$119 Find Cheap Flights from San José to Houston

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San José to Houston, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$247
Overall average: $483
Spirit Airlines
Wed 4/1Mon 4/13
SJO - IAH • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$424
Typical prices: $486-$640
Southwest
Thu 4/30Mon 5/4
SJO - HOU • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from San José to Houston (SJO-HOU)

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

Wed, Apr 1 - Mon, Apr 13
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:38 am - 10:34 pm
SJO
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IAH
9h 56m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:45 am - 11:14 am
IAH
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SJO
6h 29m
1 stop
$247Spirit Airlines
Thu, Apr 23 - Mon, Apr 27
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:38 pm - 10:47 pm
SJO
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IAH
9h 09m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:33 am
IAH
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SJO
6h 33m
1 stop
$250Spirit Airlines
Thu, May 7 - Sun, May 17
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:38 pm - 10:47 pm
SJO
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IAH
9h 09m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:33 am
IAH
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SJO
6h 33m
1 stop
$251Spirit Airlines
Thu, Apr 2 - Thu, Apr 9
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:19 pm - 8:34 pm
SJO
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IAH
7h 15m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:22 pm - 11:14 am
IAH
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SJO
19h 52m
1 stop
$252Spirit Airlines
Thu, Apr 16 - Mon, Apr 27
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:38 pm - 10:47 pm
SJO
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IAH
9h 09m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:33 am
IAH
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SJO
6h 33m
1 stop
$254Spirit Airlines
Thu, Apr 30 - Mon, May 4
Southwest Logo
1:10 pm - 6:00 pm
SJO
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HOU
3h 50mnonstop
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4:40 pm - 7:00 pm
HOU
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SJO
3h 20mnonstop
$424Southwest
Thu, Apr 30 - Mon, May 4
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1:10 pm - 6:00 pm
SJO
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HOU
3h 50mnonstop
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6:10 am - 12:10 pm
HOU
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SJO
7h 00m
1 stop
$429Southwest
Fri, May 8 - Tue, May 12
Delta Logo
1:20 pm - 10:26 pm
SJO
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HOU
8h 06m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 11:52 am
HOU
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SJO
6h 52m
1 stop
$430Delta
Fri, Sep 4 - Mon, Sep 7
American Airlines Logo
12:57 pm - 8:59 am
SJO
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HOU
19h 02m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
8:22 pm - 1:58 pm
HOU
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SJO
18h 36m
1 stop
$445American Airlines
Thu, Apr 23 - Mon, Apr 27
American Airlines Logo
11:35 pm - 3:48 pm
SJO
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HOU
15h 13m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:01 am - 1:22 pm
HOU
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SJO
8h 21m
1 stop
$446American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San José to Houston flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San José to Houston?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from San José to Houston departing in April.

What is the cheapest San José to Houston flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The absolute cheapest return flight from San José to Houston costs $260 on the route between San José (SJO) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH). However, over the past month, flights between San José (SJO) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) were, on average, 12% cheaper than other San José-Houston routes. The most popular route is between San José (SJO) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH).

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from San José to Houston clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San José to Houston, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Houston, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to Houston, 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 San José to Houston is February, where tickets cost $350 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $527 and $523 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to Houston, 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 San José to Houston, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

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Expert on SJO

Mark Chesnut is a travel writer and public speaker with more than 30 years of experience. The 2019 winner of the NLGJA Excellence in Travel Writing Award, Mark is the author of the book “Prepare for Departure” and has covered air travel for multiple top consumer and trade media outlets.

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Yulia Denisyuk

Expert on HOU

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Cheapest flight$118
Flight from San José to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights from San José to Houston

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

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San José to Houston was $118 for a one-way ticket and $247 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is required to fly from San José to Houston.

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

    On your way to Houston, you’ll fly out from San José Juan Santamaria Intl. You’ll be landing in one of Houston’s 2 airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl.

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

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

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

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between San José and Houston.

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

    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 San José to Houston.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Houston from San José 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 San José to Houston?

    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 Houston with an airline and back to San José with another airline.

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

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

Prefer to fly direct from San José to Houston?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San José Juan Santamaria Intl to Houston.
Find which airlines fly direct from San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport to Houston, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San José Juan Santamaria Intl to Houston

Monday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Direct returns

Houston to San José Juan Santamaria Intl

Monday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from San José to Houston

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to Houston. 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4319 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

6.0 GoodChris, Mar 2026
DAL - SAT
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

An entire day of delays. Cost lots of money. Meals and a hotel.

Only downside was the legroom and seat width, which is always a problem unless I spend more for a premium seat.

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

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

Everything was on time and service on the flight was great!

The boarding in Buenos Aires (at the on ramp) was not great. They had to check every carry on. Not a United problem but was a Buenos Aires problem.

Staff and aircraft were good. However, weather in Houston lee to a ground stop. We were looking at circling behind three other planes until the stop was lifted. Pilot said we didn’t have enough fuel for that. So we flew on to New Orleans as the closest port with immigration and customs staff. Landed there and sat in the plane for two hours plus while staff was sorted. Turned away by ICE. Waited for pilots to be switched out, but after they were approved by ICE. Then had to wait to get a runway because so many planes were ahead of us. Finally took off and flew back to Houston. We all missed our connecting flights because it took too long. Hotel voucher from United was only a link to booking site. Total BS. Finally got a flight out the next day after a night without sleep because all the Houston hotels were booked by rodeo and spring break crowds.

