Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Melbourne
Low season |
June | Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price. |
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High season |
December | Most popular time to fly with an average 13% increase in price. |
Average price round-trip |
$292 | (avg. price over the last 2 weeks) |
Good deal round-trip |
$177 | or less |
Good deal one-way |
$85 | or less |
Delta, American Airlines and KLM have all waived their change and cancellation fees on flights from Melbourne to the United States. Confirm policies on booking site.
Delta does not allow booking a middle seat on flights from Melbourne to the United States.
Flights to Atlanta | 1h 33m |
The cheapest ticket to the United States from Melbourne found in the last 72 hours was $102 one-way, and $172 round-trip. The most popular route is from Melbourne to Atlanta, and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $119.
Air France flies most frequently to Atlanta from Melbourne. In general, Aeromexico, Delta and Korean Air fly the most to the United States.
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers, 2 years of age or older (including US citizens and transit passenger) must present a negative COVID-19 viral or antigen test result issued 72 hours prior to departure or have a proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days prior to boarding the plane.
Exemptions or waiver to the testing requirements may be granted by the CDC on an extremely limited basis when emergency travel (like an emergency medical evacuation) must occur to preserve someone’s life, health against a serious danger, or physical safety and testing cannot be completed before travel.
US citizens and permanent residents arriving from the UK must present a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test result issued within 72 hours prior to departure.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers are advised to get tested 3-5 days after travel and stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days after travel. Even if they test negative, they must still stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days. If the test is positive, isolate to protect others from getting infected.
Travelers who did not get tested, are advised to stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
There are currently 1,095 active cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in US and 0 deaths as of Feb 24 2021
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Pros: "Delayed, packed, bought a sandwich! Good sandwiches!"
Cons: "Packed and delayed"
Pros: "No surprises. On time. Courteous. I suppose the most amazing thing is their app. It tells you when your bags get on! Also I forgot that I had a knife in my pocket. I ran back to the desk and she went back, found my bag, put the knife in there. Wow. What service. Also I notice that Atlanta is a lot nicer than it use to be. Attendants are more friendly and loading is more organized. Way to go Delta."
Pros: "I loved the flight attendants and the desk staff everyone was so friendly and made me want to travel delta again."
Cons: "Delta doesn’t offer military spouses free checked bags and I found this out at the airport. It was disheartening, but at least it’s Delta and not the airline that is supposed to represent America."
Pros: "It’s become a mediocre airline."
Cons: "Everything."
Pros: "Delta planes are typically nice and clean"
Cons: "Flight was delayed multiple times."
Pros: "Quick, efficient, affordable!"
Cons: "Delta’s computer system was down. Long wait at the counter even though I did web check-in."
Pros: "Delta siempre excelente servicio al cliente."
Pros: "The snack was nice."
Cons: "Both ATL-SGF and SGF-ATL flights got cancelled, requiring 2 overnight stays in Atlanta, including Christmas morning."
Pros: "The flights were smooth, it was an easy process"
Pros: "Be nice if the first plane had worked. Almost one hour late leaving ATL."
Cons: "Slow Wifi."
Cons: "the short connection screwed me"
Cons: "Temperature was too cold"
Pros: "On time departure and arrival. The Airbus plane has enough legroom for tall persons."
Cons: "Felt like I was sitting in my neighbors lap!"
Cons: "There was no gluten free snack option."
Pros: "Smooth and on time boarding,early arrival, comfortable flight."
Pros: "Crew and landing were fantastic"
Pros: "Helpful, and kind"
Cons: "Na"
Pros: "That I was able to sit next to my husband"
Cons: "Everything else."
Pros: "Everything went as I had expected it to, and as I hoped it would. Delta was super on both legs of the journey to Philadelphia."
Pros: "Kayak tells u the baggage claim and the new gAtes"
Pros: "On Tim and friendly"
Pros: "Everything went smoothly."
Pros: "Easy"
Cons: "Guests with no overhead luggage should be able to exit first."
Cons: "It was announced that there would be lunch shortly after takeoff and then a snack about 2 hours before landing. The lunch was ok, but then the snack (multiple small items) was offered about 4 hours before landing and then an additional snack (mini pot pie) was offered about 2 hrs before landing. This is too much action for people who are trying to get some sleep. Also, abrupt and hard landing."
Pros: "Airport is clean and easy to to use. TSA easy to go through. No lines. Boarding was easy with no issues. On-time"
Pros: "Newer plane with movies."
Cons: "Airlines pack you on so tight."
Pros: "I liked watching movies."
Pros: "The almonds and Fresca"
Pros: "All went smoothly ."
Cons: "N/an/a"
Pros: "The boarding agents were especially helpful and friendly to my disabled wife, travelling in a wheelchair."
Pros: "Staff were awesome. Give them a raise."
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "It was smooth sailing all the way"
Cons: "The people sitting next to me thinking my space was his space too"
Cons: "Food"
Pros: "The fact that there were no delays!"
Cons: "Nothing"
Cons: "727 modern plane free movie free Wi-Fi"
Pros: "Customer services"
Pros: "Who could ask for more?"
