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$293 Find Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Edinburgh

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Cheapest round-trip
$563
Overall average: $784
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Tue 1/13Tue 1/20
LAX - EDI • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$289
Typical prices: $560-$573
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Thu 1/8
LAX - EDI • 2 stops
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Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Edinburgh (LAX-EDI)

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

Tue, Jan 13 - Tue, Jan 20
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8:20 am - 7:55 am
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15h 35m1 stop
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9:25 am - 9:10 pm
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19h 45m1 stop
$563Lufthansa
Sun, Jan 18 - Wed, Jan 28
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8:20 am - 7:55 am
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15h 35m1 stop
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9:25 am - 9:10 pm
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19h 45m1 stop
$564Lufthansa
Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 29
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3:00 pm - 4:55 pm
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17h 55m1 stop
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19h 45m1 stop
$581Lufthansa
Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 29
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3:00 pm - 4:55 pm
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17h 55m1 stop
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$582Lufthansa
Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 29
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3:00 pm - 4:55 pm
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$583Lufthansa
Sun, Feb 22 - Fri, Mar 6
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3:30 pm - 3:15 pm
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15h 45m1 stop
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10:55 am - 6:25 pm
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15h 30m1 stop
$586British Airways
Thu, Mar 5 - Mon, Mar 9
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1:45 pm - 11:10 pm
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25h 25m1 stop
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10:45 am - 9:31 pm
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17h 46m1 stop
$589Virgin Atlantic
Wed, Mar 11 - Mon, Mar 16
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17h 35m1 stop
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$590British Airways
Thu, Jan 15 - Thu, Jan 22
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$591British Airways
Thu, Mar 5 - Mon, Mar 9
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$593Virgin Atlantic
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Los Angeles to Edinburgh flights

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

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Planning a trip from Los Angeles to Edinburgh? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Edinburgh clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Los Angeles to Edinburgh, Monday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Edinburgh back to Los Angeles, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Edinburgh, 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 Edinburgh is October, where tickets cost $739 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,231 and $1,105 respectively.

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

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 Edinburgh, 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 Edinburgh, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$289
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 40% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Los Angeles to Edinburgh

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Los Angeles to Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh

  • Are there any special services at LAX?

    At LAX, you can enjoy outstanding spa services at either XpresSpa or Be Relax Spa. XpresSpa has two locations, one in the South Concourse of the Tom Bradley International Airport and another on the Airside of Terminal 5. On the other hand, Be Relax Spa has one branch found in Terminal 1. At any of these parlors, you are assured of enjoying relaxing services, as they feature experienced professionals equipped with elite equipment.

  • Are there any art installations at LAX?

    If you’re an art enthusiast, you’ll have a good time while waiting for your flight at LAX, as this airport features art installations throughout every terminal. It’s worth noting that the artworks exhibited at the terminals are made by local artists.

  • What is the best way to travel from EDI to the city center?

    To travel from EDI to the city center, you can board a tram, bus, or taxi. Although all these means of transportation are reliable, it’s in your best interest to travel with a tram, as they are both affordable and relatively quick. The taxis that cover this route are a bit pricy while the buses are a bit slow.

  • Does EDI have a prayer room?

    EDI has a prayer room. It is located beside Costa Café on the ground floor of the International Arrivals terminal. Open 24h a day, you can visit this chapel, irrespective of your religion.

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Los Angeles to Edinburgh was $289 for a one-way ticket and $564 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    London is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Los Angeles to Edinburgh.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Los Angeles to Edinburgh are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $1,081 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,078 and an overall rating of 7.7.

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

    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 Edinburgh.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh?

    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 Edinburgh with an airline and back to Los Angeles with another airline. Booking your flights between Los Angeles and EDI 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 Edinburgh?

    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 Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh

  • On the date you’re scheduled to fly to Edinburgh from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), you should reach the airport at least 2h before your flight is set to take off. Getting to the airport this early will enable you to navigate the traffic you’ll encounter while entering the airport and go through the airport’s tedious security checkpoints in time for your flight. Additionally, it will give you adequate time to check out the superb attractions at the airport.
  • If you’re an active military member or a family member of one, you can relax at LAX’s USO Lounge for free. Located across the roadways between Terminals 1 and 2, this military lounge features comfy seats, flat-screen TVs, clean washrooms, and friendly staff.
  • LAX is home to several parking lots. It is also surrounded by several off-site parking garages. If you plan on parking your car near this airport for the duration of your trip to Edinburgh, it’s in your best interest to park it at one of the airport’s off-site garages. This is because these garages charge cheaper parking fees than those situated within the airport’s grounds.
  • In Edinburgh, you’ll land at the Edinburgh International Airport (EDI). If you’ve traveled with your baby, you’ll be able to breastfeed and change your baby’s diapers before proceeding out of the airport, as it features a baby care room near Gate 11 on the airport’s Airside, in the International Baggage Reclaim Hall, and the UK Arrivals area on the Landside.
  • In case you want to charge your phone before leaving EDI, you’ll be able to do so with ease, as this airport features a good number of charging stations. There’s one at Caffe Nero before security and another at WHSmith Café after security.

