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Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Jamaica

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Montego Bay
Montego Bay1 stop$393
Kingston
Kingston1 stop$529
Montego Bay
Montego Bay1 stop$393
Kingston
Kingston1 stop$529
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Price, demand and travel trends for New Orleans to Jamaica flights

Use KAYAK data on prices, travel dates, airlines and seasonal trends to compare options and book flights with more confidence.

Are flights from New Orleans to Jamaica cheaper or more expensive than last year?

Fares from New Orleans to Jamaica are running about 10% lower than they were around this time last year, averaging $519 round-trip.

What are the cheapest fares from New Orleans to Jamaica right now?

Here are the cheapest round-trip fares from New Orleans to Jamaica on KAYAK in the last week:

• Montego Bay Sangster Intl (MBJ) from $393
• Kingston Norman Manley (KIN) from $529
• Ocho Rios Boscobel (OCJ) from $607

What’s the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to Jamaica?

March is the cheapest time of year to fly, with average fares of $407. Prices are highest in December, when average flight costs increase to around $663.

When is the best time to book flights from New Orleans to Jamaica?

Book your flights 18 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data collected over the past 12 months shows that booking in this window can save you around 22% compared to booking last-minute (within 2 weeks of departure).

Which airport in Jamaica is the cheapest to fly to from New Orleans?

Based on KAYAK data from the past 12 months, the cheapest airports to fly into Jamaica are:

• Montego Bay Sangster Intl (MBJ) (avg. price $519)
• Kingston Norman Manley (KIN) (avg. price $538)
• Ocho Rios Boscobel (OCJ) (avg. price $778)

What’s the cheapest day to fly from New Orleans to Jamaica?

Monday tends to be the cheapest day to fly from New Orleans to Jamaica, while Wednesday is the most expensive. Fares run about 23% higher that day, based on the past 12 months of KAYAK data.

What's the cheapest time of day to fly from New Orleans to Jamaica?

Data from the past 12 months shows it's cheapest to fly to Jamaica during the evening with average prices of $385. The morning is the most expensive time to fly, with average prices of $558.

Key details for New Orleans to Jamaica flights

Low season

December

Cheapest flight

$172
Beat the crowds with an average 47% drop in travelers.
The most popular month to fly with an average 76% increase in travelers.
One-way flight from New Orleans to Montego Bay

Your New Orleans to Jamaica flight questions, answered

Find helpful answers about this route, including flight times, airports, airlines and booking tips.

  • Is now a good time to book a flight from New Orleans to Jamaica?

    Yes. Fares from New Orleans to Jamaica are low right now. As a rule of thumb, a round-trip under $419 (cheaper than most fares this year) is a good deal, so if you spot one at or below that, it's a good time to book.

  • How much should I budget for a flight from New Orleans to Jamaica?

    Over the past 12 months, round-trip fares from New Orleans to Jamaica have ranged from $419 to $669.

  • What are the main airports serving Jamaica?

    Jamaica has 4 airports. The three busiest are Montego Bay Sangster Intl (MBJ) (86% of arrivals), Kingston Norman Manley (KIN) (10%) and Ocho Rios Boscobel (OCJ) (3%).

  • What airlines fly nonstop from New Orleans to Jamaica?

    Based on the flight schedule for the next 3 months, no airline regularly operates nonstop flights from New Orleans to Jamaica. One-stop options include:

    • Delta
    • American Airlines
    • JetBlue

  • Which cabin classes are available on flights from New Orleans to Jamaica?

    On flights from New Orleans to Jamaica you can only book Economy Class.

  • What are some popular landmarks in Jamaica?

    KAYAK travelers' favorite landmarks in Jamaica include:

    • Doctor's Cave Bathing Club
    • Cornwall Beach
    • Fort Montego Craft Market
    • AquaSol Theme Park

  • Will I need to secure a visa to fly from New Orleans to Jamaica?

    American citizens can fly to Jamaica and stay for up to 90 days without getting their hands on a visa. You'll only need to bring a valid U.S. passport for a flight from New Orleans to Jamaica as long as you don't plan to stay in the country for too long.

  • Where are the most common layover locations between New Orleans and Jamaica?

    A couple common layovers on flights from New Orleans to Jamaica will take place at Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). You may need to prepare to stop at these airports if you aren't able to buy tickets for a nonstop or one-stop flight.

  • Which airline should I choose when flying from New Orleans to Jamaica with kids?

    American Airlines will often allow parents with young kids to board flights early so they can get situated. They'll also provide kids with activity kits and in-flight entertainment options to keep them busy on flights, and they'll even set them up with healthy snack and meal choices to keep their spirits up.

  • What can I do to help make a flight from New Orleans to Jamaica sustainable?

