We’re seeing New York to Lima fares in the $260 range for travel during May and June 2010 on LAN Airlines. This is a round-trip price after taxes! This is an obscenely low price for a flight of that distance (3,600 miles).

This fare is available only on Orbitz. This same itinerary on LAN‘s website is about twice as much.

This is the cheapest way to access South America from the States. From Lima you can hop to additional popular cities on LAN, including Santiago, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.

Or, just fly locally and visit Cusco and Machu Picchu.