New York → Vienna flights

JFK–Vienna fares cluster tight: target $260–$270

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $269, with a low of $253 and a high of $301 across 30 daily snapshots.
• The interquartile range spans only $10 ($260–$270), meaning most days offer very similar pricing — dramatic swings are rare on this route.
• A spread of 19% from low to high is moderate; the real opportunity is catching fares in the bottom quartile at $260 or below.
• The $253 floor does appear in the data, but it's an outlier — don't hold out for it as a reliable target.
• Because the price band is so narrow, waiting for a 'big drop' is a low-probability strategy — act when fares dip toward $260.

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

Thirty daily snapshots of the cheapest cached fares on JFK–Vienna tell a consistent story: this is a low-volatility route. With a median of $269, a p25 of $260, and a p75 of $270, the vast majority of observed fares sit within a $10 band. The 19% spread between the absolute low ($253) and absolute high ($301) is technically moderate, but the tightly packed interquartile range suggests that floor-level fares are genuine outliers rather than a pattern you can reliably anticipate or engineer.

For practical booking strategy, the data supports a straightforward approach: set a fare alert for $265 or below and book promptly when it triggers. Fares at or under the p25 threshold of $260 represent a genuine bottom-quartile outcome — worth jumping on. The $253 low exists in the dataset, but treating it as an achievable target would mean passing on consistently solid fares in the $260s on the off chance of saving another $7–$15. On a transatlantic route, that trade-off rarely pays off.

No dominant carrier signal is present in the data provided, so carrier-specific booking patterns cannot be responsibly drawn here. Similarly, no day-of-week departure breakdown is available in this dataset, so claims about "cheapest departure days" would be speculation. The honest caveat: 30 snapshots capture a single rolling window and may not reflect seasonal surges around holidays, school breaks, or major Vienna events — always cross-check fares if your travel dates fall near peak periods.

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