$127 Find Cheap Flights from New York to South America

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Cheap Flights from New York to South America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Lima
Lima1 stop$453
Bogotá
Bogotá2 stops$321
Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo1 stop$587
Santiago
Santiago1 stop$543
Cartagena
Cartagena1 stop$215
Quito
Quito1 stop$363
Guayaquil
Guayaquil1 stop$270
Cali
Cali2 stops$370
Cusco
Cusco3 stops$535
Georgetown
Georgetown1 stop$341
Pereira
Pereira2 stops$341
Montevideo
Montevideo2 stops$671
Barranquilla
Barranquilla1 stop$242
Santa Marta
Santa Marta2 stops$358
Asuncion
Asuncion1 stop$692
Lima
Lima1 stop$453
Bogotá
Bogotá2 stops$321
Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo1 stop$587
Santiago
Santiago1 stop$543
Cartagena
Cartagena1 stop$215
Quito
Quito1 stop$363
Guayaquil
Guayaquil1 stop$270
Cali
Cali2 stops$370
Cusco
Cusco3 stops$535
Georgetown
Georgetown1 stop$341
Pereira
Pereira2 stops$341
Montevideo
Montevideo2 stops$671
Barranquilla
Barranquilla1 stop$242
Santa Marta
Santa Marta2 stops$358
Asuncion
Asuncion1 stop$692

Book Cheap New York to South America Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New York 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 round-trip flight deals from New York to South America

Thu, Mar 12 - Thu, Mar 19
JetBlue Logo
5:55 am - 1:49 pm
JFK
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MDE
8h 54m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
1:25 pm - 12:19 am
MDE
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JFK
9h 54m
1 stop
$310JetBlue
Mon, Feb 23 - Fri, Feb 27
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:29 pm - 1:55 pm
JFK
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MDE
21h 26m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:50 pm - 3:29 pm
MDE
-
JFK
24h 39m
1 stop
$313Multiple Airlines
Wed, Feb 25 - Tue, Mar 3
JetBlue Logo
6:00 am - 2:45 pm
JFK
-
MDE
8h 45m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
2:25 pm - 10:46 pm
MDE
-
JFK
8h 21m
1 stop
$314JetBlue
Tue, Mar 31 - Thu, Apr 9
Avianca Logo
6:30 am - 10:55 am
JFK
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MDE
5h 25mnonstop
Avianca Logo
1:22 pm - 10:40 pm
MDE
-
JFK
8h 18m
1 stop
$315Avianca
Thu, Mar 19 - Sun, Mar 22
Avianca Logo
7:30 am - 3:30 pm
JFK
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MDE
9h 00m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
8:10 pm - 6:05 am
MDE
-
JFK
8h 55m
1 stop
$318Avianca
Wed, May 6 - Tue, May 12
American Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 9:02 pm
JFK
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GYE
15h 32m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:31 pm - 12:57 am
GYE
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JFK
9h 26m
1 stop
$342American Airlines
Sun, Mar 1 - Wed, Mar 4
American Airlines Logo
5:59 pm - 12:28 am
JFK
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GEO
5h 29mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
12:59 am - 5:59 am
GEO
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JFK
6h 00mnonstop
$343American Airlines
Fri, Feb 27 - Mon, Mar 2
LATAM Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 7:30 pm
JFK
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BOG
11h 00m
1 stop
LATAM Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 8:52 pm
BOG
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JFK
12h 17m
1 stop
$354LATAM Airlines
Thu, Mar 26 - Tue, Apr 14
LATAM Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 5:40 am
JFK
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GRU
22h 40m
1 stop
LATAM Airlines Logo
5:45 pm - 2:12 pm
GRU
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JFK
21h 27m
2 stops
$587LATAM Airlines
Tue, Mar 31 - Wed, Apr 8
Delta Logo
3:20 pm - 8:00 pm
JFK
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GRU
27h 40m
2 stops
Delta Logo
7:30 am - 12:45 am
GRU
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JFK
18h 15m
2 stops
$592Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for New York to South America flights

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

What is the cheapest New York 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 New York found in the last 72 hours was to Bogotá, at $312 round-trip. The most popular route is from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK) to Bogotá (BOG), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $334.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from New York to South America?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $670, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to South America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New York 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 New York to South America is January, when tickets cost $540 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $800 and $728 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New York to South America?

