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$81 Find cheap flights from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Richmond to San Jose departing on 5/7. 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 Richmond to San Jose (RIC-SJC)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Richmond 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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6:30 am - 9:54 pmRIC-SJC
18h 24m1 stop
7:00 am - 11:46 amSJC-RIC
25h 46m3 stops
$254Spirit Airlines
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lun., jun. 3 - mié., jun. 5
6:30 am - 9:41 amRIC-SJC
30h 11m1 stop
9:16 am - 7:29 pmSJC-RIC
31h 13m2 stops
$270Spirit Airlines
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lun., jun. 3 - mié., jun. 5
4:20 pm - 10:45 pmRIC-SJC
9h 25m1 stop
6:37 am - 5:51 pmSJC-RIC
8h 14m1 stop
$304Delta
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jue., may. 30 - mar., jun. 4
5:45 am - 12:40 pmRIC-SJC
9h 55m2 stops
6:37 am - 5:52 pmSJC-RIC
8h 15m1 stop
$363Delta
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mar., may. 14 - mié., may. 15
4:53 pm - 9:54 pmRIC-SJC
8h 01m1 stop
10:45 am - 11:04 pmSJC-RIC
9h 19m1 stop
$412United Airlines
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sáb., may. 25 - sáb., jun. 1
8:29 pm - 9:41 amRIC-SJC
16h 12m2 stops
12:58 pm - 5:30 amSJC-RIC
13h 32m2 stops
lun., may. 20 - jue., may. 23
8:29 pm - 9:41 amRIC-SJC
16h 12m2 stops
12:58 pm - 11:44 amSJC-RIC
19h 46m3 stops
lun., may. 20 - jue., may. 23
6:15 am - 9:54 pmRIC-SJC
18h 39m2 stops
10:45 am - 11:04 pmSJC-RIC
9h 19m1 stop
$536United Airlines
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jue., may. 30 - mar., jun. 4
3:48 pm - 9:02 pmRIC-SJC
8h 14m1 stop
7:14 pm - 8:19 amSJC-RIC
10h 05m2 stops
$615American Airlines
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sáb., jun. 8 - sáb., jun. 15
3:48 pm - 9:02 pmRIC-SJC
8h 14m1 stop
7:14 pm - 8:19 amSJC-RIC
10h 05m2 stops
$699American Airlines
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lun., jun. 10 - lun., jun. 17

Flights from Richmond to San Jose - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Richmond to San Jose 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 Richmond to San Jose?

The average price of all flights from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San Jose on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Richmond, you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Richmond, Virginia 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 from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose is September, where tickets cost $323 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and June, where the average cost of tickets is $766 and $672 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose, 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 Richmond, Virginia to San Jose, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 33 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Richmond to San Jose?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket from Richmond to San Jose found on KAYAK was with Spirit Airlines for $81. Spirit Airlines proposed a round-trip connection from $254 and Delta from $304.

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Low season

February

High season

September

Cheapest flight

$81
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 32% lower on average.
Flight from Richmond to San Jose

When to book flights from Richmond to San Jose

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Richmond to San Jose 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 flights from Richmond to San Jose

  • What is the cheapest flight from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Richmond, Virginia to San Jose was $81 for a one-way ticket and $254 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Richmond and San Jose?

    A passport is not required to fly from Richmond to San Jose.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Richmond to San Jose?

    Richmond and San Jose are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Richmond from Richmond Byrd Intl and will be arriving at San Jose.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Richmond to San Jose?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Richmond to San Jose?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Richmond and San Jose, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Richmond to San Jose, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Richmond to San Jose are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $575 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $377 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Richmond 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 from Richmond to San Jose.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Jose from Richmond 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 Richmond 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 to Richmond with another airline. Booking your flights between Richmond and SJC 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 Richmond 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 from Richmond up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Richmond to San Jose

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Richmond to San Jose. 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 Richmond 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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9109 reviews
8.2boarding
7.3food
7.9comfort
8.6crew
7.3entertainment
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I was seated at the back of the plane and the flight attendants were fantastic. I did not get food so can’t say. Thought the movie selection was lean.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024BOS - SAN
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I was seated at the back of the plane and the flight attendants were fantastic. I did not get food so can’t say. Thought the movie selection was lean.

It was so easy to board using my boarding pass on my iPhone, and I liked what I was given on the plane for food and drink, and everyone was very friendly.

