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Find cheap flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu from £478

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu departing on 3/9. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu (LHR-BKI)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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21:20 - 00:30LHR-BKI
20h 10m1 stop
01:30 - 18:40BKI-LHR
24h 10m1 stop
£500China Eastern
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Sun, 12 May - Wed, 15 May
21:20 - 00:30LHR-BKI
20h 10m1 stop
01:30 - 18:40BKI-LHR
24h 10m1 stop
£614China Eastern
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Sun, 12 May - Tue, 14 May
22:10 - 18:20LHR-BKI
37h 10m1 stop
19:20 - 19:10BKI-LHR
30h 50m1 stop
£663China Southern
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Sun, 26 May - Sun, 2 Jun
15:35 - 14:40LHR-BKI
40h 05m2 stops
23:20 - 17:25BKI-LHR
25h 05m2 stops
Sun, 15 Sep - Sun, 29 Sep
09:45 - 11:55LHR-BKI
43h 10m2 stops
21:45 - 16:35BKI-LHR
25h 50m1 stop
Sun, 12 May - Wed, 15 May
22:10 - 18:20LHR-BKI
37h 10m1 stop
19:20 - 18:05BKI-LHR
53h 45m2 stops
£750China Southern
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Sun, 26 May - Sun, 2 Jun
21:55 - 00:40LHR-BKI
19h 45m2 stops
05:20 - 18:00BKI-LHR
19h 40m2 stops
£759Qatar Airways
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Tue, 3 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
21:35 - 00:40LHR-BKI
20h 05m1 stop
05:20 - 16:35BKI-LHR
18h 15m1 stop
£800Malaysia Airlines
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Sun, 15 Sep - Sun, 29 Sep
11:00 - 11:55LHR-BKI
17h 55m1 stop
05:20 - 16:35BKI-LHR
18h 15m1 stop
£807Malaysia Airlines
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Tue, 3 Sep - Mon, 30 Sep
09:00 - 14:15LHR-BKI
22h 15m2 stops
16:20 - 07:30BKI-LHR
22h 10m2 stops
£978Qatar Airways
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Sun, 12 May - Thu, 16 May

Flights from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

The average price of all flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Kota Kinabalu, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu is January, where tickets cost £778 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of tickets is £1,123 and £1,121 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 68 days before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu

Low season

June

High season

January

Cheapest flight

£478
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu

When to book flights from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu was £598 for a one-way ticket and £625 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    When flying out of London Heathrow Airport you will be using London Heathrow. You will be landing at Kota Kinabalu, also known as Kota Kinabalu.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between London Heathrow Airport and Kota Kinabalu, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from London to Kota Kinabalu, Qatar Airways or China Southern?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from London to Kota Kinabalu are Qatar Airways and China Southern. With an average price for the route of £1,094 and an overall rating of 7.7, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. China Southern is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £609 and an overall rating of 7.7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Kota Kinabalu from London Heathrow Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Kota Kinabalu with an airline and back to London Heathrow Airport with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Kota Kinabalu from London Heathrow Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from London to Kota Kinabalu. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Heathrow to Kota Kinabalu? 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.
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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1479 reviews
8.1comfort
8.4boarding
8.7crew
7.8food
8.2entertainment
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Good flight. Fiod was ready a bit late hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

10.0 ExcellentYM, Apr 2024SIN - KUL
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Good flight. Fiod was ready a bit late hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

Excellent meal served with real utensils, cardboard served hot meals instead of plastic utensils and plastic covers. Quick service, friendly and accommodating stewards.

All in all the flight was good. Love the fact that for airline food it was piping hot

Awesome as always. I wish though the cabin for premium was upgraded.... Same old sane old :(

It was a great flight Food was great Crew was spectacular

They made me check my carry on even though there was room We un boarded in a strange way but overall it was good

In general good, but the machine seems to be long in operation and some functions were restricted as e. g. Adjusting of seats.

It seems paying premium economy does not make difference with economy. No priority boarding, not worthy paying extra$$$ for premium economy.

Every thing was fine. Some ild classical Hindi movies should be add

The premium economy seats were not that great. It could have been more premium than economy seats.

I staff or crew they were very friendly and humbly, they done theirs service very well, I appreciate them and thank you to the company or Qatar 🇶🇦 Government for providing as good service in their flight ,once again, thank you 😊 🙏 😀 😉 👍

I found it weird that the quality of the flight different from Australia to Doha than the Doha to Berlin leg. The quality of the toiletries pack (was in a box from Australia) and then a proper bag from Doha. The biggest variation was the inflight entertainment, which had a significantly shorter amount of content compared to the Doha flight. My QSuite seat was also broken and did not recline all the way flat. Wasn’t the best and I wouldn’t be happy if I’d paid cash for the flight.

