$355 Find Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne

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Cheapest round-trip
$561
Typical prices: $2,128-$1,067
Icelandair
Sun 11/8Sat 11/14
BWI - ZRH • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$931
Typical prices: $1,113-$614
United Airlines
Mon 11/2Fri 11/20
IAD - ZRH • Non-stop
Arrival airport
You can't fly directly to Lucerne. It is served by Zurich (ZRH), located 30.4 miles from Lucerne.
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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne (WAS-ZRH)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne 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 Washington, D.C. to Lucerne

Sun, Nov 8 - Sat, Nov 14
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7:40 pm - 12:05 pm
BWI
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ZRH
10h 25m
1 stop
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1:00 pm - 6:40 pm
ZRH
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BWI
11h 40m
1 stop
$561Icelandair
Fri, Nov 6 - Sat, Nov 14
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7:40 pm - 12:05 pm
BWI
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ZRH
10h 25m
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1:00 pm - 6:40 pm
ZRH
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BWI
11h 40m
1 stop
$586Icelandair
Fri, Nov 6 - Mon, Nov 16
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7:40 pm - 12:05 pm
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ZRH
10h 25m
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1:00 pm - 6:40 pm
ZRH
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BWI
11h 40m
1 stop
$588Icelandair
Wed, Sep 16 - Tue, Sep 29
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9:00 am - 9:40 am
BWI
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ZRH
18h 40m
2 stops
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8:25 pm - 10:13 pm
ZRH
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BWI
31h 48m
2 stops
$708Scandinavian Airlines
Wed, Nov 4 - Tue, Nov 10
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8:35 pm - 3:30 pm
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ZRH
12h 55m
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10:10 am - 6:45 pm
ZRH
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BWI
14h 35m
1 stop
$720British Airways
Wed, Nov 4 - Tue, Nov 10
American Airlines Logo
8:21 pm - 6:25 pm
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ZRH
16h 04m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
10:15 am - 12:30 am
ZRH
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BWI
20h 15m
2 stops
$727American Airlines
Wed, Nov 4 - Tue, Nov 10
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8:21 pm - 10:00 pm
BWI
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ZRH
19h 39m
2 stops
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3:00 pm - 6:45 pm
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BWI
33h 45m
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$762British Airways
Mon, Aug 17 - Thu, Aug 27
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11:50 am - 9:40 am
DCA
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ZRH
15h 50m
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10:25 am - 10:03 pm
ZRH
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DCA
17h 38m
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$838Scandinavian Airlines
Sat, Aug 15 - Thu, Sep 3
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9:45 pm - 12:35 pm
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ZRH
32h 50m
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1:35 pm - 11:35 am
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IAD
28h 00m
1 stop
$841Turkish Airlines
Wed, Sep 2 - Sat, Sep 12
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1:20 pm - 5:50 pm
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ZRH
22h 30m
1 stop
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3:10 pm - 11:35 am
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IAD
26h 25m
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$847Turkish Airlines
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Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$355
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 24% lower on average.
Flight from Washington Dulles Airport to Zurich

When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne

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FAQs for booking flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne?

    When flying out of Washington, D.C. you’ll be using one of these airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National or Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. Lucerne does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Zurich airport, which is 30.4 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne take?

    Direct flights cover the 4,128 miles separating Washington, D.C. and Lucerne in about 8h 05m.

  • How many flights are there between Washington, D.C. and Lucerne?

    8 direct flights run between Washington, D.C. and Lucerne on a daily basis. On average, there are about 56 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between Washington, D.C. and Lucerne?

    Consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Wednesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Washington, D.C., you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne?

    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 Washington, D.C. to Lucerne.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Lucerne from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Lucerne?

    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 Lucerne with an airline and back to Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne?

    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 Lucerne from Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between Washington, D.C. and Lucerne found on KAYAK was with Scandinavian Airlines for $311. Icelandair offered a round-trip connection from $390 and Scandinavian Airlines from $463.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne

  • There is no airport in Lucerne. Instead, you’ll be flying into Zurich Airport when flying between Washington, D.C. and Lucerne.
  • The cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne was found 36 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be May, June and July. The cheapest month to fly is August.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving Washington, D.C. to Lucerne

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Washington, D.C. to Lucerne? 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
SWISSOverall score based on 1943 reviews
6.8Entertainment
8.3Crew
7.4Comfort
7.1Food
7.7Boarding
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One would expect far better service and quality of seats from Swiss. The crew was super cold at best. My wife and I are both Star Alliance gold members and none of them even bothered to come and acknowledge our status and make us feel special. Seat is in need of a major overhaul. It’s simply outdated and the TV screen is far too small. Food and drinks selection was very sub par.

