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$1,264 Find cheap flights to Costa Rica

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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

San José
San José2 stops$2,025
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$2,080

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Low season

August

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$1,264
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 20% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (11% more expensive on average)
Flight from Brisbane to Liberia

FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

  • How long is the flight to Costa Rica?

    An average direct flight from Australia to Costa Rica takes 35h 30m, covering a distance of 23267 km. The most popular route is Sydney - San José with an average flight time of 23h 47m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Costa Rica?

    The cheapest ticket to Costa Rica from Australia found in the last 72 hours was $1,848. The most popular route is from Sydney to San José and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,848.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Costa Rica?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is San José (72% of total searches to Costa Rica). The next most popular destination is Liberia (28%).

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top 3 airlines flying to Costa Rica

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Australia to Costa Rica? 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 2069 reviews
6.7Food
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.3Comfort
7.6Boarding
Airline reviews

Check-in was a total disaster, almos a full hour in the line

6.0 GoodMatias, July 2024GRU - MIA
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Check-in was a total disaster, almos a full hour in the line

On time. At least they offer a drink and a small snack. Plane was clean

For bus boarding, group 1 should have been sent on a separate bus ahead of the general boarding. It would have been nice.

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.

I do not speak Spanish or read in Spanish When asking for help, people were hard to find they spoke quickly and pointed a lot directions for where to go and what to do we’re unclear. Which made my traveling uneasy.

I do not read or speak in Spanish. Only English. When asking for help, the people spoke quickly in English and pointed a lot. I wish they would’ve spoken a little slower for me to understand. There was much confusion and hurried in their message and I was unclear as to where to go

Everything was as you would expect in coach - fine. Flight was close to on time.

Everthing ok , crew very nice but but we had a bad experience with the wheel chair we had to wait too much for the chair, my husband couldn’t walk and he was in lot of pain , LATAM has to take care of that

Not very good, they nickel & dime you for better seats & pay extra for the checking in bag, bad service all the way around

Terrible They charged me 157$ for excess baggage even though my bags were within the normally accepted limits Flight was late. Service was poor. The snacks were really bad

Flight departed owing to SFO TSA delays as well as incoming flight running late I know these delays are commonplace but when you’re flying long haul international the least that could be done is priority being given to customers in this situation I raced to the gate the plane was still there but NO UNITED AIRLINES STAFF in the surrounding area could seemingly provide effective support This coloured my view of flying with UA The actual flights were good

Slight delay but not bad. UA app worked well! Got regular updates of gate changes, etc. Don't have any complaints.

The flight was excellent. The crew was great. The food offerings were very good.

Onboarding process was great and efficient. Plane was very new and entertainment choices were great. The only complain is no meal despite it was a flight that is longer than 6 hours.

I was refused to used the toilet closes to my seat and had to go to the back of the plane .. it was difficult for me I’m a wheelchair customer

Every Single leg of our trip was delayed signifigantly... including a new flight we had to take because we missed our connection flight due to delays.

United cancelled the flight after a 2 hour delay. The only choice was a 24 hour delay which was then 3 hours delayed.

-The cabin was ice cold - When we arrived in Houston there was no gate available -We had to wait 90 minutes for our luggage to arrive.. In the future I will avoid flying with Air Canada at at costs

Crew seemed annoyed by the fact we were there. Very unpleasant

Original plane sidelined. Had to wait an hour for replacement.

First time flying internationally with AA and probably my last. Not military friendly at all. Didn't allow free checked bag for military family members (dependents) on orders like other airlines. We were charged $100 for baggage weight overage (5 lbs!)even though we had military orders allowing us extra.. Didn’t allow military members to board early. Inefficient and long wait time to board. Seats are smaller and more uncomfortable than other airlines.. no drink service for over 7 hrs of flight! After initial meal was served, the crew never offered a snack or drinks until the breakfast's was served 1 1/2 hrs before landing. Overall expensive and poor experience for the entire flight.

