$119 Find Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica

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Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San José
San José1 stop$224
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$292
San José
San José1 stop$224
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$292

Book Cheap New Orleans to Costa Rica Plane Tickets

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

Mon, Mar 2 - Sat, Mar 7
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 12:22 pm
MSY
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SJO
6h 02m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:31 pm - 8:55 pm
SJO
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MSY
7h 24m
1 stop
$224Spirit Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 9
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 12:22 pm
MSY
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SJO
6h 02m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:31 pm - 8:55 pm
SJO
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MSY
7h 24m
1 stop
$230Spirit Airlines
Tue, Feb 24 - Tue, Mar 3
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 12:22 pm
MSY
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SJO
6h 02m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:08 pm - 9:21 pm
SJO
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MSY
7h 13m
1 stop
$238Multiple Airlines
Fri, Feb 6 - Sun, Feb 8
JetBlue Logo
7:00 am - 1:00 pm
MSY
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SJO
6h 00m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
2:05 pm - 9:30 pm
SJO
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MSY
7h 25m
1 stop
$251JetBlue
Wed, Feb 25 - Mon, Mar 2
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:10 pm
MSY
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LIR
6h 10m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 11:28 pm
LIR
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MSY
14h 53m
1 stop
$292United Airlines
Wed, Feb 25 - Mon, Mar 2
American Airlines Logo
5:54 pm - 12:10 pm
MSY
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LIR
18h 16m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:21 pm - 8:45 am
LIR
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MSY
19h 24m
2 stops
$297American Airlines
Fri, Feb 27 - Tue, Mar 3
American Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 12:32 pm
MSY
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LIR
7h 02m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:29 pm - 11:36 am
LIR
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MSY
20h 07m
2 stops
$304American Airlines
Thu, Mar 26 - Mon, Mar 30
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 10:24 am
MSY
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LIR
6h 24m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:25 pm - 8:34 am
LIR
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MSY
16h 09m
1 stop
$357United Airlines
Thu, Mar 26 - Mon, Mar 30
JetBlue Logo
7:00 am - 11:55 am
MSY
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LIR
5h 55m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
11:40 am - 10:55 pm
LIR
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MSY
10h 15m
1 stop
$359JetBlue
Sun, May 10 - Sat, May 16
Delta Logo
5:30 am - 12:00 pm
MSY
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LIR
7h 30m
1 stop
Delta Logo
1:25 pm - 11:23 pm
LIR
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MSY
8h 58m
1 stop
$369Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for New Orleans to Costa Rica flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to Costa Rica?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica, 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 New Orleans to Costa Rica is November, when tickets cost $332 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and February, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $540 and $499 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New Orleans to Costa Rica?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica, 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 on the flight from New Orleans to Costa Rica, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 13% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$119
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 17% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from New Orleans to San José

FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

  • Can I get direct flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica?

    Unfortunately, there aren’t any airlines that provide direct flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica. All flights will have at least one or two layovers in between, which can make the trip longer than usual. The most popular layover options on this route include Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL), Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), and Miami International Airport (MIA).

  • Which travel documents will I need to get into Costa Rica?

    US Citizens flying from New Orleans to Costa Rica are required to have a valid passport to be allowed into the country. The passport needs to remain valid for the whole duration you will be in the country, and you also need to provide proof of onward travel plans, for example, a return ticket. A visa is not a mandatory requirement as long as you don’t plan on staying in the country for longer than 90 days. Otherwise, you will need to visit the Costa Rican embassy for permission.

  • Where can I exchange currency at Juan Santamaría International Airport?

    For you to transact much easier while in Costa Rica, you will have to exchange a few US Dollars for the Costa Rican Colon. SJO Airport has multiple currency exchanges by Global Exchange, although the most conveniently located one for arriving travelers is found in the terminal's lobby. They are open 24/7, so you don’t have to worry about arriving at the wrong time.

  • Which is the quickest way to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport from downtown?

