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Cheap flight deals from Christchurch to Los Angeles (CHC-LAX)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles 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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06:05 - 14:20CHC-LAX
27h 15m1 stop
21:15 - 00:20LAX-CHC
32h 05m1 stop
$1,473Qantas Airways
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Mon, 12 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
06:05 - 14:20CHC-LAX
27h 15m1 stop
18:30 - 23:55LAX-CHC
34h 25m2 stops
$1,475American Airlines
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Wed, 4 Sep - Sun, 8 Sep
16:50 - 11:20CHC-LAX
37h 30m2 stops
23:45 - 23:55LAX-CHC
29h 10m1 stop
$1,481Qantas Airways
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Tue, 20 Aug - Fri, 30 Aug
13:15 - 12:55CHC-LAX
18h 40m1 stop
23:55 - 16:25LAX-CHC
21h 30m2 stops
$1,495
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Mon, 12 Aug - Wed, 28 Aug
16:05 - 13:20CHC-LAX
16h 15m2 stops
22:00 - 12:15LAX-CHC
19h 15m2 stops
$1,583Air New Zealand
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Wed, 4 Sep - Sun, 8 Sep
10:15 - 13:20CHC-LAX
22h 05m2 stops
22:00 - 15:40LAX-CHC
22h 40m2 stops
$1,642Air New Zealand
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Tue, 3 Sep - Wed, 4 Sep
06:10 - 07:40CHC-LAX
44h 30m2 stops
01:25 - 00:20LAX-CHC
51h 55m2 stops
$2,676
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Mon, 12 Aug - Tue, 27 Aug
16:50 - 20:45CHC-LAX
46h 55m2 stops
00:35 - 23:55LAX-CHC
52h 20m2 stops
$3,761China Airlines
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Mon, 24 Jun - Tue, 9 Jul
17:00 - 13:20CHC-LAX
15h 20m1 stop
00:30 - 09:25LAX-CHC
37h 55m2 stops
$4,100United Airlines
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Mon, 12 Aug - Tue, 27 Aug
17:00 - 06:45CHC-LAX
56h 45m2 stops
00:30 - 09:25LAX-CHC
37h 55m2 stops
$4,222United Airlines
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Mon, 12 Aug - Tue, 27 Aug

Flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

The average price of all flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Christchurch to Los Angeles, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Los Angeles, Saturday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles is May, where tickets cost $1,669 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and April, where the average cost of tickets is $2,291 and $1,971 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Christchurch to Los Angeles, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 63 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The cheapest return flight ticket from Christchurch to Los Angeles found by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours was for $1,473 on Qantas Airways, followed by American Airlines ($1,475). One-way flight deals have also been found from as low as $741 on American Airlines and from $910 on United Airlines.

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February

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December

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$741
Best time to beat the crowds (9% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (7% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Christchurch to Los Angeles based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles

  • What is the cheapest flight from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Christchurch to Los Angeles was $437 for a one-way ticket and $869 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    On your way to Los Angeles, you’ll fly out from Christchurch. You’ll be landing at Los Angeles.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Christchurch and Los Angeles, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles, Air New Zealand or Qantas Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles are Air New Zealand and Qantas Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,801 and an overall rating of 8.2, Air New Zealand is the most popular choice. Qantas Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,642 and an overall rating of 7.6.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    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 Christchurch to Los Angeles.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Los Angeles from Christchurch 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 Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Los Angeles with an airline and back to Christchurch with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Christchurch to Los Angeles?

    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 Los Angeles from Christchurch up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Christchurch to Los Angeles

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Christchurch to Los Angeles. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 643 reviews
7.7Food
7.9Entertainment
8.4Boarding
8.1Comfort
8.8Crew
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Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

8.0 ExcellentMichelle, Apr 2024NPL - AKL
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Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

All was good, the only thing was it didn't run on time.

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!

Crew were pleasant, happy to be there and were a joy to be around. Entire operation was professional, well thought out and ran like a Swiss clock.

Couldn’t request a vegan meal somehow but I noticed other people getting them

United flight from SFO to PDX was cancelled. I will ask for a refund. Had to book on Alaska

Good food and entertainment options. Great Staff that were all welcoming and caregiving.

The recline on the seat in front of me came back so that I was staring at the top of the man’s head in front of me the whole trip. He refused to bring his seat back up twice every time he was instructed to do so and only relented when he had a tray of good in front of him. And then right back in my lap!!! Horrible man!! I complained to the staff multiple times, but no one would address the issue. Otherwise, it would have been a perfect flight.