The average price of all round-trip flights from New York to South America clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For New York to South America, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Friday is the most expensive. Flying from South America back to New York, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Sunday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New York 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 New York 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 the flight from New York to South America, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$127
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 31% increase in price.
Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl

Flights from New York to South America: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from New York to South America 
Cecilia LeiteFlew with LATAM Airlines
JFK
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GIG
Jan 2026
Make sure you are skymiles member , in order to enjoy WIfi during the flight.
StephanieFlew with Avianca
JFK
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GYE
Nov 2025
Make sure your carry on and personal item fit the dimensions provided on the avianca website otherwise you will be charge to check a bag. They check before you board!
LinFlew with LATAM Airlines
JFK
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LIM
Jun 2025
Board as early as you can so you won’t be forced to check in your carry on bag.
JayFlew with LATAM Airlines
JFK
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LIM
Jan 2024
Don’t stay in the middle row. No AC Vents. The air was just stand still. An 8 hour fight felt like 20 hours

FAQs - booking South America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York 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 New York to South America.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New York to South America is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from New York to South America?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from New York 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 New York 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 New York to South America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to South America is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $731 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South America is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $758.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New York to South America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New York 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8119 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.2Food
8.5Crew
7.8Entertainment
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

The flight was comfortable and uneventful, which is what I desire

8.0 ExcellentLarry, Jan 2026
JFK - SJD
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The flight was comfortable and uneventful, which is what I desire

The entertainment screens were not working and there was no air condition the entire flight. Very uncomfortable.

It was Delta, but the flight attendants were stressful and disrespectful. I am a diamond member a travel weekly. I have not had a negative thing to share in quite some time. But this was noticeable.

The plant way delayed departing by 3 hours. It was an old airplane with broken seats and armrests. The bathroom made a hollering sound. A really crappy flight experience and travel day all around.

None of the airplane features were available during the flight.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

Plenty of leg room, temperature was great and staff was excellent. Would do it more often.

I truly love flying with Delta. They have always treated me with the upmost respect

There should be a warning regarding the quality of the aircraft on the website as we reserve the tickets. There was no TV or any type of screen onboard. The wifi they offer is good for nothing. Traveling 9 hours straight with kids and no type of entetainment was horrible. I wish I had been informed prior so I could buy a ticket with another airline. The food was a joke too. A very tiny portion per passenger. They also charged $100 per checked bag. With United I used to pay $60. So, fair to say that I wont be flying Copa anymore. Their aircraft was super old, outdated, no entertainment, with nearly no onboard food.

The flight was good overall. Everything went smoothly, although the landing was a bit rough. Still, it was a pleasant experience

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

Simply as follows:- First, there was no vegetarian option for the meal Second, only 2 washrooms for the entire economy class.

I liked the meatloaf the chicken was awful but the plane was on time and got there and the staff was nice.

Boarding was quick & efficient; they gave boarding groups due priority; staff & air crew were very cordial and helpful, pleasant flight.

As always, Copa Airlines is great to fly on. The flights are always on time, the staff are pleasant and helpful and it's always a wonderful flying experience.

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

the food served was an embarrassment. No connection for charging the cellphone... What a crappy airline.

I selected first class expecting excetional service. It was mediocre at best. The food service was cold, meal choices was poor and on one leg they did provide dessert. I did enjoy the lay day seat but the movies were old and nothing current. Boarding the plane is always hot. So boarding is quite warm until your in the air. I took a small personal air fan. Update the meals and movies.

LATAM’s crews are fine, but God help you if you need any customer service. Their app and website never work, with error after error. Trying to solve anything over the phone is painful, and lastly, the boarding pass LATAM gave me to board the flight with Delta was invalid and I had to purchase an emergency one-way ticket at the last minute to get home.

We traveled with two young children, and it was not possible for our family to be seated together. No one offered help or assistance to organize seating so we could sit with our kids. In the end, we managed to find two seats in Economy so I could at least sit with one of them, even though I had originally paid for Comfort+. In summary, I had to downgrade my seat just to be able to sit with one of my children, which was very disappointing

I booked a flight through Kayak to Brazil I have traveled to Brazil several times before Kayak Delta or LATAM never mentioned during the booking or in the pre flight process that the visa requirements to visit Brazil have changed earlier this year. I was unaware of this change and as such never got a visa and was unable to fly from JFK to Sao Paulo Add to this that Delta allowed me to fly from Boston to JFK which they should not have as I didn’t have a visa. It has been a terrible experience and a huge loss of money

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.

