$169 Find Cheap Flights from Central America to San Diego

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Cheapest round-trip
$288
Overall average: $307
Copa Airlines
Sun 2/1Fri 2/6
SJO - SAN • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$643
Copa Airlines
Mon 4/13Sun 4/19
PTY - SAN • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Central America to San Diego

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Central America to San Diego 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Central America to San Diego

Sun, Feb 1 - Fri, Feb 6
Copa Airlines Logo
4:09 am - 5:13 pm
SJO
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SAN
15h 04m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
8:17 pm - 9:06 am
SAN
-
SJO
10h 49m1 stop
$288Copa Airlines
Thu, Jan 15 - Thu, Jan 22
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 6:36 pm
SJO
-
SAN
14h 06m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 10:00 pm
SAN
-
SJO
31h 00m1 stop
$291United Airlines
Fri, Jan 23 - Sun, Feb 1
Copa Airlines Logo
5:50 am - 5:41 pm
SJO
-
SAN
13h 51m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
8:17 pm - 4:46 pm
SAN
-
SJO
18h 29m3 stops
$293Copa Airlines
Wed, Jan 28 - Mon, Feb 2
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 4:36 pm
SJO
-
SAN
12h 06m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:26 am - 8:39 pm
SAN
-
SJO
8h 13m1 stop
$294United Airlines
Wed, Apr 15 - Mon, Apr 20
Copa Airlines Logo
5:46 am - 6:30 pm
SJO
-
SAN
13h 44m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
9:18 pm - 9:59 am
SAN
-
SJO
11h 41m1 stop
$299Copa Airlines
Fri, Jan 16 - Fri, Jan 23
American Airlines Logo
2:54 pm - 8:32 am
SJO
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SAN
19h 38m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:10 am - 11:43 pm
SAN
-
SJO
14h 33m1 stop
$305American Airlines
Wed, Jan 21 - Wed, Jan 28
American Airlines Logo
4:16 pm - 10:00 am
BZE
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SAN
19h 44m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
10:45 pm - 11:49 am
SAN
-
BZE
11h 04m1 stop
$387American Airlines
Wed, Jan 21 - Wed, Jan 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:00 am - 11:51 am
BZE
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SAN
26h 51m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:59 pm - 5:49 pm
SAN
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BZE
18h 50m2 stops
$399Alaska Airlines
Wed, Jan 21 - Wed, Jan 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:00 am - 1:25 pm
BZE
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SAN
28h 25m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:10 pm - 5:49 pm
SAN
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BZE
24h 39m3 stops
$416Alaska Airlines
Thu, Jan 22 - Mon, Jan 26
Air Canada Logo
3:45 pm - 11:53 am
LIR
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SAN
22h 08m1 stop
Air Canada Logo
12:40 pm - 2:45 pm
SAN
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LIR
24h 05m1 stop
$490Air Canada
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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$169
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
Flight from San José to San Diego

FAQs for booking flights from Central America to San Diego

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Central America to San Diego?

    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 Central America to San Diego.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Diego from Central America 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 Central America to San Diego?

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

    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 Diego from Central America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Central America to San Diego

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Central America to San Diego? 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1559 reviews
7.8Boarding
7.4Comfort
6.8Entertainment
8.1Crew
6.8Food
Airline reviews

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

6.0 GoodZach, Oct 2025
DEN - PTY
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Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

Some of the Air hostesses are not that friendly. Need improvement

They were super friendly bumped me up to exit row free of charge, All flight legs were on time

Cops Airlines is fantastic! The level of care and professionalism provided by the entire crew was top rate.

We had a great flight just wished they had a tv so we can see a movie that would of made my trip excellent.

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

Great experience with a crew always thinking in the passenger

The flighr attandants were very rude they ignored me didnt offer me anything to drink throughoit the 4 hour flight i feel i was targeted and ignored because i was a darkskin latino man.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

Did upgrade, travel in business it was great (more room I could sleep)

Flight was late - I was downgraded from first class to coach

Movie selection is good. Crew did not understand mileage program and were no help. Sick later. Food?

United needs to step up their game. Delayed flight leaving Seattle, San Francisco. Older aircraft, not very comfortable.

The flight attendants were very rude, beyond comprehension. I took a business class from London to SFO for the first time on United. When I asked for a second piece of bread during dinner, the serving attendant threw a 3rd bread on my plate and said, “here. You can have this one too”! I couldn’t believe the rudeness of the attendant. Most all attendants were very rude, unhelpful, sing the food was absolutely disgusting. Never fly United internationally in business class. My flight back to SFO was a nightmare!!

Plane boarded early a quickly, was mostly full. We left close to on time. And landed early.

7 hours delayed due to operational issues on United’s end. Basically laziness.

Flight from Rome to SFO was excellent compared To our flight to Europe from SFO. The food was much tastier. You can see how UNITED is skimping, though. Instead of getting something mid flight you had to ask for it. It was not automatically served. There was a cookie at the end of the arrival meal, for example that tasted like it just came out of a box. They used to serve a little container of nuts, now … a tiny container of nuts, mixed with pretzels. This was business class that you really have to pay for! But this is minor complaints compared to the overall. My major complaint is the position of the even numbered seats by the windows. You have to turn around to see your window & the positioning as some other controls are harder to get at. This is compared to the odd number seat that are perfectly aligned.

The food quality sucks. One must starve if they do not eat flesh Or wheat based products Some variety would be expected. The trivial amount of snacks and or food is inhumane

Flight was timely, relatively comfortable, with decent entertainment and food served. Only problem encountered was with the free messaging which I highly appreciate, but it did not work from iphone to non-iphones.

The internet service I paid for didn’t work at all and the flight crew was not very friendly.

We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.

The experience with American Airlines was good, although the Philippines Airlines flight was much better (better seats, better food, better entertainment options, overall better). Again, the MIA to LAX flight was fine, but nothing in comparison to the comfort and accommodations of the Philippines Airlines flight from LAX to MNL.

Loved the crew . Absolutely no complaints. Except for luggage lost

Wish some foods provided rather than just biscuit/cookie for flight more than 2 hours

We are too tired and frustrated to comment politely at this point

The business class seats are dated and uncomfortable. The space is bare minimum and there is absolutely no privacy. For $4K, this is not what I expect.

The flight crew was rude. We were in first class and no one even offered water until an hour after we were in the air. Horrible experience

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Did not get the seat I selected and paid for.

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