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Washington → Bali flights

Washington to Bali fares cluster around $787 with just a 14% spread — there's little room to game timing, so book once your dates are set.

DCA–Bali hovers near $787 — a tight, low-volatility market

Key takeaways

Median fare sits at $787 across the sample window
Spread is just 14%, from a low of $768 to a high of $874
Bottom quartile ($768–$787) isn't far from the ceiling — limited upside to waiting
Sample is thin at 12 days, so treat patterns as directional, not definitive
No dominant carrier or day-of-week signal is visible in this dataset

30-day price trend

DCA → DPS · cheapest cached fare per day · last 13 days · ↑ 33%

$768 low$1022 high

See full numbers and stats on the DCA → DPS price history page.

The full picture

The DCA–Bali route shows a notably tight pricing band: fares ranged from $768 to $874 over the sample window, a spread of just 14%. That's a narrow corridor for a long-haul international itinerary, and it suggests this market isn't swinging wildly based on demand surges or last-minute dumps — at least not within this snapshot period. The median of $787 is a reasonable anchor for budgeting, and most observed fares (the p25–p75 range) sat between $768 and $874, meaning even "good" days aren't dramatically cheaper than "bad" ones.

Given the low volatility, there's less evidence here that waiting for a specific booking window will meaningfully change your price. In markets with wide spreads, we'd point to booking earlier in the horizon to catch the bottom quartile; here, the bottom and top quartiles are close enough that the time-of-purchase strategy matters less than simply locking in fares once your travel dates are firm. If you see something near or below the $787 median, that's a fair deal by this route's own history — don't expect a much better number to materialize later.

We don't have enough signal in this dataset to make claims about specific carriers or weekday effects — no single airline or booking day stood out as dominant across the snapshots. One honest caveat: with only 12 days of samples, this is a thin window for a route that likely sees seasonal demand swings tied to Bali's peak travel periods. A longer observation period would give more confidence in whether $787 holds as a true median or whether it shifts with seasonality we simply haven't captured yet.

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Why we regenerated this article: Top quartile ↑ 14% ($768 → $874). We only rewrite when the underlying price index actually moves — stable weeks keep the previous take.

AI-authored from this route's 30-day price index. Article last regenerated Oct 10, 2026. Fares shift continuously — confirm at booking.