Chicago → Bali flights

Chicago–Bali fares are rock-steady near $511

Key takeaways

• $511 median fare across tracked snapshots, with a tight range up to $528
• Spread of just 3% — one of the most stable routes we track, so timing games won't save much
• P25 and P75 both sit at $511, meaning most observed fares cluster at the same price point
• Only 9 samples collected, so this is a narrow window rather than a long-term trend
• No meaningful low-fare outlier was observed — the $511–$528 band appears to be the going rate

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

The data on this route is unusually consistent: fares from Chicago to Bali have ranged from just $511 to $528 across nine snapshots, a spread of only 3%. That's a tight band, and it tells us this route doesn't behave like the volatile long-haul markets where fares swing by hundreds of dollars depending on when you look. Both the 25th and 75th percentile land right at $511, reinforcing that the median is a genuinely reliable number — not an average masking big outliers in either direction.

Because the spread is so small, we can't point to a meaningful 'book early vs. book late' pattern here — there simply isn't enough price movement in the data to suggest a booking window that reliably softens fares. On many long-haul routes, waiting for a fare sale or booking far in advance can shave 20-30% off the price, but this dataset shows no such swings. If anything, the consistency suggests the market for this route is priced fairly rigidly, possibly due to limited carrier competition or a dominant pricing structure that doesn't fluctuate much day to day.

We also don't have enough visibility into carrier identity or day-of-week patterns from this dataset to make claims about specific airlines or departure days — the data simply doesn't break out that detail reliably for this route. Our honest read: if you see a fare at or near $511, it's a normal, fair price for this route, and waiting around for a dramatic drop isn't supported by what we're seeing. The caveat worth flagging is sample size — nine snapshots is a thin slice of time, so while the consistency is a good sign, it's not the same as having months of data confirming this pattern holds year-round.

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