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Find cheap flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Malaysia from $498

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Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Kuala Lumpur

FAQs - booking Malaysia flights

  • Should I obtain a visa before I fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Malaysia?

    If you are going to be traveling to Malaysia on vacation and you do not plan on spending more than 90 days in the country, there is no need to get a visa before your trip. This is also applicable to those who are traveling on business. It is important to remember that you travel with a valid passport and make sure that the passport remains valid for at least 180 days beyond your date of arrival in Malaysia.

  • What is the easiest way to get from John F. Kennedy International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Langkawi International Airport (LGK)?

    One of the quickest ways to make this trip is to travel on a one-stop flight that utilizes both Singapore Airlines and Scoot Airlines, and has a layover at Singapore Changi International Airport. You could also use AirAsia for the second leg of this trip if you so desire.

  • Which airlines on this route offer specialized meals for those with a limited diet?

    Etihad Airways offers a variety of specialized meals for passengers with special dietary requirements, including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, low-fat, and low-salt options. They also have special meals for passengers with religious or medical dietary restrictions, such as Halal, Kosher, and diabetic meals. Passengers can request their special meal at the time of booking or at least 24 h before their flight departure time. Etihad Airways strives to offer a comfortable and enjoyable flying experience for all its passengers.

  • What is a good airline choice on this route for environmentally conscious travelers?

    Emirates is committed to sustainability and reducing its environmental impact. The airline has implemented a number of initiatives to achieve this, such as investing in fuel-efficient aircraft, implementing a comprehensive recycling program, and reducing single-use plastics on board its flights. Emirates also works with local communities to support conservation efforts and reduce its carbon footprint. Additionally, the airline has set a goal to become carbon neutral by 2050, demonstrating its commitment to sustainable air travel.

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

    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 Malaysia.

  • 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 Malaysia?

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

    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 Malaysia with an airline and back to New York John F Kennedy Airport with another airline.

  • 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 Malaysia?

    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 Malaysia 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.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Malaysia

  • Morning departure is around 56% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
  • A popular destination airport in Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL). From John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), one of the quickest trips between these two airports is the one-stop flight of Singapore Airlines, which has a layover at Singapore Changi International Airport (SIN).
  • When you are looking for the best way to get from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), the one-stop flight that utilizes Cathay Pacific and Air Asia and has a layover at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is a very quick option.
  • If you have an early morning flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, you might consider staying the night at the TWA Hotel, which has direct access to Terminal 5 using the airport's AirTrain system.
  • Passengers looking for the best route to Penang International Airport (PEN) from John F. Kennedy International Airport should consider the one-stop route by airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines.
  • Travelers flying with Etihad from John F. Kennedy International Airport will find a comfortable place to wait for their flight to Malaysia in this airline's lounge location inside Terminal 4.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from John F Kennedy Intl to Malaysia

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from John F Kennedy Intl to Malaysia? 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 KAYAK reviews.
8.2
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1510 reviews
82entertainment
79food
83overall
81comfort
84boarding
87crew
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Wonderful service, planes and interior in great condition, very pleasant experience

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Wonderful service, planes and interior in great condition, very pleasant experience

People were so nice! Economy seats were small and cramped feeling for me. I’m slender and 6 feet tall

The singapore airline now compared before covid, I like the service before covid. SQ was the best of all airlines but now I am going to look for different airline if I am travelling in asia.

A pc of cake or biscuit at least. The airport was like a maze need to take another bus to the main terminal to immigration.

The stewardess was very helpful all the way. My seat had an issue with headphones and after the replaced and gave me a new pair and noticed it was the seat I got a new chair to sit and a great ride back home

Due to the delay of my first flight, my connecting flight with JetBlue was canceled by Singapore Airlines, but the JetBlue crew was very accommodating and rebooked a seat for me. The crew was very nice and had good attitude.

Very slow check in. Food poor and some of the special meals offered were not available. Luggage then didnt arrive and still waiting for news 48 hours later

Left hr late & arrived 1hr late luggage was slow to be offloaded! The flight crew & food were good! Movie selection was ok!

We were able to check in 48 hours before departure. The boarding was a breeze. The business' seat is very large with large tv screen. The lunch and dinner were excellent with selection of wines and other drinks. The seat was converted to a totally flat bed for sleeping which was very comfortable as well. We will definitely fly with Singapore Airline again in the future.

Flight attendants seemed a little more stressed out than in past Singapore flights. Not sure if that was because we had a completely full flight or if it was because it was just before Christmas. Food was decent but someone needs to update their Indian Vegetarian menus to ensure more variety, less duplication of items (Parathas included in2 different formats) and less dairy.

Staff were friendly, and provided great service. The food was plentiful and delicious. Food could have been hotter.

I was traveling business purposes and I only had one carry on and a personal computer back pack . My carry on was 8.5 kg little more than allowable. At jfk airport check in they did not let me carry it . I was little disappointed.

More leg room and comfortable seats at least for long flights

The entertainment selections are amazing. But the live TV is sometimes spotty. If you’re going to have it, then have it. If you can’t make it consistent, then, perhaps it’s better not to have it. The crew are always cordial when approached, but they seem to do the minimum and sit around, talking to each other in the back of the plane during the flight. I realize that delays are not always predictable, but I missed my flight in Dubai because we left 90 minutes late from Washington. I will say that Emirates took very good care of me in Dubai. But I would rather not be delayed.

Probably the best flight I’ve ever been on. Emirates first class is leagues beyond British airways and Lufthansa’s.

Great flight. Comfortable seats, courteous service, and excellent selection for entertainment.

Serving food took so long . Almost time close to lend. Plus during landing air pressure in cabin cuss ear blocked took long time to unblock.

