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Find cheap flights from New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José departing on 5/10. 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 New Orleans to San José (MSY-SJO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New Orleans 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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6:30 am - 11:32 amMSY-SJO
6h 02m1 stop
12:59 am - 8:26 amSJO-MSY
6h 27m1 stop
$188Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Tue, May 14
6:30 am - 11:32 amMSY-SJO
6h 02m1 stop
12:59 am - 1:03 pmSJO-MSY
11h 04m1 stop
$198Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Fri, May 10
6:30 am - 11:32 amMSY-SJO
6h 02m1 stop
9:36 am - 8:57 amSJO-MSY
22h 21m1 stop
$200Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Sun, May 12
6:30 am - 11:32 amMSY-SJO
6h 02m1 stop
12:59 am - 8:26 amSJO-MSY
6h 27m1 stop
$202Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Sat, May 11
6:30 am - 11:32 amMSY-SJO
6h 02m1 stop
10:11 am - 7:08 pmSJO-MSY
7h 57m1 stop
$203Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Wed, May 15
5:25 am - 12:04 amMSY-SJO
19h 39m3 stops
5:10 am - 3:26 pmSJO-MSY
9h 16m2 stops
Thu, May 16 - Thu, May 23
9:32 am - 8:36 amMSY-SJO
24h 04m3 stops
12:59 am - 5:22 pmSJO-MSY
15h 23m2 stops
Sat, May 4 - Fri, May 10
5:15 am - 6:55 pmMSY-SJO
14h 40m2 stops
2:27 pm - 9:52 amSJO-MSY
18h 25m2 stops
$408American Airlines
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Tue, Apr 30 - Sun, May 5
2:28 pm - 11:25 amMSY-SJO
21h 57m2 stops
1:56 pm - 5:33 pmSJO-MSY
26h 37m2 stops
$432American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 28 - Sun, Oct 6
7:15 pm - 10:03 amMSY-SJO
15h 48m1 stop
5:30 am - 8:45 amSJO-MSY
26h 15m1 stop
$459United Airlines
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Thu, Jul 25 - Sun, Jul 28

Flights from New Orleans to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José?

The average price of all flights from New Orleans to San José, San José Province clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San José on a Thursday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to New Orleans, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José, San José Province is August, where tickets cost $328 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, where the average cost of tickets is $721 and $616 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José, San José Province, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 3 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from New Orleans 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 best return deals on flights connecting New Orleans to San José were found on Spirit Airlines ($188) and American Airlines ($408). Spirit Airlines proposed the cheapest one-way flight at $87.

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Low season

October

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$87
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 37% increase in price.
Flight from New Orleans to San José

When to book flights from New Orleans to San José

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from New Orleans to San José, San José Province was $87 for a one-way ticket and $188 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in New Orleans and on arrival in San José.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New Orleans to San José?

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to San José from New Orleans?

    Fort Lauderdale is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from New Orleans to San José.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from New Orleans to San José, United Airlines or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from New Orleans to San José are United Airlines and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $589 and an overall rating of 7.4, United Airlines is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $617 and an overall rating of 7.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San José from New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans with another airline. Booking your flights between New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New Orleans to San José. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New Orleans 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 verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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DeltaOverall score based on 11104 reviews
8.0entertainment
7.9comfort
8.6crew
8.2boarding
7.5food
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Seat back monitors and outlets were dead and not working.

8.0 ExcellentCarl, Apr 2024JFK - FLL
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Seat back monitors and outlets were dead and not working.

Everything was great except for the seat. The backrest would not stay in the upright position.

I usually have a positive experience with Delta. Complimentary upgrades are always nice!

Flight delayed about 2 hrs so it made it a VERY late night

The crew, food, and entertainment were all good. But my screen had some sort of bug where if I turned it off, it would turn back on after 2-5 minutes. At full brightness. It made it very hard to get any shut-eye on the overnight flight. Also, the older Boeing plane, while nicely cared for (and no doors fell off 😅👏) doesn't have the nice air quality of newer planes. So I felt a bit greasy by the time we landed in Sweden.

It was a crowded flight. They did the best they could.

Service was good for such a short flight. Small plane but smooth flight.

Worst flight in my life. Only was scheduled for a 45 min flight to get our connection flight. It was late by 40 minutes and we missed our connection. Delta was totally useless trying to help and unable to get my family on the next flight because they overbooked it Thus had to get a hotel at my expense and lost a day at Disney as a result. Cost me about a $1000 if you add 2 hotels meals shuttles etc to get thru the day Awful customer service by Delta in Detroit totally useless people

The experience was good and the flight departed on time and landed early

The flight was delayed but we got to our final destination.

