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$93 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to New York

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Cheapest round-trip
$221
Overall average: $491
Frontier
Thu 5/7Mon 5/11
SJC - JFK • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$93
Typical prices: $168-$464
Multiple Airlines
Mon 3/9
SJC - EWR • 1 stop
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Cheap Flights from San Jose to New York (SJC-NYC)

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

Thu, May 7 - Mon, May 11
Frontier Logo
6:57 pm - 6:30 am
SJC
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JFK
8h 33m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:30 am - 6:02 pm
JFK
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SJC
13h 32m
1 stop
$221Frontier
Wed, Apr 29 - Mon, May 4
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10:24 am - 10:59 pm
SJC
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JFK
9h 35m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 6:02 pm
JFK
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SJC
13h 32m
1 stop
$231Multiple Airlines
Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Mar 17
Southwest Logo
10:55 pm - 11:10 am
SJC
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LGA
9h 15m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
2:10 pm - 10:10 pm
LGA
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SJC
11h 00m
1 stop
$251Southwest
Tue, Apr 21 - Tue, Apr 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 11:11 pm
SJC
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EWR
13h 56m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:31 pm - 9:44 am
EWR
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SJC
20h 13m
1 stop
$251Alaska Airlines
Wed, Mar 11 - Tue, Mar 17
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:14 pm - 6:23 am
SJC
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JFK
8h 09m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 6:52 pm
JFK
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SJC
8h 52m
1 stop
$251Alaska Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Sat, Mar 7
United Airlines Logo
8:50 am - 9:29 pm
SJC
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LGA
9h 39m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:11 pm - 10:59 pm
LGA
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SJC
8h 48m
1 stop
$254United Airlines
Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Mar 17
Southwest Logo
11:05 am - 9:50 pm
SJC
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LGA
7h 45m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
11:00 am - 8:50 pm
LGA
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SJC
12h 50m
2 stops
$256Southwest
Tue, Mar 24 - Tue, Mar 31
United Airlines Logo
10:55 pm - 9:07 am
SJC
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EWR
7h 12m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 10:36 pm
EWR
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SJC
12h 36m
2 stops
$256United Airlines
Tue, Apr 14 - Sat, Apr 18
Delta Logo
10:55 pm - 9:29 am
SJC
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EWR
7h 34m
1 stop
Delta Logo
7:10 am - 12:23 pm
EWR
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SJC
8h 13m
1 stop
$257Delta
Wed, Mar 11 - Tue, Mar 17
Delta Logo
10:50 pm - 10:43 am
SJC
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LGA
8h 53m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:00 pm - 9:33 pm
LGA
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SJC
10h 33m
1 stop
$257Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to New York flights

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

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Planning a trip from San Jose to New York? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

What is the cheapest San Jose to New York flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from San Jose to New York costs $557 on the route between San Jose (SJC) and Newark Airport (EWR). It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Jose to New York?

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

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to New York?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to New York, 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 New York is February, where tickets cost $278 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $489 and $489 respectively.

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

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 New York, 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 New York, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 38% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$93
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
Flight from San Jose to Newark Liberty Airport

When to book flights from San Jose to New York

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FAQs for booking flights from San Jose to New York

  • Can I park my car at San Jose Airport (SLC)?

    SJC offers six on-site parking lots and charges per day vary with each lot. Economy Parking lot 1 charges about $15 per day while lots 2, 3, and 5 charge about $30 per day. Lots 4 and 6 charge about $22 per day. You can park here either short-term or long-term, but you may want to check out off-site lots that are much cheaper.

  • Where are pet relief areas at San Jose Airport?

    There are four pet relief areas at San Jose International Airport. Three are located pre-security, two outside Terminal A and one outside Terminal B. The last one is located post-security, inside the passenger walkway between Gates 16 and 17.

  • How do I get from Newark Airport (EWR) to Downtown New York?

    The Amtrak and NJ Transit trains are the fastest options as you'll avoid traffic. Take the AirTrain from any terminal to reach the Newark Airport Station and board a train to Downtown Manhattan. The trip takes about 45min. You can also take the Newark Airport Express that goes directly from Terminal A to the city center in about an hour.

  • Is there public transportation at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK)?

    Taxis are the convenient option while the train is the cheaper option. Taxis are available outside Arrivals and travel time will be dependent on traffic. To take the subway, you’ll need to use the airport AirTrain to Jamaica Station then use the MTA E Subway to the city. Alternatively, you can take bus Q3 at Terminal 5, get off at Jamaica Station, then board QM Express to Manhattan.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Jose to New York?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Jose to New York was $93 for a one-way ticket and $221 for a round-trip.

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

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Jose to New York?

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to New York from San Jose?