    Almost all major airlines are working to become carbon-neutral these days, but few are taking the dramatic steps that American Airlines is . American Airlines is adding eco-friendly aircraft to its fleet all the time and aiming to find creative ways to eliminate waste from flights by doing away with single-use plastics.

Your guide to booking New Orleans to Jamaica flights

Get tips on when to book, when to fly and what to know before your trip.
  • If you can plan ahead, the sweet spot for booking your flight is 18 weeks before your trip. KAYAK data shows fares in this window are around 22% lower than last-minute bookings (made within 2 weeks of departure). Not ready to commit? Set a Price Alert and we'll let you know when prices change.
  • If your travel dates are flexible, book your trip for March when flights are typically cheapest and avoid December when prices are at their highest.
  • Flying on Monday is usually the cheapest. Flights on Wednesday cost about 23% more on average, so being flexible with your travel dates could help you save.
  • If you're looking to save, Montego Bay Sangster Intl (MBJ) is the cheapest airport to fly into from New Orleans. If you have onward travel, don't forget to factor in the cost of your journey by train, bus or domestic flight.
  • Start your trip in Montego Bay, which is the most popular destination in Jamaica. From there, it's easy to continue on to other popular destinations such as Negril, Ocho Rios and Kingston.
  • When you fly from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) to Jamaica, American Airlines, Frontier, and Spirit Airlines will be the main airlines that can get you there. You will need to select the right airport in Jamaica before booking a flight through one of these airlines. Sangster International Airport (MBJ) near Montego Bay and Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) near Kingston will be solid options.
  • You will typically have to make at least one stop on the way from New Orleans to Jamaica, but there is also a chance you may have to stop two or even three times. Spirit Airlines has some of the best one-stop flights from New Orleans to Jamaica. They can get you there in about 5 hours and 15 minutes in certain cases.
  • Frontier and Spirit Airlines offer affordable flights from New Orleans to Jamaica, but neither offers first-class seats. If you wish to fly first class to Jamaica, book a flight with American Airlines. You'll be able to get access to a lie-flat seat so that you can sleep while you're in the air.
  • American Airlines, Frontier, and Spirit Airlines charge baggage fees if you have to check bags while flying to Jamaica. You can get around these fees by only bringing a carry-on bag. Just make sure it doesn't exceed the size restrictions airlines put on carry-on bags. American Airlines won't let you bring carry-on bags larger than 22 x 14 x 9 inches.
  • If you find yourself with some free time when you show up early for a flight from New Orleans to Jamaica, you can settle down at one of the lounges inside Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. You can reserve a seat at the Club MSY lounge for a small fee.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New Orleans to Jamaica

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New Orleans to Jamaica? 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.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4217 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.4Entertainment
8.1Boarding
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One major problem that was very unprofessional and uncalled for. Plane landed and we had to wait 20 minutes to get off the plane since they were waiting for someone to come to the gate to drive the jetway. Southwest couldn't have someone available and waiting for the plane to land? Is there only one person in Hobby airport who knows to drive the jetway? Was he at lunch? In the bar? Uncomfortable and uncalled for!

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One major problem that was very unprofessional and uncalled for. Plane landed and we had to wait 20 minutes to get off the plane since they were waiting for someone to come to the gate to drive the jetway. Southwest couldn't have someone available and waiting for the plane to land? Is there only one person in Hobby airport who knows to drive the jetway? Was he at lunch? In the bar? Uncomfortable and uncalled for!

if I was good. Not happy that I have to pay extra money to get the seat I need for lake room, but I guess that’s a sign of the times.

no service at all due to turbulence. they should've at least given us snacks, there were only 10 people on the entire flight.

Had a great flight. Delayed takeoff, but comfortable. Snacks were good.

Flight attendants very hospitable and friendly. Pilot flew a smooth take off and landing.

I was re-booked onto another flight because my original flight was delayed and I would have missed my connector. I ended up in the “C” group after paying extra to be in the “A “ group on the original flight. At least if you’re going to re-book people, re-book them into the same group.

Excellent. Would encourage Southwest to keep current boarding procedures with free style seating. Makes for a fantastic experience

After being assaulted by a flight attendant I was then brushed off as oh well because he long braids didn’t mean to whip me in the eye. I have filed complaints and will see. But like any other issue I’ve had with kayak involved it’s been trash. Last time I’ll be using your app

After a 3 hour layover in Denver my flight was delayed over 5 hours! No explanation; no assistance; no offer to provide compensation; no one at Southwest was willing to offer any assistance. 8 hours in the Denver airport - ridiculous!

Boarding was a little late, but made up for it. It was quick to taxi to the runway, since it's a smallish airport.

