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$929 Find Cheap Flights to San José

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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 return 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.

Recent return flight deals to San José

Recommended return deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly to San José.
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15:50 - 21:19AKL-SJO
24h 29m2 stops
00:59 - 08:10SJO-AKL
36h 11m1 stop
$2,048American Airlines
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Mon, 3 Mar - Thu, 6 Mar
06:10 - 22:00AKL-SJO
33h 50m2 stops
14:00 - 17:55SJO-AKL
33h 55m2 stops
$2,078
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Fri, 1 Aug - Sun, 17 Aug
13:20 - 21:05AKL-SJO
26h 45m1 stop
00:59 - 08:10SJO-AKL
36h 11m1 stop
$2,106American Airlines
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Mon, 3 Mar - Thu, 6 Mar
13:20 - 14:18AKL-SJO
19h 58m1 stop
14:59 - 15:20SJO-AKL
29h 21m2 stops
$2,193American Airlines
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Mon, 3 Mar - Fri, 7 Mar
06:10 - 22:00AKL-SJO
33h 50m2 stops
01:26 - 14:00SJO-AKL
42h 34m2 stops
$2,480
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Fri, 1 Aug - Sat, 16 Aug
06:10 - 22:00AKL-SJO
33h 50m2 stops
14:00 - 14:05SJO-AKL
30h 05m2 stops
$2,613
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Fri, 11 Jul - Thu, 17 Jul
19:40 - 12:26AKL-SJO
34h 46m1 stop
06:00 - 06:00SJO-AKL
54h 00m2 stops
$3,758United Airlines
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Fri, 1 Aug - Sun, 17 Aug
19:05 - 15:40AKL-SJO
63h 35m2 stops
17:00 - 05:20SJO-AKL
41h 20m2 stops
$3,767LATAM Airlines
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Mon, 3 Mar - Fri, 7 Mar
19:40 - 22:39AKL-SJO
20h 59m1 stop
07:55 - 05:30SJO-AKL
27h 35m1 stop
$3,800United Airlines
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Fri, 1 Aug - Sun, 17 Aug
19:55 - 22:35AKL-SJO
44h 40m3 stops
08:00 - 15:05SJO-AKL
37h 05m3 stops
$5,745Air Canada
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Fri, 1 Aug - Sun, 17 Aug

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 round-trip 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 Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $3,003. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $4,610 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 February, where tickets cost $2,808 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $4,963 and $4,926 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $2,808.

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

The average price for all round-trip 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 afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $3,048 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San José is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $4,162.

Good to know

Low season

April

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$929
Best time to beat the crowds (2% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (8% 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 Juan Santamaria Intl Airport from central San José?

    San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport 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 Juan Santamaria Intl Airport. 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.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to San José

  • High season is considered to be June, July and August. The cheapest month to fly from New Zealand is February.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest San José flight deals.

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

New Zealand to San José Juan Santamaria Intl

Monday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +28 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +29 more

Tuesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 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, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Saturday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +29 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +30 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 New Zealand

Monday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +28 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +29 more

Tuesday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +24 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +25 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, +25 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +26 more

Saturday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +29 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +30 more

Sunday

Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air Europa, +23 more

Aeromexico, Air Canada, +24 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 8765 reviews
6.7Food
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
7.3Comfort
8.1Crew
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The tv monitor in front of my seat was not responding. The flight crew reset it and it still didn’t work.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Feb 2025EWR - MCO
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The tv monitor in front of my seat was not responding. The flight crew reset it and it still didn’t work.

Terrible. First of all we were delayed 4 3/4 hours departing Honolulu. As we had to leave our condo and the rental car had to be returned we had to go to the airport. Even though we had a business class boarding pass to Washington, since we did not have business class to Montreal we could not access the lounge without paying a $59 fee each. This does not make sense to us. Since we could not meet our original connection United booked us to Montreal via New York LaGuardia on Air Canada. In Washington a further delay got us into LaGuardia too late to make our connection to Montreal so we were booked on another Air Canada flight 3 hours later. We were originally scheduled to arrive in Montreal at 10:40 and arrived at 19:55. A totally exhausting day, United did not offer a meal voucher or any type of compensation. Air Canada did give us a digital meal voucher. The food in United business class is poor among all meals offered. The pods look nice but are not that confortable. Overall would not fly on United again.