I’m entitled to a refund per LATAM due to the mid flight itinerary change and being stuck in São Paulo for 24 hours and needing to get a hotel. The airline was dismissive and of no help.

The flight was late. Please do not delay next time.

I couldn't travel, now I can't get a refund and to change the date I have to pay an absurd fine.

Boarding was confusing with a delayed flight because there was no English translation

My biggest complaint is the comfort. I am not tall and there was no legroom. It was very uncomfortable. During my transfer in Sao Paola, the flight was slightly delayed so boarding was confusing because there were no instructions in English.

I would like the crew to talk LESS over the PA and specifically about credit card offers. I am trying to work, sleep, watch a movie and the PA was booming about a credit card offer. Could we go back to the days when the customer was more important than selling a credit card?

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

My seat tv didn’t work the whole trip. And the seat space is too small despite being seated at the front.

On the plus side, crew was attentive, drinks were cold, and in-flight entertainment selection was better than some other airlines. On the negative aide, Plane was delayed almost an hour, either no announcements from the gate crew. Biscoff cookies are gross, appreciate airlines that give a choice. Also, crew had no personality or enthusiasm at all.

Baggage handling poor. Second time this has happened. My bag went to San Francisco instead of Fiji. No apology. Luckily Nadi airport staff are fantastic. My bag arrived in Fiji the next day.

Disliked having to wait a little longer to disembark from the plan when we landed in London

Food should be better quality. Video screens have poor resolution and the library of movies is poor. The other airlines are much better.

They only offered water for Group 6. Awful announcements from the Crew. Couldn't understand a single word. Barely came by for the trash afterwards. Man, I love water for a premium flight. Wow. Water in a cup.

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

We arrived 4 hours early and still almost missed the flight because they weren’t able to access one of the boarding tickets. They then sent hour bags late and we were all of our without clothing and eventually had to take an expensive cab back and forth to the airport as they wouldn’t deliver the bag which arrived late at night that day and we would have to wait until noon the began day (messing up a second day of plans). Also, all the food has dairy or pork. No vegan or even vegetarian option in the flight—even for purchase.

Deplaning was a mess, I sat in business (seats are horrible) and the front door had a problem so we had to deplane from the rear exit. The stairs were not tall enough to reach so there was a large step down from the plane to the top of the stairs.

Staff are the rudest in the industry … awful customer service … will never fly Avianca again

Pros: we leave and arrive on time Cons: the most uncomfortable seats ever. You cant recline at all your seats. No entertainment No TVs flight attendants didn't provide even a glass of water. You have to go to back of the airplane and ask for one. I am Colombian and I remember seeing the flight attendants very neat, elegants which is or was a staple of Avianca.it was one with tennis shoes, no male up, the hair was messy... that was really odd.

The flight attendant smashed her beverage cart into my knee, causing significant amount of pain. The seats were extremely uncomfortable. No food or drink is offered unless you want to pay the ridiculous prices for it. The schedule of flying in the overnight hours is also very uncomfortable.

Here we have another airline flying to Guatemala but doesn't have a plus or a less, just in the middle. Why? Well, first we don't have even free water Movie selection is poor Seats don't recline in some places Food selection is carb based Forgot to mention, customer service on the web is the worst. Good things; Very reliable on schedule Kind crew

Last seat of Bussines Class it does recline but passenger seating behind kept pushing since they did not have space once my seat was reclined

I like the crew members they're very friendly. Clean plane. The flight was on time. I dont like the comfort my car seat its better that the plane seats. They charge for everything. This airline was very good. Now it's a low cost airline

I like the crew they're very friendly. I don't like. on five hour flight they not offered snacks. Any drink. Not even coffee

Not even water is offered on the flight. You cannot lean back on the seats and the seats are so narrow you can’t avoid rubbing elbows with the person next to you.

I couldnt recline the seat. Other than that crew was very attentive and helpful. Thsnk you

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