$120 Find Cheap Flights from San José to New York State

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Cheap Flights from San José to New York

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
New York
New Yorknonstop$190
Buffalo
Buffalo2 stops$332
Albany
Albany2 stops$247
Rochester
Rochester1 stop$280
New York
New Yorknonstop$190
Buffalo
Buffalo2 stops$332
Albany
Albany2 stops$247
Rochester
Rochester1 stop$280

Book Cheap San José to New York 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 New York 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 New York

Tue, Oct 14 - Sun, Oct 19
JetBlue Logo
2:05 pm - 9:08 pmSJO-JFK
5h 03mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
9:41 am - 1:00 pmJFK-SJO
5h 19mnonstop
$190JetBlue
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Wed, Oct 29 - Wed, Nov 5
United Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 7:04 pmSJO-LGA
9h 19m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:20 pm - 11:25 amLGA-SJO
16h 05m1 stop
$195United Airlines
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Fri, Oct 17 - Wed, Oct 22
Avianca Logo
4:50 pm - 2:15 amSJO-JFK
7h 25m1 stop
Avianca Logo
3:50 am - 9:20 amJFK-SJO
7h 30m1 stop
$195Avianca
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Fri, Oct 17 - Thu, Oct 23
Avianca Logo
4:50 pm - 2:15 amSJO-JFK
7h 25m1 stop
Avianca Logo
6:55 am - 1:30 pmJFK-SJO
8h 35m1 stop
$196Avianca
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Fri, Oct 24 - Thu, Nov 27
JetBlue Logo
2:05 pm - 9:08 pmSJO-JFK
5h 03mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
6:30 pm - 10:53 pmJFK-SJO
5h 23mnonstop
$207JetBlue
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Tue, Oct 28 - Wed, Nov 12
American Airlines Logo
2:40 pm - 7:59 amSJO-JFK
15h 19m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:26 pm - 10:13 pmJFK-SJO
10h 47m1 stop
$225American Airlines
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Fri, Oct 31 - Tue, Nov 4
American Airlines Logo
1:05 pm - 11:45 pmSJO-LGA
8h 40m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:10 pmLGA-SJO
9h 10m1 stop
$226American Airlines
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Wed, Feb 4 - Sun, Feb 8
Copa Airlines Logo
5:50 am - 2:17 pmSJO-JFK
7h 27m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
1:16 am - 9:06 amJFK-SJO
8h 50m1 stop
$244Copa Airlines
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Fri, Oct 24 - Mon, Nov 10
United Airlines Logo
12:44 pm - 8:01 pmSJO-EWR
5h 17mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:40 pm - 11:25 amEWR-SJO
15h 45m1 stop
$248United Airlines
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Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 11
Copa Airlines Logo
4:09 am - 8:31 pmSJO-BUF
14h 22m2 stops
Copa Airlines Logo
10:50 am - 9:53 pmBUF-SJO
13h 03m2 stops
$723Copa Airlines
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for San José to New York flights

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

What is the cheapest San José to New York State flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to New York State from San José found in the last 72 hours was to New York, at $200 round-trip. The most popular route is from San José (SJO) to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $200.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San José to New York State?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $330, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San José to New York State?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to New York State, 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 New York State is September, when tickets cost $312 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $448 and $442 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San José to New York State?

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to New York State on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to San José, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San José to New York State?

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 New York State, 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 New York State, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$120
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 13% increase in price.
Flight from San José to New York John F Kennedy Airport

FAQs - booking New York State flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San José to New York State?

    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 New York State.

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

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

    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 San José to New York State 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 San José to New York State?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New York State?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to New York State is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $323 on average. Morning departures are around 67% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New York State is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $539.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to New York State

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San José to the following destinations at these prices or less: Newark $173 one-way - $363 round-trip; New York $148 one-way - $242 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San José to New York

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to New York State. 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 San José to New York? 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.
7.5
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1531 reviews
8.1Crew
6.8Entertainment
7.4Comfort
7.8Boarding
6.8Food
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Cops Airlines is fantastic! The level of care and professionalism provided by the entire crew was top rate.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Aug 2025CTG - PTY
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Cops Airlines is fantastic! The level of care and professionalism provided by the entire crew was top rate.

We had a great flight just wished they had a tv so we can see a movie that would of made my trip excellent.

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

the food served was an embarrassment. No connection for charging the cellphone... What a crappy airline.

Great experience with a crew always thinking in the passenger

I selected first class expecting excetional service. It was mediocre at best. The food service was cold, meal choices was poor and on one leg they did provide dessert. I did enjoy the lay day seat but the movies were old and nothing current. Boarding the plane is always hot. So boarding is quite warm until your in the air. I took a small personal air fan. Update the meals and movies.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

Had to go through security at the gate again. Had to take off shoes and go through the whole thing again even though we have global entry. They asked us to check in items bought at duty free during our layover and since we checked our luggage at the original departure airport, they forced us to check in a small backpack. None of this ever happened with other airlines. In addition, no vegetarian food option and no snacks during a 7 hr flight. Luggage limits are unusually small. This is unacceptable. Will NEVER fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

Seats not reclining, no vegetarian food option, no snacks. 7.5 hr flight should have been more comfortable. Luggage limits are unusually small. Will never fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

We paid extra with copa for seats near one another The plane was changed and we lost our seats We were all Separated. We have not received a refund for our seats despite emailing and calling.

