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$824 Find Cheap Flights from Wellington to New York

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Wellington to New York departing on 3/9. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap Flights from Wellington to New York (WLG-NYC)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Wellington to New York that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Wellington to New York

Thu, 9 Oct - Mon, 13 Oct
American Airlines Logo
15:55 - 14:34WLG-JFK
39h 39m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
19:45 - 17:10JFK-WLG
28h 25m2 stops
$1,659American Airlines
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Thu, 9 Oct - Mon, 13 Oct
American Airlines Logo
06:05 - 18:50WLG-EWR
29h 45m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
16:39 - 14:45EWR-WLG
29h 06m2 stops
$1,661American Airlines
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Sat, 4 Oct - Sat, 11 Oct
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17:20 - 05:54WLG-EWR
29h 34m3 stops
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16:35 - 16:10EWR-WLG
30h 35m2 stops
$1,738
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Sat, 4 Oct - Sat, 11 Oct
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17:20 - 10:10WLG-EWR
33h 50m3 stops
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16:35 - 16:10EWR-WLG
30h 35m2 stops
$1,778
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Sat, 4 Oct - Sat, 11 Oct
United Airlines Logo
16:45 - 18:35WLG-JFK
18h 50m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
20:55 - 13:10JFK-WLG
23h 15m1 stop
$1,876United Airlines
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Thu, 9 Oct - Mon, 13 Oct
Qantas Airways Logo
21:10 - 16:20WLG-JFK
36h 10m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
19:20 - 17:10JFK-WLG
28h 50m1 stop
$1,937Qantas Airways
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Sat, 4 Oct - Sat, 11 Oct
Qantas Airways Logo
16:55 - 16:20WLG-JFK
40h 25m2 stops
Qantas Airways Logo
19:20 - 17:10JFK-WLG
28h 50m1 stop
$2,089Qantas Airways
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Thu, 16 Oct - Thu, 30 Oct
Air New Zealand Logo
11:55 - 18:35WLG-JFK
23h 40m1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
20:20 - 18:15JFK-WLG
28h 55m1 stop
$2,144Air New Zealand
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Thu, 9 Oct - Mon, 13 Oct
Air New Zealand Logo
17:45 - 00:58WLG-EWR
24h 13m2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
11:45 - 08:10EWR-WLG
27h 25m2 stops
$2,511Air New Zealand
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Sat, 4 Oct - Sat, 11 Oct
United Airlines Logo
16:45 - 18:35WLG-JFK
18h 50m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
20:55 - 08:10JFK-WLG
42h 15m1 stop
$2,573United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Wellington to New York flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Wellington to New York to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Wellington to New York?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Wellington to New York, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Wellington to New York is February, where tickets cost $1,642 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,702 and $2,508 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$824
Best time to beat the crowds (11% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (23% more expensive on average)
Flight from Wellington to New York John F Kennedy Airport

When to book flights from Wellington to New York

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Wellington to New York based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Wellington to New York

  • What is the cheapest flight from Wellington to New York?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Wellington to New York was $480 for a one-way ticket and $966 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Wellington to New York?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Wellington to New York?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Wellington and New York, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Wellington to New York, Air New Zealand or Qantas Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Wellington to New York are Air New Zealand and Qantas Airways. With an average price for the route of $2,329 and an overall rating of 8.0, Air New Zealand is the most popular choice. Qantas Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $2,095 and an overall rating of 7.5.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Wellington to New York?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Wellington to New York.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Wellington to New York?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to New York from Wellington is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Wellington to New York?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to New York with an airline and back to Wellington with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Wellington to New York?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to New York from Wellington up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying from Wellington to New York

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Wellington to New York. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Wellington to New York? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 504 reviews
7.3Food
7.4Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
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Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jul 2025AKL - SFO
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Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Two hours was not enough time to transition from the international to domestic terminal. You have to go through customs, a biological hazard check, gather your luggage, take a bus to the domestic terminal and recheck your luggage. The bus was slow and crowded and the lines to recheck your bags were very long. We missed our connecting flight. Initially, the Air New Zealand officials were not helpful at all in helping to get us on another flight. Told us we would have to buy another ticket for a flight 11 hours later. Found another agent that was more helpful. He helped arrange to get us on standby for another flight three hours later. Had to ride in jump seats next to the flight attendants, but at least we eventually got to out destination.

Full flight. Flight attendants were harried. Otherwise, fine for the typical cramped seating conditions in coach.

Great! Flight was delayed by 30 mins but all was great. Thanks.

The 10hr flight was a comfortable as it could be in row 57. The food was just very bad….bland and soggy!

The business class upgrade meant a good sleep on the way home after a long week away. Excellent service, great food, and comfortable seat/bed for the journey.

I love the “boarding from the back” idea - it’s so much better than the “Zones” idea that many others use. Also, the inflight wifi was a first for me! Very nice to have on a 13-hour flight!

One of the best Qantas business flights I've had. Quality product

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Touch screens were very difficult to use, generally being laggy and unresponsive- it was quite an art to get it to play the thing you wanted rather than some thing at random. Selection of films and Tv was good when touchscreen decided to finally respond.

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

Overall good experience with flight and airport wheelchair staff. Also got Indian food in the flights

Friendly staff, surprisingly good premium economy seats allowing good sleep/ snooze opportunity and very good menu.

There was no food available for this red eye... one little waffle cookie for a 6+ hour flight... thank God I was able to sleep some

For both flights I requested a gluten free meal, they didn’t have one nor were there other options.

Not good , late, and long. We came home so late and spent so much time flying around and taxiing

Terrible. Delayed 7 hours, and cancelled the flight, leaving me stranded and out of pocket $500 for an alternative last minute flight

Food was terrible. Crew was kind but skipped over my row for providing sandwiches and beverages.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

More racist flight attandants maybe because i sm an attracticted darkskin latino man but once again bad flight attamdants they ignored me the whole flight even the woman sitting next to me notice how rude they were towards me i really never want to fly united or american airlines they alawsys have the rudesslt and racist flight attandants

We loved the United lounge near our gate and a rep named Aimee who was GREAT

Cramped seat even in economy plus seat 10A. Over booked flight, no space for the bags

Awful. There was a minor problem with a fridge and they had us 2 hours in the runway before take off. The paper work alone took them half hour. There was no attemp to make up time up while in teansit and when we arrived, they had us another half hour in the plane because of traffic. I, and a bunch of people, lost their onnection flights for 5 to 10 minutes. Not even the attemp to wait given thar all delays, but the taxing, were United's fault. Then another 45 mins to get an agent and no flight alternatives for 2 days. Im am very disapointed with this "premium carrier".

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