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$108 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to Minneapolis

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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

Sat, Aug 23 - Mon, Aug 25
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6:00 am - 4:11 pmSJC-MSP
8h 11m1 stop
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12:00 pm - 10:30 pmMSP-SJC
12h 30m1 stop
Sat, Sep 6 - Mon, Sep 8
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6:00 am - 5:10 pmSJC-MSP
9h 10m1 stop
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6:24 am - 3:21 pmMSP-SJC
10h 57m1 stop
Fri, Sep 26 - Mon, Sep 29
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6:00 am - 11:07 pmSJC-MSP
15h 07m1 stop
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6:42 am - 3:21 pmMSP-SJC
10h 39m1 stop
Tue, Aug 26 - Tue, Sep 2
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6:00 am - 6:44 pmSJC-MSP
10h 44m1 stop
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8:30 am - 3:46 pmMSP-SJC
9h 16m1 stop
Thu, Aug 14 - Sat, Aug 30
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12:18 pm - 12:25 amSJC-MSP
10h 07m1 stop
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2:58 pm - 11:16 amMSP-SJC
22h 18m1 stop
$235Frontier
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Thu, Aug 28 - Sun, Aug 31
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12:22 pm - 12:17 amSJC-MSP
9h 55m1 stop
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6:00 am - 11:16 amMSP-SJC
7h 16m1 stop
$238Frontier
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Wed, Sep 3 - Sat, Sep 6
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6:00 am - 5:10 pmSJC-MSP
9h 10m1 stop
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9:30 am - 12:24 amMSP-SJC
16h 54m1 stop
Wed, Sep 3 - Sat, Sep 6
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:24 pmSJC-MSP
13h 24m1 stop
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7:35 am - 6:35 pmMSP-SJC
13h 00m1 stop
$307American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 27 - Mon, Sep 29
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2:55 pm - 2:17 pmSJC-MSP
21h 22m2 stops
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5:00 pm - 2:15 pmMSP-SJC
23h 15m2 stops
$314Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Aug 26 - Sat, Aug 30
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11:43 am - 11:59 pmSJC-MSP
10h 16m2 stops
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5:00 pm - 9:11 amMSP-SJC
18h 11m1 stop
$316Alaska 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 $499 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, which saves you about 39% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$108
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 $108 for a one-way ticket and $220 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?

    Delta, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and American Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Jose to Minneapolis flight route.

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

    The Boeing 737-800 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, Southwest or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Minneapolis are Southwest and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $406 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $322 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 $185 or less one-way and $380 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

Air France, Delta, KLM, +1 more

Air France, Delta, +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 4241 reviews
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
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Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

4.0 OkayTraci, Jun 2025OAK - SEA
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Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

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.

No one fussed at me about my pap machine as a 3rd pice on the plane. Boarding was pleasant and smooth. The boarding agent in Anchorage was a fun character- he could be in a movie. :~) The on-board crew were downright pleasant. No militant attitudes on Delta. Like all planes these days the seats are too narrow for standard Americans and at 5’2” there is barely enough leg room. I don’t know how tall people fold themselves into the seats. But that’s nothing specific to Delta

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.

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Survey sent before we actually left. Delay after delay. Now a crew problem.

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

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 plane was freezing cold. Asked for a blanket and there were none. Was told twice that the pilots would warm the plane and it never happened Worst experience flying ever

Multiple delays because they screwed up on the crew schedule and had to wait for over an hour for more people to come.

It was good. Basic flight. Drinks only. Pay budget. Get budget and I’m good with that. I want to get where I need to go. Not hard to please. Female First Officer is an absolute bonus for me!

The Wi-Fi was off, the arm rests are hard plastic.

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!!!!!

I already filled out a survey for this flight. We booked through KAYAK with airfare assist, and airfare assist did not confirm or honor our flight. Therefore, we had to go to a different place with a different travel agency. I tried very hard with airfare assist, They also promoted this on cheapair.com, but it was a bait and switch in both instances.

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.

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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