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Wed, Oct 7 - Wed, Oct 14
Copa Airlines Logo
6:13 pm - 7:10 amFLL  Fort Lauderdale-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
14h 57m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
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8:45 am - 4:15 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-FLL Fort Lauderdale
5h 30m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
$337Copa Airlines
Mon, Sep 28 - Sun, Nov 1
JetBlue Logo
11:00 am - 11:56 amFLL  Fort Lauderdale-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
2h 56mnonstop
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3:05 pm - 7:05 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-FLL Fort Lauderdale
3h 00mnonstop
$339JetBlue
Wed, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 23
Copa Airlines Logo
6:13 pm - 7:10 amFLL  Fort Lauderdale-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
14h 57m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
Copa Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 4:15 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-FLL Fort Lauderdale
5h 30m1 stop Panama City Tocumen Intl
$342Copa Airlines
Tue, Dec 1 - Wed, Dec 9
JetBlue Logo
9:50 am - 11:46 amFLL  Fort Lauderdale-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
2h 56mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
3:05 pm - 7:03 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-FLL Fort Lauderdale
2h 58mnonstop
$343JetBlue
Tue, Oct 6 - Sat, Oct 10
Breeze Airways Logo
8:40 am - 7:55 amFLL  Fort Lauderdale-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
25h 15m1 stop Tampa
Breeze Airways Logo
8:55 am - 11:54 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-FLL Fort Lauderdale
12h 59m1 stop Tampa
$345Breeze Airways
Tue, Oct 27 - Thu, Nov 12
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:40 am - 7:55 amFLL  Fort Lauderdale-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
25h 15m1 stop Tampa
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:05 pm - 7:05 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-FLL Fort Lauderdale
3h 00mnonstop
$346Multiple Airlines
Thu, Sep 24 - Sun, Sep 27
Avianca Logo
2:15 pm - 3:05 pmMIA  Miami-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
2h 50mnonstop
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7:45 am - 12:40 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-MIA Miami
2h 55mnonstop
$362Avianca
Thu, Sep 17 - Mon, Sep 21
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2:15 pm - 3:05 pmMIA  Miami-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
2h 50mnonstop
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7:45 am - 12:40 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-MIA Miami
2h 55mnonstop
$362Avianca
Sat, Oct 31 - Sat, Nov 7
United Airlines Logo
8:59 am - 12:00 pmIAD  Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
5h 01mnonstop
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2:15 pm - 7:59 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-IAD Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
4h 44mnonstop
$364United Airlines
Sat, Oct 31 - Sat, Nov 7
United Airlines Logo
10:00 am - 9:00 pmIAD  Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl-SJO San José Juan Santamaria Intl
13h 00m1 stop Denver Intl
United Airlines Logo
2:15 pm - 7:59 pmSJO  San José Juan Santamaria Intl-IAD Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
4h 44mnonstop
$368United Airlines
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$124
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 19% increase in price.
Flight from Dallas to San José

FAQs - booking Alajuela flights

  • How long is the flight to Alajuela?

    Flights from New York7h 34m
    Flights from San Francisco6h 24m
    Flights from Newark Airport5h 14m
    Flights from Miami2h 50m
    Flights from Los Angeles5h 40m
  • What is the cheapest flight to San José?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to San José was found on the route from Dallas, at $337 return. The most popular connection is from New York to San José and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $378 in the last 5 days.

  • Which airlines fly to San José?

    Many airlines fly to San José, the most common ones being United Airlines, American Airlines, and JetBlue. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to San José.

  • How to fly to Alajuela?

    You cannot fly directly to Alajuela. KAYAK recommends you fly to San José Juan Santamaria Intl (SJO) (1.56 miles from Alajuela). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.

  • What airports are near Alajuela?

    The closest airport is San José Juan Santamaria Intl (SJO) (1.56 mi). Other nearby airports are Quepos (XQP) (39.96 mi), La Fortuna (FON) (40.02 mi) or San Isidro del General (IPZ) (57.27 mi). KAYAK recommends you fly to San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

  • How far is San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport from central San José?

    Central San José is 9 miles away from San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport.

  • What is the name of San José’s airport?

    San José is served by San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport, also commonly referred to as Juan Santamaria, Juan Santamaria Intl, Juan Santamaria Intl Airport, or San Jose Juan Santamaria. The airport code is SJO.

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Alajuela?

