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Cheapest round-trip
$392
Typical prices: $400-$608
Volaris
Wed 10/7Sun 10/11
SJC - PVR • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$482
Typical prices: $417-$1,349
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Tue 11/24Wed 11/25
SJC - PVR • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta (SJC-PVR)

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

Wed, Oct 7 - Sun, Oct 11
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$392Multiple Airlines
Sun, Aug 2 - Thu, Aug 13
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$394Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jul 13 - Thu, Jul 16
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$397Multiple Airlines
Fri, Oct 23 - Fri, Oct 30
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$398Volaris
Mon, Sep 28 - Tue, Oct 6
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$399Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jul 13 - Tue, Jul 21
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Mon, Jul 13 - Thu, Jul 16
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Sun, Jul 12 - Thu, Jul 16
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Puerto Vallarta flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San Jose, California to Puerto Vallarta?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from San Jose, California to Puerto Vallarta departing in October.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta, 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 Puerto Vallarta is August, where tickets cost $397 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $736 and $595 respectively.

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

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.

No, with an average price for the route of $376, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

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 Puerto Vallarta, 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 Puerto Vallarta, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight$134
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta

  • What are the transport options from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to Puerto Vallarta's popular destinations?

    One way the travelers make their way from the airport to a very popular destination in Puerto Vallarta, such as the Plaza las Glorias, is to travel on bus route number C 24 operated by Unibuspv, that can make this trip in about 18min.

  • Does Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport offer any shower facilities?

    A fantastic choice for travelers looking to feel a bit more rejuvenated after a long flight from San Jose is to utilize the showers available in the VIP Lounge Puerto Vallarta which has a location on the upper level of the arrivals hall of the airport

  • Which hotels are near Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport?

    A couple of hotel choices that sit right next to the terminal buildings at the airport include the Casa las Flores and the One Puerto Vallarta Aeropuerto, both of which are just a short walk from the terminal building.

  • Can I rent a car at Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport?

    There are about 10 rental car companies that operate at this airport, and most of the major rental car companies travelers would recognize have customer service counters in the international arrivals hall of terminal one right adjacent to the baggage claim area just after the customs checkpoint.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta was $134 for a one-way ticket and $392 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Puerto Vallarta from San Jose.

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

    Alaska Airlines, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Jose to Puerto Vallarta flight route.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta?

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta are Alaska Airlines and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $476 and an overall rating of 7.9, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $560 and an overall rating of 7.9.

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

    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 Puerto Vallarta.

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

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

    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 Puerto Vallarta with an airline and back to San Jose with another airline. Booking your flights between San Jose and PVR 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 Puerto Vallarta?

    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 Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $532 or less round-trip.
  • If you are the type of passenger that would prefer to travel to the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) without having to travel in your own car, a good choice for transportation is to take the Santa Clara VTA blue or green line train to the airport station where you can then ride on the number 60 bus to the airport. The trip takes around 31 minutes.
  • For passengers planning on driving themselves to the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, the airport offers a wide variety of parking choices, with one of the most economical choices being the economy lot number one, that has a location just offsite from the airport.
  • If you get a little bit nervous before you fly, the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport offers a number of therapy animals that make their way throughout the terminal buildings of the airport.
  • If you are looking for something to do before your flight at the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, this airport offers an audio tour highlighting all of the artwork in both terminals at the airport.
  • If you plan on riding your bicycle to the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, this airport offers bicycle racks in the garages for both terminals A and B. The bike rack in terminal a is on the first floor of the parking garage just outside of the south doors to the baggage claim area. The bike rack in terminal B is on the first floor of the rental car center and sits just to the north of the entrance to the hourly lot number three.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta

 
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No complimentary snacks or food. Had to buy drinks and food.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Mar 2026
SJC - SEA
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No complimentary snacks or food. Had to buy drinks and food.

our Flight attendant Tina was great and she made such a difference in a very disappointing "First Class" experience. Seats weren't much larger than the ones in coach, there were NO FOOTRESTS, one of the reasons we paid a premium price for a 6 hour flight. The charger for the phones didn't work in our row so I had to plug it into the row behind us and there was no free wifi, so my wife and I paid for it and it was mediocre at best. Lastly there were no screens to watch movies, There was nothing 'first class" about this Alaska Airline experience , except for Tina! They just charged a lot more money for what on other airlines would qualify for the improved economy class. Very, very disappointed.

in-flight wifi was not working well. also the cabin temperature was a bit hot.

After a swift boarding we had to wait in the plane for over 40 minutes to take off. The same happened when we landed. Alaska had much more work to do on their timetable

I received the perfect seat. The cheese tray was delicious. Thank you!

We had an hour delay Probably couldn’t be haloed Very friendly staff

No hot water on a plane so no hot beverages , seats are cramped

Flight not being cancelled would have been nice! If the pilot calls out sick it would make sense to have a couple of back ups

Flight attendant need to be more respectful and careful of word choice when interacting with passengers. One very flamboyant flight attendant referred to my wife as “lashes” due to wearing false eyelashes. Should have referred to her as ma’am. Thought it was inappropriate

Appreciate the offer to change flight dates. Delayed take off due to cabin not being cooled. Alaska app is pretty bad.

