Fare anomaly · SEA → ICN
Cheap flights from Seattle to Seoul
AeroQuant™ currently models a retail fare of $1,140 against a lowest legal arbitrage fare of $645 for 2026-12-03 (economy, per traveler): a 43.4% spread.
How SEA–ICN gets cheaper
- Regional point-of-sale pricing: the same flight is often filed at different tariffs in different countries and currencies.
- Split-hub routing: pricing SEA to a competitive hub and that hub to ICN as separate tickets can undercut the nonstop.
- Timing: discounted fare buckets typically reopen on a revenue-management schedule; the scan shows the window for this route.