San Francisco → Amsterdam flights

SFO–Amsterdam fares hold near $363 — outliers spike past $700

Key takeaways

• Median fare of $363 anchors this route, with the bulk of days ($356–$369, bottom-to-top quartile) landing tightly around it.
• Low of $323 shows what's achievable, but that's an outlier rather than the norm.
• High of $726 suggests occasional fare spikes — likely peak-demand or last-minute pricing rather than typical availability.
• Spread of 125% looks dramatic, but it's driven by a handful of high-priced days, not a wide day-to-day swing in normal fares.
• With 30 snapshots sampled, there's enough history here to trust the $356–$369 range as the realistic booking target.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the SFO → AMS price history page.

The full picture

The data shows a route that's mostly stable, punctuated by a few expensive outliers. Three-quarters of the observed fares sat at or below $369, and the bottom quartile started at $356 — a tight band around the $363 median. That consistency is useful: it means travelers checking prices on any given day are more likely to see something close to $363 than either extreme in this dataset.

The $726 high and $323 low are what drive the eye-catching 125% spread, but they represent the tails, not the center of the distribution. In practice, that likely reflects premium or near-term fares mixed in with a handful of unusually cheap days, rather than a route where prices swing wildly on a weekly basis. For travelers, the practical takeaway is to treat anything in the $350s as a good fare worth booking, and treat anything above $450–500 as a signal to wait or check alternate dates — the data suggests that's outside the normal range.

We don't have carrier-level detail strong enough to call out a dominant airline or day-of-week pattern here, so we won't speculate on which specific days or airlines drive the cheaper fares. The honest caveat: 30 daily snapshots capture recent pricing behavior, not seasonal booking-curve dynamics — this data can't tell you whether fares typically soften 2 months out versus 2 weeks out, only what the *current* distribution of prices looks like. Use the $356–$369 band as your benchmark, and treat outliers in either direction as exceptions rather than the rule.

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