Do not rebook people without asking .. threw the whole return trip off

Great flight. The captain did a great job of minimizing some minor turbulence and in general it was a smooth flight. Early departure and early arrival at destination. Great service.

It’s good for travelling but the connection flying it’s to bad!! Because The Times connection it’s too short. You have a checking point, before control after checking for departure again 1 hours 30 minutes for all and you need your connection for anything.

Delayed almost 4 hours for a 45 minute flight with no explanation.

This flight is frequently delayed. The connections seemingly are more frequently delayed. I’ve missed connections as a result twice on the same route to charlotte then Charleston. Final destination arrival has been the next day, twice in a row. No pilots, no crew. Too many excuses. Unfortunately, my days with American are over.

It was a good flight. Of course it was full, but it went well.

The flight crew was really wonderful, incredibly helpful as well as patient. I was able to watch entertainment on my phone but didn't have access to my headphones and I didn't want to bother the flight attendants. The food wasn't an issue for me because I am a vegan and brought my own food on board. The flight left on time and arrived ahead of schedule. It was overall a good flight.

My baggage went to Dallas and not to Philadelphia. Do I need to add anything else?

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 return flight deals

7/11Thu
2 stops
26h 40mSYD-SJO
10/11Sun
2 stops
33h 00mSJO-SYD
$2,025
5/11Tue
2 stops
33h 25mSYD-SJO
11/11Mon
2 stops
33h 00mSJO-SYD
$2,027
23/10Wed
2 stops
52h 12mMEL-SJO
6/11Wed
2 stops
49h 38mSJO-MEL
$2,061
1/11Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
42h 35mSYD-SJO
16/11Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
49h 10mSJO-SYD
$2,217
15/11Fri
2 stopsAir Canada
43h 00mBNE-LIR
23/11Sat
2 stopsAir Canada
49h 10mLIR-BNE
$2,334
8/11Fri
2 stopsAir Canada
43h 00mBNE-LIR
23/11Sat
2 stopsAir Canada
49h 10mLIR-BNE
$2,374
3/11Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
42h 29mSYD-SJO
15/11Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
33h 00mSJO-SYD
$2,556
5/11Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
25h 49mSYD-SJO
12/11Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
31h 30mSJO-SYD
$2,802
1/11Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
24h 49mSYD-SJO
16/11Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
33h 25mSJO-SYD
$2,814
14/12Sat
3 stopsLATAM Airlines
45h 00mSYD-SJO
15/1Wed
3 stopsLATAM Airlines
47h 25mSJO-SYD
$4,118

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14/11Thu
2 stops
47h 45mBNE-LIR
$1,264
15/11Fri
2 stops
41h 52mBNE-LIR
$1,402
8/11Fri
2 stops
47h 10mBNE-LIR
$1,425
20/1Mon
3 stops
53h 20mSYD-SJO
$1,431
14/11Thu
2 stopsAir Canada
50h 40mBNE-SJO
$1,599
14/11Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
20h 40mBNE-SJO
$1,724
15/11Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
44h 10mBNE-SJO
$1,729
1/2Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
36h 05mSYD-SJO
$2,222
20/10Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
50h 07mSYD-SJO
$2,231
20/1Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
28h 04mSYD-SJO
$2,322

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9/9Mon
multi-stop
49h 52mSYD-SJO
16/9Mon
multi-stop
29h 32mSJO-SYD
$2,727
9/9Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
37h 30mSYD-SJO
16/9Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
25h 10mSJO-SYD
$3,359
9/9Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
37h 05mSYD-SJO
16/9Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
25h 10mSJO-SYD
$3,366
9/9Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
37h 30mSYD-SJO
16/9Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
24h 20mSJO-SYD
$4,085
9/9Mon
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
44h 05mSYD-SJO
16/9Mon
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
32h 55mSJO-SYD
$4,249

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