Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → SEL
New York to Seoul
Best fare, round trip
$830
−12%
below its usual $945
you keep $115
Found
- Depart
- Thu 12 Nov
- Return
- Mon 16 Nov
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 15.5h
- Airline
Air Premia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $900 and $1,158. The drop beats 29% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South KoreaSeoulPalaces wedged between skyscrapers, barbecue smoke at midnight, cafés that outnumber people.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIncheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)Every route into SeoulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $830 and peak in April near $1,222, 47% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Air Premia nonstop and takes about 15.5 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip. At $830 for 11,052 km each way, that works out to about $38 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 25 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Seoul, this fare ranks 18th — 1.8× the $460 we hold from Athens. For context, the middle fare among the 22 routes of similar length we watch out of New York is $757. The best time to be in Seoul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,020 then versus $969 now, across 21 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $599, on 1 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 107 days priced, from 109 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
12345678Wednesday 9 December: $944. Compare fares from this day.1011121314151617181920Monday 21 December: $1.8k. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $1.9k. Compare fares from this day.24Friday 25 December: $1.6k. Compare fares from this day.26272829Wednesday 30 December: $1.4k. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Sunday 31 January: $908. Compare fares from this day.
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $830
12% below the $945 typical fare
$839Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$830Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$944Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$908Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$900Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$1222Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$1197May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$1158Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Seoul, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Incheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)
- Flight time
- ≈15.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈11,052 km each way
- Typical price
- $945 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air Premia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
NYC → SEL, answered.
Is $830 a good price for New York to Seoul?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $945 round-trip and this fare is 12% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Seoul?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Seoul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Seoul?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 8 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Seoul?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Air Premia). The outbound leg runs around 15.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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