From Montreal to Doha , we habe two complaints : 1) They want to charge for Seat Selection, claiming that the Class of ticket bought on Kayak did not cover seat selection. It such a penny pinching rule, I told them, since we paid almost $20,000 our 3 tickets , that rule should never exist. Also I reserved my tickets so many months ahead, I expected they will naturally put the family together or move somebody else to keep our family seating together. I filed a complaint, and NOBODY ANSWERED. 2) In Montreal, Qatar has an arrangement with the National Bank Lounge. It was so overcrowded and the Lounge is so bad in terms of service and food, amenities etc... The WORST lounge . Why Qatar not have another arrangement their Business Class clients in Montreal. The Air France KLM Lounger is better, the Air Canada Lounge is better. Qatar should send somebody to take a look ! Joseph Chung

The crew was fantastic and the over flight was perfect as well.

I had already opted for Vegan food before 2 months yet they say we have no record for it,

I liked the overall service and comfort. The only annoying thing was paying for excess baggage at the airport. They have limited options and they don't take all cards.

Was required to print a boarding pass, which I'd prefer to avoid. Seat (economy x) was comfortable, service was excellent.

Crews are very rude and unhelpful. Cramped seats in economy. Foods are useless

Polite and helpful crew. My son developed fever. Crew members came and gave him medication and also came and enquired about his health several times.

Overall good but staff in the place looked extremely tired after 8hrs in 14 hrs journey and then service was cut short and response time for calls increased in later part of flight. Food was ok not astonishing

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

The cabin was quite noisy as there were lots of children travelling for the school holidays. Found the selection of movies limited.

The best so far coz this time it was all male steward on the economy cluster. They were polite, efficient & genuinely courteous. They do not judge you when you ask for more food & peanuts.

Delayed for 45 minutes. Don't know what's the issue. Other than that, food was not to my satisfaction. However it's okay.

My first course flight (Aor-Kul) was cancelled in the morning, and they asked me to board the night flight hence I need to transit overnight for the 2nd flight (Kul-Myy) that supposed to be on the same day. The overnight stay was not provided, (I'm traveling with my spouse, a daughter (5 y.o.) and an infant (2 months old). Hence I booked Sama Sama Hotel at my own expense (fortunately using my enrich miles points). Other than this issue, all services is good.

My experience with the flight was okay. My experience checking in was absolutely terrible. I was told I needed to change my e-ticket number to check in because I missed my flight in PDX. Even when shown the itinerary, they didn't budge and sent me to KLM across the airport. KLM wasn't open until 8pm and my flight was at 7:30pm. Nobody made accommodations in any way to get me to KUL. To add insult to injury, they rescheduled my flight to the very next day, creating a very long layover and did not offer any hotel stay. After this, even worse, I found out later they delayed the first 7:30pm flight to 9:10pm. Meaning, I could have still boarded but they refused to even try to get me on the plane. As a result, I missed a day of work and lost pay for the day. Also, when I went to get my luggage, it wasn't there. It was STILL in Singapore. They had from 5:30pm to 5am to get my luggage onto the plane and they still couldn't get that right. This is the worst experience I've had flying anywhere in the past decade I've been travelling.

Orange juice change to mineral water . Should keep the orange juice.

Entertainment system was too old, crew were unorganised during boarding

No recognition for one World Emerald member. I got row 1 in business class and it was pathetic. No leg space, cramped space, less recline

Legs space in the business class cabin is too small and pillow is dirty!

Great staff and food. Seats pretty uncomfortable but plenty of legroom. Entertainment system outdated.

The flight was cancelled without any reason. But the next flight to Shanghai has to be cancelled to pay penalty.

Gatwick London-Shanghai -Bangkok.. Would have liked entertainment screens, but I know these planes are not that new. Cheap flights at the time of booking, Emirates wanted double so you get what you paid for. I would fly again with them, but if Emirates was the same price I would go with them.

