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$251 Find Cheap Flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest

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Cheapest round-trip
$432
Overall average: $720
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Cheapest • Avg $464 (round-trip)
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Cheap Flights from John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest (JFK-BUD)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest 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 John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest

Mon, May 4 - Sat, May 9
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4:55 pm - 11:50 am
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12h 50m
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$432Aer Lingus
Wed, May 6 - Sat, May 9
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4:55 pm - 11:50 am
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$434Aer Lingus
Mon, May 4 - Thu, May 14
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$438Aer Lingus
Mon, Sep 7 - Wed, Sep 16
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18h 15m
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7:50 pm - 3:40 pm
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25h 50m
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$455Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, Apr 28 - Thu, May 7
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$461Multiple Airlines
Mon, May 4 - Mon, May 11
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$463Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, Sep 1 - Fri, Sep 4
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$466Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, May 3 - Sat, May 9
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$469Scandinavian Airlines
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$470Air Serbia
Wed, Sep 2 - Tue, Sep 22
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KAYAK's insights & trends for John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest, 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 New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest is January, where tickets cost $416 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $762 and $745 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest, 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 New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$251
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 32% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 13% increase in price.
Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest

When to book flights from John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest 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 New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest flights

  • What are some common layovers for flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    Flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Budapest (BUD) usually have layovers in various cities depending on the airline you opt for. Some common layovers for this route include London (LHR), Helsinki (HEL), Amsterdam (AMS), Paris (CDG), Warsaw (WAW), Berlin (BER), Vienna (VIE), Zurich (ZRH), and Frankfurt (FRA).

  • Do I need a visa to fly from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    Yes, US citizens do need a visa to fly from New York John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Budapest, Hungary. Obtaining a visa to Hungary involves submitting a visa application form, a valid passport, a recent passport-sized photograph, a flight itinerary, and proof of accommodation in Hungary. Additionally, applicants may need to provide evidence of travel insurance, proof of sufficient financial means to support their stay, and a letter of invitation if visiting friends or family in Hungary.

  • What services does Brussels Airlines offer for business-class passengers on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    Business Flex is Brussels Airlines' full-service business class option on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest and offers full flexibility. Passengers in Business Class can receive a complimentary hot meal with dessert and fresh cheese. Additionally, Business class passengers have free access to dedicated lounges, allowing them to relax before flights.

  • How can I bring my pet on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    Finnair allows small pets to travel with their owners both in the cabin and the cargo hold on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest. Finnair's pet policy states that pets and carriers must weigh less than 17 lbs in order to travel in the cabin, and pets that exceed this weight limit may be transported in the cargo hold.

  • What is the cheapest flight from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest was $251 for a one-way ticket and $432 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between New York John F Kennedy Airport and Budapest?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in New York John F Kennedy Airport and on arrival in Budapest.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    New York John F Kennedy Airport and Budapest are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave New York John F Kennedy Airport from New York John F Kennedy Intl and will be arriving at Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between New York John F Kennedy Airport and Budapest, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Budapest from New York John F Kennedy Airport?

    London is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from New York to Budapest, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from New York to Budapest are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $705 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 $744 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    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 New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Budapest from New York John F Kennedy Airport 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 New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    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 Budapest with an airline and back to New York John F Kennedy Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between New York John F Kennedy Airport and BUD 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 New York John F Kennedy Airport to Budapest?

    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 Budapest from New York John F Kennedy Airport 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 New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport to Budapest

  • Austrian Airlines is using sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) to reduce carbon emissions on their flights, including flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Budapest (BUD). The airline has also introduced carbon-neutral flying for its passengers, with the option for passengers to support the use of sustainable aviation fuels for an immediate reduction in carbon emissions.
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is a hub for several airlines, including American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. American Airlines operates flights to Budapest (BUD) out of Terminal 8, while Delta Air Lines operates out of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy at JFK.
  • LOT Airlines allows passengers to tick a box for assistance services during the process of booking and purchasing their tickets. Passengers with reduced mobility on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Budapest (BUD) can request additional assistance during the check-in process, boarding process, and throughout their flight.
  • Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) serves as a gateway to various nearby cities in the area. Some of these cities include Esztergom, Visegrad, Szentendre, Tata, and Szekesfehervar.
  • Iberia Airlines offers a special service for unaccompanied minors with departure, arrival, and transit assistance during connections. Families with children under 2 can board the plane first, including for flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Budapest (BUD). The airline also tries to seat families together, even when booking separately.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from John F Kennedy Intl to Budapest

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New York to Budapest. 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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7.6
FinnairOverall score based on 1371 reviews
7.5Comfort
8.2Crew
7.7Boarding
6.9Entertainment
6.7Food
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Positive: It was refreshingly easy and polite check-in and boarding staff. Flight was on time and Helsinki is a very well-signposted airport. Shopping was nice as well. Flight was not full and I had lots of space in economy. Flight was perfectly on time. Negative: Food and drink not very good, but that it is normal on any airline. Didn't expect anything else.

