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Latest first class flight deals to the United States

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

New York
New Yorkdirect£2,278
Orlando
Orlando1 stop£2,359
Los Angeles
Los Angelesdirect£4,699
Miami
Miamidirect£5,140
San Francisco
San Franciscodirect£3,851
Boston
Bostondirect£2,447
Las Vegas
Las Vegas1 stop£3,018
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.direct£2,754
Chicago
Chicago1 stop£3,234
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stop£3,165
Seattle
Seattle2 stops£3,865
Philadelphia
Philadelphia1 stop£4,743
Austin
Austin1 stop£3,391

Good to Know - First Class Flights to the United States

Low season

April

High season

September

Average price round-trip

£3,641

Good deal round-trip

£2,992
Best time to beat the crowds (5% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
(avg. price over the last 2 weeks)
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FAQs for United States first class flights

  • What sleeping arrangements can I find with my First Class flight to the United States?

    Enjoy a private cubicle cabin space with Finnair or American Airline’s Flagship Suite, which provides you with a flat bed and full aisle access. Flying First Class with British Airways, you will be provided with a private suite and quality bedding, accompanied by top designer night garments and moisturising skincare products. Air France will equally provide high-quality cotton bathrobes, slippers and accessories and a private suite with memory foam mattress.

  • What lounge access can I find with my First Class flight to the United States?

    Access the Galleries First Lounge and luxury Concorde Room in London Heathrow’s (LHR) Terminal 5 where you can enjoy top-of-the-range business facilities, private suites, and fine dining. Also in Heathrow’s Terminal 2, you can find the Plaza Lounge for Finnair First Class passengers in Concourse A, which offers showers and dining. In Heathrow’s Terminal 3 you can access American Airlines’ Flagship Lounge.

  • What food options are available on my First Class flight to the United States?

    Finnair offer a range of Mediterranean or Finnish dishes sourced from natural Finnish flavours, which can be pre-ordered and customised to your taste. Dishes are often inspired by the destination, and you can also take advantage of complimentary snacks and beverages. Create your own a la carte menu with British Airways, sourced from selected British ingredients. With American Airlines’ First Class option, you can choose dishes created by elite chefs or enjoy a la carte French cuisine with Air France where signature dishes are inspired by nature and the seasons.

  • What is the most popular airline offering First Class flights to the United States?

    Among KAYAK users, American Airlines is the most popular airline offering First Class seats on flights to the United States.

  • Which airlines offer First Class tickets on flights to the United States?

    Traveling to the United States and want to offer yourself a First Class experience? Depending on the origin, the following airlines offer seats in First Class: American Airlines, British Airways and Finnair.

  • How does KAYAK find such good deals on First Class tickets to the United States?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to the United States for economy class as well as First Class travelers.

  • How much is a first class flight to the United States?

    First class tickets to the United States differ in price depending on the departure airport. On average, first class fares cost £5,013 for a return trip to the United States, while the cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was £2,689.

  • What is the best airline for first class flights to the United States?

    The highest-rated airline by KAYAK users offering first class flights to the United States is Finnair, with an overall rating of 7.7.

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Top tips for finding first class flights to the United States

  • Fly on a First Class flight to the United States from London Stansted (STN) or London Heathrow (LHR) to New York’s John F Kennedy Airport (JFK), La Guardia (LGA) and Newark (EWR) airports. You can also fly First Class to Los Angeles (LAX) and Miami (MIA) airports. British Airways, Finnair, and American Airlines have direct journeys of just under 8h.
  • American Airlines also have stopovers in either Miami (MIA) or Dallas Fort Worth airports (DFW) increasing journey times to around 16h. Consider flying a direct route for a faster, more convenient journey with First Class in-flight benefits and luxury lounge access.
  • Enjoy your own adapted private space with Air France on your First Class flight to the United States where you can benefit from an individual cloakroom, bedside lamp, and storage space, designed in plush leathers and suede fabrics with the latest generation entertainment system.
  • The most expensive day to fly First Class to the United States is Saturday, while the cheapest is Thursday.
  • To get a below average price, try to book at least 1 week in advance of your departure date.
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Top 5 airlines flying to the United States

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly first class to the United States? 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
DeltaOverall score based on 10789 reviews
8.6Crew
8.0Entertainment
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
Airline reviews

The flight was excellent, I recommend people to fly with Delta

10.0 ExcellentLionel, May 2024SJU - JFK
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The flight was excellent, I recommend people to fly with Delta

It was a crowded flight. They did the best they could.

