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Find cheap flights from San Antonio to Costa Rica from $148

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San José
San José1 stop$266
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$379

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Flight from San Antonio to San José

FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

  • What official documents do I need to fly from Texas to Costa Rica?

    When your flight from Texas lands in Costa Rica, you will have to show a valid passport that stays valid throughout the duration of your time in Costa Rica. You must also have evidence that you intend to leave Costa Rica within 90 days, such as a return airline ticket.

  • From SJO, where else can I fly to in Costa Rica?

    SJO offers a number of regional flights that can take you throughout the country. For example, you can fly on Sensa Airlines to Nosara Beach, Drake Bay, or Limon. You could also take Costa Rica Green Airways to cities such as Quepos and Tambor.

  • Where can I exchange money before my trip to Costa Rica?

    If you want to change your US dollars for Costa Rican colon before your flight, you can take advantage of the currency exchange kiosk at SAT located in Marcy's Business Travel Center in Terminal A, landside. Here, you can exchange money or pick up money that you have already exchanged online.

  • Does San Antonio have a USO?

    Yes. The USO in the San Antonio Airport is located landside near the baggage claim in Terminal B. Active duty members of the US military and their families can enjoy the facilities and benefits of this military lounge free of charge. Some amenities include comfortable lounge seating, TV, Wi-Fi, computers, refreshments, and more.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Antonio to Costa Rica?

    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 from San Antonio to Costa Rica.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Antonio to Costa Rica?

    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 Costa Rica with an airline and back to San Antonio with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Antonio to Costa Rica?

    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 Costa Rica from San Antonio 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 Costa Rica

  • Morning departure is around 24% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
  • Located in the southern half of Texas, the San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is with in a 2-hour drive of Austin, Houston, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mexican border. When you buy a ticket from San Antonio to Costa Rica through KAYAK, you'll have many affordable options to choose from.
  • When you book a ticket from San Antonio to Costa Rica, you will be landing in one of two airports. The Juan Santa Maria International Airport (SJO) is located roughly in the center of the country, in the capital city of San Jose. You also might land at the Liberian International Airport (LIR), which is situated on the northern coast in the beach town Liberia.
  • You can fly from San Antonio to San Jose, Costa Rica on airlines such as Spirit Airlines, Aeromexico, American, United, Delta, and others. Layover cities include Houston, Mexico City, Atlanta, Dallas, and Miami, among others. Volaris, VivaAerobus, United, JetBlue, and Copa Airlines are among the many carriers that offer flights from SAT to SJO with two stops.
  • The San Antonio Airport provides three different Lactation Rooms where traveling mothers can breastfeed their babies in private or express their breast milk. Terminal A has one lactation room landside in the ticket lobby and one airside at Gate A16. The third lactation room is near the Food Court in Terminal B.
  • United, American, and Delta are among the airlines that offer flights from San Antonio to Liberia with one stop, often in Houston or Dallas. American and United are two airlines that offer flights from SAT to LIR with two stops, often in Chicago and Houston, Denver and Houston, or Dallas and Miami.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from San Antonio to Costa Rica

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Antonio 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10277 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.6Crew
8.0Entertainment
8.2Boarding
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3 hours late and all they have is was a $12 meal voucher. That’s not even enough to cover fast food.

2.0 MediocreCraig, Jun 2024CVG - LGA
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3 hours late and all they have is was a $12 meal voucher. That’s not even enough to cover fast food.

Among the poorest flights I’ve had with Delta in a while. Entertainment system failed completely on a 7.5 hr flight. Crew seemed distracted and not the normal friendly crew. Flight overbooked it seemed… very crowded.

If I can, I always fly Delta. I’ve found their service to always be reliable and pleasant.

You could have not cancelled the flight (AA, which I will be flying from now on) left for BOS despite the fictitious weather issues (that no one in my Boston family could see). You could have rebooked my direct flight to another direct flight instead of sending me though JFK, the worst US airport after O’Hara You could have rebooked me on a Main Cabin seat (like the one I paid for in my original ticket instead of putting me a the last row on JFK->BOS leg, pocketing the difference in ticket price But I do not really care whether you will ever do that in a future because in a future neither I nor anyone from my company (unless they pay out of pocket) nor an of my clients and partners (if they heed my advice) will ever be caught dead on any of Delta flights

Really bad baggage handling. Had my Rimowa bag badly damaged at the latches.

It was pretty good I was worried with the short Layover that I might not catch my connection but the gate was there

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

There was plenty of overhead room but half of the passengers were told they had to check their carryon bags. My partner and I checked in as early as possible and our seats were split across the aisle.

Friendly flight attendants. Comfort plus seats were very comfortable and had lots of leg room. 10A and 10 B.

I've flown many many times on Northwest and then Delta. The crew on this flight were absolutely the best I've had the pleasure of being looked after by.

Terrible. The flight arrives 2 hr later, no AC. One of the worst flights ever

The plane was so outdated, that it made it uncomfortable. The temperature was hot during the whole flight

Some entertainment and food/snack service would have been nice

All the pessengers should be wait in a line útil the creo and piloto are arrived.

Planes seat could be bigger very uncomfortable for tall humans.

