SJO - PHL

$124 Find Cheap Flights from San José to Philadelphia

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San José to Philadelphia departing on 5/21. 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
$252
Typical prices: $430-$298
Frontier
Thu 5/21Wed 5/27
SJO - PHL • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$124
Typical prices: $193-$278
Frontier
Thu 5/21
SJO - PHL • 1 stop
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Cheapest • from $249 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.9 score
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There are currently no direct flights between San José and Philadelphia. You'll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg $370 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 7h 29m (one-way)
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Cheapest • 27% price drop
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Cheap Flights from San José to Philadelphia (SJO-PHL)

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

Thu, May 21 - Wed, May 27
Frontier Logo
9:35 am - 12:40 am
SJO
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PHL
13h 05m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
5:10 pm - 8:19 am
PHL
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SJO
17h 09m
1 stop
$252Frontier
Thu, Apr 16 - Sun, May 31
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:38 pm - 11:37 pm
SJO
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PHL
8h 59m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:44 pm - 11:45 am
PHL
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SJO
17h 01m
1 stop
$297Spirit Airlines
Thu, May 21 - Wed, May 27
United Airlines Logo
11:13 am - 11:44 pm
SJO
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PHL
34h 31m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 10:39 pm
PHL
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SJO
18h 24m
1 stop
$305United Airlines
Thu, May 21 - Mon, Jun 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:35 am - 12:40 am
SJO
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PHL
13h 05m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 11:45 am
PHL
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SJO
7h 00m
1 stop
$311Multiple Airlines
Fri, May 15 - Wed, May 27
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 7:54 am
SJO
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PHL
17h 19m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:50 pm - 1:09 pm
PHL
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SJO
17h 19m
1 stop
$314American Airlines
Thu, May 21 - Mon, Jun 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:35 am - 12:40 am
SJO
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PHL
13h 05m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 11:45 am
PHL
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SJO
7h 00m
1 stop
$316Multiple Airlines
Fri, Sep 4 - Sun, Nov 8
GOL Logo
2:15 pm - 9:44 am
SJO
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PHL
17h 29m
1 stop
GOL Logo
9:20 pm - 12:22 pm
PHL
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SJO
16h 02m
1 stop
$317GOL
Thu, Apr 23 - Sat, Apr 25
United Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 9:58 am
SJO
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PHL
18h 33m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 10:11 am
PHL
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SJO
19h 11m
2 stops
$319United Airlines
Thu, May 7 - Wed, Jun 17
United Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 12:59 am
SJO
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PHL
33h 34m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
7:58 pm - 10:39 pm
PHL
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SJO
28h 41m
1 stop
$320United Airlines
Fri, May 15 - Sat, Jun 6
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 9:36 am
SJO
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PHL
19h 01m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:02 am - 10:42 pm
PHL
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SJO
13h 40m
1 stop
$321American Airlines
Booking Insights

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

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San José to Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia?

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 Philadelphia departing in May.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San José to Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia is February, where tickets cost $275 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $459 and $444 respectively.

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

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 Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$124
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
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When to book flights from San José to Philadelphia

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San José to Philadelphia based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from San José to Philadelphia

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San José to Philadelphia was $124 for a one-way ticket and $249 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    San José and Philadelphia are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave San José from San José Juan Santamaria Intl and will be arriving at Philadelphia.

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

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

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

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San José to Philadelphia are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $492 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $450 and an overall rating of 7.4.

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

    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 Philadelphia.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia?

    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 Philadelphia with an airline and back to San José with another airline. Booking your flights between San José and PHL 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 San José to Philadelphia?

    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 Philadelphia from San José 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 San José to Philadelphia

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to Philadelphia. 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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DeltaOverall score based on 8370 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.8Entertainment
7.2Food
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I was told that they needed to check my bag at the gate and to pick it up at the gate in Richmond. No big deal. I know they can't control the weather, but we flew around RIC for 45 minutes to avoid the storm and were 25 minutes late leaving as well. Once we landed, we were told to go to baggage claim to pick up our luggage. I went to bathroom, paid for parking, and went to the assigned baggage claim location. United flight people came down with us as well. They got their luggage immediately. Next, South West people came down about 10 minutes later. They got their luggage next. We finally got our luggage around 30 minutes in waiting. Was not a wonderful experience. No reflection on Delta, but the ground crew was lousy at best.

6.0 GoodJoseph, Apr 2026
MSP - RIC
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I was told that they needed to check my bag at the gate and to pick it up at the gate in Richmond. No big deal. I know they can't control the weather, but we flew around RIC for 45 minutes to avoid the storm and were 25 minutes late leaving as well. Once we landed, we were told to go to baggage claim to pick up our luggage. I went to bathroom, paid for parking, and went to the assigned baggage claim location. United flight people came down with us as well. They got their luggage immediately. Next, South West people came down about 10 minutes later. They got their luggage next. We finally got our luggage around 30 minutes in waiting. Was not a wonderful experience. No reflection on Delta, but the ground crew was lousy at best.

