Los Angeles → Seoul flights

LAX–Seoul fares hover near $377 — moderate spread rewards patience

Key takeaways

• Median fare of $377 across 30 days of snapshots — a reasonable baseline for budgeting this route
• Bottom quartile fares dip to $362 or below, giving a realistic target for a good (not extreme) deal
• Low end of $325 shows occasional dips worth catching if your dates are flexible
• 23% spread between low and high is moderate — enough to make shopping around worthwhile, but not wild swings
• Top quartile fares climb to $390+, so prices above that likely signal you're overpaying

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

Over 30 days of tracked fares, LAX to Seoul priced between $325 and $400, with a median of $377. That 23% spread is moderate — not the kind of volatility where timing alone can save you hundreds, but enough that casual shoppers who book the first fare they see may leave $20–$50 on the table. The bottom quartile of fares came in at $362 or lower, which is a fair real-world target: expecting consistently sub-$350 fares isn't supported by this data, but landing in the $360s is realistic with some flexibility.

With a 30-day sample, we can speak to the recent pricing band but not to seasonal booking-window effects — this data doesn't tell us whether fares were trending up or down over a longer horizon, or whether booking 2 months out beats booking 2 weeks out. What it does show is a stable middle: half of all observed fares fell between $362 and $390, suggesting the market for this route isn't prone to extreme spikes or crashes day to day. That consistency is itself useful information — it means waiting for a dramatic drop below $325 may mean waiting a long time, while paying near the median is a reasonably safe bet if your travel dates are fixed.

No carrier or day-of-week pattern is distinguishable from this dataset, so we can't make claims about specific airlines or weekday departures being cheaper — doing so would be guesswork dressed up as insight. The honest takeaway: treat $377 as your benchmark, treat anything at or below $362 as a good deal, and don't expect this route to reward obsessive timing strategies given the modest spread. Our caveat: 30 days of snapshots captures current market conditions well, but it's too short a window to confirm longer-term seasonal trends for this route.

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