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$544 Find cheap flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro departing on 8/8. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro (SJC-RIO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro 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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6:40 pm - 8:15 amSJC-GIG
33h 35m2 stops
9:05 pm - 10:19 pmGIG-SJC
29h 14m2 stops
$940United Airlines
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Sat, Aug 17 - Tue, Aug 20
10:55 pm - 12:35 pmSJC-SDU
33h 40m2 stops
1:15 pm - 12:21 pmSDU-SJC
27h 06m2 stops
$985Delta
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Mon, Sep 23 - Thu, Sep 26
6:40 pm - 8:15 amSJC-GIG
33h 35m2 stops
9:05 pm - 10:15 pmGIG-SJC
29h 10m2 stops
$1,085United Airlines
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Tue, Jul 9 - Tue, Jul 16
11:00 pm - 8:15 amSJC-GIG
29h 15m1 stop
9:05 pm - 10:15 pmGIG-SJC
29h 10m2 stops
$1,098United Airlines
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Tue, Jul 9 - Tue, Jul 16
12:14 pm - 7:25 pmSJC-GIG
27h 11m2 stops
11:00 pm - 8:37 pmGIG-SJC
25h 37m2 stops
$1,128American Airlines
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Sun, May 26 - Sun, Jun 2
12:58 pm - 12:14 amSJC-GIG
31h 16m3 stops
1:24 am - 11:16 pmGIG-SJC
25h 52m3 stops
$1,330
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Sun, May 26 - Sat, Jun 1
5:27 pm - 12:14 amSJC-GIG
26h 47m3 stops
7:20 am - 1:26 pmGIG-SJC
34h 06m3 stops
$1,358
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Fri, May 24 - Sun, May 26
9:54 am - 3:05 pmSJC-GIG
25h 11m3 stops
6:45 pm - 11:19 amGIG-SJC
20h 34m2 stops
$1,769American Airlines
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Fri, May 24 - Sun, May 26
4:02 pm - 3:35 amSJC-GIG
31h 33m2 stops
5:00 am - 10:03 pmGIG-SJC
21h 03m2 stops
$1,816Copa Airlines
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Sat, Jun 1 - Fri, Jun 7
3:30 pm - 12:14 amSJC-GIG
28h 44m2 stops
1:24 am - 10:03 pmGIG-SJC
24h 39m2 stops
$1,994Copa Airlines
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Sat, May 11 - Fri, May 24

Flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro - Travel Insights & Trends

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

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the best return deals on flights connecting San Jose to Rio de Janeiro were found on United Airlines ($940) and Delta ($985). American Airlines proposed the cheapest one-way flight at $652.

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Low season

May

High season

September

Cheapest flight

$544
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 34% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 24% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro

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FAQs for booking flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro was $544 for a one-way ticket and $940 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Jose and Rio de Janeiro?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in San Jose and on arrival in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro, LATAM Airlines or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro are LATAM Airlines and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,090 and an overall rating of 7.5, LATAM Airlines is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,309 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro?

    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 Rio de Janeiro.

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

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

    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 Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro?

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

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Top 3 airlines serving from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.5
LATAM AirlinesOverall score based on 2473 reviews
8.1Crew
6.8Food
7.4Comfort
7.1Entertainment
7.6Boarding
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Everything was as you would expect in coach - fine. Flight was close to on time.

10.0 ExcellentLisa & Conrad, Mar 2024MIA - BOS
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Everything was as you would expect in coach - fine. Flight was close to on time.

No air in the middle rows. Had a hard time breathing. Was dying of heat.

Horrific checkin procedure with neither Delta nor Latam figuring out how to check me in. 4 hrs on customer support with both and both airlines pointing to each other who should do checking. I was not checked in until morning of flight, which for international flight is concerning.

It was a good experience, the flight was a little too long & the food was ok

the flight from Boston to Curitiba was on time actually 30 minutes earlier. latam was not able to unload the luggage for custom checkup in Sao Paulo ii took two and half hours . i missed the flight to Curitiba spend the night in hotel and then flying in the morning to Curitiba

Tough flight with turbulence… I was told by a fellow passenger that it is common. Nonetheless, very stressful. Cordial staff.

Very unprofessional staff in the checking and boarding. There was no space for my carry-on bag, which is understandable for a full flight. However, the rudeness in answering my questions about my bag were unnecessary. Shaming and threatening a passenger to be left behind was something I had never experienced (I am 57 years old and a Skymiles member) before. At a minimum, the boarding staff (Krystal Mejia and her manager Dee) should undergo further training on cultural sensitivity and professional skills on speaking with passengers. Krystal, just because I have dark hair and “look Latina” does not mean I can speak Spanish. Your assumption and threatening words until the very ending of my boarding (door of the airplane) were not only unnecessary and stressful but something that a passenger should not experience before boarding.

The flight was overbooked and the solution gave was unrespctful. I arrived 4 hour in advance in the airport and only after 2hous was possible suggest a different ticket with another company LATAM, I have accepted, but when I was checking in at LATAM the tickets was issued without luggage, what it is absurd since I have bought my tickets including it since the beginning. Due to the timing for the next flight was not possible return to Avianca to claim due to the distance between Both companies Avianca and Latam since were located in different terminals. I have insiste to the crew of Latam to call Avianca to solve it, but they could help they were alleging that only paying a thousand pesos Mexicans ($1,000 MXN) to dispatch my luggage would be accepted and I have no money at all. So I had to beg for others passagens, it was an humiliating to exchange luggage with who was platinum in order to return back the luggage in the connection airport in Brazil (GRU). I have no clue that a judicial process would be taken from my side due the lots of stress in sequence by the non professional treatment with a passenger that was just following everything said by Avianca.. Long hours of waiting until next flight and only arrive at final destine in 6hs later..

The flight from PDX to New York was cancelled, and I got rebooked one day later. Because of this I missed a meeting at my final destination, EZE. I now need to stay longer in Argentina, and was told the tariff difference was $780 plus $150 penalty! I am not using my return ticket, and have purchased a one way ticket EZE-PDX for $606 with another airline. SHAMEFUL

Cons: "The flight was full and all seats were taken. It means it was impossible to maintain the required and necessary social distancing."

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

Beverage and food services are excellent. We enjoy paying the extra for economy plus for the 3 inches more leg room to be exact.

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

You cancelled my flight by email then made it very difficult to get in contact with you. Then put me in a flight with a long layover in Mexico returning to the wrong airport in uk. Mind blowing my stressful. I missed see my grand dad because of you.

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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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/8Thu
2 stops
23h 29mSJC-GIG
$544
9/20Fri
3 stops
46h 58mSJC-GIG
$555
8/8Thu
3 stops
34h 42mSJC-GIG
$566
9/20Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 50mSJC-GIG
$652
5/20Mon
2 stopsDelta
19h 43mSJC-GIG
$707
5/20Mon
1 stopDelta
28h 30mSJC-GIG
$719
5/18Sat
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
51h 59mSJC-SDU
$883
5/18Sat
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
40h 39mSJC-GIG
$883
9/20Fri
2 stopsCopa Airlines
29h 02mSJC-GIG
$1,548
5/19Sun
2 stopsCopa Airlines
28h 11mSJC-GIG
$2,422

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Last minute flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/3Fri
multi-stopCopa Airlines
35h 37mSJC-GIG
5/19Sun
multi-stopCopa Airlines
38h 54mGIG-SJC
$2,342

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San Jose - Rio de Janeiro Flights

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San Jose (SJC)United States

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