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$102 Find cheap flights from Phoenix to San José

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Cheap flight deals from Phoenix to San José (PHX-SJO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Phoenix 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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12:28 pm - 8:16 amPHX-SJO
18h 48m1 stop
12:32 pm - 11:13 pmSJO-PHX
11h 41m1 stop
Wed, May 15 - Wed, May 29
4:28 pm - 8:16 amPHX-SJO
14h 48m1 stop
12:59 am - 11:13 pmSJO-PHX
23h 14m1 stop
Wed, May 15 - Tue, May 28
8:59 am - 12:04 amPHX-SJO
14h 05m2 stops
12:32 pm - 11:13 pmSJO-PHX
11h 41m1 stop
$255Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 15 - Wed, May 29
11:25 am - 8:46 amPHX-SJO
20h 21m2 stops
12:32 pm - 10:43 pmSJO-PHX
11h 11m1 stop
$263Spirit Airlines
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Sat, May 18 - Sat, May 25
4:09 pm - 10:03 amPHX-SJO
16h 54m1 stop
7:55 am - 5:05 pmSJO-PHX
10h 10m1 stop
$410United Airlines
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Mon, Jul 15 - Mon, Jul 22
12:22 pm - 10:35 pmPHX-SJO
9h 13m1 stop
11:59 pm - 7:44 amSJO-PHX
8h 45m1 stop
$430American Airlines
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Thu, Jun 13 - Sun, Jun 16
12:30 pm - 11:25 amPHX-SJO
21h 55m1 stop
7:05 am - 8:42 pmSJO-PHX
14h 37m2 stops
$449American Airlines
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Tue, Sep 24 - Tue, Oct 1
6:00 am - 9:10 amPHX-SJO
26h 10m2 stops
4:25 pm - 2:18 pmSJO-PHX
22h 53m2 stops
$451Avianca
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Wed, Aug 7 - Tue, Aug 20
6:00 am - 7:37 pmPHX-SJO
12h 37m2 stops
7:55 am - 5:37 pmSJO-PHX
10h 42m1 stop
$491United Airlines
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Tue, Sep 24 - Tue, Oct 1
6:00 am - 9:10 amPHX-SJO
26h 10m2 stops
4:25 pm - 2:18 pmSJO-PHX
22h 53m2 stops
$494Avianca
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Fri, Sep 6 - Mon, Sep 16

Flights from Phoenix to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

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

The average price of all flights from Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport to San José, San José Province clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Phoenix to San José, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from San José back to Phoenix, the best deals are generally found on Friday, with Sunday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport 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 Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport 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 Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport to San José, San José Province is September, where tickets cost $517 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, where the average cost of tickets is $774 and $730 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport 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 Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport 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 Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport 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 26 days before departure.

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

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Spirit Airlines offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $122. KAYAK users also found Phoenix to San José round-trip flights on Spirit Airlines from $255 and on United Airlines from $410.

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September

High season

March

Cheapest flight

$102
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 16% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Phoenix to San José

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport to San José, San José Province?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport to San José, San José Province was $102 for a one-way ticket and $212 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    On your way to San José, you’ll fly out from Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl. You’ll be landing at San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

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

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

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

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

    Dallas is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Phoenix to San José.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Phoenix to San José are Copa Airlines and Avianca. With an average price for the route of $662 and an overall rating of 7.8, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. Avianca is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $647 and an overall rating of 7.5.

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

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

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Phoenix 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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DeltaOverall score based on 10826 reviews
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
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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.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2024AVL - LGA
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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!

It was a good experience except when boarding a female flight attendant did not go out of her way to assist my teenage daughters in finding space for their carry-ons after their compartments were full.

On time departure, smooth trip, flight attendant told through passengers the gate we would arrive at and the gate our outbound flight was departing from. Early arrival

Checking in at the airport the agent only booked the first keg of my trip and had my checked luggage going to the airport with a layover! Never was issued a boarding pass for the second leg or received sticker fir my checked bag. All was well in the end! Delta agents helped to resolve the situation!!!

