$173 Find Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to New York

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Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to New York

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

Mon, May 4 - Tue, May 19
JetBlue Logo
11:59 pm - 7:00 am
SJO
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JFK
5h 01mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
6:45 pm - 10:20 pm
JFK
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SJO
5h 35mnonstop
$275JetBlue
Fri, Apr 24 - Wed, May 6
JetBlue Logo
11:59 pm - 6:59 am
SJO
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JFK
5h 00mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
6:45 pm - 10:20 pm
JFK
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SJO
5h 35mnonstop
$276JetBlue
Wed, Jul 29 - Thu, Aug 6
United Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 9:59 pm
SJO
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LGA
19h 29m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:17 pm - 10:11 am
LGA
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SJO
15h 54m
1 stop
$282United Airlines
Fri, May 29 - Wed, Jun 3
Avianca Logo
4:35 pm - 1:50 am
SJO
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JFK
7h 15m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
3:20 am - 8:30 am
JFK
-
SJO
7h 10m
1 stop
$288Avianca
Wed, Apr 22 - Mon, Apr 27
Avianca Logo
4:35 pm - 1:50 am
SJO
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JFK
7h 15m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
3:35 am - 8:45 am
JFK
-
SJO
7h 10m
1 stop
$289Avianca
Wed, Jul 29 - Thu, Aug 6
United Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 9:59 pm
SJO
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LGA
19h 29m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:17 pm - 10:11 am
LGA
-
SJO
15h 54m
1 stop
$291United Airlines
Fri, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 2
American Airlines Logo
12:50 pm - 9:54 am
SJO
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EWR
19h 04m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
5:24 pm - 11:50 am
EWR
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SJO
20h 26m
2 stops
$296American Airlines
Thu, Apr 16 - Mon, Apr 20
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:38 pm - 11:27 pm
SJO
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LGA
8h 49m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 11:33 am
LGA
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SJO
7h 03m
1 stop
$296Spirit Airlines
Thu, May 28 - Thu, Jun 4
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:38 pm
SJO
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LGA
15h 38m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:55 am - 12:59 pm
LGA
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SJO
7h 04m
1 stop
$297American Airlines
Thu, Apr 16 - Mon, Apr 27
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:38 pm - 11:47 pm
SJO
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EWR
9h 09m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:33 am
EWR
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SJO
7h 33m
1 stop
$300Spirit Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to New York

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

What is the cheapest flight to New York?

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 New York was found on the route from San José, at $275 return. The most popular connection is from Los Angeles to New York and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $189 in the last 3 days.

What is the cheapest day to fly to New York?

The average price of all round-trip flights to New York clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New York is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $387. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $449 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to New York?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to New York, 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 New York is November, where tickets cost $275 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $410 and $388 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is November with an average price of $275.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New York?

The average price for all round-trip flights to New York depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to New York is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $319 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New York is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $506.

What is a good deal for flights to New York?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to New York, 25% of our users found tickets to New York for the following prices or less: From Liberia $405 round-trip, from San José $416 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to New York?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to New York, 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 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in New York?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New York is New Windsor Stewart Airport (SWF), with an average flight price of $216.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$173
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
Flight from San José to New York John F Kennedy Airport

FAQs - booking New York flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to New York?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to New York was found on the route from San José, at $275 return. The most popular connection is from Los Angeles to New York and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $189 in the last 3 days.

  • Which New York airport is closest to central New York?

    The distance between Newark Liberty Airport and downtown New York is 3 miles, which makes it the closest of the 3 New York airports. New York LaGuardia Airport is 16 miles away from the center and New York John F Kennedy Airport is 22 miles away.

  • How much is a flight to New York?

    On average, a flight to New York costs $417. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $184 and departed from Liberia Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to New York?

    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 New York.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to New York 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 New York?

    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 New York 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 New York?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to New York

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $251 or less one-way and $412 or less round-trip.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest New York flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Costa Rica to New York

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to New York. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Costa Rica to New York. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to New York? 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 9529 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
7.1Entertainment
6.6Food
Airline reviews

No meal service to the back of the plane as it started late or was too slow to get it out before it was time to land.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2026
ORD - EWR
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No meal service to the back of the plane as it started late or was too slow to get it out before it was time to land.

