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$100 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to Tampa

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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

Sun, Jun 29 - Fri, Jul 4
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7:00 pm - 6:30 amSJC-TPA
8h 30m1 stop
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7:30 am - 1:23 pmTPA-SJC
8h 53m1 stop
$200Frontier
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Thu, Jul 10 - Thu, Jul 17
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7:00 pm - 6:35 amSJC-TPA
8h 35m1 stop
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6:43 am - 10:36 amTPA-SJC
6h 53m1 stop
Tue, Jul 22 - Thu, Jul 24
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:22 pm - 5:38 amSJC-TPA
10h 16m1 stop
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6:43 am - 10:36 amTPA-SJC
6h 53m1 stop
$215Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 6 - Mon, Aug 11
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4:22 pm - 5:38 amSJC-TPA
10h 16m1 stop
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6:43 am - 10:36 amTPA-SJC
6h 53m1 stop
$217Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Jul 1 - Sat, Jul 5
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 4:14 pmSJC-TPA
7h 14m1 stop
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6:04 pm - 10:59 pmTPA-SJC
7h 55m1 stop
$233American Airlines
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Sat, Nov 8 - Wed, Nov 12
American Airlines Logo
5:57 am - 3:49 pmSJC-TPA
6h 52m1 stop
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7:24 am - 11:50 amTPA-SJC
7h 26m1 stop
$251American Airlines
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Fri, Jul 18 - Thu, Jul 24
Delta Logo
4:59 pm - 5:55 amSJC-TPA
9h 56m1 stop
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1:45 pm - 9:46 pmTPA-SJC
11h 01m1 stop
$295Delta
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Sat, Jun 28 - Fri, Jul 4
Delta Logo
4:59 pm - 6:00 amSJC-TPA
10h 01m1 stop
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6:00 pm - 10:31 pmTPA-SJC
7h 31m1 stop
$349Delta
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Thu, Nov 20 - Sun, Nov 23
Southwest Logo
8:45 am - 10:55 pmSJC-TPA
11h 10m1 stop
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4:20 pm - 10:35 pmTPA-SJC
9h 15m1 stop
$432Southwest
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Thu, Nov 20 - Sun, Nov 23
Southwest Logo
7:30 am - 10:55 pmSJC-TPA
12h 25m2 stops
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4:20 pm - 10:35 pmTPA-SJC
9h 15m1 stop
$438Southwest
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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 $279 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $477 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. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonMarch
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$100
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 25% 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 $100 for a one-way ticket and $200 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?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, 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, Delta or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Jose to Tampa are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $358 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $486 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 4278 reviews
7.1Food
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.6Entertainment
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Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

10.0 ExcellentMichael, Jun 2025SMF - SEA
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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.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Excellent! Only question is how we check in at exactly 24 hours in advance and end up at the end of the B boarding group

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

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.

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

I am very bothered by the events today. I can't believe the flight attendants allowed someone to take my seat and made me move. It was embarrassing. I was in the right. The lady just didn't want move. I can't believe delta would allow this to stand and disrespect my rights as a passenger. The lady complained about her leg and that she couldn't move. Firstly somehow she was able to make it to row 24. Not sure how much her leg could have hurt. Secondly, I'm in plenty of pain myself. I just finished chemotherapy a several weeks ago. My body is constantly sore. Yet deltas flight attendants didn't appropriately protect my rights. In the end they found me a seat on the plane but I want to understand how delta can operate this way. They in essence allowed a bully to get their way.

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

Crew was friendly Love the entertainment in the seat head rest.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

Other then mechanical/ computer problem and 3.5 hours flight delay the flight was great. I guess that what happened when you fly an old airplane now a day.

it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

I was supposed to be on business class at first class from Denver back to Miami due to weather changes. I missed my connection and it’s put on a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of honoring my business class/1st class ticket, they put me in coach, but there were two first class seats open. I think it’s absolutely disgusting that I paid for first class $1300 ticket and they put me in economy and they had to open seats available and I have still not been refunded the difference. I ended up having to eat a snack box instead of the meal I was supposed to get and did not get home till 2 AM so I think that’s a little pathetic that I had to live off crackers for dinner And my poor dog ate some cheese and salami. Oh yes, apparently when they switched me to the new flight they forgot to mention I had a service dog

Smooth flight, especially take off and landing, and great crew on board. Really loved the stroopwaffles!

Boarding seemed to be organized bedlam. For what ever reason, preboarding took longer than 20 minutes. Made the plane 20 minutes late taking off. Luckily we arrived on time. Flight crew seemed very friendly. Only slight turbulence.

The personnel were professional and friendly. The Boeing 737 Max 9 is too claustrophobic and was very warm at both airport gates, and still warm in the air.

While the staff was pleasant and helpful, the following observations are for your awareness. There was some delay on the tarmac on take off and landing. The paid lunch/food offerings were limited. Entertainment was only available on WiFi at a cost.

get E+, a must for 5 hours flight if you are tall

The first flight was better in terms of the aircraft.

Stewardess spilled orange juice on my clothes/seat no help no apology just threw napkins at me to clean the mess up. Not Happy.

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

Crew was late. Baggage was late. 2hs inside the plane waiting fro de-icing and traffic. A 3:30hs flight ended up being almost 6hs inside the airplane.

Checking in at the counter was very disappointing. The lady had a very bad attitude and smart at me. She had no smile, did not greet me by name, or acknowledge me as a valued customer. Poor reflection of the airline.

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.

My experience with spirit was terrible. Customer service was terrible. Flight got canceled abruptly with no accommodations made for the inconvenience or any sort of help. I was unable to rebook a new flight.

The flight attendant spilled ice all down my leg and all over my suede boots and didn’t even apologize or anything. They just gave me a look like “what?!” Incredibly rude and dismissive. I saw them roll their eyes at other guests and even once yell at a lady with a baby.

It’s what we expected from Spirit..reasonable cost, good for a 2-3 hour flight. Disappointed that we had a 2 hour delay in departure from DFW for a maintenance issue, but the pilot handled it well once we were outbound on a different Airbus.

My experience was okay. The flight did not offer even water without a fee. Also had to pay extra for my carry on, as I was told I had to check my bag, even though it said I had the option to carry on a bag when booking. This costed me an extra $100. Would likely not fly with Spirit again.

The flight was rescheduled several times without a reason for the schedule changes. I had to be in New Orleans at a certain time and it was just easier to drive at a certain point. I don’t know if the flight ever left. This is my first experience with Spirit Airlines and is also the last.

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