💰 When is the cheapest time to fly from Los Angeles to Las Vegas?
This month: EDC weekend (typically May 15-17) hits $250-$380 one-way. Non-EDC weekends hold at $169-$219.
LAX-LAS fares swing 200-400% across the year despite the short distance. January (post-CES) and September deliver the floor at $89-$129 round trip on Southwest. NFL season weekends, NYE, EDC weekend (mid-May), and March Madness push round-trip pricing past $400. Tuesday-Wednesday departures stay 30-50% below Friday-Sunday year-round.
Next 30 days — daily low fares
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📊 Price trends: Los Angeles to Las Vegas
Round-trip economy estimates across the next 12 months. Use the chart to spot the cheapest window before locking in dates.
Cheapest month
Jul · $108
Peak month
Jun · $138
Source: Aviasales · Prices are round-trip economy estimates · Updated May 2026
✈️ Which airlines fly from Los Angeles to Las Vegas?
Six carriers fly LAX-LAS nonstop; the gap between best and worst is enormous. Southwest's two free bags plus 1-2% cancellation rate make it the default. Delta wins on reliability for status chasers. Spirit and Frontier work only for solo travelers with no luggage and flexible schedules. American and United are afterthoughts here — same price as Delta with worse operational performance on this specific route.
Default pick on this route. Southwest's two-free-bag policy alone saves $70-$140 round trip versus Spirit/Frontier once you account for realized fees. Operational performance is strong here — 79% on-time, 1.4% cancellation rate per 2025 DOT data. Rapid Rewards earns at 6x-12x base fare depending on fare class; A-List status (25 segments) kicks open A1-A15 boarding, which actually matters on a 175-seat 737 with open seating. Mubboo's pick for 80% of LA-Vegas travelers. Book 21-45 days out, pick Wanna Get Away Plus for the same-day standby flexibility, and depart from whichever LA-area airport is closest to your front door.
Best for: families, weekend trips with luggage, A-List loyalists, BUR/LGB residents
Best operational reliability on the route — 83% on-time, 0.9% cancellation rate. Delta wins when you're connecting onward to ATL, JFK, or international, when you're earning Medallion-qualifying segments, or when you simply cannot afford a disrupted day in Vegas (groom landing for a 4pm ceremony, conference keynote Monday morning). Comfort+ ($30-$50 upcharge) gets you 4 inches of extra pitch and free cocktails — worth it on a 5am or post-conference 9pm flight when you actually want to sleep. Skip Delta if you're price-shopping a Friday Vegas run — Southwest beats it by $30-$60.
Best for: Medallion status chasers, connecting itineraries, business travelers prioritizing reliability
Spirit works on exactly one persona: solo traveler, personal item only, Tuesday or Wednesday departure, no schedule slack. The $39-$59 base fare turns into $89-$119 realized after carry-on and seat selection. 4.8% cancellation rate means roughly 1 in 20 Spirit travelers gets disrupted on LAX-LAS — and Spirit has no interline agreements, so a cancellation means waiting for the next Spirit flight (often 4-8 hours) or buying a new ticket on another carrier. Free workaround: skip the seat-selection fee and let Spirit auto-assign at check-in.
Best for: solo bare-bones travelers, 24-48 hour trips, no checked luggage
American is the third pick after Southwest and Delta — fine, not exceptional. 77% on-time and 2.1% cancellation rate run middle-of-pack. Worth booking when you're connecting through DFW or PHX, when you're earning Loyalty Points toward AAdvantage status, or when AA's calendar shows $30+ cheaper than Delta on the same day. Main Cabin Extra ($25-$45) buys 6 inches of pitch — overkill on a 75-minute flight but useful if you're 6'2+. Skip AA when Southwest and Delta both price lower the same day.
Best for: AAdvantage loyalists, DFW/PHX/MIA connections, Citi AAdvantage cardholders
Skip Frontier on LA-Vegas. 5.2% cancellation rate plus 68% on-time performance translate to roughly 1 in 12 Frontier travelers experiencing a 3+ hour disruption on this route — and Frontier's reaccommodation policy strands you for 6-12 hours when it happens. The $30-$50 base-fare savings versus Southwest evaporate the first time you miss your Vegas Friday-night dinner reservation and your hotel charges a $75 no-show fee. The only time Frontier earns a green light: a flexible solo trip where missing the flight outright is genuinely fine.
