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New York2 stopsR13 201

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February

High season

December

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R6 895
Best time to beat the crowds (0% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (12% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to New York John F Kennedy Airport

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  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, February and March. The cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg is January.
  • Morning departure is around 47% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
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Top 5 airlines serving from OR Tambo to New York

 
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3429 reviews
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8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
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Loved that I had an exit row seat, and there was no one else in the row! And again, I don' use on-line entertainment at all (I read or sleep) but I very much appreciate that I didn't hear anyone else's entertainment!

10,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2024DXB - BOS
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Loved that I had an exit row seat, and there was no one else in the row! And again, I don' use on-line entertainment at all (I read or sleep) but I very much appreciate that I didn't hear anyone else's entertainment!

The entire crew was amazing. They went out of their way to make us enjoy a great travel experience.

Loved everything! This flight had premium economy and I didn't see an option to upgraded to premium economy OR buy premium economy tickets. How come?

Some Crew were distinguishably fake in their interactions with passengers.

We was missed the flight They doesn’t lest us fly next flight without payment They charge me 606 hundred dollars What is very unacceptable,our first fight ticket was almost 2000 dollars, again paid 700 it’s hurt … airlines need to do something please

They were very pleasant and helpful. My husband and I were sitted apart. We asked if we could be seated together were told flight ws fuly booked but would try. After a while they were able to make it work we got seats together. Their food is good and attendents are very friendly/helpful.

The crew were friendly, dressed professionally and helpful when needed. The food was good to very good. The seats were comfortable and entertainment selections were excellent.   For that long of a flight Athens to Newark Economy is a little tight and the space became uncomfortable about mid-way. Next time I would try and get a Premium Economy seat. Especially for the return flight when one can be less enthused and tired. On the way to a vacation enthusiasm can outweigh discomfort.

The staff were very friendly and helpful. The seats were very comfortable and spacious. The entertainment was amazing, and so was the food!

Excellent staff! Flights were delayed due to technical issues after everyone was boarded and we sat in the flight for almost 2 hours before taking off. Not enough vegetarian food was available despite pre-ordering. The staff did an exceptional job dealing with both the problems neither of their making.

Better entertainment; the lack of it made the very long flight even longer

We’ve used VA before many times the experience is always been good they have lovely staff and the food is always delicious.

Everything about the flight was amazing from check in to boarding entertainment was okay food we didn’t try.

Seats were old and dirty, for a long haul flight you expect to be able to recline and for the av to work properly. Choice for vegans was fruit….

The Virgin Atlantic crew was very good. However, the equipment was OK, the seats were OK, but her bags did not arrive with me. Two bags showed up a day later and I’m still waiting for my third back.

The crew was very good. However, the equipment was a bit dated. Some of the electronics were not working. To top it, three bags didn’t arrive with me. Two of them were delivered a day later. I’m still waiting for the third bag, I was so looking forward to this virgin Atlantic flight, but, I am disappointed.

My only complaint is that the pocket in front of me was ripped and my things, like iPad and airline magazines, kept slipping to the floor.

Flight delayed yet again. Crew apathetic and unhelpful re affect on connecting flight.

I think Virgin is one of the best flying experiences, especially from/to the UK. The staff are so helpful and fun, the food is good, seats comfortable, goof entertainment and great value. Check in and boarding is pretty pain free. I also find that the other passengers are generally so kind and considerate than when I've flown other airlines.

Cabin crew on our flight showed lack of any customer service gruff and acting annoyed if you asked anything and I mean anything Example a man on the seat over dropped his beer on my husbands blanket We asked if we could switch out blankets cabin crew Said. No we don’t have any extras OK well can you take the wet one Cabin crew looked disgusted and annoyed Took it no OK or yes just a growl

Quick flight. But cabin crew were very noisy and talking too much, especially when we were seated at the back of the plane trying to sleep through the night .

The flight was delayed so the people from a late connecting flight was able to still make the connection.

HORRIBLE WITH THEIR WEBSITE!!! WORST WEBSITE IN THE WHOLE AIRLINE INDUSTRY

The planes are so dirty! Food crumbs and finger print smudges, Dust over the vents and carpet stains. It’s disgusting.

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

Gate got changed about 4 times. Very confusing and very crowded. If you don’t have wifi to help get updates, you can be in deep trouble.

