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Flight from Jeddah to New York John F Kennedy Airport

Flights from Middle East to the United States: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Middle East to the United States 
Verified travelerFlew with Emirates-Oct 2026
There are a lot of reclining chairs in the waiting area. If you have a long layover, you can rest up in those chairs. The Wi-Fi connectivity is very good and if you can afford, buy gold.
Verified travelerFlew with Royal Jordanian-Sep 2026
Get to airport early for hassle free departures. Give yourself plenty of time as traffic to airport can be slow!
RobertFlew with JetBlue-Oct 2026
Doha airport is huge- give yourself enough time to reach your gate
pushparajFlew with Etihad Airways-Aug 2026
USA immigration is not happening nowadays. So need to wait for long at Abu Dhabi airport. Bathroom options are very limited so better to use the one before security
OlgaFlew with EL AL-May 2026
There is only one airport. The security at the airport is the same for all flights. Be aware that Israeli security does not include checking for liquids. So they do that at the gate for flights flying to the USA. Also be aware that you need to go through security *before* checking in at the counters.
Verified travelerFlew with Qatar Airways-Jan 2026
Be prepared for the long journey to be comfortable by wearing clothing and shoes that take into consideration the limited mobility for more than 14 hours.
Verified travelerFlew with Qatar Airways-Feb 2026
Watch out to make sure they didn't change your seating preference.
SoosnataFlew with Qatar Airways-Feb 2026
Short layovers can add to anxiety, plan well.
Verified travelerFlew with JetBlue-Dec 2025
Think about Business Class or First Class seat because it hurts your body flying in economy on a 14-hour flight !
Verified travelerFlew with Qatar Airways-Mar 2025
Be prepared for a long flight and upgrade if you're able and choose your own seat not to get stuck in the middle.
Verified travelerFlew with Emirates-Mar 2025
Long flight be sure to have some sleeping pills
VinayFlew with SAUDIA-Dec 2024
Try the business class when they have promotions.
Verified travelerFlew with Emirates-Feb 2025
allow at least two hours if not more for transfer for one terminal to the next
Verified travelerFlew with Kuwait Airways-Jan 2025
too many security check points, so travel as light as possible
Verified travelerFlew with Qatar Airways-Sep 2024
Flying from Baghdad to Doha on Qatar Airways can be a smooth experience if you plan ahead. Here are some tips: ### 1. **Flight Preparation** - **Check Visa Requirements:** Ensure you have the necessary visa for entering Qatar if you are required to obtain one. - **Travel Documents:** Keep your passport, visa, and any other travel documents handy and easily accessible. - **Online Check-In:** Take advantage of online check-in, which typically opens 48 hours before departure. This allows you to select your seat and avoid long lines at the airport. ### 2. **Packing and Baggage** - **Baggage Allowance:** Check Qatar Airways' baggage policy for your specific flight, including both checked and carry-on allowances.
Malik QamarFlew with Etihad Airways-Sep 2024
If you show up early you could have a nice seat selection
Verified travelerFlew with Emirates-Nov 2024
The airport is getting crowded so try to find a good spot. Chargers don’t work unless you have a converter. Better get a power bank.
Verified travelerFlew with Emirates-Aug 2024
Try and keep at least 2 hours between connecting flights
MiaFlew with SAUDIA-Jul 2024
Check at the gate to see if liquids are allowed on the flight before purchasing anything for the flight.
Verified travelerFlew with Emirates-May 2024
Wait for their zone call before grouping at the entrance
Verified travelerFlew with Qatar Airways-Jan 2024
Just know to use the bathroom and charge up your phone, etc. before going to the gate.
YossiFlew with EL AL-Jan 2024
No drinking bottles above 100ml when boarding, even if it is from the duty free.

FAQs for booking flights from Middle East to the United States

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Middle East to the United States?

    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 Middle East to the United States.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Middle East to the United States?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Middle East to the United States 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 Middle East to the United States?

