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Find cheap flights from Cincinnati to San José from $87

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Cincinnati to San José departing on 4/13. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Cincinnati to San José

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Cincinnati to San José that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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2:35 pm - 8:11 amCVG-SJO
19h 36m1 stop
9:21 am - 4:52 pmSJO-CVG
29h 31m1 stop
$194Frontier
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Wed, Apr 10 - Thu, Apr 18
2:35 pm - 8:11 amCVG-SJO
19h 36m1 stop
9:21 am - 7:46 amSJO-CVG
20h 25m2 stops
$239Frontier
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Wed, Apr 10 - Thu, Apr 18
6:24 pm - 9:21 amCVG-SJO
16h 57m1 stop
12:59 am - 5:03 pmSJO-CVG
14h 04m1 stop
Sat, May 11 - Fri, May 17
7:00 am - 7:37 pmCVG-SJO
14h 37m1 stop
1:25 pm - 11:30 pmSJO-CVG
8h 05m1 stop
$482United Airlines
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Tue, Sep 24 - Tue, Oct 8
6:59 am - 6:31 pmCVG-SJO
13h 32m2 stops
12:53 pm - 10:29 amSJO-CVG
19h 36m2 stops
$484American Airlines
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Tue, Sep 24 - Tue, Oct 8
6:17 am - 1:21 pmCVG-SJO
9h 04m1 stop
12:53 pm - 10:29 amSJO-CVG
19h 36m2 stops
$485American Airlines
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Tue, Sep 24 - Tue, Oct 8
6:00 am - 8:10 amCVG-SJO
28h 10m2 stops
8:27 am - 10:02 amSJO-CVG
23h 35m2 stops
$538Copa Airlines
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Thu, May 30 - Tue, Jun 11
7:15 am - 10:03 amCVG-SJO
28h 48m2 stops
5:30 am - 8:57 pmSJO-CVG
37h 27m2 stops
$564United Airlines
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Sat, Jun 1 - Fri, Jun 7
6:00 am - 7:49 amCVG-SJO
27h 49m2 stops
11:34 am - 10:12 amSJO-CVG
20h 38m2 stops
$614Copa Airlines
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Sat, Aug 3 - Tue, Aug 6
1:40 pm - 8:22 pmCVG-SJO
8h 42m1 stop
7:00 am - 11:57 pmSJO-CVG
14h 57m1 stop
$652Delta
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Wed, Jun 12 - Sat, Jun 22

Flights from Cincinnati to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cincinnati to San José to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Cincinnati to San José?

The average price of all flights from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Cincinnati to San José, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from San José, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province is September, where tickets cost $779 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of tickets is $1,231 and $1,183 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Cincinnati to San José?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket from Cincinnati to San José found on KAYAK was with Frontier for $87. Frontier proposed a round-trip connection from $194 and United Airlines from $482.

How long does a flight from Cincinnati to San José take?

There are no direct flights for this route. The shortest travel duration to get to San José from Cincinnati is 6h 21m.

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Low season

September

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$87
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 21% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 20% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Cincinnati to San José

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Cincinnati to San José based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Cincinnati to San José

  • What is the cheapest flight from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province was $87 for a one-way ticket and $194 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Cincinnati and San José?

    A passport is required to fly from Cincinnati to San José.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Cincinnati to San José?

    When flying out of Cincinnati you will be using Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky. You will be landing at San José, also known as San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Cincinnati to San José?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Cincinnati to San José?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Cincinnati and San José, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Cincinnati to San José, Delta or Copa Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cincinnati to San José are Delta and Copa Airlines. With an average price for the route of $901 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Copa Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $779 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cincinnati to San José?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Cincinnati to San José.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Cincinnati to San José?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San José from Cincinnati is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Cincinnati to San José?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to San José with an airline and back to Cincinnati with another airline. Booking your flights between Cincinnati and SJO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Cincinnati to San José?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to San José from Cincinnati up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Cincinnati to San José

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cincinnati to San José? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to KAYAK reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 11418 reviews
86crew
82boarding
79comfort
81overall
75food
80entertainment
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Carly the flight attendant was extremely helpful and very accommodating to passengers on the flight from what I noticed. Couldn't be more satisfied with the service and assistance from Delta's flight attendant, Thanks again Carly!!

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Carly the flight attendant was extremely helpful and very accommodating to passengers on the flight from what I noticed. Couldn't be more satisfied with the service and assistance from Delta's flight attendant, Thanks again Carly!!

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Delta did an awful job w logistics at DTW. Missed connection. We were there an hour early. SUCKED

Inflight entertainment stopped working as we taxi to runway and never worked again until landing and taxi to gate. Grrrr

Had to run to make it only to have the flight delayed to wait for all the late connectors Second drink service skipped up

Boarding was a sh!t show. JFK BOARDING was awful. The agent called three sections at a time Clogging the area then yelling at people to not block the walk way. How are you going to call delta one , premium select and comfort plus at once and the yell at highest paying passengers. Need to do a lot better and the flight attendants in the galley need to understand that their voices travel. They were talking about others and everyone in the cabin heard them

Uncomfortable seats on 14 hour flight. Mediocre food. On time and great crew.