The messaging about the change in flight destination and options for getting to SFO was poor. There should have been frequent updates. When I spoke to the boarding agent moment before we were supposed to board, he was flippant and offered no help before the announcement was made that transportation would be arranged. It was as poor of an experience that I've ever had.

My plane ride down landed 20 min late. Boarding at SFO was strange too. The people at the terminal were nice—but, boarding lacked direction, and was confusing . Coming back was worse—the plane was hours behind—and I barely caught the last Bart train back to San Francisco (3 min more and I would have been in trouble). It was a very stressful trip, and it didn’t need to be.

The absolute coldest flight I’ve ever been on, even with a sweater and zip up sweatshirt. Was miserable the entire flight.

the departure got delayed due to SJC situation, but it was a quite good waiting thanks to Alaska airline teams.

The flight attendant in the back of the plane was barely understood as she rushed through instructions to the point of being intelligible. She had a bored demeanor in her delivery.

Good. Quiet. Comfortable. The protests nearly kept me from catching my flight. They waited for me! I made it!

dont re-route to San Jose. Re-route to closer airport. Provide shuttle bus to go to SFO, not just LYFT vouchers.

WiFi connection bad. Food is really awful. Crew very nice and efficient

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

Had a broken tray in business class. Crew just shrugged it off.

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Great experience overall. Check in at Austin was congested as they only have about 6 check in kiosks, one was broken, and there was a lot of Spring Break travelers.

Bag drop off was slow and annoying. Only 2 agents at the entire delta desk, and no one directing traffic for what line to be in, many confused people slowed down the process. Boarding was fine. Seats in Delta comfort plus were fine. Snacks were great! Definitely a bonus. The entertainment system was awful — old, slow, not responsive, and completely unable to play games due to some kind of error. But on the other hand, thank you to Delta for the free WiFi. That made it better.

Everything was very good other than I had selected a specific seat when I booked the flight and they changed it once I checked-in the day before my flight. I was still in first class but lost my aisle seat for a window seat. Being tall, the aisle offers more comfort so I always select an aisle seat.

Flight diverted in SD. Later take off in Seattle by 1.3hrs

Crew was not friendly when I went to request a seat change.

Really impressive staff at airport and on plane, especially given how busy it was

Was a great smooth flight from Detroit to San Diego.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

Too many fees (but that seems to apply to all airlines nowadays)

For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable

I was not able to buy food in the flight. They refer to include your Credit card in the APP, and if you are not from USA (i have a credit card form Canada) it is not possible

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.

Airline did not explain reasons why flight was delayed two hours. Explanations were badly needed and rarely provided. Problem seemed to clearly be the airline’s fault and not the fault of the weather or airport.

I was delighted that we were able to get on the 4:40 pm flight rather than our original booking at 6:55 pm!! Other than that, the flight was comfortable and landed early😊

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

Our flight was great we left Kona earlier and got into LAX almost an 1hour earlier as well. LAX AA is in repair so to get out and found our bus to get pick up was a bit confusing.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

Terrible. I hate flying with AA. There is always a high level of stress felt when I fly with them.

We experience delays on departure and connecting flights resulting in 14 hour to our next departure. We were accommodated with a night's stay but was only provided a 12 dollar meals accommodation. The airlines rules state.at least 50 dollars. In any case, it can not make up for the whole day missed on our vacation in Sydney Australia.

I can say I will not be taking this airline again any time soon. Seat were uncomfortable and too tight. Lack of chair screen and little overhead space.

Cut off carry ons, had to check, got on and there was plenty of bin space. Disappointing.

My first flight was delayed so late that I would have missed my connection. I had to cancel the flight and reschedule for the next morning. I took over half an hour to retrieve my luggage. I already paid $30 for checked in luggage for the flight I didn't take. When I checked in for my new flight on app I paid another $30. I went to the kiosk for my luggage tags and was charged $40. (My baggage didn't make it on the connecting flight but was delivered at 10:00 that night.) Later that day I requested a refund of the baggage fees. I received an email stating my refund was complete in the amount of $234.62. I didn't realize that meant my return flight was canceled until I tried to check in at the counter. They had refunded the wrong thing. It costed me $381.10 to book a new flight home. Overall a fiasco. At least my baggage made it home with me.

Plane felt so crowded and tightly packed. The chair itself was not comfortable.

