New York → Vienna flights

Fares cluster near $246 — bottom quartile dips to $214

Key takeaways

• The median fare is $246, a solid reference point for this route over the past 30 days.
• Low-end fares reached $213, just above the 25th-percentile mark of $214 — a realistic target if you're patient.
• High-end snapshots hit $297, showing real upside risk if you wait too long.
• With a 39% spread between low and high, timing clearly matters more than on tighter routes.
• Based on 30 daily snapshots, this sample is solid enough to trust the general range, though not individual dates.

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

Over the past 30 days, JFK–VIE fares have ranged from $213 to $297, with a median of $246. That's a 39% spread — wide enough that waiting for a dip versus booking at the median can mean a real difference of $50 or more. The bottom quartile ($214) and top quartile ($288) bracket most of the observed fares, so travelers aiming for value should treat anything near $220–$230 as a good buy rather than holding out for the absolute floor.

We don't have visibility into how far in advance each of these snapshots was captured relative to departure, so we can't responsibly say booking windows soften at a specific number of weeks or months out. What the data does support is that this route sees meaningful day-to-day fare movement — a 39% spread is considerably wider than tighter, more stable routes — which suggests shopping across multiple days rather than booking on the first fare you see is worthwhile here.

No single dominant carrier or weekday pattern is visible in this dataset, so we can't point to a specific airline's pricing behavior or claim certain departure days are systematically cheaper — those kinds of granular patterns would need date-level and carrier-level data we don't have. The honest takeaway: treat $246 as your benchmark, aim for the $213–$230 range when you can, and expect some volatility given the 39% spread. This is a snapshot of recent pricing behavior, not a guarantee of future fares.

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