Los Angeles → Mumbai flights

Most fares cluster near $483 — but outlier spikes hit $1,208

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $483, with the bottom quartile (p25) sitting at $451 — the floor barely moves.
• 75% of observed fares cluster at or below $483, suggesting a tight 'normal' price band most of the time.
• High of $1,208 shows occasional extreme spikes — likely sparse inventory or premium-cabin fares slipping into the cache, not the norm.
• Spread of 168% is large, but driven by a handful of outliers rather than a consistently volatile market.
• Only 12 snapshots were sampled — enough to see a pattern, not enough to call it definitive.

30-day price trend

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The full picture

The data shows a long-haul route where most fares are remarkably stable: a median of $483 with the 25th-75th percentile range squeezed between $451 and $483. That's a narrow band for an international itinerary like LAX to Mumbai, and it suggests that if you're seeing something close to $450-$480, you're likely at or near the going rate rather than needing to wait for a better deal. The $1,208 high is the outlier that inflates the overall spread to 168% — it's worth noting as a tail risk, not a typical booking outcome.

We don't have enough resolution in this sample to map out a clean booking-horizon curve (i.e., how price changes from 11 months out to a few weeks before departure). What we can say is that the bulk of snapshots sit tightly around the median, which usually points to a route where last-minute searches or specific date combinations occasionally surface a much higher fare — rather than fares drifting upward steadily as departure approaches. If you see a quote double or triple the median, it's worth checking alternate dates or cabin class before assuming that's the market rate.

We don't have carrier-level detail in this dataset, so we can't speak to whether a specific airline drives the low fares or the spikes. With only 12 days of snapshots, this read is directional rather than definitive — a larger sample would help confirm whether $451–$483 is truly the stable floor or just what this particular window happened to show. The honest takeaway: budget around $480 for this route, treat anything near $1,200 as avoidable, and don't read too much into day-of-week patterns since none are visible here.

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