Super good crew... food was pretty awful- overall Delta is my favorite carrier- takes off on time, good boarding process etc.

Boarding was a little confusing as many folks were trying to get on through priority boarding instead of general. Everything else was excellent.

When checking our bags at the Virgin Atlantic counter, the employee told us that we should go to Delta because we needed to verify our passports and our names. Fortunately the employee organizing the line stopped us and asked why we didn't hand over our suitcases. He sent us to another line and told the employee that we already have the passports verified in the reservation. She understood and received our suitcases. In London they have a general waiting room, where you stay until the gate number of your flight is announced. KAYAK informed us the gate number hours before the airlines did. Just like the flight to London, the legroom is too small. abusive for a flight of so many hours.

Boarding was great. The flight landed early. It took the crew over an hour and a half to bring out drinks. I paid to upgrade my seat to Comfort+ only to be near a crying/screaming baby who was seldom quiet. Noise-cancelling earbuds didn’t even help. Waste of money to upgrade.

Seats were broken in premium select and so was monitored on my seat and other people around me

Boarding was a sh!t show. JFK BOARDING was awful. The agent called three sections at a time Clogging the area then yelling at people to not block the walk way. How are you going to call delta one , premium select and comfort plus at once and the yell at highest paying passengers. Need to do a lot better and the flight attendants in the galley need to understand that their voices travel. They were talking about others and everyone in the cabin heard them

The main person that was coordinating everything was a short white/light skin Spanish man and he was very rude. It honestly made me feel like it was everyone’s First day at work. His announcements were very not reasonable and they did not make sense. The stewardess on the flight that made the announcements she didn’t even know what she was talking about she sounded inebriated. There were no snacks or drinks on our flight there wasn’t even much turbulence. This flight was not enjoyable nor was it what a Delta flight should be and just this past week I flew with Delta 3 times.

Great flight crew, easy boarding, delicious snacks and spacious seats. Love flying delta - worth the price.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

The flight was delayed for 2 hrs. Because they didn’t have a crew to fly. And it is not a first time for klm to do that. Last time they cancelled my filght and rebooked me 3 days later. Not reliable airline

We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

Booked connecting flights with KlM. My serving flight was the furthest part of the airport. On arrival in Zurich. My two cases arrived but only one carry on belong to my son. His three suitcase didn't arrive. After enquiring we discovered they were still in Amsterdam. We landed at 11.12. We eventually left the airport just after one.

Seats are fair enough for medium tall people. Good food all the trip. Fight attendances are warm

no issues at all... Kudos to the food. This time was really really good

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

The food quality is poor. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. The entertainment program was limited. I experienced a delay of 30 minutes due to two issues. Passenger luggage had to be removed and there was a technical issue with the stairs not detaching from the aircraft. The pilot managed to compensate and we arrived only 15 minutes later. The luggage at Dubai airport was very slow. I waited over an hour.

We had issues with upgrading our seats. The flight itself was fine.

Horrible experience. They "GAME" with seats they decided to play where you can`t select or get seat during check-in without paying and then forcing you to stay long line at the Customer Service at the gate to get a boarding ticket with seat assigned is pathetic. Will never fly with United again!

So terrible. They would not rebook me for a flight until 2 days. I had to spend so much money to get my own flight. They were rude and not helpful.

Super friendly crew. Leg space and entertainment system are below average

The plane was so hot upon boarding. Their boarding process was so unnecessarily long. Service was subpar.

Everything from the price to online checkin and the flight being on time to the crew and food was very good. The comfort level is fine--the seats are very close to each other in Economy. But I guess you get what you pay for.

