$174 Find Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to San Jose

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Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to San Jose

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

Thu, Aug 14 - Thu, Aug 21
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 1:22 pmSJO-SJC
32h 52m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:20 pm - 12:26 pmSJC-SJO
41h 06m2 stops
$299United Airlines
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Fri, Aug 15 - Fri, Aug 22
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 1:22 pmSJO-SJC
32h 52m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:20 pm - 12:26 pmSJC-SJO
17h 06m2 stops
$301United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Wed, Oct 15
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:08 pmSJO-SJC
16h 08m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:15 pm - 12:00 pmSJC-SJO
21h 45m2 stops
$312American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 13 - Wed, Aug 20
United Airlines Logo
7:55 am - 1:22 pmSJO-SJC
30h 27m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
3:45 pm - 7:37 pmSJC-SJO
26h 52m2 stops
$315United Airlines
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Wed, Aug 27 - Fri, Aug 29
Delta Logo
1:35 pm - 5:04 pmSJO-SJC
28h 29m2 stops
Delta Logo
5:44 pm - 12:10 pmSJC-SJO
17h 26m2 stops
$348Delta
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Mon, Jul 21 - Mon, Jul 28
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4:13 pm - 9:50 amSJO-SJC
18h 37m1 stop
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11:30 am - 11:52 pmSJC-SJO
11h 22m1 stop
Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 18
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:58 pm - 9:52 amLIR-SJC
17h 54m1 stop
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7:57 pm - 3:53 pmSJC-LIR
18h 56m1 stop
$372Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Aug 25 - Fri, Aug 29
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4:13 pm - 9:50 amSJO-SJC
18h 37m1 stop
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11:30 am - 11:52 pmSJC-SJO
11h 22m1 stop
Wed, Aug 13 - Mon, Aug 18
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:50 am - 9:52 amSJO-SJC
10h 02m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:02 pm - 11:30 pmSJC-SJO
9h 28m1 stop
$393Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Wed, Oct 15
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:08 pmSJO-SJC
16h 08m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:15 pm - 12:00 pmSJC-SJO
21h 45m2 stops
$411American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to San Jose

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to San Jose?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to San Jose, 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 San Jose is May, where tickets cost $419 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $718 and $646 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is May with an average price of $419.

How far in advance should I book a flight to San Jose?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to San Jose, 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 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonMay
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$174
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 27% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from San José to San Jose

FAQs - booking San Jose flights

  • How far is San Jose Airport from central San Jose?

    The city center of San Jose is 3 miles from San Jose Airport.

  • What is the name of San Jose’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in San Jose, called San Jose Airport (SJC). It can also be referred to as Mineta San Jose, Norman Y. Mineta San José Intl, San Jose, or San Jose Intl.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to San Jose?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to San Jose is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $535. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $610 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to San Jose?

    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 San Jose.

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

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

    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 Jose 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 San Jose?

    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 Jose 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 San Jose?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to San Jose is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $518 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Jose is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $622.

  • How many direct flights to San Jose are there each week?

    Each week there are around 1,010 direct flights from within Costa Rica to San Jose. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to San Jose

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Costa Rica to San Jose

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to San Jose. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Costa Rica to San Jose. 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 San Jose? 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.
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.1Food
8.5Crew
7.1Entertainment
7.8Comfort
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It was very good and comfortable, Crew was also great

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2025SEA - BUR
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It was very good and comfortable, Crew was also great

Good experience, although it was a little cramped being a tall person. Otherwise everything went smoothly and professionally though

Delay of more than 3 hours I didnt recieve neither a voucher for food Attention disaster

I'm a platinum member with American Airlines, however, my ticket did not display status and thus I did not board with an early group. I traveled with my two daughters and we were given a row of seats that did not recline. Not the treatment I would have expected for a platinum customer. The flight was also a bit late leaving Portland. Also on my flight to Portland we were not given premium seats. In fact, we were in the last row of the aircraft.

The seats in first class are very dated and quite uncomfortable. I don’t need lie-flat seats for a 6 hour flight, but more recline is really necessary.

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

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

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.

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

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

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 flew Business Class. Rory, one of the Cabin stewards, was attentive, explained the menu, provided appropriate drinks. was

This was a horrible experience. For a first class experience, my chair was held together by 3M tape - and I have a photo. The crew weren’t very attentive, somewhat dismissive and forgot my drink and snack, the chair reclined about 3 inches on a 6-hour cross country flight. I was also not informed that there was no lounge available in Newark airport because of renovations, so all around this was one of the worst experiences and I would actively avoid both American and Alaska Air going forward.

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.

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