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Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Los Angeles

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Costa Rica to Los Angeles 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 Costa Rica to Los Angeles

Tue, Oct 21 - Tue, Oct 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:00 am - 2:53 pmLIR-LAX
5h 53mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:33 pm - 6:20 amLAX-LIR
5h 47mnonstop
$296Alaska Airlines
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Fri, Oct 10 - Mon, Oct 27
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 10:55 pmSJO-LAX
11h 20m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:09 am - 11:30 amLAX-SJO
10h 21m2 stops
$297Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Sep 25 - Sun, Oct 5
Copa Airlines Logo
10:57 am - 11:12 pmSJO-LAX
13h 15m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
1:46 am - 4:52 pmLAX-SJO
14h 06m2 stops
$299Copa Airlines
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Thu, Oct 2 - Thu, Oct 9
Avianca Logo
8:00 pm - 12:00 pmSJO-LAX
17h 00m2 stops
Avianca Logo
2:50 pm - 11:15 pmLAX-SJO
7h 25m1 stop
$302Avianca
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Thu, Dec 4 - Wed, Dec 10
United Airlines Logo
12:50 pm - 10:55 pmLIR-LAX
12h 05m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:45 pm - 4:08 pmLAX-LIR
19h 23m1 stop
$304United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Fri, Oct 31
Avianca Logo
3:05 pm - 11:10 pmSJO-LAX
9h 05m1 stop
Avianca Logo
1:25 pm - 11:40 pmLAX-SJO
9h 15m2 stops
$304Avianca
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Mon, Sep 22 - Sat, Oct 4
Volaris Costa Rica Logo
5:30 am - 9:16 pmSJO-LAX
16h 46m1 stop
Volaris Costa Rica Logo
10:49 pm - 7:28 amLAX-SJO
7h 39m1 stop
$308Volaris Costa Rica
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Thu, Jan 22 - Sun, Jan 25
United Airlines Logo
12:50 pm - 9:18 pmLIR-LAX
10h 28m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 4:08 pmLAX-LIR
9h 08m1 stop
$313United Airlines
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Tue, Sep 23 - Sun, Sep 28
Copa Airlines Logo
4:10 am - 12:30 pmSJO-LAX
9h 20m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
1:46 am - 1:20 pmLAX-SJO
10h 34m1 stop
$315Copa Airlines
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Thu, Oct 16 - Sun, Oct 19
Volaris Costa Rica Logo
2:37 pm - 9:16 pmSJO-LAX
7h 39mnonstop
Volaris Costa Rica Logo
10:49 pm - 7:28 amLAX-SJO
7h 39mnonstop
$340Volaris Costa Rica
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 9 weeks in advance save around 19% compared to booking last minute.
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September
Cheapest • 15% price drop
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Cheapest round-trip
$296
Overall average: $451
Alaska Airlines
Tue 10/21Tue 10/28
LIR - LAX • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$165
Typical prices: $201-301
Alaska Airlines
Thu 10/9
LIR - LAX • Non-stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Los Angeles

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

What is the cheapest flight to Los Angeles?

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

In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Los Angeles was found on the route from Liberia, at $296 return. The most popular connection is from San José to Los Angeles and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $297 in the last 3 days.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Los Angeles?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Los Angeles, 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 to Los Angeles is September, where tickets cost $354 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $516 and $467 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is September with an average price of $351.

What is a good deal for flights to Los Angeles?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Los Angeles, 25% of our users found tickets to Los Angeles for the following prices or less: From Liberia $368 round-trip, from San José $370 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Los Angeles?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Los Angeles, 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, you should book around 9 weeks before departure, which saves you about 19% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight$165
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from Liberia to Los Angeles

FAQs - booking Los Angeles flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Los Angeles?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Los Angeles was found on the route from Liberia, at $296 return. The most popular connection is from San José to Los Angeles and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $297 in the last 3 days.

  • How far is Los Angeles Airport from central Los Angeles?

    Los Angeles Airport is 9 miles from the center of Los Angeles.

