Chicago → Lima flights

ORD–Lima fares are stable near $387 — little room to game timing

Key takeaways

• Median fare sits at $387, with three-quarters of observed prices at or above $375
• Prices stayed in a tight $340–$387 range, a spread of just 14%
• Only the bottom quartile dipped meaningfully below median, with the lowest fare at $340
• Sample size is thin — 12 snapshots — so treat patterns as directional, not definitive
• No strong day-of-week or carrier signal visible in this dataset

30-day price trend

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The full picture

Fares between Chicago and Lima have been remarkably stable over the window we tracked, with a median of $387 and a high that also tops out at $387 — meaning most days actually priced at or near the ceiling. The real opportunity sits in the bottom quartile, where fares dropped to $375 and, on the best day observed, $340. That's a 14% spread between low and high, which counts as tight: this isn't a route where patient travelers get rewarded with dramatic savings by waiting.

Because the spread is small, we can't point to a clear 'book early vs. book late' pattern with confidence — the data doesn't show prices softening or hardening at a particular point in a booking horizon. What we can say is that if you see a fare at or below the $375 p25 mark, that's already a good price relative to this route's recent history, and waiting for something meaningfully cheaper than $340 isn't supported by what we've observed. Booking whenever your travel dates firm up is a reasonable strategy here, since the downside risk of 'bad timing' is modest compared to routes with wider swings.

We didn't see a usable carrier or day-of-week signal in this dataset — fares didn't cluster in a way that pointed to a dominant airline or a consistently cheaper departure day. The honest caveat: with only 12 snapshots, this is a thinner sample than we'd like, and seasonal demand (holiday travel, Peru's high season) could shift this range in ways a 30-day window won't capture. Treat the $340–$387 band as a reliable near-term guide, not a long-term guarantee.

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