8.0 ExcellentFiruz, Feb 2026
HEL - ICN
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Positive: It was refreshingly easy and polite check-in and boarding staff. Flight was on time and Helsinki is a very well-signposted airport. Shopping was nice as well. Flight was not full and I had lots of space in economy. Flight was perfectly on time. Negative: Food and drink not very good, but that it is normal on any airline. Didn't expect anything else.

Business seating is soooo uncomfortable. You can sit straight up or lay down. You need pillows behind you because the back doesn’t lay down. Those are need to “prop” you up. The chair has no padding whatsoever. Food was gross. I’ve eaten on Finnair before and the food was exceptional. This time it gave 2 people in our party diarrhea. It was the chicken dish. I took 2 bites and didn’t eat anything more. The flight attendants were nice. You needed an additional lounge in Terminal D at DFW Airport. After waiting 40 minutes to enter, we finally gave up and went to a bar across from the club doors. I’m unsure if I’ll ever book a Finnair flight again.

Very good seat, very comfortable, good food, and good service.

It was a good flight, very comfortable seats for sleeping in business class. Probably the most comfortable business class seat I've ever had (20+ times in business class on various airlines). Service was good, but the only downside is my screen didn't work and it had to be reset multiple times to get it to shut off. I had to block my eyes because the screen was white almost the entire flight and I wore an eye mask when I slept. But when eating and reading in my seat, my eyes hurt because the only way to turn the screen off was reset it and the screen would only be off for a few minutes at a time.

Everything was wonderful! AirBus seats are more comfortable to sleep in as compared to the Boeing planes.

All reviews good because...flight from BWI to London ,economy seats was miserable. I usually book 1,step up from economy but this would have added 1500 bucks 1 way. Bit the bullet and upgraded for retun flight, otherwise all ratings would have been rock bottom.

Great. It was awesome to have boarding from the front and back of the plane as it made the process go very quickly

It was okay. The airplane was a little smaller than a flight from Thailand to Helsinki.

Wish that everyone would board the back of the plane first. Also let kids on first. The gate wasn’t open at arrival and we waited 45 minutes to takeoff. They made up for time in the air.

This was an absolutely exceptional flight. The flight attendants were extremely attentive and very friendly. They seemed to go out of their way to make us comfortable and to make sure that we had everything we needed., We were in business and were very happy with the size and the details for our pods. We would definitely recommend Finnair and will definitely be flying with them again.

The flight itself was fine, but due to a snow delay my connection to Lisbon was delayed by six hours. Despite this, Swiss Air still managed to lose my luggage. Not acceptable. Someone else on the flight also lost their luggage.

Bad experience overall. Crew did not provide food for our 2 year old (even though we specifically bought a child infant seat for her and literally bought another full price flight), which was unacceptable. And we had to pay $310 each way to carry our ski equipment even though they advertise it as something that is free. Tickets were purchased the same way as usual, but they told us we had Economy Light tickets (I never elected to have such seats). Just plain manipulation and false advertisment. Very disappointed overall about this airline.

The trip was great until my luggage was lost on transfer from United to Swiss. It took Swiss 3 days to get my luggage to me though it was located almost immediately.

Horrible!! The WiFi was not working, the food was awful

We’ve never been more uncomfortable on a flight than we have on this particular one. The seats in front of us reclined so far back that when the person reclined their seat of broccoli, it almost hit me in the face and left me with literally no room to move that said I had to recline my seed in which made the person behind me upset. It seemed like the seats also would recline without even pressing the button in the armrest and would unrecline as well for that same reason, and it also seemed that some seats reclined more than others. The bottom cushions of the seat were so thin that even after one hour of an 11 hour flight, our tailbones were so sore. It seemed like an overall old airplane. It also didn’t have individual air vents and it was extremely hot the entire flight. Several passengers were commenting on how hot it was. The breakfast was some kind of flavorless triangle, puffy egg, laying in a watery bed of steamed peppers and onions and spinach. It was not appetizing at all. The flight crew was extremely nice so that was a nice thing this flight attendant. They let us try different types of Swiss sodas, which was really nice and the dinner was actually delicious but still overall given the other considerations. It was pretty much a miserable flight without basic seat comfort.

At boarding, the locations where we had to have our passports checked prior to boarding were very unclear. Occasional staff wandered around telling people, but in busy area of the terminal this was not obvious. It was also located well after the check in desk in terms of walking to the gate. The Premium Economy service was attentive and warm. The only big draw back was lack of restrooms, and no division or even curtain between PE and Economy.

Food used to be better and comfort was not attainable after 5 hours everything starts hurting.

horrible.. they cause such a problem and my daughter 14 years old was stranded in san francisco

I can’t even the whole trip was a catastrophe

Poor. Seats uncomfortable. No leg room. Hot and humid the whole trip. Food and staffs were ok.

Aging planer and NO wifi on a 14 hour day flight. Unless you are retired or don't need to work or be in touch with the world... The lack of Wifif really ruined the flight. And the old plane - really showing it's age, wasn't great

There was no inflight service. Once we landed we were delayed to find a gate for an hour and a half which was 1/2 the total time in the air.

