$772 Find Cheap Flights from Melbourne to South America

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Cheap Flights from Melbourne to South America

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Bogotá
Bogotá2 stops$2,111
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires2 stops$1,905
Lima
Lima1 stop$1,807
Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo1 stop$2,081
Medellín
Medellín3 stops$1,979
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro1 stop$2,033
Montevideo
Montevideo1 stop$1,982
Quito
Quito3 stops$2,273
Cali
Cali2 stops$3,474
Cartagena
Cartagena2 stops$2,166
Cusco
Cusco1 stop$2,256
Mendoza
Mendoza1 stop$2,161
Guayaquil
Guayaquil2 stops$2,264
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte2 stops$2,280
Bogotá
Bogotá2 stops$2,111
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires2 stops$1,905
Lima
Lima1 stop$1,807
Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo1 stop$2,081
Medellín
Medellín3 stops$1,979
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro1 stop$2,033
Montevideo
Montevideo1 stop$1,982
Quito
Quito3 stops$2,273
Cali
Cali2 stops$3,474
Cartagena
Cartagena2 stops$2,166
Cusco
Cusco1 stop$2,256
Mendoza
Mendoza1 stop$2,161
Guayaquil
Guayaquil2 stops$2,264
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte2 stops$2,280

Book Cheap Melbourne to South America Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Melbourne to South America 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Melbourne to South America

Wed, 18 Feb - Thu, 19 Mar
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07:25 - 09:50
MEL
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SCL
16h 25m
1 stop
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01:20 - 05:25
SCL
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MEL
14h 05mdirect
$1,739Multiple Airlines
Fri, 1 May - Mon, 29 Jun
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12:00 - 10:45
MEL
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SCL
12h 45mdirect
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01:05 - 05:40
SCL
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MEL
14h 35mdirect
$1,744LATAM Airlines
Thu, 12 Feb - Mon, 16 Feb
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12:30 - 11:10
MEL
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SCL
12h 40mdirect
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01:20 - 05:25
SCL
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MEL
14h 05mdirect
$1,746LATAM Airlines
Wed, 10 Jun - Wed, 19 Aug
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12:00 - 10:45
MEL
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SCL
12h 45mdirect
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01:05 - 05:40
SCL
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MEL
14h 35mdirect
$1,751LATAM Airlines
Fri, 13 Feb - Thu, 26 Feb
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12:30 - 11:10
MEL
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SCL
12h 40mdirect
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01:20 - 05:25
SCL
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MEL
14h 05mdirect
$1,752LATAM Airlines
Wed, 22 Apr - Tue, 5 May
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12:00 - 10:45
MEL
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SCL
12h 45mdirect
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01:35 - 10:35
SCL
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MEL
19h 00m
1 stop
$1,755LATAM Airlines
Wed, 22 Apr - Tue, 5 May
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12:00 - 10:45
MEL
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SCL
12h 45mdirect
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01:05 - 05:40
SCL
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MEL
14h 35mdirect
$1,765LATAM Airlines
Fri, 24 Apr - Thu, 7 May
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12:00 - 10:45
MEL
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SCL
12h 45mdirect
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01:05 - 05:40
SCL
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MEL
14h 35mdirect
$1,766LATAM Airlines
Sat, 25 Apr - Sat, 9 May
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08:00 - 10:30
MEL
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SCL
16h 30m
1 stop
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12:15 - 22:45
SCL
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MEL
20h 30m
1 stop
$1,768Multiple Airlines
Wed, 18 Feb - Tue, 23 Jun
LATAM Airlines Logo
12:00 - 10:40
MEL
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SCL
12h 40mdirect
LATAM Airlines Logo
01:05 - 05:40
SCL
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MEL
14h 35mdirect
$1,776LATAM Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Melbourne to South America flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Melbourne to South America to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Melbourne to South America flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to South America from Melbourne found in the last 72 hours was to Santiago, at $1,515 return. The most popular route is from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Santiago (SCL), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,515.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne to South America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne to South America, 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 Melbourne to South America is March, when tickets cost $1,609 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of return tickets is $3,051 and $2,575 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Melbourne to South America?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Melbourne to South America, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Melbourne to South America, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 28% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

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FAQs - booking South America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne to South America?

