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Brisbane to Los Angeles

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Brisbane to Los Angeles. From €970.10, fastest 18h 33m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Brisbane to Los Angeles runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €970.10 and €1,127.04, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 18h 33m over 11,911 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

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

Typical fares

€970.10 to €1,127.04

  • 257%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Brisbane

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:01First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €2,050.98Tue15
  2. about €1,936.52Wed16
  3. about €2,839.44Thu17
  4. about €2,041.54Fri18
  5. about €1,882.83Sat19
  6. about €1,781.35Sun20
  7. about €1,573.67Mon21
  8. about €1,127.04Tue22
  9. about €1,308.17Wed23
  10. about €1,775.45Thu24
  11. about €1,345.93Fri25
  12. about €1,420.86Sat26
  13. about €1,705.83Sun27
  14. about €1,311.71Mon28
  15. about €970.10Tue29
  16. about €1,190.76Wed30
  17. about €1,261.56Thu1
  18. about €1,087.51Fri2
  19. about €1,253.30Sat3
  20. about €1,049.16Sun4
  21. about €981.31Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Los Angeles. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Los Angeles for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Los Angeles Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Brisbane to Los Angeles

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

  1. €1,222.6290 days
  2. €1,003.1460 days
  3. €1,132.9445 days
  4. €796.0530 days
  5. €981.3121 days
  6. €1,311.7114 days
  7. €1,573.677 days
  8. €2,839.443 days
  9. €2,050.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €796.05.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 257 percent. The most expensive point is €2,839.44, 3 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.
€2,839.44€796.051371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

17 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

11,911 km

11,565 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

2,780,0633,820,914

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

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

BrisbaneBrisbaneLos AngelesLos Angeles
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 11,911 km against 11,565 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Apia, Honolulu, Sydney, Auckland. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

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

Baggage storage near Los Angeles Union Station

Most of the points near Los Angeles Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Brisbane to Los Angeles

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Brisbane to Los Angeles?

The fastest journey from Brisbane to Los Angeles takes 18h 33m door to door, of which 17h 36m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 19h 42m, 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 Brisbane to Los Angeles?

The cheapest fare from Brisbane to Los Angeles is €970.10, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,351.83. 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 Brisbane to Los Angeles?

The cheapest way from Brisbane to Los Angeles is by flight, at €1,127.04 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 20h 46m 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 Brisbane to Los Angeles?

Fares from Brisbane to Los Angeles bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €796.05. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 257 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Brisbane to Los Angeles, at €1,127.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Brisbane to Los Angeles?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Brisbane to Los Angeles, at €749.44 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 service from Brisbane to Los Angeles?

1 operators sell services from Brisbane to Los Angeles across 1 mode: Virgin Australia. 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 Brisbane to Los Angeles?

20 percent of the services we sell from Brisbane to Los Angeles are direct. The rest connect at Apia, Honolulu, Sydney, Auckland, with about 47 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

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

Services from Brisbane to Los Angeles by flight leave from Brisbane BNE and arrive at Los Angeles LAX. 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 Brisbane to Los Angeles?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Brisbane to Los Angeles 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Brisbane to Los Angeles on September 14, 2026: 11911 km of route against 11565 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €970.10, and 18h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Brisbane reaches 53 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 71 to 12,333 km. Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries, from 42 to 14,124 km.

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Leaving Brisbane

  • 53Places you can leave for
  • 21Countries
  • 32Operators

Arriving in Los Angeles

Leaving Los Angeles

  • 198Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 83Operators

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