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$178 Find cheap flights from San José, San José Province to Santiago

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 Santiago departing on 5/12. 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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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San José to Santiago, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from San José to Santiago (SJO-SCL)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San José to Santiago 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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4:50 pm - 4:10 amSJO-SCL
9h 20m1 stop
1:50 am - 10:55 amSCL-SJO
11h 05m1 stop
$341Avianca
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Mon, Jun 3 - Sun, Jun 9
4:15 am - 11:18 pmSJO-SCL
17h 03m1 stop
4:13 am - 7:21 pmSCL-SJO
17h 08m1 stop
$344Copa Airlines
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Tue, Jun 4 - Wed, Jun 12
2:04 am - 11:40 pmSJO-SCL
18h 36m1 stop
3:30 pm - 12:20 amSCL-SJO
11h 50m1 stop
$346Avianca
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Mon, Oct 7 - Thu, Oct 17
11:55 am - 12:45 amSJO-SCL
10h 50m1 stop
1:50 am - 3:25 pmSCL-SJO
15h 35m1 stop
$368Avianca
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Sun, Jun 2 - Fri, Jun 7
11:04 am - 5:09 amSJO-SCL
16h 05m1 stop
4:13 am - 1:12 pmSCL-SJO
10h 59m1 stop
$370Copa Airlines
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Thu, May 23 - Thu, May 30
2:04 am - 1:25 pmSJO-SCL
9h 21m1 stop
1:50 am - 10:55 amSCL-SJO
11h 05m1 stop
$379Avianca
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Sun, Jun 2 - Sun, Jun 9
11:04 am - 5:09 amSJO-SCL
16h 05m1 stop
11:25 am - 7:30 amSCL-SJO
22h 05m1 stop
$380Copa Airlines
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Fri, May 24 - Fri, May 31
10:45 am - 2:25 amSJO-SCL
13h 40m1 stop
3:35 am - 2:45 pmSCL-SJO
13h 10m1 stop
$421Arajet
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Thu, May 30 - Sun, Jun 2
5:05 pm - 3:16 pmSJO-SCL
19h 11m3 stops
6:30 am - 3:40 pmSCL-SJO
12h 10m1 stop
$523LATAM Airlines
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Sat, Oct 5 - Sun, Oct 20
5:05 pm - 5:21 pmSJO-SCL
21h 16m2 stops
8:55 am - 3:40 pmSCL-SJO
9h 45m1 stop
$530LATAM Airlines
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Sat, Oct 5 - Sun, Oct 20

Flights from San José to Santiago - Travel Insights & Trends

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

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

The average price of all flights from San José, San José Province to Santiago clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Santiago on a Thursday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to San José, you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San José, San José Province to Santiago?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San José, San José Province to Santiago, 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, San José Province to Santiago is May, where tickets cost $429 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and January, where the average cost of tickets is $605 and $600 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San José, San José Province to Santiago?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San José, San José Province to Santiago, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San José, San José Province to Santiago, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 days before departure.

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

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Avianca offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $178. KAYAK users also found San José to Santiago round-trip flights on Avianca from $341 and on Copa Airlines from $344.

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Low season

February

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$178
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 20% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 11% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San José to Santiago

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from San José, San José Province to Santiago?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San José, San José Province to Santiago was $178 for a one-way ticket and $341 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Santiago from San José?

    Panama City is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San José to Santiago.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San José to Santiago, Copa Airlines or Avianca?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San José to Santiago are Copa Airlines and Avianca. With an average price for the route of $523 and an overall rating of 7.8, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. Avianca is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $443 and an overall rating of 7.5.

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

    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 Santiago.

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

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

    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 Santiago with an airline and back to San José with another airline. Booking your flights between San José and SCL 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 Santiago?

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

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Top 3 airlines serving from San José to Santiago

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to Santiago. 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 Santiago? 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.
7.8
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 2866 reviews
8.3crew
7.4food
7.2entertainment
7.7comfort
8.1boarding
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Horrible experience from start to end. Copa costumer service is non existent. They treat you bad. Everybody tells you different information. We didn’t received our luggage in the 1 day stop we did even we they said if was not going to be a problem. They didn’t respect the seats that we had and spread our family leaving in between of two big people who didn’t leave any space for me and crush me from side to side. I’ll never recommend Copa to anybody.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2024PTY - MIA
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Horrible experience from start to end. Copa costumer service is non existent. They treat you bad. Everybody tells you different information. We didn’t received our luggage in the 1 day stop we did even we they said if was not going to be a problem. They didn’t respect the seats that we had and spread our family leaving in between of two big people who didn’t leave any space for me and crush me from side to side. I’ll never recommend Copa to anybody.

la atencion en el avion fue excelente, la facilidad del checkin es muy buena.

