Jakarta to Shanghai: buy now or wait?
Buy now FareScore 67/100
usually IDR 2,818,228 IDR 2,696,578 ≈ €133 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 67% of what we have seen
11 Nov Shenzhen Airlines With a stop
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11 Nov
18:55
Shenzhen Airlines · 12h 00m
With a stop
€133
14 Nov
18:55
Shenzhen Airlines · 12h 00m
With a stop
€139
2 Dec
18:55
Shenzhen Airlines · 12h 00m
With a stop
€140
21 Jan
17:25
Shandong Airlines · 20h 35m
With a stop
€140
19 Nov
17:25
Shandong Airlines · 20h 35m
With a stop
€143
5 Nov
17:25
Shandong Airlines · 20h 35m
With a stop
€144
23 Jan
20:05
China Southern Airlines · 9h 20m
With a stop
€147
31 Dec
02:05
China Southern Airlines · 26h 15m
With a stop ↓1%
€149 €148
6 Nov
16:20
Xiamen Airlines · 18h 40m
With a stop
€150
19 Nov
00:05
Xiamen Airlines · 9h 45m
Direct
€150
14 Nov
02:05
China Southern Airlines · 11h 10m
Direct
€151
3 Jan
12:45
Hainan Airlines · 13h 40m
With a stop
€151
What the history says
Prices recorded 136
Typical price €139
Lowest we saw €125
You save today €6
Based on 136 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
84–180 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €131 typical, on 5 observations. That is about €8 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Shanghai
September €122 27 observations
November €139 49 observations
October €140 24 observations
Booking tips from our fare data
- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1–1.5 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (89,403 flights on 18,534 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-02), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16.9%, against +49.2% 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 +3.2% and Tuesday +3.9%, while Friday was the dearest at +10.6%. 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 +6.2%. Covers September 2026, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026; fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-02.
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