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$1,055 Find cheap flights to San José, San José Province

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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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13:20 - 12:54AKL-SJO
42h 34m2 stops
06:34 - 09:25SJO-AKL
31h 51m1 stop
$2,559American Airlines
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Tue, 29 Oct - Fri, 29 Nov
13:20 - 11:00AKL-SJO
40h 40m2 stops
08:10 - 09:25SJO-AKL
30h 15m2 stops
$2,567American Airlines
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Tue, 29 Oct - Fri, 29 Nov
13:20 - 11:00AKL-SJO
40h 40m2 stops
15:31 - 09:25SJO-AKL
46h 54m2 stops
$2,640American Airlines
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Fri, 1 Nov - Mon, 2 Dec
17:05 - 11:25AKL-SJO
37h 20m2 stops
14:53 - 09:25SJO-AKL
23h 32m1 stop
$2,688American Airlines
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Fri, 18 Oct - Mon, 18 Nov
17:05 - 18:31AKL-SJO
44h 26m2 stops
08:10 - 09:25SJO-AKL
30h 15m2 stops
$2,697American Airlines
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Fri, 18 Oct - Mon, 18 Nov
19:40 - 19:37AKL-SJO
18h 57m1 stop
06:40 - 07:25SJO-AKL
29h 45m1 stop
$3,227United Airlines
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Thu, 10 Oct - Sat, 9 Nov
14:50 - 12:26AKL-SJO
40h 36m2 stops
05:40 - 15:45SJO-AKL
39h 05m2 stops
$3,234United Airlines
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Thu, 3 Oct - Sun, 3 Nov
14:50 - 19:37AKL-SJO
23h 47m2 stops
14:19 - 07:25SJO-AKL
46h 06m2 stops
$3,257United Airlines
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Mon, 7 Oct - Wed, 6 Nov
14:50 - 19:37AKL-SJO
23h 47m2 stops
08:45 - 07:25SJO-AKL
51h 40m2 stops
$3,281United Airlines
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Mon, 14 Oct - Wed, 13 Nov
14:00 - 11:53AKL-SJO
40h 53m2 stops
14:18 - 08:55SJO-AKL
47h 37m2 stops
$8,037Delta
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Fri, 11 Oct - Mon, 11 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, San José Province clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to San José is Wednesday where tickets can be as cheap as $2,868. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where prices are $3,186 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to San José, San José Province?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to San José, San José Province, 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, San José Province is May, where tickets cost $2,727 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $3,282 and $3,259 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of $2,727.

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

The average price for all flights to San José, San José Province 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, San José Province is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost $2,871 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San José, San José Province is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $3,084.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to San José, San José Province, 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 89 days before departure.

How long is the flight to San José, San José Province?

The duration of your flight to San José depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to San José on KAYAK are from Auckland, which takes 31h 06m, and Christchurch, which takes 31h 25m.

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Low season

February

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$1,055
Best time to beat the crowds (9% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
Flight from Auckland 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.
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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

  • How far is San José from central San José?

    San José is 14 km from the centre of San José.

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

    All flights to San José land at San José. The airport code is SJO,and 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, San José Province?

    Of the 2 airlines that fly to San José, San José Province, SANSA offers the most flights, with around 208 per week, followed by GetJet Airlines with 56 flights per week.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to San José

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Prefer to fly direct to San José Juan Santamaria Intl?

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

Direct departures

New Zealand to San José Juan Santamaria Intl

Monday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +22 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +23 more

Tuesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

Wednesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +26 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +27 more

Thursday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Friday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Saturday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

Sunday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

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Direct returns

San José Juan Santamaria Intl to New Zealand

Monday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +22 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +23 more

Tuesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

Wednesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +26 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +27 more

Thursday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Friday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Saturday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

Sunday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 more

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Top 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 New Zealand 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 11090 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
6.7Food
7.2Comfort
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It was fine. Flight was on time and arrived at destination with 15 min to spare.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, May 2024MUC - EWR
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It was fine. Flight was on time and arrived at destination with 15 min to spare.

Great! The plane was decently sized and comfortable. The staff was nice and there was great in flight entertainment

I just wrote a text which was supposed to be for the flight from Denver to spokane not Frankfurt to Denver.