    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 Melbourne to South America.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Melbourne to South America?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Melbourne to South America 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 Melbourne to South America?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Melbourne to South America with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Melbourne to South America?

    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 from Melbourne to South America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Melbourne to South America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Melbourne to South America? 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.
8.0
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 223 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.4Food
Airline reviews

Ticketing said dinner for the almost 14 hour flight and we were delayed an hour. However, onboard we were only served a sluce if pizza bread and a cookie. Not at all dinner and insufficient for a long international flight. Breakfast was good.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
DFW - NAN
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Ticketing said dinner for the almost 14 hour flight and we were delayed an hour. However, onboard we were only served a sluce if pizza bread and a cookie. Not at all dinner and insufficient for a long international flight. Breakfast was good.

We have had an absolutely horrific experience so far getting home from Australia on a $18,000 + flight we booked with you. The flight did not deplane in Dallas because there was no available gate or staircase. We sat in the plane for 3 hours waiting to deplane. As a result we missed our connecting flight to New York. American Airlines put us up in a hotel several miles away. We waited 45 minutes for a shuttle and The shuttle driver was horribly rude and unhelpful. They offered us $70 vouchers for food but actually there was no food left when we arrived minus some chicken nuggets and corn dogs. It was awful. Horrible way to end a vacation. There has to be accountability here.

A bit cramped in economy and the people in front wouldn’t put their seats up during meal service, crew did not help with that and I felt they could have done more about it.

The airline is ok, but it needs to improve it schedules.

Again, Fijian hospitality was genuine, very comfortable, only improvement would be the entertainment. Why Do they only have 5 episodes of TV shows and from like season three...

Fiji Airways was amazing, will definately be lfying them again. The "Fijian hospitality" is not a catch phrase, it is genuine. the only things that could be improved is the entertainment. Not a great choice of movies, and the TV shows only have about 5 or so episodes, and often of a random season.

They will look to squeeze every penny they can out of you!! Pick your seat$$...bring luggage$$$$... if they could charge you for the air on the plane they would!!

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

In-flight entertainment options could use a refresh, Consider a tie-up with Spotify for more current music and with IMDB or other service for newer selections/movie ratings.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

We were not allowed to carry a bottle of water onto the 8 hour flight.

I like this airline a lot no problems at all, except being forced to check a carry-on bag ., Overall very good airline

Latam may be the worst airline in the world, far worse than even the lowest of low cost airlines in the USA. I wasted hours trying to PAY THEM TO CHECK A BAG! Then they misled me at the terminal, sent me through the wrong security line, the list goes on and on... Just absolutely terrible in every way. Avoid at all costs.

Poor, the airline was not able to help me move flights.

The way the Pilot made all announcements, specially the way he congratulated the entire crew as the best team ever, making a comment that due to them they were able to shorter the delay to the destination. Amazing flight .

Poor handling of carry on luggage. We had a 8 hour stop in Santiago, are over 70 and, in spite of paying full fare they wanted to send carry on to luggage hold. No empathy. We had to show that several group 4/5 passengers were not sending their carry ons before they finally let Is keep them. Very poor .

Just to drop my already labeled bag it took 50 minutes inline. Completely disappointed with Latam operation at GRU

I never got this flight. You sent me to Chile!!! And from Chile I got the other flight to São Paulo... I've arrived 7h latter than I was supposed to arrive because of Delta delays.

Because the flight was late, we lost the connection to Brazil. You, Delta delayed, and you Delta anticipated the door closing in 15 min from Miami to GRU. Why? It caused a lot of stress! I almost could not see my mother in law alive because of your delay.