    Las Vegas is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Jose to New York.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Jose to New York, Southwest or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to New York are Southwest and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $329 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 $359 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 New York.

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

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

    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 New York with an airline and back to San Jose with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Jose to New York?

    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 New York 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 New York

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $297 or less one-way.
  • There’s only one major airport in San Jose, California, the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC). It’s about 4 miles away from the city center. To get there from Downtown San Jose, board the Milpitas BART bus 60 that makes stops at Terminal A and B.
  • In New York, you’ll find three major airports: Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). JFK is about 16 miles away from Downtown Manhattan, LGA is about 11 miles away, while EWR is approximately 17 miles away.
  • Airlines offering flights from San Jose to JFK, EWR, and LGA include Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines. These airlines may not offer nonstop flights to all three airports, but you’ll find multiple one-stop flights.
  • If you get to San Jose Airport early, you can lounge at The Club SJC for about $45. When you arrive at JFK Airport, you’ll find numerous airline lounges, among them American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airlines, and a Centurion Lounge. Several airlines also have lounges at LaGuardia, some of them being Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Air Canada. There’s also a Centurion Lounge.
  • If you’re traveling as a family, you’ll find a children’s play area with life-size robots at San Jose International Airport. There’s a humanoid social robot named iPal at the iPal Playground. You’ll find other services, such as various dining and shopping options, pet relief areas, nursing rooms, Wi-Fi, charging outlets, and even showers at the first-class lounge.
  • If you arrive late at JFK Airport and need a place to stay overnight, you can stay at the TWA Hotel, which is within the airport premises. Newark Airport also has an on-site hotel, the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott that you can get to through their complimentary shuttles from all airport terminals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to New York

 
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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11875 reviews
7.8Comfort
7.0Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
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It wasn’t great. Your app is not user friendly unless you sign up for those points. It tries to force you and won’t show you flight/trip info until you sign up. You have to somehow get into get your boarding pass because your kiosks don’t offer boarding pass information only bag check. It was not helpful or user friendly. The app is useless unless you sign up for your rewards program. My daughters info was missing even though I checked us in we had to get out of security and go back to a ticket window the woman told us that it sometimes populates incorrectly so it didn’t have her information. It populated incorrect birth date. She said this is common. Luckily we were at Palm Springs and not JFK where leaving the giant security line would have been a much bigger problem. I will avoid your airline in the future if it’s possible. Also no food availability except dry snack boxes.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Jan 2026
PSP - JFK
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It wasn’t great. Your app is not user friendly unless you sign up for those points. It tries to force you and won’t show you flight/trip info until you sign up. You have to somehow get into get your boarding pass because your kiosks don’t offer boarding pass information only bag check. It was not helpful or user friendly. The app is useless unless you sign up for your rewards program. My daughters info was missing even though I checked us in we had to get out of security and go back to a ticket window the woman told us that it sometimes populates incorrectly so it didn’t have her information. It populated incorrect birth date. She said this is common. Luckily we were at Palm Springs and not JFK where leaving the giant security line would have been a much bigger problem. I will avoid your airline in the future if it’s possible. Also no food availability except dry snack boxes.

I wasn’t able to check in prior to arriving at the airport, I was told by the agent I may not get a seat on the plane as others were waiting for seats, I sat there for 2 hours before being assigned a seat, very stressful. The plane was delayed. Overall not a great travel experience for a 44 minute flight.

Was late but $50 voucher was great benefit of the summit card.

Poor. They should have given me a row with more room and instead they put me in a middle seat with two strangers next to me

Larger seats and more room would elevate the experience. Otherwise, it was good!

I truly appreciated the kindness and attentiveness of the staff and flight attendants. They did their best to be prompt with departure times to San Diego and back to New York! Alaska Airlines ... you are awesome!!

Check in went pretty well and you didn't lose my bag. After I got a drink from the drink cart they charged me for it, and at the crazy overpriced airport rates. Never had that happen before, is that an american thing? what madness.

I was delayed several times. Missed a very important event. The airline only provided a $12 voucher after being delayed 3 times.

Very mediocre, and disappointing for the price of the ticket

On time boarding, take off and landing. Will fly again with Alaska Airlines.

The seats are now more narrow. I paid for front row the seats in the front are even more narrow than before.

The wifi on the plane is great. The only issue that I have is that I prefer an aisle seat and on my trips this week, I was either in the middle or window. If we can work to secure aisle seating, I will be thrilled. Nice trip.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

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

Pretty seamless, just a tad bit late in taking off and landing.

