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$95 Find cheap flights from Richmond, Virginia to San José, San José Province

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Cheap flight deals from Richmond to San José (RIC-SJO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Richmond 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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10:08 am - 12:09 amRIC-SJO
16h 01m1 stop
12:59 am - 5:41 pmSJO-RIC
14h 42m1 stop
$233Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Jun 11 - Mon, Jun 17
12:08 pm - 12:09 amRIC-SJO
14h 01m1 stop
12:59 am - 11:18 amSJO-RIC
8h 19m2 stops
$240Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Jun 11 - Mon, Jun 17
7:10 pm - 9:21 amRIC-SJO
16h 11m1 stop
12:59 am - 9:13 amSJO-RIC
6h 14m1 stop
$244Spirit Airlines
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Sat, May 25 - Tue, May 28
8:54 pm - 9:21 amRIC-SJO
14h 27m1 stop
10:11 am - 8:04 pmSJO-RIC
7h 53m1 stop
$259Spirit Airlines
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Sat, May 25 - Wed, May 29
6:30 am - 11:30 amRIC-SJO
7h 00m1 stop
12:30 pm - 11:14 pmSJO-RIC
8h 44m1 stop
$305JetBlue
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Fri, Aug 9 - Thu, Aug 22
8:28 pm - 11:25 amRIC-SJO
16h 57m2 stops
12:53 pm - 8:24 amSJO-RIC
17h 31m2 stops
$335American Airlines
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Thu, Oct 3 - Thu, Oct 10
6:10 am - 7:55 pmRIC-SJO
15h 45m1 stop
7:01 am - 10:10 amSJO-RIC
25h 09m2 stops
$353American Airlines
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Tue, Aug 6 - Tue, Aug 13
6:30 am - 11:30 amRIC-SJO
7h 00m1 stop
12:10 pm - 11:14 pmSJO-RIC
9h 04m1 stop
$355JetBlue
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Mon, Aug 12 - Sat, Aug 17
5:40 am - 11:53 amRIC-SJO
8h 13m1 stop
1:13 pm - 12:25 amSJO-RIC
9h 12m1 stop
$410Delta
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Thu, Oct 3 - Thu, Oct 10
6:30 am - 12:56 pmRIC-SJO
31h 26m1 stop
2:19 pm - 9:27 pmSJO-RIC
30h 08m2 stops
$425United Airlines
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Fri, Nov 8 - Sun, Nov 17

Flights from Richmond to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

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

The average price of all flights from Richmond, Virginia 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 Tuesday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Richmond, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Richmond, Virginia 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 Richmond, Virginia 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 Richmond, Virginia to San José, San José Province is May, where tickets cost $407 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and March, where the average cost of tickets is $773 and $741 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Richmond, Virginia 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 Richmond, Virginia 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 Richmond, Virginia 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 46 days before departure.

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September

High season

February

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$95
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 26% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Richmond to San José

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

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Richmond, Virginia to San José, San José Province was $95 for a one-way ticket and $233 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    Richmond and San José are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Richmond from Richmond Byrd Intl and will be arriving at San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

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

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

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

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Richmond 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 Richmond?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Richmond to San José, Delta or JetBlue?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Richmond to San José are Delta and JetBlue. With an average price for the route of $587 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. JetBlue is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $526 and an overall rating of 7.6.

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

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

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Richmond 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.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10736 reviews
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
8.0Entertainment
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
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The plane from SNA wouldn’t start after 5 tries. The team gave me an option of flying direct from LAX and giving me a Lyft ride there! Perfect!

10.0 ExcellentSash, May 2024SEA - HNL
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The plane from SNA wouldn’t start after 5 tries. The team gave me an option of flying direct from LAX and giving me a Lyft ride there! Perfect!

Best airline! Always friendly and welcoming. Skyclub was great and loved the fast free wifi on board. I also love that you can pre-order your meal on the app!

