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$115 Find cheap flights from Cincinnati to San José, San José Province

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Cheap flight deals from Cincinnati to San José (CVG-SJO)

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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7:05 am - 12:47 pmCVG-SJO
7h 42m1 stop
1:42 pm - 11:12 pmSJO-CVG
7h 30m1 stop
Sun, Jun 2 - Thu, Jun 6
2:25 pm - 12:04 amCVG-SJO
35h 39m2 stops
12:59 am - 11:59 amSJO-CVG
9h 00m1 stop
Tue, May 28 - Fri, May 31
6:13 am - 1:20 pmCVG-SJO
9h 07m1 stop
2:25 pm - 12:29 amSJO-CVG
8h 04m1 stop
$459American Airlines
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Sun, Aug 25 - Sat, Aug 31
6:13 am - 1:00 pmCVG-SJO
8h 47m2 stops
2:25 pm - 12:29 amSJO-CVG
8h 04m1 stop
$464American Airlines
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Sun, Aug 25 - Sat, Aug 31
2:51 pm - 8:10 amCVG-SJO
19h 19m1 stop
9:19 am - 1:27 pmSJO-CVG
26h 08m1 stop
$473Frontier
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Sat, Jun 8 - Thu, Jun 13
7:00 am - 12:26 pmCVG-SJO
7h 26m1 stop
1:30 pm - 11:30 pmSJO-CVG
8h 00m1 stop
$482United Airlines
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Wed, Sep 25 - Wed, Oct 2
2:51 pm - 8:10 amCVG-SJO
19h 19m1 stop
9:19 am - 9:53 pmSJO-CVG
34h 34m2 stops
$498Frontier
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Sat, Jun 8 - Thu, Jun 13
9:00 am - 7:37 pmCVG-SJO
12h 37m1 stop
5:30 am - 10:28 pmSJO-CVG
14h 58m1 stop
$522United Airlines
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Fri, Aug 2 - Sat, Aug 10
6:00 am - 10:04 pmCVG-SJO
18h 04m2 stops
4:15 am - 8:57 pmSJO-CVG
14h 42m2 stops
$523Copa Airlines
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Tue, May 28 - Sat, Jun 1
7:45 pm - 10:02 amCVG-SJO
16h 17m2 stops
6:14 pm - 8:44 pmSJO-CVG
24h 30m2 stops
$685Copa Airlines
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Sat, May 25 - Tue, May 28

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, Friday 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 October, where tickets cost $567 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, where the average cost of tickets is $1,194 and $923 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 $240. American Airlines proposed a round-trip connection from $459 and Frontier from $473.

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September

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$115
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
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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 $115 for a one-way ticket and $312 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, and oneworld 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, Copa Airlines or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cincinnati to San José are Copa Airlines and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $762 and an overall rating of 7.8, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $900 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • 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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cincinnati 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 10778 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.4Food
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West Jet has a horrible boarding process and the seats have no cushion.

4.0 OkayDouglas, May 2024MSP - YEG
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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!

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!

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."

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.

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.

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.

The CX617 from HK to BKK was delayed more than 1.5 hours.

I checked a bag because it was $5 less than carry on. They managed to lose my bag on a 2.5 hr direct flight! Frontier has no airport staff at baggage claim to help. As soon as I got home around 11 pm I tried to use their online system to file the claim for lost bag - system wouldn't take the # on my baggage claim ticket - said it was not the correct number. Also said that I had not checked a bag, which wasn't true - even my online boarding pass showed that I had checked a bag. Wasted about an hour on that process with no luck. Tried again in the morning - same thing. So tried online chat with Frontier bot - waited 35-40" twice to be connected to a baggage agent and it never happened. Eventually drove to PDX after work and waited 2 hrs for the Frontier ticket agents to arrive prior to the next Frontier flight out of PDX and FINALLY got some help from one of them, to take me to lost luggage area where I was able to retrive my bag. Probably took 4-5 hrs. of my time and endless frustration to get my bag. This was my first -- and LAST -- experience flying Frontier Airlines. Check-in was also extremely difficult and time consuming. The flight itself (and staff) were fine but everything else about the experience was a total disaster! The fact that Frontier literally has NO WAY to connect to a human voice for customer service (in this case for lost luggage) is the WORST!!!!!

Frontier is a crappy airline nothing about it is honest

I didn't get to do this flight l, hard to review

Not good 😐 Over priced baggage fees Small hard seats No wifi or entertainment options 😕

Didn't like anything!! Horrible flight. Small seating area and hard seats. Butt was sore after 2 hour flight to Seattle No entertainment or free refreshments No wifi or USB charging receptacles to charge phone entoute like other airliners Luggage rates were 3 times as much as competitors. Difficult to navigate online luggue process to pre pay before flight Overall bad experience WILL NEVER RIDE OR RECOMMEND FRONTIER TO FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS!!! THIS IS A SHAME!! MOST MESERIBLE FLIGHT OF MY LIFE!! AND I THOUGHT SPIRIT WAS 👎 YOU GOT THEM BEAD HANDS DOWN!!

Flight was a little late taking off. Seats are too upright, no ports to charge devices, no wifi, no entertainment

Six hour delay. Poor customer service. No voucher. Bad communication. Missed important appointments.

Our flight was delayed an hour, then when we got to board our flight finally, we were waiting in our seats for take off for 45 minutes before it was communicated that there was a maintenance issue therefore we waited on the plane for over an hour while that was resolved. We did not get to Phoenix until almost 3 hours after we were originally supposed to. This was the first and last time I will be flying Frontier.

Flight was canceled with little warning. Flight was rebooked through Ontario, California and connecting flight was delayed by over three hours. Frontier is living up to their Greyhound of the skies reputation for sure.

I purchased a carry on bag online…was supposed to cost $72 but after a whole slew of bs charges, the total was over $175.00. Because of these hidden charges, I will not even consider flying Frontier ever again. It’s just not worth the hassle. I’m scratching this company off my list forever.

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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.
5/20Mon
1 stop
16h 30mCVG-SJO
$115
5/20Mon
2 stops
32h 02mCVG-SJO
$128
5/20Mon
3 stops
19h 15mCVG-SJO
$167
6/26Wed
1 stop
16h 09mCVG-SJO
$175
6/26Wed
2 stops
15h 39mCVG-SJO
$190
6/1Sat
1 stopFrontier
14h 16mCVG-SJO
$240
6/1Sat
2 stopsCopa Airlines
14h 16mCVG-SJO
$275
6/28Fri
2 stopsCopa Airlines
23h 10mCVG-SJO
$337
6/28Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
17h 39mCVG-SJO
$420
6/28Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
12h 49mCVG-SJO
$430

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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.
5/14Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
14h 34mCVG-SJO
5/31Fri
multi-stopCopa Airlines
20h 58mSJO-CVG
$627
5/14Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 48mCVG-SJO
5/31Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 36mSJO-CVG
$1,035
5/14Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 35mCVG-SJO
5/31Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 36mSJO-CVG
$1,040
5/13Mon
multi-stopAir Canada
15h 25mCVG-SJO
5/15Wed
multi-stopAir Canada
10h 35mSJO-CVG
$1,134
5/13Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 40mCVG-SJO
5/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
13h 58mSJO-CVG
$1,141
5/13Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 40mCVG-SJO
5/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 27mSJO-CVG
$1,220

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Cincinnati - San José Flights

Departure:

Cincinnati (undefined)United States

Destination:

San José (SJO)Costa Rica

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San José - Cincinnati

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