Cairns to Shanghai: buy now or wait?
Your call FareScore 25/100
A$615 ≈ €387 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 25% of what we have seen
9 Nov Jetstar With a stop
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What the history says
Prices recorded 8
Typical price €387
Lowest we saw €387
Based on 8 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against every month we have on record.
Best booking window
0–13 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €387 typical, on 6 observations.
Cheapest months to fly to Shanghai
November €387 7 observations
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- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1–1.5 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (81,915 flights on 17,344 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-10-30), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +17.2%, against +49.6% in the last 3 days.
- What is the cheapest day of the week to fly?
- Wednesday. Comparing each fare with the median of its own route, Wednesday departures were +3% and Tuesday +4%, while Friday was the dearest at +10.4%. Weekend departures cost more than midweek ones.
- What is the cheapest month to fly?
- November 2026. Comparing each route's fares month by month (booked 8–60 days ahead), November 2026 departures were -1.1% against the route's own median, while September 2026 was the dearest at +6.3%. Covers September 2026, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026; fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-10-30.
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