SMF - SJO

$139 Find Cheap Flights from Sacramento to San José

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Sacramento to San José departing on 4/28. 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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Cheapest round-trip
$389
Overall average: $615
Delta
Wed 4/15Thu 4/23
SMF - SJO • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$171
Typical prices: $291-$413
United Airlines
Tue 4/28
SMF - SJO • 1 stop
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Avianca
Cheapest • from $421 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to book
2 weeks
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 28% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to San José (SMF-SJO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Sacramento to San José

Wed, Apr 15 - Thu, Apr 23
Delta Logo
6:09 pm - 12:04 pm
SMF
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SJO
16h 55m2 stops
Delta Logo
1:25 pm - 9:02 am
SJO
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SMF
20h 37m2 stops
$389Delta
Mon, Mar 9 - Thu, Mar 12
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:04 pm - 12:08 am
SMF
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SJO
28h 04m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:28 am - 7:12 pm
SJO
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SMF
18h 44m2 stops
$409Alaska Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Tue, Mar 10
Avianca Logo
1:49 pm - 11:25 am
SMF
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SJO
19h 36m2 stops
Avianca Logo
6:00 am - 8:26 pm
SJO
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SMF
15h 26m2 stops
$410Avianca
Tue, Feb 10 - Tue, Feb 17
American Airlines Logo
3:12 pm - 12:43 pm
SMF
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SJO
19h 31m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
3:59 pm - 10:41 am
SJO
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SMF
20h 42m2 stops
$413American Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Wed, May 20
United Airlines Logo
8:07 pm - 7:15 am
SMF
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SJO
10h 08m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 10:29 pm
SJO
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SMF
10h 04m1 stop
$419United Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Tue, Mar 10
Avianca Logo
1:49 pm - 11:45 am
SMF
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SJO
19h 56m3 stops
Avianca Logo
6:00 am - 8:26 pm
SJO
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SMF
15h 26m2 stops
$420Avianca
Wed, Mar 4 - Thu, Mar 12
Avianca Logo
1:49 pm - 8:40 am
SMF
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SJO
16h 51m2 stops
Avianca Logo
6:00 am - 8:26 pm
SJO
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SMF
15h 26m2 stops
$421Avianca
Thu, May 7 - Sun, May 10
Avianca Logo
6:00 am - 11:15 pm
SMF
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SJO
16h 15m1 stop
Avianca Logo
5:45 am - 8:27 pm
SJO
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SMF
15h 42m2 stops
$422Avianca
Mon, Mar 2 - Tue, Mar 10
Avianca Logo
1:49 pm - 11:45 am
SMF
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SJO
19h 56m3 stops
Avianca Logo
12:40 pm - 10:33 am
SJO
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SMF
22h 53m3 stops
$423Avianca
Sun, Mar 8 - Thu, Mar 12
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:57 pm - 12:08 am
SMF
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SJO
32h 11m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:28 am - 4:15 pm
SJO
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SMF
15h 47m2 stops
$424Alaska Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to San José flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to San José?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to San José, 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 Sacramento to San José is August, where tickets cost $509 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $741 and $680 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to San José?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to San José, 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 Sacramento to San José, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 28% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$171
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Sacramento to San José

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento 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 flights from Sacramento to San José

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to San José?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to San José was $171 for a one-way ticket and $389 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and San José?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Sacramento and on arrival in San José.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Sacramento to San José?

    On your way to San José, you’ll fly out from Sacramento Intl. You’ll be landing at San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to San José?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to San José?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to San José, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to San José are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $686 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $586 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to San José.

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

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to San José

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4248 reviews
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

8.0 ExcellentRussell, Dec 2025
SAN - OAK
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Great. Seamless. Check in agent at kiosk international was amazing and extremely helpful.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

It was great with United overall except for two things. 1) It was a 5-hour flight and we were with kids, so we were asking for extra snacks. They were extremely reticent to dole them out even though there wasn't any meal and the kids were starting to hit their limit towards the end. 2) Baggage didn't arrive until 80 minutes after we landed.

I’m so sorry, I can’t remember her name, I believe it was Dimpti. She was stellar, also a mature Asian flight attendant, lots of flowers in her hair, just as amazing! But literally the crew was AWESOME . Only downside is there weren’t any charging outlets. Maybe I needed to ask a flight attendant , but it would’ve been nice to have one easily accessible.