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

This was one of the worst flights I’ve been on in years. I upgraded to comfort and had such an uncomfortable experience. The person next to me was oversized - which I understand - however, they took up their space and mine. I could only use about 50% of my seat space to not be physically touching this person the entire flight and there was no spatial awareness. I also could not use the seat outlet because their body was obstructing it. It was very inconvenient. Their body kept touching me repeatedly during the flight and I felt very uncomfortable. To pay more for an upgraded space and then not even being able to use it was highly disappointing.

Delta One is extraordinary. I fly business when somebody hires me. I just wonder why there is such a chasm between business class and the insanely inhumane and nonsensical coach. The seats are not large enough to fit even my tiny wife. We fly 10% of what we did because we don’t want to pay 5-10 k but for $400 it’s unbearable. It seems like the accountants took over and made stupid decisions. Screw in 20 extra seats and make it so unbearable that people fly 90% less. Just put the damn price up and put some proper chairs in. But business, yay.

Air travel sucks. It continues to be awful for all airlines. No shame on delta alone.

Delta canceled our flight and we had to scramble to find another airline to get home. Phoenix is not a delta hub so they didn’t have another plane. It would have been a red eye though Salt Lake City. Getting in at 5am. No bueno.

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

I fly Delta all the time, have Platinum Medallion status. But this route seems to have major problems with delays and seems to never leave on time! Have only taken it twice in the last two weeks, and each time it had delays of more than 1 hour... very disappointed!!!!

Staff was exceptional! Everyone was kind, professional and friendly making the trip very pleasant. Thank you!

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.

Delta made it easy, comfortable and timely. The crew was fantastic.

On this flight I felt the food offering was not as complete as on previous flights. The tomato salad was a bit off and there was nothing additional such a bread or butter. The breakfast was only one option, so you either ate what they had or ate nothing. The crew was efficient, but most seemed frustrated throughout the flight. The flight arrived early and was obstacle-free, so I’m overall quite happy, but the shine in the rest of the experience just wasn’t there.

Delayed an hour due to operational issues. Minimal apologies or care for the significant inconvenience caused. Landed at nearly 1am and they still couldn’t find ground staff to get us off the plane promptly.

It was good. But the gate team made me check my carry on when there was plenty of space for my luggage on the plane. Otherwise our trip was fine.

Gate was overcrowded. Gate agents performed very well. Flight crew was top notch! Efficient & professional & courteous. Both meals not thermalized well. Dinner main dish was actually cold in the center. Almost inedible. Breakfast sandwich was lukewarm.

RIC Staff was not enough. Elderly passengers had to wait 30 minutes to deplane, so we could board and still had to walk as no chairs were provided. And, passenger in front of my seat assignment rammed seat against my legs entire flight time. Was mildly bruised and left thigh still sore.

Overall, an average flight; food options were not the best, and there were bugs on the plane.

There was no TV's on the plane? I tried to activated the WiFi multiple times before the plane took off but it wasn't work well.

Air Marco’s fleet of airplanes are old and pathetic. The seats are torn and stained. The monitors don’t work properly. If this wasn’t a business trip and I had control of booking the flight, I would not travel on this carrier.

Good service, friendly staff. Food was average for airlines and the seats were small.

Pathetic check in experience once again. Not enough staff scheduled at bag drop or for special assistance at LHR. Really need to rethink the whole self check in procedure. The crew was good. A very decent selection of special meals in this leg as compared to the JFK-LHR leg.

Flight was cancelled 3 hrs AFTER etd. Thetefore Missed connection from JFK to New Zealand . No accommodation provided… This cost ne aporox 1000 USD in extra expenses and turned whst should have been a 24 hr trip ftom Boston - New Zealand into a VERY expensive , late 70+ hr nightmare … Complete nonsense!!!

Flight got cancelled 1.5 hours prior to gate open and logistics of travel got delayed.

Spirit loves to pick and choose when to harass you about your personal item. I’ve flown numerous times with the same bag with no problem yet flying out of Orlando they forced me to pay $99 for a carry on and then ran out of overhead space. Do better!

Had to pay for water if wanted it. Seats are close unless you get upgraded. Flight was fine. Will travel again with spirit.

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

Spirit cancelled my return flight the day before travel and so I had to book a last minute flight on American Airlines.

The counter people was very disrespectful screaming and not helpful to find another flight soon. Having to cancel the flight

Awful!!! Spirit cancelled my flight just 4 hours before departure- with no alternative flights available. I ended up missing a huge family gathering because I wasn’t able to get out. Such An awful experience. And on top of that, all the buckle and dime-ing for bags. I will never book with Spirit EVER

Cancelled my flight and the earliest that they are willing give me for the next flight which was 3 days later on a weekday. Only accommodation they are willing to give was $30 airline credit that will expire in 1 year

Flight was canceled, huge lines to get baggage returned. Most other airlines had delays but not widespread cancellations like Spirit.

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.

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