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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Costa Rica
- Book at least 2 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
- High season is considered to be January, November and December. The cheapest month to fly from Detroit is May.
- Morning departure is around 7% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
- Detroit airport is frequently congested. Therefore, it's crucial that you get to the airport three hours before your flight. This will guarantee that you arrive at your boarding gate in plenty of time, pass through the security checkpoints, and receive your boarding card.
- Long-haul travelers who want to leave their cars at the airport can find parking spaces at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. DTW offers daily parking for motorists who want to leave their car there for a few hours while they wait for a shuttle or other vehicle to pick up or drop off passengers.
- Do you want to consume anything while you're waiting for your pick-up at SJO? There are many restaurants and coffee shops at Juan Santamaria International Airport, so there's no need to worry. You can go to the nearby restaurant, which is convenient to the boarding area and main hall. These restaurants serve food and drinks to visitors to the airport.
- The in-flight amenities provided on every journey between Detroit and Costa Rica vary. So be careful to check the in-flight amenities an airline offers before making a reservation. For instance, Jetblue Airlines provides its customers with food, beverages, and an additional travel blanket.
- If you need specific information when you arrive in Costa Rica, go to any of the terminals in the baggage claim at SJO. There is an information desk to your right. You can also ask any nearby airport staff member for the same information.
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Top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to Costa Rica
Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews8.3
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 29427 reviews
85boarding
79entertainment
88crew
83comfort
79food
85overall
Airline reviews
Pros: "Very few people on the flight. Plane was clean, in good condition. Boarding was straightforward. FA's were attentive and keen to please."
Cons: "One little cookie. I could not log on to the in flight entertainment."
Pros: "Very few people on the flight. Plane was clean, in good condition. Boarding was straightforward. FA's were attentive and keen to please."
Cons: "One little cookie. I could not log on to the in flight entertainment."
Pros: "Crew was great, and I like having a plug for my laptop."
Cons: "WiFi at 6.50$ and hour is ridiculous. That should be the price for the whole flight or free (obviously heading that way)."
Pros: "Crew was polite"
Cons: "Seat could have been better. More room. In flight internet and movies would have make the flight great"
Cons: "I was downgraded from first class with no answer and no cash or credit"
Pros: "Crew was pleasant and very polite. I like that one carry on was included in my ticket. Enough leg room. Love the free in flight movies! Glad I didn’t have to purchase a beverage either."
Cons: "I will never understand the way boarding works. Did going from window groups, middle seat groups to aisle seat groups not work? I hate having to squeeze through and hope I don’t knock anyone in the face with my bag. I don’t like I can’t pick my seat and that my seatbelt is a little too tight. If I get a seat in the back I’m waiting for everyone else to get on and then for them to get off the plane. I guess I’ll have to pay the $75 fee for “first class” next time since that’s the only way to update my seat. And if I have a “saver rate” ticket - I should be able to still change my flight within 24 hours. I wanted to come back a day earlier and it was the same price! But I would’ve had to cancel and repurchase for an additional $200!!!"
Pros: "I appreciated the assistance getting to my connecting flight in time. Great service!"
Pros: "No charge for seats. Fair price for carry on Ample leg room. Head rest thingy. Good snacks Flight attendants nice not fakey"
Cons: "Would love cheaper flights"
Pros: "flight early"
Cons: "The flight attendant initially refused to help me get the middle person in our row reseated despite lots of open seats!"
Pros: "Good flight"
Cons: "Delayed for one hour, virgin America planes are getting old. Remote was broken"
Cons: "Couldn't find my luggage..went to customer service...it arrived on the plane scheduled to land in PDX before my flight..all ended up okay."
Pros: "plane was newer, clean. left gate fairly soon after boarding"
Cons: "it was delayed"
Pros: "The helpfulness of staff in my time of need I had been on a surgery and your staff was very very accommodating"
Cons: "Nothing don’t change a thing, if it isn’t broken there is no need to fix it LOVE YOU SOUTHWEST"
Pros: "Very friendly crew and the plane arrived in Costa Rica 30 mins early!"
Cons: "I have a JetBlue credit card and I’m very disappointed that membership to the credit card does not offer priority boarding or zone A or zone B boarding. I was in seat 6C and had boarding zone E! Every other airline sponsored credit card I own offers some form of priority zone seating; even Spirit!"
Pros: "The crew was good, love free snacks and T5."
Cons: "Wi-Fi didn’t work and water was only served once. Not enough."
Cons: "Long delay and communication problem, delay was moved up. Impossible to plan."
Pros: "Entertainment"
Cons: "The fly attendant needs to be more friendly and happy"
Pros: "The plane was very comfortable and had noticeably more leg room than any other airline I’ve been on recently."
Pros: "Crew was nice and the flight was fine"
Cons: "I was quite shocked that the seat I had originally been put in the head phone jack and The Wholearea where the channel changes was falling apart. I was able to switch seats due to flight being not full but that would be annoying. I also was weirded out that they did not ha e touch screens. In general the plane just seemed old and dirty to me."
Pros: "Seats were pretty comfortable, very back of the plane but I had enough room. It was a pretty short (under two hour) flight so I slept, but overall good!"
