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The cheapest order to fly Lima, Cusco and Santiago from New York

There are 6 ways to fly these cities. They do not cost the same. The cheapest works out at about $883 a person and the most expensive at $1,082, a difference of $199 for visiting exactly the same places.

Fly them in this order

New York → Lima → Cusco → Santiago → New York

About $883 per person in flights, based on fares recently seen on these routes.

Every order, priced

  1. New York → Lima → Cusco → Santiago → New York$883
    cheapest order
  2. New York → Cusco → Lima → Santiago → New York$907
    $24 more per person
  3. New York → Lima → Santiago → Cusco → New York$1,006
    $123 more per person
  4. New York → Cusco → Santiago → Lima → New York$1,030
    $147 more per person
  5. New York → Santiago → Cusco → Lima → New York$1,070
    $187 more per person
  6. New York → Santiago → Lima → Cusco → New York$1,082
    $199 more per person

Why Lima first

  1. New York to Lima$329
  2. Lima to Cusco$41
  3. Cusco to Santiago$122
  4. Santiago to New York$391
  • Out of New York, Lima is the cheapest first stop at about $329. Santiago would be $497.
  • Going home, Santiago is the cheapest city to leave from at about $391, against $423 from Cusco.
  • Cusco to Lima is about $24, but the other way round is $41. Same two cities, $17 apart on direction alone.
  • The dearest order pays $497 for New York to Santiago, a flight the cheapest order never takes.
  • Santiago to New York is 44% of what the cheapest order spends on flights, so it is the leg to watch.

Between the cities

  • Lima to Cusco: about 570 km (350 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
  • Cusco to Santiago: about 2,220 km (1380 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.

Entry rules on a US passport

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How much the order matters here

Getting the order right is worth $199 a person on this trip, 23% of what the cheapest way round costs. Of the 108 trips we price in full, that is number 49 for how much the order matters, about the middle: worth getting right, and worth checking against your own dates.

What these numbers are

Cached one-way fares, 12 of 12 legs priced from real observations, put together on November 12, 2026, from fares departing November 13, 2026 onwards. Right for comparing one order with another, not a quote for your dates.

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