Originally Posted by
CPMaverick
Because of the alternating seasons, there is no clear 'low' season to Australia like Europe, for example. I think the best deals would be found in October/November and March/April but the price doesn't fluctuate much. The only time to avoid would be Dec 15-Jan 15 as this is peak travel time (Christmas, NYE + Australian summer holiday).
Australian school holiday/vacations can make a big difference to demand.
There are a lot more non stop flights from LAX than SFO.
SYD is not the only international airport in Australia.
Airlines that fly USA/Canada to/from Australia (most from LAX) are
- United (LAX SFO – SYD MEL) [Star Alliance]
- AA (LAX SYD) from Dec 2015 [OneWorld Alliance]
- Qantas (LAX JFK DFW HNL – SYD BNE MEL) SFO from Dec 2015 [OneWorld Alliance] (AS partner)
- Jetstar (HNL – SYD BNE)
- Delta (VA & AS partner) (LAX – SYD) [Skyteam Alliance]
- Virgin Australia (DL partner) (LAX – SYD BNE)
- Hawaiian, via Hawaii (AA & VA partner) (HNL – SYD BNE)
- Air NZ, via AKL [Star Alliance]
- Fiji Airways, via Fiji (AA & AS partner)
- Air Tahiti Nui (last segments on codeshares) (AA & DL partner)
- Air Canada [Star Alliance]
And others via Asia & Middle East