Pros: "First time to fly JetBlue! Very nice and all that leg room. Next travel JetBlue it is!"
Pros: "No entertainment on the plane and plane was very small..."
Cons: "Explain flight situations better.."
Pros: "Crew was very friendly and took good care of the passengers"
Pros: "Flight was smooth and short"
Cons: "The entertainment system kept resetting over and over throughout the flight. And drinks were served late in a not so comfortable temperature cabin. But everything else was ok"
Pros: "The flight was safe and efficient."
Cons: "The seats on the 787 Dreamliner proved to be uncomfortable AGAIN this trip. 2 years ago we flew the 787 overnight and the seats were the same. Hard cushions, tight seat pitch, and little room to move about."
Pros: "Good flight as always with Delta. Sat in economy comfort, so of course the seats was comfortable. Flight Attendants were great."
Cons: "It could have left on time or they could have told us they weren’t leaving and let us get some sleep."
Cons: "The baggage drop attendant was very unhelpful when I asked if she could help me sort out an issue (when I checked in online for the second leg of my trip, i paid for my bag then but they wanted me to pay again for my first flight) and just dismissed me and said she couldn't help, making me pay again for my bag. First time I've ever had an unpleasant experience with Delta."
Pros: "It was too cold on the flight. I asked for a blanket and luckily the stewardess had one. However, before giving it to me, she told me it was the only one on the flight!"
Cons: "Separated from my wife even with pre-assigned seats. And One of the stewardess would not take my banana peel and has asked me to dump it into lavatory trash myself. She did not want to handle banana peel without a glove."
Pros: "The seats."
Cons: "In typical Delta fashion they boarded, deplane, board it again and then beat the plane. Blamed it on weather even though a full maintenance crew was beneath the plane in the entire time and, for the coup de gras moved a new flight an hour later 30 gate down. Classic Delta hopefully they'll be out of business in a year"
Cons: "the sandwich was cold, they should have used the microwave"
Cons: "Fue un avión no adaptado a nuestros tiempos, sin entretenimiento a bordo, ni siquiera tenía para conectar el celular. Un servicio low cost."
Pros: "Good service from the crew and the boarding process was made quick and punctual."
Pros: "Just anything. I have better trips taking a crowded bus."
Cons: "They had 3 boarding trips in the same gate it was a mess, the saddest sadwichch with the mediocre orange juice was the best option, angry crew."
Pros: "Nicer plane than the one we flew from San Francisco to San Salvador"
Pros: "Friendly crew, arrived earlier than expected. Offered to excellent assistance to my mom with the wheelchair"
Cons: "Food wasn’t good. During the stop in Guatemala didn’t change planes so had to wait for the maintenance staff to clean the plane before using bathroom. No water during stop and had to change seats"
Pros: "I liked that the crew where nice and congratulate the mountain bike team of Costa Rica who had won second place in the panamerican games"
Cons: "I push the "call the stewart" bottom and they never came to me.."
Pros: "Connections very easy. Flight arrived early. In-flight service exceptional."
Cons: "The flight attendants were friendly and helpful during an unscheduled delay"
Pros: "comfort crew entertainment passable for the age of the plane clean quick boarding"
Cons: "not enough food.............................................."
Absolutely horrible service filled with delays and problems will never travel with Flair Airlines and WestJet delays delays and mor delays absolutely Horrible customer service and Really Experience.
Low cost flight so no movie screen. Minimal food- coffee and a biscuit. 3 hours long so no issue with this.
Pros: "Cabin crew was okay"
Cons: "I would’ve appreciated if the crew did not blame a very evident turn-around delay on weather. The TAF and METAR in Halifax do not support that. It looks more like the crew was trying to hide their incompetence. This delay prevented me from catching my connection in Calgary. Needless to say, Westjet refused to take their responsibilities."
Pros: "Crew were fairly attentive, have experienced better. Liked the Canadian entertainment options, even if very limited."
Cons: "Seats were okay, the plane is really showing it's age. Movie selection was very limited, and very dated."
Pros: "not much, not even close to the service and comfort I am used to flying."
Cons: "Keep planes in working order"
Pros: "On-time flight, satisfactory crew."
Cons: "Seat felt cramped (not helped by overweight guy next to me), plane was warm with very mediocre airflow, window seat was missing window."
Pros: "The crew was fine and we were very comfortable. This is because we were in Premium seats. The experience is entirely different in economy, which we did while flying the other direction."
Cons: "The Westjet employees working on the ground as we disembarked in Calgary we’re not good. It took forever to get out stroller off the plane, and one employee was being really rude to all the people waiting for their strollers."
Pros: "Super fast. All on time."
Cons: "I didn't like in a middle seat and being told that in order to move to an aisle seat I would have to pay $13.50. Normally with Westjet it was always free to change seats at Check in. It's frustrating when things change and you only find out at the time of check in rather than at time of booking."
Cons: "Stewardesses were very unfriendly. Biscuit and water? Your pulling out of sudbury but we as paying customers still deserve to be treated better. Plane was clean and flight on time."
Pros: "Fairly standard flight. By checking in early was able to change seat closer to front."
Cons: "With baggage fees now in place, people are really over doing the carry-on & oversize bags aren't being caught by the airline."
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