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 → SYD
New York to Sydney
Best fare, round trip
$1,206
−1%
below its usual $1,215
you keep $9
Found
- Depart
- Tue 1 Dec
- Return
- Wed 20 Jan
- Stay
- 50 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 22h
- Airline
Alaska Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,215 and $1,287. The drop beats 0% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
AustraliaSydneyHarbour sails, cliff walks and flat whites that ruin you for coffee anywhere else.Best windowOct–Nov · Mar–AprAirportsKingsford Smith (SYD)Every route into SydneyFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares on this route stay within about $137 across the 5 months we track — season matters less here than timing the drop. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 22 hours outbound, on a 50-night trip — ticketed under Alaska Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,206 for 15,989 km each way, that works out to about $38 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 33 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Sydney, this fare ranks 25th — 1.7× the $690 we hold from Los Angeles. For context, the middle fare among the 20 routes of similar length we watch out of New York is $960. The best time to be in Sydney: Oct–Nov · Mar–Apr.
The 4 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,363 then versus $1,289 now, across 23 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 $738, on 26 Oct.
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 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $1,206
1% below the $1,215 typical fare
$1343Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$1287Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$1206Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$1217Feb ’27, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$1217Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Sydney, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Kingsford Smith (SYD)
- Flight time
- ≈22 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈15,989 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,215 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Alaska Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Oct–Nov · Mar–Apr
Good to know
NYC → SYD, answered.
Is $1,206 a good price for New York to Sydney?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,215 round-trip and this fare is 1% 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 Sydney?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Sydney are Oct–Nov · Mar–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Sydney?
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, Dec 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 Sydney?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Alaska Airlines. 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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