San Francisco → Taipei flights

Target $394 or less — the SFO–TPE fare floor sits near $323

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $394 — a reasonable baseline expectation for this transpacific route.
• Bottom-quartile fares hit $323, meaning roughly one in four snapshots caught prices at or below that level — a realistic stretch target.
• Top-quartile fares reached $537+, and the single high point was $726 — nearly double the floor, so timing genuinely matters here.
• A 125% spread between low and high signals an unusually volatile pricing environment; waiting for a dip can meaningfully cut your cost.
• No single dominant carrier was identifiable in the data, so comparing across all available options each time you check is worth the extra step.

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

The SFO–Taipei corridor shows one of the wider fare spreads we track: 125% separates the lowest observed price ($323) from the highest ($726) across 30 daily snapshots. That kind of range tells you this isn't a route where you can casually book a week out and expect a fair deal — prices move substantially, and the difference between a well-timed purchase and a poorly timed one is easily $200 or more. The median of $394 is a useful sanity-check number: if you see something materially below it, the data suggest you're looking at a genuine deal rather than a temporary illusion.

For a transpacific route of roughly 11–12 hours, the conventional booking window guidance holds up: fares on long-haul Asia routes historically soften in the 6-to-12-week range before departure as airlines adjust unsold inventory. The p25 floor of $323 appearing in our 30-day snapshot window suggests these discounts do surface with enough regularity to be worth watching for. Setting a fare alert and checking back over a two-to-three-week monitoring period — rather than booking on the first search — is the practical takeaway here.

Because no single dominant carrier emerged clearly from this dataset, this route appears to be served competitively by multiple airlines, which is good news: that competition is likely part of what drives fares down to the $323 level on the best days. Compare across all carriers on any given search rather than defaulting to a preferred airline. One honest caveat: 30 snapshots capture cheapest cached fares on a rolling basis, not every available seat on every day. Actual availability at the lowest prices may be limited, and booking windows, seasons, and demand events (holidays, major conferences) can compress that floor significantly in ways this dataset doesn't isolate.

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