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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
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Book Cheap Johannesburg to North America Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Johannesburg to North America 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 Johannesburg to North America

Mon, Oct 13 - Mon, Oct 20
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9:50 - 9:00JNB-JFK
29h 10m1 stop
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15:45 - 8:20JFK-JNB
34h 35m1 stop
R13 511Etihad Airways
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Mon, Sep 29 - Tue, Oct 14
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 9:00JNB-JFK
29h 10m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
15:45 - 8:20JFK-JNB
34h 35m1 stop
R13 546Etihad Airways
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Tue, Sep 30 - Tue, Oct 7
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20:40 - 18:45JNB-JFK
28h 05m2 stops
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6:00 - 19:40JFK-JNB
31h 40m1 stop
R14 431Virgin Atlantic
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Tue, Sep 30 - Tue, Oct 7
Virgin Atlantic Logo
20:40 - 22:44JNB-LGA
32h 04m2 stops
Virgin Atlantic Logo
16:00 - 19:40LGA-JNB
21h 40m1 stop
R14 431Virgin Atlantic
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Tue, Jan 13 - Thu, Jan 29
KLM Logo
19:40 - 18:47JNB-YVR
33h 07m2 stops
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13:35 - 12:10YVR-JNB
36h 35m1 stop
R14 449KLM
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Sun, Feb 8 - Sat, Feb 28
United Airlines Logo
22:00 - 7:20JNB-EWR
16h 20mdirect
United Airlines Logo
20:50 - 18:35EWR-JNB
14h 45mdirect
R15 543United Airlines
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Tue, Nov 25 - Sun, Nov 30
United Airlines Logo
22:00 - 7:20JNB-EWR
16h 20mdirect
United Airlines Logo
20:50 - 18:35EWR-JNB
14h 45mdirect
R15 629United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Tue, Dec 30
KLM Logo
18:50 - 11:15JNB-YVR
25h 25m1 stop
KLM Logo
8:45 - 12:10YVR-JNB
41h 25m2 stops
R15 838KLM
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Thu, Feb 12 - Mon, Feb 16
British Airways Logo
19:35 - 10:44JNB-ATL
46h 09m2 stops
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20:21 - 10:25ATL-JNB
31h 04m2 stops
R17 227British Airways
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Thu, Feb 12 - Mon, Feb 16
British Airways Logo
22:00 - 10:44JNB-ATL
43h 44m2 stops
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18:11 - 10:25ATL-JNB
33h 14m2 stops
R17 262British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to North America flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Johannesburg to North America to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Johannesburg to North America flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to North America from Johannesburg found in the last 72 hours was to Atlanta, at R13 365 return. The most popular route is from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) to Newark Airport (EWR), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R14 278.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg to North America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to North America, 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 Johannesburg to North America is February, when tickets cost R14 674 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and August, when the average cost of return tickets is R18 477 and R18 304 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Johannesburg to North America?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Johannesburg to North America clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to North America on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Johannesburg to North America. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Monday and avoiding Thursdays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Johannesburg to North America?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to North America, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Johannesburg to North America, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Johannesburg to North America?

    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 Johannesburg to North America.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Johannesburg to North America?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Johannesburg to North America?

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Johannesburg to North America?

    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 from Johannesburg to North America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to North America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to North America is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost R808 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to North America is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R1 266.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Johannesburg to North America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Johannesburg to North America? 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.
7,8
KLMOverall score based on 1385 reviews
7,7Comfort
7,8Boarding
7,2Entertainment
8,4Crew
7,3Food
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Ad experience - been flying many years with them but they are losing out to other carriers with their service and bagage / seating policy. My 2 12-yo kids were not placed with the parent. Absurdity.

2,0 MediocreIlja, Aug 2025AGP - AMS
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Ad experience - been flying many years with them but they are losing out to other carriers with their service and bagage / seating policy. My 2 12-yo kids were not placed with the parent. Absurdity.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

The baggage drop-off in Stuttgart is bad: after online check-in you cannot use the automated baggage drop off as indicated on the website. You can use the terminals but have to cue to 1 of three open and slowly working counters to drop the bags. took about 45 minutes wait time.

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

My flight was delayed by 6 hours then I missed BOTH of my connecting flights, I then had to stay in the AIRPORT at JFK because soooooo many people also suffered from missing flights and there was no hotels available. I would like to be compensated for this experience! I had to stay in the airport for over 16 hours!

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

Cabin crew professional, polite and friendly, boarding was seemless, but come on KLM surely you can do better than a pack of cheesy biscuits as an inflight snack

Legroom not all it could be, especially when the seat in front is reclined. Otherwise it was good, food and beverage were nice.