We were cutting it close on our connecting flight and notified all staff at departing gate and flight attendants. From the start, we were told to check in with the international transfer desk by everyone, except for one lady who wanted to argue the time difference that was already taken into account. We also asked if we could try to exit the plane first (our family of 4 and 8 others on the same connecting flight). They just told us to check in with international transfers. We landed and had very little time to make our next flight. We were not offered any assistance or communication to the receiving gate. We ran all the way to the international transfers gate only to be turned away. I think we could have made it if we were allowed to exit and a call was made to other check in counter. After that we spent 6 grueling hours with our kids trying to rebook a flight. No food of any type of compensation was offered besides a dirty hotel room. The ladies with China Eastern at the Shanghai International counter were rude an unhelpful. We were directed to 3 different counters and waited before they said they forgot about a hotel. It was a long, miserable day. I believe this could have all been avoided.

The landings were smooth . Being unable to check-in online was terribly stressful and the queue at Haneda exemely long. We paid extra for window seats and did not get them.

How do you run out of beer after one hour of a twelve hour flight?!

Flight was fine, however we were not able to check in online, this adds to travel stress. Luckily check-in at Heathrow was quick, but we did not get the seats we paid extra for. We paid for a window and 2 aisle seats from Shanghai to Tokyo leg, but they changed us to middle seats. Not good :(

You’re in the three parts of my life, the China Eastern air crew remembered and wish me happy birthday. I was given pastries on two different occasions and a complementary drink. The stew is wish me happy birthday and gave me a birthday card. Everything was first class. Thank you.

It was my birthday while I was on the flight on China eastern airlines. They celebrated my day by giving me a personalized birthday card and also a very delicious pastry. I was surprised and thankful by the China Eastern crew! The whole staff was kind and professional? My second flight into China and the most memorable! Thank you-

Couldn’t fly since they wouldn’t issue a boarding ticket. Something to do with not taking the departing flight since it was cancelled due to weather. No notice or anything about the trip being invalid. The app made it seem like I was all good for it. Never trusting travel agency

The flight was on-time and we landed safely! But - toilets were tiny The seats were thin and very uncomfortable My seat rest wouldn’t tilt back so massive back ache after a while - the button had been removed. Seat back pocket was ripped Food was inedible- we’d ordered asian vegetarian - shockingly bad. The interior fit out was like the plane was 40 hard years yet it was a 787. No wifi.. no exterior cameras like Emirates.

Poor selection of movies and entertainment options. Disappointing food options in business.

Either the PA system of Brunei International Airport is of poor quality, or the staff making the announcement was not clear is reading the announcement. The staff at the gate also did not further announce to the passengers with regards to the rows for boarding. On board, the crew was of little to nil help. The only times they were around were during takeoff, "distributing" food and landing. And even during those times they were just there to get "their" job done with little to nil interest to "serve" the customers/passengers. They did not request the passenger in front of us to put his seat up during takeoff, they did not request the passengers to put their seat up during mealtime. The capability of the crew has dropped significantly in comparison to the old times. The crew is in need of better training.

Pros: "All was good service, seating comfort and food.."
Cons: "Entertainment content can be more popular in terms of film and television programs"
Pros: "Everything was as expected. .sevice, food and seating was good not cramped. ."
Cons: "The seats can be a tadd hard after 14 hours.entertainment is good enough although film and other programs could be better served if if the content was more popular .."

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Cheapest flights to Kota Kinabalu from London found in 2024

Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from London to Kota Kinabalu found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/9Tue
2 stops
21h 50mLHR-BKI
£478
3/9Tue
1 stopChina Eastern
20h 10mLHR-BKI
£486
27/8Tue
2 stops
21h 35mLHR-BKI
£490
27/8Tue
1 stop
17h 55mLHR-BKI
£538
3/9Tue
3 stops
31h 50mLHR-BKI
£773

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from London to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next 10 days.
29/4Mon
multi-stopChina Eastern
18h 40mLHR-BKI
9/5Thu
multi-stopChina Eastern
24h 10mBKI-LHR
£741
29/4Mon
multi-stop
30h 05mLHR-BKI
9/5Thu
multi-stop
49h 00mBKI-LHR
£891
29/4Mon
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
18h 05mLHR-BKI
10/5Fri
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
18h 15mBKI-LHR
£930
29/4Mon
multi-stop
29h 20mLHR-BKI
10/5Fri
multi-stop
18h 15mBKI-LHR
£1,045
29/4Mon
multi-stop
35h 40mLHR-BKI
10/5Fri
multi-stop
38h 30mBKI-LHR
£1,129

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London Heathrow Airport - Kota Kinabalu Flights

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London Heathrow Airport (LHR)United Kingdom

Destination:

Kota Kinabalu (BKI)Malaysia

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