Atlanta boarding crew at gate were filled with arrogance and were disrespectful. In flight crew showed indifference to the needs of passengers. This is about the flight from ATL to BDL.

The plane was FREEZING SEATS UNCOMFORTABLE Otherwise smooth Thank you

Boarding was chaotic. I didn’t finish dinner because I went to bed early. Breakfast omelet was overcooked and tasteless but croissant was better than usual. Plane was dirty—crumbs in every seam and lavatory was poorly maintained (paint peeling, etc.) and toilet paper had not been refreshed before takeoff. No cubby for storage in first and seat was narrow.

Boarding was somewhat chaotic. Unable to evaluate crew or food/drink because captain kept them seated due to turbulence. Have no idea if entertainment was offered.

West Jet has a horrible boarding process and the seats have no cushion.

Everything went smoothly. I didn’t like that when I booked in the main cabin my wife and I weren’t seated together. One would think when booking on an option that allows picking your seat. They would put you and your travel partner together. Had to call to get it sorted. They did fix.

The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

Very frustrated with boarding gate crew. She announced the plane was small and they would be limiting us to one item to carry on. Not a problem for me as I understand the tiny planes have limited space!! Not the case here! It was a rather large plane and had plenty of room for bags! So because I don’t want to be one of “those people” who ignores the request to check a carry on I did so asking if I would be able to pick it up at the bottom of the ramp on arrival in Knoxville to which she responded “yes”! Then I watched as every other passenger held onto their 2 items and boarded!! Then when we arrived in Knoxville our 2 carry ons had been put with all the other luggage and we had to go to baggage pick up and wait for all the big checked bags to come off the carousel! So she lied!! Frustrating. Next time I won’t be so nice!

Delayed departure. Delayed after landing pulling into gate. Delay due to sky bridge malfunction

Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

Business class is great. New airplane, very comfortable, better than some of the major airlines I am used to

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.

We ended up with seats in the very back. So they did not recline. Have no idea why, we reserved and checked in very early. The isles were very narrow and the seats had very little leg room. But they did give us water, and a snack.

Energetic crew - flight full of swiftied going to Taylor's opening show in Paris! Long lines for bathroom made out kind of suck though

Check in etc was very good. As for on the plane, it was like flying in a freezer. It was so cold, i have flown for years and never been so cold on a plane. Staff on board said its always cold when flying which is a load of rubbish. They wouldnt put any heating on and now i have the flu because of this .

I’ve had a couple flights this week on United that were delayed by an hour or more

Flight was delayed 2.5 hours - a big deal on an overnight when you plan to sleep.

I feel like they have upgraded the app since I last flew United and I found it to be super helpful. I had stopped flying United unless absolutely necessary and my experience on this trip indicates they have been working hard to improve their services.

Surprisingly easy! I was hesitant to try this, but the cost swayed me. I actually felt like I had less stress than all the taxiing and possible delays that occur with short regional flights where you spend less time in the air than getting to and from the plane..

This flight was delayed multiple times and eventually canceled around 2-3ish. Original take off time was around 10:30am. By 3, there were no other options out of Houston, so stuck in Houston for from 3pm - 11am the next day.

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

Liked - nothing. Disliked - delayed 35+ min sitting on the plane. Caused me to miss my connection in Charlotte. American Airlines is the worst US Air Carrier company with atrocious customer service.

Worst situation ever! I booked my tickets for this trip on Alaska Airlines. I guess AA is a partner and we flew nonstop from Eugene to PHX on an AA jet. I had to pay for luggage from PHX to EUG. And this was an Alaska Airlines reservation paid for with Alaska airlines credit card! Got to the PHX airport and was not able to check bags because of some weird issue with the AA software. My reservation had to be the-entered by the agent. I will never pick another American Airlines flight on the Alaska Airlines website. While on vacation, I tried to upgrade our seats for the trip home. The request just buffered and never went through. I tried four times and was charged four times on my credit card. The card was charged but the seats were never changed. What a wreck!

