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When planning a trip from Los Angeles to Honolulu, it's important to consider a few factors to ensure you're getting the best deal. Generally, the cheapest day to fly is Thursday and the most affordable month is January.
Booking Advance: Try to book your flight at least 60 days in advance for the best rates.
Cheapest Airline: Hawaiian Airlines typically offers the most affordable flights for this route.
Flight Route: The direct route from LAX to HNL is usually the cheapest.
Direct or Layover: Direct flights are generally more expensive, so consider a flight with a layover to save money.
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| Low season | January |
|---|---|
| High season | June |
| Cheapest flight | $138 |
Direct departures
Los Angeles to Honolulu
Monday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Tuesday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Wednesday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Thursday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Friday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Saturday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Sunday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
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Honolulu to Los Angeles
Monday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Tuesday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Wednesday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Thursday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Friday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Saturday
American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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American Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, +2 more
American Airlines, Delta, +3 more
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Alaska is a great airline. Unfortunately, our flight was canceled in a really late hour and it caused a lot of hardship in my travel process.
Alaska is a great airline. Unfortunately, our flight was canceled in a really late hour and it caused a lot of hardship in my travel process.
More comfortable than the flight to Los Angeles. But food was mediocre again. Attendants kind and courteous.
I behave had better flights this one was old and poor
I haven’t flown in over 20 years and had my grandkids, so I had lots of questions. They were very polite and helpful . Thank you.
Was notified the departure would be late. Later on it was suddenly on time. Traffic by LAX was horrendous, and I missed the flight.
Good overall. Except for 1 crew member, they were all great.
The flights were all late and they would not refund my money
See previous. It was the flight from Honolulu to Kapalua that was cancelled.
They were so kind to us! The entire staff were so good to us when we had our service dog join our trip and we couldn't be more grateful!
Good. Flight was good. Crew was good. Wish they offered coffee refills. Wish I didn’t have to pay for headphones. Otherwise good for a commercial flight.
The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.
I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again
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.
The crew at Hawaiian Airlines was fantastic. Kind and hard working. The pilots were great with giving us all the updates to make sure we were informed.
Very good. Nice plane and we sat in economy plus - bigger seats, more room. They served a meal and snacks, and the meal was an apple stuffed pancake that was very good! The snack for us was a hummus sandwich - also very good. The flight attendants were helpful and nice. They have plenty of movies and shows to watch. My only negative -- they changed our flights around and did not adjust the layovers, so we ended up with a very long and unnecessary layover in Honolulu.
Flight scheduled to take off at 5.55pm but it did not take off until 7pm due to some food delivery delay.
Wasn’t on the flight due to Alaska cancellation…also after all the rerouting, I was going to be on a later flight that left SFO at 7:47pm, which meant an almost 6 hour layover. That same Hawaiian flight was delayed for another 2hours.
Everything was great and smooth. Given the short flight there was no entertainment but the rating does not give this option. My first flight with Hawaiian was a success all around.
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.
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.
Very accommodating on flight changes when something came up. Definitely felt a notch above other airlines.
What an amazing flight. I haven’t experienced this level of service in a flight in years. This will be the only way to fly to Hawaii for me in the future.
The flight was great! The flight attendants were friendly and attentive. I would definitely fly Hawaiian Aurlines again!
It was great with United overall except for two things. 1) It was a 5-hour flight and we were with kids, so we were asking for extra snacks. They were extremely reticent to dole them out even though there wasn't any meal and the kids were starting to hit their limit towards the end. 2) Baggage didn't arrive until 80 minutes after we landed.
I’m so sorry, I can’t remember her name, I believe it was Dimpti. She was stellar, also a mature Asian flight attendant, lots of flowers in her hair, just as amazing! But literally the crew was AWESOME . Only downside is there weren’t any charging outlets. Maybe I needed to ask a flight attendant , but it would’ve been nice to have one easily accessible.
Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.
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.
Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!
I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.
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.
it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks
The food was the worst I’ve had on any flight I’ve ever been on.
Boarding seemed to be organized bedlam. For what ever reason, preboarding took longer than 20 minutes. Made the plane 20 minutes late taking off. Luckily we arrived on time. Flight crew seemed very friendly. Only slight turbulence.
The flight was on time and arrived early. The crew were friendly and helpful.
While I didn’t watch much tv I would have liked a few more options of TV series from Apple TV or hbo max ..
Overall experience was great. Flights were almost on time in departing and we arrived at our destination as scheduled. No issues with amenities or flight crew. Everything went well as as expected. Will fly again with American Airlines in the future!
The flight was very smooth and the meal in business class was great.
I requested a low sodium meal. Reason being, I take medicine for high blood pressure and I wear compression socks on long flights to help with leg swelling. Having less sodium in meals really helps me feel better on long flights. I received my initial low sodium meal after takeoff. Just before landing, the crew came through with the meal cart and offered me what was being served. I said no thank you and then noticed my low sodium meal in the meal cart, with my name and seat assignment on it. I motioned to the crew member, but he grabbed the meal cart and proceeded to move to the rear of the aircraft. He didn’t see me or other passengers who had attempted to get this attention. He was more concerned about completing meal service since we were due to land in under 45 minutes. I pressed the call light five times from my seat to receive help, but no crew member responded to me. So, I didn’t receive a second meal, one that I requested (the low sodium option). This led me to have a migraine from only eating one meal on an 11-hour flight. This is why I’m not a fan of flying US-based airlines overseas. The crew members continue to show the absolute worst customer service experience. I would not recommend flying American for overseas flights.
Not great. Booked Extra seats and got nothing extra at all. It’s basically a big budget airline.
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.
More choices on snacks. Built-in video screen to enjoy entertainment choices.
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!