$353 Find Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne

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Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne (LAX-MEL)

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

Sat, Oct 4 - Sun, Oct 26
Fiji Airways Logo
11:55 pm - 1:00 pmLAX-MEL
19h 05m1 stop
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2:30 pm - 12:55 pmMEL-LAX
16h 25m1 stop
$794Fiji Airways
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Mon, Aug 18 - Tue, Aug 26
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5:15 pm - 12:20 pmLAX-MEL
26h 05m2 stops
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6:00 am - 11:19 amMEL-LAX
22h 19m2 stops
$795Air Canada
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Wed, Aug 27 - Wed, Sep 17
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5:15 pm - 12:30 pmLAX-MEL
26h 15m2 stops
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6:00 am - 11:18 amMEL-LAX
22h 18m2 stops
Wed, Jan 21 - Mon, Jan 26
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6:10 pm - 3:35 pmLAX-MEL
26h 25m2 stops
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7:10 am - 11:53 amMEL-LAX
23h 43m2 stops
Sat, Nov 22 - Tue, Dec 9
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10:50 pm - 9:30 amLAX-MEL
15h 40mnonstop
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6:45 am - 6:55 amMEL-LAX
19h 10m1 stop
$831Qantas Airways
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Mon, Jan 26 - Sun, Feb 8
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11:30 pm - 10:45 pmLAX-MEL
28h 15m1 stop
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12:00 pm - 7:25 amMEL-LAX
14h 25mnonstop
$853Qantas Airways
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Mon, Oct 13 - Sun, Oct 26
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9:10 pm - 10:50 amLAX-MEL
19h 40m1 stop
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10:35 am - 12:15 pmMEL-LAX
19h 40m1 stop
$858Air New Zealand
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Sun, Nov 16 - Tue, Jan 13
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8:10 pm - 10:55 amLAX-MEL
19h 45m1 stop
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10:35 am - 11:15 amMEL-LAX
19h 40m1 stop
$880Air New Zealand
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Wed, Sep 3 - Wed, Sep 24
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11:55 pm - 5:00 amLAX-MEL
36h 05m1 stop
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8:00 am - 8:40 pmMEL-LAX
29h 40m1 stop
$889Philippine Airlines
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Wed, Sep 17 - Wed, Sep 24
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11:55 pm - 5:00 amLAX-MEL
36h 05m1 stop
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8:00 am - 8:40 pmMEL-LAX
29h 40m1 stop
$890Philippine Airlines
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Expert advice for your flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne

 
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KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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Qantas Airways

Qantas Business Class features lie-flat seats and upgraded meals by chef Neil Perry.


Qantas Premium Economy offers 38-inch pitch seats, providing comfort without Business Class prices.

United Airlines

United Polaris offers lie-flat seats with Saks Fifth Avenue bedding for enhanced comfort.


United Premium Plus provides 7 inches more legroom than economy, ideal for long-haul comfort.

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

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne 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 Melbourne?

What is the cheapest Los Angeles to Melbourne flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne.

Our data shows that the cheapest route for a return flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne cost $840 and was between Los Angeles (LAX) and Melbourne Airport (MEL). On average, the best prices are found if you fly this route. The average price for a return flight for this route is $840.

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Los Angeles to Melbourne, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Melbourne, Saturday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne, 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 Melbourne is February, where tickets cost $928 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,582 and $1,328 respectively.

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

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 Melbourne, 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 Melbourne, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$353
Flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne Avalon

When to book flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Los Angeles to Melbourne based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

Flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Los Angeles to Melbourne 
RobertFlew with Qantas AirwaysLAX-MELJun 2025
Make sure you’ve got enough time to switch terminals if needbe
Verified travelerFlew with Qantas AirwaysLAX-MELApr 2024
Arrive earlier than recommended. You'll never know what awaits you!

FAQs for booking flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne was $353 for a one-way ticket and $794 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Melbourne from Los Angeles.

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

    When flying out of Los Angeles you will be using Los Angeles. You will be landing at one of these airports: Melbourne Avalon, Melbourne Essendon, or Melbourne.