    MSY is about 14 miles from downtown New Orleans. The quickest way to the airport is taking a taxi or driving via the I-110W. This will take you about twenty minutes, although you should factor in about ten more minutes into your plans if you’re driving since it can take a while to find parking at the airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Orleans to Costa Rica?

    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 New Orleans to Costa Rica.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New Orleans to Costa Rica 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 New Orleans to Costa Rica?

    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 from New Orleans to Costa Rica 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 from New Orleans to Costa Rica?

    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 from New Orleans to Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica

  • When flying from New Orleans to Costa Rica, you are most likely going to depart from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). This is the main international airport in New Orleans, facilitating both domestic and international travel to and from destinations all over America and the world.
  • Most international flights to Costa Rica land at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO). This is the only international airport in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, serving all international flights to the country.
  • If you want to leave your car at MSY, consider using the offsite parking lots instead of those parking lots inside the airport. Most of the time, they charge lower prices, and you could end up paying up to 50% less in parking fees.
  • To get wheelchair assistance at SJO, ensure that you inform your airline or travel agent at least 48 hours before departure. This should give them enough time to make proper arrangements.
  • To enjoy the lounge facilities at MSY, consider booking with Delta Air Lines. At the moment, they are the only airline with a lounge at the airport. The Delta Sky Club is located in Concourse C near Gate 1.

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

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New Orleans to Costa Rica? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4268 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

All good except once again bags took an hour at Midway Airport Happens all the time. Ridiculous

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
PHX - MDW
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All good except once again bags took an hour at Midway Airport Happens all the time. Ridiculous

Everything went smoothly and we even arrived a little bit early.

Great vacation. Can't wait till next year for another one.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

On time. Friendly staff. Took to long to pre bord all the specialty groups. Cramped small plane

The seats were comfortable, and the boarding process was pretty smooth.

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

The staff was very friendly, professional, and courteous. The overall flight was a great experience.

The crew canceled the complementary snack and drink in anticipation of turbulence that never materialized. I was counting on the drink (water) to take the the doses of medication - prescribed for my heart condition - that were due during the flight. Since no snack or meal was served on this flight, I cannot rate the food quality. Otherwise, this flight was excellent.

Departure was delayed more than 1/2 hour while we waited for luggage (only) transfer from another flight/plane. Once approved for takeoff, the flight was excellent.

HORRIBLE, my initial flight was cancelled, they made me pay $200 extra dollars and that got cancelled as well! After 6 cancellations I decided to get a refund because I needed to get home to my babies. Out of $1000+ dollars they offered me only $40 in refund! Totally unacceptable! The flight that they cancelled I was able to fly it on another airline. I had to spend $400 on one way tickets just to get home! I’m still getting the runaround.

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

The food was terrible this time. Otherwise pleasant, quiet, on-time.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Unfortunately weather delayed our flight waiting for our plane to arrive and due to a little snow time was needed to deice the plane so departure was very delayed and I missed the connecting flight

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

I wish there were outlets to charge my iPhone. The crew was great; we had a female pilot who was great with explaining what was happening and delays,

The flight crew where really good. Better then the crew from BNE to SFO

On time on a day with lots of weather cancellations on other flights. Thank you for getting me home during a winter storm!

Don't change gate multiple times make people run across the airport. Announce delays in a timely manner. Have maintenance crew ready. Don't delay and keep passengers on the plane for 3 hrs. on tarmac.

The plane was experiencing problems with the HVAC system, it was very cold in the front of the plane and very hot in the back.

My flight to London from Philadelphia was cancelled due to weather.

The attendants were kind and helpful. A sugar-free drink would have been very welcome.

Pilot navigated severe weather/snow storm with skill. Described his intentions clearly

one crew said "he" didn't serve double alcohol drinks for travelers in exit rows. crew on prior flight did. Is this a AA rule, and the prior crew was being nice? Also, I think we deserve more than a 25% refund for losing first class seats when rescheduling a flight due to weather

It was a little concerning to hear the ground crew arguing with the flight crew over baggage space. Instead of taking them and checking them, they started checking for space in the first class cabin moving items around like the flight crew didn't know what they were doing. I was embarrassed for them.

