$345 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to South America

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Cheap Flights from San Jose to South America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Lima
Lima3 stops$849
Bogotá
Bogotá2 stops$676
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires3 stops$1,286
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro3 stops$1,114
Santiago
Santiago2 stops$941
Cartagena
Cartagena2 stops$770
Quito
Quito1 stop$853
Guayaquil
Guayaquil2 stops$932
Cali
Cali2 stops$738
Cusco
Cusco3 stops$1,051
Pereira
Pereira2 stops$1,655
Barranquilla
Barranquilla2 stops$749
Montevideo
Montevideo2 stops$1,227
Asuncion
Asuncion2 stops$1,456
Lima
Lima3 stops$849
Bogotá
Bogotá2 stops$676
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires3 stops$1,286
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro3 stops$1,114
Santiago
Santiago2 stops$941
Cartagena
Cartagena2 stops$770
Quito
Quito1 stop$853
Guayaquil
Guayaquil2 stops$932
Cali
Cali2 stops$738
Cusco
Cusco3 stops$1,051
Pereira
Pereira2 stops$1,655
Barranquilla
Barranquilla2 stops$749
Montevideo
Montevideo2 stops$1,227
Asuncion
Asuncion2 stops$1,456

Book Cheap San Jose to South America Plane Tickets

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

Mon, Sep 7 - Thu, Sep 17
United Airlines Logo
6:37 pm - 9:10 pm
SJC
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MDE
24h 33m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 1:08 pm
MDE
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SJC
29h 23m
2 stops
$712United Airlines
Sun, Sep 6 - Tue, Sep 15
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 9:10 pm
SJC
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MDE
34h 25m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 5:31 pm
MDE
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SJC
33h 46m
2 stops
$722United Airlines
Mon, Jul 27 - Mon, Aug 3
American Airlines Logo
7:23 pm - 8:16 pm
SJC
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MDE
22h 53m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:41 pm
MDE
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SJC
18h 41m
2 stops
$767American Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Mon, Aug 24
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:21 pm - 3:30 am
SJC
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LIM
32h 09m
3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 3:30 pm
LIM
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SJC
34h 00m
3 stops
$849Multiple Airlines
Thu, Nov 26 - Sat, Dec 5
LATAM Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 9:25 pm
SJC
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UIO
11h 10m
1 stop
LATAM Airlines Logo
12:55 am - 11:56 am
UIO
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SJC
14h 01m
1 stop
$853LATAM Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Mon, Aug 24
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:27 am - 5:50 pm
SJC
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LIM
28h 23m
3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:04 am - 9:47 am
LIM
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SJC
29h 43m
2 stops
$856Multiple Airlines
Sat, Aug 29 - Wed, Sep 16
Delta Logo
2:20 pm - 6:59 pm
SJC
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UIO
26h 39m
2 stops
Delta Logo
12:59 am - 11:36 am
UIO
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SJC
12h 37m
1 stop
$858Delta
Sat, Aug 29 - Wed, Sep 16
Delta Logo
12:46 pm - 6:59 pm
SJC
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UIO
28h 13m
1 stop
Delta Logo
12:59 am - 6:57 pm
UIO
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SJC
19h 58m
1 stop
$860Delta
Tue, Aug 11 - Tue, Aug 25
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:10 pm
SJC
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UIO
13h 10m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
11:56 pm - 6:33 pm
UIO
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SJC
20h 37m
2 stops
$887American Airlines
Fri, Oct 9 - Thu, Oct 29
LATAM Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 6:59 pm
SJC
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UIO
33h 44m
1 stop
LATAM Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 6:52 pm
UIO
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SJC
20h 57m
1 stop
$892LATAM Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to South America flights

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What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to South America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to South America, 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 South America is July, when tickets cost $513 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $974 and $854 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$345
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 25% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking South America flights

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Jose to South America 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 South America?

    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 from San Jose to South America with an airline and back with another airline.

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

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

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from San Jose to South America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Jose to South America? 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.
7.8
DeltaOverall score based on 8452 reviews
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.8Entertainment
7.2Food
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

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

8.0 ExcellentMark, Jun 2026
LAX - ORD
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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.

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

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.

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!

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

Honestly first time flying with delta and it was pretty good. All the process very smooth and crew was always nice and attentive.

Deleted flight made me loose my connection flight now stuck in Atlanta for a day

Apart of Sky miles delta. And they go everywhere in Brazil

We traveled with two young children, and it was not possible for our family to be seated together. No one offered help or assistance to organize seating so we could sit with our kids. In the end, we managed to find two seats in Economy so I could at least sit with one of them, even though I had originally paid for Comfort+. In summary, I had to downgrade my seat just to be able to sit with one of my children, which was very disappointing

I booked a flight through Kayak to Brazil I have traveled to Brazil several times before Kayak Delta or LATAM never mentioned during the booking or in the pre flight process that the visa requirements to visit Brazil have changed earlier this year. I was unaware of this change and as such never got a visa and was unable to fly from JFK to Sao Paulo Add to this that Delta allowed me to fly from Boston to JFK which they should not have as I didn’t have a visa. It has been a terrible experience and a huge loss of money

Latam may be the worst airline in the world, far worse than even the lowest of low cost airlines in the USA. I wasted hours trying to PAY THEM TO CHECK A BAG! Then they misled me at the terminal, sent me through the wrong security line, the list goes on and on... Just absolutely terrible in every way. Avoid at all costs.

Routine and on time flight with pleasant stewards and decent food. Nice experience!

You delayed my trip three days for no reason other than your lack of preparedness, did not offer any compensation, including food or a bed. I couldn’t trust you so I moved up my return flight and lost another day at the end of my trip to hopefully make sure I make my next flight. I will never fly LATAM again. You have the worse accountability and reliability and clearly do not care that your clients have lives and what it cost to fly to another country.

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

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??

The gate experience at LAX was abysmal (same for the arrival experience two days prior). Despite the LAX -> SAT schedule of two flights daily, our departure gate was at a smaller hub that we had to be bussed to from Terminal 4. Fortunately, I arrived at LAX extra early and had time to spare, but if I had not known, I might have missed my flight. I looked at the LAX airport map in the AA app and there was no indication of the additional boarding process. Lastly the gate area we were bussed to was crowded with limited food and beverage options. On flight, the fight attendant was hospitable and attentive, the flight was smooth, and AA's free (and working) wifi for AA members were all on the positive side.

Our flight from JFK to Madrid was delayed. We had to go from one side of the Madrid airport (Terminal 4s to the far end of terminal 4 - Gate K98) to our gate in less than 30 minutes. Put passport control and security/baggage check and that’s very hard unless you’re Usain Bolt. I called Iberia Airlines and the telephone customer service told me that I was going to have to pay to re-book. Luckily the help desk in the airport (who was dealing with dozens of people from the same JFK-Madrid flight) did not charge us extra to reschedule to a flight 8 hours later. They also gave us a voucher for breakfast and lunch. Glad the actual person at the airport had some actual sense.

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.

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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