is probably why i didnt get a seat selection on that flight and couldnt check in online, despite Underpricer prompts to do so a week before departure, or at the kiosk at the airport. I had to wait for special help at the counter, then was told that because the flight segment, MCI-IAH, operated by United Airlines via the ANZ. ticket, had changed schedule slightly since I BOOKED MY FLIGHT, the MCI-IAH segment had been decoupled from the rest of the ticket because the IAH layover was now 12.5 hrs AND DID NOT QUALIFY AS A THROUGH FLIGHT TO AKL.. This meant my checked bag could not be checked through to AKL and id have to pick it up at IAH, THEN WAIT MOST OF the long layover WITH the large checked bag until ANZ counter in IAH OPENED for checkING just prior to the flight. Apparently, although underpricer had notified me of schedule changes, they did not update the ANZ TICKET, leading to this problem. Finallly, although I RECHECKED TH BAG IN At IAH 3.5-4 hours before the scheduled departure and the IAH-AKL segment was a direct flight, ANZ LOST MY bag and it took 4 days to find it and get it to me. Not fun.

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

Great service. Food could be improved but overall a very good airline

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.

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.

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!

Flying into PAE was so easy because it’s baggage claim is quick and accesible. I had a car rental and the counter is inside the baggage claim area, very convenient.

It was a very short flight so there really wasn’t any entertainment my. The little pretzels were good though and the cabin crew was awesome.

It might not have been their fault, but there was a two hour delay due to weather. Then we boarded and were about to leave when they said there were more problems at the destination, took us back to the gate where we had to fully deplane. But then five minutes later, they said everything was fine and to get back on the plane. This was the part that pissed everybody off.

Comfortable seats, good drinks with lots of water refills, staff was kind and understanding of my disabled mother!

They were flexible and able to get me home a day earlier due to a family members illness. Flight was on time and great friendly crew.

Agent could not provide me a boarding pass for the second leg of my flights - yet with a partner airline. Not understood.

Overall, it was a good flight. My only quip- they made us check our carry on bags when there was plenty of overhead space left. My wife and I thought maybe the aircraft was really full, but that wasn’t the case. There were a number of open seats, and even more overhead compartments with no luggage. A minor annoyance, sure, but when we intentionally didn’t check luggage to make it easier, it was disappointing to have to do it anyways.

Alaska is consistently the best in all categories. Excellent airlines and employees

I paid for the $8 WiFi for the flight and it never worked. The crew told me it goes in and out and to keep trying. I didn’t get to watch the show I had planned to watch, bummer that I paid for the service. The person next to me said she has never been successful with in flight WiFi.

Our flight when we finally got rerouted to a different destination than we were going was fine. But 2 days was taken out of our vacation because our flit was cancelled. We understand mechanical problems and of course don’t want to be on a plane that has mechanical problems.Wish there had been another solution.

Fabulous if you have a portable wheelchair. They can store it in the galley and you can just walk out with it. Really nice and the flat seats are just incredible, very nice. iPads for movies, also pretty nice,

No charging outlets worked. Other than collecting trash attendants didn’t come around. No one could hear flight attendants announcements during the flight. Seat pads were horrible. Sitting on a board for 5 hours. What happened to Hawaiian airlines comfort, hospitality, and extras? Our pilots did an excellent job trying to minimize turbulence and incredible job in landing in windy conditions.

I like that if they asked you to checked in a bag at the gate they give you priority to board

I received several emails about my 3:10 flight. When I showed up to the airport at 12:30 to check my bags I was told the flight was actually at 1 pm. They grudgingly rebooked me for a flight at 5:22 to Vegas to get a connecting to LAX. I did find the gate for my original 3:10 flight but they were booked. I proceeded to receive status updates and gate change information for the 3:10 flight, even though I was apparently never supposed to be on that flight

The food options were limited and very specific. Some type of entertainment option for a 4.5 hour flight would have been nice.

The Kayak confirmation number did not work for checking in the day before. I checked in at 8.30 using my ticket number. When I arrived at the airport, I was informed that the flight was overbooked, and since I had checked in late, I did not have a seat. The Next flight was not until ten PM. I called my wife, who had been taking care of our kids all weekend, and she was upset, calling me a liar and telling me to stay in SD. It turned my weekend getaway into a nightmare! I blame the Kayak website and will not book flights using your app in the future.

comfortable but the food is horrible. I have flown Hawaiian several times now and no matter what they say the food is its the same squashed bread with melted goop inside. Tastes fake and isnt what they represent, its quite nasty. What happend to real food? And there is NO entertainment!! so not sure why they are asking for a review on that.

Good and friendly staff. Nicely enjoyed the complimentary drink and snack.

I was very, very cold and a stranger loaned me her sweater next to me. I didn’t wanna buy a blanket just for a four hour trip when I did not need the pillow or the earphones. I don’t mind purchasing a blanket, but I only needed that not all of it accessories. Cold air pretty much blew the entire trip. Two people in front of me both bought the blanket packages. Maybe that’s the idea. The crew was exceptionally nice and passed through multiple times.. the restrooms were very clean and usually accessible.

3 hour wait on customer service after flight was cancelled. Was bumped to a flight where I wouldnt have gotten to my destination for another 2 days. Had to fully refund flight and book a new one the following morning. Paid twice the amount for the flight than I had originally booked. Very disappointed I was not offered any sort of discount or points for all of the frustration, in fact the airline profited twice as much off of me by cancelling my flight and and changing my entire trip.

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