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

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

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

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

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

    Nadi is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Los Angeles to Melbourne.

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

    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 Melbourne.

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

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

    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 Melbourne with an airline and back to Los Angeles with another airline.

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

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

Prefer to fly direct from Los Angeles to Melbourne?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Los Angeles to Melbourne.
Find which airlines fly direct from Los Angeles Airport to Melbourne, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Los Angeles to Melbourne

Monday

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Tuesday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

Wednesday

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Thursday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

Friday

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Saturday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

Sunday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

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Direct returns

Melbourne to Los Angeles

Monday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

Tuesday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

Wednesday

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Thursday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

Friday

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Saturday

Qantas Airways

Qantas Airways

Sunday

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

Qantas Airways, United Airlines

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Los Angeles to Melbourne. 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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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 202 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.5Food
8.5Crew
7.5Entertainment
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They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

4.0 OkayChristopher, Jun 2025NAN - SYD
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They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Entertainment was not good. Seems like liquor should’ve been advertised only beer and wine was even though I saw others getting liquor didn’t realize I could. And the food to me could’ve been a little bit.

Food choices perhaps not the best. Only offered beer and wine, when it appeared other liquor was available. Entertainment wasn’t so good.

They charged me over a $1000 dollars to bring two surfboard bags as check baggage. Inappropriate and I would avoid flying sgain

The experience on Fiji Airways was absolutely amazing. Streamlined. All staff was amazing. Pleasant. Friendly. Extremely helpful.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

Airline running better than post Covid, proper boarding process now implemented, some aircraft feeling a bit old and tired, crew fine, online experience better.

Five hour flight instead of four hours due to westerly headwinds which wasn’t the fault of Qantas !

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

The Emerits/Qantas flight was cancelled to Wellington. We need a refund. Had to buy another airline ticket. How do we get the refund. Still not in Wellington.

Delayed QF59 flight once again, Qantas doesn't fail in maintaining there delayed departures and arrivals. USB points do not work nor do the power point sockets on the plane, Qantas staff admitted that on the flight. Don't expect to your charge devices. Saving grace, was the ice cream. Bottom line, if you expect to fly to HND and make it on time avoid Qantas and if you're interested in ice cream - visit 7/11.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Loved the staff. The economy seats could have been bigger.

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.

The best airline I have ever travel , really good customer service, attention and service !!

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.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

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

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Our flight was 1.5 hours delayed. There was no weather for the inbound flight, so I don't understand why. This meant a VERY late arrival and only a quick nap before my morning flight.

Delayed flight, so I switched fights to SFO to Phoenix , Phoenix to DSM. Excellent service through American Airlines

AA re-routed flight from HNL to LAX due to delay. My group of 3 with reserved seats in row 9 was broken up, with one assigned to a middle seat, another in the last row of the plane. Not happy. No explanation to the delay. No apologies. No compensation. Would have been nice to be offered an Admiral Club admission or a voucher for the extra 3 hours of layover in LAX. Could not hear the boarding gate announcements in LAX. Adjacent gate was boarding at the same time. Loud speakers were competing against each other. Barely made my boarding group.

Almost a 6 hour flight and the only food option is a cheese plate… and chips. Also how is it there are no options for texting on American. I’ll be going back to delta and united.

Bad food, small seats that didn’t recline. I thought I was buying a quantas ticket so I feel like I got scammed

The chair cushions may need an upgrade. I have been noticing they are so worn out, thin so you’d sit in a dip 😄. Other than that, all was an enjoyable trip. Thanks AA!

Cramped seats. FAA should make airlines have more legroom, for even short people complain

Flight was full, and would have preferred an aisle seat, but due to getting a late ticket ,the seat I had was adequate. The flight crew were very help full and hard working. Food and drink were excellent for the 11hr flight. Overall I was pleased with flight, and would recommend British Airways again.

Eventless. It was a good flight and good crew. Can’t complaint.

Very helpful ground crew after an earlier flight delay and being rebooked on a different flight.

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