FLIGHT SAVINGS

How to save on flights from Los Angeles to Seoul

Our analysis of past searches finds effective ways to save on flights from Los Angeles to Seoul. If flights to Seoul seem too expensive right now, these alternative booking strategies can help you get a cheaper fare. Our data shows savings of 30–40% on this route.

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Add an extra destination after Seoul

A multicity ticket, Los Angeles to Seoul plus a later journey to or from a third city, sometimes prices below the plain one-way. You fly to Seoul; the second journey is a spare multicity you are free to drop, reschedule, or fit into a later trip. As with a spare return, the spare part is a whole journey on a later date, so nothing is skipped on the day and you can check a bag.

StrategySpare multicity
Success ratemedium
Typical savings25–35%
Checked bagYes ✔️

Examples

  • Air Canada · Economy

    Jun 26 · 6:45 am - 4:05 pm +1

    LAX - ICN

    1 stop
    17h20m

    $810

    Spare multicity

    • Trip 1

      Fri, Jun 26

        • LAX - ICN

    • Trip 2

      Tue, Sep 1

      Spare multicity

        • ICN - PVG

  • Air Canada · Economy

    May 9 · 6:35 am - 4:05 pm +1

    LAX - ICN

    1 stop
    17h30m

    $710

    Spare multicity

  • Air Canada · Economy

    May 8 · 6:35 am - 4:05 pm +1

    LAX - ICN

    1 stop
    17h30m

    $710

    Spare multicity

Fly to a cheaper city and stop in Seoul

A ticket to a city beyond Seoul, routed through it, sometimes costs less than the Seoul ticket itself. You get off at the layover and skip the last flight, a hidden city (or skiplagging). It is the one method here that leaves part of the ticket unflown, so travel with a carry-on, and it cannot be used on a round-trip: a missed segment cancels everything after it. Airlines tend to curb this practice, avoid doing it too often.

StrategyHidden city
Success ratehigh
Typical savings30–40%
Checked bagNo ❌

Examples

  • Korean Air · Economy

    Aug 22 · 11:50 pm - 4:40 am +2

    LAX - ICN

    Direct
    12h50m

    $493

    Hidden city

    • Sat, Aug 22

        • LAX - ICN

        • ICN - PVG

        • Spare flight

  • Alaska Airlines, Asiana Airlines · Economy

    May 22 · 7:47 pm - 4:30 am +2

    LAX - ICN

    1 stop
    16h43m

    $1,007

    Hidden city

  • Korean Air · Economy

    May 5 · 11:50 pm - 5:00 am +2

    LAX - ICN

    Direct
    13h10m

    $567

    Hidden city

Return to another city and stop in Los Angeles

Instead of the Los Angeles to Seoul round-trip, you book one multicity ticket: Los Angeles to Seoul, then Seoul to a third city with a stop in Los Angeles, where you get off and skip the last flight. That hidden return gives you the same round-trip for less. As with a hidden city, a segment goes unflown: travel with a carry-on, and avoid doing it too often.

StrategyHidden return
Success ratelow
Typical savingsabout 5%
Checked bagNo ❌

Examples

  • Korean Air, LATAM · Economy

    Sat, Oct 3 · Sun, Oct 11

    LAX - ICN

    1 stop
    /Direct
    15h50m
    /11h10m

    $1,373

    Hidden return
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    • Trip 1

      Sat, Oct 3

        • LAX - ICN

    • Trip 2

      Sun, Oct 11

        • ICN - LAX

        • LAX - SEA

        • Spare flight

  • Eva Air · Economy

    Sat, Nov 1 · Sat, Nov 8

    LAX - ICN

    1 stop
    /1 stop
    18h25m
    /20h40m

    $1,356

    Hidden return

Combine your trip with other upcoming flights

  • LAX
    SEL
  • LAX

If you have other trips coming up, try combining them with the Seoul one. Our multisearch engine searches several trips at once and finds ticket arrangements that cost less than the sum of their parts, such as nested or back-to-back tickets. The other trip can be to Seoul again or somewhere else entirely, and it can be months away.

Questions about saving on flights to Seoul

Can I buy a round-trip to Seoul and not fly the return?

Not that we have seen: across our searches from Los Angeles to Seoul, a round-trip never priced below the one-way, so no spare return to report on this route.

Is a hidden-city ticket safe on flights to Seoul?

Safe enough with two rules: carry-on only, since a checked bag travels to the ticketed destination, and not too often, since airlines curb it. On this route a hidden city ticket routed through Seoul priced below the Seoul fare on most searches, saving 30–40%.

Can I use a hidden-city ticket on a round trip to Seoul?

Not on a plain round-trip: skipping a segment cancels everything after it, so you would lose the return. What works is a hidden return, one multicity ticket from Los Angeles to Seoul and then from Seoul to a third city routed through Los Angeles, where you get off. On this route it beat the round-trip fare on a minority of searches, saving about 5%.

Is an open-jaw ticket cheaper than a one-way to Seoul?

Sometimes. A multicity ticket with a later journey to or from a third city, a spare multicity, can price below the plain one-way, and since the unused journey is on its own date you can check a bag. On this route it did on a good share of searches, saving 25–35%.

These saving methods are found automatically by our flight search engine. For the full picture of the strategies and their trade-offs, see our guide to Airglitch booking strategies.

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Updated on September 4, 2026