Did not even get on board. Was told I needed an esta agreement. Was not aware of this when I booked the fare and not told about them

David went above and beyond to make our flight the best that it could be

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

How badly can you screw up baggage claim? We were told to go to baggage claim too for our bags from this flight. Another flights bags were there. They finished up. More bags from a different flight arrived. Our bags did not Finally the baggage claim belt stopped working and and are flight was still listed on the arrivals for that baggage claim 2. And then nothing It turns out that they had been delivered not only the United baggage claim but far away on a Delta baggage claim No I never told us. It was only the people looking around who had been on the flight But I’m sure there was plenty of time for the employees to raffle through the bags and steal whatever they wanted

The bag drop personal were not helpful. There was no food on the flight. Boeing aircraft, lousy as always. Everything else was fine.

The kindness and good humor of all the people who this flight possible was a joy.

Awful, we had a delay of 3 hrs, impacting in my transfer flight to Cape town, and Kenya airways didnt do anything. They sent me twice to transfer services in Nairobi, not been available to sleep (from 1 am to 5 am); without any update.

It's the only direct flight between Accra and Nairobi, and you pay for it! Food is better on Asky. No entertainment on flight from Accra to Nairobi, but there other way did have screens. Generally timely boarding and departure.

They fed me at the right time the flight was smooth and the captain explain everything

Flying portion was fine. Below average comfort. We had 2 canceled flights and got stuck in 2 cities which took us 3 days to get home. Kenya hasn’t done anything or even reached out to us after complaining.

We were delayed about 5 hours each way from JFK to Nairobi. On the way out, we sat on the tarmac for 5 hours making for almost 20 hours on the plane. And the seats are so uncomfortable. My bottom has never been so sore on a long flight before. Bring a pad if you can. On the return, we were delayed 5 hours in the airport. It was reported as a 3 hour delay on the board and website but at the gate it was 5 hours. So, we waited with 3 kids in the airport when we could have been at the hotel resting instead. The flight was completely full probably due to the cancelled flight the night before. I wonder if the airline is in such shambles because of their possible impending bankruptcy. The staff were pleasant and the vegan meals we requested were impressive for an airplane tv dinner style tray.

Service was good, but I lost my baggage. There should be more accountability to passengers, and more concern to help find lost baggage.

Was too pissed about my luggage not being with me even though they assured me at the gate it was to recall any other problems. Planes on the inside are in terrible shape. Thank goodness the engines seem to run okay.

Terrible. Flew from Rwanda to Nairobi for transfer then on to Madagascar. Kenya Airways does not like to park at a gate. They park on the outskirts requiring a bus shuttle. That part is okay, but the bus drops you off outside of security. If I did not skip to the front of the line with my remaining half hour connection, I would have missed my flight. Complete security check plus taking off of shoes had to be completed (again). I made it to Madagascar, but my checked bag decided to take a trip to Dubai. I know tag on luggage was to Madagascar. No one can figure out how it made it to Dubai, except for incompetence. Even though I knew it was in Dubai, they would not allow a tracking to be done until Kenya Airways had the opportunity to get it on the next flight to Madagascar. Did not happen of course! I took 3 flights with Kenya Airways during this journey. Everyone of them had something go wrong. Please look elsewhere for another airline which I will be doing in the future.

Terrible. 6 hours late and zero urgency after the fact. Took over an hour to board and then an hour plus on the runway.

The seat was very uncomfortable. It helped to use the foot rest. Could not sleep because of the seat.

The seats are incredibly uncomfortable. My luggage didn't make it on the flight from London to Nashville.

The plane itself is old and way overcrowded. The crew do a great job of trying to mitigate. It is just uncomfortable for over 8 hours, bearable, but barely. Boarding, and the baggage game, is ludicrous. Why charge extra to check bags when there is not enough room for everyone to "carry-on" and checking is needed? I do not think these issues would be different with other airlines, I believe it is the attitude that squeezes every penny out of each traveler.

Expected a lot better service paying for a business class seat. Seemed to be short on staff and did not get the service I expected.

I flew Club World and was SHOCKED at how totally absent the crew were for the duration of the flight. So much so that we received no drink service other than the post-departure cocktail and that was it. Wasn't even offered tea/coffee and the in-flight attention was so bad that literally minutes before landing the one crew member for our row was scrambling to pick up left-behind water bottles, glassware, trash. And the rest of the crew had already stowed all carts, he was cramming the trash into the lavatory trash can and was stashing the glassware frantically in the galley as we were on final approach. He was so scrambled he left two overhead lockers wide open (that he'd opened) for landing. Unbelievable!