  • What is the name of Los Angeles’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Los Angeles, called Los Angeles Airport (LAX). It can also be referred to as Los Angeles or Los Angeles Intl.

  • How much is a flight to Los Angeles?

    On average, a flight to Los Angeles costs $367. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $171 and departed from San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Los Angeles?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Los Angeles is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $482. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $549 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Los Angeles?

    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 to Los Angeles.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Los Angeles?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Los Angeles is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Los Angeles?

    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 Los Angeles 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 to Los Angeles?

    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 Los Angeles up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Los Angeles?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Los Angeles is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $297 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Los Angeles is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $568.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Los Angeles

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Los Angeles? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Los Angeles for the following prices or less: From San José $282, from Liberia $286
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Los Angeles flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Costa Rica to Los Angeles

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Los Angeles. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Costa Rica to Los Angeles. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.1Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
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It was not clear the check in shd be at Hawaiian Terminal 1. I got dropped off at Alaska Terminal 2. I did the long walk from terminal 2 to 1. Fortunately I didn’t have a check in bag.

8.0 ExcellentArnel, Sep 2025HNL - LAX
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It was not clear the check in shd be at Hawaiian Terminal 1. I got dropped off at Alaska Terminal 2. I did the long walk from terminal 2 to 1. Fortunately I didn’t have a check in bag.

No food but only snack was provided during the 6-hour flight from EWR to LAX. I was so hungry during the trip.

Unfortunately 4 hour 40 minute delay because of airport then one hour into flight diverted back to Kona elderly man on plane got heart attack trying to get home some how

The flight arrived on time and the crew were friendly. I had pleanty of legroom.

I like the friendliness of the staff. The food choices were OK. I wish there was more options. The entertainment through the movie portal was alright.

Good experience on flight. But flight was delayed for takeoff by an hour, and Alaska posted the wrong landing time on its website. So the person who was designated to pick me up arrived 1 hour early and sat waiting for a long time at 11pm at night. This could have been avoided with better text and website communication by Alaska/Hawaiin Airlines

boarding was late worst was going back LAX to SFO delayed not once ? but TWICE😡I was at the airport practically almost 5 hours of previous time , very inconvenient! i would have spend longer time with family , I was wanting to avoid TSA line? but it just got me to spend unwanted time @ d airport

everything was good but due to some sort of issue with the alaska airlines app we were not able to verify our passport info, event thought we uploaded all the info online at home before we left for our trip. Upon arrival at the airport LAX for departure we were told we still had to check in with the desk and this put as well behind the amount of time needed to safely make our departure flight. This was a major inconvience and a big stress on our family. We almost missed our flight.

I liked Alaska better than other carriers that I have EVER used. Unfortunately, the plane from LAX to Guanacaste leg of my journey had some mechanical problems and had to return to LAX - causing my journey to be very long and added a day to my total trip. The Airline was very prompt in offering their apology and have given me credit to use for my next flight. I thought the terminal in LAX was too cold for comfort, especially if there is a long wait between flights.

The flight was really smooth first time flying with Alaska and it was great thanks alot :)

The flight crew was friendly. I tried to adjust my seat online ahead of time but no option existed without additional fees. My friend asked at the gate about a seat change and was able to make it happen. That was great! The flight crew moved a very tall gentleman and his companion which allowed us to have more space which was nice. Overall, good experience. Appreciated the blanket and pillow.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

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

Quick boarding and check in.. but premium seats don’t recline.. very hard to relax. But overall, it was a Great a satisfying experience.. Thank You

If they listen to you especially when there’s a problem with a passport now I lost my tickets and also my seat money

The worst airline I have ever experienced. Terrible customer service. Absolutely disgraceful

Checking bags at the airport, very confusing they make lines for different flights but they don’t have any signs, so if you are on the wrong line be aware they will send you to the end of the correct line. No priority for check in even if you pay and no priority to disabled persons and elderly persons.