Terrible. Flight was cancelled due to the weather in the east and sout east(florida). Did not get any compesation of any kind. According to them, it was not under their control so I lost all the money paid for the 2 fairs from Raleigh, NC to Orlando, Fl.

great flight. Pilot was communicative, flight attendants were excellent. Really nice experience except my tv didn’t work.

Overall, the flight was better than the flight I took to go to Florida, which had a bunch of problems. The crew is really nice and the plane was new so it had a small problem when we were on the runway, but the flight itself was great. They even made some time back up, which is always a good thing.

at the time for boarding the lady just call Group A and no other goups and everybody from A to F go inside without the right turn,and when we get in theres no more spsce for carry on , the ones that get in at not correct group from the back occupy our space !!!!! a mess !!!!

There were multiple delays but JetBlue tried to make the boarding and departure process as quick and efficient as possible. The crew was as detached from reality as could be, meaning: not very friendly and just doing things by the numbers.

I had back trouble prior to my flight and everyone was great about helping me.

Jetblue needs to improve on Onboarding as it seems to always be behind on departing. It never leaves on time. I would recommend to have an earlier Onboarding in order to leave on time and respect your customers time as well.

40 minute delay before take off after boarding flight. Bright lights throughout night flight due Issues with light panels. In flight Entertainment nonfunctional

Everything was good except for deplaning in NY. Took way too long!!

Jet Blue keeps getting iit wrong. 4 hour mechanical delay followed by terrible boarding experience. This is my third horrific jet blue flight in 2024. I am going to try to avoid this loser in the sky

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

flight delays, staff only communicating when pushed, food service lasting a grand total of 7 minutes, stuck in seat from 45mins into flight until landing

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

the flight from Tampa departed with a delay. The food on board was poor, usually on international airlines alcoholic beverages are offered free of charge , but here it was for a fee, the cutlery was wooden, there were no hot drinks (tea, coffee). Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures of the portions of food, but it wouldn't have been enough for a child either.And in the future, I will try not to use the services of this airline

they made me check my carryon. There was space in the overhead bins.

Nice flight, nice crew but no cookie or napkin with my seltzer.

Trip was smooth bumpy from the wind but no issues at all the crew attendant was very pleasant and had great customer service

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

i suspect i caught flu on this flight as i could hear someone coughing a few rows back and ended up with flu a few days later. also tiresome to have to watch movies on my device by holding up smartphone screen, would have liked to have in seat display.

Flight was fine. It took an unusually long time to have baggage delivered to the carousel in ORD.

No problems with flight. Even though I had a short layover in DFW, I was still able to easily make my connection.

American Airlines continues to price it can provide the least comfortable passenger experience in the air. This legacy carrier rivals the budgets for both terrible seats and inadequate amenities. I am a 5’7” woman who is not wider than a coach seat (even on these narrow bodied aircraft). My 3.5 hour flight was terribly uncomfortable because the leg room is inadequate (my knees hit the seat on front of me even when it was not reclined); the seat barely reclines; and the foam padding is worn thin to the extent one can feel the metal supports of the seat. Add to this the fact that the aisle is super narrow, so that the drink cart literally scrapes the arm rest of the aisle seat. It’s basically torture.

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Plane took off without me, my stepdad and a dozen other passengers. It went from an hour delay to boarding in 15 montures without notifying anyone. Names were not called overhead. Now I’m missing a day of work and stuck in Charolette overnight paying for a hotel and Ubers out of pocket

I arrived to the airport 2 hours before my American Airlines flight was scheduled to take off. I have TSA pre-check. The airport was crazy packed when I arrived. After momentarily standing in the pre-check line, the TSA agent said that I am not pre-check. Of course I said that I am because I entered my KTN number on all my traveling sites and programs. I had to get out of line and go back to the AA counter to discover that American Airlines did not add my KTN to my boarding pass. I had to call TSA to find out my number, then have AA enter it onto my boarding pass. The emblem would not load onto my boarding pass. By this time, I decided to use my Clear in order to get through TSA but the line was ridiculous long. By the time I made through TSA, I missed my 11:08am flight and was re-booked for the 5:30pm. This is after the AA employee told me I should have gotten to the airport early. AA use to be a dependable airline not I use them only if I have too.