4.0 OkayDinesh, May 2026
DEL - ZRH
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One would expect far better service and quality of seats from Swiss. The crew was super cold at best. My wife and I are both Star Alliance gold members and none of them even bothered to come and acknowledge our status and make us feel special. Seat is in need of a major overhaul. It’s simply outdated and the TV screen is far too small. Food and drinks selection was very sub par.

The flight and all amenities were good to excellent. SWISS was awful to deal with. Every step of the way they nickel and dime you. Chose your seats? $14. Change your seats… No accounting for the prior payment. You get billed again. 17 pound restriction on overhead luggage, nonsense. It’s a weight in the plane whether it’s in the overhead or in check baggage. They just milk you for every cent they can and I resent it. The flight was excellent.

plenty of legspace, snacks, no pull face from flight attendants when asking for a wine. Also fast transfer ability at ZRH.

The noise in the plane made the highest level of sound in the entertainment system ineffeective. The leg room was better than most flights bu the seats are not made for comfort. Food was ok but nothing to look forward too.

OK they lost my hold luggage but notified me straight away. My main complaint, after losing my suitcase, I was told my cabin bag had to go into the hold because of it’s size. I, obviously, didn’t want this to happen bearing in mind what happened to my suitcase and when I voiced my concerns I didn’t get an explanation I was just told it would be taken from me on entering the aircraft. Looking around I was surprised to see many passengers not only with larger bags than mine but sometimes two or three bags,taking them onto the aircraft. In the end, nobody bothered taking my bag off me so I just walked on with it. The whole procedure was disjointed, poorly explained and not terribly efficient.

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.

Flight from Warsaw to Zurich was just OK but the food selection for purchase was very limited. They were out of sandwiches from the very beginning

No food was served on this short flight and we had no entertainment. Please add a box to check. We were served delicious Swiss chocolate though! The boarding process was fast and the crew very friendly.

Water bottles could be in more sustainable packaging than plastic bottles

The stewardess was incredibly rude. The gave you only one drink with dinner.

Cancelled flight, wasn't refunded paid selected seats. Poor customer service. Called airline and they didn't realize the flight was cancelled until several hours after the email notice was sent.

The worst with the trip was the space in economy, my knees are still hurting. There was no way to control personal air by turning a knob above you, it was way to hot on both rides. During the night flight they allowed 2 people from across the aile which was narrow to sit and talk for 7 hours while also using tablets and the flashlight from their phones pointing into the row where I sat at times. They allowed people with way too large baggage to bring onboard. I paid way too much for the ticket ($1,364} for economy. Kayak misinformed me to get cancellation insurance that was only valid for a very short time (less than 12 hours) and was over one hundred dollars. Hotel booking was incorrect, I had the room booked myself at the hotel, only double or larger rooms available which I paid over 400 dollars for. I will never fly with SAS again unless there is no other alternative.

Crew members were excellent. The seat wasn’t the best as well as a food options.

5 of my 7 pieces of luggage are missing and they cant call to find out where it is. I have to fill out a form and wait for them to mail it to me in several days (if they find it). That does not work for my travel itinerary. I need my full ticket cost refunded please.

Fantastic. The only thing - out of my six luggage one was lost in Copenhagen, however it was delivered Home 3 Days later so all great..

The crew was friendly, the flight was pleasant. Thank you for your service!

Our trip plan from Kayak stated we were flying SAS. That was not true. The first leg was a Delta flight. We wasted 25 minutes before finding out to check in with the correct airline. Then our SAS flight for the second leg arrived 25 minutes late, and our third leg flight with SAS closed the gate knowing the flight delay was SAS’s fault, and that this flight would only be backed up 5 minutes. The final kicker was that between Delta and SAS, they lost all our checked luggage.

Flight was completely full January 9th? I problem i had the stewardess was bumping into me constantly walking by? very annoying.. on Austrian air I dint have this issue at all...

Amazing! Everyone was so nice and the food was so good!!

WiFi didn’t exist , seats were super cramped, lights stayed on near my seat for a long time while others were dimmed, the food/trash/drink cart hit my shoulder at least a couple of times while moving, food options were down to just one option by the time it got to my row, the utensils were garbage (knife bent at a couple of places by the time I was done eating) the spoon was very flimsy plastic

Vegetarian selection could be better. Bread was too hard to chew.

Crew was friendly and competent. Food, wine, and entertainment were excellent except the raw tuna on the flight to Split. Recommend against serving that - at least as the only option. Many medical conditions do not allow people to eat raw fish.

