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Boston to Los Angeles

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Boston to Los Angeles. From £266.50, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Boston to Los Angeles runs about 32 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 20:53. One passenger pays between £266.50 and £274.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 4,295 km and are run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026

£266.50 to £274.59

  • 186%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Boston

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:08First departure
  • 20:53Last departure
  • 32Services 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 £610.23Mon5
  2. about £483.86Tue6
  3. about £511.66Wed7
  4. about £524.81Thu8
  5. about £501.05Fri9
  6. about £497.00Sat10
  7. about £460.10Sun11
  8. about £321.09Mon12
  9. about £321.60Tue13
  10. about £335.75Wed14
  11. about £438.87Thu15
  12. about £406.01Fri16
  13. about £402.98Sat17
  14. about £378.21Sun18
  15. about £271.05Mon19
  16. about £266.50Tue20
  17. about £279.14Wed21
  18. about £353.45Thu22
  19. about £326.15Fri23
  20. about £336.76Sat24
  21. about £309.47Sun25

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

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

A hotel room

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

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Booking window

When to book Boston to Los Angeles

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

  1. £269.0390 days
  2. £344.8560 days
  3. £231.1345 days
  4. £213.4330 days
  5. £309.4721 days
  6. £378.2114 days
  7. £460.107 days
  8. £511.663 days
  9. £610.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £213.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 186 percent. The dearest point is £610.23, 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.
£610.23£213.43137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

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

The shape of it

4,295 km

4,170 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

653,833 → 3,820,914

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 4,295 km against 4,170 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

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 Los Angeles Union Station

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

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Questions about Boston to Los Angeles

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 Boston to Los Angeles?

Boston to Los Angeles covers 4,295 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

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

The cheapest fare from Boston to Los Angeles is £266.50, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £464.65. 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 Boston to Los Angeles?

The cheapest way from Boston to Los Angeles is by flight, at £266.50 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Boston to Los Angeles?

Fares from Boston to Los Angeles bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £213.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 186 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Boston to Los Angeles, at £321.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Boston to Los Angeles?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Boston to Los Angeles, at £224.55 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 Boston to Los Angeles?

4 operators sell services from Boston to Los Angeles across 1 mode: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines. 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 Boston to Los Angeles?

Every service we sell from Boston to Los Angeles is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

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

Services from Boston to Los Angeles by flight leave from Boston Logan International Airport BOS and arrive at Los Angeles International Airport 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 Boston to Los Angeles?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Boston to Los Angeles allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 Boston to Los Angeles on 4 October 2026: 4295 km of route against 4170 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of £266.50, and 8h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Los Angeles is somebody else's catalogue.

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The two ends, compared

Boston reaches 179 places in 40 countries on services we hold, over distances from 18 to 15,725 km. Los Angeles reaches 229 places in 46 countries, from 42 to 14,524 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Boston

  • 179Places you can leave for
  • 40Countries
  • 58Operators

Arriving in Los Angeles

Leaving Los Angeles

  • 229Places you can leave for
  • 46Countries
  • 86Operators

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