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Alajuela

  • There is no major airport in Alajuela. It is instead served by San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to Alajuela? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Alajuela for the following prices or less: From Fort Lauderdale $334, from Miami $432, from Los Angeles $608
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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Alajuela

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Alajuela? 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1555 reviews
6.8Entertainment
7.4Comfort
7.8Boarding
6.9Food
8.1Crew
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We where skipped for this flight will not head to Panama until tonight..

2.0 MediocreRussell, Jul 2026
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We where skipped for this flight will not head to Panama until tonight..

There should be a warning regarding the quality of the aircraft on the website as we reserve the tickets. There was no TV or any type of screen onboard. The wifi they offer is good for nothing. Traveling 9 hours straight with kids and no type of entetainment was horrible. I wish I had been informed prior so I could buy a ticket with another airline. The food was a joke too. A very tiny portion per passenger. They also charged $100 per checked bag. With United I used to pay $60. So, fair to say that I wont be flying Copa anymore. Their aircraft was super old, outdated, no entertainment, with nearly no onboard food.

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

I liked the meatloaf the chicken was awful but the plane was on time and got there and the staff was nice.

Boarding was quick & efficient; they gave boarding groups due priority; staff & air crew were very cordial and helpful, pleasant flight.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

Did upgrade, travel in business it was great (more room I could sleep)

Placed us in the last rear row of the plane so could not recline seats because of the rear wall, and also made it more of a tight space when the passenger in front reclined their seat. While understand seat assignments, every passenger should be afforded a reclining seat. The odor control scent from the restrooms was overwhelming strong. My wife and I could not deal with it, and she suffered a terrible headache as a result. I kept getting hit by the crew since I was on the ilse seat. No apologies, nothing. They made me feel like I was supposed to take the beating for a 3 hr flight.

There was no individual at the front check in when I arrived. I waited for at least 15 minutes and walked around asking security/janitors if they could help and they did not have a solution. So I had to take my checked bag through security and they threw away some of my items. I ended up making it to the gate only a few minutes before it closed due to my waiting for an agent at check in.

Check in person said there would be lunch. We were first class passengers and lunch was chips.

Flight did not have wifi service. It was experiencing technical difficulties. Definitely and old plane that needs updating.

Very Poor. Significant delays getting to Chicago and then very poor communication on delays in Chicago to Cleveland. We could have rented a car and driven there faster than the delays ended up being.

A little more friendliness from that crew of the day.

The app logs you out right when you are boarding requiring all passwords and reservation number for the flight. Super annoying

The pre-order only approach for fresh food is really challenging

This flight has a history of leaving late, however, I was pleasantly surprised that it was not delayed this day. The flight went smooth, except I was in a window seat and the wall and my feet were freezing. I found it difficult to sleep due to being so cold, I also was using 2 provided UAL blankets and could not get my feet warm. This was annoying, but I still made it there on time and safe.

Staff didn't seem confident about the ingredients in my lactose intolerance meal

the seat has a problem. the back had a hole.

My experience on this United Airlines flight was highly uncomfortable, primarily due to two issues: Cabin Temperature: The temperature on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was unacceptably high, feeling consistently around 80 degrees throughout the flight. This made sleeping impossible and significantly detracted from the experience. Seating Arrangement: Being stuck in a middle seat for a six-and-a-half-hour overnight flight compounded the discomfort. Moving forward, I will always purchase a seat assignment to avoid this situation.

I had very little time to change planes originally in Denver after my flight from Omaha. I had an hour and a half layover in Denver originally and my flight leaving Omaha was delayed an hour because they had to change a tire, which I can understand. When I reached Denver my other flight was late, fortunately, but I still had only 10 minutes to run about a mile through the airport to get to my flight. Again, fortunately, I am a healthy 71-year-old and was able to accomplish this feat. However, the stress was more than necessary to bear.

There was no service on the flight even though there was no turbulence or any other issues on the flight. Nobody greeted at the entry or leaving the airplane, staff crew looked annoyed and not helpful at all.

mechanical problem delayed more than 2 hours on the run way.

I paid extra for a seat up front and at last minute was moved to the 2nd to last row - which I could have had for free. No reason and no refund. Really great customer service American

You guys broke my bag so not good, and that was the cherry on top after a 4 hour delay, change of gates, etc.

I have to sit in the middle for more than five hours because the first flight was delayed. Terrible experience. No more American Airlines.

The first flight was delayed by an hour and a half, so we missed the second flight. They rebooked us on the later flight and I have to sit in the middle for more than 5 hours. Terrible experience. No more American Airlines.