Emirates is usually on time, but not this trip. Also, during the flight the attendants disappear unless called upon. Very strange. I have watched the quality of Emirates service diminish over the last five years.

Food was not great. Crew members were created hassle with attitude at the gates and wasted my valuable time. I have been traveling in Emirates airlines many times. Over all not happy flying in Emirates airlines this time. Seats are very small and not comfortable. Seats looks like very very old and congested. It would be nice if they fix these kind of issues. I hope my next trip will be hassle free and comfortable journey in Emirates airlines. Thank you.

CREW manager was rude and nasty Crew was not friendly either and had discriminatory attitude.

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

Excellent will be flying again in May with Qatar. to Botswana.

Ultimate customer care humble and excellent service oriented crew , perfect timing maintained by the crew . My profound appreciation.

Asian Veng meal have Non Veg items which is not ok. Pure veg meals option are too less and they have inclusion of Vedgan and Lactos etc... which is taste less

Very bad. We booked 8 months in advance for 2 people but couldn’t get seats together. Food was so bad I couldn’t even eat.

Okay not so good or great. The flight operated by Indigo is worst from boarding to luggage handling and food. Damaged one luggage and delayed another luggage. Still did not get it, since 2 days.

Entertainment on all 4 business class seats were terrible audio and could barley hear. The 11 hour layover in Riyadh was a nightmare and no one told us that nightmare matter what we do or what we were willing to pay there were no places to rest or sleep and nine of the lounges allow you to enter them no matter what unless you are 4 hours or less from flight time. With a 78 yearold mother with me this is ridiculous. The employees of the airline in Riyadh and of the lounge treated us like servants or lower class people. Never again

I wonder why checking carry on bags while the checking process was done by Moroccan security. Is it question of trust or Morocco security system is not qualified enough?

Entertainment for non Arabic speakers is very limited. Seats were comfortable. Seat map while booking showed 2-2-2 config, but the flight had 1-2-1..

It’s like two different companies managing fligh from DC and totally horrible company between Jeddah and Cairo

Route from DC was ok nothing special or bad From Jeddah to cairo horrible First flight got delayed by 3 hours no explanation so what ever Arrived in cairo to find lock on my bag Saudia crew in cairo didn’t know who did could not open had to break my bag zipper to open my luggage

Good variety could have been better; crew not as friendly

The best way to fly is saudia airlines flight Every thing is better (Number one 🫶) Thank you

The menu options in business class were few and the crew kept running out of the desired options! So what seemed like 4 options for meals turned out to be just one option! The entertainment system had very few movie selections for Hollywood and Bollywood movies. The audio in the headphones was poor as it was difficult to follow the dialogues; my fellow travelers had similar complaints.

There was not enough meals to serve in business class. The crew was busy and not very accommodating. They talked to each other more than attending to the passengers needs. Not professional at all and not properly supervised at all.

Much better than our first flight. Perhaps healthier food options and more food.

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

On line check in needs a lot of improvement. I tried and gave up.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

the female flight attendant was racist towards me. I could tell she treated the two other passengers next to me with more softness.

Oh my god! For an13 hour flight they serve you food just one time. Also don’t be thirsty they give you a little small cup of soda to drink. They seem like their goal is to feed you one so they don’t have to be bothered with you. It quite surprise for such a long flight there are several times to eat at least three and the food was well lackluster. The food and lack of offering drinks which were always hot no ice provided.

We were traveling first class. Checkin counter lady and her manager, both were in bad mood and did not treat us well about checking in the handbag. The gate agent took care of it right away. I travel Turkish twice a year in first class. No one has ever refused to check in the hand bag. Not sure, why this agent and her manager refused. Everything else was excellent.

The 787 economy was a disaster for long haul. The space was too little compared to 777 or 747. Also the extremely low tray table behind the seat made any dining effort a nightmare. However, the movies were up to date, and the food taste was good, despite of terrible serving process caused by small space.

A little bit more comfort. It’s tight space around the seats. But all else is great and a smooth flight!

0ur assigned seats were given to other individuals when we boarded the plane. We were given new boarding passes with new seats all the way at the back of the plane. The reason given to us was that there were issues with the seats. We found out that there were no issues, and someone else's were seated on those.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

4/24Wed
1 stopSAUDIA
30h 00mJFK-KUL
5/14Tue
1 stopSAUDIA
27h 25mKUL-JFK
$889
5/1Wed
1 stopSAUDIA
25h 35mJFK-KUL
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1 stopSAUDIA
27h 25mKUL-JFK
$896
3/31Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
28h 30mJFK-KUL
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1 stopTurkish Airlines
25h 40mKUL-JFK
$940
4/23Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 25mJFK-KUL
5/14Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
24h 55mKUL-JFK
$975
4/23Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
31h 35mJFK-KUL
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1 stopQatar Airways
30h 55mKUL-JFK
$998
5/6Mon
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
35h 30mJFK-PEN
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2 stopsSingapore Airlines
54h 10mPEN-JFK
$1,034
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1 stopSingapore Airlines
25h 25mJFK-PEN
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32h 45mPEN-JFK
$1,161
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40h 10mJFK-PEN
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1 stopEmirates
28h 15mPEN-JFK
$1,465
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34h 25mJFK-PEN
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38h 40mPEN-JFK
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$498
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multi-stopKorean Air
33h 00mJFK-KUL
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33h 50mKUL-JFK
$957
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30h 55mKUL-JFK
$1,164
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33h 20mJFK-KUL
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multi-stopCathay Pacific
31h 30mKUL-JFK
$1,169
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multi-stopCathay Pacific
22h 15mJFK-KUL
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41h 00mKUL-JFK
$1,197
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multi-stopEmirates
35h 30mJFK-KUL
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42h 25mKUL-JFK
$1,461
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