I boarded flight UA#1318 at Sacramento International Airport going back to Houston TX. The flight was scheduled at 5:10am. I was able to check in virtually using the United Airlines app. When I entered the airport, there was no one outside assisting with checked bags as it was for Delta Airlines. Immediately upon entering, there was a LONG, EXTREMELY LONG line to the kiosks to get boarding passes. I stand in line to get boarding passes then had to move to ANOTHER EXTREMELY LONG line to get my bags checked in. While standing in this line, we noticed an agent taking customers to 3 at a time to her station to check their bags in. Lucky for me, she called me back, checked my bags for me and I was on my way. I then encountered another long line at the TSA check and to avoid I ending up having to sign up for CLEAR to bypass it. So glad, I did.,...Both of my flights were great with no issues, butthe check in progress at Bush Airport was so much smoother. Check-in at SMF airport needs to be anaylzed and corrected. Do better United, I know you can....thanks

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

from SFO-> FRA flight, AVML meal was significantly less compared to regular meal, especially no Desert, no Bread, no sides.

This was an older airplane. The cabin was constantly warm to hot throughout the 10 hour flight and there were no vents to personalize air flow. Also since it was an older plane, the material and comfort of the chairs were very uncomfortable. I left my flight with major soreness on my tailbone.

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

My experience on this United Airlines flight was highly uncomfortable, primarily due to two issues: Cabin Temperature: The temperature on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was unacceptably high, feeling consistently around 80 degrees throughout the flight. This made sleeping impossible and significantly detracted from the experience. Seating Arrangement: Being stuck in a middle seat for a six-and-a-half-hour overnight flight compounded the discomfort. Moving forward, I will always purchase a seat assignment to avoid this situation.

The flight was on time and arrived early. The crew were friendly and helpful.

While I didn’t watch much tv I would have liked a few more options of TV series from Apple TV or hbo max ..

Overall experience was great. Flights were almost on time in departing and we arrived at our destination as scheduled. No issues with amenities or flight crew. Everything went well as as expected. Will fly again with American Airlines in the future!

The flight was very smooth and the meal in business class was great.

I requested a low sodium meal. Reason being, I take medicine for high blood pressure and I wear compression socks on long flights to help with leg swelling. Having less sodium in meals really helps me feel better on long flights. I received my initial low sodium meal after takeoff. Just before landing, the crew came through with the meal cart and offered me what was being served. I said no thank you and then noticed my low sodium meal in the meal cart, with my name and seat assignment on it. I motioned to the crew member, but he grabbed the meal cart and proceeded to move to the rear of the aircraft. He didn’t see me or other passengers who had attempted to get this attention. He was more concerned about completing meal service since we were due to land in under 45 minutes. I pressed the call light five times from my seat to receive help, but no crew member responded to me. So, I didn’t receive a second meal, one that I requested (the low sodium option). This led me to have a migraine from only eating one meal on an 11-hour flight. This is why I’m not a fan of flying US-based airlines overseas. The crew members continue to show the absolute worst customer service experience. I would not recommend flying American for overseas flights.

Not great. Booked Extra seats and got nothing extra at all. It’s basically a big budget airline.

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

A Spirit agent caused me to miss my flight. The company has not responded for request of refund. Stay away from Spirit.

I arrived two hours early, and at 9:20 I was still queuing for security.

Got to LAX at 3:20 am, the counter personnel did not start to check in bags till 3:40 am. I patiently waited at the priority check in line as they started to take people from the general line. After about 15 minutes of waiting, I approached the lady exactly in front of the priority line and asked her if they would be taking people from the priority line or if I would need to switch to waiting in the general line. She responded “yes”, I then asked her yes to what? And she yelled back at me loudly “I SAID YES!” Needless to say, I waited at the end of the line of the general line. I could have been told the priority line would not be called upon and could have queued in the general line ahead of many people that arrived to cue after I did

Terrible they canceled the flight very sheepishly and ended up costing me 1200 dollars and kayak and xcover are doing nothing

No free snacks or drinks. Freezing. Uncomfortable. No plugs or entertainment. If you fly to LA the make you change terminals with a slow bus. Awful trip that took forever. Terrible airline- maybe the worst I’ve ever flown.

Crew are always very angry and dismissive like they seem they are being forced to work. In addition, there was a long line for the bathrooms, and only one was allowed to be used. No reason was given for only one bathroom being available; apparently, the stewardess was more interested in using the jumpseat instead of allowing the customers to use the bathroom.

No leg room. My knee was sore for a day.

Vegas is such a quick flight that amenities aren’t the important part, in my opinion. Just get me there efficiently and safely, and that’s exactly what they did!

The flight was severely delayed due to the missing flight attendants.

Flight was cancelled without warning close to flight date. Stuck witha credit has to buy a new ticket from another airline in either to get to location. Email cancelling was lost in mail.

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