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Recent round-trip flight deals from New Zealand to New York

Fri, Jan 22 - Mon, Jan 25
American Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 9:00 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl
47h 10m1 stop Los Angeles
American Airlines Logo
2:30 pm - 9:25 amJFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
24h 55m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$867American Airlines
Mon, Dec 7 - Mon, Dec 14
Air Canada Logo
2:00 pm - 1:26 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-EWR Newark
41h 26m2 stops Vancouver Intl Calgary
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4:00 pm - 11:00 amEWR  Newark-AKL Auckland Intl
25h 00m2 stops Calgary Vancouver Intl
$884Air Canada
Wed, Feb 3 - Wed, Feb 17
Air Canada Logo
2:00 pm - 4:49 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-EWR Newark
20h 49m1 stop Vancouver Intl
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6:15 pm - 11:00 amEWR  Newark-AKL Auckland Intl
22h 45m1 stop Vancouver Intl
$884Air Canada
Wed, Nov 18 - Mon, Nov 23
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 4:49 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-EWR Newark
26h 49m2 stops Brisbane Vancouver Intl
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6:15 pm - 5:00 pmEWR  Newark-AKL Auckland Intl
28h 45m2 stops Vancouver Intl Sydney Kingsford Smith
$884Multiple Airlines
Thu, Feb 11 - Wed, Feb 24
Qantas Airways Logo
1:20 pm - 5:04 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl
21h 44m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
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7:00 am - 9:55 amJFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
32h 55m1 stop Los Angeles
$897Qantas Airways
Wed, Feb 3 - Wed, Feb 17
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3:50 pm - 6:21 amAKL  Auckland Intl-JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl
32h 31m1 stop Los Angeles
Qantas Airways Logo
4:40 pm - 9:25 amJFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
22h 45m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$908Qantas Airways
Fri, Feb 12 - Fri, Feb 19
Qantas Airways Logo
1:20 pm - 5:04 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl
21h 44m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
Qantas Airways Logo
7:00 am - 9:55 amJFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
32h 55m1 stop Los Angeles
$927Qantas Airways
Thu, Oct 22 - Sat, Oct 24
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:36 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl
49h 36m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Los Angeles
American Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 9:10 amJFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
26h 40m2 stops Nashville Intl Dallas/Fort Worth
$947American Airlines
Thu, Oct 22 - Sat, Oct 24
American Airlines Logo
8:20 am - 2:36 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl
47h 16m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Los Angeles
American Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 9:10 amJFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
32h 40m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$947American Airlines
Fri, Oct 23 - Sat, Oct 24
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:36 pmAKL  Auckland Intl-JFK New York John F Kennedy Intl
49h 36m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Los Angeles
American Airlines Logo
6:30 pm - 9:10 amJFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl-AKL Auckland Intl
21h 40m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$959American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to New York

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to New York to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to New York?

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to New York was found on the route from Wellington, at $867 return. The most popular connection is from Auckland to New York and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $867 in the last 5 days.

What is the cheapest day to fly to New York?

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New York is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,029. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $1,544 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to New York?

The cheapest month for flights to New York is May, where tickets cost $1,004 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $1,381 and $1,355 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is May with an average price of $525.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New York?

The cheapest time of day to fly to New York is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $1,248 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New York is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,462.

What is a good deal for flights to New York?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to New York, 25% of our users found tickets to New York for the following prices or less: From Auckland $824 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to New York?

To get a below average price, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in New York?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New York is New Windsor Stewart Airport (SWF), with an average flight price of $138.

Good to know

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$500
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 13% increase in price.
Flight from Wellington to New York

FAQs - booking New York flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to New York?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to New York was found on the route from Wellington, at $867 return. The most popular connection is from Auckland to New York and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $867 in the last 5 days.

  • Which New York airport is closest to central New York?

    There are 3 major airports in New York. The nearest airport from New York city center is Newark Liberty Airport (3 miles), followed by New York LaGuardia Airport (16 miles) and New York John F Kennedy Airport (22 miles).

  • How much is a flight to New York?

    On average, a flight to New York costs $874. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $472 and departed from Auckland Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to New York?

    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 to New York.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to New York?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to New York is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to New York?

    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 New York 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 to New York?

    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 New York up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to New York

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $640 or less one-way and $824 or less round-trip.

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest New York flight deals.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from New Zealand to New York

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to New York? 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.
8.0
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 669 reviews
7.5Food
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.4Entertainment
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Premium economy seats and food we're very nice although the price could be more affordable so we can do it more often.

10.0 ExcellentSharon, Sep 2026
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Premium economy seats and food we're very nice although the price could be more affordable so we can do it more often.

mechanical issue, so delayed take-off (hence the low boarding rating) and made a number of people miss their connecting flight. Also took a long time to get our checked baggage. I luckily made mine with 5 minutes to spare, but it was nerve-racking.

A better selection of entertainment would have been nice. I found nothing that appealed to me as a middle-aged traveler. The flight attendants were gracious, helpful, and attentive. It also would have been nice to have more bathrooms as the flight was full and the plane was big.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

Great except paying $240 usd for 2 pounds over on a checked luggage. Outrageous.

