Chicago → Vancouver flights

Chicago–Vancouver fares cluster near $275, with dips to $207

Key takeaways

• Median fare sits at $275 across the sampled window
• Low fares touched $207, roughly 25% below median
• Spread of 33% between low and high suggests meaningful but not extreme price variability
• Bottom quartile (p25) of $207 matches the observed low, hinting at a recurring cheaper fare tier rather than a one-off
• Sample size of just 10 days limits confidence in these patterns

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

The Chicago–Vancouver route shows a fairly tight price band: fares ranged from $207 to $275 across the sampled snapshots, with a median of $275. Notably, the high end of the range equals the median itself, meaning most observed fares skewed toward the upper end, while a smaller share dipped to the $207 low. That $207 figure also matches the 25th-percentile mark, suggesting it's not a rare outlier but a fare tier that reappears with some regularity.

With only 10 daily snapshots to work with, we can't responsibly map out a booking calendar or identify a reliable softening window within the horizon — there simply isn't enough history here to say prices ease at 3 weeks out versus 6 weeks out, for example. What we can say is that the 33% spread between low and high is moderate: not the kind of volatility that demands constant fare-checking, but enough that it's worth comparing a handful of dates before locking in a price near the $275 median. If you see something close to $207, that's consistent with the cheaper end of what we've observed and worth booking rather than waiting for a better number.

No dominant carrier was identifiable in this data, so we can't speak to airline-specific pricing behavior on this route. The honest caveat: a 10-day sample is thin for a route that likely has its own seasonal and day-of-week rhythms, and this snapshot may not capture the full range of fares available across a typical booking cycle. Treat the $207–$275 band as a reasonable expectation for near-term pricing, not a guarantee, and recheck closer to your travel dates if your plans are flexible.

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