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Cheap Flights from San Jose to Minneapolis (SJC-MSP)

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

Wed, Jul 9 - Wed, Jul 16
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6:30 am - 11:27 pmSJC-MSP
14h 57m1 stop
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7:36 am - 11:54 pmMSP-SJC
18h 18m1 stop
Sun, Jul 13 - Sun, Jul 20
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6:30 am - 5:06 amSJC-MSP
20h 36m1 stop
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9:18 pm - 11:54 pmMSP-SJC
28h 36m1 stop
Fri, Jul 18 - Tue, Jul 22
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6:30 am - 11:39 pmSJC-MSP
15h 09m1 stop
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8:30 am - 11:54 pmMSP-SJC
17h 24m1 stop
Wed, Jul 16 - Sun, Jul 20
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6:30 am - 11:15 pmSJC-MSP
14h 45m1 stop
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9:18 pm - 10:36 amMSP-SJC
15h 18m1 stop
Tue, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 20
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7:00 am - 5:11 amSJC-MSP
20h 11m1 stop
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9:59 am - 7:13 pmMSP-SJC
11h 14m1 stop
$315Delta
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Sat, Aug 9 - Mon, Aug 18
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3:20 pm - 5:31 amSJC-MSP
12h 11m1 stop
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6:24 pm - 8:18 amMSP-SJC
15h 54m1 stop
$322Delta
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Thu, Aug 28 - Sun, Aug 31
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8:15 am - 10:55 pmSJC-MSP
12h 40m1 stop
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6:25 am - 10:30 amMSP-SJC
6h 05m1 stop
$368Southwest
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Wed, Aug 27 - Sun, Aug 31
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1:50 pm - 12:20 amSJC-MSP
8h 30m2 stops
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11:55 am - 6:05 pmMSP-SJC
8h 10m2 stops
$373Southwest
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Wed, Aug 20 - Sun, Aug 31
American Airlines Logo
9:49 am - 11:59 pmSJC-MSP
12h 10m1 stop
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11:26 am - 4:41 pmMSP-SJC
7h 15m1 stop
$410American Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Tue, Aug 19
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2:31 pm - 11:59 pmSJC-MSP
7h 28m1 stop
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11:28 am - 9:17 pmMSP-SJC
11h 49m2 stops
$432United Airlines
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Expert advice for your flight from San Jose to Minneapolis

 
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SJC

SJC offers a manageable layout with quick security lines, making it ideal for business travelers with early morning flights.

MSP

MSP's light rail offers a cost-effective way to reach downtown Minneapolis or Saint Paul, with trains every 15-20 minutes.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Minneapolis flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Jose to Minneapolis 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 Jose to Minneapolis?

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Minneapolis on a Tuesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from San Jose to Minneapolis. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to Minneapolis?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Minneapolis, 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 Minneapolis is March, where tickets cost $392 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $527 and $499 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Jose to Minneapolis?

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $519 on average.

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

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 Minneapolis, 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 Minneapolis, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$112
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
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When to book flights from San Jose to Minneapolis

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Jose to Minneapolis based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from San Jose to Minneapolis

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Jose to Minneapolis?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Jose to Minneapolis was $112 for a one-way ticket and $236 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is not required to fly from San Jose to Minneapolis.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Jose to Minneapolis?

    All the following airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Jose to Minneapolis flight route: Delta, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Air Canada, and American Airlines.

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

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Jose to Minneapolis flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Jose to Minneapolis?

    SkyTeam is the only airline alliance operating flights between San Jose and Minneapolis.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Jose to Minneapolis?

    There are nonstop flights from San Jose to Minneapolis on a daily basis.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Minneapolis are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $503 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $428 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 Minneapolis.

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

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

    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 Minneapolis with an airline and back to San Jose with another airline. Booking your flights between San Jose and MSP 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 Minneapolis?

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Jose to Minneapolis

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $164 or less one-way and $353 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from San Jose to Minneapolis?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San Jose to Minneapolis St Paul.
Find which airlines fly direct from San Jose Airport to Minneapolis St Paul Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San Jose to Minneapolis St Paul

Monday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Tuesday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Wednesday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Thursday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Friday

Delta, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, +1 more

Delta, KLM, +2 more

Saturday

Air France, Delta, KLM

Air France, Delta, +1 more

Sunday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

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Direct returns

Minneapolis St Paul to San Jose

Monday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Tuesday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Wednesday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Thursday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Friday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Saturday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

Sunday

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +2 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to Minneapolis

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Jose to Minneapolis. 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 4280 reviews
8.6Crew
7.6Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.1Food
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Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

10.0 ExcellentMichael, Jun 2025SMF - SEA
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Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

We had a nice flight. Boarding was easy, our seats were comfortable and the on board service was pleasant.