Terrible. They wouldn't allow me on my flight on the 14th..

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

Overall, it was good. I was seating next to a wonderful lady and did not notice how time flew. Thanks

All of the United employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. The aircraft was clean, the food on the flight was good. No complaints here.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

I flew with my dog and had already purchased my dog’s ticket. Even that morning I had called costumer service to insure that my husband and I had seats together since the website was giving me an error when choosing our seats and the representative mentioned our dog. I showed up early to the airport and when I got to the gate and we started boarding I was help back and told that I was supposed to have a yellow tag and that I should have checked in at the counter for them to give me that tag. I was not aware of this, the representative on the phone did not say anything. Nor did I see it anywhere in the checking process online, so if you travel with a pet and are not checking in luggage, just know that you still have to go to the check in counter when arriving at the airport unless you want to be the last one to board and not have room for your carry on in the overhead bins. Other than that, I had a great experience.

Once we got in the air the pilot made up some of the time of the delay. So that was really nice.

My flight was delayed about 1 1/2 hours in Chicago, but other then that it was a good flight.

There was no TV's on the plane? I tried to activated the WiFi multiple times before the plane took off but it wasn't work well.

Air Marco’s fleet of airplanes are old and pathetic. The seats are torn and stained. The monitors don’t work properly. If this wasn’t a business trip and I had control of booking the flight, I would not travel on this carrier.

Good service, friendly staff. Food was average for airlines and the seats were small.

Pathetic check in experience once again. Not enough staff scheduled at bag drop or for special assistance at LHR. Really need to rethink the whole self check in procedure. The crew was good. A very decent selection of special meals in this leg as compared to the JFK-LHR leg.

Flight was cancelled 3 hrs AFTER etd. Thetefore Missed connection from JFK to New Zealand . No accommodation provided… This cost ne aporox 1000 USD in extra expenses and turned whst should have been a 24 hr trip ftom Boston - New Zealand into a VERY expensive , late 70+ hr nightmare … Complete nonsense!!!

Overall fine, but the delay was annoying and the reasons for the delay were not communicated. The crew on board were phenomenal!

A cookie and a soda, packed like sardines, will never be a positive experience. Also, boarded a 5:30 flight at 7:45pm

Whenever a passenger purchase a ticket his advantage number should automatically to his information. It's not everyone remember the number. You request for your number and American airline agent say they will email it....and they never email anything and you loose your mileage just because you don't remember your number. It should automatically go your information and associate with your email account at all times

The flight was two hours late to take off. The captain kept making announcements in English, but the volume on the speakers was low and we could not hear him. The flight attendant’s French translation was loud and clear, but we couldn’t understand French. The crew was nowhere to be found to relay what the captain was announcing. Very frustrating experience. American has to do better.

Paid $35 and not able to access the internet at all.

I don’t usually fly budget airlines or airlines in the United States. It was as good as any other airline. The seats are comfortable and the airline attendants are not rude & surly. Very nice flight (s).

They have the most inexperienced / rude flight staff I’ve encountered

I paid extra for a seat closer to the front. The TV didn’t work at all for the entire flight. Would have been nice to know before I purchased an “upgraded “ seat

Too many long delays with JetBlue. Worst major airline that serves JFK but unfortunately I keep going back because of the prices.

flight cancelled after 2 delays. left us sitting in JFK at 1am. no customer service to assist rebooking.

To not have food or proper snacks on a 5 hour flight was the worst.

Spend hours delayed with no food, water anything sitting on the aieplane with no ability to eat or use the restroom. My entire experience was the absolute worst. I will never fly jet Blue again.

It would have been nice if they had offered more than one set of snacks

Ground crew gave me interference about carrying a laptop and a small shoulder bag, even though I told them I traveled with them all the time. I then placed my laptop bag in my carryon and took out a medical device, and ground crew still tried to give interference. I had to remind them that medical devices don't count towards luggage limits. It was quite annoying and unne

Flight was delayed several 3 hours - no reason was given and no communication what so ever.

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.

Not what it used to be. The sale of food makes them look greedy!

Avianca is not what it used to be. So disappointing

It was horrible. My experience with Avianca. I didn’t know it was Pakistan international Airlines but anyway, whatever it is it is bad horrible you guys need to upgrade everything in those planes. And you guys charge $130 for a carry-on did they wanna let me in with my carry-on that I travel everywhere with the luggage you guys are such a dog thank you

why did we have to go through security mid flight

The incoming plane was late and no information was shared. They even announced we would board in 10 muntes 40 minutes prior to the plane arriving, and the website said until takeoff that we had taken off an hour earlier

I receive a service for what I pay, so it is fair.

A few years ago long flights 6 hours or so used to have video screens and they offered ear phones. The food cart used to come and drinks. Now absolutely nothing. Avianca is as bad as Spirit Airlines. Avianca will now be my last choice when booking my next flight.

Terrible, We had to stay in Bogota for two days due to weather but the airline did not provide for the same day flight. Only two days later

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