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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to California

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to California?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to California from Costa Rica found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $188 round-trip. The most popular route is Liberia (LIR) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $188.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Costa Rica to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Costa Rica to California, 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 Costa Rica to California is January, when tickets cost $406 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $563 and $554 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Costa Rica to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Costa Rica to California, you should book around 9 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Francisco Airport (SFO), with an average flight price of $248.


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FAQs for booking flights from Costa Rica to California

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Costa Rica to California?

    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 Costa Rica to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Costa Rica to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Costa Rica to California 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 Costa Rica to California?

    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 from Costa Rica to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Costa Rica to California?

    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 from Costa Rica to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to California?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $515. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $610 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $295 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $544.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Costa Rica to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Costa Rica to California. 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 Costa Rica to California? 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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.1Entertainment
7.1Food
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One of the stewardess, Tre, went above and beyond to ensure my comfort!

10.0 ExcellentJenny, Jun 2025IAD - SFO
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One of the stewardess, Tre, went above and beyond to ensure my comfort!

Alaska app and website had numerous problems so couldn’t get boarding passes or check seats

Flight was very warm. It felt like there was no working AC.

my wait time between connecting flight LAX to PDX was very long and during hours when food services were closed. Other than that, i was very happy with Alaska over-all.

Big delay of over 7 hours on next leg of trip with Alaska. Would have been nice to have food or something

Very good. Gate personnel were excellent flight attendants were also able to change my seat at the last minute everyone, courteous, polite, and.

Passengers were not informed timely of delays. The staff appeared like they didn't really care about the passengers.

Both flights were delayed going to our destination and leaving, and communication about the delays was not great by the airlines, now the crews were phenomenal and great to be around!!

Delayed. It's not our first flight with them either, it's actually our 3rd and all 3 were delayed by hours each time. It was a myriad of delays. On one flight we boarded after being delayed for a little over an hr, only to be told we were going to sit in the plane for another hour before departing. Once landed, we waited another 40ish min to get to our gate. On another flight, flight was delayed just under 3 hrs but atleast we got to wait it out at the airport terminal. Its just a bad experience overall flying with Alaska Airlines.

Flight was delayed for weather, then delayed for mechanical, then just cancelled. Once mechanical problems started I wish you had just started offering rebooking options (at the same airport). I felt my trip was not a priority for you. I called you, I asked for a better option (than changing airports), then I had to literally run around the airport making it happen. Do better.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

Its good expeince but in enternteiment please be like you tube the music i like or movie

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

Late departure. When the flight arrived in Medellin the plane sat at the gate for 20 minutes waiting for a bus for us to get off the plane.

I receive a service for what I pay, so it is fair.

A few years ago long flights 6 hours or so used to have video screens and they offered ear phones. The food cart used to come and drinks. Now absolutely nothing. Avianca is as bad as Spirit Airlines. Avianca will now be my last choice when booking my next flight.

Terrible, We had to stay in Bogota for two days due to weather but the airline did not provide for the same day flight. Only two days later

The seats were very uncomfortable. I would have upgrade or got different flight if I knew. I usually sleep in the plane but I couldn’t sleep at all. Very uncomfortable. Also no food or drink everything was to purchase, and that’s u usual for international flight.

There isn't much space in-between seats and even water needs to be paid for during the flight.

Lounge for business was closed. Boarding was rush and stand by. Seat for business is just the middle seat blocked and some more leg room.

So so, you feel like you have to pay for everything each time

Overpriced checked bag price of $120 and they charge you for carryon if the size is not minimal of $120.

Horrible. I have been trying to speak to a representative to know why I was over charged but I get redirected to AI Vianca everytime with no results. Is there an agency that oversees airline gouging? I will never fly or recommend Avianca to anyone not that you care.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/1Sat
2 stopsAvianca
17h 50mSJO-SFO
11/8Sat
2 stopsAvianca
14h 30mSFO-SJO
$206
9/11Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
21h 08mSJO-SMF
9/15Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
9h 40mSMF-SJO
$217
7/17Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
15h 20mSJO-SMF
7/29Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
15h 45mSMF-SJO
$226
9/11Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 38mSJO-SMF
9/15Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 40mSMF-SJO
$234
9/11Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 38mSJO-SMF
9/15Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
20h 40mSMF-SJO
$235
9/27Sat
2 stopsAvianca
13h 35mSJO-SFO
10/4Sat
2 stopsAvianca
15h 10mSFO-SJO
$259
8/13Wed
1 stopAlaska Airlines
10h 02mSJO-SJC
8/18Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
16h 15mSJC-SJO
$308
8/4Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
10h 02mSJO-SJC
8/12Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
16h 15mSJC-SJO
$330
9/11Thu
1 stopDelta
11h 52mSJO-LAS
9/15Mon
1 stopDelta
10h 18mLAS-SJO
$336
9/18Thu
1 stopDelta
10h 23mSJO-ONT
9/25Thu
1 stopDelta
11h 54mONT-SJO
$354

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/11Fri
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
21h 33mSJO-LAX
$107
7/11Fri
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
21h 33mSJO-LAX
$116
7/3Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
32h 13mSJO-SMF
$132
6/29Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
9h 38mSJO-SMF
$135
7/9Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 29mSJO-SMF
$168
10/19Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
31h 06mSJO-SMF
$173
9/18Thu
2 stopsAvianca
17h 00mSJO-LAX
$182
9/10Wed
1 stopAvianca
8h 25mSJO-LAX
$205
8/4Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
10h 02mSJO-SJC
$216
8/11Mon
nonstopAlaska Airlines
6h 13mSJO-LAX
$224

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Last minute flights to California

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 to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/24Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 57mSJO-LAS
7/22Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 39mLAS-SJO
$301
6/26Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 43mSJO-LAS
6/30Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 06mLAS-SJO
$310
6/24Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
21h 14mSJO-LAS
7/7Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
20h 06mLAS-SJO
$359
6/24Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
12h 32mSJO-LAS
7/7Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
20h 06mLAS-SJO
$363
6/25Wed
nonstopVolaris Costa Rica
7h 34mSJO-LAX
7/7Mon
nonstopVolaris Costa Rica
7h 39mLAX-SJO
$516
6/25Wed
nonstopVolaris Costa Rica
7h 34mSJO-LAX
7/7Mon
nonstopVolaris Costa Rica
7h 39mLAX-SJO
$520
6/26Thu
nonstopAlaska Airlines
6h 13mSJO-LAX
7/4Fri
nonstopAlaska Airlines
6h 04mLAX-SJO
$563
6/27Fri
multi-stopAvianca
16h 37mSJO-LAX
7/9Wed
multi-stopAvianca
9h 15mLAX-SJO
$631
6/28Sat
nonstopAlaska Airlines
6h 13mSJO-LAX
7/13Sun
nonstopAlaska Airlines
6h 04mLAX-SJO
$641
6/25Wed
multi-stopAvianca
16h 37mSJO-LAX
7/4Fri
multi-stopAvianca
15h 45mLAX-SJO
$657

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