    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 Middle East to the United States 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 Middle East to the United States?

    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 Middle East to the United States up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines fly most frequently to the United States?

    Middle East and United States are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Oman Air (91 flights per week), SriLankan Airlines (85 flights per week), and Malaysia Airlines (85 flights per week).

  • How many airports are there in the United States?

    There are 577 airports in the United States. The busiest airport is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport (ATL), with 8% of all flights arriving there.

  • Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in the United States?

    Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in the United States is New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK), with an average flight price of $709.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to the United States?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to the United States is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $892. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,276 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to the United States?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to the United States is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $893 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the United States is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,330.

  • What is the cheapest flight to the United States?

    The cheapest ticket to the United States from Middle East found in the last 5 days was to Atlanta, at $634 round-trip. The most popular route is Amman Queen Alia Intl Airport (AMM) to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $671.

  • What is the cheapest month to fly from Middle East to the United States?

    The cheapest month for flights from Middle East to the United States is February, when tickets cost $749 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $995 and $966 respectively.

  • How far in advance should I book a flight from Middle East to the United States?

    To get a below average price on the flight from Middle East to the United States, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

  • How many cities have direct flights to the United States?

    From Middle East, there are direct flights to the United States from 8 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Doha, with 551 direct flights each week.

  • How many direct flights to the United States are there each day?

    There are around 133 direct flights from within Middle East to the United States every day. Most flights (62%) depart in the morning.

  • How many direct flights to the United States are there each week?

    Each week there are around 928 direct flights from within Middle East to the United States. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

  • How long is the flight to the United States?

    An average nonstop flight from Middle East to the United States takes 16h 53m, covering a distance of 6737 miles. The shortest route is Tel Aviv (TLV) to Boston (BOS) with an average flight time of 11h 25m.

  • How many long-haul flights are there to the United States each week?

    There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to the United States. Instead, there are 928 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Doha.

  • What are the most popular destinations in the United States?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is New York (79% of total searches to the United States). The next most popular destinations are Miami (4%) and Washington, D.C. (4%). Searches for flights to Los Angeles (3%), to Houston (2%) and to San Francisco (2%) are also popular.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Middle East to the United States

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Middle East to the United States? 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.
7.6
EL ALOverall score based on 658 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
6.8Food
8.2Crew
7.1Entertainment
Airline reviews

The crew members; the service, the food, everything was good. The check in process was terrible because I couldn't choose my seat. It made my waiting too long at the airport in Tel Aviv and at the end U've got the middle seat even though it was promised to me to give me the aisle seat. Each company gives the option to choose free seats during check in. I didn't have this option

8.0 ExcellentSvetlana, Aug 2026
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The crew members; the service, the food, everything was good. The check in process was terrible because I couldn't choose my seat. It made my waiting too long at the airport in Tel Aviv and at the end U've got the middle seat even though it was promised to me to give me the aisle seat. Each company gives the option to choose free seats during check in. I didn't have this option

The service, the crew, the cleanliness, and most of all, the comfort and space between seats in the economy class was excellent! The seat spacing was better than all my international flights in recent memory.

I stood in line for two hours חודא to drop off my suitcase. When I arrived just before the gate closed and asked to drink the water I bought a minute before boarding, the flight attendant rushed me to throw away the bottle and get on the plane. She spoke rudely, even though I had been standing in different lines for 3 hours; I felt bad and needed water. The delay was the airline's fault, not my fault. I expected understanding, not rudeness.

The space between my knees and the chair in front of me was the smallest I’ve ever seen. I could not reach the blanket that was on the floor. The entertainment included very many Israeli movies and tv shows. The El Al app did not update to tell me the gate. The most important thing you should know is that El Al is very security conscious. Prepare to go through a security check at the gate. They look through the passport and boarding pass, through your carry on bags, ask questions, etc. Then they give you a sticker and only then can you board. So get to the gate about half an hour before you would otherwise.