Left from gate 30 minutes before flight. Never been late to a flight ever. It says 15 minutes before explicitly on the ticket.

I like the boarding process, it was fast. The seat doesn’t have a TV for a long flight and food wasn’t served, just snacks.

Use planes with TVs on flights over 4 hours. The free entertainment was a cheap in between solution for a very long flight that you don't even bother providing meals or decent snacks.

Even though we left CMI late, we mostly made up the time.

Delayed almost 4 hours for a 45 minute flight with no explanation.

Again, multiple delays and I eventually just canceled and drove!

Great crew. Very comfortable business seats with nice bedding. Good food. We were delayed to let late passengers on the flight, but otherwise great experience.

Great crew. We were delayed so that late passengers could get on the flight. Love the bedding in business class. Good food. Great experience.

Arrived 3 hours early and never made it past baggage drop

Flight delayed then canceled! I will NEVER fly Spirit Airlines again and will tell all my friends!

Absolutely terrible. The boarding process had zero organization. Mobs of people trying to board. People were climbing over my child's stroller with her in it. No families were boarded first. Boarding was delayed with no reasoning or notification that it would be late. We were then stuck on the plane for 45 minutes after landing. Then waited over two hours for our luggage. There was zero communication with the travelers. Never have I experienced such I professionalism and disgrace of others. Extremely disappointed.

For it to have left on time! Instead of two hours early with zero notice

Flight kept delayed from morning to late afternoon so I had to make other arrangements

Crew was nice, explained emergency protocol very well. Flight took off and arrived on time. Pilot explained the small delay that occurred with docking and providing updates. I would definitely fly spirit again.

Terrible… missed our flight due to ridiculously long time to go thru baggage check-in!

The crew was not great or professional. It seemed like they didn't really want to be there. A true lack of effort for accommodating customers.

Everything was really good but the seats are not very comfortable.

I paid for WiFi, but it (WiFi) was very very slow, will never take again! Impossible open Utube 😤😤😤

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Richmond to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/11Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
14h 01mRIC-SJO
$95
5/26Sun
1 stopSpirit Airlines
14h 28mRIC-SJO
$96
5/27Mon
1 stopSpirit Airlines
16h 01mRIC-SJO
$99
5/26Sun
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
16h 39mRIC-SJO
$123
5/25Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
14h 27mRIC-SJO
$128
6/16Sun
1 stopSpirit Airlines
16h 01mRIC-SJO
$134
6/11Tue
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
19h 06mRIC-SJO
$144
5/25Sat
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
16h 38mRIC-SJO
$148
5/27Mon
2 stops
23h 27mRIC-SJO
$174
5/26Sun
3 stops
42h 17mRIC-SJO
$190

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Last minute flights from Richmond 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 Richmond to San José that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/15Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 27mRIC-SJO
5/21Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 14mSJO-RIC
$350
5/15Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 27mRIC-SJO
5/22Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
7h 53mSJO-RIC
$360
5/16Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 28mRIC-SJO
5/20Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 14mSJO-RIC
$364
5/15Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 27mRIC-SJO
5/21Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
30h 15mSJO-RIC
$378
5/15Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 27mRIC-SJO
5/20Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
13h 12mSJO-RIC
$387
5/15Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 27mRIC-SJO
5/22Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
21h 01mSJO-RIC
$402
5/15Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
14h 27mRIC-SJO
5/25Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
18h 41mSJO-RIC
$406
5/15Wed
multi-stop
22h 08mRIC-SJO
5/25Sat
multi-stop
18h 41mSJO-RIC
$444
5/16Thu
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 49mRIC-SJO
5/23Thu
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
13h 03mSJO-RIC
$647
5/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 49mRIC-SJO
5/24Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
15h 51mSJO-RIC
$1,167

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Richmond - San José Flights

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Richmond (undefined)United States

Destination:

San José (SJO)Costa Rica

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