Flight was canceled due to technical issue shortly before the check-in counters opened. Passengers were rebooked on a flight three days later. Request to be accommodated on Air Tahiti Nui could not be processed. Customer service sorted out the refund after calling and being put on hold for almost an hour.

Carring crew, nice ambiance of the cabin, comfortable beds, good food well served. We liked everything.

Business class Seats on the A350 from Nan to YVR were wonderful. The flight crew was okay but could do with better training. Toilets were clean but ran out of paper towels towards the end of the flight. The food/menu and the wine offered really needs considerable improvement. Dinner options were either Bolani, a beef sandwich (even this could be made much better), or paneer butter masala. Unfortunately, if you are not a fan of Fijian food, there isn’t much choice. Dessert was either turmeric ice cream or fruits but unfortunately, they were out of fruit! So the only option was turmeric ice cream. I’m not certain how many passengers like turmeric but I am not one of them. They need to cater to a more diverse group of people. Perhaps they need a new chef? The movies& tv shows were mostly older so I didn’t find that interesting either. It was however, fun to view the plane’s exterior cameras as we take off and land. The best thing about this flight are the business class seats.

Comfortable as one can get in Economy, food was very good, staff were super friendly & efficient.

Really liked the plane and business class seat. Food was ok but could be better. Service was very good.

Better connections, much better cabin crew, much cleaner cabin that Qantas, American and probably other carriers.

Better connections, much better cabin crews, much cleaner aircraft than Qantas, American and probably others.

Fiji left without me because American Airlines was too stupid to get to LAX on time. Fiji should have offered a standby on another flight but they told me tough luck. I will never fly with this company again.

The A350 aircraft business class experience was very good. Comfortable and well appointed pod, and supplemental bed pad available for sleeping. Food was very good.

Business class seats and amenities were excellent, crew very attentive. Slept well. Food good, lounge experience nice. Would fly them again. A350 aircraft excellent, very quiet.

The flight attendants were extremely friendly and helpful. Everything ran on time. I highly recommend Fiji Airways.

The experience was lovely in every respect. The crews were delightful.

BA Airbus A380 BC upstairs had 2 3 2 layout. The seat was comfy but access for those in middle or window seats had to climb over others fest to get to ailse when seats in bed mode. The layout was not nearly as private as other layouts. The staff was amazing as well as the food. Most airline food is average but this was restaurant quality.

Flight delay was informed at the last minute. Food quality is not up to Qantas standard I was unable to book an online boarding pass on any of my 6 flights.

Following a marathon flight riddled by delays and changes from Santiago, Chile, my flight to Melbourne from Sydney was on schedule but I was transferred to the next flight. The reason by ticketing and the floor manager was I missed the entry to flight by one minute! That's right, the emphasised that if I was 1 minute earlier I would be on the flight. I asked what was the point them emphasising 1minute overdue and how that helped me or the situation. They didn't care at all. Replying that if it was one minute earlier they would've done something and smirking delivering the information. Australian's do call Australia home, Qantas calls Australian's suckers.

I was pleasantly surprised with my flight to LA with Qantas. Although seats were not the roomies, service was excellent.

Wonderful crew, good food. Absolutely loved the wine spritz and wish I could buy it!

Don’t like last minute airline change. Not able to choose seat earlier.

Enjoyed the new possibilities of in flight entertainment. Been awhile since I've flown, and that was a nice surprise. Being able to pick from such a variety was personalized and welcomed.

The flight met my expectations. It left and landed on time

My bag didn’t make it but otherwise it was a great experience.

I was in premium economy. My seat didn’t recline much - it was broken. My phone charger didn’t work.

Our original business class flight was cancelled so we not only downgraded but we were also spread out across the plane not sitting together in separate middle seats. My poor kids were scared and couldn’t see me on the flight and the crew wasn’t sensitive to the situation and what the airlines did to us. Very dissatisfied with United airlines.

The WiFi didn’t work and the seats are too close together. Very uncomfortable.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

Too many fees (but that seems to apply to all airlines nowadays)

Over two hours wait to get wheelchair assistance from arrival to the departure gate for LA was unreasonable even though there appreared to be heavy demand.

I was duped into thinking it was a United Airlines flight when in fact United had nothing to do with it.

There was no lounge for passengers waiting before boarding the aircraft at F65, so passengers are just sitting on the floor or just spread everywhere the premises before boarding.