The travel company that you have on your site did me so wrong. I don’t know how it happened, but they put my son‘s name on my plane ticket flying to Vietnam. Along with his birthday. They would not have let me fly from Fort Myers to Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t think that I can ever use your service again. I typed my information into the browser along with my passport number and four days before I’m leaving I have to quickly search another ticket to fly out here.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

This trip did not start off well. The inbound flight was delayed about 20 minutes. Then, after initial onboarding, the passengers had to deplane due to a mechanical problem. That took about 30 minutes to fix and be cleared. Then, reboarding was chaotic. It took a long time to sort passengers and two passengers on standby were ticketed but there was no seat. So, they had to deplane. One of the flight crew was trying to help passengers figure out a place to put their carry-on bags and that took more time. In the end, our scheduled 10:30 am departure did not actually take off until about 12:05 pm CST. The flight itself was long but we got to Houston. Some passengers missed their connecting flights and had to rebook. Not the best of flights I've had.

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

Crew was tired as we all were. Pretty abrupt. Flight was delayed. Not as enjoyable as the other 3 legs we flew.

Given I (and I’m assuming most people) have both carry in and a personal item included in their fare, I find it very unfair that on neither of my flights I was able to use the overhead for my small backpack because they were completely rammed with luggage, people personal items, jackets, hats and other items. So the only item I brought in had to be stuffed under my seat while they had their leg room and sat comfortable with all of their items in the overhead. This has to stop because I was uncomfortable on both flights when I only had one smaller item that could not be checked due to its contents (medication etc). Plenty of people could have checked theirs but chose not to and then took up the space allotment for 2 people.

Everything was great except for the boarding process. Everyone is lining up all at the same time and it’s hard to tell between the groups as they are way too large.

Horrible experience with Avianca, they delayed their flight and when we arrived to NYC, AVIANCA took 1 hr y 30 mins to park the airplane and all passenger get off the plane, it made me lost all my trains to get back home and I came back to my place at 3 am instead of 12 am. On the top of that their plane seat are so uncomfortable and is not enough space and killed my legs and knees, Avianca used to be good when it was a Colombian company, now after Brasilian company bought them, their service quality is bad and their flights are delayed and oversold.

I actually upgraded to the medium level of seats from basic and even doing that it may have been physically the most uncomfortable flight I have ever had. They packed everyone like is a train to death camp. It was a red eye so I hoped to get some sleep but it was physically impossible to find a comfortable way to rest. I met other folks on the same flight and they said the same thing. It was an utterly miserable flight and if I have any other options I will never fly with them again

Deplaning was a mess, I sat in business (seats are horrible) and the front door had a problem so we had to deplane from the rear exit. The stairs were not tall enough to reach so there was a large step down from the plane to the top of the stairs.

Last seat of Bussines Class it does recline but passenger seating behind kept pushing since they did not have space once my seat was reclined

I handed in my suitcase in perfect condition at SAL Airport. And in MIA Airport I received it with one corner broken and the wheels bent.

I like the crew members they're very friendly. Clean plane. The flight was on time. I dont like the comfort my car seat its better that the plane seats. They charge for everything. This airline was very good. Now it's a low cost airline

6 hour flight and have to pay for everything 100 dollars to add a carry-on bag is insane

Usb plugs for charging your phone does not work in every flight. uncomfortable chairs even in higher categories.

Very uncomfortable planes , poor service on the plane , take your own water so you don’t dehydrate , in a 6 hs flight they sold one time food and beverage . 1 plane was delayed 6 hs , I lost a connecting flight . Then in the way back they announce a delay of 2 hs so I had to take a different flight to arrive on time for my connecting flight . Avoid this airline .

The check in is the only positive thing in Avianca. The seat is the most uncomfortable I have traveled, the distance is minimal.

flight delayed because of poor staffing and organization - confusion from gate agents and flight attendant supervisors scheduling a missing flight attendant. flight delay 1 hr 30 min

My flight was delayed by over an hour and the turbulance was horrible.

This flight cancelled. I am in the airport right now and my kids sleep on the floor. We are waiting for information in the line 4 hours and rude woman from spirit airline offers us flight to Austin on 23 February. No water no food offer. The offer to book hotel and they will refund 150$. The nearest hotel 450$ per night. So I got flight to San Antonio 02/22 at 7am. I hate this company, they are rude and no empathy. So many people with kids were there. And I don’t sleep and it is cold here. I don’t have warm clothes for me and my kids. And I don’t have money for transport from San Antonio to my Austin.

The flight was delayed over an hour which got us into DFW at approximately 2:20 am

Terrible. Spirit cancelled the flight with 3 hours notice and were absolutely no help getting another flight. Had to make my own reservation on another airline and arrived in Dallas 12 hours later.

Terrible. Poor communication from staff about why we were trapped on the plane for over two hours before even departing. Terrible customer service from flight attendants. Incredibly uncomfortable seats

They cancelled the flight due to crew unavailability. The next day they cancelled the flight again.

That gate is like a ducking shelter at Newark No where to sit Outlets that don’t work Bathrooms that are dirty

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.

Horrible experience. First and last time using this airline. Made an announcement that boarding will start in 15 minutes, canceled the flight 5 minutes later due to no airline staff. Had to book another flight on Delta since Spirit had no other flights arriving to my original destination the same day. I wouldn't recommend anyone to fly with Spirit. No wonder why it consistently ranks high among worst airlines.

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