Shanghai to Vientiane: buy now or wait?
Buy now FareScore 71/100
usually CN¥1,018 CN¥906 ≈ €121 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 71% of what we have seen
26 Nov Hainan Airlines With a stop
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26 Nov
03:30
Hainan Airlines · 10h 05m
With a stop
€121
5 Dec
03:30
Hainan Airlines · 10h 05m
With a stop ↓1%
€132 €131
5 Jan
03:30
Hainan Airlines · 10h 05m
With a stop
€134
22 Dec
03:30
Hainan Airlines · 10h 05m
With a stop
€135
11 Nov
02:45
Sichuan Airlines · 14h 40m
With a stop
€136
10 Jan
02:45
Sichuan Airlines · 14h 40m
With a stop
€136
9 Nov
02:45
Sichuan Airlines · 14h 40m
With a stop
€137
What the history says
Prices recorded 83
Typical price €136
Lowest we saw €121
You save today €15
Based on 83 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
56–83 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €130 typical, on 14 observations. That is about €3 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Vientiane
December €132 28 observations
October €132 23 observations
January €133 7 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 (97,668 flights on 19,841 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-05), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16.7%, against +49.3% 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 +3.5% and Tuesday +4.3%, while Friday was the dearest at +10.5%. 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 January 2027 was the dearest at +22.7%. Covers September 2026, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026, January 2027; fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-05.
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