Best for: extremely flexible solo travelers willing to accept disruption risk
Mubboo verdict: Southwest nonstop from LAX or BUR midweek wins LA-Vegas. Two free bags, 1-2% cancel rate, $89-$129 fares. Drive if weekend total is under $300.
Prices shown are approximate averages based on recent searches (April 2026). Actual fares vary by date, class, and availability.
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Compare all flights →📅 When should you book Los Angeles to Las Vegas flights?
The 21-to-45-day window delivers the LAX-LAS fare floor across all six carriers. Inside 14 days, expect 60-90% markups; inside 7 days, fares regularly cross $250 one-way even midweek. Tuesday and Wednesday departures price 30-50% below Friday and Sunday — book those whenever the calendar allows. Set Google Flights price alerts 60 days out and pull the trigger when round-trip drops below $150 on Southwest or below $99 on Spirit/Frontier. Avoid the 10-to-3-day pre-departure pocket, which is statistically the worst pricing window. Last-minute Spirit/Frontier flash sales on Tuesday/Wednesday occasionally drop $29-$39 fares, but availability is thin and disruption risk runs 5-12%. For Vegas weekends tied to specific events (NFL games, fights, residency concerts), book the moment tickets go on sale — fares climb steadily for 90 days inbound.
EDC weekend mid-May spikes fares 100-200% across all six carriers.
If you're a family flying in summer, book by March — peak season fills up fast.
Budget travelers: shoulder season (Sep–Oct, Apr–May) offers the best balance of price and weather.
💡 This May: Book EDC 90+ days out or pay 3x. Skip the weekend entirely if not attending.
🎟️ Top activities in Las Vegas
Ranked by traveler ratings and recent booking volume.
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$98.004-Hour Private Hidden Hot Springs Tour near Death Valley
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✈️ Travel tips for Los Angeles to Las Vegas
LA travelers have four airport choices and most pick wrong by defaulting to LAX. Burbank (BUR) saves 45-70 minutes door-to-door for anyone in the Valley, Pasadena, or Hollywood; Long Beach (LGB) suits South Bay and Long Beach residents; Orange County (SNA) saves 60-90 minutes for OC. LAX only makes sense for West LA, Westside, and South Bay travelers. TSA PreCheck is the highest-ROI travel purchase for any LA-Vegas regular — $78 for 5 years pays back on trip 2-3 by cutting LAX security from 25-45 minutes to 5-12. Global Entry at $120 includes PreCheck plus Customs fast-lane; pick it if you have any international trips. Loyalty stacking matters even on short hops. Southwest Rapid Rewards builds toward Companion Pass (135K points/year unlocks a buy-one-get-one for the rest of that year plus the next). Delta Medallion-Qualifying Segments accrue on every LA-Vegas leg. Chase Sapphire Reserve and Amex Platinum reimburse Global Entry and provide trip-interruption coverage that often eliminates the need for standalone insurance. REAL ID is required at TSA as of May 7, 2025 — the gold bear/star icon on a California license confirms compliance, or carry a valid US passport.
☁️ Las Vegas climate overview
Best: Feb, Mar, Apr, Oct, Nov, DecAvoid: Jun, Jul, AugHistorical highs, lows, and rainfall by month. Plan packing and outdoor time around the extremes.