1 hour waiting for suitcases to come out traveling in business class and food in business class is a sandwich? Avoid Aeromexico .

No space reserved for anyone who didn’t have underseat in front of them. Made it inconvenient to get the backs secured. No inflight entertainment in the 190. Bring your own! Food was excellent and we were surprised to get a full breakfast.

Cons: "left Houston more than 2 hours later, arrive in Mexico over 2 am"
Cons: "El problema es que nunca pude cambiar mi vuelo y con ustedes fue imposible comunicarse para que me auxiliaran. Muy mal por ustedes no por la línea."
Pros: "The crew was amazing , the site is ok"
Cons: "I love Aeroméxico , thanks for de service and the food."

Lady was a bit rude during boarding and I was being nice to her.

Crew was very cooperative and professional. Passenger's first checked in bag should be free.

My seat was broken. WiFi didn’t work. Gate crew at HOU were rude and condescending. Treated all the passengers badly. Bad experience, United.

Food wasn’t very good, old business seating configuration on an old A340

Not a fan of the diagonal partially enclosed business class seats or how they have to be converted to beds manually by crew. I prefer more isolation and user control for switching to lie flat.

This flight was delayed multiple times and eventually canceled around 2-3ish. Original take off time was around 10:30am. By 3, there were no other options out of Houston, so stuck in Houston for from 3pm - 11am the next day.

The plane was dirty and the in seat air wasn't blowing as planes usually do.

There was a group of school age passengers that were very loud and unruly with their chaperones were no where to be found.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

This flight was canceled and delayed several times without explanation. The plane was freezing cold and no wifi for messaging. Getting off the plane was terribly unorganized and felt like it took forever….

Nothing, terrible travel experience due to weather and maintenance delays and was left stranded in Austin.

Experience was bad. 3.5 hour delay for a 2.5 hour trip. There was no r Transparency about the reason for the delay and it was done 30 mins at a time.

Everything was great except for the wifi was junk. Crew was super friendly and helpful

The flight was short. However, my bag was delayed and was put on another flight.

Left from gate 30 minutes before flight. Never been late to a flight ever. It says 15 minutes before explicitly on the ticket.

Flight was cancelled had to move to another gate late again no internet paid for the month and never can use it waste of money

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

Missed the flight because of them and up geting a rental car

Flight was fine. It took an unusually long time to have baggage delivered to the carousel in ORD.

Flight got diwngraded last minute and left us stranded. I was told I’ll be given credit for my luggage and seat upgrades but haven’t got anything yet

The flight was on time and nice as always for me with spirit but the cabin crew were not good. They left the lights on on a red eye for the entire flight.

Arrived 3 hours early and never made it past baggage drop

Crew was nice, explained emergency protocol very well. Flight took off and arrived on time. Pilot explained the small delay that occurred with docking and providing updates. I would definitely fly spirit again.

I had no legroom, although I paid for extra legroom. I could barely put my bag in front of my feet and under the seat. The Wi-Fi was horrible. In fact the flight attendant said that they had to reboot it and see if it was going to work and never did.

The crew was courteous and are very well prepared for the job.

Terrible as usual!!!! Very unprofessional and rude flight attendants! You get what you pay for! HORRIBLE

The text told me it was changed to Terminal E and Gate D5. But with no one on site to ask questions there was confusion on where to go as all the gates were E's. Then we took the skyline to the D area. We left to get something to eat. No announcement was made but my daughter happened to asked and they told her our gate was moved to D12. I will not fly Spirit again.

Unnecessary announcements through out flight. WiFi on plane is terrible and overpriced

Cancelled my flight last minute and had to end up driving to Texas from Atlanta last minute. I’m going to miss another day of work, drive back to Atlanta , in my own car and spirit doesn’t want to refund the money. First time I tried flying anyone else but delta and I get ripped off . And I had. To pay for seats for a flight that didn’t happen. Usually you could say you get what you pay for but in this case, didn’t get anything and paid for everything never flying spirit again, or even attempting it or thinking about it.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

7/9Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 16mSAT-SJO
7/16Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
11h 27mSJO-SAT
$266
7/9Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 16mSAT-SJO
7/16Tue
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
26h 25mSJO-SAT
$310
6/18Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 16mSAT-SJO
7/4Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 51mSJO-SAT
$319
8/30Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
18h 39mSAT-LIR
9/6Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
17h 24mLIR-SAT
$379
8/18Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
16h 17mSAT-SJO
8/24Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 33mSJO-SAT
$410
6/25Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
10h 48mSAT-LIR
7/5Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
11h 10mLIR-SAT
$553
6/25Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
30h 45mSAT-LIR
7/5Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
11h 10mLIR-SAT
$608
6/28Fri
1 stopDelta
14h 36mSAT-SJO
7/5Fri
1 stopDelta
9h 25mSJO-SAT
$842
6/29Sat
1 stopDelta
14h 36mSAT-SJO
7/6Sat
1 stopDelta
15h 32mSJO-SAT
$877
6/24Mon
1 stopAeromexico
10h 55mSAT-SJO
6/30Sun
1 stopAeromexico
14h 15mSJO-SAT
$1,272

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