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Cheap Flights from San Jose to Tampa (SJC-TPA)

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

lör, sep 13 - lör, sep 20
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6:00 am - 4:49 pmSJC-TPA
7h 49m1 stop
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5:44 pm - 12:24 amTPA-SJC
9h 40m1 stop
$180Spirit Airlines
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lör, sep 6 - lör, sep 13
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6:35 am - 4:49 pmSJC-TPA
7h 14m1 stop
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7:20 am - 8:00 pmTPA-SJC
15h 40m1 stop
$181Spirit Airlines
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lör, sep 13 - lör, sep 20
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6:00 am - 4:49 pmSJC-TPA
7h 49m1 stop
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8:14 am - 12:24 amTPA-SJC
19h 10m2 stops
$198Spirit Airlines
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lör, sep 6 - lör, sep 13
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:35 am - 4:49 pmSJC-TPA
7h 14m1 stop
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8:14 am - 8:00 pmTPA-SJC
14h 46m2 stops
$200Spirit Airlines
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lör, sep 13 - lör, sep 20
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 8:24 pmSJC-TPA
11h 24m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
11:14 am - 6:35 pmTPA-SJC
10h 21m2 stops
$259American Airlines
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tors, sep 11 - lör, sep 13
American Airlines Logo
7:10 pm - 8:12 amSJC-TPA
10h 02m2 stops
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11:14 am - 6:35 pmTPA-SJC
10h 21m2 stops
$278American Airlines
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mån, aug 18 - tors, aug 28
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6:00 am - 4:39 pmSJC-TPA
7h 39m1 stop
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6:37 am - 11:26 amTPA-SJC
7h 49m1 stop
ons, aug 27 - ons, sep 3
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:00 am - 10:59 pmSJC-TPA
8h 59m1 stop
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8:05 am - 8:29 pmTPA-SJC
15h 24m1 stop
$286Alaska Airlines
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ons, aug 27 - ons, sep 3
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:00 am - 10:59 pmSJC-TPA
8h 59m1 stop
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8:05 am - 10:59 pmTPA-SJC
17h 54m2 stops
$289Alaska Airlines
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ons, aug 13 - lör, aug 16
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4:41 pm - 11:53 amSJC-TPA
16h 12m2 stops
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3:15 pm - 11:22 amTPA-SJC
23h 07m1 stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Tampa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Jose to Tampa 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 Tampa?

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

For San Jose to Tampa, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Tampa back to San Jose, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to Tampa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to Tampa, 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 Tampa is August, where tickets cost $280 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $476 and $437 respectively.

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

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 Tampa, 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 Tampa, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 48% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$110
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 26% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Jose to Tampa

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Jose to Tampa based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Jose to Tampa

  • How early should I get to SJC on my travel date?

    Arrive at SJC at least 2 hours prior to your flight. This will ensure you complete the required check-in and security procedures in time for your flight. It will also give you time to visit the numerous attractions present at the airport.

  • Where should I park my car at SJC?

    You can park your car at one of the on-site or off-site garages that serve the airport. It’s in your best interest to leave your car in one of the off-site garages, given that they offer their parking spots at more affordable rates than their on-site counterparts.

  • Can I rent a car at TPA?

    If you want to rent a car at TPA, head to the airport’s rental car center, accessible from the Main Terminal via the SkyConnect train. At this center, you’ll find counters for Avis, Dollar, Budget, Enterprise, and National.

  • Does TPA have an on-site hotel?

    TPA does have a hotel within its grounds, the Marriott Tampa Airport. It is in the airport’s Main Terminal and accessible from the Transfer Level.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Jose to Tampa?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Jose to Tampa was $110 for a one-way ticket and $180 for a round-trip.

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

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

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Jose to Tampa?

    On your way to Tampa, you’ll fly out from San Jose. You’ll be landing at Tampa.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Jose to Tampa?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Jose to Tampa, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Tampa are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $480 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $357 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 Tampa.

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

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

    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 Tampa with an airline and back to San Jose with another airline. Booking your flights between San Jose and TPA 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 Tampa?

    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 Tampa 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 Tampa

  • San Jose International Airport (SJC) is the departure airport. This airport, situated approximately 3 miles northwest of downtown San Jose, is a hub for Reno Airlines and Wing West Airlines. It also serves as a focus city for Alaska Airlines. Tampa International Airport (TPA) is the arrival airport, situated 6 miles west of downtown Tampa. It is a hub for Southwest Airlines, Silver Airways, Air Florida, and Continental Connection.
  • At SJC, you can comfortably wait for your flight at one of the two locations operated by The Club at SJC. One is on the 3rd Level of Terminal A, across from gate A15, while the other is on the Main Level Concourse, a short distance from gate 8. The lounges feature comfortable seats, various entertainment sources, and a wide range of snacks and beverages.
  • If you’d like to breastfeed your baby at SJC, you can do so at the clean, comfortable, and well-equipped nursing rooms spread across the airport. The nursing rooms, equipped with comfortable seating, working power outlets, and deep sinks, are near gate 8 in Terminal A, and gates 26, 24, 21, and 18 in Terminal B.
  • All the air travel companies that offer flights from SJC to TPA offer assisted travel services, provided the special needs travelers inform them of their needs well in advance. This being the case, if you require assisted travel services, you should inform the airline when booking your flight or at least 48 hours before the flight.
  • Traveler’s Aid is a non-profit firm that offers general emergency services such as emergency housing, emergency transportation, and wiring money assistance to distressed passengers. Hence, if you need some emergency assistance at TPA, it’s in your best interest to visit its office on Level 3 of the Main Terminal. It’s worth noting that from Monday to Wednesday, its office is open from 9 am to 7 pm. Through the rest of the week, it’s open from 9 am to 4 pm.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to Tampa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Jose to Tampa. 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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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4246 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.6Crew
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The quality of Southwest Airlines continues to degrade each time I fly with them. If it were not for the free luggage, I would probably choose another airline. Their prices are a little bit competitive, but way too high for the quality of the service. Southwest is not unique in this way. Domestic flight in the United States of America has continued to be a lower and lower quality product. Very sad when you compare the quality of domestic airlines to that of many international airlines around the world.