Flight was super full. I had to check in my carry on bag. They didn’t give me a seat until the very last minute - during boarding.

Poor service! If I can I will never fly with them again.

Great quality food. clean cabin and bathrooms. Fast boarding and overall comfortable flight for the duration and times.

Great except that seats were delivered only at the gate

It was...fine. Boarding worked okay, the staff was competent and sufficiently polite, and it was a nice Dreamliner aircraft.

Exactly as you would expect from an Israeli airline (written by an Israeli) - basic service while firmly polite. Don't expect anything extra - they are there to manage the flight, not to make your experience optimal (unless you consider the minimum of getting to your final destination - and then it is great!). They won't give you anything extra, won't pass around water , if you want it - go get it from the back of the plane. They want you sleeping and seated - and while I'm sure that other airlines want the same, here this is well felt.

Excellent!! The flight had a chef onboard and each course was served separately from a gourmet cart. Haven’t had this experience for a long time for business.

Boarding was slow -- we ended up being late to take off. It was a packed flight, and there is no effort to board in any orderly fashion. The signage went up pretty late too, so figuring out where to go added to the chaos. The food disappointed me this flight with choices that were not totally to my liking.

Everything could be better.Call center is so bad.You can't fix anything with them.

I’m leaving it really bothered me. My bag did not come in on time and I had medication in that bag that needed to be in the refrigerator and I still throw it out. Are you going to buy things because it came so late

The food and drinks were good. Other than that airplane cabin and bathrooms were dirty and airplane was HOT.

I did not like 2 3 2seating. The food quality was declining. The appetizers were good. But the main course was limited and I had to send back my lamb chop which was too dry. The meal before landing was disappointing and not appetizing.

Very good. As expected. Have used their service several times. Highly recommend

Again the lounge boarding process were the only flaws. I was sitting comfortably in the overcrowded , under-catered business lounge at IST and got a notification in my phone that boarding had started. I rushed to the gate only to stand there an additional 5 minutes before boarding actually began. I could have enjoyed additional time in the lounge. At least they clearly separated business and economy classes in the boarding area so it wasn’t a total mob scene.

waited standing in security corral for an hour with no updates

Food was surprisingly good for airplane, crew was great, though announcements were sometimes hard to hear. Plane was nice (had great headroom, large screens and big dimmable windows). But seats were uncomfortable in economy (seat width was fine, but not enough shoulder room). I wish I could use my person Bluetooth headphones with screen( I think I could mirror it on my device, but didn’t want to keep tray table down to hold it up).

Good could be better. Crew is good but not great. Not much snack options for kids. Bathrooms were not cleaned on time

The crew were really bad mannered! And spoiled all my mood throughout the flight!

Limit the number of usage of wine or please arrange our seats. The passenger was drunk on this flight and not on Thiruvananthapuram to Abudhabi.

The seats seemed smaller than other business class offerings. The entertainment menu was limited. Flight crew was good.

It was excellent service in the snow storm gives us hotel and transportation. It will be more better if u can add one more meal because it’s a long flight boring journey. If you give extra meal time passes faster and can enjoy the trip better

Food quality and varites were very minimum. Surprised to have no desserts. Business class tickets should have lounge access and seats selection. They should be allowed to board while people with wheel chair, secial assistance and family with childrem.

Good flight. There were a few issues with the flat bed. It was some technical issues. Otherwise everything was good

The crew could have been more friendly and could have offered to make the beds. Also, Ethiad should have more vegetarian food options.

From the start of my vacation at Logan Airport, Boston it was chaotic. I'm praying my flight home is better .I'm grateful that we landed safe

On this flight...fine. The one from India to Abu Dahbi, awful.

Terrible boarding - 4 flights boarded from the same gate. Chaos there; long ramps to the plane.

Comparing premium economy trips to other airlines United performs poorly in regard to food, service, bathroom cleanliness etc

They took us all the way to Monterrey to tell us they United were not allowed to land and we were sent back to Houston. Terrible experience.

