Los Angeles → Amsterdam flights

LAX–Amsterdam fares cluster near $330, with some spikes to $520

Key takeaways

• Median fare of $330 across all 30 days sampled in the last month
• Middle half of fares fell between $288 and $357, a fairly tight core range
• Low end hit $279, while occasional spikes reached $520
• A 86% spread between low and high signals real volatility — some days cost nearly double others
• Full 30-day window had fares every day, giving a solid, reliable sample

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the LAX → AMS price history page.

The full picture

Over the last 30 days, LAX–Amsterdam fares had a median of $330, with a middle-half range of $288 to $357. That's a reasonably tight core, which means most shoppers who check regularly should expect to land somewhere in the $290-$360 band rather than at the extremes. The $279 low and $520 high mark the outer edges of what's possible, and the 86% spread between them confirms this route can swing significantly depending on timing.

With a full 30 days of sampled fares, we have good visibility into recent pricing behavior, though this data doesn't tell us where in a booking horizon (weeks or months before departure) these lows and highs occurred. What it does show is that fares in the high $200s to low $300s are not rare outliers — they showed up often enough to anchor the 25th percentile at $288. That suggests travelers willing to watch fares for a bit and act when they dip near that level have a realistic shot at beating the median, without needing to chase the absolute floor.

We don't have carrier-level or day-of-week detail in this dataset, so we can't say whether a specific airline or weekday departure drives the cheaper fares — any claim like that would be guesswork. The honest takeaway is that this route has meaningful day-to-day volatility (an 86% spread is substantial), so price-tracking over a single-day check is the more reliable strategy here than trying to time a specific date or weekday.

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