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$149 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to Kansas City

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Cheapest round-trip
$257
Overall average: $460
United Airlines
Wed 2/18Wed 2/25
SJC - MCI • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$129
Typical prices: $197-$385
Delta
Tue 2/17
SJC - MCI • 1 stop
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United Airlines
Cheapest • from $257 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to book
4 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 53% compared to booking last minute.
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June
Cheapest • 32% price drop
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Cheap Flights from San Jose to Kansas City (SJC-MCI)

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

Wed, Feb 18 - Wed, Feb 25
United Airlines Logo
8:50 am - 4:19 pm
SJC
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MCI
5h 29m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:21 pm - 9:05 pm
MCI
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SJC
5h 44m
1 stop
$257United Airlines
Wed, Feb 18 - Wed, Feb 25
United Airlines Logo
3:55 pm - 11:17 pm
SJC
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MCI
5h 22m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
11:32 am - 9:05 pm
MCI
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SJC
11h 33m
2 stops
$262United Airlines
Wed, Feb 18 - Wed, Feb 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:59 pm - 1:55 pm
SJC
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MCI
18h 56m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:49 pm - 8:00 pm
MCI
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SJC
7h 11m
1 stop
$277Alaska Airlines
Thu, Feb 19 - Wed, Feb 25
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:34 am - 11:33 pm
SJC
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MCI
10h 59m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:39 am
MCI
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SJC
28h 39m
2 stops
$279Multiple Airlines
Wed, Feb 18 - Thu, Feb 26
Southwest Logo
12:15 pm - 9:30 pm
SJC
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MCI
7h 15m
1 stop
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6:10 am - 12:35 pm
MCI
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SJC
8h 25m
1 stop
$283Southwest
Wed, Feb 18 - Thu, Feb 26
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2:10 pm - 9:10 pm
SJC
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MCI
5h 00m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
3:10 pm - 9:00 pm
MCI
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SJC
7h 50m
2 stops
$288Southwest
Thu, Feb 19 - Sat, Feb 28
Delta Logo
11:45 am - 11:50 pm
SJC
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MCI
10h 05m
1 stop
Delta Logo
3:48 pm - 10:05 pm
MCI
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SJC
8h 17m
1 stop
$290Delta
Wed, Feb 18 - Sat, Feb 21
Southwest Logo
12:10 pm - 7:05 pm
SJC
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MCI
4h 55m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 10:10 am
MCI
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SJC
6h 10m
1 stop
$297Southwest
Wed, Feb 18 - Sat, Feb 21
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12:15 pm - 9:30 pm
SJC
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MCI
7h 15m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
2:55 pm - 8:40 pm
MCI
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SJC
7h 45m
2 stops
$302Southwest
Wed, Feb 18 - Wed, Feb 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:59 pm - 4:22 pm
SJC
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MCI
21h 23m
2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:49 pm - 8:00 pm
MCI
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SJC
7h 11m
1 stop
$305Alaska Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Kansas City flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to Kansas City?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Kansas City, 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 Kansas City is June, where tickets cost $300 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $595 and $512 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Jose to Kansas City?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Kansas City, 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 Jose to Kansas City, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 53% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$129
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 32% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Jose to Kansas City

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Jose to Kansas City?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Jose to Kansas City was $149 for a one-way ticket and $277 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Jose and Kansas City?

    A passport is not required to fly from San Jose to Kansas City.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Jose to Kansas City?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Jose to Kansas City?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Jose to Kansas City, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Kansas City are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $509 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $351 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Jose to Kansas City?

    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 Jose to Kansas City.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Kansas City from San Jose 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 Jose to Kansas City?

    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 Kansas City with an airline and back to San Jose with another airline. Booking your flights between San Jose and MCI 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 Jose to Kansas City?

    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 Kansas City from San Jose 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 Jose to Kansas City

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Jose to Kansas City. 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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SouthwestOverall score based on 4257 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.0Food
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3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2026
SFO - SAN
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3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

We got exit row seats both flights. Everything was running on time

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

Boarded on time but once we were ready for take off, the crew determined that, although every seat was taken, somehow someone was on the wrong flight. Delay, delay delay, announcements and ended up with one person checking EVERY ID against their passenger Manifest only to figure out it was a "clerical error." We departed 54 minutes late causing me to run in the St. Louis Airport to make my connection and lose the priority boarding spot I had paid for. Unnecessary delay.

Flight was delayed due to plane not passing inspection And one of the crew had to time out and we had to wait for another one A 3 hour delay

The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

The boarding process needs to be refined. Sometimes the gate crew calls out the zones and then flip to showing the.zones boarding on the gate monitor display. So, unless you are huddled around the gate lanes watching the monitor, you could miss your boarding zone. Suggest the zones be announced each time a new zone is allowed to board.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

I’m so sorry, I can’t remember her name, I believe it was Dimpti. She was stellar, also a mature Asian flight attendant, lots of flowers in her hair, just as amazing! But literally the crew was AWESOME . Only downside is there weren’t any charging outlets. Maybe I needed to ask a flight attendant , but it would’ve been nice to have one easily accessible.

