Sydney to Shanghai: buy now or wait?
Buy now FareScore 69/100
usually CA$461 CA$417 ≈ €266 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 69% of what we have seen
18 Jan Sichuan Airlines With a stop
Cheapest in October (~CA$388)
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18 Jan
10:25
Sichuan Airlines · 16h 05m
With a stop
€266
22 Jan
10:25
Sichuan Airlines · 16h 05m
With a stop
€272
27 Jan
10:25
Sichuan Airlines · 16h 05m
With a stop
€279
16 Nov
05:50
Tianjin Airlines · 21h 50m
With a stop
€287
10 Jan
11:10
Shenzhen Airlines · 15h 50m
Direct
€298
10 Jan
22:20
China Southern Airlines · 14h 55m
Direct ↓1%
€302 €299
18 Nov
07:15
Tianjin Airlines · 20h 25m
With a stop
€307
16 Nov
21:50
Juneyao Airlines · 10h 20m
Direct
€322
7 Nov
23:30
Air China · 15h 25m
Direct
€339
What the history says
Prices recorded 103
Typical price €294
Lowest we saw €266
You save today €28
Based on 103 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
14–27 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €265 typical, on 26 observations. That is about €3 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Shanghai
October €248 36 observations
September €250 5 observations
November €270 44 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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