Everything could have benn better. Short fly, no food, no entertainment and no wifi.

Flight delayed. Air broken. Cabin was hot enough to pass out. Delta shuttle’s becoming worse and worse.

my mom urmila patel needed a wheelchair which was not available on the curbside. she needed to walk almost 50 meters inside (at the risk of falling) and then had to wait in line to get a wheelchair (this is not ok). Once obtained she had to seat in it for 30-45 minutes for someone to take her in thru the checkin process (which was fairly smooth and easy). the lady who helped her with her checkin process was very courteous and helpful

On the return flight, flight attendant Britt went out of her way to inform passengers that several of us had tight connections.

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Staff at the check-in counter were friendly, happy and helpful. They tagged our bags and sent us to “bag drop off” but were not very clear about where that was. The airport was busy we headed off in what we thought was the right direction until a gentleman waved us down and actually came after us. He was the baggage handler for Delta and recognized our “deer in the headlights “ look-he brought us to the right area (which was marked as the Southwest Airlines Drop Off) and sent us on our way. Wonderful guy, low key and working with a big smile on his face. Loved it. Loved him.

During the flight, the only refreshments provided were crackers and soft drinks; no substantial food was offered despite the international route. Furthermore, our initial flight was delayed, causing us to miss the connecting flight in Atlanta. The airline did not hold the connection, and we were informed that the next available flight is not for another 24 hours. While I am aware of alternative options via JetBlue, they operate out of JFK, which is not a viable solution for us as a resident of New Jersey.

Our recent international travel was from Newark, NJ to Grenada via Atlanta. During the flight, the only refreshments provided were crackers and soft drinks; no substantial food was offered despite the international route. Furthermore, our initial flight was delayed, causing us to miss the connecting flight in Atlanta as it did not wait for arriving passengers. Consequently, we were delayed by 24 hours before the next available flight was provided. While I am aware of alternative options via JetBlue, they operate out of JFK, which is not a viable solution for me as a resident of New Jersey.

This was my first flight with Delta, the overall experience was good. I would definitely consider them more with my future flights.

It was perfect! I've never flown with United before, but I definitely will in the future

I had a cancelled flight because of technical issues going to my destination, and a delayed flight coming home. All told it wasn’t a total bust.

Just a bad day to fly. Flight was delayed from scheduled 6:50 pm departure to 8:50 pm. Combination of factors mostly related to weather at the destination airport (which is where the incoming flight originated) which delayed the inbound flight over an hour. Once on board, we taxied but had to hold again on the taxiway for 10 minutes or so. We did not get wheels up until after 9 pm. The flight was smooth but about 18 minutes from our destination, we had to hold for several minutes more due to weather at ORD. We finally landed at ORD about 11:08 pm (accounting for the time difference, that was about a 3 hour delay from our scheduled departure time). It felt like we were never going to get to our destination. But the flight crew and attendants were very good. The movie selection onboard was also very nice. Got to watch half of a movie just during our taxi from the gate at ATL due to the delay!

I liked that it was on time, however, the food was not good.

Fine. The issues I had were associated with luggage being delayed from Turkey to Tanzania

They were fast and I like how they used to entertainment system to play video about the safety.

No meal service to the back of the plane as it started late or was too slow to get it out before it was time to land.

Terrible, if possible won't be flying again anytime soon!

Efficient boarding and early departure. Very smooth flight. Early arrival in ATL. Great flight.

We purchase first class seats for the first time for multiples of standard economy ticket. There was no access to the club lounge and no priority boarding. The meal and the service once on the plane were superior and the seat was nicer, but not worth the price difference. I will be happy to seat in economy and spend the difference on more travel.

I specifically choose not to check bags to ensure I can proceed directly to ground transportation upon arrival. However, due to a recurring lack of cabin space, I was again forced to gate-check my rolling luggage after going through my luggage to take out electronics and batteries. This practice unilaterally changes the service agreement made at the time of purchase. JetBlue needs to find a better way to manage overhead space that honors the carry-on baggage allowance.

Still hasn’t left. Why are you asking how it was?

Flight was good wish there were more snacks options for such a long flight but stewardesses were very pleasant as was flight crew.

I was denied a plastic fork to eat my food and was told plastic forks are for paying customers who buy Jet Blue’s food. So I had to make a utensil out of a cup so nourish my body. Like a refugee. Because decency is dead.

