Seattle → Vancouver flights

Budget $126–$152 for Seattle–Vancouver and book early

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $139, based on 30 daily snapshots of the cheapest available cached fares on this route.
• Bottom quartile sits at $126, meaning roughly one-in-four observations came in at or below that level — a credible target for flexible travelers.
• The low of $125 and p25 of $126 are nearly identical, suggesting that truly floor-level pricing is rare but not a one-off anomaly.
• The spread is 54% (low $125 to high $193), which is wide enough to make timing matter — paying the high end costs you about $68 more than the cheapest observed fare.
• The p75 fare of $152 is a useful ceiling: if you're seeing quotes above that, prices are elevated relative to the recent 30-day window.

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

Seattle to Vancouver is a short-haul cross-border route — under three hours by air — which means fares don't follow the same deep-discount logic as long-haul bookings. The 30-day median of $139 reflects a market where competition keeps prices from running wild, but the $125–$193 range (a 54% spread) is wider than you might expect for a sub-500-mile hop. That spread signals the route has real pricing volatility, likely tied to demand spikes around holidays, border events, or last-minute business travel.

The most actionable insight here is the tight clustering at the low end: the absolute floor ($125) and the 25th percentile ($126) are nearly the same number. That means the cheapest fares aren't a single lucky outlier — they appear with some regularity, representing about a quarter of observed days. If you can track fares for a week or two and pounce when quotes land near $126–$130, you're likely capturing a genuine soft-demand window rather than a data glitch. Conversely, the 75th percentile at $152 is a useful mental ceiling — quotes above that suggest you're shopping during a demand peak and may benefit from waiting a few days or adjusting your travel date.

This dataset doesn't surface carrier-specific patterns or day-of-week booking signals, so we won't speculate on those. What the data does support: for a route this short, fares can move quickly, and the gap between the median ($139) and the high ($193) is large enough that monitoring prices for two to three weeks before travel is worth the effort. One honest caveat: 30 snapshots cover one rolling window in time and may not capture seasonal swings around summer or major holidays — treat these figures as a baseline, not a guarantee.

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