The boarding and new bag drop-off process was confusing and causing massive delays.

Hard to move and get out of my seat when the passenger in front is in recline position.

It was a good flight and no complaints. It just wasn't anything that was better than any other flight.

The crew were wonderful - if only the customers were as well behaved as the attendants!! Ha ha! If you could just talk to God and ask for less turbulence next time.... Juuuuust kidding....

Flight was canceled. I was not alerted. It was only kayak that alerted me

Flight was 2.5 hours late leaving. We spent 50 minutes of that sitting on the plane with no explanation. They did reduce the time in the air so we arrived a little less late which was something. The cheese and crackers were okay but the wine was terrible.

Excellent as always, I won't fly to Australia, and back to the US on any other airline. The flight crew is always top notch, and have a way to make one feel extra special. Thank you for your service, I would rate Qantas Airways a 10+.

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

No internet on flight, which makes log travels really hard.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

The flight crew where really good. Better then the crew from BNE to SFO

It was good but only meal served is very less. Meantime good to add rice and chicken in one of meal

It was great with United overall except for two things. 1) It was a 5-hour flight and we were with kids, so we were asking for extra snacks. They were extremely reticent to dole them out even though there wasn't any meal and the kids were starting to hit their limit towards the end. 2) Baggage didn't arrive until 80 minutes after we landed.

The Crew and the food was the worst I ever had in Business Class. First they told us there were no space for carry on. It was plenty of space over our 2 row seats, we had to ask to let us travel with it which was accepted. They were aware that we had to run for the connection due to the previous flight delay. Have us one hour waiting for more customers and not even offer a glass of water. Then started the service and they started to serve other passengers drinks in business and did not offer any drinks until they serve our pre ordered meal and I ask for something to drink. I had to wait until they finished to serve all passengers until Inget something. The crew was the worts I ever had for Business Class in my life.

Very bad! They kept delaying my flight and wouldn’t do anything about it

Ot was overall fine. Left on time and had basic snacks. Weather was finicky but that’s not the airlines fault.

This was an older airplane. The cabin was constantly warm to hot throughout the 10 hour flight and there were no vents to personalize air flow. Also since it was an older plane, the material and comfort of the chairs were very uncomfortable. I left my flight with major soreness on my tailbone.

Very thoughtful flight attendant offered me water immediately since I had run to make my connection.

Flight was delayed only slightly before takeoff due to traffic control. However, the flight arrived early to ORD. Good flight. United has been very reliable for me.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

There were no TV screens - even in Business class. 5 delays, and only given $12 meal voucher! Terrible!

Flight was late and boarding was confusing because gate changed and I didn’t get a notification

The experience with American Airlines was good, although the Philippines Airlines flight was much better (better seats, better food, better entertainment options, overall better). Again, the MIA to LAX flight was fine, but nothing in comparison to the comfort and accommodations of the Philippines Airlines flight from LAX to MNL.

We loved the steward on the plane. He made the night enjoyable

Flight delay was communicated before leaving for airport which caused it to be a non-event. Great flight and crew!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

Pathetic check in experience once again. Not enough staff scheduled at bag drop or for special assistance at LHR. Really need to rethink the whole self check in procedure. The crew was good. A very decent selection of special meals in this leg as compared to the JFK-LHR leg.

Everything was great except British airways lost our luggage that was gate checked all the way through to Italy. No one knows currently where one is and the other one may be in route to Amsterdam to meet us but not sure. If you can Hale’s it would be awesome. The website is not helpful.

Wonderful as usual except for other guests that were unruly and not kept in check by the Crew.

We kept being told that the flight was full and that all overhead compartments were full and therefore had to check in our hand luggage. We were some of the last people to board and noticed that there was still sufficient space in the overhead compartments. We were obliged to check in hand luggage when there was space and so had to wait at luggage retrieval which took a while to then noticed damage to our luggage - not a great experience!

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