Jan
57°/35°F
0.0″ rain
Feb
68°/45°F
0.5″ rain
Mar
72°/48°F
0.2″ rain
Apr
81°/55°F
0.0″ rain
May
91°/65°F
0.7″ rain
Jun
103°/75°F
0.2″ rain
Jul
105°/78°F
0.0″ rain
Aug
105°/79°F
0.7″ rain
Sep
94°/71°F
0.1″ rain
Oct
82°/58°F
0.7″ rain
Nov
70°/50°F
2.3″ rain
Dec
63°/42°F
0.8″ rain
Source: Open-Meteo Archive API · 2025 historical data · Updated May 2026
✈️ Ready to book? Compare Los Angeles to Las Vegas flights
Search flights →🛫 Flying from Los Angeles — airport tips
LAX Terminal 1 — Southwest (Southwest Airlines)
- Use the LAX-it lot for Lyft/Uber dropoff — terminal curb pickup is closed to rideshare
- PreCheck lane is at the south end of T1; standard security runs 25-45 minutes at peak
- Sit at gates 11-13 for the shortest jet-bridge walks to LAS departures
LAX Terminal 2/3 — Delta (Delta Air Lines)
- Delta Sky Club access via Amex Platinum or Delta Reserve — T3 club is the larger of the two
- T2 and T3 are connected airside post-security; T3 has better food (Cassell's, ink.sack)
- Delta uses gates 20-32 in T2 and 31B-37 in T3 for LAS departures
LAS Terminal 1 — Southwest, Spirit, Frontier, JetBlue (Southwest Airlines, Spirit, Frontier)
- Skip the slot machines; head straight to baggage claim at level 0 — Lyft/Uber pickup is on the 2M parking deck
- Rental cars require a 5-7 minute shuttle to the consolidated rental facility (off-airport)
- Sunday TSA outbound runs 35-50 minutes — PreCheck cuts it to under 10
💡 Insider tips: Los Angeles to Las Vegas
Burbank beats LAX for anyone north of Mid-WilshireMubboo original data
BUR-LAS on Southwest prices identically to LAX-LAS but saves 45-70 minutes door-to-door for travelers in the Valley, Hollywood, Pasadena, or Glendale. Burbank TSA clears in under 10 minutes even without PreCheck, parking runs $14/day versus LAX's $25-$45, and the terminal is one-story walk-on-walk-off. Southwest runs 6-8 daily BUR-LAS nonstops; check the calendar simultaneously with LAX and pick whichever clears cheaper on your dates.
Book Southwest as two one-ways, not a round trip
Southwest's pricing engine treats each direction as a separate ticket — booking as two one-ways gives you independent flexibility to cancel or change either leg without affecting the other. Combined with Southwest's no-change-fee policy and transferable flight credits, this approach lets you rebook a single leg when fares drop without canceling the entire trip. Set price alerts on both directions separately for 4-6 weeks before departure.
Sunday morning beats Sunday evening by $80-$140 for the returnMubboo original data
Sunday 7am-11am LAS-LAX fares run $89-$129; Sunday 4pm-9pm fares run $179-$249 on the same carriers. The early return adds 6-8 useful hours to your LA Sunday and saves enough to fund the next trip. Pair with a Saturday-night Strip dinner instead of Sunday brunch — Vegas brunch lines run 90+ minutes anyway. Set this as your default Vegas return pattern.
Spirit and Frontier carry-on fee is cheaper at the website than the airport
Add carry-on at booking ($45-$50) versus at the gate ($65-$99) on Spirit and Frontier. The gate-agent upcharge is the carrier's most aggressive fee, and the price gap widens every 6 months. If you absolutely must fly an ultra-low-cost carrier, commit to the carry-on at checkout — never gamble that a personal item will pass the sizer.
TSA PreCheck pays back in 2.4 trips for LA-Vegas regulars
At $78 for 5 years and 25-35 minutes saved per LAX trip, PreCheck breaks even on the 2nd-3rd trip for any traveler making the Vegas run twice a year. Global Entry ($120 for 5 years) includes PreCheck plus fast-lane US Customs — pick Global Entry if you have any international travel at all. Credit cards including Chase Sapphire Reserve and Amex Platinum reimburse the application fee, making it free.
👥 Who flies this route — and what they should know
Bachelor/bachelorette group of 8
Featured this monthRecommended: Southwest with EarlyBird Check-In, Friday late-morning out, Sunday evening back, group of 8. Eight travelers, formalwear in checked bags, group wants to sit together. Southwest is the only viable carrier here — two free bags per person saves $560-$1,120 across the group versus Spirit/Frontier, and EarlyBird ($15-$25 per person) lands the group in the A30-A45 boarding range to claim adjacent rows. Book as a group through Southwest's group desk for 10+ travelers; under 10 book individually with matching EarlyBird. Mubboo Pick: Southwest, EarlyBird, Friday 10am-noon departure. Friday late-morning beats Friday afternoon by $60-$120 per person and lands the group on the Strip by 2pm — enough runway for pool day before evening plans.
