Los Angeles → Chicago flights

LAX–ORD runs cheap: median $81, bottom quartile just $71

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $81, with half of all observed prices falling between $71 and $83 (p25–p75)
• Low end hit $70, barely below the bottom quartile — this route doesn't have a dramatic 'deal' floor, just consistently low pricing
• High end reached $103, only about $22-30 above median, suggesting limited upside risk if you book later
• Spread is 47% — wider than a typical stable route, worth some caution before assuming any given day's fare is 'locked in'
• Sample size is thin at 12 days, so treat day-of-week or carrier patterns as directional, not firm

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

The data shows a tight, low-priced band for LAX–ORD: a median of $81, with the bottom quartile at $71 and the top quartile at just $83. That's a narrow core range, which tells us this route doesn't swing wildly day to day under normal conditions — most fares you'll encounter should land close to that $71–$83 window rather than spiking unpredictably.

The outliers are informative too. The low of $70 sits almost exactly at the p25 mark, meaning the 'best case' isn't much better than a typical bottom-quartile fare — there's no secret deep discount waiting to be unlocked. The high of $103 is only around 27% above the median, so the downside of booking later or less strategically is comparatively mild compared to routes where last-minute fares can double. With a 47% spread between low and high, there's more variability here than a tightly-clustered route, so it would be a mistake to assume one offer is definitively 'the' price — but the range stays bounded and reasonable throughout.

We don't have enough granularity in this dataset to confidently call out specific days of the week or a dominant carrier's pricing behavior — with only 12 snapshots, any such pattern would be speculation dressed up as insight. The practical takeaway: if you see a fare at or below $81, you're at or better than the median, and anything in the $71–$83 zone is a solid, unremarkable, normal-range booking. Just don't expect a dramatic two-digit deal below $70 — it hasn't shown up in this data, and the sample is small enough that we'd rather be conservative than promise a window that isn't backed by observation.

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