They charged me 212.00 for a heavy check in bag at the gate. The pricing and process was so confusing - as if it was designed to purposefully gouge customers who need to board plane. That experience combined with the outrageous price charged will prevent me from ever flying Spirit again. And I’ll be sure to tell the story to anyone who cares to hear.

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.

The agent at the check in desk was absolutely rude. The rest of the team after that was good, but the check in process at LAS was miserable. The woman at the desk spoke like we were stupid and was rude throughout the process.

Its so random that they only allow 40 pounds on checked bags when all airlines take 55. They then charge you for each 10 extra pounds, so my checked suitcase was $130 and the flight $30 ... its like whattt, im for sure not traveling with Spirit again

So bad. The check in process was laborious and the check in agent didn't seem to know how to manage the process efficiently and was confused about how to check in my son's sports equipment. The baggage fees were outrageous and so expensive. $90 for a carry on bag? And $200 additional for 2 check ins. The security lines were insanely long and the terminal was not very nice in the Spirit area. $5 for a water on board. It was my first and last time flying Spirit - I tried to save $ by flying them due to the accommodating schedule but I should have paid for Southwest, because it would've actually ended up less expensive due to the free bags with Southwest. There were no charging ports on the airplane, no wifi and really uncomfortable seating. The flight crew were great though, courteous and efficient in their boarding. Flight was delayed 1 hour, but we made up 15 minutes in flight.

My experience was better than expected. What I did find not so great was the seats. Very little room, they did not recline and the tray table was the size of a post card. There was no food to try, just standard snacks that you had to pay for and I don’t know of any entertainment. I would fly again even though everything was an upcharge. Flight was on time with little disturbance

thy don't even ofer water we have to buy it for $4.49 and paid for our cary on bags $100 each we never will fly in this company again.

Super cool and laid back, three lovely ladies. Couldn’t ask for better service.

It was fine. Boarding was a little rude. On flight staff was great. The cost to purchase everything was a bit annoying but I get that's the business model.

I liked the fast check in and boarding. The flight fare could be a lot less than what I paid…..

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Richmond to San Jose found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/7mar.
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
24h 29mRIC-SJC
$81
5/7mar.
3 stopsSpirit Airlines
32h 36mRIC-SJC
$101
5/7mar.
1 stop
18h 06mRIC-SJC
$109
7/24mié.
1 stopDelta
7h 38mRIC-SJC
$155
7/24mié.
2 stopsDelta
9h 52mRIC-SJC
$160
4/30mar.
1 stop
16h 49mRIC-SJC
$210
7/2mar.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 14mRIC-SJC
$238
5/22mié.
2 stopsUnited Airlines
12h 27mRIC-SJC
$274
7/2mar.
3 stopsUnited Airlines
19h 00mRIC-SJC
$368
8/8jue.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
12h 34mRIC-SJC
$430

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Last minute flights from Richmond to San Jose

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 Richmond to San Jose that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/27sáb.
multi-stopDelta
9h 05mRIC-SJC
5/4sáb.
multi-stopDelta
17h 56mSJC-RIC
$641
4/27sáb.
multi-stopDelta
13h 25mRIC-SJC
5/4sáb.
multi-stopDelta
19h 21mSJC-RIC
$646
4/28dom.
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
27h 38mRIC-SJC
5/4sáb.
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
32h 36mSJC-RIC
$660
4/27sáb.
multi-stopDelta
9h 05mRIC-SJC
5/2jue.
multi-stopDelta
8h 23mSJC-RIC
$684
4/27sáb.
multi-stopDelta
12h 05mRIC-SJC
5/2jue.
multi-stopDelta
6h 53mSJC-RIC
$689
4/27sáb.
multi-stopDelta
13h 25mRIC-SJC
4/30mar.
multi-stopDelta
10h 10mSJC-RIC
$694
4/28dom.
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 21mRIC-SJC
5/4sáb.
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
14h 08mSJC-RIC
$704
4/26vie.
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 13mRIC-SJC
5/6lun.
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 58mSJC-RIC
$706
4/27sáb.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 57mRIC-SJC
5/5dom.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 57mSJC-RIC
$816
4/26vie.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 23mRIC-SJC
5/2jue.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 57mSJC-RIC
$833

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Richmond - San Jose Flights

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Richmond (RIC)United States

Destination:

San Jose (SJC)United States

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San Jose - Richmond

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