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Cheap flight deals to San José

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to San José 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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09:40 - 14:20BNE-SJO
20h 40m1 stop
15:35 - 06:15SJO-BNE
46h 40m2 stops
$2,393American Airlines
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Tue, 12 Nov - Wed, 20 Nov
09:40 - 14:20BNE-SJO
44h 40m1 stop
14:50 - 06:15SJO-BNE
47h 25m1 stop
$2,495American Airlines
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Tue, 12 Nov - Wed, 20 Nov
11:15 - 12:15SYD-SJO
42h 00m2 stops
15:24 - 09:00SJO-SYD
48h 36m2 stops
$2,545American Airlines
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Tue, 5 Nov - Tue, 19 Nov
11:50 - 14:20SYD-SJO
43h 30m1 stop
14:50 - 10:20SJO-SYD
26h 30m2 stops
$2,702American Airlines
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Tue, 5 Nov - Tue, 19 Nov
11:40 - 15:40SYD-SJO
69h 00m3 stops
17:00 - 17:40SJO-SYD
31h 40m2 stops
$3,002LATAM Airlines
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Tue, 5 Nov - Tue, 19 Nov
06:30 - 07:35BNE-SJO
41h 05m3 stops
05:10 - 08:40SJO-BNE
35h 30m3 stops
$3,153
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Tue, 12 Nov - Wed, 20 Nov
11:20 - 15:50SYD-SJO
45h 30m3 stops
05:10 - 09:35SJO-SYD
35h 25m3 stops
$3,433
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Tue, 5 Nov - Tue, 19 Nov
22:55 - 14:09PER-SJO
29h 14m2 stops
06:29 - 12:25SJO-PER
39h 56m2 stops
$3,731American Airlines
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Fri, 13 Dec - Sun, 5 Jan
22:00 - 13:50BNE-SJO
55h 50m2 stops
15:24 - 05:00SJO-BNE
69h 36m2 stops
$9,429Qantas Airways
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Fri, 1 Nov - Fri, 8 Nov
08:05 - 13:22BNE-SJO
21h 17m1 stop
15:24 - 05:00SJO-BNE
69h 36m2 stops
$9,436Qantas Airways
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Fri, 1 Nov - Fri, 8 Nov

Flights to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to San José to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to San José?

The average price of all flights to San José clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to San José is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as $2,841. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where prices are $3,276 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to San José?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to San José, 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 to San José is May, where tickets cost $2,719 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and June, where the average cost of tickets from Australia is $3,485 and $3,412 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is April with an average price of $2,717.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to San José?

The average price for all flights to San José depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to San José is generally in the morning, when flights cost $2,942 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San José is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $3,622.

How far in advance should I book a flight to San José?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to San José, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 29 days before departure.

Good to know

Low season

August

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$1,652
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 Melbourne to San José

When to book flights to San José

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to San José based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to San José based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking San José flights

  • Does San José Airport have any lounges?

    There are two pay-at-the-door lounges available for passengers departing from San José Airport. The Santa Maria VIP Lounge is close to Gate 5 and has a sports bar and newspapers and magazines for entertainment. In the VIP Lounge Costa Rica you can enjoy a sushi restaurant and conference facilities for an entry fee from ₡ 19.275 (A$ 49) for 3h.

  • How can I get to San José from the airport using public transport?

    There is a public bus connection from San José to various places in the city centre, and with tickets for about ₡ 567–1.134 (A$ 1.50–3.00) per ride, it is also the cheapest means to travel. To get to the bus, walk for about 5min from the terminal building to the stop. Buses depart frequently and it takes about 15–30min, depending on traffic, to reach the city centre.

  • Are there any hotels close to San José Airport?

    If you arrive late and need a room to stay for the night, there are various airport hotels to choose from. Big chains like Hilton and Holiday Inn Express have hotels just a few minutes on foot from the main terminal building. There are also hotel shuttles available.

  • Where can I find the car hire centre at San José Airport?

    A car hire gives you the most flexibility during your stay and you can choose from a range of car hire providers at San José Airport. Situated in the Arrivals Hall of the main passenger terminal, just after customs, you find companies like Budget, Economy, and Alamo, among many others.

  • Where are the stopovers on the flight to San José?

    Each airline has a different choice on where to have the stopover, so it depends on how many stops you have and which airline you are flying to San José with. United Airlines has most stopovers on this connection in Houston, and Delta stops at Los Angeles Airport (LAX).