I paid extra for what I thought was leg room and it certainly was not. I had a very cramped experience on my flight from Dallas to Detroit and it was the section right behind first class section. I did however have an amazing flight from Atlanta to Dallas on the initial outbound flight.

The boarding process was slow and we had a delay on the tarmac, not the fault of the airline. They had ZERO food options available for purchase which shouldn't happen.

Once again the staff of American Airlines is kind, helpful, efficient, and professional.

A much better flight than our previous. The flight attendant took care of us and regularly checked in to see if we needed anything. Brought us drinks prior to the departure and then a couple more times. Totally makes the difference in how you travel when the crew is checking on their passengers. Great job on this leg of our trip.

My screen didn’t work, my seat didn’t recline, the flight attendant was rude and completely dismissive, the airplane was freezing, the seats are way old, slanted and uncomfortable. I payed for a full ticket and got a horrific experience, with a flight attendant who dismissed me even though I was calm respectful and polite.

Very poor help no one answering a question regarding seating. Very rude staff. They don’t care, as if it’s not part of their job. Flight was delayed for no good reason and no apologies given.

It was my worse flying experience. It was my first time and last time flying with Jet Blue.

The wifi didn't work and I needed to do some work. This was a business trip.

It was my first time in Jetblue flight in 10+ years(?) and the experience was horrible. You were better before. There were ATC delays sitting/waiting in the tarmac for 2 hours, I understand that this isn't Jetblue's problem but how the matter was handled poorly is. Cabin was so warm and hot couldn't get it to cool down for the entire waiting period worse, even during cruise flight. Start, the passengers were spoken to and treated like a little children with no respect. Constant/multiple annoying tone/voice PA announcements of mentioning "... only big/large suitcases are for the bin and small ones need to be placed under the seat, etc,..." I see that flight was delayed and crew were trying to get the plane ready to board as soon as they can but the way they presented was lack of better word, condesending and scolding tone to cattle. It was definite unpleasant, unwelcoming flight experience I have ever had with Jetblue. Whatever happen to smiles and fun employees , pleasant/helpful gate agents, flight attendants, crews, where have they gone? It was dissapointing flight experience overall from everyone. Sorry for the direct transparency.

Flight was cancelled as JetBlue could not find a pilot. Communication was poor and they did nothing for stranded passengers. Flight they rebooked us on was 4 days out.

see my previous response about being kicked off the flight and having to fly the next day, ruining a planned vacation tour.

The flight departed more than 1 hour late. Leg room is bigger than most airlines

terrible. Because I felt very unwell during the flight. How do they leave a woman alone in the middle of 2 men? an obese man who was falling on top of me.

I booked this flight using JetBlue points and I was just so happy. The plane was so clean, I had every need met. Thank you!!

I like the attention you gave us in Guatemala due to the loss of the flight coming to El Salvador. It was a nice experience. Thanks a lot

We booked seats next to each other. When we got the boarding passes, they were for different rows. The crew were reluctant to help us, so we ended up sitting separately. 1. What’s the point of reserving by seat number if you’re not going to honor that reservation? 2. Even if it gets messed up between reservation and boarding, how is the crew going to deny us the opportunity to arrange to sit together. There were plenty of people flying alone. It could’ve been easily accommodated. Not very customer-friendly at all.

The seats were the worst I have ever flown Too narrow, did not recline and the actual seat was hard as a rock. I will tell all travelers to stay away from Avianca flights.

They should provide water to passengers who ask for it

The worst experience I've ever had because the "people" @ Avianca wouldn't let me fly because they said I needed a round trip ticket

Seating was tight. Seats don't recline. Initial flight was cancelled. Lost two days of vacation.

It was delayed and I lost my connection flight to Cali and I missed my Mom's funeral

I actually upgraded to the medium level of seats from basic and even doing that it may have been physically the most uncomfortable flight I have ever had. They packed everyone like is a train to death camp. It was a red eye so I hoped to get some sleep but it was physically impossible to find a comfortable way to rest. I met other folks on the same flight and they said the same thing. It was an utterly miserable flight and if I have any other options I will never fly with them again

Deplaning was a mess, I sat in business (seats are horrible) and the front door had a problem so we had to deplane from the rear exit. The stairs were not tall enough to reach so there was a large step down from the plane to the top of the stairs.

Voo longo nem mesmo água ou gelo é servido, se quiser tem que pagar. Embarque é péssimo, mau atendimento.

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