Delayed due to an ill passenger after loading. Not preventable on Delta's part. Was in first class. The seats are becoming worn and detaching from their velcro attachments. Only got snacks on flight. The attendant was not the friendliest.

I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

Big plane, long flight, absolutely no leg room and basically non existent air! I am 5”4’ and always travel Main Cabin, I was miserable on this plane and could barely move when we arrived in Cabo due to the cramped leg area!

From Atlanta to Cabo I would have hoped on a plane that size I would have been able to breathe and wiggle my feet a little! The leg room in that plane is non existent and I am only 5”4’. And the air vent either wasn’t working very well or just could not blow air from the ceiling to the seat area as I was suffocating through the entire flight! And please don’t say I would have been more comfortable in first class because I cannot afford those rates and have always travelled Main Cabin without issues !

The pilots were good. Disappointing when planes don't have electrical ports

No water for a 5 hour flight entertainment not working seats with little room for knees when person in front of me reclined kept bumping my knees.

I don't think anyone actually reads these comments, so I won't spend much time on this submission. If you want to talk, you know how to reach me. The D/FW manager of Avianca (self-identified), Juan Calderon, insisted I buy an onward ticket from San Salvador even though I have diplomatic status in El Salvador and live here. It cost me $1,393 and Mr Calderon would not let me make the ticked flexible so I could get a refund. He went out of his way to be rude to me. He gave me seat 32K -- windowless window seat in the last row and did not offer to let me upgrade even though there were plenty of seats. I have flown well over a million miles in my life and this is the worst experience I have ever had. I would like a refund on the ticket I was forced to buy. Just awful!

This is the Spirit of Latino travel. And don’t even get me started on customer service.

Awful. I checked in online and there was no option to pay for baggage, at the airport when I checked in my baggage was received and Iwas not charged. When I got to LA during the boarding process I was told I didn't pay for baggage, the crew resolved I was let in the plane. When I got to my final destination my baggage was not there. It took me two days to receive my baggage. Bad service ever!

There was no food or drink service, couldn’t even get a glass of water for free. It was a long and expensive flight to not offer food or beverage on the plane.

It is better at the jfk than my home country. It was very easy and everything was on time.

There is no food. There is no in-inflight entertainment. The seats are cardboard. The airline is a living hellscape.

My experience was amazing! They helped my elderly mother board on early through a wheelchair and were accommodating to have us sit together since our seats were in different locations. When landing at the airport in GUA they were very helpful with full of hospitality.

No complimentary snacks food, beverage (not even water), pillow and blanket on a 6 hours long flight (including economy comfort). A low form of nickeling an diming. Lost a recurring passanger over a soda. Avianca never again.

Flight departure late. Got late in Colombia making us take a different flight next day. Avianca airport crew messed up my ticket so when a I got in Brazil I didn’t have a ticket for my destination. Had to buy a new ticket out of my pocket.

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.

The plane was dirty and the in seat air wasn't blowing as planes usually do.

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

All flights were on time and boarding was issue free

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Great! The plane was decently sized and comfortable. The staff was nice and there was great in flight entertainment

Food was terrible Not many options Stewards dont care Delay

Water service would be great. The way they board is terrible. Slow passengers first😂😂 They need to smart up a bit

American cancelled our flight home. Zero option for hotel, alternative transportation and took 3 hours to find our bags so we could take a 3 hour UBER ride home on our dime. Never flying AA again.

Re-checking our bags, the workers were not able to help us with boarding passes for the flight, told us to wait, then ignored us while they helped many other passengers. Until I got rude, they would have left us standing there, and even then they were very curt and dismissive in telling us where to get boarding passes printed. We made it to the gate just as they were starting to board passengers. It was just rude customer service.