I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

Great job Southwest! My family doesn't fly often but we felt safe the whole time.

Flight was delayed, full flight and I had to change gates. Southwest flights are always late later in the day.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

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.

Forget beverage, they didn't even have water for half the passangers?

Flight was not full! Had a whole row to myself.

Wifi didn’t work, no service, seats are hard as rocks

It was as good as it could be. Flying is not a pleasant experience these days.

Very good flight. Crew was great. No issues and we even arrived early.

Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

Checkin was good, fllight ws good. Onlly complaint is lack of foot on 6 hour flight from Seattle to Boston. Snacks were flimsy - chips and cookies. could have offered something more substantial for such a long flight. I know you can buy food in airport but for the price you pay for a ticket, they should step up for the passengers.

I was in first class and literally the men behind me were so aggressively loud I moved myself to economy. This has become so common on Delta - people using audio without headphones, and men on 12am / late night flights drinking and yelling to talk to each other which prevents anyone around them from resting. Pretty crazy to have to move from first to economy (poorer service, less comfort...). Wild wild. Looking into other airlines.

It was nt delta. It was aeromexo. Service was awful. They served a very small drink and NO snack for a 3hr and 35min flight. Then for the first 30 min of the flight is was talk and talk over head interruption the movie/ show i picked to watch.

Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

I like using the Delta app to keep informed, boarding was smooth, and flight attendants were awesome and on top of everything, good communication from pilots.

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Fabulous if you have a portable wheelchair. They can store it in the galley and you can just walk out with it. Really nice and the flat seats are just incredible, very nice. iPads for movies, also pretty nice,

Everything was great except having to check in at Alaska. That was a surprise and took extra time and effort. Should have been explained somewhere maybe on the HA electronic ticket.

Miserable. Birthday trip for daughter booked for Cabo. Her plane was canceled and the best they could do was get here to fly north to San Jose, CA, stay in a hotel, sit around half a day and finally fly to Cabo late the next day. 36 hours traveling and wasted time. Missed a night of a booked resort, missed here ATV excursion, etc. I know it's a "first world problem" but it still was incredibly inconvenient, and wasted a good deal of money. And almost all the "service" people, in person and on their support lines, were not helpful. They were as useless as an automated AI assistant.

Check in process was a mess. Long lines, equipment malfuctioning. One line for baggage tags then a second line for bag checkin.

I feel that their union dispute when merging with Hawaiian Airlines is effecting their customer service. The LA to Zihua flight was more tolerable than my PDX to LA but I was treated poorly by the Alaskan staff at PDX which left a bad taste in my mouth and ruined my day.

WiFi was not working thus the entertainment system did not work! Over 5 hours with nothing.

It was nice to have WiFi on board to steam on your device.

They canceled our scheduled flight. We flew back one day delayed. The company won't give us any compensation for the delay 😒.

Didn’t experience anything about it. You cancelled our flight 12 hours before our departure. Caused a major disruption with our vacation, and cost us much more money to travel, very disappointed. We’ll think twice about flying Hawaiian Airlines again.

Hawaiian cancelled my flight, told me I had been rebooked to an Alaskan Airlines flight the same day and then neglected to rebook me and my family. Thankfully, a member of Alaskan staff took care of me and made sure my family got to Hawai’i. It was a very rough morning.

Crew was great! Food sub-bar, tepid & flavorless. No snack options on trans-atlantic flight. Premium Economy seats ok, leg rest wouldn’t stay in place.

Entertainment system did not function. USB ports did not function. Wi-Fi did not function. Terrible trifecta…

Flight was delayed multiple times without giving any particular reason and the only thing that was communicated was that 'Aircraft is getting ready'. I was stuck at SFO airport for 15 hours and finally took Southwest Airlines flight back home to Dallas.

I was not clear if food was offered or not.

Agency very bad had to cancelled my booking too many changes in the flight changed my flight to 1 week

Luggage did not make it onto my plane. Business seats were economy with empty row seat. Just horrible experience. Why would the company allow for transfers that don’t give employees enough time to transfer luggages??

Rough flight No beverage service due to turbulence Bottom Seat cushion was non existent

They are rarely on time! Very hard to plan your travels when flights or connections keep getting delayed.

The flight was very smooth and the meal in business class was great.

Apart from the delay due to unforeseen circumstances. The leg from sjc to dfw was fine. It was the leg from dfw to orf that we encountered issues mainly due to the flight attendant crew not being friendly. We had two small children and we needed some assistance to warm up milk so the baby would sleep. The crew just didn’t get it and made things very difficult. One made a remark that the baby’s dirty diaper smell was a “gift” to the plane in a rude way. Normally I’d brush that off as a funny comment if the rest of the trip the attendants were helpful or understanding of the difficulty we faced. But that wasn’t the case. We were met with rudeness on the second leg. Whereas on the first leg the crew were so nice and helpful.

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