New York to Tel Aviv is a long-haul US–Israel route with nonstop award seats on El Al, Delta, and American Airlines. It's priced by 11 programs, and the cheapest economy award is 20,000 points via Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. That spread of programs is the opportunity: identical seats often price differently from one to the next, so compare before transferring a single point. This page lines up every program on JFK–TLV in one place.
SnapshotLive award availability and points prices between New York and Tel Aviv.
OverviewNew York to Tel Aviv is served by Eurowings Discover, Aegean Airlines, American Airlines and 31 more, offering multiple options for award travelers. Compare 11 loyalty programs to find the best value for your points. Award prices start from 20,000 points in economy. Use our search tool to check real-time award availability on this route.
Award pricing can vary by airline, cabin, loyalty program, travel season, and transfer partner. For this route, the best value often comes from comparing multiple programs instead of searching one airline at a time.
RouteRoughly 5,670 miles separate New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport (TLV), so a nonstop spends about 11h55 in the air, a little more or less depending on winds and direction. Nonstop award space in the data comes from El Al, Delta, and American Airlines. The Airbus A330-900neo appears on some of those nonstop award segments. Nonstops make up only about 3% of the award options in the data; the rest connect.
PricingBest one-way award prices per airline over the next 12 months.
| Airline | Economy | Premium economy | Business | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air France | 20,000 pts | 60,000 pts | 90,000 pts | N/A |
| Scandinavian AirlinesBest | 30,000 pts | 45,000 pts | 60,000 pts | N/A |
| American Airlines | 40,000 pts | 62,500 pts | 70,000 pts | N/A |
| British Airways | 40,000 pts | 62,500 pts | 70,000 pts | N/A |
| Etihad Airways | 40,000 pts | N/A | 70,000 pts | 239,376 pts |
| Iberia | 40,000 pts | 104,200 pts | N/A | N/A |
| Eurowings | 42,500 pts | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Lufthansa | 42,500 pts | N/A | 75,000 pts | N/A |
| Singapore Airlines | 42,500 pts | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| El Al | 43,500 pts | 68,000 pts | 114,500 pts | N/A |
Live award pricing from Flightpoints data, computed 9/5/2026. Prices vary by date and availability.
StrategySettle the cabin before the program: on a long-haul trip like New York–Tel Aviv, it moves the price most. Saving points means connecting: the economy floor connects once, and an economy nonstop on any of the three carriers costs more. Watch the cash on the cheapest economy seat: about $175 in taxes and fees, well above the route's typical economy taxes, so more points and less cash can win. Measured against economy, premium economy is about 2.3 times the points and business about triple.
AvailabilityWhen award seats between New York and Tel Aviv price cheapest over the next year.
ProgramsVirgin Atlantic Flying Club takes economy at 20,000 points. SAS EuroBonus is cheapest in premium economy at 45,000 points and business class at 60,000. Etihad Guest lists first class from 239,376 points, but the fare connects, which usually means first on one leg only; read every segment. The other eight programs include United MileagePlus, Air France-KLM Flying Blue, and American AAdvantage.
Airlines14 airlines with award seats between New York and Tel Aviv, nonstop or connecting.
AirlinesNew York–Tel Aviv draws nonstop award space from two alliances: Delta (SkyTeam) and American Airlines (oneworld), plus El Al. Partner programs in both alliances can each book a nonstop. For connecting options, the better-priced awards in the data connect in Frankfurt, Paris, and Madrid. The lowest economy award here is a SkyTeam partner booking: Air France seats through Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Details~5,670 miles; ~11h55 nonstop (approximate). Tel Aviv runs 7 hours ahead of New York (6 for a few weeks around the spring and autumn clock changes). Award data window: October 2026–August 2027, with calendar prices for ten months. Of the well-covered ones, January and February 2027 are the cheapest (20,000 points); pricier months include October 2026, November 2026, and May 2027 (30,000–40,000).
TipsInsider moves that consistently unlock cheaper award seats.
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AlternativesFrom the New York side, Newark (EWR) prices higher at 29,750 points in economy versus the 20,000-point floor, so keep it for dates when JFK is sold out; LaGuardia (LGA) starts at 40,000. Newark also logs nonstop flights to Tel Aviv in the data. If the destination is open, New York to Barcelona prices from 9,500 points at last check.
Search live award availability across every airline and program that flies this route.
Common questions travelers ask about the New York to Tel Aviv route.
At last check, economy starts at 20,000 points one-way through Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, with one stop. There are 11 programs pricing this route, and the cheapest isn't always the obvious one. The pricing table above shows each cabin's low at last check.