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Los Angeles to Edinburgh. 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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DeltaOverall score based on 8010 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.3Food
7.9Comfort
7.9Entertainment
8.5Crew
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No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

8.0 ExcellentDeborah, Nov 2025
LAX - RDU
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No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

from SFO-> FRA flight, AVML meal was significantly less compared to regular meal, especially no Desert, no Bread, no sides.

This was an older airplane. The cabin was constantly warm to hot throughout the 10 hour flight and there were no vents to personalize air flow. Also since it was an older plane, the material and comfort of the chairs were very uncomfortable. I left my flight with major soreness on my tailbone.

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

My experience on this United Airlines flight was highly uncomfortable, primarily due to two issues: Cabin Temperature: The temperature on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was unacceptably high, feeling consistently around 80 degrees throughout the flight. This made sleeping impossible and significantly detracted from the experience. Seating Arrangement: Being stuck in a middle seat for a six-and-a-half-hour overnight flight compounded the discomfort. Moving forward, I will always purchase a seat assignment to avoid this situation.

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

Same as last comment. Food sucks. Quality. Not surprising most people have no clue about nourishment Clearly

The flight attendants were great, I joked with one I can’t remember her name, a blond, really sweet. I thought it was run well very professional. This was great i survived Spirit, I know for which I speak.

Very small cramped plane for an international flight. Everything else was good, but it was maybe the smallest comfort-wise I've ever been on for longer than 3-4 hours and the trip was 7.5

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

Mostly good. Flight was crowded but Airline personnel were very friendly & accommodating. It would be good to have savory snacks rather than just sweet Biscoff cookies.

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

Very crowded flight but what can you expect these days?? Crew was accommodating.

The seats in economy were appeared to be quite thin and lack sufficient cushioning to be comfortable. Perhaps it was my seating position but the plane seemed notably load.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

The seat was so hard my tailbone was aching The crew was kind of a b**** because I made a joke that I didn't care if they close the door I total c*** when she was trying to f****** act like she was mad at me because I said that The flight was bumpy. Sure you didnt have control over that.

Flight takeoff was delayed an hour, but arrival time was not updated at the same time as departure time, so those picking me up at the other end were not alerted to the change in my arrival.

Seats are terribly cramped. I’m only 5’2” and my knees were practically in my face. No room to put a normal size bag under the seat and when the person in front of you reclined their seat your tray table was in your lap. This is the airline’s way of cramming more seats into the plane to make more money. I’ll think twice about taking Aer Lingus again since there are a few other options from Boston to the Emerald Isle.

Couldn’t check In online, message was couldn’t check in until Sunday morning though plane left Saturday night. Checked in okay at airport but caused slot if stress.

Fast and sensible boarding was absolutely amazing. But extortionate wifi and seats that barely moved, making me unable to sleep, didn't do a lot of favors.

Excellent flight and crew. Boarding at Dublin Airport was a very difficult trying to find the right gate.

I liked the front row seats. A lot of leg room. The check-in window needs to be longer

Delays resulting in missed connecting flight. Attendant failed to arrange special assistance as promised to get us on connecting flight. Robyn was the particular attendant.

My flights with Aer Lingus were very good and I will definitely fly with them. Again in future trips to Ireland and Scotland.

Too hot. Asked for an extra glass of water and was ignored. Asked to sit in empty seats that were open because it was so hot and crowded and was denied and the seats were empty the entire flight

Terrible leg room - I’m 5’3” and my knees were touching the seat in front of me. When the person sitting in front of me leaned back, there was about 15 inches of space between my head and the TV screen which made it awkward to view movies. Last year they had decent food, but this year the only tasty item on the trip was dessert.

Check in was was and the agent was very friendly and helpful The lounge was nice...boarding was straight from the lounge Everything worked at our seats, and video entertainment was good ..food was mediocre

Need to offer Better food from LAX to London Service from London to Delhi very delayed after take off.

Great crew and food and beverage. Seating tight but not the airline's fault. Will definitely fly BA in future!

First time on BA but will fly with them from now on! Everything about the flight was superb!!!

Crying baby the ENTIRE flight. Not your fault, but I paid 2700 for a premium economy ticket and it wasn't worth it. should have just stuck with coach. flight attendants very mediocre - minimal effort. Plane didn't seem very clean. Didn't have any cleansing wipes - most airlines give you this when you board. Flat screen scrolling didn't work. Toiletry case a joke - why bother at all?

Enjoyable flight, helpful crew everything was organized to accommodate passengers.

Only for BA because we had to get to Edinburgh at a certain time. Baggage lost, late boarding with only one person checking, again, our passports and boarding passes until the despatch controller had to step in to get us away. Will never fly BA again.

I was transferred to an American Airlines flight. The boarding was late and unorganized. The seating was extremely tight and uncomfortable. Will not use AA again.

The check-in of my luggage was terrible. When purchased my tickets, one luggage and one carry-on was part of the fight. My flight was switched from British to American Airline. During check-in of luggage at the airport, I was denied and had to pay extra $75. How do I get reimbursed for this extra luggage payment?

This was the second time on BA, food terrible, bathrooms gross,( granted, that was mostly due to the disgusting children urinating all over it)boarding was late and disorganized. No gate issued until last minute st Heathrow, bad system, caused undue stress. Seats were painful, that's what you get for traveling like a poor in economy, right BA? Should have been able to afford business or first class if you want to actually be able to walk upright without back pain after a trip.

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