Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → KUL
New York to Kuala Lumpur
Best fare, round trip
$868
−5%
below its usual $915
you keep $47
Found
- Depart
- Mon 15 Feb
- Return
- Sat 27 Feb
- Stay
- 12 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 22.5h
- Airline
Korean Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $870 and $918. The drop beats 5% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
MalaysiaKuala LumpurAirAsia’s home base, which is why fares onward to anywhere in Asia collapse the moment you land.Best windowMay–JulAirportsKuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB)Every route into Kuala LumpurFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in February around $868 and peak in December near $1,633, 88% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 22.5 hours outbound, on a 12-night trip — ticketed under Korean Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $868 for 15,119 km each way, that works out to about $29 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $42 per 1,000 km that ultra-long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 13 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Kuala Lumpur, this fare ranks 3rd — 25% above the $694 from Los Angeles. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 23 routes of similar length we watch out of New York, where the middle fare is $891. The best time to be in Kuala Lumpur: May–Jul.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on 8 Aug — $962 then versus $958 now, across 15 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 $558, on 20 Aug.
- Mon 2 Nov$958
- Tue 3 Nov$870lowest
- Fri 1 Jan$1,141
- Sat 2 Jan$1,614
- Sun 3 Jan$1,421
- Mon 4 Jan$918
- Tue 5 Jan$939
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $868
5% below the $915 typical fare
$914Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$870Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$1633Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$918Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$868Feb, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Kuala Lumpur, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB)
- Flight time
- ≈22.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈15,119 km each way
- Typical price
- $915 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Korean Air
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- May–Jul
Good to know
NYC → KUL, answered.
Is $868 a good price for New York to Kuala Lumpur?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $915 round-trip and this fare is 5% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Kuala Lumpur?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Kuala Lumpur are May–Jul — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Kuala Lumpur?
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 5 months of cached fares, Feb comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Kuala Lumpur?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Korean Air. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
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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