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Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to San Jose

 
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Costa Rica to San Jose

Tue, Nov 10 - Tue, Nov 17
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5:35 am - 4:19 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
12h 44m2 stops Guatemala City La Aurora Los Angeles
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8:24 pm - 8:50 amSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
10h 26m2 stops Los Angeles San Salvador El Salvador Intl
$462Multiple Airlines
Thu, Nov 5 - Sat, Nov 14
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5:35 am - 4:19 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
12h 44m2 stops Guatemala City La Aurora Los Angeles
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8:24 pm - 8:50 amSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
10h 26m2 stops Los Angeles San Salvador El Salvador Intl
$462Multiple Airlines
Sat, Jan 23 - Sat, Jan 30
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5:35 am - 5:18 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
13h 43m2 stops Guatemala City La Aurora Los Angeles
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7:30 pm - 8:50 amSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
11h 20m2 stops Los Angeles San Salvador El Salvador Intl
$470Multiple Airlines
Sat, Nov 7 - Sat, Nov 14
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5:10 am - 4:19 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
13h 09m2 stops San Salvador El Salvador Intl Los Angeles
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8:24 pm - 8:50 amSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
10h 26m2 stops Los Angeles San Salvador El Salvador Intl
$471Multiple Airlines
Thu, Dec 17 - Wed, Dec 30
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1:25 pm - 8:58 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
33h 33m2 stops Chicago O'Hare Intl Denver Intl
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2:26 pm - 10:32 pmSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
30h 06m2 stops Denver Intl Houston George Bush Intcntl
$533United Airlines
Fri, Dec 18 - Wed, Dec 30
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7:30 am - 8:58 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
15h 28m1 stop Denver Intl
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2:26 pm - 10:32 pmSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
30h 06m2 stops Denver Intl Houston George Bush Intcntl
$533United Airlines
Thu, Dec 17 - Wed, Dec 30
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2:25 pm - 8:58 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
32h 33m2 stops Houston George Bush Intcntl Denver Intl
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2:26 pm - 8:39 pmSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
28h 13m2 stops Denver Intl Houston George Bush Intcntl
$533United Airlines
Thu, Oct 29 - Sat, Nov 7
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3:01 pm - 12:09 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
22h 08m2 stops Miami Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
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2:50 pm - 1:46 pmSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
20h 56m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$554American Airlines
Thu, Oct 29 - Sat, Nov 7
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1:00 pm - 11:04 amSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-SJC San Jose
23h 04m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
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2:50 pm - 1:46 pmSJC  San Jose-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
20h 56m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$561American Airlines
Sun, Nov 1 - Sat, Nov 7
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3:17 pm - 12:08 pmLIR  Liberia-SJC San Jose
22h 51m2 stops Dallas/Fort Worth Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
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2:50 pm - 12:33 pmSJC  San Jose-LIR Liberia
19h 43m2 stops Dallas/Fort Worth Miami
$589American 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?

The cheapest month for flights to San Jose is May, where tickets cost $469 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and August, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $907 and $823 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is December with an average price of $237.

Good to know

Low season

April

Cheapest flight

$274
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 45% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% 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.

  • 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.

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    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.

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

    Each week there are around 1,990 direct flights from within Costa Rica to San Jose. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 19% of flights taking off on this day.

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from Costa Rica to San Jose

 
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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 10245 reviews
6.7Food
8.1Crew
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
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The food was horrible. There was no. Wifi, and it was just terrible from bangkok to d. C

2.0 MediocreSincere, Sep 2026
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The food was horrible. There was no. Wifi, and it was just terrible from bangkok to d. C

My flight got cancelled. Couldn’t get my luggage. It arrived at my destination ahead of me. I didn’t get my preordered meal. Had to spend the night in the airport.

United did nit provide any updated on flight crew not bein available until boarding time started. It was bad. Itws alate night flight and there no proactive communication and iha d an important meeting that i missed due to thus

Delayed too much. 1.5 hrs in the airport and another 1 hr in the runway. Got too late in the night. There was no proper food available.