The flight was several times changed. That was inconvenient, to sah the least.

They lost my special meal request and tried to tell me I didn't request it. I had the proof. Then they tried to get me to eat food I can't eat. No apologies

British airways keeps canceling our flights. I won’t be booking any future flights with them

I could not charge my phone the entire night or read my book, as the whole middle isle was without power.

I will fly again with American airlines. It's efficient to get from A to B point, not too long layovers . Flights were on time, but box food on the long distance flight was dry, stale overcooked.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights from Johannesburg to New York State found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
20/1Mon
2 stops
50h 55mJNB-JFK
8/2Sat
2 stops
40h 05mJFK-JNB
R13 201
9/2Sun
2 stops
26h 55mJNB-JFK
22/2Sat
2 stops
24h 00mJFK-JNB
R13 254
24/3Mon
1 stopKenya Airways
36h 20mJNB-JFK
1/4Tue
1 stopKenya Airways
38h 00mJFK-JNB
R14 022
12/4Sat
1 stopKenya Airways
20h 35mJNB-JFK
19/4Sat
1 stopKenya Airways
28h 30mJFK-JNB
R14 040
28/1Tue
directUnited Airlines
16h 15mJNB-EWR
4/2Tue
directUnited Airlines
14h 40mEWR-JNB
R14 987
25/12Wed
directUnited Airlines
16h 15mJNB-EWR
1/1Wed
directUnited Airlines
14h 40mEWR-JNB
R15 094
1/6Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
28h 15mJNB-EWR
15/6Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
27h 35mEWR-JNB
R16 881
25/2Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
25h 35mJNB-EWR
10/3Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
26h 55mEWR-JNB
R16 970
28/2Fri
2 stopsEmirates
29h 50mJNB-EWR
7/3Fri
2 stopsEmirates
27h 40mEWR-JNB
R18 327
15/4Tue
2 stopsEmirates
32h 10mJNB-EWR
22/4Tue
2 stopsEmirates
28h 20mEWR-JNB
R18 845

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Johannesburg to New York State found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/3Wed
1 stopEtihad Airways
36h 25mJNB-JFK
R6 895
17/3Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
29h 45mJNB-JFK
R7 288
19/2Wed
1 stopKenya Airways
36h 20mJNB-JFK
R8 413
24/2Mon
1 stopKenya Airways
36h 20mJNB-JFK
R8 467
21/1Tue
2 stopsEmirates
38h 45mJNB-EWR
R12 468
23/1Thu
2 stopsEmirates
31h 05mJNB-JFK
R12 468
24/12Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
23h 45mJNB-EWR
R14 862
23/12Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
25h 35mJNB-EWR
R15 023
28/1Tue
directUnited Airlines
16h 15mJNB-EWR
R20 703
21/1Tue
directUnited Airlines
16h 15mJNB-EWR
R23 454

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Last minute flights from OR Tambo to New York

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Johannesburg to New York State that are departing in the next 10 days.
20/12Fri
multi-stopKenya Airways
29h 45mJNB-JFK
31/12Tue
multi-stopKenya Airways
27h 30mJFK-JNB
R16 916
20/12Fri
multi-stopKenya Airways
29h 45mJNB-JFK
1/1Wed
multi-stopKenya Airways
19h 15mJFK-JNB
R18 220
20/12Fri
multi-stopKenya Airways
29h 45mJNB-JFK
2/1Thu
multi-stopKenya Airways
19h 05mJFK-JNB
R18 828
20/12Fri
directUnited Airlines
16h 15mJNB-EWR
2/1Thu
directUnited Airlines
14h 40mEWR-JNB
R18 881
19/12Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
30h 55mJNB-JFK
31/12Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
19h 15mJFK-JNB
R20 435
19/12Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
24h 40mJNB-EWR
26/12Thu
directUnited Airlines
14h 40mEWR-JNB
R24 169
17/12Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
23h 15mJNB-JFK
4/1Sat
multi-stopBritish Airways
32h 05mJFK-JNB
R28 706
19/12Thu
multi-stopEmirates
33h 20mJNB-EWR
26/12Thu
multi-stopEmirates
27h 40mEWR-JNB
R28 849
19/12Thu
multi-stopEmirates
55h 05mJNB-JFK
26/12Thu
multi-stopEmirates
40h 45mJFK-JNB
R29 420
16/12Mon
multi-stopVirgin Atlantic
27h 30mJNB-JFK
17/12Tue
multi-stopVirgin Atlantic
30h 00mJFK-JNB
R41 657

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