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Cheapest round-trip
$854
Typical prices: $1,488-$1,102
Philippine Airlines
Sun 9/6Sun 9/13
SFO - MEL • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$1,034
Typical prices: $1,330-$949
Delta
Fri 5/1Sun 5/10
LAX - MEL • Non-stop
Arrival airport
You can't fly directly to Ballarat. It is served by Melbourne (MEL), located 54.6 miles from Ballarat.
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Cheap Flights to Ballarat

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Ballarat 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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Recent round-trip flight deals to Ballarat

Sun, Sep 6 - Sun, Sep 13
Philippine Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 6:30 am
SFO
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MEL
37h 00m
1 stop
Philippine Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 9:10 pm
MEL
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SFO
30h 10m
1 stop
$854Philippine Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Wed, Sep 23
Philippine Airlines Logo
4:55 pm - 5:00 am
LAX
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MEL
43h 05m
1 stop
Philippine Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 1:45 pm
MEL
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LAX
22h 45m
1 stop
$856Philippine Airlines
Thu, May 28 - Thu, Jun 4
Fiji Airways Logo
11:55 pm - 12:00 pm
LAX
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MEL
19h 05m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
1:30 pm - 1:05 pm
MEL
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LAX
16h 35m
1 stop
$887Fiji Airways
Wed, May 27 - Wed, Jun 3
Fiji Airways Logo
10:35 pm - 12:05 pm
SFO
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MEL
20h 30m
1 stop
Fiji Airways Logo
1:25 pm - 1:55 pm
MEL
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SFO
17h 30m
1 stop
$890Fiji Airways
Fri, May 1 - Sat, May 9
United Airlines Logo
6:58 pm - 7:30 am
SEA
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MEL
19h 32m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:55 am - 12:35 pm
MEL
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SEA
18h 40m
1 stop
$1,092United Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Sat, May 9
United Airlines Logo
6:58 pm - 7:30 am
SEA
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MEL
19h 32m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:55 am - 9:06 pm
MEL
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SEA
27h 11m
2 stops
$1,096United Airlines
Wed, Apr 29 - Sun, May 3
Qantas Airways Logo
9:00 am - 6:45 am
JFK
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MEL
31h 45m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
6:35 am - 4:20 pm
MEL
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JFK
23h 45m
1 stop
$1,160Qantas Airways
Mon, May 4 - Sun, May 31
Qantas Airways Logo
7:15 am - 6:45 am
JFK
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MEL
33h 30m
1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
9:25 am - 4:20 pm
MEL
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JFK
20h 55m
1 stop
$1,204Qantas Airways
Wed, Jul 1 - Tue, Jul 14
American Airlines Logo
10:06 am - 6:45 am
SMF
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MEL
27h 39m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 6:29 pm
MEL
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SMF
25h 44m
1 stop
$1,263American Airlines
Wed, Jul 1 - Tue, Jul 14
American Airlines Logo
11:02 am - 5:00 am
SMF
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MEL
24h 58m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 6:29 pm
MEL
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SMF
25h 44m
1 stop
$1,264American Airlines
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Low seasonAugust
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Flight from San Francisco to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)

Flights to Ballarat: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew to Ballarat 
RobertFlew with Qantas Airways
LAX
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MEL
Jun 2025
Make sure you’ve got enough time to switch terminals if needbe
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Apr 2024
Arrive earlier than recommended. You'll never know what awaits you!

FAQs - booking Ballarat flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) was found on the route from San Francisco, at $854 return. The most popular connection is from Sydney to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $104 in the last 3 days.

  • Which airlines fly to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)?

    Many airlines fly to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine), the most common ones being Qantas Airways, United Airlines, and Delta. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine).

  • How to fly to Ballarat?

    You cannot fly directly to Ballarat. KAYAK recommends you fly to Melbourne (MEL) (54.61 miles from Ballarat). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.

  • What airports are near Ballarat?

    The closest airport is Melbourne Avalon (AVV) (47.02 mi). Other nearby airports are Melbourne (MEL) (54.61 mi) or Bendigo (BXG) (62.97 mi). KAYAK recommends you fly to Melbourne.

  • How far is Melbourne Airport from central Melbourne?

    You’ll need to travel 12 miles to reach the Melbourne city center from Melbourne Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Ballarat?

    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 to Ballarat.

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

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

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Ballarat

  • There is no major airport in Ballarat. It is instead served by Melbourne Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to Ballarat? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Ballarat for the following prices or less: From San Francisco $1,116, from Los Angeles $2,492
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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Ballarat

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Ballarat? 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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Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 240 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.5Food
8.1Comfort
8.6Crew
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I thought Fiji and Fiji Airways was great. Looking forward to the next trip. Baggage claim at the end went to sh...t

8.0 ExcellentJoseph, Apr 2026
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I thought Fiji and Fiji Airways was great. Looking forward to the next trip. Baggage claim at the end went to sh...t

Fiji Airways always goes above and beyond. If anything I'd say the food was less enjoyable than in the past. But that in no way lessened the experience with the cabin crew or the excellent attentiveness and service they provided throughout the entire trip!