Despite all the negative reviews, I took Volaris with a family of 4 (including a toddler and infant in arms). The only compliant was they charged me $70 to gate check our wagon (which we use as a stroller) and then it was not available for pickup at the gate (which is the entire point), so we had to get through customs and the airport with our luggage and no way to push our kids :(

Après avoir manqué l’avion aucune aide de la part des agents à l’aéroport pour trouver un autre vol

Más comida no cobrar tanto por los asientos y comida food

Worst airline ever!! Delays in all my flights!!! Do not flight with Volaris!

The departures screens in the airport showed the flight as canceled for some weird reason, but when I got to the gate just to double check, it showed it as on time, and not canceled. This was confusing, but ultimately I was able to get to where I needed to go.

For whatever reason, when I was in the San Jose airport, the flight from Volaris read as canceled on the Departures screens you'd find all over the terminal, it wasn't until I got to the gate that it showed it as on time and still on. It was confusing, but ultimately I did get to where I needed to go with the flight I was expecting.

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

1. when we went to check in, our 2 first class seats had been CANCELED and the flight was sold out. This was done without our prior knowledge. It was all we could do to restore one first class seat for my wife and I flew economy. 2, Our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm. Due to tsunami warnings, the roads were closed and our flight status was uncertain as to whether it would leave as scheduled. It was announced that it would now leave at 11:20 pm and the roads were now open since the tsunami had come and gone. We made a mad dash to the airport and checked in. Delays were announced at 12:30 pm, 1:30 am, 2:30 am and at 3:30 am it was canceled. Since this was a flight due to natural (tsunami) causes, there was no compensation. We were told to return at 1:00 pm the next day and our baggage would be kept on the plane since the same plane was going to leave at 1:00 pm. We had to return to our hotel for the rest of the night. The same plane did not leave at 1:00 pm and our baggage was gone! All in all, it was a miserable performance by UA. Information was hard to obtain and no one knew what was going on and what was going to happen. Hundreds of passengers slept on the floor, chairs, etc. No food and no water was made available to the passengers. It was a situation where UA could care less what was going on. As a one million mile flyer, I had not experienced anything like this before and it was hugely disappointing!

I found the staff to not be very attentive at all. When paying for Business Class you expect a certain type of service and that was not found. They were almost rude even

Ok. Get a different kosher caterer. The food was odd.

Our experience on United Airlines was extremely poor. The plane was extremely cold throughout our entire flight- which multiple people complained about- and we had to wait 2 hours to get a blanket which was too thin and barely helped warm us up. As well as this, none of the entertainment features were working so we had to sit through a roughly 10 hour flight with nothing to keep our attention, including the actual flight path screen. It was an extremely disappointing experience and I would hope that this gets fixed if we ever choose United Airlines again.

I really enjoyed flying with United airlines amazing experience , good customer service and great food

1.It will be better if sandwich is warm. 2.The food is too salty. 3.Breakfast needs some vegetables or fruits.

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

It was all good flight was on time, service was good I enjoyed a few movies and everything was smooth

The seats were uncomfortable and barely reclined at all. Very little leg room despite being business class. The crew was friendly and the food was good. Had to use my own phone for in-flight entertainment.

The check in is the only positive thing in Avianca. The seat is the most uncomfortable I have traveled, the distance is minimal.

Not what it used to be. The sale of food makes them look greedy!

Avianca is not what it used to be. So disappointing

It was horrible. My experience with Avianca. I didn’t know it was Pakistan international Airlines but anyway, whatever it is it is bad horrible you guys need to upgrade everything in those planes. And you guys charge $130 for a carry-on did they wanna let me in with my carry-on that I travel everywhere with the luggage you guys are such a dog thank you

why did we have to go through security mid flight

The incoming plane was late and no information was shared. They even announced we would board in 10 muntes 40 minutes prior to the plane arriving, and the website said until takeoff that we had taken off an hour earlier

The chicken that was served in business class was cold!

i think the flight was late because they were so strict about measuring everyone's personal items to try and charge them $119. It was really petty and made us late.

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.

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