Cons: "N/A"
Pros: "once we left Ewr everything went smooth"
Cons: "Late taking off. had to hurry to catch final leg"
Pros: "Very nice do to Delta employees."
Pros: "The plane was not so new or good"
Cons: "The plane and the atention"
Pros: "Excellent infotainment system"
Cons: "45 min queue to take-off"
Pros: "Promptness"
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "Everyone was very efficient and friendly."
Cons: "The microphone needs to be louder. It was very hard to hear."
Cons: "Was next to crying child. I do understand crying children. But I should have footed a free glass of rose."
Pros: "Complimentary wine and beer but no food! Entertainment pretty good."
Cons: "No food even for sale and no internet"
Cons: "Ticket was never issued."
Pros: "I loved the movie options, It really made it a great experience."
Pros: "No blankets no entertainment"
Pros: "Very attentive.. good service.."
Cons: "Seats to tight.."
Cons: "The seats."
Cons: "Even though I presented a valid handicap sticker to the front desk, they treated me as though I was some kid who stole it from my grandma or something when I asked to board early. The steward was rude and pushy. I asked a question and he acted as though I was bothering him."
Pros: "Very comfortable. Each seat had its own monitor with lots of entertainment options."
Pros: "Overall good service."
Pros: "Boarded in a timely manner."
Cons: "Poor seating and lost my bag."
Pros: "Not much"
Cons: "The luggage transfer from customs to the Miami LAX flt. was not clearly explained . I had to wait in line to recheck the luggage to LAX, the wait cut the time to lax flt departure forcing me to sprint over to gate 48 all the way across the airport.(about 1 mile.)"
Pros: "Quick, efficient"
Cons: "No food."
Pros: "Individual view screen"
Cons: "Small seat"
Pros: "Good friendly service. Flights were on time."
Pros: "Easy, smooth."
Cons: "Taking a bus to the Tom Bradley terminal"
Pros: "good timing"
Cons: "Austrailia not accepting global pass ? or is it Quantis"
Pros: "YYC is a nice airport. I have found I like Canadian's more then Americans when it come to air travel."
Cons: "LAX is not a convenient airport at all."
Pros: "Entertainment!"
Cons: "The drink was terrible, hot tea"
Pros: "No in seat entertainment"
Cons: "Need more food options to purchase"
Pros: "Vegetarian meal was actually good!"
Cons: "They didn’t give me ice cream :("
Pros: "Friendly service"
Cons: "The service was mediocre and the food was horrible! It made me sick!"
Cons: "You better hope you don't have a short connection. Sacramento fails to allow you direct access between the A and B terminals. You have to leave and hunt for the other building through the parking garage with no guidance and then go back through security. Unacceptable!"
Pros: "I liked the entertainment. The pilot was witty and funky"
Cons: "AC was kinda warm. I was very uncomfortable. I actually was sweating."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "All. Disappointed to see Etihad airlines declining so rapidly. What used to be my preferred airlines, not anymore and definitely can predict the downfall."
Pros: "Smooth ride, easy security"
Pros: "Thank you and keep up the great work"
Cons: "My seat was broken"
Pros: "I loved that kayak grouped all my flights together into one easily accessible travel guide. The convenience of it all helped me out tremendously during my first visit to Japan. Overall a wonderful experience!"
Cons: "Absolutely nothing."
Cons: "Seats and food"
Pros: "i loved everything but there should be more variety of food and snacks"
Cons: "nothing"
Pros: "Please help me find my bags"
Cons: "The fact they lost my bags"
Cons: "The seats are hard although spacious for a 3 set row."
Pros: "Pilot was very friendly"
Cons: "Seats were very uncomfortable"
Pros: "The seat I was given was very comfortable Entertainment was good selection"
Cons: "Food was cardboard, not terribly exciting, the cold air was too much and then it became it really warm - not sure what that was"
Pros: "on-time, very organized, fast checkin"
Cons: "cramp leg space"
Cons: "Nothing"
Cons: "Internet was out. Table was tilted and could not be level for drinks. Out of, or No cover sheet for protection for toiler seat. Result of : Management and Union"
Cons: "Delays"
Pros: "We're hustling and hard working."
Cons: "Having to fly from Hawaii back to lax to fly to Australia."
Pros: "Everything went smoothly"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "I felt like cattle. Horrible for long haul flights."
Pros: "The OJ."
Cons: "How come COPA airlines can afford serving meals??"
Pros: "Everything"
Cons: "good"
Pros: "Biscoff!"
Cons: "lack of ent. options"
Pros: "We boarded on time and arrived early. What more can ya ask for? Fairly easy ride. Free entertainment on board, movies and shows! Awesome."
Cons: "The speaker that the pilot used was static-y, hard to understand. No free wifi option. Rough landing."
Pros: "Our experience was very smooth. We appreciate all the work that went into making this a pleasant experience for all of us."
Airlines flying from Melbourne have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Melbourne
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Melbourne
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Melbourne
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Melbourne
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Melbourne