I was especially impressed without efficiently the crew got passengers on and off. One of the stewards was slightly gruff, I thought. No big deal but that's what I noticed.

For the price point it was very good. Definitely leave on the earlier flights as it can become terribly crowded later in the day

Absolutely horrible. Flight was delayed 4 hours and they had no clue what was going on.

Delayed our flight to accommodate another flight but didn’t make the decision to do so until we were supposed to board despite having all the same information hours prior. Arrived so delayed that we didn’t get a gate and had to deplane on the tarmac and get bussed to terminal in the rain after 1am. Arrived to the terminal and due to construction could not get a ride share - had to either take the air train to Howard beach or stand in line with 200 other people waiting for a taxi.

Onboard functioning wide-variety entertainment on a budget and having an open pantry is nice. Seats are not comfortable but go provide plenty of legroom for a 6'2" 260lbs man.

Even though the weather made a lot of flights become cancelled Jet Blue made the flight that was supposed to leave at 9 pm and we left at 12:15 am and I was so grateful- Thanks to the Senior Jet Blue Staff who made those decisions

Flight boarded from Gate 159B, the farthest gate in the LAX Bradley Terminal. While the flight operated on time, the first class cabin attendant made no recognition of my being an Advantage Executive Platinum member.

British Airways is an excellent airline. Comfort, food and airline personnel.

We changed our flight because of weather. Unfortunately we were on hold for over an hour, but since we were 5 people who all booked individually, we felt more comfortable doing it with an agent. It all worked out in the end.

American Airlines did everything they could with the high Spring Break crowd. I was frustrated to be changed from 1st class to a middle seat at the back of the plane. This has happened before, not sure booking 1st class and paying the extra actually works.

Older airplane with worn out seats. No entertainment system at all. Connecting to Wi-Fi was problematic and hit and miss.

I didn't end up taking this flight. I got up at 4am for a flight that was supposed to board at 6am - at 5:55am you delayed the flight to 10am. The airport is under construction so I switched to a later flight as I wasn't going to sit in the airport for 4 hours. They said the delay was due to the crew needing rest from a flight coming in late the night before - if that was the case then I think you should have delayed the flight much sooner so that passengers wouldn't get up so early and get to the airport to sit and wait.

I very rarely fly American and my experience today reenforces that is the correct decision. While the staff were all very courteous, our flight was first thing in the morning so there was no reason to be delayed, yet appropriate maintenance checks weren’t completed prior to our flight so we were delayed multiple times. Not a great showing, American Airlines.

Boarding is always an ordeal. Less dogs on flights. I am highly allergic to dogs and cats. Why are there so many animals these days?

I was on a small regional flight from Detroit to Philadelphia. When we landed the outside cruise needed to turn something off with the engine, which took quite a long time. Then, when they allowed us to get off the plane it was outside. They took their time, unloading all the luggage and waited till they unloaded all the luggage before they brought it over to us. It was 9 o’clock at night freezing cold out, and there was no proactive hustle to try to get people their luggage. It was really one of the worst experiences I think I’ve ever had with American until a manager came over. I don’t think they were going to even consider pulling the luggage over to the people that had been waiting outside for at least 10 minutes in the freezing cold.

Awful. Original flight was delayed 5 hours. Had to to take a connecting flight instead of direct. Had a 4 hour layover. I missed all of my morning meetings getting in 5 hours later than I was supposed to and had to change to take a later flight the next day to get them back in which cia time another $150.

Horrible airline .. my flight was cancel , the only offer to flight next day was no good for me , representative from spirit advise everybody to buy the new ticket from southwest airline and spirit will pay back the money we spend on new ticket but after we did this they don’t want to pay us back , .. customer service is not help anybody Chat text messages it is horrible also , robots can’t answer and help u with anything … I send the complains to head quarter in Miami and department of transportation

The ticket price are reasonable, however, they can do better with the price on the luggage. Overall, I will continue using spirit.

That this is my second time the they cancel flights and they always wait until the last minute to let people know

The flight was supposed to leave at 6:22pm we are just now leaving the gate after deplaning twice at 1:07am.

Spirit is always late. Every single time. Always a different reason

They keep delaying and cancel at last moment and height was for you to get refund need to be in chat line for two hours. I complained to DOT. Never recommend this airline on Kayak please

First flight in along time with spirit! I’m honored to say this flight was excellent 😊

Spirit is awful. Do not fly spirit. Nothing but delays, cancellations.

Every connection was late but that meant I was not running from one to the next so that was a good thing. No one wants to miss a connection

Food and entertainment see irrelevant to rate them as that’s not really an option anymore. The flight was fast and friendly. The plane was immaculately clean.

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