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

    The city centre of San José is 14 km from San José.

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

    There is only 1 airport in San José, called San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport (SJO). It can also be referred to as Juan Santamaria, Juan Santamaria Intl, Juan Santamaria Intl Airport, or San Jose Juan Santamaria.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to San José?

    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 to San José.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to San José?

    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 San José 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 to San José?

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to San José?

    Of the 2 airlines that fly to San José, SANSA offers the most flights, with around 168 per week, followed by GetJet Airlines with 77 flights per week.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to San José

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest San José flight deals.
  • Although there are no direct flights from Australia to San José Juan International Airport (SJO), you can opt for flying with Delta or United Airlines for a one-stop flight. Delta flies with just one stopover from Sydney, Brisbane, or Melbourne for example, and United Airlines is also an option from Sydney.
  • While the city of San José is conveniently close to the airport with only 30min of driving, many tourists fly to the area for the nearby beaches and national parks. Coastal destinations like Playa Herdurra and Punta Arenas are about 1h 30min from the airport by car and the Irazu Volcano is about 2h by car from the airport.
  • If you feel hunger gnawing at your stomach upon arriving in San José Airport, there is a restaurant and cafeteria called Deli Malinche in the Arrivals Area, close to Gate 10. It has indoor and outdoor seating, sells bottled beverages as well as meals. It is open daily from 5:00 to 20:00. The Café Lavazza on the mezzanine level is open 24/7.
  • There is a 24h car park for both long- and short-term parking just in front of the main terminal building, spread over two levels. Rates lie at approximately ₡ 19.842 (A$ 52) per day and around ₡ 113.384 (A$ 294) per week.
  • Travellers who opt for continuing their journey by cab should note that the official taxis are orange and have a serial number and logo on the side. It is advised to only take these taxis, as they have regulated, metered fares. Nevertheless, ask the approximate price before going to your destination.
  • Travellers should note that San José Airport is a non-smoking airport and there are no smoking areas pre- or post-security. If you need a smoke upon arrival, wait until you have left the airport area to avoid any trouble.
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Prefer to fly direct to San José Juan Santamaria Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct to San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Australia to San José Juan Santamaria Intl

Monday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Tuesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Wednesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Thursday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Friday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

Saturday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Sunday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +23 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +24 more

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Direct returns

San José Juan Santamaria Intl to Australia

Monday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Tuesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Wednesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Thursday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Friday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

Saturday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +27 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +28 more

Sunday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +23 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +24 more

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Top 3 airlines flying to San José

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to San José. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Australia to San José. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to San José? 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 2068 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
6.7Food
7.6Boarding
Airline reviews

It was a short flight, sits uncomfortable No food was provided. Staff was lovely and kind .

8.0 ExcellentDina, Sept 2024MAD - VCE
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It was a short flight, sits uncomfortable No food was provided. Staff was lovely and kind .

It was a long and boring flight with no entertainment and no meal only a drink and very bad bag of chips

The crew was super friendly and respectful, they made me feel well all the fly , thanks delta

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

Just some cookies and water. There could be other options for food.

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

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.

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

It was confusing because I got a notification that my gate was changed when in reality it wasn’t

Flight was great Customer service was questionable until we found someone at checkin to help us. One young lady took all our passports disappeared for 15 minutes, came back with nothing done, handed to someone else and left for lunch. Very complacent. Baggage was very expensive until we went to the service counter and a separate person helped us. Even with platinum status they wouldn’t allow free bags. We will continue to fly Delta as our preferred carrier but will avoid checking in with Latam. Dr. Armand Radke

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

when you can say you don't remember being at any point upset during a flight, the airline is winning .

Pot and crew did a tremendous job landing in Savannah in the middle of the tropical storm. !!

See my previous comments. I was probably booked in business but was moved to economy

No entertainment system or wifi on a 12 hour flight. They failed to include GF meals And snacks as requested on my ticket so I had very little available to eat. Crew seemed indecisive.

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

United is my favorite and I always try to fly United. I feel like this crew didn’t mesh well together.

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

It was delayed several hours which delayed our connection in Denver. Not happy.

Seats were very uncomfortable. I paid extra for a seat with more leg room, the seat was no different than a seat at the back of the plane. Flight attendant was rude.

I was bumped to first class so I got some food. It was OK. Entertainment is whatever you bring with you since there are no seatback screens.