While I received notice that AA 478 was delayed, the flight departed PHX and arrived PHL more than two hours late. The first class cabin service was mediocre; there were no pre-departure beverages offered; there were no warm mixed nuts served with cocktails; there was no personal greeting to me as an Executive Platinum member by the first class flight attendant. While the flight operated safely, its arrival at 0219 in the morning in PHL ended a very long day. I do not feel that American provided first class service.

Absolutely filthy flight and not equipped for a trans US

Turn on the heat. Flight was way too cold from Arizona to Chicago.

Poor on time performance. Flight was delayed due to a lightbulb. No updates from the pilot. Plane was dirty and hot, AC didn't work well.

Being back games on the in-flight entertainment. Also your flight attendants need a break, raise, or overall attitude adjustment.

Overall pleasant was delayed and caused transportation issue when landing

Good over all but my flight from. Miami to Barbados the airplane was very dirty like I have never seen before. It looked like that plane hasn’t been cleaned in a long time and I fly about one time a month.

Flight from Phoenix to London was very quiet. Excellent space available for comfort, couldn't fault

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 😤😤😤

I had no legroom, although I paid for extra legroom. I could barely put my bag in front of my feet and under the seat. The Wi-Fi was horrible. In fact the flight attendant said that they had to reboot it and see if it was going to work and never did.

The guy with severe body odor sat next to me. For the whole duration of the flight it was a torture. The airline should have better policy on limiting people with bad body odor to board the flight. Passengers should not be the ones to endure bad odor for the whole duration of the flight. The airline should be e the one to ensure decent air quality for ever passenger.

Overall it was a miserable experience... I will never fly spirit for more than a 3 hour flight or overnight.

The boarding attendant was slightly rude when I asked about checking our stroller. Made me feel like I was bothering her.

My wife and I are both handicapped and at boarding they upgraded us to a seat closer to the front rather than all the way towards the back. Much appreciated.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Phoenix to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/1Sat
1 stop
16h 08mPHX-SJO
$102
6/3Mon
1 stop
16h 21mPHX-SJO
$112
6/1Sat
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
15h 45mPHX-SJO
$122
6/19Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
16h 09mPHX-SJO
$131
10/13Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
34h 26mPHX-SJO
$238
6/29Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
16h 54mPHX-SJO
$264
10/13Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
15h 56mPHX-SJO
$266
6/29Sat
2 stopsCopa Airlines
15h 04mPHX-SJO
$303
9/18Wed
2 stopsCopa Airlines
20h 47mPHX-SJO
$547
9/18Wed
3 stopsUnited Airlines
15h 31mPHX-SJO
$10,884

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Last minute flights from Phoenix 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 Phoenix to San José that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/11Sat
multi-stop
16h 54mPHX-SJO
5/18Sat
multi-stop
11h 11mSJO-PHX
$269
5/8Wed
multi-stop
25h 01mPHX-SJO
5/29Wed
multi-stop
14h 24mSJO-PHX
$296
5/11Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
17h 04mPHX-SJO
5/14Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
11h 41mSJO-PHX
$313
5/8Wed
multi-stop
25h 01mPHX-SJO
5/14Tue
multi-stop
28h 29mSJO-PHX
$326
5/8Wed
multi-stop
16h 19mPHX-SJO
5/29Wed
multi-stop
14h 24mSJO-PHX
$327
5/7Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
20h 21mPHX-SJO
5/13Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
23h 14mSJO-PHX
$348
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 51mPHX-SJO
5/29Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
18h 08mSJO-PHX
$521
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 31mPHX-SJO
5/29Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 50mSJO-PHX
$580
5/9Thu
multi-stopDelta
8h 28mPHX-SJO
5/16Thu
multi-stopDelta
17h 50mSJO-PHX
$646
5/7Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 15mPHX-SJO
5/16Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 55mSJO-PHX
$736

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Phoenix - San José Flights

Departure:

Phoenix (PHX)United States

Destination:

San José (SJO)Costa Rica

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San José - Phoenix

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