Left on time , arrived on time. Staff was awesome!!!!! Great flight!!!!

Great food, wonderful staff made a long flight seem short

Everything was great . Arrived on time was smooth plane was clean. Crew/Staff was friendly and helpful.

Everything from the staff to the comfort of business class was excellent. This is one of my new favorite airlines.

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.

Boarded on time, smooth flight and "gentle" landing in Palmerston North. Ahead of time due to a tailwind

Time to upgrade those planes so you can provide first class.

My experience with Underpricer was not great. The representative assigned to me did not tell me beforehand that selecting seats, which i could not do through ANZ, WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT cost to my ticket (all flight segments were reg economy seats. The seat selections for the ticket, MCI-AKL, AKL-PER, PER-MCI, cost $284 USD. I WAS NOT TOLD AHEAD OF SELECTING SEATS chosen by the rep OF THE COSTS and never received an itemized invoice of the seat selections.). The costs of seat selection, an option solicited as a service, with no mention of costs, should have been disclosed to me prior to seat selection and certaily should have been itemized. For all I know, the $284 was not referred from the airline but made up and taken directly by Underpricer. Next, when i checked in, united couldnt find my ticket. This is probably why i didnt get a seat selection on that flight and couldnt check in online, despite Underpricer prompts to do so a week before departure, or at the kiosk at the airport. I had to wait for special help at the counter, then was told that because the flight segment, MCI-IAH, operated by United Airlines via the ANZ. ticket, had changed schedule slightly since I BOOKED MY FLIGHT, the MCI-IAH segment had been decoupled from the rest of the ticket because the IAH layover was now 12.5 hrs AND DID NOT QUALIFY AS A THROUGH FLIGHT TO AKL.. This meant my checked bag could not be checked through to AKL and id have to pick it up at IAH, THEN WAIT MOST OF the long layover WITH the large checked bag until ANZ counter in IAH OPENED for checkING just prior to the flight. Apparently, although underpricer had notified me of schedule changes, they did not update the ANZ TICKET, leading to this problem. Finallly, although I RECHECKED TH BAG IN At IAH 3.5-4 hours before the scheduled departure and the IAH-AKL segment was a direct flight, ANZ LOST MY bag and it took 4 days to find it and get it to me. Not fun.

The flight was smooth and on time. Entertainment options were lacking and there was no food, other than some very boring snacks.

A better selection of entertainment would have been nice. I found nothing that appealed to me as a middle-aged traveler. The flight attendants were gracious, helpful, and attentive. It also would have been nice to have more bathrooms as the flight was full and the plane was big.

This flight was the second leg of a trip that began in Auckland, New Zealand. I was unable to find a way to select seats in advance. The boarding passes we were given in Auckland did not have seat assignments for the second flight. There was no way to check on it until personnel showed up at the gate in Los Angeles, immediately before boarding time. The flight was overbooked by one, and since I was traveling with my sister, we needed two seats. We waited in considerable anxiety for everyone else to board and when one person did not show up, we had to take whatever was left. At least we finally got on the flight although we were the very last to board. We were not able to sit together, of course.

We had difficulty checking in as United didn’t recognize the confirmation number and the agent was not helpful. We went to the United Assistance desk where the agent was able to process our reservation. We also weren’t allowed to choose seats in advance.

All good, except entertainment system could have been better. More choices.

Very quick flight so no time for refreshments. We took off. Then landed. The end. Seats were too tight. Very cramped Grateful for the short flight cos moving around wasn’t possible

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

I couldn't hear all of the announcements. It was nice when they put them on the screen.

This was the worst flight I’ve been on. Getting on the plane where is was 30 degrees outside was hotter on board cabin must’ve been 33 degrees. This is a health hazard. They cannot be doing this to save on fuel. People could die from this!!. Fans and a/c was, off entertainment was off. Poor excuse given. Crew made the excuse that the system didn’t have enough power. They basically were operating on one engine to save on jet fuel till 3 hours later on cruising altitude and they then started the second engine. And finally the cabin was cooled. On a 7hour red eye flight this made it so uncomfortable and impossible to sleep.

My experience was great overall. Tanya was particularly friendly and helpful the entire trip. I was very pleased with her customer service skills. The plane was an older aircraft but the entire way was comfortable with barely any turbulence at all. Qantas should speed up its fleet renovation. Totally recommend using this airline.

Qantas is always subpar beyond comfy chairs for a domestic flight

I liked boarding the plane. The staff were rude, the food was appalling and the chairs the most uncomfortable I have ever experienced

an hour late, then had to disembark on back stairs and take 4 flights up to get to main airport. No warning, and difficulty for those with canes and poor knees.