Boarding, Seating, Flight Attendants, flight was okay. My seat was uncomfortable.

We received a flight delay notification over 24 hours before the flight, but it seems American didn't do anything in that timeframe to get the flight back on schedule. Gate agents were still determining when our plane would arrive. Didn't have catering ready to go when our plane did arrive. Flight attendant timeout before we left. There was a flight attendant on board who could work the flight (trained on that aricraft type and was within hours), however American chose to wait for a backup to arrive, which delay the flight further.

Our 8:45 am flight kept getting delayed. Boarded after a 2 hour delay only to be taken off the plane again. At 12:30 pm, we are told there was a new plane and we had to change terminals. Flight was delayed again to 1:50 pm. Eventually boarded again only to be on the plane for over an hour. Flight finally took off at 3:30 pm. 7 hours after original scheduled time. To top it off, couldn’t even get coffee on the plane due to turbulence.

Terrible. We had about a 3 hours delay which led to us missing our connecting.

The flight from DFW to chs was delayed with multiple gate changes.

Overall, my experience with American Airlines in this trip wasn’t great. Our baggage didn’t make it on the flight to Denmark, and the baggage service (3rd party) didn’t seem to be fully connected with the American Airlines system. We ended up having to go back to the airport the next day to get our luggage back. I’m sure it would have eventually been delivered to my hotel, but I wasn’t willing to keep waiting. My return flights were good until arriving in Philadelphia. It was a nightmare to have to go through TSA check again before going to our connection. That made everything even more stressful. We then had a tarmac delay of about 25 minutes. That delay put my next connection in jeopardy in Chicago, but we still would have had just enough time. However, we had to wait about 30 minutes on the tarmac in Chicago since a plane was at the gate we needed. Even though I ran to the next gate, we missed the last leg of our flight. It was going to be 2 days before we could get another flight, so we tried to rent a car, but there was none available. Our last choice was to take an Uber and fork over $400+ for a 3 1/2 hour trip. All of the extra stress was completely avoidable if AA had been able to follow through with their obligations.

Flight delayed over an over all day until it cancelled at 1:30am. Would not repeatedly delay that late. Offer hotel rooms and rebook early. Very difficult for families with small children

Good flights. Departure and arrivals were on time. DFW was a little problematic in that the Skytrain without prior notice bypassed the Echo terminal so that delayed my arrival at my connecting flight.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
12/11Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
20h 40mBNE-SJO
20/11Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
46h 40mSJO-BNE
$2,393
12/11Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
44h 40mBNE-SJO
20/11Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
47h 25mSJO-BNE
$2,495
5/11Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
42h 00mSYD-SJO
19/11Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
48h 36mSJO-SYD
$2,545
5/11Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
43h 30mSYD-SJO
19/11Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 30mSJO-SYD
$2,702
5/11Tue
3 stopsLATAM Airlines
69h 00mSYD-SJO
19/11Tue
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
31h 40mSJO-SYD
$3,002
12/11Tue
3 stops
41h 05mBNE-SJO
20/11Wed
3 stops
35h 30mSJO-BNE
$3,153
5/11Tue
3 stops
45h 30mSYD-SJO
19/11Tue
3 stops
35h 25mSJO-SYD
$3,433
13/12Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
29h 14mPER-SJO
5/1Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
39h 56mSJO-PER
$3,731
1/11Fri
2 stopsQantas Airways
55h 50mBNE-SJO
8/11Fri
2 stopsQantas Airways
69h 36mSJO-BNE
$9,429
1/11Fri
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 17mBNE-SJO
8/11Fri
2 stopsQantas Airways
69h 36mSJO-BNE
$9,436

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/10Thu
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
44h 40mMEL-SJO
$1,652
4/10Fri
3 stops
33h 50mMEL-SJO
$1,667
3/10Thu
3 stops
32h 50mMEL-SJO
$1,673
12/10Sat
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
44h 40mMEL-SJO
$1,766
5/10Sat
2 stops
47h 10mSYD-SJO
$1,785
3/10Thu
3 stopsLATAM Airlines
44h 05mSYD-SJO
$1,851
3/10Thu
2 stops
46h 35mSYD-SJO
$1,936
3/10Thu
2 stopsAir Canada
27h 30mSYD-SJO
$2,049
4/10Fri
2 stopsAir Canada
51h 30mSYD-SJO
$2,102
12/10Sat
3 stopsTurkish Airlines
66h 25mMEL-SJO
$2,657

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