Please see my lengthy description on MSP to Atlanta survey. Tailbone is killing me from old hard seats. Seat would not recline and were not near exit row. Entertainment did not work properly and couldn’t use. No audio and touch screen failed. 3 plus hours of discomfort in narrower seats than previous flight not in comfort plus. Very dissatisfied and deserve comfort plus charges refunds, at the very least, for both my wife and I. The plane needs to be retired. Please feel free to contact me directly for further details.

MSP to Atlanta was much better than Atlanta to St. Kitts. Paid $180 each for myself and wife for Delta comfort from Atlanta to St. Kitts. Seats were more narrow and obviously old and worn out. Tailbone is killing me. Seat would not recline. Seats behind reclined and we were not an exit row or in front of an exit row. Entertainment did not work in that the movie jumped forward and back and there was no audio. The plug in the arm rest was loose. Flight attendant tried “resetting” the video for my seat but no good. She never checked back. Someone else near me had the same issue. Touch screen was unresponsive. No where near as comfortable as MSP to Atlanta flight. 3 plus hrs. flight time without the basic amenities and not even remotely close to comfortable but paid for Comfort plus. I will be very disappointed if I have the same on my return “Comfort Plus” flight St. Kitts to Atlanta. At the very least my wife and I should be refunded for round trip “Comfort Plus” charges. Please feel free to contact me directly for more details.

Copa performed as expected for the amount of money I was willing to spend for the flight; it wasn’t exceptional but it was not bad in any way either. The crew was good; friendly and straightforward. The food was airplane food, so no expectations there and the entertainment was lacking but that was my fault for owning an IPhone with a charging port that’s not compatible with the rest of the world. I’d fly Copa again.

Left my bags in origin city on a business class ticket , spent about 2-3 days in the same clothes plus the flight .

the planes are not modern there are no phone chargers

As usual, the flight with normal legroom was not very comfortable, but the second flight was much better because we had paid for extra legroom. It was very nice to check our bags without an extra fee.

LOCKED MY BAG WITHOUT CONSENT. Had to have my zippers cut upon arrival in Costa Rica.

Pros: "The seats in economy were confortable. The best thing was Copa gave us seats in the second line and my family traveled together."
Cons: "Coffe service could better the experience"
Pros: "The crew was very interested on help and attentive with the passengers. But the seat wasn't comfortable. The design of the cushion is not the best to be seating"
Pros: "You were on time, that is the most important thing in a fly"
Cons: "You could improve your entertainment, you are not a cheap company"
Pros: "That there was seltzer"
Cons: "The management of preparing the flight and plane so that it was ready for the trip!!"
Pros: "Copa was convenient and easy. Very easy boarding process and I appreciated the day flight."
Cons: "This is a business class that is equivalent to a US carrier domestic first class. Good seats, not lay flat but wide on my 737-800. The food and service emulated say American Airlines Domestic 1C as well. Everything was just good enough, and much cheaper that international business on the majors."

Flight delayed for 2 hours due to a part. The plane sat waiting for boarding for a long time and during final preflight inspection the issue was found. Why not do the preflight inspection sooner if you know the plane is being used?

The flight experience was very good! Especially the United Club!

Overall it was good. The flight was bumpy at times, but the pilot made us aware every time. As a result, no snacks/drinks were made available. Seats were tight but that’s okay as I had a window seat.

Plane didn’t even make it off the ground. We all had to get off and walk to a different terminal (lots of confusion) to get on a different plane. Landed fairly late, connections missed.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

All good except paid for wifi that did not work

Beverage and food services are excellent. We enjoy paying the extra for economy plus for the 3 inches more leg room to be exact.

Left 2 hours later for delayed I had to take care a kid with special need since people don’t want to move to accommodate the rest of the family. . It wasn’t bad but that made me upset that people can be that selfish.

The crew were really great, but the 4 hour delay in small chunks was the worst.

They did get us booked on a later flight, but it made us miss our connecting flight. So, we had to stay and another state overnight with no luggage or clothes. Because they kept our luggage at airport for next flight on the next day.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

Flight was good and arrived a little early. Very good.

Gossipy flight attendants talked the whole flight about bar hopping and dating.

Turbulence was bad and flight attendants gossiped about going to the bar and dating. Could have better awareness.

When we exited the plane our wheelchair wasn’t there. The Pilot and co pilot were so nice and helped us locate it. Great service.

Didn't like the 6 hour delay as it caused me to miss all of my connections. Still, I did get home safely 14 hours late but exhausted.

New ridiculous policy by american destroyed my allegiance to american. As a million miler with american, I expected it would be easy to get on an earlier flight when I got to airport earlier than expected, and save a five hour layover. WRONG. The online app would not let me switch flights, So I called, and was promised a call back in 90 minutes. HAH! The customer service desk at DCA said “we no longer have access to changing a flight on our screens. If the app couldn’t do it, I should send a letter to American, but there’s nothing else possible!”

