$338 Find Cheap Flights from San José to Iowa

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Cheap Flights from San José to Iowa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Des Moines
Des Moines2 stops$519
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids2 stops$632
Des Moines
Des Moines2 stops$519
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids2 stops$632

Book Cheap San José to Iowa Plane Tickets

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

Thu, Aug 27 - Mon, Sep 14
Southwest Logo
9:00 am - 10:10 pm
SJO
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DSM
12h 10m
2 stops
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7:00 am - 6:40 pm
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SJO
12h 40m
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$519Southwest
Wed, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 19
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9:00 am - 9:55 pm
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DSM
11h 55m
2 stops
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6:10 am - 6:40 pm
DSM
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SJO
13h 30m
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$613Southwest
Tue, Jul 21 - Sun, Dec 13
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 10:03 pm
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CID
14h 03m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:25 pm - 2:06 pm
CID
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SJO
18h 41m
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$632American Airlines
Tue, Jul 21 - Sun, Dec 13
American Airlines Logo
3:37 pm - 11:35 am
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CID
18h 58m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:59 pm
CID
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SJO
16h 59m
2 stops
$649American Airlines
Mon, Jul 20 - Sun, Dec 13
American Airlines Logo
2:11 pm - 11:35 am
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CID
20h 24m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:25 pm - 2:06 pm
CID
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SJO
18h 41m
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$650American Airlines
Mon, Jul 20 - Sun, Dec 13
American Airlines Logo
3:37 pm - 11:35 am
SJO
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CID
18h 58m
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American Airlines Logo
7:25 pm - 2:06 pm
CID
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SJO
18h 41m
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$651American Airlines
Mon, Jul 20 - Sun, Dec 13
American Airlines Logo
3:37 pm - 12:10 pm
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CID
19h 33m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:25 pm - 2:06 pm
CID
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SJO
18h 41m
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$657American Airlines
Sat, Oct 3 - Thu, Oct 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:40 am - 10:23 pm
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DSM
11h 43m
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Multiple Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 6:50 pm
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SJO
13h 35m
2 stops
$693Multiple Airlines
Tue, Jul 28 - Sun, Aug 2
United Airlines Logo
11:13 am - 10:35 pm
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DSM
10h 22m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 10:39 pm
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SJO
17h 19m
1 stop
$702United Airlines
Tue, Jul 28 - Sun, Aug 2
United Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 10:17 am
SJO
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DSM
19h 52m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 10:39 pm
DSM
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SJO
17h 19m
1 stop
$707United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San José to Iowa flights

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Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San José to Iowa?

The cheapest round-trip price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 7 days.

In the past 7 days, the cheapest round-trip tickets from San José to Iowa were found on Southwest ($519) and American Airlines ($632).

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Cheapest flight$338
Flight from San José to Des Moines

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from San José to Iowa

 
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7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 9749 reviews
7.7Boarding
6.6Food
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.3Comfort
Airline reviews

Broken tray table. Erratic service. Premium economy is more economy than premium- other airlines treat PE much better. No lounge access.

4.0 OkayAnurag, May 2026
NRT - EWR
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Broken tray table. Erratic service. Premium economy is more economy than premium- other airlines treat PE much better. No lounge access.

6 1/2 hours from Tampa to SFO on a Boeing 737. Cramped. No Service. No real food. One pass for coffee at the beginning and a second pass THREE hours later. And check-in in Tampa was nasty even by United standards. And I am at almost TWO million miles on United. It's a non-stop. But terrible service.

MY FAMILY'S LUGGAGE WAS LOST FROM ROME TO BARI. I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT RECEIVED MY LUGGAGE FROM ROME TO BARI. AFTER DEPLANING IN BARI, WE WASTED A LOT OF TIME AT BAG CLAIMS LOST AND FOUND REPORTING THE CLAIM AND PLEADING FOR THE BAGS TO BE DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT TAKES 3 DAYS MINIMUM TO DELIVER. MY DAUGHTER AND MY GIRLFRIEND NEEDED THEIR PERSONAL THINGS AND WE WERE STAYING 3 HOURS AWAY FROM THE BARI AIRPORT. WE HAD TO DRIVE 3 HOURS TO THE AIRPORT TO COLLECT OUR LOST LUGGAGE THE NEXT DAY. WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE EXPERIENCE

We had a delay, but thankfully I made it to my connection. Overall it went smooth

The flight had a delay but I made it to my connection. Flight was smooth overall

As I wrote earlier, poor planning and/or communication. At least twice, we were told that we would be boarding in less than ten minutes, only to have the flight again delayed at least another hour.