HORRIBLE WITH THEIR WEBSITE!!! WORST WEBSITE IN THE WHOLE AIRLINE INDUSTRY

Did not even get on board. Was told I needed an esta agreement. Was not aware of this when I booked the fare and not told about them

I was forced to check my carry-on backpack despite there being space - but it came out on the baggage carousel so fast it didn't even delay my pickup. Otherwise a good flight. Boarding began early (which was disadvantageous for me) but fine.

Service was great, we had bad departure and bad arrival due to weather, but that we cannot control. Hats off to the pilot!

Flight crew was amazing! I don't like that the Polaris seats are side-by-side.

Poor and identical to the first two legs, except for the crew who were patient, professional and of pleasant and jovial disposition!

Comfortable as it can be for a basic economy seat. The TV screen on my 15 hour international flight went out after 1 hour or so and it never worked again. The food is very high in processed carbs and sugary items.

Basics were there, but a 5:15 flight with almost no food ans no entertainment, it is quite long.

Bad experience with Air Canada. Our first outbound flight was cancelled due to weather, but the airline rebooked us 2 full days later and basically told us it was our problem and to go away. Then a further onbound flight was delayed for 12 hours. The airline booked us a hotel, but the hotel was unable to transport all passengers in its shuttles (the airline of course didn’t provide any transportation or taxi vouchers), so we waited hours just to get to our hotel and get checked in. Finally, on the way back we had ANOTHER flight cancellation, and the airline wasn’t able to get us on another flight until late the following afternoon. All told we lost 3 days of our vacation (including nonrefundable hotel booking) and arrived home a day later than scheduled. I will never rely on Air Canada to get me where I’m going again.

The staff were condescending and withheld at times. There were times when they appeared to be more concerned with socializing with each other than appearing professional. I know it must be a hard job, but being chatty and handsy with each other in the public view only to be condescending to customers isn’t a good look.

the service was fine but would have which that the audio for announcement is better.

All went extremely smoothly even during the busy Christmas travel season. This flight (when I took it) is a daytime flight (14:00 departure NZ time) so it was hard for me to sleep. Other carriers fly overnight (18:00 departure NZ time), which is much more conducive to sleeping. .

This was an Air New Zealand flight. All went very smoothly even during the busy Christmas travel period. Thank you!

Crew great, flights departed early. Is was a good travel day.

For boarding, after family with youngsters, you should have 65 and over. Whatever rules, enforce them. It’s frustrating for those who respect them to see aggressive people rush to the gate out of turn…

I was forced to check my carry-on bag, which I don't appreciate.

A snack would have been nice instead of having to buy food.

On this flight, we didn't even get water offered, nor any other beverage. Therefore we got a snack of pretzels. Flight was good and Air Canada a good airline

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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.
3/3Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 29mAKL-SJO
6/3Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
36h 11mSJO-AKL
$2,048
1/8Fri
2 stops
33h 50mAKL-SJO
17/8Sun
2 stops
33h 55mSJO-AKL
$2,078
3/3Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
26h 45mAKL-SJO
6/3Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
36h 11mSJO-AKL
$2,106
3/3Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
19h 58mAKL-SJO
7/3Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
29h 21mSJO-AKL
$2,193
1/8Fri
2 stops
33h 50mAKL-SJO
16/8Sat
2 stops
42h 34mSJO-AKL
$2,480
11/7Fri
2 stops
33h 50mAKL-SJO
17/7Thu
2 stops
30h 05mSJO-AKL
$2,613
1/8Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
34h 46mAKL-SJO
17/8Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
54h 00mSJO-AKL
$3,758
3/3Mon
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
63h 35mAKL-SJO
7/3Fri
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
41h 20mSJO-AKL
$3,767
1/8Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
20h 59mAKL-SJO
17/8Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
27h 35mSJO-AKL
$3,800
1/8Fri
3 stopsAir Canada
44h 40mAKL-SJO
17/8Sun
3 stopsAir Canada
37h 05mSJO-AKL
$5,745

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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.
2/6Mon
3 stops
49h 45mAKL-SJO
$929
2/6Mon
2 stops
33h 38mAKL-SJO
$1,069
2/6Mon
1 stop
28h 58mAKL-SJO
$1,271

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