My Delta flight 2423 from Atlanta to Oklahoma City got delayed multiple times. It was originally scheduled to depart at 10:41 pm EST with a 11:58 pm CST arrival in Oklahoma City. However, after multiple delays, the flight finally departed Atlanta at around 12:40 am and arrived in Oklahoma City at around 1:50 am. What was even more disappointing was that none of the crew members acknowledged, let alone apologize, for the delays. These delays were not due to weather and were only due to operational/mechanical issues on the part of Delta. As a former Platinum SkyMiles member, I valued loyalty with Delta. However, after having similar experiences in the recent past, I'll be switching my loyalty over to American Airlines going forward. This was a highly disappointing experience.

The Atlanta airport had thunderstorms, which caused our flight to be delayed by multiple hours. Once we were able to board.the gate agent was rude and was trying to rush us onto the plane because the team in the plane was about to run out of hours once we were all aboard the plane they ran into an issue where the catering truck was filling up the back of the plane and they left and had to come back because they didn’t fill it up all the way, causing even more of a delay. My seat was very tight. I didn’t have a lot of legroom overall this was a miserable experience.

MSY had lots of coffee/breakfast options for morning flights. Bathrooms were clean. Lots of filling stations for water bottles. Delta flight was on time. The plane was clean. The staff was friendly and efficient.

Horrible. Faucet in sink not working, wifi not working. Didn’t bring food or snacks

My flight out of Baton Rouge to Atlanta was delayed by a half hour. This got us into Atlanta airport 30 minutes late. I ran through the airport to get to my connecting flight. As I approached the boarding gate, I saw the boarding door was still open and a passenger was being checked in. But when I got to the gate, the boarding agent told me they had already given away my seat and there were no empty seats on that flight. So I had to take a later flight. That has never happened to me before. Very frustrating.

On this flight I felt the food offering was not as complete as on previous flights. The tomato salad was a bit off and there was nothing additional such a bread or butter. The breakfast was only one option, so you either ate what they had or ate nothing. The crew was efficient, but most seemed frustrated throughout the flight. The flight arrived early and was obstacle-free, so I’m overall quite happy, but the shine in the rest of the experience just wasn’t there.

The plane was very warm upon entering. This was a bigger problem as the weather was cold so people were dressed accordingly.

Overall, the flight from Atlanta to Orlando was acceptable, albeit delayed and the typical temperature issue on the plane (hot) which has become somewhat expected. However, the staff at gate B22 for connecting flight DL1562 was disappointing. And to clarify, there were two gentlemen behind the counter — one pleasant and the other, Larry. Without question, Larry should not be in hospitality. My wife and I were first in line and when Larry walked in behind the desk, my wife greeted him with “Hiii Larrry”. And while she can be bubbly at times, and I get that it was late, the conversation morphed as Larry asked if she was drunk. At first I assumed he was joking (still not appropriate) but he was not. Clearly he was having a bad day or maybe just hates his job. In all cases, his behavior was unacceptable and offensive. The only saving grace is that he was equally rude and dismissive to all of the surrounding guests as well—although, I’m not sure if that is a good thing or not.

It was terrible! Two hour delays, poor in flight service, made us check our carry on even though there was plenty of overhead storage

It feels like the seats are getting tighter. Was towards the back so maybe they’ve been like this for a while.

The flight was officially delayed 3 times, and was actually later than that. Combined, it was a 3 hour delay, but there was no recognition (miles, voucher, etc). The crew seemed stressed. The captain sounded nervous in his announcements. The flight itself was smooth and uneventful.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

United is an incompetent airline. They parked the plane on the tarmac for an hour after arriving because they “didn’t have a gate available” it was actually some sort of lie because as we de planed there were approximately 9 open and manned and empty gates that we walked past. Many people on the flight missed connections for the hour long sit on the tarmac. Utterly baffling and incompetent behavior from United flight ops.

Ot was overall fine. Left on time and had basic snacks. Weather was finicky but that’s not the airlines fault.

The plane pushed back from the gate on time. However, it stopped on the ramp, and we waited for over 20 minutes before the aircraft pulled back to the gate. Apparently, something of importance had to be removed from the aircraft by the gate agent. I found this to be odd. The delay was not significant, but I felt that whatever was on the aircraft that had to be taken off, should’ve been done before we pushed back from the gate.

They canceled our flight and left us stranded to figure it out

Not worth the price of premium class ticket paid, felt more like steerage.

The plane boarded and deplaned twice before the crew timed out. Flight was 7 hours late departing. Horrible experience!

They rerouted flight to LAX. Offered nothing but a 5 hr drive to SBP. No compensation. No regards to our healthy and safety.