Job well done, being treated for good and helping a lot . thanks you so much till will meet against.

For the Singapore to CA flight, nearly 16 hours long was miserable. We sat on the tarmac for one hour to burn fuel. The flight attendant girls were mean. They would yell at people who stood up to try to stretch their legs. One time the drinks came thru and the lady judged us and made a comment about how much sugar was in apple juice when we ordered it once. She was rude and inappropriate. The entire flight was frustrating. You'd think a long haul like that the airline would try to make you comfortable. I just don't understand why the ladies were so snappy. I have never experienced rude flight attendants like that. It was the longest flight I've had to sit on before. We were not impressed. Raymond on the other hand was amazing! By far the best person working that flight!

premium economy is expensive but worth it for the comfort and food on a long flight

Even though the incoming flight was delayed by 20 minutes they managed to get us to SFO 15 minutes early.

Movie selection is good. Crew did not understand mileage program and were no help. Sick later. Food?

Crew was very cooperative and professional. Passenger's first checked in bag should be free.

I liked that 5 pound refreshment voucher was given for 1 hr delay. Staff were courteous and professional. I was expecting more for the 2nd meal (pizza). Usually for a long flight, the 2nd meal is something like eggs/sausage/potatoes/fruit/dessert.

The guy sitting in front of me kept pushing hard his sit against my legs… very uncomfortable

Food was horrid. In my opinion inedible. They did offer some sorbet and one small dish of fruit. Stewards were super stingy with water, coffee, etc.

On-time, direct flight is great. Having one bathroom out of order was unfortunate.

I am absolutely furious with American. they shut the door in my face when I was trying to board the flight and kicked me off of it. They made no attempt to call my name or contact me or anything. They just said they gave my seat away. The customer service response has been atrocious. I will never fly this airline again as long as I live.

The WiFi was out gr entire flight. Had to Diane for almost 1 hour to wait for a gate to open up for plane to dock. Very bad experience.

Not too much it was pretty good all the way around

American Airlines put the food on the wrong plane which had already taken off by the time we took off so we had no food on the plane.

I believe my father had a good flight. What was not good, was the associate who helped us during Step 2 of check-in. After getting his boarding passes and bag tags, we proceeded to Step 2 where we were met with Carol. This was around 3:15-20pm at Phoenix Sky Harbor. She weighed my father’s checked bag which was 2lbs over, she recommended removing a pair of jeans to correct this. My father asked/joked if “she could just let him go” and she fairly rudely responded something along the lines of, “I don’t own the airline so no I can’t do that”. From this point on I just want to assume she was having a bad day. I spent my life raised in a business and front-facing customer service so I understand previous clients can make you feel irritated. How she continued to act leads me to believe she was really careless about her job or racially biased/straight-up racist. After we moved the 2lbs to his other bag, she told us she believed he would need to claim his bag at his connecting flight in Hong Kong, before it could go to his final destination, Malaysia. This thoroughly confused us as we are fairly frequent international travelers and 95% of the time the bag is sent to its final destination without this requirement. Last time we traveled to Malaysia was less than a month ago, so again we’re fairly confused. Multiple times she used a fairly aggressive tone of “I know what YOU THINK, this is what I believe”. The multiple “YOU THINK” as if we didn’t understand what she was saying was rude and insulting, and her tone came along with a insincere smile, hence the feeling of she was racially biased. Despite the fact that she might have been having a bad day previously, it is AA’s airline’s duty to train their employee about international bag protocol, as clearly AA is a major partner of internationally traveling airlines. Carol made the experience overall unenjoyable sending my father off and made us both question AA’s training of their employees.

Mechanical delay > Crew Time out. No communication to passengers. Crew time out was positioned as a surprise (even though it must have been know at the time of boarding that the crew would time out.

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