Our flight from Nice to Newark ran an hour late, and the food was mediocre, but it was fine. The problem was that we were scheduled to have a 4.5-hour layover in Newark, but then our flight to RDU was almost four hours late, finally departing at almost 11:30 p.m. We understand that flight delays were caused by weather problems in the East. However, there were at least two times, when were told that we would begin boarding in just a few minutes, only to have the flight delayed another 1.0-1.5 hours. This meant that we would leave a restaurant or the United Club, go to the gate, only to learn that there would be another major delay. Poor planning and/or communication.

This flight is a quick way to get to Chicago, but a bit expensive.

There were no facilities in the middle of the aircraft and premium economy was not allowed to use the business class facilities, and had to share the only two toilets at the back with economy. The upgrade to Premium was definitely not worth it

Our flight to Rome, Italy was cancelled the day of and we were never informed. We only found out because I was trying to get into my husbands account and called to get his account number. Had to pay more for worse seating on another airline.

The homeless eat better than what was served on that plane. Pretzels and ice cream? My last trip to Europe. Everything is small, but the bill.

Cancelled flight. Still waiting to get home for grand daughter’s graduation .

So overall the flight was just average and nothing special. They overbooked some of the flights and they ended up running out of overhead storage space so we had to check our carry-ons which wasn't terrible but we were inconvenienced because of the second connecting flight with a long layover we couldn't get our bags until the final destination. Most of the flight attendants were pretty good and overall the meals were not that great because the chicken was dry and overcooked. They also didn't provide butter or any kind of spread with the bread which is cheap and concerning. The American airlines staff at the check-in counter was kind of unprofessional because this lady just started singing in the middle of checking us in and that's weird. The worst part of the flights was the terrible conditions of the bathrooms which were unclean and did not have toilet paper or toilet tissue available which is kind of insane for a 14-hour and 8 and 1/2 hour flight.

The seat when "flat" was not flat and pad was too thin to cover it.

Awful customer service, horrible experience. We travel a lot domestic & international- worst flights to/from ever. Brief bkgd as Inhate to relive this experience: booked and chose 2 seats 4 months prior in Premium Economy - last row end seats close to bathroom, no one behind us, plenty of legroom;, underwear storage — flown this was on other airlines, love it. We receive notice 4 days before scheduled overseas flight - plane has changed, new seats assigned. Seats are split into single seats, opposites of the plane, FRONT Row so no reachable storage. Called BOTH British Air & America. American “switched planes and the seats you want are taken;” British Air “Yes, we’ll be glad to accommodate you (type type type). Just ask at the Gate and someone will give you new boarding passes with seats together in middle, OK?” — OK. —At Gate the attendant looks us up saying “No, it is an overbooked flight and yours are the only seats available.” But but but wait, “We were TOLD our seats had been switched and seated together?” Gate attendant “Well they were wrong and don’t change your seats. Your original seats are where you’ll sit.”. Right. No help WHATSOEVER. We sit opposite on way there, wife VERY disgruntled, a Tol 5 worst ways to start a 3-week bus tour of UK. We promise to NEVER FLY AMERICAN OR BROTISH AIR EVER, and we have 3 more extensive trips planned..

Requested early boarding to disinfect seat, tray table, etc. before general boarding. Instructed to board after wheelchair passengers. Waited on jet bridge behind 12 wheelchair passengers. Stopped immediately after entering plane to wait for gate agent in rear of plane cleaning a seat that was wet, got to my row and found both seats adjacent to mine already occupied, with the lack of room making it impossible for me to clean my own space and defeating the purpose of my boarding early. Cleaned the armrests and tray table as best I could.

Seat bottom cushions are not good. I’m 165# & they hurt my butt. Plenty of legroom.

The wifi experience is awful. I had to try again and again, taking over 30 minutes, to connect to the wifi. I had to watch the same two ads over and over until I was finally successful. Once connected, it was anything but "high speed" and disconnected at least three times during the flight.

Fine. Nothing to write home about. The plane left on time, and arrived on time.

I was downgraded from first class to coach due to an airplane change. They pulled me out of line and I was the very last person to board the plane stuck in the middle seat with no overhead place to put my carry-.on. Very poor customer service.

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