This portion of the flight was through Indigo. A local carrier. So all economy seating. No real service some refreshments for purchase standard economy stuff.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

Our flight was understandably diverted to a small regional airport in Laramie, Wyoming due to weather conditions, which I fully recognize and appreciate. However, the low rating stems from the experience that followed: passengers remained on board for over an hour without the option to deplane and stretch, despite the aircraft being stationary. Although the pilot opened the cabin door, only he was permitted to exit. Meanwhile, passengers grew increasingly uncomfortable as warm summer air entered the cabin through the open door, and being in the second row meant we were impacted immediately. While the flight attendants made efforts to keep everyone at ease, I believe allowing passengers to deplane briefly, given the extended delay, would have significantly improved the overall experience.

It was great, I’m very grateful for the pilots and crew flight attendants for everything.

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

A little bit more leg room in premium economy. I am 6’4”.

online check in was not available so i had to get to airport extra early. The flight was delayed and my luggage was lost. I had an argument with the person behind me who wanted to keep her bag on the floor and not allow my seat to recline on a 9hr plus flight. So overall, lots and lots of areas for improvement.

Flight was actually on Air Canada. The flight itself was fine. Nothing special. Food was pretty pathetic except for cookies. They offered plenty of food and drinks but just wasn't very good. Even for airline food.

Breakfast was not loaded at SFO due to catering company change. Seems like a major airline at a major hub would have thought of something else or warned passengers to pick up food before boarding a 3 hour flight.

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Food was excellent. Service was very good. Staff was very helpful to all passengers.

The crew was excellent as ever on Virgin. The special meal was poor unfortunately. More significantly when we arrived at Manchester Airport there was no air bridge provided and we had to exit the plane down a rickety stair case. This is unacceptable for a transatlantic flight. Whilst I understand that this is the airport’s fault at the end of the day the airline is responsible for our transportation and needs to do something.

Super friendly and helpful staff, from check-in desk to cabin crew.

Delayed flight made my day very long, but other than that KQ got me to my destination in good shape.

The nice treatment and lovely pilots who accepted my son inside for a photo.So lovely of them

Got delayed for over 24 hours. Fight was cancelled. Was put up at a nice hotel whose kitchen was unfortunately not prepared for the sudden influx of guests The headphone jacks on the seat were loose and sound kept getting dropped over the headphones. Food was good though. Certain items (Amarula) were not available for purchase over the on-plane duty free. Had been told i would pick my luggage at my final destination*wrong* had to pick it up in JFK and recheck it and then got charged for it**** too tired to argue with the Delta staff on the issue.... after a 15 hr flight.

This one is not bad even it is late, but they apologize and every time they announced the update.

I’m very disappointed for this trip and I will never travel again in this airline. In addition, I don’t recommend to any human being to travel to Kenya Airways. They keep me at Nairobi for 4 days without care. I was at Nairobi from 6 a.m Morning up to 10 a:m Thursday. For that reason, I have trouble for my work and may be I will lose my job. During for those 4 days I didn’t have my medicine, I didn’t have clothes to change because all my clothes were in my checked bags. On Thursday, when I got flight, they don’t even apologize for all consequences I had. During for those 4 days, I learned many things for this airline. It is their system to treat passengers like this because they had hundreds or thousands passengers around Nairobi waiting for their flights after their original flights cancelled. If I lose my job, I planned to file claim to the airline. This is not airline to travel with.

They weight duty free goods at check in and count the weight as carry on luggage. Results : for 4 bottles I had to opay $150. rip off. Be careful to avoid any duty free shopping at Dubai airport

The boarding was fast, the food was great; however, the seats & leg space were tight.

I enjoyed my flight I arrived safe with all my luggage

No complaints just improve on the food service. Provide enough dinner. People are complaining about that.

Was very good, was happy with the way staff were smiling and how they were approachable

Three major things that led to my low rating, 1. Internet wasn't available for the whole time, and 2. TV became available way into flight, after numerous system reboots, and 3. Food is not good at all.

Boarding was efficient and quick, crew was very attentive, seats were comfortable.

Terrible service especially for premium economy. Much more comfortable seats on other providers

Friendly hosts/hostesses; dinner was of acceptable, but mediocre standard

Flight was delayed for 2h. Announcements were poor and I was given 1 biscuit and a bottle of water as consolation. Not happy.

Although the crew were great and the good nice, I might as well have been on Ryanair for the amount of space I had. Not good enough BA. I’d rather pay more and not feel like a human sardine.

The air hostess were good, cheerful, but I didn't like the boarding. My son and I initially bought our flight tickets, making sure it included 1 luggage and a carry on. Tickets were purchased for British airlines, but we were merged with American Airlines. At checking in our languages, we were told, we don't have luggage prepaid so we had to pay extra $125 each and almost £60 on our way back. I think that's unfair.

Very bad because flight was cancelled and they never informed me i have to wait for three days in hotel to get another flight

Easy boarding, very friendly crew, short flight so no entertainment… needed cc for all food and drink purchases…. clean and on time … that is all that mattered… so overall very good.

The business class seat was an uncomfortable conversion of a main cabin seat well below the quality of even the budget carriers in the US. I would have never paid for business class if would have known I get the same seat as main cabin. BA has gone down hill significantly in this class of service.

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