Well my expórtenle with Qantas it wasn’t that good KLM from Bs Aires was delay Santiago Chile Qantas QF 028 was still in the airport but the crew didn’t opened the door for me soo I lost my fly And I stuck in the airport 13 hrs waiting for next fly by Latam Arline My question is can I have my money back for business class

It was ok, the additional baggage charges were a bit excessive given winter is a time for skiing. To have to pay $600 extra for skis was tantamount to robbery. Airlines should consider sporting goods as baggage. Likewise, they should consider increasing the number of bags allowed on international flights to known ski destinations.

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.

Due to cancellation of connecting flight (Lufthansa) I didn’t fly with United

The seat was comfortable. There was a lot of turbulence. If it weren't for that,it would have been okay.

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Packed in plane small uncomfortable seats elbow to elbow nobody wants to be in that situation for the money they paid

Vegetarian selection could be better. Bread was too hard to chew.

Crew was friendly and competent. Food, wine, and entertainment were excellent except the raw tuna on the flight to Split. Recommend against serving that - at least as the only option. Many medical conditions do not allow people to eat raw fish.

Overall flight was ok. Flight attendant was receptive to assisting passengers with tight connections.

Checking in united could not figure out my star alliance gold. Baggage did not get marked priority and didn't receive boarding passes. When got to SFO lounge personal fixed everything Immediately

Very comfortable flight, snacks and drinks were good, good communication from crew. Could have used a little more information on timing of boarding for group 5

It's a long flight and I would have liked better snacks between lunch and the arrival meal. It's fine to have fruit and nuts but I really don't like ramen because it's salty junk soup. I'd suggest sandwiches. They're not expensive nor are they hard to store for a long flight. The FA's had a couple of big services and they were super busy preparing, executing and then cleaning up. Then they disappeared.

Very good I can’t complain one bit. Thank you American Airlines for making my flight enjoyable and safe!

American Airlines is a miserable experience. It is predictably miserable, in the sense that every time I fly American, I brace myself for the certainty that it will be unpleasant and uncomfortable. But it is unpredictable in the sense that I never know if the flight will be on time or delayed nine hours (both happened to me this week). I never know if I will be able to sit in the seat that I selected when I purchased the ticket or if I will be told by Customer Service (!!!) that I must relocate from first class to a seat in the back of the aircraft with no explanation (both happened to me this week). Will the food be frozen and half defrosted, or scalding hot? Will the drinks be warm? Will the flight attendants be surly and mean? Will the toilets be cramped and foul? Will the seats be narrow and uncomfortable? Will there be a real electric outlet at the seat, or just an unreliable USB-2 port? Will there be enough seats in the boarding lounge or just a few? Will the boarding process be smooth and efficient, or will the gate agents mess it up and delay it needlessly for 30 or 40 minutes? Will the catering and cleaning crew be prompt or will they take an extra 30 minutes? Will the brakes on the aircraft work properly, or will the pilot delay takeoff for four hours while the ground crew attends to what can only be described as routine maintenance that should have been done the night before? I've eexperienced every one of these unpleasant things this year, 2026. The only thing I can reliably count on is that American will find a new way to make the experience of flying as miserable as they possibly can.

Flight was fine, but not having WiFi was a major negative

Friendly crew is the only nice thing. Seats uncomfortable. Food and snacks horrible. Movies were the same as the first 10 hour flight two weeks before

When I booked my flight a month ago - I selected a seat. That seat was NOT the one I ended up with when I checked into my flight the day before. This is the second time this has occurred. So, I checked my next flight on Wednesday and Thursday and no seat was assigned. Poor, very poor customer service.

The staff and service on American Airlines were truly outstanding. I had requested wheelchair assistance for my mother due to her knee issues, and the team went above and beyond every step of the way—from boarding in Boston to our arrival in Chicago. Their care, professionalism, and attentiveness made the entire experience smooth and stress-free. I’m very grateful for the support they provided.

Incredibly delayed. First delay was due to plane coming in being late. Resulted in 30 minute delay. Boarded and then had multiple mechanical issues. Was on plane for an hour until they told people they could get off if they wanted but couldn't come back. Then gate agent rushed in and said they had lost control of who went off and we would all have to deplane and then get back on. They said flight had not been cancelled. Then while sitting waiting to board again they announced it would take two hours to get new plane and to wait at new gate. New plane arrived, reboarded only to find out that pilots had timed out. Waited for new pilots. In that time one of the flight attendants timed out. Never received food or water while waiting. Was confusing mess as to what was happening. Even flight attendants and gate agents were getting frustrated. Almost 6 hours delayed. Called American to received flight credit but can't get anywhere as Kayak reservation and don't have a ticket number. Reached out to Kayak but never heard back.

American flight was diverted and delayed but app didn’t show that information so I wasn’t able to change my connection until the last min.

Wifi was spotty. Tray table was very dirty when I sat down.

Very disappointing. Flight was delayed by 1.5 hours and food options are very underwhelming even for first class seats (same food given to economy seats)

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