After arriving in Chicago, we were taxiing for 1.5 hours with infrequent and untruthful updates about the amount of time it would take to arrive at the gate. Minimally, the team could have provided timing expectations that were more truthful, especially one their original expectations were not met.

United didn’t even try to hold the flight for me. They knew I had a tight connection and when I arrived at the gate less than 10 mins after final boarding the flight had already gone. The gate agent wasn’t even notified that I was on my way. She was told I wasn’t at the airport

Good quick flight on a small but comfortable plane. I'm 6'3 and had plenty of space.

The flight was delayed so we were dead tired, and after that the turbulence was horrible. I was very scared.

Wonderful. Quick boarding. Early departure and we arrived 30 minutes early at our destination. Unfortunately, when you arrive early, there is still a departing aircraft at our gate. We had to park for 30 minutes until the gate was clear. So our early arrival was not really early at the gate. Otherwise it was a quick and smooth flight. Appreciated the efficiency.

Wifi took a while to kick in and we had a maintenance issue that took over 40 mins at the gate in Washington before pulling back

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

I am very disappointed in that KAYAK sold me this flight as a business class it was not a business class. It was a regular economy class ticket. This was not Art Linus mistake. It was kayaks.

Crew was friendly and seats were comfortable. The connection however there were no free snacks or drinks.

Our flight from Dublin to Coruna did not exist any more. Apparently it was cancelled in February and I was not advised, nor was I offered any flights for rebooking. Happily Aer Lingus found another flight to another city in Spain that was 500 miles from Coruna; I had to pay for a hotel overnight and a revise my rental car that incurred additional costs, and I did not get to Coruna for another 24 hours. I was not at all impressed with Kayak or Chatdeal or Hertz.

OK overall. Flight was delayed Crew on flight was good

Late late late. Delayed and arrived an hour late for a 1 hour 45 minute connection. Every time. Poor record for this company. I try to fly any other carrier first.

This was the smoothest flight I've ever taken with any airline, including Aer Lingus. Typically, there are moments when I feel afraid, but from take off (miraculously seamless!) to cruise, to landing this was a perfect flight. Thank you!

Poor. Plane left EWR late hence missed connecting flight in Dublin. No pro active info from flight staff on connection, only when probed a couple of lies on where we would dock, and on lilelyhood catching connecting flight. Lies as they will have known our EWR-DUB would be parked furthest away from the transit spit - lying it would be next to the AMS flight.

The crew was friendly. The plane was comfortable. In-flight wifi didn't work well at all. The ride was quite turbulent but understandable given the weather.

The check in process at the front desk felt slow and it was frustrating that we could not check in online. Everything about the actual flight was great, including very kind flight attendants and a nice larger bathroom. Only thing is that it was very cold in the plane!

I flew economy class. Seats were very good and the crew was excellent

On-time arrivals and departures. Crew helpful and friendly. Yet everything costs extra: seat selection, food, even airphones!

I had no idea that my ticket only paid for my right to get on the plane. They charged me $130 for my carry-on bag because it was 1 inch too big she claimed but it wasn’t! Then they wanted another fee for everything. I had no idea that Icelandair had changed to such a bargain basement airline. I was very disappointed.

Second time with Saga Premium, everything was fab, but the entertainment centre on both my flights didn't work, plus the seat on the NY to Rek flight (Airbus) was so solid and so uncomfortable. The 737Max flight's seat was much, much better.

Waiting area on top of stairs before Boarding the bus wasn’t great. Took a long time to load the bus to gate.

The staff was kind and helpful. There was no food, and you needed to bring your own earphones to use the entertainment, which I didn’t know.

They wouldn’t check in my luggage even though I had one checked bag prepaid. So I took my bag to the gate and tried to check it in there and two employees scolded me for bringing a large bag to the gate. I told them I was trying to check it in and that it was prepaid, and they said they couldn’t guarantee that it would arrive at my destination but they finally let me drop it off when boarding the plane and pick it up right after exiting the plane. There was no food, and there was no entertainment.

The customer service was unbeatable from the wheelchair assist team to the flight attendants. The pilot also did an excellent job managing the turbulence.

Delays at check-in, seemed like they were short ground staff at the time and some passengers needed extra processing.

Problems checking in both on the laptop and on the app. No free seating available at check-in as advertised - must pay for EVERY seat between $23 and $75. No way to cancel seat choice. App menus and site menus are not responsive, and some items are impossible to find. Crew and mobile assistance are friendly and helpful.

Food - Non-Existent. You pay for everything. It is strictly Pay-to-Play!

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