Fine except from Chicago to moline three different gate changes and flight times

The food could have been better and the entertainment could have better movies or streaming.

Connection times always good online, but not in reality when first leg is delayed (2 out of 2 times this trip).

When booking, the connection times seem fine. But in reality, my two connections were cut short by the first leg being delayed due to issues at the destination (too much traffic going into SFO, ORD) and it became extremely stressful.

Promised internet. Tried for nine hours to log in, no way. I tried the free option, I tried the paid option, I tried restarting my phone.. several times! Very aggrevating as I was trying to keep up with an emregency medial issue with my dad, but could not because the promised service was not available.

It was good flight was smooth, little cold on the plane but other wise good.

I need to note that this flight experience was generally fine but the boarding situation was absolutely a mess and there wasn’t any actual priority boarding. I rated the experience poorly because I’m am genuinely so frustrated with the crew on United taking the baggage space in first class. This flight it didn’t happen, but the last few flights (when I ironically don’t get an opportunity to provide feedback) have been spoiled because upon entering the first class cabin as one of the first few seated passengers, the overhead bins are full and ‘crew’’ tags are on the bags of those taking space. I don’t intend to infer some sort of a class or caste system but it’s absolutely ridiculous that the crew takes the overhead storage above and beyond their most loyal and lucrative customers. They should not even have economy space IMO. And I’ve gotten grief when I’ve noted to the crew the ridiculousness of the notion that the crew (who are the last off the plane) should have priority over flyers who pay. I hope you find a way to convey this message to United because it’s happening with increasing frequency and I intend to find a way to expose the specific crew members who are doing this on a flight by flight basis. (And I have a day job)

Start to finish everything about our flight was first rate. Friendly and helpful staff, same for crew, plane was clean and comfortable, food was excellent with good choices, left early and arrived on time. Would travel with RJ again without hesitation!

The agent in Chicago was very rude, very unwilling to help and provided the worst customer service there is, it felt like she wasn’t there to work but was forced to work. I was trying to talk with her about my damaged case and that was I after I picked up my bags. She represented American Airlines in a very poor way

The worst thing about is u never never can get someone to answer your phone There is no phone number to call they don’t respond to emails u just can’t do anything if u need them

This is my second time within two weeks using them. I have bad experience with their Internet. They charge me $35 for Internet worked only for 15 minutes and then disconnected and they don’t even give me a credit or refund my money or give me a voucher about the food. It’s very bad test. There is no test actually and barely cooked still raw.

They cancelled the flight while we were at the gate. Then they rebooked me for the next day but then that was missed because I now have a connection and the first flight took too long to get to the airport. Right now sitting in the hotel until the next flight. Worst trip

POOR. The gate changed 5 times. The plane was late. The waiting crew and the desk staff were gossiping and chatting amongst themselves about the maintenance and plane issues. No water service on the plane after the long delay. Even after I asked for a water. I was in seat 1A. Single crew member we saw sat in the seat the whole flight on his phone. After a stressful boarding process and delay- it was REALLY disappointing.

I was most disappointed with the flight crew in business class. They were not attentive at all. Everything I needed, I had to ask for. They did not offer refills, did not ask how the meal was, did not offer anything else when I didnt like the drink that was poorly made. When I asked for snacks, they told me to go to the front and look at what was set out. This was the worst RJ business class crew I have ever encountered. They made me feel like I was a bother - even for a simple water. No smiles. No thank you. No my pleasure. These are the reasons you fly business class. At least the crew can smile and act like they are happy to be there. For 14+ hours, I felt like an inconvenience. Poor review.

Crew was apathetic, in seat hardware was old and barely functional, WiFi (which I paid for) didn’t work for half the flight (I was refunded). They gave 2 meals on a 13 hr flight, whereas Etihad gave 3.

I’m still stuck with no hope in sight. They haven’t even provide a hotel for keeping us for two nights.

Excellent service all around thank you Royal Jordanian crew for the attention you have given us

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