2 hour delay due to equipment failure. No updates via the app and airport screens (which continued to show a departure time in the past). AA eventually switched planes and the new plane was not catered or cleaned correctly.

I booked an aisle seat and was given a middle. At 6'4" 230lbs, it is not ideal to fly in the middle row for myself and passengers.

Terrible. They canceled our early morning flight after midnight on the day of and had no available flights to rebook my family on for the next 72 hours. Yet they still had other flights that were not cancelled from JFK so it couldn’t be based on the weather. It felt like they canceled the flight based on it not being profitable enough for them. I am not interested in traveling with the again. The absolute worse customer service and lack of accountability.

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

First time flying with JetBlue and never again. I went to the counter to request meet and assist because I'm 74 and my wife is 79. I walk with a cane and my wife is handicapped and has her own wheel chair. I told the agent that my wife and luggage was at the entrance door. The ticketing agent said to me that they don't offer meet and assist. I need to bring them our luggage and then go back and get my wife in order to get my boarding pass. As I went back to get my luggage a Southwest agent along with a TSA agent recognized the situation and came over and took my wife and luggage to the JetBlue ticketing counter alongside the line and told the JetBlue agent to issue to take our luggage as soon as they could.

Flight was fine, price was good but food onboard was abysmal. I was on there for breakfast and lunch and dinner 845am EST to 845pm GMT and all I got was a yoghurt parfait, fruit and a piece of cake. Later snacks included an ice-cream brownie and a pizza twist. I was hungry by the time I landed and the airport amenities were closed. Not happy.

1) No pilot available for 1 hour 2) no room for most passengers careyon in overhead—-> stowed below 3) when we landed we had to wait 45 min. Before docking at gate as gate was not ready

Good. No issues except a slight delay. Crew came in late.

Not a pleasant experience, service was poor. Didn't like it

It was good. I prefer JB over other airlines.I just wish we had headphones for the films, but other than that - good.

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.

Checking In on JetBlue site was impossible. It hung up on REAL ID. Even my Global Entry did not help. Luckily, on Kayak site it was a breeze. Entire flight the temperature was COLD! Otherwise the crew was great!

All very good except they didn’t load our walker so haven’t gotten it yet

Flight was cancelled. But kayak thought it was still on time.

For the cost you can't e too critical, but the inablitiy to recline the seat and minimal cushioning in the seats made for a less than comfortable flight. Other than that we had an ealry departure and arrival, boarding was smooth.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours and we had no food or water or chargers

Spirit was on time. They maintained updates and information. The crew was friendly and professional. Because this is a budget friendly airline, they have dispensed with a lot of frills and part of that comes with a price, for example, the seats are not quite as comfortable as others. I am ok with a pay for beverage and snack service as I prefer my own anyway so this was not a concern. I thought overall, having a great flight crew and on time service was definitely worth losing some of the frills from other carriers.

Nothing everything cost money a bottle of water is 5 dollars and there wasn't even an outlet to plug 🔌 in my 📱 phone

You can’t beat Spirit’s prices on tickets, especially with the positive experience that comes with it! I appreciated the timeliness of Spirit airlines. The crew in the airport was very kind and wished you a good flight by name. The crew on the flight was attentive and friendly. Overall, I am very pleased with my experience with Spirit.

This was my best experience with spirit. I flew you guys 4 times and I must say this was the BEST

Horribly late because they had no crew!!! And then jet bridge didn’t work!! Then we arrived at a gate at lax miles away that we had to take a shuttle to a terminal!! I was over 3 hours late to getting the LA! Should have been here at 8:30 and at an appointment at 10:30 and arrived and left lax at 11 am!! Horrible experience!!!

Extra legroom with my upgrade bundle. Clean aircraft, on-time departure, early arrival. Good value for the price.

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