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Find cheap flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José from $180

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Hobby to San José departing on 5/13. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Hobby to San José (HOU-SJO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Hobby to San José 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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6:23 pm - 12:50 pmHOU-SJO
19h 27m2 stops
1:50 pm - 11:55 pmSJO-HOU
9h 05m1 stop
$271American Airlines
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Sat, May 11 - Mon, May 13
12:22 pm - 10:14 pmHOU-SJO
10h 52m1 stop
1:50 pm - 11:55 pmSJO-HOU
9h 05m1 stop
$321American Airlines
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Sat, May 11 - Mon, May 13
8:27 pm - 1:11 pmHOU-SJO
17h 44m1 stop
6:00 am - 7:57 pmSJO-HOU
12h 57m1 stop
$328American Airlines
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Thu, May 16 - Mon, May 20
10:15 am - 10:14 pmHOU-SJO
12h 59m1 stop
6:00 am - 11:55 pmSJO-HOU
16h 55m1 stop
$341American Airlines
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Sun, May 26 - Mon, Jun 3
10:15 am - 6:55 pmHOU-SJO
9h 40m2 stops
6:00 am - 3:52 pmSJO-HOU
8h 52m1 stop
$346American Airlines
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Thu, May 30 - Mon, Jun 3
4:22 pm - 10:14 pmHOU-SJO
6h 52m1 stop
6:00 am - 5:53 pmSJO-HOU
10h 53m1 stop
$378American Airlines
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Sat, May 11 - Wed, May 15
6:00 am - 10:14 pmHOU-SJO
17h 14m1 stop
11:59 pm - 3:55 pmSJO-HOU
14h 56m1 stop
$381American Airlines
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Sun, Jun 2 - Thu, Jun 6
6:23 pm - 11:51 amHOU-SJO
18h 28m2 stops
12:51 pm - 9:45 amSJO-HOU
19h 54m2 stops
$383American Airlines
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Tue, May 14 - Tue, May 21
8:27 pm - 10:14 pmHOU-SJO
26h 47m1 stop
11:59 pm - 9:44 amSJO-HOU
8h 45m1 stop
$585British Airways
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Fri, May 31 - Fri, Jun 7
1:12 pm - 8:13 pmHOU-SJO
8h 01m1 stop
7:00 am - 10:21 pmSJO-HOU
14h 21m1 stop
$621Delta
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Wed, May 22 - Wed, May 29

Flights from Hobby to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Hobby to San José to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

The average price of all flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to San José on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Saturday is the most expensive day to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to San José. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province, 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 from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province is April, where tickets cost $198 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets is $646 and $513 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 59 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on American Airlines ($180) and British Airways ($286). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on American Airlines ($271) and British Airways ($585).

How many flights are there between Houston Hobby Airport and San José, San José Province per day?

There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Houston Hobby Airport and lands in San José, San José Province, with an average flight time of 3h 35m. The most common departure time is 9:00 am and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 7 flights.

What’s the earliest departure time from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Houston Hobby Airport at 9:35 am and will be landing in San José, San José Province at 12:10 pm.

What’s the latest departure time from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province jets off at 5:05 pm and lands at 7:40 pm.

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August

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June

Cheapest flight

$180
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 13% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
Flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San José

When to book flights from Hobby to San José

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Hobby to San José based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Houston Hobby Airport to San José flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San José, San José Province was $180 for a one-way ticket and $271 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Houston Hobby Airport and San José?

    Yes

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

    There are nonstop flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José on a daily basis.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

    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 from Houston Hobby Airport to San José.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

    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 José with an airline and back to Houston Hobby Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Houston Hobby Airport and SJO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

    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 José from Houston Hobby Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Prefer to fly non-stop from Houston Hobby Airport to San José?

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Top 5 airlines serving from Hobby to San José

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to San José. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Hobby to San José? 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.
7.8
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 2791 reviews
7.2Entertainment
7.7Comfort
8.3Crew
7.3Food
8.1Boarding
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Copa performed as expected for the amount of money I was willing to spend for the flight; it wasn’t exceptional but it was not bad in any way either. The crew was good; friendly and straightforward. The food was airplane food, so no expectations there and the entertainment was lacking but that was my fault for owning an IPhone with a charging port that’s not compatible with the rest of the world. I’d fly Copa again.

8.0 ExcellentAntonio, Mar 2024LAX - PTY
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Copa performed as expected for the amount of money I was willing to spend for the flight; it wasn’t exceptional but it was not bad in any way either. The crew was good; friendly and straightforward. The food was airplane food, so no expectations there and the entertainment was lacking but that was my fault for owning an IPhone with a charging port that’s not compatible with the rest of the world. I’d fly Copa again.