Horrible experience. I was apparently picked at random for a security screening - that was the most demeaning experience I have had in my life with a guy poking and prodding and having me take off my shoes, move up my pants so he could swab my legs - telling me I couldn't bring more than some quantity of cookies - I had 3 boxes of cookies in my luggage. In the end he did let me keep them but that was really uncalled for. Harrassment in the name of security.

They went out of their way. It was very clean and friendly.

Liked being hydrated. Carryon weight was limited for cold weather clothes that are heavy... could test to improve if possible.

Thank you to the cordial crew and good hydration throughout the flight, food was good too. Carry ons usually weight by themselves so it does reduce option for cold weather clothes that are heavy, so carryon weight is tight.

All good- I love BA and the professionalism of the crew and pilots.

Great flight- smooth, nice crew, nice clean aircraft, departed a little late but arrived 10 early.

It was listed on my ticket as Finnair but there was no indication that the flight was Finnair. In fact the number was even different. There were no employees there until exactly 2 hours before so we had to wait in line at Iberia and hope

Sorting on line would have been appreciated Onward information on flights missed No ability to get seating arranged before we got to gate Very unfriendly at gate

The flight was Finnair but there was no indications anywhere that the checkin was for Finnair also. There was no one to ask. I think at a minimum they should list the code shares so people don’t stand in the wrong line for an hour.

I booked the flight with Finnair, which made the arrangements for downloading a boarding pass unnecessarily complicated. I wouldn't do that again. Instead I'd book direct with AA.

Flight ok, but me and other two passengers didn’t have connection with the entertainment in our seats. So, no movies, no games, no music… for 9 hours. The crew just told us that there’s nothing they can do but I noticed during the flight that there were empty seats, so they could have offered to us to change seats. Customer service could be better.

Had a nice flight to London on BA will fly with them again in the future

Finnair cancelled my flight 12 hours prior to leaving for Helsinki. They stated there were mechanical problems. I had to scurry around to find a new flight that would meet my needs for arrival in Helsinki. Luckily I was able to find alternate transportation through Lufthansa/United.

I’m very disappointed, to fly into an airplane for 10 straight hours, and not having a TV even though when I put the ticket I was told that I will have entertainment for the TV. Very disappointed.

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 .

My ticket was for Premium Economy and all the seats were taken, I was placed in Economy class and I’m looking for a refund.

Unfortunately delayed 2 hrs due to faulty tyre.. which had to be changed, but better safe than sorry.

The delay was an issue. Other than that. Every thing good

Hi vergin Atlantic service was good but the flight ticket agent travel up charge me extra 57 pounds as a airport charges, actually I refuse to pay but they say if I not pay £57 then they say you will not be able to travel from Heathrow to goa ,so for me there was no option and it was just 3 day before my departure so i paid, so please look in to the matter. And I have a receipt of £ 57 as well .thanks

Staff didn’t check cabin well for landing seemed more interested in chatting to each other. Food was poor and differed from pre order.

We were in the last group to be called to the flight - which was 30 minutes late taking off. While we were lucky enough to have been given bulkhead seats (due to a medical condition I’d told them about beforehand) the seats weren’t particularly comfortable. A crying baby for the whole trip made things worse, so the crew managed very well with coping. The final thing I’d say was that there wasn’t enough food served during the flight.

Very good. Glad we had Premium for the flight out.

We flew Upper Class from London to The Turks and Caicos. Check in was amazing. Our ldriver too us directly to a special entrance to terminal 3. It took 10 minutes to check in and clear customs. Amazing! The VA lounge is large and comfortable. Boarding the flight was easy and without a wait. The crew was excellent. But the seats were awful, strange and uncomfortable. Having a comfortable flat bed seat is the reason we pays 1000s extra. The VA 787 uses a reverse herringbone configuration. Look it up. You have your back to the window and are facing the aisle with no privacy. Turning the seat into a bed requires assistance from the crew so not very spontaneous. . The food was ok. A bit tasteless and meager portions. Had to pay for WiFi. I believe VA has other configuration on their dream airbus flights. Lots of stuff about all this on YouTube where you can see what I have been describing. I can not recommend taking VA on a long flight with these seats.

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