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New York → San Juan flights
Median JFK–San Juan fare is $155 over 30 days, with a narrow $144–$164 range — book whenever convenient rather than timing it.
JFK–San Juan fares are tight — target $149 in the bottom quartile
Key takeaways
- Median fare of $155 over 30 daily snapshots, with little day-to-day drama
- Spread of just 14% between low and high — among the more stable routes we track
- Bottom quartile fares sit at $149 or below, a realistic target rather than a rare fluke
- Top quartile tops out at $158, with the absolute high just $164
- Sample of 30 days gives reasonably solid confidence in these ranges
30-day price trend
See full numbers and stats on the JFK → SJU price history page.
The full picture
The JFK–San Juan route shows a remarkably tight pricing band: a $144 low and $164 high over 30 days of snapshots, a spread of only 14%. That's a signal of a mature, high-frequency leisure route where competition keeps fares hovering in a narrow corridor rather than swinging wildly with demand spikes. With a median of $155 and a p25/p75 range of $149–$158, most days you check you'll see something close to that median — there's no dramatic 'deal' lurking if you wait, nor a severe penalty for booking whenever it's convenient.
Because the spread is small, we can't point to a clear softening window within the booking horizon — the data doesn't show fares trending meaningfully lower at any particular point in the 30-day sample. What it does suggest is that chasing the absolute bottom ($144) is a matter of modest luck rather than strategy; the gap between that low and the median is only about $11, so the upside of obsessive monitoring is limited. If your fare quote lands at or under $149, you're in the bottom quartile and should feel comfortable booking rather than holding out for better.
We don't have reliable day-of-week or carrier-specific patterns from this dataset — the data only reflects the cheapest cached fare per day, not which airline or weekday performed best. So we won't speculate about Tuesday departures or specific carriers here. The honest caveat: 30 days of snapshots is a reasonable but not exhaustive sample, and this route's stability could shift with seasonality (hurricane season dips, winter holiday surges) not captured in this window. Treat the $144–$164 range as a solid baseline for typical conditions, not a guarantee across all travel dates.
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Why we regenerated this article: Price spread tightened by 22 points. 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.