I boarded flight UA#1318 at Sacramento International Airport going back to Houston TX. The flight was scheduled at 5:10am. I was able to check in virtually using the United Airlines app. When I entered the airport, there was no one outside assisting with checked bags as it was for Delta Airlines. Immediately upon entering, there was a LONG, EXTREMELY LONG line to the kiosks to get boarding passes. I stand in line to get boarding passes then had to move to ANOTHER EXTREMELY LONG line to get my bags checked in. While standing in this line, we noticed an agent taking customers to 3 at a time to her station to check their bags in. Lucky for me, she called me back, checked my bags for me and I was on my way. I then encountered another long line at the TSA check and to avoid I ending up having to sign up for CLEAR to bypass it. So glad, I did.,...Both of my flights were great with no issues, butthe check in progress at Bush Airport was so much smoother. Check-in at SMF airport needs to be anaylzed and corrected. Do better United, I know you can....thanks

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

Essy to get on. The hostess gave very little pop, the plane was late getting in, and we are still waiting for our bags. This sucks. :/

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

Lately I like the planes have been exceptionally filthy. There’s lines of dust and dirt all across the ceiling in the vents, and the cracks in between the seats are literally full of food. It’s definitely not the quality of service that I was used to with United. I’m also very disappointed with the Wi-Fi! All I wanna do is knock out a few work jobs while I’m trapped in my seat And it spools so bad. They did provide me with a refund, but the process of getting that refund is so complicated. It’s unfortunate.

The flight was on time and arrived early. The crew were friendly and helpful.

Overall experience was great. Flights were almost on time in departing and we arrived at our destination as scheduled. No issues with amenities or flight crew. Everything went well as as expected. Will fly again with American Airlines in the future!

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

Mostly good. Flight was crowded but Airline personnel were very friendly & accommodating. It would be good to have savory snacks rather than just sweet Biscoff cookies.

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

Very crowded flight but what can you expect these days?? Crew was accommodating.

The seats in economy were appeared to be quite thin and lack sufficient cushioning to be comfortable. Perhaps it was my seating position but the plane seemed notably load.

A Spirit agent caused me to miss my flight. The company has not responded for request of refund. Stay away from Spirit.

I arrived two hours early, and at 9:20 I was still queuing for security.

Got to LAX at 3:20 am, the counter personnel did not start to check in bags till 3:40 am. I patiently waited at the priority check in line as they started to take people from the general line. After about 15 minutes of waiting, I approached the lady exactly in front of the priority line and asked her if they would be taking people from the priority line or if I would need to switch to waiting in the general line. She responded “yes”, I then asked her yes to what? And she yelled back at me loudly “I SAID YES!” Needless to say, I waited at the end of the line of the general line. I could have been told the priority line would not be called upon and could have queued in the general line ahead of many people that arrived to cue after I did

Terrible they canceled the flight very sheepishly and ended up costing me 1200 dollars and kayak and xcover are doing nothing

Customer feedback I sent to Spirited today: “I will never fly Spirit Airlines again and will work hard to convince my friends and family to boycott/avoid Spirit Airlines at all costs. I booked three seats for me and my 8 and 10 year old children on NK 1222 from Orlando to Kansas City for 12/7/25 leaving Orlando at 10:37AM. This itinerary was abandoned by Spirit and we were rebooked onto Spirit flight NK 213 leaving at 9:06PM without any notice. Then the nightmare really began. Flight 213 was delayed a total of 12 times, finally leaving at 6:35AM the following day. The gate was changed 5 times and our electronic boarding passes were invalidated at midnight. The worst part was that the 12 separate delays were incremental making it impossible to plan for accommodations for my family. My kids missed a day of school and barely slept under the harsh lights with lots of noise on the filthy airport floor. The customer service agent at Spirit Airlines told us we would be emailed a voucher for a hotel which never happened. I asked about it multiple times and it never arrived in my email inbox. This whole unfortunate situation could’ve been avoided if spirit had taken a realistic approach and delayed the flight from 9 PM until 6 AM from the beginning. My son gleefully deleted the Spirit app from my phone once we landed and we will never fly with Spirit again.”

No free snacks or drinks. Freezing. Uncomfortable. No plugs or entertainment. If you fly to LA the make you change terminals with a slow bus. Awful trip that took forever. Terrible airline- maybe the worst I’ve ever flown.

Crew are always very angry and dismissive like they seem they are being forced to work. In addition, there was a long line for the bathrooms, and only one was allowed to be used. No reason was given for only one bathroom being available; apparently, the stewardess was more interested in using the jumpseat instead of allowing the customers to use the bathroom.

No leg room. My knee was sore for a day.

Vegas is such a quick flight that amenities aren’t the important part, in my opinion. Just get me there efficiently and safely, and that’s exactly what they did!

The flight was severely delayed due to the missing flight attendants.

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