New York → Cairo flights

Budget $302 for JFK–Cairo — spread is wide enough to time it

Key takeaways

• $302 is the median fare across 30 daily snapshots — a reliable anchor for budgeting this route.
• The cheapest recorded fare hit $269, while the top of the range reached $368 — a $99 gap that rewards patience.
• Half of all sampled fares fell between $299 and $358 (the p25–p75 range), meaning most travelers paid close to median.
• A 37% spread between low and high is meaningful — large enough that booking timing genuinely affects what you pay.
• Bottom-quartile fares (under $299) do appear in the data, so targeting that threshold is realistic, not wishful.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the JFK → CAI price history page.

The full picture

The JFK–Cairo route is showing a price band of $269–$368 across our 30-day snapshot window, with a median of $302. That $99 spread — representing a 37% difference between the cheapest and most expensive cached fares — is wide enough to matter. In practical terms, a traveler who catches a low-end fare saves roughly a third compared to one who books at the top of the range. The interquartile range ($299–$358) tells a useful secondary story: most fares cluster in the lower half of that overall band, which means the high end of $368 likely reflects either last-minute pressure or specific peak demand days rather than a typical price.

On booking horizon, long-haul transatlantic routes to the Middle East historically soften in the 6–10 week window before departure as carriers adjust unsold inventory — though our data captures fare snapshots rather than lead-time labels, so we can't pinpoint an exact day count from this dataset alone. What we can say is that the bottom quartile (sub-$299 fares) appeared often enough across 30 samples to be a credible target rather than a fluke. Monitoring the route regularly and being ready to book when fares dip toward $275–$285 is a grounded strategy given what the data shows.

No dominant carrier pattern is visible in this dataset, so we can't responsibly steer you toward a specific airline based on price alone. One honest caveat: 30 snapshots capture a moment in the market — seasonal demand shifts (Ramadan travel periods, summer peaks, school holidays in Egypt) can compress or widen this range significantly. If your travel dates fall near any of those windows, treat the $302 median as a floor to beat rather than a guaranteed target.

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