Seattle → New York flights

Seattle–JFK fares hover near $171, with a rare $125 low

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $171, with the middle 50% of prices landing between $167 and $179 — a tight core range.
• The $125 low sits well below the typical range, suggesting occasional fare drops worth grabbing if you see them.
• High end of $191 means even the pricier fares in our window stayed under $200.
• 53% spread between low and high looks wide, but it's driven by one outlier low fare, not daily volatility.
• Only 12 days sampled — a thinner window than ideal, so treat patterns as directional, not definitive.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the SEA → JFK price history page.

The full picture

The data shows Seattle to New York fares clustering tightly around a $171 median, with the bulk of observed prices (the 25th to 75th percentile band) sitting between $167 and $179. That narrow interquartile range suggests pricing for this route has been fairly stable day to day, even though the full low-to-high spread of 53% looks dramatic on paper. The $125 low appears to be an outlier rather than a representative price point — most days didn't come close to it, but its presence signals that occasional discounted fares do surface.

With only 12 days of snapshots, we can't responsibly map out a detailed booking curve or claim prices consistently soften at a specific point in the booking window. What we can say is that if your search lands near or above the $179 mark (the 75th percentile), you're paying more than most travelers in our sample did — it may be worth waiting a few days or checking alternate dates to see if pricing drifts back toward the $171 median. Conversely, anything at or below $167 is already a good showing relative to this route's recent history.

We don't have enough visibility into carrier identity or weekday patterns from this dataset to make claims about specific airlines or days of the week driving the pricing — the data simply doesn't break fares out that way. The honest caveat here is sample size: 12 days is a useful snapshot but not a full month, so treat the $125 low as a data point to watch for rather than a guaranteed target, and expect some noise in these figures as more days of pricing come in.

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