6.0 GoodDavid, Jul 2025BWI - RSW
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The quality of Southwest Airlines continues to degrade each time I fly with them. If it were not for the free luggage, I would probably choose another airline. Their prices are a little bit competitive, but way too high for the quality of the service. Southwest is not unique in this way. Domestic flight in the United States of America has continued to be a lower and lower quality product. Very sad when you compare the quality of domestic airlines to that of many international airlines around the world.

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.

I'm not a fan of Southwest's model. I don't like the herding style of boarding.

It is southwest seat was ok. Not the most comfortable seat

Plz don't take away free bags and free seating

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

this crew didn't care much. bumping carts into seats more times than i care to remember

Everything was fine except the entertainment was not working for half of the flight.

Easy boarding with an extremely kind attendant. Seats were spacious and we had 3 seats for 2 people so we could stretch out. Comfortable air flow and very attentive and hospital attendants. Bathrooms and food were the only negative. Bathrooms were so small you could hardly get in and close the door. I don’t think an obese person would fit or a person with a movement disability. Food was the trending food for flights, nonexistent. We spent $40 getting sandwich and snack at airport for our 6 hour flught.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

There was a security issue at the airport and we were unable to land. We circled endlessly and then landed at another airfield for fuel. We then circled the airport again, almost landed but didn’t fully touch down before circling again. I am thankful to the crew for keeping us safe- the issue was the airline and staff at the airport getting us seats on our connecting flights. That part was hours of searching for someone and getting in double my steps.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

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.

I liked the choice of lemon ginger tea. I think stewardesses can be more considerate of older people needs.

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

I love flying with United. Unfortunately, I flew on an older plane with minimal upgraded technology (no Bluetooth functionality or handy charging ports). Otherwise, the flight was great and even arrived early.

They changed my seats after I checked in and I was stressed from the time I saw that information until just before boarding, when the gate attendant fixed it, but it shouldn't have happened. And if it couldn't be prevented, then the people on the phone I spoke with should have done something to help, which they did not, nor did they offer me compensation, just meaningless apologies.

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.

Flight delays numerous times. Everytime we would get close to boarding it would be delayed again. Strung along the entire time.

This flight never occurred because AA couldn’t get their act together.

During service there was a garbage/beverage spill near our seats that never was cleaned up. On a relatively short flight when we’re fortunate enough to actually have in flight movies available, the flight attendants pitching the AADVANTAGE credit card shouldn’t talk for the last 10 minutes of the flight so that we miss the end of the movie.

Waited on the runway for takeoff for 2.5 hours. Air traffic rerouted us. The plane didn't have enough fuel, so had to go back to the gate. Had to wait for a new pilot. Should have landed at 5:22. Didn't land until 9:10. Trash flight.

The boarding was pretty easy. However, the first class seats are not lay flat as other airlines (like JetBlue) has and therefore sleeping was a challenge.

Everything about the flight was lovely…We left early, arrived early, cabin crew were efficient and helpful. Flight was easy and most pleasant.

Would have thought that they would gas up plane before everyone got on board

Fine. On time, cabin service was fine, bag arrived. All good. Flying into DCA so did not collide with any helicopters, which is also good. Horrid incident that could have and should have been prevented.

Standard. No different than a discount carrier on a short trip.

The flights were terribly delayed and then cancelled which forced us booking another night at the hotel. Very poor management from American Airlines

The staff was very sarcastic, the flight was delayed. There was no wi-fi o any type of entertainment. The plane was dirty and we have to wait a long time for the luggage to come out.

Booked through kayak, everything seemed normal but when it came time to go, my flight ticket didn’t exist, so I had to purchase another set of tickets at the airport the day of the flight, for about double. When I reached kayaks customer service, they claimed no responsibility, and pushed me onto another 3rd party booking service, airfare assist, where I have had no luck getting any kind of help or refund. I’ve used kayak many times, but I’ll never again after I’ve been burned by this.

The air fares are good, Charging me for every single thing 😩

I am very happy with my experience with Spirit Airlines. Both flights were on time. Boarding was very pleasant. Crew was very nice. Flights were amazing and we even arrived earlier than the schedule time. I am hoping Spirits keeps on having non stop flight from Ft Lauderdale to Hartford for many years to come.

you guys canceled my flight last minute and lost my luggage.

Didn't like size of seats. Found charges for checked luggage and carry on too high

Great! We boarded on time! Everything went so smoothly! The flight was so smooth

Prepaid for 1 bag but my prior airline did not provide it to me in time to check it with Spirit and I could not get my $75 refunded.

Plane delayed which seems to be the norm with spirt. Everything is an up charge. I had to pay an additional fee because I was late getting back to my car. Will never fly spirit again

It was horrible. We were not allowed on the flight by spirit staff at the gate during boarding because I had a guitar. The same guitar I had at check in which I paid for and they said I can take it on the plane. We missed our flight, lost our luggage, and had to pay another $900 to rebook flights. Worst travel experience ever and spirit staff are the worst staff ever.

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