Your app is impossible to use. I couldn't load it. Then i couldn't open it. When i finally got both those things done -with much help -then i couldn't open the app to install a credit card. The upshot was 4 flights without access to food or drink. When i first tried to download united app some company called starlier opened instead and i would up signing up for some 49 dollar a month music service which i still have not been able to cancel.

Delayed a day due to snow storm. Was upgraded. That kind of made up for significant delays from FLL to COS with no compensation or acknowledgement.

Good movies, iffy pay WiFi, food ok- on time though and that was great!

This flight was a code share on Air New Zealand.

All good, useful to have the united app from check in to boarding

The control panel for the seat back screen did not work at all after takeoff.

Delayed for maintenance issue?? Should have been addressed before boarding. Put my bag on an earlier flight, but didn’t ask if I wanted to change to an earlier flight. Arrived to find my bag locked up and no agent to be found when I landed.

WiFi connected but only let you go to the AA website, not even text messaging worked.

Cold air blew constantly on my legs almost making me numb.

Flight delayed 3 times. We were directed to go to a gate across from our gate. The plane wasn't there yet so we had to wait for it to arrive, then deplane everyone and then wait again for the plane to be cleaned. After 45 minuites we were allowed on the plane. The first plane had mechanical issues. The 2nd plane must have had bathroom issues because we did not have any food service whatsoever. No snack or beverage. That made for a long time not to have anything considering that we had just made it to the original gate and we had no time to stop to get food or a drink. Then we didn't want to leave the gate to get food because we wouldn't know how much longer the delay would be. Then the next gate change. Had we been told that the total time would have been aprox 45 min later we would have left to get food and a beverage. We had to wait again for the okay to the pilot to take off so we were on the runway for another 20 min. Overall, we were delayed over 2 hours which felt like 4 hours.

You cancelled my flight by email then made it very difficult to get in contact with you. Then put me in a flight with a long layover in Mexico returning to the wrong airport in uk. Mind blowing my stressful. I missed see my grand dad because of you.

It was right on time and crew were very courteous

I grand parents didn’t receive any special treatment they are seniors even i ask for wheelchair

just overall disappointing, not a treat to travel these days....paying for Main Cabin Extra was not worth it.

American airlines put us on a connecting flight that only had 20 min layover. I made it by running down the concorce in Phoenix and was last one on the flight. Not acceptable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the worst flights I have ever taken Delayed over an hour without communication from the crew; very scary Entertainment not working Crew NASTY cabin cold

flight delayed so missed connection and this had to rebook for next day

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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.
29/10Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
42h 34mAKL-SJO
29/11Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
31h 51mSJO-AKL
$2,559
29/10Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
40h 40mAKL-SJO
29/11Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
30h 15mSJO-AKL
$2,567
1/11Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
40h 40mAKL-SJO
2/12Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
46h 54mSJO-AKL
$2,640
18/10Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
37h 20mAKL-SJO
18/11Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
23h 32mSJO-AKL
$2,688
18/10Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
44h 26mAKL-SJO
18/11Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
30h 15mSJO-AKL
$2,697
10/10Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 57mAKL-SJO
9/11Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
29h 45mSJO-AKL
$3,227
3/10Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
40h 36mAKL-SJO
3/11Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
39h 05mSJO-AKL
$3,234
7/10Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
23h 47mAKL-SJO
6/11Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
46h 06mSJO-AKL
$3,257
14/10Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
23h 47mAKL-SJO
13/11Wed
2 stopsUnited Airlines
51h 40mSJO-AKL
$3,281
11/10Fri
2 stopsDelta
40h 53mAKL-SJO
11/11Mon
2 stopsDelta
47h 37mSJO-AKL
$8,037

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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.
3/6Mon
2 stops
35h 07mAKL-SJO
$1,055
28/10Mon
2 stops
25h 05mAKL-SJO
$1,204
3/6Mon
3 stops
30h 31mAKL-SJO
$1,291
28/10Mon
3 stops
37h 25mAKL-SJO
$1,324
9/7Tue
2 stops
22h 45mAKL-SJO
$1,605
9/7Tue
3 stops
30h 25mAKL-SJO
$1,647
28/10Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 54mAKL-SJO
$2,267

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Flights to San José

Destination:

San José (SJO)Costa Rica

Return flight deals:

San José - New Zealand

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