We were delayed bc ground crew gave the flight crew the wrong paperwork. We taxiied to the runway then back to the gate to get the correct paperwork that no one bothered reviewing the first time we pushed back. Boarding was rude and stressful like it always is. Gate agents and flight attendants are all over 55 years of age, embittered by years of underpayment From AA leading to their passive agressive bitchiness for no reason.

Same basket of unhealthy prepackaged snacks (junk food) which was depleted by the time it got to my row!!

Lots of weather delays that were poorly communicated and managed. I get there are weather delays but they didn’t make it clear what was happening or comfortable on the plane

First time flying Frontier, I am not sure the Ala Carte menu of options is for me.

Flight was delayed on the runway for 40 minutes the crew did not even offer even water to passengers to compensate for the flight delayed. The flight was delayed due to aircraft mechanical issues. Worst customer service ever

See my previous comment which is mostly about our flight from Phoenix to SFO

Terrible. Initially we were shocked by the outrageous baggage fees we needed to pay at check in for our so-called "discounted, economy flight" - we paid over $200 (!!) for one check-in and 2 carry-on bags - this felt like a real bait-and-switch" scam. Our flight from Phoenix to SFO was delayed by 4 hours. Multiple apparent causes (from needing to make space for other planes that were landing late to problem with cabins pressure system, and whatever...). After de-boarding and re-boarding we still waited at least an hour on a cramped, poorly ventilated plane before take-off. Seats were cramped, uncomfortable - did not recline at all. No water until we were flying for a while. No complimentary snacks. Upon arrival at SFO my luggage was sent upstairs to the check-in counter. The customer service person there refused to let me examine a bunch of bags that were sitting on a nearby cart because it was "behind the counter", rather made me wait until another attendant did an exhaustive and failed (?computer) search, came back and told me they were unable to locate my bag. I asked her to look on the cart, lo and behold, there was my bag just a few feet away! Missed my choir rehearsal that evening due to all of the delays. One more thing, a few days later my husband and I tested positive for Covid. Since we both are fully vaccinated, careful about masking and have never had Covid previously, we will never know, but suspect we may have acquired the infection during the prolonged wait on your poorly ventilated plane (person in the row in front of us was coughing). After registering a complaint, we received a measly $50 voucher for future flights. Needless to say we have no intention of flying with Frontier Airlines ever again.

I liked getting off the plane. Everything else was well below standards. Not even offering a bag of peanuts for free for a 4 hours flight is ridiculous.

The whole experience was bad. Didn't know no complimentary drinks or snacks. $4.39 for a soda is ridiculous even a bottle water. A carry on was $74 just crazy. I don't think I will take this airline ever again. Very bad

Delayed...attendants checked every single bag and item for sizes before boarding.

There was no wifi, there was no usb charger on the planes Frontier lowered the weight limit on suitcases from 50 to 40 pounds Frontier now charges for a seat...really? If i don't pay for a basic seat, do i stand the whole flight? Frontier now charges for the carry on, just like for the checked suitcase The bundle pricing is way over priced.

I am HIGHLY unhappy with the amount of money I spent on the flight. Paid in advance only to find the flight at a discount price a week or so before the flight. I will not fly frontier again and have bad mouthed your business since to anyone I have spoken with about flying (which has been many a people). Crew was mediocre and instead of moving me to a spot where I could gain some leg room they sat their flight attendant there. Won’t be flying frontier in the future.

They changed my flight and did not want to accommodate me or try to help me in any way. They do not care about their customers.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Cincinnati to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/13Sat
1 stopFrontier
19h 36mCVG-SJO
$87
4/8Mon
1 stopFrontier
9h 55mCVG-SJO
$99
5/16Thu
1 stop
23h 40mCVG-SJO
$121
5/6Mon
1 stop
16h 57mCVG-SJO
$123
5/4Sat
2 stops
29h 11mCVG-SJO
$128
5/16Thu
2 stops
10h 57mCVG-SJO
$135
5/3Fri
2 stops
32h 14mCVG-SJO
$143
5/1Wed
2 stopsCopa Airlines
23h 50mCVG-SJO
$231
5/2Thu
2 stopsCopa Airlines
23h 50mCVG-SJO
$245
5/8Wed
2 stopsCopa Airlines
23h 29mCVG-SJO
$260

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Last minute flights from Cincinnati to San José

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Cincinnati to San José that are departing in the next 10 days.
3/29Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 27mCVG-SJO
4/7Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 56mSJO-CVG
$1,178
3/29Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 49mCVG-SJO
4/7Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 03mSJO-CVG
$1,182
3/29Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 45mCVG-SJO
4/7Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
13h 28mSJO-CVG
$1,353

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Cincinnati - San José Flights

Departure:

Cincinnati (CVG)United States

Destination:

San José (SJO)Costa Rica

Return flight deals:

San José - Cincinnati

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