In general, flight attendants were not very welcoming. Because of delays in departure and luggage handling, we missed our connecting flight. Offered a later flight on standby but available seats were then taken by 4 or 5 airline crew so slept at airport and got home next day. I am a frequent traveler, and this experience was the worst.

I could not get the wifi to work. But like the screen on the seats.

Experience was great - no complaints. Took off on time, landed early. Got to the gate relatively quickly - took a little bit of extra time to deplane but nothing excessive.

OK, we were delayed and had to de plane and reboard.

Hopped on time for the flight only to get deplaned and delayed another 2.5 hours.

Both my flight where delayed Had 25min to make it to my transfer flight

Wifi Bluetooth features for watching in flight movie was horrible. Screen kept blacking out no connection of sound although it said connected. Other than that smooth trip .

I paid $7,000 to fly round trip to Porto. I thought it was for business class. But on the leg from Miami to Newark, and again from Newark to Miami, i was in coach. One time in the middle seat of coach. From Newark to Porto I was in business class as expected, and it was fine. I fly to Portugal once per month, often paying $5,000 for business class. Usually i fly American Airlines. I'd be happy to fly more with United Airlines. But my experience was disappointing because i was put in the coach for almost half the flights.

There was no WiFi available, there were mechanical problems with the plane and we landed at C 124, then the gate was switched to A 26, then all the way back to C126! For a 75 yo woman traveling alone, this was a difficult journey, indeed!

I was especially impressed without efficiently the crew got passengers on and off. One of the stewards was slightly gruff, I thought. No big deal but that's what I noticed.

Delayed our flight to accommodate another flight but didn’t make the decision to do so until we were supposed to board despite having all the same information hours prior. Arrived so delayed that we didn’t get a gate and had to deplane on the tarmac and get bussed to terminal in the rain after 1am. Arrived to the terminal and due to construction could not get a ride share - had to either take the air train to Howard beach or stand in line with 200 other people waiting for a taxi.

Well, its a hit or miss when boarding most of the time your employees just let everyone enter immediately In one bum rush. Then out of know where tell the passengers only let A can enter then b then c etc. So make a decision and stick to it. Do it by alphabet and have famn strick compliance. Let the public know. That makes easier on passengers.

Qatar does not answer phone calls and communicate with travelers about trip cancellations

The seats have so much room. They give great free snacks. Staff was so nice.

Very smooth flight, good legroom with the "even more room" seats. Entertainment choice was excellent, wifi on board, plane was modern. Pilot got a round of applause for a smooth landing in very blustery conditions. Love flying with them. Check in was OK too. We were too early so we had to wait until groundstaff showed up 3hrs before the flight.

No included food for a 5 hour flight and the entertainment was only accessible if you had wired headphones (not provided). Otherwise though, great and smooth flying and customer service.

They initially informed us that the flight was delayed, but only after waiting an hour for updates. In any event, the flight was canceled, but the way it was handled was really poor and egregious. I feel they handled the situation of informing travelers very irresponsibly. I sat in a wheelchair at the airport for over four hours before finally being told that the flight was canceled.

Horribly rude check in at airport, worst in 25 years of flying. All over a simple issue they could have googled to resolve.

The ride share experience in JFK is terrible. After traveling on a flight, then you need to take a subway to the last stop to get an uber or lyft. Unacceptable. Bad job JetBlue for permitting JFK and Port Authority to do this to your passengers.

Found that the plane used for this short flight is smaller and therefore the seats are really squeezed tight.

The flight itself was excellent but the gate attendant made me check my carryon since she said it was an inch too big. I’ve had no problems with this carryon on recent flights on Qantas, Delta, Austrian, Southwest Airlines even though the overhead bins are the same size. there were other carryons in the bins that also looked larger than mine and there was room left in the bins for more. When I picked up my carryon from baggage claim one of the wheels had broken off.

Flight was scheduled at 11:26am but they keep Delaying until midnight. They waited at airport restless.

Really good. I accidentally left my duffel on the plane and the reps were so friendly in retrieving it.

