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New York (JFK) โ Melbourne
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Melbourne is the second front in the Australian premium market and often the better buy. Qantas flies nonstop from Los Angeles, United from both Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the one stop menu over Sydney, Auckland and Nadi adds depth that keeps the nonstop pricing in check. The route is slightly longer than the Sydney crossing and slightly less famous, which is precisely why the negotiated fares into Melbourne so often beat its glamorous neighbor. American travelers can also connect over Los Angeles onto the Qantas departures through the joint business arrangement, so loyalty programs are rarely a constraint.
The product is the same Qantas flagship treatment, with flat beds, pajamas and a wine list that takes the state of Victoria seriously, while Polaris on United brings the consistency of its West Coast hubs. At nearly sixteen hours, the Los Angeles crossing is among the longest flights serving Australia, and the difference between sleeping flat and not is the difference between landing for coffee or landing for a nap. Both carriers time their departures for late evening, which makes the first hours dinner and the rest of the night sleep.

Melbourne
Business
Nonstop from Los Angeles with flat beds, pajamas and a wine program built on the Victorian cellars.
Polaris Business
Nonstop from Los Angeles and San Francisco, with connections across the United map feeding both departures.
Business Premier
One stop over Auckland that breaks the crossing into manageable legs with a strong cabin on the long sector.
Business
One stop over Nadi at fares that frequently undercut the nonstops, with the option of a Fiji stopover.

A flat bed across the Pacific
From the moment you reach the airport to touchdown, every part of the journey is built to land you rested.
Priority check in
Fast track security and dedicated counters.
Premium lounges
Food, drinks and showers before you board.
Lie flat beds
Direct aisle access on long haul aircraft.
Fine dining
Multi course menus paired by sommeliers.
Amenity kits
Noise cancelling headphones, pyjamas, luxury kits.
Priority boarding
First on, first off, and extra baggage allowance.
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Qantas from Los Angeles and United from Los Angeles and San Francisco. One stop routings over Sydney, Auckland and Nadi widen the market considerably.
Around fifteen and a half to sixteen hours from Los Angeles, among the longest flights serving Australia. The flat bed is the whole argument at this distance.
The austral winter from June through August, away from the event calendar. The Australian Open in January and the Spring Racing Carnival in November are the sharpest peaks.
Whichever prices better on your dates; the cities are an easy domestic hop apart, and an open jaw using both is usually the smartest structure of all.
*Prices based on recent bookings, subject to availability and seasonality.
More on the Melbourne calendar, the sixteen hour crossing and why this route so often beats Sydney on price.
Read moreShow lessMelbourne runs on a calendar like no other city in the hemisphere. The Australian Open fills the front cabins in the second half of January, the Grand Prix arrives in early autumn, the football finals own September and the Spring Racing Carnival, with the Melbourne Cup at its center, owns early November. Fares move with that calendar more than with the weather, and the right dates either side of an event can save thousands. If your trip is the Open itself, talk to us months out; negotiated space exists for finals week, but it is the first inventory in the market to vanish.
Between events, the city itself is the draw: the laneway coffee culture, a food scene that outpunches its size, galleries, and day trips down the Great Ocean Road or into the Yarra Valley. The weather is famously changeable, four seasons in a day, but that also means there is no bad month to visit in the way the tropics have a wet season. Pack a layer for every season and book a laneway dinner for the first night; arrivals land in the morning, and the day is yours if you slept on board.
The seasons still run inverted, so December and January carry the summer school holiday peak alongside the tennis, and the austral winter from June through August is the value window, mild by US standards and perfect for the indoor city Melbourne secretly is. The shoulders bring crisp, clear weather and softer fares, and the city empties pleasantly in the weeks right after the tennis, which is a quietly excellent time to arrive.
Most Melbourne itineraries pair the city with Sydney or the reef, and an open jaw ticket prices nearly as well as a simple return. Tell our travel experts your dates and your cities, and we will quote Qantas against United and the one stops, with a personal quote typically within the hour.