Los Angeles → Singapore flights

Target $436 on LAX–SIN — but act when fares dip near $281

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $436, which also equals the p25 threshold — meaning half of observed fares landed right at or below this number.
• The low of $281 represents a 36% discount off the median, a meaningful but infrequent opportunity worth setting a fare alert for.
• The high reached $530, so letting fares drift without monitoring could cost nearly $100 above the median.
• Spread of 89% signals high price volatility on this route — timing your purchase matters more than on tighter-spread routes.
• Sample is 16 days — slightly thin, so treat these figures as directional rather than definitive benchmarks.

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

The LAX–SIN corridor is one of the longer transpacific hauls, and the pricing data reflects that complexity. The median fare across 16 daily snapshots sits at $436 — notable because the 25th percentile lands at exactly the same figure, which tells us fares cluster tightly at and just above that level before jumping. The 75th percentile of $457 confirms that the upper half of fares doesn't move dramatically from the median; the real story is the outlier low of $281, which represents a genuine floor that appears rarely but meaningfully.

An 89% spread — calculated as the range relative to the low — indicates this route experiences substantial fare swings, likely driven by seat availability windows, promotional releases, and carrier competition on a route served by multiple long-haul operators. When fares do soften toward that $281–$380 range, they tend to reflect either early-booking inventory releases or short-window promotional fares. The practical implication: set a fare alert anchored around $380 or below, and be prepared to book within a day or two of a drop appearing, since those low-inventory fares rarely persist.

Day-of-week booking patterns and carrier-specific behavior aren't directly visible in this dataset, so we won't speculate. What the data does support is a clear tiered strategy: fares at or below the median ($436) represent fair value on this route; anything approaching the high of $530 warrants waiting or flexibility on travel dates. One honest caveat — with only 16 daily snapshots, these figures capture a relatively narrow window and may not fully represent seasonal swings, holiday surges, or carrier schedule changes. Treat the $436 median as a solid reference point, but revisit the data if your travel date is more than three months out.

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