Check-in was a little worrying cause we didn't get seat #'s until we asked the flight attendants at the desk. We were concerned that they overbooked the flight. But everything else was great.

The boarding agent and checked bag agent were both rude. It only takes a second to be kind. However, the flight crew was amazing. I got a turkey sandwich and it wasn't bad---not great but not bad. The internet was my biggest problem. This was a work trip and I REALLY needed the internet to meet a deadline but it didn't work for 80% of the trip. Very disappointing.

Very good flight that left on time and arrived earlier than anticipated, which was a plus! The crew members were very welcoming and helpful. However, the temperature on the flight was very cold - almost to the point of extreme discomfort. Additionally, requiring passengers to pay $8 for headphones to access the JetBlue entertainment was disappointing. Those earbud jacks are not used with most technology and would not be able to be used. There was no option to use Bluetooth for my own earbuds. Beyond those inconveniences, the flight was good.

It was a smooth flight and the pilot was very pleasant

Jet blue was great But the Jayak system Wasa pure nightmare and wasted so much of my time and energy by not giving me a way to access jet blue to check in the flight back I didn’t even get the number confirmation code 24 hours before. Because I didn’t receive the email with the confirmation code I could NoT CHECk IN. I spoke to a kayak third party and they informed me I could not carry a carry on, on the flight which caused me so much extra stress it was just too much. You can be sure I will not be using it recommending your site. Again.

I'll nevere ever give up jet blue for years now and I will never change

The plane was very hot. There were delays . Generally, the flight was great.

JetBlue has too many delayed flights. I cant recall in the past two years flying with JetBlue without some form a delays. I expect better B6.

Flight delayed Plane switched so my aisle seat changed from 7 aisle to 22 middle Older plane, poor entertainment Crew were fine

The communication was lacking. They delayed us over 8 hours keeping us on the plane, stopped for mechanical errors and then for the captain being over duty hours and then again for mechanical errors taking us to a different state and airport. It wasn’t fun, a lot of time and money lost. we felt trapped and hungry. A whole days of activities and vacation lost. I would have liked better communication and for them to allow us off the plane until everything was figured out. Also why couldn’t they share the food that was on the plane ? Snacks are not nutritious.

The entertainment is still via a screen on the plane so wired headphones are needed (no bluetooth connect like united). The snacks were very generous.

I had 1 hour to connect flights. Boarded the first plane with a broken restroom and captain decided that the 1.25 hour flight couldn’t leave until fixed. Needless to say, I missed my connecting flight and will arrive at my final destination 6 hours late.

No service on New Orleans to DFW or DFW to San Antonio. Also no explanation from the captain why we had no AC. Unacceptable!

Flight was delayed three times and we had an international connecting flight which we would’ve missed but AA manage to find us a flight that allowed us to catch and we made our international flight. However, due to the flight change, I’m in Amman, Jordan missing all 4 bags. It’s been a nightmare. Been waiting since June 17 and today is June 20th. Still without luggage. Customer service wait times are two hours and I get disconnected while waiting. I’ll update when/if my luggage arrives. Every day is costing money in a hotel in Amman. I can’t continue my trip to Palestine until the luggage arrives. Then, I will be updating my review.

Boarding on time and fight was early but they didn't let us off the plane on time so we missed our connecting flight to Japan.

There was a delay that affected all passengers with connecting flights.

Had to wait a long time for wheelchair in Dallas

Horrible. 4 hrs delayed with no explanation for the multiple push outs of time. Wi-Fi didn’t work properly and air vent above seat was partially clogged. Bathroom sink did not work. Anything else you want to know?

28 hour delay at Fort Worth/Dallas airport, part due to weather which was unavoidable, but various other reasons - no pilot, no fa, mechanical problem, plane too small, too big, crew out of flying time, seat configuration problems.... endless and hourly updates with a different excuse. Finally told us about 3.00 am, that the flight was delayed to hours later.

LIT to DFW - 3 hours late; the entire plane had been boarded before they told us there was a delay due to a weather-related ground stop in Dallas. DFW to MAY - 2+ hours late due to A/C needing to be repaired after everyone had boarded, then when we finally reach the runway, the First Officer timed out and we had to taxi all the way back to the gate and wait for a new one. I arrived in New Orleans 5+ hours later than I should have. Return flights were completely cancelled; rebooked through the app to fly through CLT instead of DFW. MSY to CLT had no issues, but CLT to LIT was delayed 1.25 hrs because flight attendants had not arrived to the airport yet. At least they didn’t make us all sit on the plane to wait for them. I should have driven.

Nice aircraft. Plane was PACKED full and distance between seats was tight. Had it been more than a two hour flight it would not have been tolerable. I had much more knee space on the JetBlue flight I went out on.

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