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

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

Delta is better for short flights and very low need for customer service. Avoid for longer flights

Delta is a premier airline so my expectations are most always met.

Everything was good except when we're on a 6 hour flight at dinner time and all they offer as part of the fare are little bags of junk food, it's disappointing. Bring back food service without an added price.

Left on time and arrived early this extending our 31 minute transfer. Bags made it also!

I love my flight attendant Faith, always smiles always helpful. She makes the flight experience wonderful thank you

My return flights were changed by the airline and my preferred seat selection with extra legroom was not transferred to the new flights

I actually received a notification from kayak on email but not one by text from Delta when my departure gait changed and I almost missed my flight

New boarding doesn't make sense. Filling front first is slow.

Nothing unusual. It was fine. I hate having to pay extra for my seat.

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.

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

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.

Not really their fault, but a 4.5 hour delay is pretty brutal

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.

get E+, a must for 5 hours flight if you are tall

The first flight was better in terms of the aircraft.

we were delayed going into and out of Newark Airport by 3-4 hours each way. Excuses/reasons given were misleading. Weather was cited at first when there was NO weather issue. Turns out Newark had a shortage of staff and runway construction. United knew this and should have NOT scheduled flights when they know we would be delayed so long. I will avoid United and EWR airport at all cost going forward. Delta never looked so good.

The assistance with the wheel chairs was fabulous. All the people were so very friendly and helpful. I want to thank them all.

We almost missed our return flight. We got to the gate one minute from closing the cabin door, and the agent got us aboard the plane! We are so very grateful!!!!!

The flight there was frustrating but the flight home was very good.

Flight was delayed in phoenix by 1 hour. When Kenny got to minneapolis st paul, Kenny missed his connecting flight to Duluth on Sun country air. Sun country customer service did nothing to help Kenny get home to Duluth. We will not fly with sun country ever again.

When we landed in Minneapolis from Providence, the ground crew was unable to move the jet bridge to meet our plane because the wheels were frozen. We waited patiently on the plane for about 45 minutes while they tried to solve this problem. It was mind boggling that this would not be more quickly resolved, or anticipated, in a place where sever winter weather is the norm. We stressed about meeting our connecting flight to Portland, which we assumed would be our only option for that day. Fortunately, when we finally raced from our gate to the next one, that Sun Country flight had been delayed so we didn't miss it. We decided not to take anything but direct flights from now on, no matter how much cheaper.

No line to check my bag. Reasonable overweight fee. When the connection was late due to weather, the gate agent opened the door and let me on the second flight. The plane waited for my luggage transfer. My bag arrived on time at my final destination:)

I had paid for a seat assignment at the time of reservation but when I checked in the night before it wasn’t there. Had to purchase another seat.

So unprofessional. They changed my connecting flight to a time that made it literally impossible to make the flight with no way to contact them or reject the changes. When I missed the flight as expected, there was no one to be found at their ticketing counter and the phone support put me on hold for an indefinite time. Since they didn't have another flight that day, all sun country air personell had left the airport (this was at 7pm) and my only options were to get a hotel for the night and come back the next afternoon to hopefully get rescheduled or buy a flight with another airline.

I purchased an aisle seat but was put in the middle seat surrounded by families with small sick children (3). That can happen anytime and I was prepared. The ticket agent questioned why I hadn’t paid for my luggage and had to explain that 2 pieces were included with my ticket. I hate that nickel and diming attitude. Please inform your staff better.

I know the airline has been open for 40 years and the flight crew looked just as old. The flight attendants were not friendly and rude. They should think of retiring this crew.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

Frontier had yet another flight cancellation. Have never made a complete round trip with this airline without at least one leg getting cancelled. Miserable flights - dirty, uncomfortable planes that apparently always have issues since I've had multiple delays and cancellations with them.

Flight was delayed 3 times, would have been nice to have received text message instead of email notifications. Frontier app wasn’t even updated accordingly, no gate number disclosed. No agent at front desk of gate to inform of delay. Very confused and left if the dark

They changed the timing , first delayed by 4 hours then went back to 40 mins late, we had to run back to airport to not miss our flight. This is ridiculous

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

I loked walking out on the tarmac to board and no first class. I didn't like that they have no snacks or onboard wifi to bide your time.

It was a redeye flight, so every passenger just wanted to sleep, but through the entire flight, the flight crew made announcements over the loudspeaker at maximum volume every few minutes making sleep impossible. For example: it’s 2am, and the crew decides to give an extremely detailed announcement about snacks and beverages for sale. And 3am is the perfect time to wake up everyone with a lengthy announcement about how to get a coffee refill and how to take advantage of new offer from frontier for a credit card.

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