ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
LAX to LASUnited States
Las Vegas
$38
usually $125
−70%
Most monthly lows $67–$247. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LAX → SEL
Los Angeles to Seoul
Best fare, round trip
$664
−20%
below its usual $830
you keep $166
GoodFound
- Depart
- Fri 6 Nov
- Return
- Wed 11 Nov
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 13.5h
- Airline
Air Premia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $717 and $894. The drop beats 55% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South KoreaSeoulPalaces wedged between skyscrapers, barbecue smoke at midnight, cafés that outnumber people.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIncheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)Every route into SeoulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $664 and peak in May near $1,008, 52% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Air Premia nonstop and takes about 13.5 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip. At $664 for 9,586 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 29 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Seoul, this fare ranks 16th — 45% above the $458 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 45 routes of similar length we watch out of Los Angeles, where the middle fare is $722. The best time to be in Seoul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 14% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $814 then versus $926 now, across 16 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $478, on 7 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 11 of 111 days priced, from 96 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
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Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $664
20% below the $830 typical fare
$810Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$664Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$717Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$831Apr ’27, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$1008May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$894Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Los Angeles to Seoul, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- LAX · Burbank (BUR) · Long Beach (LGB) ↔ Incheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)
- Flight time
- ≈13.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,586 km each way
- Typical price
- $830 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air Premia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
LA → SEL, answered.
Is $664 a good price for Los Angeles to Seoul?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $830 round-trip. At $664 you're 20% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to Seoul?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Seoul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book LA → Seoul?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Seoul?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Air Premia). The outbound leg runs around 13.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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