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How to save on flights from Seoul to New York

Our analysis of past searches finds effective ways to save on flights from Seoul to New York. If flights to New York seem too expensive right now, these alternative booking strategies can help you get a cheaper fare.

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    SEL
    NYC

Add an extra destination after New York

A multicity ticket, Seoul to New York plus a later journey to or from a third city, sometimes prices below the plain one-way. You fly to New York; 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 savings0–5%
Checked bagYes ✔️

Examples

  • Asiana Airlines · Economy

    Apr 30 · 9:05 pm - 11:00 pm

    ICN - JFK

    Direct
    14h55m

    $750

    Spare multicity

    • Trip 1

      Thu, Apr 30

        • ICN - JFK

    • Trip 2

      Mon, Jun 8

      Spare multicity

        • LGA - YYZ

  • Asiana Airlines · Economy

    Mar 30 · 9:05 pm - 11:00 pm

    ICN - JFK

    Direct
    14h55m

    $750

    Spare multicity

  • Qatar Airways · Economy

    Feb 12 · 12:20 am - 3:00 pm

    ICN - JFK

    1 stop
    28h40m

    $1,249

    Spare multicity

Book a SEL-NYC roundtrip that costs less

Airlines often price the Seoul to New York round-trip below the one-way, so you buy the pair and never fly the return. That is a spare return, a form of throwaway ticketing, and nothing is skipped mid-ticket: your checked bag and your outbound are unaffected. When the fare allows it, you can also reschedule or cancel the extra return.

StrategySpare return
Success ratemedium
Typical savings10–25%
Checked bagYes ✔️

Examples

  • Korean Air · Economy

    May 30 · 10:00 am - 11:10 am

    ICN - JFK

    Direct
    14h10m

    $821

    Spare return

    • Depart

      Sat, May 30

        • ICN - JFK

    • Return

      Wed, Sep 2

      Spare return

        • JFK - ICN

  • Korean Air · Economy

    May 23 · 10:00 am - 11:10 am

    ICN - JFK

    Direct
    14h10m

    $821

    Spare return

  • Alaska Airlines · Economy

    Apr 30 · 7:35 pm - 3:29 pm +1

    ICN - JFK

    2 stops
    32h54m

    $872

    Spare return

Fly to a cheaper city and stop in New York

A ticket to a city beyond New York, routed through it, sometimes costs less than the New York 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 ratelow
Typical savings0–10%
Checked bagNo ❌

Examples

  • Jal · Economy

    May 22 · 12:05 pm - 7:30 pm

    GMP - JFK

    1 stop
    20h25m

    $965

    Hidden city

    • Fri, May 22

        • GMP - JFK

        • JFK - DCA

        • Spare flight

  • Asiana Airlines · Economy

    Apr 30 · 8:25 am - 10:00 am

    ICN - JFK

    Direct
    14h35m

    $750

    Hidden city

  • Jal, American Airlines · Economy

    Aug 28 · 7:55 am - 6:10 pm

    GMP - JFK

    1 stop
    23h15m

    $784

    Hidden city

Combine your trip with other upcoming flights

  • SEL
    NYC
  • SEL

If you have other trips coming up, try combining them with the New York 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 New York again or somewhere else entirely, and it can be months away.

Questions about saving on flights to New York

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

Yes, that is a spare return: nothing on the ticket is cancelled, you simply forfeit the return. On this route the round-trip priced below the one-way on a good share of searches, saving 10–25%.

Is a hidden-city ticket safe on flights to New York?

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 New York priced below the New York fare on a minority of searches, saving 0–10%.

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

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 Seoul to New York and then from New York to a third city routed through Seoul, where you get off.

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

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 0–5%.

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