LOCKED MY BAG WITHOUT CONSENT. Had to have my zippers cut upon arrival in Costa Rica.

Pros: "The seats in economy were confortable. The best thing was Copa gave us seats in the second line and my family traveled together."
Cons: "Coffe service could better the experience"
Pros: "Boarding was organized"
Cons: "They didn’t turn on AC until we landed in Lima, during bording they were hurrying people to get on their seats fast"
Pros: "Nothing. This airline is awful in every way imaginable."
Cons: "We booked tickets to Costa Rica with Copa and they just changed our flights to two days later than the booking. They didn’t even bother to inform us of the change we only found out because we booked through Kayak and they let us know. Apparently Copa expects you to frequently check your booking just in case they’ve changed anything and don’t feel the need to inform their customers of any changes they make. Then we were told we could get a Copa voucher to use for other Copa flights for having to cancel our booking and rebook with another airline as a 48 hour change to our flight made flying with Copa not doable for us. But the website kept telling us we had a voucher that was sent to our email but despite repeated attempts it never came through. And spent hours trying to get through to someone on the phone to sort it out with no success ever getting through. My advice. NEVER EVER FLY WITH COPA."
Pros: "Both of my flights were on time which i know sounds basic but all of the flights i’ve catched from SJO to X were late and this time my connection in Panama was only 1h15 and we got there earlier, so that was nice!"
Cons: "A bunch of seats were free and we were mostly sat all together (3 person next to each other).. With the covid situation i think it could be good to be more separate if possible"
Pros: "Yo había ido al sanitario, cuando regrese ya habían repartido los jugos, la aeromosa muy atenta me llego a preguntar si quería jugo y me lo llevaron."
Cons: "Al momento de dar las instrucciones de seguridad, creo que los pasajeros prestan más atención y entienden más si hay alguien del crew al frente dando ejemplos de cómo hacerlo. Todo lo demás excelente!"
Pros: "nice crew."
Cons: "seats were too small and uncomfortable, not possible to lean back much because of a tall passenger behind me. international flights should have better seats."
Pros: "Food was good"
Cons: "Different movie, more leg room but I'm tall so that is with any plane."

I do not speak Spanish or read in Spanish When asking for help, people were hard to find they spoke quickly and pointed a lot directions for where to go and what to do we’re unclear. Which made my traveling uneasy.

I do not read or speak in Spanish. Only English. When asking for help, the people spoke quickly in English and pointed a lot. I wish they would’ve spoken a little slower for me to understand. There was much confusion and hurried in their message and I was unclear as to where to go

I didn't realize they didn't have bathrooms on the plane. Almost had a very bad situation.

It’s been some time since I saw the plane and the cabin that old and worn out.

I loved how polite the crew was even though some of them wasn't the best with English that they still done everything they could to help me with my needs food was amazing

Terrible They charged me 157$ for excess baggage even though my bags were within the normally accepted limits Flight was late. Service was poor. The snacks were really bad

Horrific checkin procedure with neither Delta nor Latam figuring out how to check me in. 4 hrs on customer support with both and both airlines pointing to each other who should do checking. I was not checked in until morning of flight, which for international flight is concerning.

Awful, horrible customer service. Flight got delayed and had to spend y the night in Bogota as a result. Very poor

We had 2 delayed LATAM flights in our trip. We were only given one coffee for 5 hours delay. Also when we were boarding the crew wanted to charge us for our allowed carry on luggage. I got a bit angry and they finally didn’t charge anything. Not flying with LATAM again.

the flight from Boston to Curitiba was on time actually 30 minutes earlier. latam was not able to unload the luggage for custom checkup in Sao Paulo ii took two and half hours . i missed the flight to Curitiba spend the night in hotel and then flying in the morning to Curitiba

i was charged $140.00usd for my backpack the only luggage i had was my backpack

Awful. I checked in online and there was no option to pay for baggage, at the airport when I checked in my baggage was received and Iwas not charged. When I got to LA during the boarding process I was told I didn't pay for baggage, the crew resolved I was let in the plane. When I got to my final destination my baggage was not there. It took me two days to receive my baggage. Bad service ever!

There is no food. There is no in-inflight entertainment. The seats are cardboard. The airline is a living hellscape.