Movie selections were very limited. Meals were not f So good.

AA is flying sub par aging 787's to Tokyo. I fly other 787's long haul and these are at the bottom. Seats don't work well, tray tables don't work well and were dirty. The flight was great, the plane was not.

Our flight was delayed 3 times and this is why I am giving such low reviews. Everything else was okay but being in the airport at 4:30pm for my initial flight at 7pm to not leave until after 9:30pm is insane,

The crew was excellent and overall the flight was good. No complaints.

Meals were not so good. Snack between the meals was very bad. Like Japan Airlines, they could eliminate the snack and make the second meal much better.

Good crew and flight was on time. It’s a small plane with limited overhead luggage space. They said the overhead space was full and I had to check my bag. There was still space when I got on. Waiting for my checked luggage added 30 minutes to my trip. Not the end of the world but also not great.

Seating was tight. Seats don't recline. Initial flight was cancelled. Lost two days of vacation.

Horrible experience with Avianca, they delayed their flight and when we arrived to NYC, AVIANCA took 1 hr y 30 mins to park the airplane and all passenger get off the plane, it made me lost all my trains to get back home and I came back to my place at 3 am instead of 12 am. On the top of that their plane seat are so uncomfortable and is not enough space and killed my legs and knees, Avianca used to be good when it was a Colombian company, now after Brasilian company bought them, their service quality is bad and their flights are delayed and oversold.

It was delayed and I lost my connection flight to Cali and I missed my Mom's funeral

Avianca has transitioned from full service legacy airline to "low cost" but has now became a strange hybrid (minimum leg space, started offering business class in domestic flights again, charges passenger for printing boarding pass, etc.). National and international coverage and destinations are really wide but service is not at its best

We found the chairs to be really uncomfortable. It’s also really unacceptable that no form of food or drink is included in a 6+ hour flight

The flight attendant smashed her beverage cart into my knee, causing significant amount of pain. The seats were extremely uncomfortable. No food or drink is offered unless you want to pay the ridiculous prices for it. The schedule of flying in the overnight hours is also very uncomfortable.

I handed in my suitcase in perfect condition at SAL Airport. And in MIA Airport I received it with one corner broken and the wheels bent.

I like the crew members they're very friendly. Clean plane. The flight was on time. I dont like the comfort my car seat its better that the plane seats. They charge for everything. This airline was very good. Now it's a low cost airline

No free snacks nor drinks on very short 30min flight. Entertainment system is over wifi to your own phone or tablet, which is good but often a show or movie just stops and refuses to continue

6 hour flight and have to pay for everything 100 dollars to add a carry-on bag is insane

They keep delaying and cancel at last moment and height was for you to get refund need to be in chat line for two hours. I complained to DOT. Never recommend this airline on Kayak please

Delayed over two hours. Only knew about a 30 minute delay in advance

They canceled both the flight to Myrtle beach and the return flight. They are an awful airline and they ruined my trip. I will never book with Spirit again.

The flight was a big joke very uncomfortable I had a horrible experience and I will never fly with them again everything about the flight was bogus and I’m not happy with it at all this experience makes me not want to fly ever again

Smooth flight staff very friendly and we arrived 15 mins earlier

Length of flight was fine Delay of over 3 hours was very bad!! Flight down was delayed 1.5 hours

I’m still waiting to get on the flight. No one knows what’s happening. The passengers have gotten no updates. We have been up all night and waiting at the airport. This is no way to operate and we should be refunded for this lack of respect for their passengers.

Flight was delayed, then undelayed, then delayed again. Gate was changed to the other side of the airport. Horrible seats with no screens. Spirit os truly awful, even for a budget option.

When I arrived at the airport at 4:00 in the morning, I was notified that I "hadn't paid" for my ticket (I had paid and had a boarding pass). Then I was told that while I had paid, the ticket was $600 more than it actually was, and that I needed to pay that so I could board. None of this was true, of course, but it took 20 minutes, two crew members behind the desk, and one on the phone to clear up.

I have to wait for the flight for 3 hours. The gate was switching for 5 times. Made feel frustrated. Delays took all my sleep. I went to work without any sleep.

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