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

The staff and crew on board were excellent. Business class however, was very weird. I thought we would have individual pods, but the way it was set up was unexpected. Not very private and If you wanted to lay down, you had to have an entire bed made up for you by the crew, rather than how Delta one works where you could just lie down whenever you feel like it. It was a 16 hour flight. I chose not to have my bed made, and that turned out to be a good idea because everybody who had their bed made had to wait for the crew to roll up their mattresses. So strange!

Overall, it was a very good experience. I would have given it a 10/10, especially based on our flight from SFO to Melbourne. The cabin crew on that flight were wonderful and incredibly attentive. They took extra care when setting up our beds so we could sleep comfortably without being disturbed. Dinner was served promptly and smoothly. I woke up quite late, when the flight was already preparing for landing, and the crew still made sure I was taken care of. They brought me English tea in a proper cup, and when it was time to prepare the cabin for landing, they thoughtfully transferred it into a takeaway cup so I could continue enjoying it along with some breakfast. Those small, thoughtful gestures made the long flight feel much more comfortable and special. The service from the SFO to Melbourne crew was truly excellent.

Having the computer outage compounded by delayed takeoff while waiting for aircrew (who were also delayed) resulted in me missing my int’l flight

We had a cancellation due to weather, but the American Airlines staff was very helpful. Once we got on a plane, the trip was great.

Great food and good entertainment options for the long flight.

Loved the food and beverages available, spacious economy class, excellent entertainment

We booked with Qantas instead of Delta and we instead flew on American Airlines. American is not our favorite to go on. No leg room and the width of seats are a joke. Your are packed like sardines on American flights.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

Everything was great from the staff to the seats and food. The plane was timely taking off and landing.. I couldn't have asked for a better experience (especially on such a long flight)

Overall a positive experience. As long as you are not connecting-I found the discount offered by Kayak and the customer service to be very good.

large seats was good. delayed flight, no food, no entertainment. plane was not cleaned, see rubbish from prior flights

It was a short flight so there were no entertainments nor super comfortable which is OKAY, just the review system doesnt allow for N/A which is why okay was put, but overall good! No delays and nice crew

AA was fine....the overall experience was subpar, but not due to the airline due to broader issues

Old plane. Nowhere as compared to non US airlines like JAL.

Not good always. Even our trip to japan was disaster with the American airlines delays and cancellatios. Now unfortunately we needed to book again with them last min. Was okay but as usual not comfortable seating.

Susan the flight attendant was great. She greeted me with a smile and showed great hospitality.

Horrible! We departed out of terminal 5, not only was the sign for flights and gate information were so badly organized that it took 2 minutes for all of the flight info load for the correct airline. One would think BA would have new and well managed jet ways, but no you had to take a bus to the plane. It took for every and detailed departure by 40 mins. I’ve had better class of service from Indian Airlines. BA needs to work on upscaling to meet the Industry norms. I can see regional airlines using this loading method but not on an international flight.

Flying on this airline is nothing short of a full blown circus clown show. On a recent return from my mother’s funeral, my only available choice from IND to PWM was American, which I hesitantly booked as I rarely fly them for many of the following reasons and never will again. I was booked IND-PHL-PWM totaling about six hours. The flight was cancelled due to NE weather. They rebooked me on a two stop flight IND-DFW (Yes DALLAS)-PHL-PWM, still all on the same day. After arriving in DFW, they continually delayed the DFW-PHL flight due to maintenance issues on the arriving flight. Finally it was delayed to the point that my PHL-PWM connection was no longer possible. They then rebooked me thru LGA with the short flight the NEXT DAY to PWM and offered to put me up for the night in NYC (or so I assumed). The flight DFW-LGA was then delayed so much that I asked to be put in an earlier flight with a lessor delay. Throughout this day chats with their AI assistant were useless as were subsequent chats supposedly with a real person(?). Only one customer service agent in DFW was actually helpful and appeared to care. Upon arrival at LGA post midnight, they issued me car and hotel vouchers in Trenton NEW JERSEY at a very old Howard Johnsons ONE HALF HOUR from LGA. The hotel was an $85, 1.5 rated hotel in a very sketchy area of NJ that I would have never voluntarily booked. As I prepared to catch the car back to LGA the next morning I received a text that my flight was cancelled. TWICE IN TWO DAYS. I went to LGA hoping to have AA book me on an earlier Delta flight. The full service line was at least 200 people deep, so I tried to reach a real person agent by phone. After 1/2 hours on hold I gave up and waited for my later LGA-PWM flight. It actually started boarding on-time, but only shortly after announced a maintenance hold. We were told it was nothing serious, just an adjustment to the Captains seat. Only one update was given while we waited 1.5+ hours for a “SEAT ADJUSTMENT”. Can’t forget to mention that on all of these planes the WiFi only worked on two. During that time at least three others flights in my area announced that they were overbooked and were taking volunteers before bumping people. Another flight to ORD announced a gate change and less than five minutes after announced that they were really not changing and announced for everyone to return to that gate. Can’t forget to mention that on all of these planes the WiFi only worked on two.🤡🤡

Overall good, but it would be better more movies and tv shows options

Boarding was horrendous! Took absolutely forever… and the delay from the broken coffee pot was really kind of ridiculous

Food horrible, even because there was no food the personal was rude and show off and the landing and take off ,was an adventure.

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