Average - flew with Jet Blue internal and it was far more comfortable and better food and entertainment. Notable difference

Flight from SBP to DFW 1. They rerouted us through PHX 2. Delayed flight out of SBP for 3 hrs so we missed our connection Downgrade on rerouted flight. Back of the plane, center seats, didn't sit together 4. Return flight out of DFW same exact thing. Delayed, missed connection, Downgrade + they lost our luggage! A complete mess.

On the new 319 NEO? seatback entertainment system did not work even when the flight attendant rebooted it. At least I had my cell phone to connect with wifi.

On time and fast. Overall it was a pleasant experience.

The weight limit per bag was really low - 40 lbs - so we had to pay extra. Then, they said their carry on size was 14x18x8, and we measured our bag very carefully. It was within the limit, yet they said it was too big, so we ended up paying an extra $100 for that too!! So it wasn’t the cheap flight we thought it would be. Then, they moved up our initial flight to depart 3 hours earlier which meant we had to be out on the road by 7 am and then have a 6 hour layover and we got home at 2am. It was a grueling day. I won’t be flying with them again.

Overall it was a good experience. Stewards were very kind and professional. The departure and arrival times were as promised. Plane was clean.

The seat are terrible. Don’t even think of sleeping on a Spirit flight. The kids that run the plane aka flight attendants are pretty rude and straight forward. They get the job done but without class.

No frills, limited comfort, no food, no entertainment, but fine

I had a death in my family and booked my flight on Spirit. My flight was cancelled the morning of my flight, no explanation, no help to rebook, nobody to talk to. The next available flight was 2days later !!!! Terrible airline, will NEVER fly with them again!

Flight was canceled. Knew there was weather, and were notified of 20 min delayed, and then suddenly canceled. Next reschedule was for 2 days. No help other than to refund. Thankfully full refund and appreciate that. I appreciate discounted airline but felt they could've done more for customer inconvenience.

The seat was very uncomfortable from Boston to Nashville. Otherwise the flight was excellent.

Terrible as usual!!!! Very unprofessional and rude flight attendants! You get what you pay for! HORRIBLE

There was a .79 discrepancy between the cost of the flight and what was paid. Spirit didn't let me obtain my boarding pass until the .79 (seventy nine cents) was paid. Contacting their customer service to resolve the issue was a nightmare that involved many wait minutes and two different departments. The price Kayak gave to Affirm, whom I used to pay for the tickets, and the price Spirit charged for the flight were off by the .79. I almost lost the ticket because of the hassle.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from New Orleans to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/10Fri
1 stopSpirit Airlines
8h 54mMSY-SJO
$87
5/4Sat
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
9h 01mMSY-SJO
$88
5/10Fri
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
24h 31mMSY-SJO
$92
5/4Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 58mMSY-SJO
$96
5/17Fri
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
24h 31mMSY-SJO
$99
5/5Sun
3 stops
30h 26mMSY-SJO
$183
5/23Thu
3 stops
29h 28mMSY-SJO
$200
7/9Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
28h 09mMSY-SJO
$221
6/8Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
28h 34mMSY-SJO
$520
6/8Sat
2 stopsCopa Airlines
24h 49mMSY-SJO
$994

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Last minute flights from New Orleans 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 New Orleans to San José that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/22Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 41mMSY-SJO
4/26Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
7h 17mSJO-MSY
$343
4/21Sun
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
28h 11mMSY-SJO
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
19h 06mSJO-MSY
$345
4/22Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 41mMSY-SJO
4/26Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
19h 06mSJO-MSY
$358
4/22Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 41mMSY-SJO
4/26Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
18h 08mSJO-MSY
$361
4/21Sun
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
28h 11mMSY-SJO
4/22Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
13h 33mSJO-MSY
$375
4/22Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 41mMSY-SJO
4/25Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
18h 58mSJO-MSY
$378
4/22Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
24h 04mMSY-SJO
4/26Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
18h 08mSJO-MSY
$381
4/21Sun
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
28h 11mMSY-SJO
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
21h 10mSJO-MSY
$389
4/21Sun
multi-stop
14h 25mMSY-SJO
4/22Mon
multi-stop
17h 17mSJO-MSY
$434
4/21Sun
multi-stop
18h 50mMSY-SJO
4/23Tue
multi-stop
30h 25mSJO-MSY
$1,071

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New Orleans - San José Flights

Departure:

New Orleans (MSY)United States

Destination:

San José (SJO)Costa Rica

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San José - New Orleans

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