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Los Angeles to London

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Los Angeles to London. From €632.62, fastest 14h 52m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Los Angeles to London runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 20:42. One passenger pays between €632.62 and €705.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 14h 52m over 9,018 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€632.62 to €705.19

  • 174%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Los Angeles

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:06First departure
  • 20:42Last departure
  • 48Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,491.66Mon21
  2. about €1,260.38Tue22
  3. about €1,347.70Wed23
  4. about €1,384.87Thu24
  5. about €1,277.49Fri25
  6. about €1,311.71Sat26
  7. about €1,223.80Sun27
  8. about €836.76Mon28
  9. about €817.29Tue29
  10. about €875.70Wed30
  11. about €1,021.43Thu1
  12. about €950.04Fri2
  13. about €976.00Sat3
  14. about €904.02Sun4
  15. about €677.46Mon5
  16. about €632.62Tue6
  17. about €673.33Wed7
  18. about €854.46Thu8
  19. about €789.56Fri9
  20. about €819.06Sat10
  21. about €755.93Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into London. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from London St Pancras International and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Los Angeles to London

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €846.2090 days
  2. €688.0860 days
  3. €547.6645 days
  4. €544.7130 days
  5. €755.9321 days
  6. €904.0214 days
  7. €1,223.807 days
  8. €1,347.703 days
  9. €1,491.661 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €544.71.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 174 percent. The dearest point is €1,491.66, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€1,491.66€544.71137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Los Angeles to London and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

8 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

9,018 km

8,756 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

3,820,9148,961,989

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 9,018 km against 8,756 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

London is large, and the road in from LHR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in London

Settled in advance, so the ride into London costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near London St Pancras International

Most of the points near London St Pancras International open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Los Angeles to London

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Los Angeles to London?

The fastest journey from Los Angeles to London takes 14h 52m door to door, of which 11h 46m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 15h 47m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Los Angeles to London?

The cheapest fare from Los Angeles to London is €632.62, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,173.95. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to London?

The cheapest way from Los Angeles to London is by flight, at €632.62 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 14h 56m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Los Angeles to London?

Fares from Los Angeles to London bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €544.71. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 174 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Los Angeles to London?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Los Angeles to London, at €817.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Los Angeles to London?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Los Angeles to London, at €539.99 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Los Angeles to London?

6 operators sell services from Los Angeles to London across 1 mode: American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Norwegian Air Shuttle, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Los Angeles to London?

Every service we sell from Los Angeles to London is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 14h 52m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Los Angeles to London use?

Services from Los Angeles to London by flight leave from Los Angeles International Airport LAX and arrive at London Heathrow Airport LHR. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Los Angeles to London?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Los Angeles to London allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Los Angeles to London on 20 September 2026: 9018 km of route against 8756 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €632.62, and 14h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives London a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of London and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave London in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 14,124 km. London reaches 526 places in 110 countries, from 17 to 11,718 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Los Angeles

  • 198Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 86Operators

Arriving in London

Leaving London

  • 526Places you can leave for
  • 110Countries
  • 197Operators

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