My experience was amazing! They helped my elderly mother board on early through a wheelchair and were accommodating to have us sit together since our seats were in different locations. When landing at the airport in GUA they were very helpful with full of hospitality.

Flight departure late. Got late in Colombia making us take a different flight next day. Avianca airport crew messed up my ticket so when a I got in Brazil I didn’t have a ticket for my destination. Had to buy a new ticket out of my pocket.

Avianca: you pay for a high-end flight and you fly like a low (very low) cost!

The worst airline, the crew so mean and rude, everything was a nightmare, if I start to write, I'll never end

The flight was overbooked and the solution gave was unrespctful. I arrived 4 hour in advance in the airport and only after 2hous was possible suggest a different ticket with another company LATAM, I have accepted, but when I was checking in at LATAM the tickets was issued without luggage, what it is absurd since I have bought my tickets including it since the beginning. Due to the timing for the next flight was not possible return to Avianca to claim due to the distance between Both companies Avianca and Latam since were located in different terminals. I have insiste to the crew of Latam to call Avianca to solve it, but they could help they were alleging that only paying a thousand pesos Mexicans ($1,000 MXN) to dispatch my luggage would be accepted and I have no money at all. So I had to beg for others passagens, it was an humiliating to exchange luggage with who was platinum in order to return back the luggage in the connection airport in Brazil (GRU). I have no clue that a judicial process would be taken from my side due the lots of stress in sequence by the non professional treatment with a passenger that was just following everything said by Avianca.. Long hours of waiting until next flight and only arrive at final destine in 6hs later..

Pros: "Buenos protocolos COVID"
Cons: "En la reservación de kayak no aparece el código de reserva de vuelo de cada aerolínea. Para encontrarlo hay que buscar en la página help.kayak. Al no tener ese código disponible a la mano lo se puede hacer check in. Estuve llamando al Contacto Center de Avianca y el servicio fue muy deficiente."
Cons: "The food was really out of the Avianca standard. The quinoa “salad” was frozen. I asked the flight attendant and he told me it was supposed to be room temperature, but it was crystallized. Understand it was Ash Wednesday and no meat was serve (cheese quiche was ok)."

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San José to Santiago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/12Sun
1 stopAvianca
9h 20mSJO-SCL
$178
7/12Fri
1 stopAvianca
10h 50mSJO-SCL
$205
5/11Sat
1 stopAvianca
9h 21mSJO-SCL
$216
7/25Thu
1 stopArajet
13h 40mSJO-SCL
$221
5/12Sun
2 stopsAvianca
20h 00mSJO-SCL
$228
8/18Sun
2 stopsAvianca
14h 30mSJO-SCL
$234
7/12Fri
2 stops
14h 56mSJO-SCL
$253
7/12Fri
3 stops
14h 51mSJO-SCL
$255
7/16Tue
1 stopLATAM Airlines
10h 20mSJO-SCL
$269
10/19Sat
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
16h 05mSJO-SCL
$270

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Last minute flights from San José to Santiago

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San José to Santiago that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/28Sun
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
10h 20mSJO-SCL
5/4Sat
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
9h 50mSCL-SJO
$523
4/30Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 23mSJO-SCL
5/11Sat
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 06mSCL-SJO
$525
4/27Sat
multi-stopAvianca
9h 21mSJO-SCL
5/4Sat
multi-stopAvianca
11h 50mSCL-SJO
$531
4/28Sun
multi-stopAvianca
14h 30mSJO-SCL
5/4Sat
multi-stopAvianca
11h 50mSCL-SJO
$550
4/27Sat
multi-stopCopa Airlines
8h 55mSJO-SCL
5/3Fri
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 39mSCL-SJO
$572
4/27Sat
multi-stopAvianca
9h 21mSJO-SCL
5/4Sat
multi-stopAvianca
17h 00mSCL-SJO
$634
4/28Sun
multi-stopAvianca
14h 30mSJO-SCL
5/4Sat
multi-stopAvianca
17h 00mSCL-SJO
$653
4/30Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
10h 07mSJO-SCL
5/4Sat
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 18mSCL-SJO
$657
4/27Sat
multi-stopCopa Airlines
15h 44mSJO-SCL
5/7Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 27mSCL-SJO
$735
4/27Sat
multi-stop
9h 21mSJO-SCL
5/3Fri
multi-stop
9h 18mSCL-SJO
$827

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San José (SJO)Costa Rica

Destination:

Santiago (SCL)Chile

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