$130 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to Central America

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Best Central America Flight Deals from San Jose

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$409
San José
San José1 stop$316
Guatemala City
Guatemala City2 stops$343
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$423
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$413
Managua
Managua2 stops$463
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$471
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$636
David
David2 stops$1,151
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$409
San José
San José1 stop$316
Guatemala City
Guatemala City2 stops$343
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$423
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$413
Managua
Managua2 stops$463
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$471
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$636
David
David2 stops$1,151

Cheap Flights from San Jose to Central America

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

Thu, Aug 7 - Sat, Aug 23
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 6:55 pmSJC-SJO
11h 10m1 stop
Southwest Logo
1:15 pm - 10:10 pmSJO-SJC
9h 55m1 stop
$316Southwest
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Tue, Sep 30 - Tue, Oct 7
American Airlines Logo
2:08 pm - 11:12 amSJC-SJO
20h 04m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:25 pm - 11:39 amSJO-SJC
22h 14m2 stops
$320American Airlines
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Wed, Nov 19 - Wed, Nov 26
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11:30 am - 11:53 pmSJC-SJO
10h 23m1 stop
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4:13 pm - 9:50 amSJO-SJC
19h 37m1 stop
Sun, Aug 17 - Fri, Aug 29
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11:30 am - 11:52 pmSJC-SJO
11h 22m1 stop
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4:13 pm - 9:50 amSJO-SJC
18h 37m1 stop
Thu, Aug 7 - Thu, Aug 14
United Airlines Logo
2:31 pm - 10:11 amSJC-SJO
18h 40m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 5:18 pmSJO-SJC
12h 48m2 stops
$380United Airlines
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Wed, Aug 6 - Thu, Aug 14
United Airlines Logo
1:05 pm - 10:39 pmSJC-SJO
8h 34m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 12:02 pmSJO-SJC
23h 32m1 stop
$385United Airlines
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Tue, Aug 5 - Mon, Aug 11
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 11:30 pmSJC-SJO
16h 15m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:50 am - 9:52 amSJO-SJC
10h 02m1 stop
$396Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Aug 9 - Tue, Aug 12
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:57 pm - 11:30 pmSJC-SJO
26h 33m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:50 am - 9:52 amSJO-SJC
10h 02m1 stop
$401Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Aug 4 - Wed, Aug 20
Delta Logo
6:30 am - 1:13 pmSJC-PTY
28h 43m1 stop
Delta Logo
2:05 pm - 10:50 pmPTY-SJC
10h 45m1 stop
$423Delta
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Mon, Jul 28 - Tue, Aug 12
Delta Logo
5:45 am - 1:13 pmSJC-PTY
29h 28m2 stops
Delta Logo
2:05 pm - 7:47 pmPTY-SJC
31h 42m1 stop
$435Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Central America flights

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What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Central America, 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 Jose to Central America is October, when tickets cost $484 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $997 and $984 respectively.


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Low seasonOctober
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$130
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 17% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 76% increase in price.
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  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Central America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $562 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $814.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Jose to Central America? 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.
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.1Food
7.1Entertainment
8.1Boarding
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The Alaska app and website were not fully operational. I had to spend about 15 minutes at the counter doing things that should have been completed online. The agent was very nice and helpful, however.

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The Alaska app and website were not fully operational. I had to spend about 15 minutes at the counter doing things that should have been completed online. The agent was very nice and helpful, however.

Flying on Hawaiian Airlines was good. But, getting a boarding pass was a hassle. I booked what I thought was an Alaska Airlines flight that was actually a Hawaiian Airlines flight. I couldn't check in online. I had to wait for the Hawaiian Airlines counter to open so I could get my boarding pass which was a requirement for me to get in The Club or the Centurion Lounge. (I had no check in luggage so I didn't expect to have to physically check in.) The Alaska Airlines staff blamed the FAA for the problem.

Staff are helpful and patient. I don’t appreciate the almost 5 hours delay and also the delay of our luggage and being switched from one carousel to another to pick them up.

Staff were great but we were delayed on the tarmac for over an hour.

Great crew, smooth flight and landing. Wish they would offer Dr. Pepper and a choice of flavors of pretzels.

Thank you still providing bags for vomit. My son had a migraine and needed a bag to vomit in and it was right there behind the seat in front of us. Thank you!

We waited over an hour for our luggage to arrive at the carousel in Seattle.

The plane was delayed a bit. It wasn't a huge problem though, as we were heading back home.

Flight was great. Boarding was crazy because another flight was boarding late next to ours so everyone was standing and in the way.

Comfortable seat, a little delay, very informative. Love Wi-Fi

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

Bathrooms dirty sinks clogged. No one seemed to clean them. Plane very old

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

It was terrible, if they ran flights on time it would make a big difference.

Delta seems to be improving in many areas, except they are super bad with the food available. Bring back normal food service on long flights.

it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

The food was the worst I’ve had on any flight I’ve ever been on.