The flight and crew were fine. The entertainment- the sound was so bad through the headphones I could barely understand it and it was a show I had seen before. The food might have been fine but having to have an account with united in order to access the app in order to pay for the food was rage inducing. I had entered my credit card info at home and logged in as guest but that wouldn’t allow the “wallet” tab to open in the app. And then the wifi was so bad that it took about 45 minutes to fully log in and get all the info working at which time I missed the food. You shouldn’t have to give your address, email and phone number in order to get a hamburger.

Unfortunately our flight was delayed by 45 minutes due to Kate arriving aircraft. Once we stated everything was great.

We booked flight thru Amex travel and it was already a lot of money for economy and no reserved seats until check in. On our flight from fra, we could not check in one passenger online and when we went to the airport, they said he does not have a guaranteed seat and he would be on a waiting list. This was a guaranteed seat and United overbooked. It was sos stressful when at the gate because they didn’t have a seat and the response was yeh, nothing we can do because the industry overbooks. But they knew we had one person with no seat and even up till boarding, they didn’t say anything. We had to go to the counter over 3 times and my husband was so beside himself, I went up and the counter person said yes, you have a ticket. Ohalaa, why wouldn’t they say anything? Leave us in angst the entire waiting time on a delayed flight. That’s poor customer service. On the flight, people would recline seats immediately and not even return them to normal when eating. We were so crammed, I can not fly eco again on Lufthansa or United when international. Other airlines have been better even when we were in economy. Not even worth it to upgrade to business compared to other airlines either. Overall, it was a really bad flight mainly because of the initial boarding and then no oversight over passengers. The flight crew did their best but they should really announce it more that people need to recline seats back. Kids kicking chairs, all the babies crying…must’ve been my worse flight in 15 years.

Headphones for the movies have too much bass and can't be adjusted. Almost impossible to hear. Great movie selections but can't really watch them because you can't hear them. Also the system is very slow.

United force you to download their App to do the check-in.

Once again my complaint is how close the seats are together. Also, the bathrooms were not very clean by the second half of the flight.

Excellent in flight service, perhaps the best we've ever had. Business class feels tired and needs improvement to compete with other airlines. The food looked good but tasted terrible. Check in was quick, the flight arrived early and our luggage was on our flight with us.

Terrible quality wifi and they charge a lot for it. They nickel and dime you for everything.

It took 5 hour to get a crew to D Ice the plan. We had to sit on the runway for 5 hrs. in Calgary. It snows most of the winter. No proactive plan. In addition, after 3 calls to customer service they couldn't figure out how to have my wife and myself sit together on her birthday weekend. Everybody kept passing the buck. No decision from customer service, luggage drop off or check in team. The experience was a complete mess! I don't think we'll ever fly on this airline again.

Of our SIX flights in my travel group, five were delayed, and all (except possibly one) were just company screwups. One traveler had her CARRY ON baggage put on another flight because Air Canada could not properly do "weight and Balance". Bags missing for a day. Another traveler never made it. Then, (humor here) the flagship airline of the socialist country has NOTHING FOR FREE on board. Expect to pay for pretzels, folks. How's that socialism working out for ya, aye? I might book air Canada in the future if I have a meeting that I REALLY want to MISS!

I don’t know if there were any snacks served on the 5 hour flight. I might have been napping when the attendants came around. But I usually wake up when they do.

Food offerings need to be more plentiful and beverages need to be more healthy.

The crew suki/zuki is very rude. The zoning is only being announce once and there’s no way we will know what is currently allowed to board. I’m zone 5 (currently it was zone 3 but hich I didn’t know coz i went to the restroom). I saw a guy (zone 4) start boarding also. Then my husband (zone 5) started boarding also. But when it’s my turn, he said that i have to wait coz it’s still zone 3 and I questioned him why was my husband allowed when we are both zone 5 and i pointed to him my husband who’s boarding already and he told me to be attentive next time. And i told him he was so rude u like the other lady staff who is nice. The lady is the one who allowed the man (zone 4) and my husband to start boarding. There were 2 lines (the lady and suki)

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Christchurch to Los Angeles found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
21/5Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
19h 00mCHC-LAX
$741
31/5Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
27h 15mCHC-LAX
$744
19/5Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
39h 25mCHC-LAX
$756
22/6Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
27h 15mCHC-LAX
$795
23/6Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
32h 40mCHC-LAX
$910
6/5Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 40mCHC-LAX
$924
21/5Tue
3 stops
45h 58mCHC-LAX
$953
5/5Sun
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 40mCHC-LAX
$956
5/5Sun
2 stops
42h 20mCHC-LAX
$1,088
19/5Sun
3 stopsSingapore Airlines
49h 15mCHC-LAX
$2,393

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Christchurch (CHC)New Zealand

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