New York → Lisbon flights

JFK–LIS: Target $280–$317 and book well ahead

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $317 across 30 daily price snapshots — a reasonable planning benchmark for this transatlantic route.
• Bottom-quartile fares sit at $280 or below (p25), meaning roughly one in four observed prices came in at least $37 cheaper than median.
• The absolute low was $269, though the high reached $385 — a 43% spread that signals meaningful volatility worth monitoring.
• Top-quartile fares hit $342+ (p75), so if you're seeing prices in that range, holding briefly may be worth the risk — but don't wait indefinitely.
• A $316–$320 window is a fair strike price: if you spot fares at or below median, that's a data-grounded signal to book rather than gamble on catching the floor.

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

The JFK–Lisbon corridor shows a 43% spread between its lowest ($269) and highest ($385) observed fares across 30 daily snapshots — wide enough to make timing genuinely matter. The interquartile range of $280–$342 is your most practical planning band: fares in that $62 window represent the middle 50% of what real shoppers are likely to encounter. The $269 floor exists, but counting on it is a low-probability bet; the $317 median is a far more reliable anchor for budgeting.

On transatlantic routes like this one, pricing research consistently shows that fares tend to be softest in a window roughly 2–6 months before departure for peak-season travel and 6–10 weeks out for shoulder-season trips. The data here doesn't segment by departure month, so we can't pinpoint an exact booking horizon — but the 43% spread implies prices are moving enough that checking fares weekly and setting a price alert near $290–$300 is a disciplined strategy. If you see anything at p25 ($280) or below, that's a bottom-quartile opportunity worth acting on.

No dominant carrier was identifiable from this dataset, so carrier-specific advice would be speculation. What the data does support is a simple decision rule: fares above $342 (p75) suggest you're in an elevated window and may benefit from waiting or adjusting travel dates if flexible; fares below $317 (median) are at or better than average and worth serious consideration. One honest caveat: these 30 snapshots reflect cached lowest fares at the time of capture — actual availability at those prices may be limited to specific travel dates or cabin configurations, so always verify seat availability before treating a fare as locked.

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