Left my bags in origin city on a business class ticket , spent about 2-3 days in the same clothes plus the flight .

the planes are not modern there are no phone chargers

As usual, the flight with normal legroom was not very comfortable, but the second flight was much better because we had paid for extra legroom. It was very nice to check our bags without an extra fee.

LOCKED MY BAG WITHOUT CONSENT. Had to have my zippers cut upon arrival in Costa Rica.

Pros: "The seats in economy were confortable. The best thing was Copa gave us seats in the second line and my family traveled together."
Cons: "Coffe service could better the experience"
Pros: "The crew was very interested on help and attentive with the passengers. But the seat wasn't comfortable. The design of the cushion is not the best to be seating"
Pros: "You were on time, that is the most important thing in a fly"
Cons: "You could improve your entertainment, you are not a cheap company"
Pros: "That there was seltzer"
Cons: "The management of preparing the flight and plane so that it was ready for the trip!!"
Pros: "Copa was convenient and easy. Very easy boarding process and I appreciated the day flight."
Cons: "This is a business class that is equivalent to a US carrier domestic first class. Good seats, not lay flat but wide on my 737-800. The food and service emulated say American Airlines Domestic 1C as well. Everything was just good enough, and much cheaper that international business on the majors."

No water for a 5 hour flight entertainment not working seats with little room for knees when person in front of me reclined kept bumping my knees.

I don't think anyone actually reads these comments, so I won't spend much time on this submission. If you want to talk, you know how to reach me. The D/FW manager of Avianca (self-identified), Juan Calderon, insisted I buy an onward ticket from San Salvador even though I have diplomatic status in El Salvador and live here. It cost me $1,393 and Mr Calderon would not let me make the ticked flexible so I could get a refund. He went out of his way to be rude to me. He gave me seat 32K -- windowless window seat in the last row and did not offer to let me upgrade even though there were plenty of seats. I have flown well over a million miles in my life and this is the worst experience I have ever had. I would like a refund on the ticket I was forced to buy. Just awful!

This is the Spirit of Latino travel. And don’t even get me started on customer service.

Awful. I checked in online and there was no option to pay for baggage, at the airport when I checked in my baggage was received and Iwas not charged. When I got to LA during the boarding process I was told I didn't pay for baggage, the crew resolved I was let in the plane. When I got to my final destination my baggage was not there. It took me two days to receive my baggage. Bad service ever!

There was no food or drink service, couldn’t even get a glass of water for free. It was a long and expensive flight to not offer food or beverage on the plane.

It is better at the jfk than my home country. It was very easy and everything was on time.

There is no food. There is no in-inflight entertainment. The seats are cardboard. The airline is a living hellscape.

My experience was amazing! They helped my elderly mother board on early through a wheelchair and were accommodating to have us sit together since our seats were in different locations. When landing at the airport in GUA they were very helpful with full of hospitality.

No complimentary snacks food, beverage (not even water), pillow and blanket on a 6 hours long flight (including economy comfort). A low form of nickeling an diming. Lost a recurring passanger over a soda. Avianca never again.

Flight departure late. Got late in Colombia making us take a different flight next day. Avianca airport crew messed up my ticket so when a I got in Brazil I didn’t have a ticket for my destination. Had to buy a new ticket out of my pocket.

This flight was delayed multiple times and eventually canceled around 2-3ish. Original take off time was around 10:30am. By 3, there were no other options out of Houston, so stuck in Houston for from 3pm - 11am the next day.

There was a group of school age passengers that were very loud and unruly with their chaperones were no where to be found.

Trip was smooth bumpy from the wind but no issues at all the crew attendant was very pleasant and had great customer service

I liked everything about the flight. The service was excellent!

Delayed a day due to snow storm. Was upgraded. That kind of made up for significant delays from FLL to COS with no compensation or acknowledgement.

The Polaris experience is top notch. From departure lounge to arrival lounge. Everything was top notch. One of the best first class experience

The leg space between me and the seat in front of me was excellent.

Over two hours wait to get wheelchair assistance from arrival to the departure gate for LA was unreasonable even though there appreared to be heavy demand.

The seats were uncomfortable. The flight was almost 9 hours and they didn’t serve lunch

Got automatically assigned a middle seat, unless I fork out extra money for seat assigment.

Flight was cancelled had to move to another gate late again no internet paid for the month and never can use it waste of money

Flight delayed over an over all day until it cancelled at 1:30am. Would not repeatedly delay that late. Offer hotel rooms and rebook early. Very difficult for families with small children

Missed the flight because of them and up geting a rental car

Flight was fine. It took an unusually long time to have baggage delivered to the carousel in ORD.