I was supposed to be on business class at first class from Denver back to Miami due to weather changes. I missed my connection and it’s put on a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of honoring my business class/1st class ticket, they put me in coach, but there were two first class seats open. I think it’s absolutely disgusting that I paid for first class $1300 ticket and they put me in economy and they had to open seats available and I have still not been refunded the difference. I ended up having to eat a snack box instead of the meal I was supposed to get and did not get home till 2 AM so I think that’s a little pathetic that I had to live off crackers for dinner And my poor dog ate some cheese and salami. Oh yes, apparently when they switched me to the new flight they forgot to mention I had a service dog

Flight was late as pilot crew had to land at different airport in their previous flight. Passengers boarded and had to wait for pilots inside plane. Series of incomplete and unnecessary announcements by an annoying voice, rather than complete, informative announcements.

Breakfast was not loaded at SFO due to catering company change. Seems like a major airline at a major hub would have thought of something else or warned passengers to pick up food before boarding a 3 hour flight.

Boarding seemed to be organized bedlam. For what ever reason, preboarding took longer than 20 minutes. Made the plane 20 minutes late taking off. Luckily we arrived on time. Flight crew seemed very friendly. Only slight turbulence.

They hired a new catering company the same day of my flight. They botched the job by not delivering the right carts and after THREE HOURS waiting, the flight crew timed out (flight was 19 hours long and FAA rules state crew can’t work more than 14 hours long). So they CANCELED OUR FLIGHT!! Worst experience ever. Avoid UAL at all costs.

The personnel were professional and friendly. The Boeing 737 Max 9 is too claustrophobic and was very warm at both airport gates, and still warm in the air.

While the staff was pleasant and helpful, the following observations are for your awareness. There was some delay on the tarmac on take off and landing. The paid lunch/food offerings were limited. Entertainment was only available on WiFi at a cost.

The chair cushions may need an upgrade. I have been noticing they are so worn out, thin so you’d sit in a dip 😄. Other than that, all was an enjoyable trip. Thanks AA!

Cramped seats. FAA should make airlines have more legroom, for even short people complain

Flight was full, and would have preferred an aisle seat, but due to getting a late ticket ,the seat I had was adequate. The flight crew were very help full and hard working. Food and drink were excellent for the 11hr flight. Overall I was pleased with flight, and would recommend British Airways again.

Eventless. It was a good flight and good crew. Can’t complaint.

Very helpful ground crew after an earlier flight delay and being rebooked on a different flight.

British Airways staff are very polite and willing to help.

The plane was late and then sat on the runway for almost 45 minutes before taking off.

We kept being told that the flight was full and that all overhead compartments were full and therefore had to check in our hand luggage. We were some of the last people to board and noticed that there was still sufficient space in the overhead compartments. We were obliged to check in hand luggage when there was space and so had to wait at luggage retrieval which took a while to then noticed damage to our luggage - not a great experience!

Worst seats I’ve ever had !!! The seats were very narrow and uncomfortable and misaligned with the seats in front of mine leading to bottom of the seat in front of mine pressing on my legs for 15.5 hours !

This was an overnight flight. There was no meal service in first class, just a simple snack basket was offered along with beverages. There should have been some type of continental breakfast prior to arrival in PHL. As an Executive Platinum American Airlines Advantage member, I received no name recognition from the first class flight attendant. When disembarking at PHL, the flight attendants were more interested in their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as they disembarked.

Seats are very tight even in Plus, no complimentary snacks or beverage

The chicken that was served in business class was cold!

Flight to Bogotá delayed by 3 h Missed connection from Bogotá to Guayaquil. Avianca unable to bring us to Baltra on time Overall delay 36h. We missed boat departure from galagos. Overall 10 day trip needed to be cancelled. Avianca was completely un-professional.

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

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

There isn't much space in-between seats and even water needs to be paid for during the flight.

We did not know about the bag fees until check in. They are way too high. It’s insane. We also had a huge delay and everything costed extra which was very annoying.

Lounge for business was closed. Boarding was rush and stand by. Seat for business is just the middle seat blocked and some more leg room.

Flew with our two children. Paid $380 to check two bags (one was overweight). They then left the bags behind on Sunday, December 21st, with all our family’s clothes and family Christmas presents. When we arrived at our destination they told us the bags had not arrived, and they thought (but didn’t know) they were still in Boston, but that there’d be a flight the next day and the bags would arrive the next day. The next day we found out there was no flight, now we’re hoping we get our bags before we fly back out. Meanwhile, trying to get any engagement or accurate information is a waste of time. The folks at the call center are just gatekeepers, who can’t connect with any departments that actually do things to solve a problem. Getting information is made deliberately difficult. My biggest regret is that I’ve had a number of awful experiences with Avianca traveling between the US and Colombia, and still let myself get suckered into buying these tickets because the schedule was great. Never again.

We were not aware carry-on bags cost extra until we arrived at the airport so, we were charged $240.00 for two small carry- on bags! There was a substantial fee for drinks and snacks. No wifi, or other entertainment was available. Waiting areas were crowded and uncomfortable.

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