The gate agent had a really bad attitude and refused to help me get on the standby list. She just handed me a card and said I needed to call a number. I asked her to help with the AA app on my phone and she just shrugged and said she didnt know. After a few phone calls, I eventually just went to a different gate agent on the other side of the terminal and got the help I needed.

One day, I do so hope for a gluten free snack! Seems like with the rest of the world FINALLY figuring out what gluten free is, American Airlines would too. Fingers crossed!!

I would like the crew to talk LESS over the PA and specifically about credit card offers. I am trying to work, sleep, watch a movie and the PA was booming about a credit card offer. Could we go back to the days when the customer was more important than selling a credit card?

There were no TV screens - even in Business class. 5 delays, and only given $12 meal voucher! Terrible!

My seat tv didn’t work the whole trip. And the seat space is too small despite being seated at the front.

On the plus side, crew was attentive, drinks were cold, and in-flight entertainment selection was better than some other airlines. On the negative aide, Plane was delayed almost an hour, either no announcements from the gate crew. Biscoff cookies are gross, appreciate airlines that give a choice. Also, crew had no personality or enthusiasm at all.

Baggage handling poor. Second time this has happened. My bag went to San Francisco instead of Fiji. No apology. Luckily Nadi airport staff are fantastic. My bag arrived in Fiji the next day.

Disliked having to wait a little longer to disembark from the plan when we landed in London

Lufthansa cancelled our flight from Los Angeles to Naples Italy on March 10 for scheduled flight on March 12 Very stressful experience trying to arrange alternatives. Will never fly again with Lufthansa

The staff was bit rude when I asked for an extra drink after one beer, asked for one wine glass.

I was deceived on the Kayak site expecting a ticket, but instead finding a "standby" reservation. When I tried to change the ticket, I paid almost twice the price of the original ticket. Then, the airline refused to give me the reserved seat I had chosen and paid for. I think I deserve a refund for this leg of my trip because I was doubly charged and did not receive what I had paid for. I put in a complaint with Lufthansa because the ticket was sold originally sold as a flight they listed. Someone here needs to take responsibility.

Excellent service; they helped me reschedule so I can fly in an earlier flight

Crew was professional and great, flight was clean. However food was pathetic. I ordered a Hindu meal assuming no meat but they served chicken. Need to be very specific- Hindu meal should be categorize as Vegetarian - no meat or egg. Or it should be specific that we are serving meat.

We exited from a plane from LAX TO MUC containing 853 passengers. Passport control was packed and very slow as they fingerprinted and photgraphed everyone. After finally getting though we ran to the gate listed on our boarding pass. We made it just as boarding was suppost to begin. No one was there. We started running again and found a Lufthansa gate open and spoke with them. We were told the gate had changed and they called the correct gate that we were coming. We started running again, but needed to wait for the train to get to the correct terminal. Running again we made it to the gate. The plane was still there but they said it was too late. So we went to the Lufthansa help desk, they told us it was our fault for missing our flight and that if we didn't buy a new ticket from them for €256 each our return trip to the states would be cancelled. Needless to say this was very disapointing to find out on the day before Christmas that we had to pay an extra €512 to complete our trip we had already paid $3344 for. We were left with no choice. No Christmas spirit there. Unhappy custumers.

I booked extra leg room, due to seat neighbor i now consider extra shoulder and arm room as well. Seems like the seats shrink in width now The crew was very friendly and professional ( 100%). Food was good not great, breakfast was bad, a dry slice of bread would have been better. Facilities clean.

I think they overbooked Frankfurt to New York and bumped me off. This changed my return travel I arrived home about 4 hours late. Almost 24 total travel time Totally unacceptable Would not travel with United

I liked everything BUT the temperature. It was freezing and now I am sick.

Flight was delayed over one hour and I had to pay to select my seat, even though my booking supposedly had free selection (I paid extra for this at time of booking)

Getting the boarding passes between the BA and AA apps was very clunky.

The airline was not clear about a new departure time so we got to the airport early anyway. The flight left early which was great because of weather. The check in process was very easy and staff were friendly and helpful. The crew was great and our flight was very good.

Although business class, the seating was really cramped. The food was so so.

Smooth trip no turbulence which is always a bonus for me lol! In cattle class so an element of being a bit squished (but not as bad as other shorter haul airlines) smaller plane than the one we flew out on and entertainment system wasn’t as modern but still definitely passed the time. Lovely crew x

We always use BA due to the direct flight options, we have always had a pleasant flight with BA.

I was sleeping during dinner service, no one bothered to offer meal later, I remained hungry….until I got a morning sandwich!

Very caring crew on board. Didn’t have dinner as I was sleeping. Was seating in the emergency row so I had comfortable leg room

Although the crew were great and the good nice, I might as well have been on Ryanair for the amount of space I had. Not good enough BA. I’d rather pay more and not feel like a human sardine.

Crew were fantastic can’t fault them at all. Couldn’t do enough for us

They’ve lost my bag and I have no way of really getting in touch with anyone and have received no updates.

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