Weekend trip couple, Southwest loyalists
Recommended: Southwest Wanna Get Away Plus, Thursday late-morning out, Sunday morning back, LAX or BUR. This is the modal LA-Vegas trip — two travelers, one or two checked bags each, Strip hotel for two nights. Booking Thursday morning out (instead of Friday afternoon) saves $80-$140 round trip per person and lands you at the hotel by 1pm for early check-in attempts. Sunday 7am-10am return clears LAS TSA fast and gets you back to LA before noon. Mubboo Pick: Southwest with Wanna Get Away Plus — two free bags eliminate $140 in fees versus Spirit, same-day standby gives flexibility if you want an earlier Sunday flight, and Rapid Rewards earnings build toward Companion Pass. Skip Friday 3-7pm departures and Sunday evening returns at all costs.
Solo budget traveler, 48-hour Vegas trip
Recommended: Spirit bare fare with personal item only, Tuesday or Wednesday departure, LAX-LAS. When the trip is 48-72 hours, you're packing one backpack, and total budget needs to land under $400 including hotel, Spirit's $39-$59 base fare wins. Realized cost with seat auto-assignment runs $79-$99 round trip — half of Southwest's $149-$179 floor. Accept the 4.8% cancellation risk: book a refundable hotel and have a backup Greyhound/FlixBus option ($35-$55, 5.5 hours) if Spirit melts down. Mubboo Pick: Spirit Tuesday-Wednesday only — never Friday or Sunday. The disruption-day cost on a peak day exceeds the savings.
Status-chasing business traveler
Recommended: Delta Main Cabin or Comfort+, Monday 6am-8am out, Tuesday evening back, LAX-LAS. Conference and trade-show travel to Vegas is where Delta earns its premium. 83% on-time and 0.9% cancellation rate mean you make your 10am keynote with confidence. Comfort+ ($30-$50 upcharge) lets you actually sleep on a 6am departure. Delta Amex Reserve waives the $35 checked-bag fee and earns Medallion Qualifying Dollars on every segment. Mubboo Pick: Delta with Delta Reserve Amex — the combination of lounge access, free bag, and MQD earning beats Southwest for any traveler chasing Platinum or Diamond Medallion.
⚖️ Flight delayed or canceled?
US DOT 3-hour tarmac delay rule requires airlines to offer deplaning at 3 hours on domestic flights. Cancellations and significant delays (3+ hours) entitle you to a full refund — not a voucher — per October 2024 DOT rules. No automatic cash compensation exists for US domestic delays (unlike EU261 for European flights). Southwest, Delta, and American typically rebook on next available flight; Spirit and Frontier offer credit but no interline rebooking. Travel insurance with trip-interruption coverage pays back hotel and event costs when delays cause missed bookings.
What Travelers Are Saying About Las Vegas
Based on recent discussions from r/travel, r/flights, and las vegas community subreddits • Updated May 2026
⚠️ Common Concerns
- r/vegas, r/LasVegas · 5 posts
Iconic Las Vegas establishments and buffets are closing, diminishing the city's unique character
— “Corporate greed replaced the soul of Vegas”
- r/LasVegas · 2 posts
Hotels are charging guests for minibar items they never consumed
— “Scammed hundreds for untouched champagne bottles”
- r/vegas · 2 posts
Tourism numbers have dropped significantly amid economic uncertainty
— “Visitor numbers fell to five year low”
- r/vegas · 2 posts
Health and safety concerns emerge at luxury hotels with disease outbreaks
— “Deadly lung disease cases at five star properties”
- r/vegas · 2 posts
Public transit becomes less accessible with fare increases and route eliminations
— “Bus fares rise fifty percent airport route removed”
💡 Trending Tips
- r/LasVegas · 2 posts
Check your hotel folio carefully at checkout to catch unauthorized minibar charges
— “Review charges before leaving to avoid scams”
Themes synthesized from public Reddit discussions. Quotes are paraphrased — never copied verbatim.
Frequently asked questions about Los Angeles to Las Vegas flights
Gate-to-gate flight time is 70-80 minutes, with most carriers blocking 75 minutes. Wheels-up to wheels-down is closer to 50-55 minutes. Add 90-120 minutes for LAX security, boarding, and deplaning, and another 15-25 minutes for the Lyft or rideshare to the Strip. Total door-to-door from central LA averages 3.5-4 hours — only marginally faster than driving I-15 without traffic.
Flights from Los Angeles
🎟️ Things to do in Las Vegas
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Las Vegas Strip Self-Drive Rental
Researched by Mubboo Editorial Team · Reviewed by Richard Lee, Founder
Prices from Aviasales. Seasonal advice updated: May 2026 · Last editorial review: 2026-05-21 · Government info: travel.state.gov
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