I arrived to the airport 2 hours before my American Airlines flight was scheduled to take off. I have TSA pre-check. The airport was crazy packed when I arrived. After momentarily standing in the pre-check line, the TSA agent said that I am not pre-check. Of course I said that I am because I entered my KTN number on all my traveling sites and programs. I had to get out of line and go back to the AA counter to discover that American Airlines did not add my KTN to my boarding pass. I had to call TSA to find out my number, then have AA enter it onto my boarding pass. The emblem would not load onto my boarding pass. By this time, I decided to use my Clear in order to get through TSA but the line was ridiculous long. By the time I made through TSA, I missed my 11:08am flight and was re-booked for the 5:30pm. This is after the AA employee told me I should have gotten to the airport early. AA use to be a dependable airline not I use them only if I have too.

Flight from SBP to DFW 1. They rerouted us through PHX 2. Delayed flight out of SBP for 3 hrs so we missed our connection Downgrade on rerouted flight. Back of the plane, center seats, didn't sit together 4. Return flight out of DFW same exact thing. Delayed, missed connection, Downgrade + they lost our luggage! A complete mess.

Do not eat the bagel! Otherwise, good albeit late, breakfast in first. Boarding downgrade only because flight was delayed due to plane change due to undisclosed problem with original aircraft. I did not use entertainment.

Was as expected. Good leg room on planes - much appreciated.

Fight crew was not very attentive and the bastions were gross!

I don’t think the flight attendants are happy. They do not seem to be friendly or welcoming.

Crew was nice, explained emergency protocol very well. Flight took off and arrived on time. Pilot explained the small delay that occurred with docking and providing updates. I would definitely fly spirit again.

I had no legroom, although I paid for extra legroom. I could barely put my bag in front of my feet and under the seat. The Wi-Fi was horrible. In fact the flight attendant said that they had to reboot it and see if it was going to work and never did.

The crew was courteous and are very well prepared for the job.

Terrible as usual!!!! Very unprofessional and rude flight attendants! You get what you pay for! HORRIBLE

The text told me it was changed to Terminal E and Gate D5. But with no one on site to ask questions there was confusion on where to go as all the gates were E's. Then we took the skyline to the D area. We left to get something to eat. No announcement was made but my daughter happened to asked and they told her our gate was moved to D12. I will not fly Spirit again.

Unnecessary announcements through out flight. WiFi on plane is terrible and overpriced

Cancelled my flight last minute and had to end up driving to Texas from Atlanta last minute. I’m going to miss another day of work, drive back to Atlanta , in my own car and spirit doesn’t want to refund the money. First time I tried flying anyone else but delta and I get ripped off . And I had. To pay for seats for a flight that didn’t happen. Usually you could say you get what you pay for but in this case, didn’t get anything and paid for everything never flying spirit again, or even attempting it or thinking about it.

Flight from Tampa to Houston was canceled. SPIRIT rebooked me and they double booked my seat. Conclusion I COULD NOT TRAVEL TO HOUSTON. I MISSED MY GRANDDAUGHTER BIRTHDAY. I would not recommend this company. I will file a complaint. I will never consider SPIRIT as an airline . It’s a faker.

My flight was cancelled and I am stranded in another state

Had to board plan 2x due to lack of security check after 1st boarding

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Houston to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/13Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
17h 23mHOU-SJO
$180
5/13Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
17h 44mHOU-SJO
$206
5/26Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
12h 59mHOU-SJO
$214
5/26Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
17h 44mHOU-SJO
$220
6/13Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
17h 30mHOU-SJO
$232
7/8Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
29h 14mHOU-SJO
$250
5/26Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 27mHOU-SJO
$251
6/21Fri
3 stops
29h 22mHOU-SJO
$269
7/28Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 54mHOU-SJO
$286
5/24Fri
1 stopDelta
10h 49mHOU-SJO
$726

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Last minute flights from Hobby to San José

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Houston to San José that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 14mHOU-SJO
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 53mSJO-HOU
$216
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 44mHOU-SJO
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 55mSJO-HOU
$222
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 23mHOU-SJO
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
19h 54mSJO-HOU
$271
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 52mHOU-SJO
5/13Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 05mSJO-HOU
$321
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 44mHOU-SJO
5/12Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 52mSJO-HOU
$347
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 52mHOU-SJO
5/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 53mSJO-HOU
$378
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 52mHOU-SJO
5/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 53mSJO-HOU
$401
5/9Thu
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 52mHOU-SJO
5/12Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 52mSJO-HOU
$426
5/11Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 40mHOU-SJO
5/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 53mSJO-HOU
$450
5/10Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 52mHOU-SJO
5/12Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 53mSJO-HOU
$466

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Houston Hobby Airport - San José Flights

Departure:

Houston Hobby Airport (HOU)United States

Destination:

San José (SJO)Costa Rica

Return flight deals:

San José - Houston Hobby Airport

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