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$182 Find cheap flights from Sacramento to San José, San José Province

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2:39 pm - 12:47 pmSMF-SJO
21h 08m3 stops
1:45 pm - 6:04 pmSJO-SMF
29h 19m3 stops
$383Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 26
2:39 pm - 12:47 pmSMF-SJO
21h 08m3 stops
1:45 pm - 11:18 amSJO-SMF
22h 33m2 stops
$404Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 26
7:01 am - 10:08 pmSMF-SJO
14h 07m1 stop
6:20 am - 11:53 pmSJO-SMF
18h 33m1 stop
$422American Airlines
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Sun, Aug 18 - Sat, Aug 24
7:24 pm - 11:50 amSMF-SJO
15h 26m2 stops
6:20 am - 11:53 pmSJO-SMF
18h 33m1 stop
$427American Airlines
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Sun, Aug 18 - Sat, Aug 24
8:26 am - 12:05 amSMF-SJO
14h 39m2 stops
12:32 pm - 7:27 amSJO-SMF
19h 55m2 stops
$445Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Jul 15 - Mon, Jul 22
7:50 am - 9:10 amSMF-SJO
24h 20m2 stops
12:32 pm - 11:18 amSJO-SMF
23h 46m2 stops
Wed, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 26
12:37 pm - 7:20 amSMF-SJO
17h 43m2 stops
1:11 am - 6:48 pmSJO-SMF
18h 37m2 stops
Sat, Aug 10 - Fri, Aug 16
10:52 am - 11:56 amSMF-SJO
24h 04m2 stops
12:35 pm - 9:45 amSJO-SMF
23h 10m2 stops
$537United Airlines
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Fri, Nov 1 - Mon, Nov 11
2:19 pm - 11:56 amSMF-SJO
20h 37m1 stop
12:35 pm - 12:15 pmSJO-SMF
25h 40m1 stop
$545United Airlines
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Fri, Nov 1 - Mon, Nov 11
8:55 pm - 8:00 pmSMF-SJO
21h 05m2 stops
1:34 am - 8:31 amSJO-SMF
56h 57m2 stops
$888Alaska Airlines
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Sun, Nov 10 - Fri, Nov 22
5:44 am - 7:55 pmSMF-SJO
13h 11m2 stops
$182American Airlines
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Tue, Aug 13
1:59 pm - 9:45 pmSMF-SJO
30h 46m3 stops
Tue, Aug 6
8:33 pm - 12:07 amSMF-SJO
26h 34m3 stops
$190Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Aug 13
8:16 pm - 12:09 amSMF-SJO
26h 53m3 stops
$214Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Aug 12
5:33 pm - 5:23 amSMF-SJO
10h 50m1 stop
$220Delta
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Sat, Aug 3
2:19 pm - 12:56 pmSMF-SJO
21h 37m1 stop
$247United Airlines
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Sat, Nov 2
5:35 pm - 5:18 amSMF-SJO
10h 43m1 stop
$281Delta
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Sat, Jun 15
1:00 pm - 10:39 pmSMF-SJO
8h 39m1 stop
$326United Airlines
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Thu, Jun 13
4:00 pm - 3:48 pmSMF-SJO
21h 48m2 stops
$428Copa Airlines
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Sat, Nov 23
4:00 pm - 7:07 pmSMF-SJO
25h 07m2 stops
$477Copa Airlines
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Fri, Nov 22

Flights from Sacramento to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sacramento to San José?

The average price of all flights from Sacramento to San José, San José Province clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San José on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to Sacramento, you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Sacramento 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 from Sacramento to San José, San José Province is May, where tickets cost $380 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets is $913 and $615 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento 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 from Sacramento 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 on the flight from Sacramento to San José, San José Province, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 39 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Sacramento to San José?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the best return deals on flights connecting Sacramento to San José were found on Spirit Airlines ($383) and American Airlines ($422). American Airlines proposed the cheapest one-way flight at $182.

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February

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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 20% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 6% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking flights from Sacramento to San José

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to San José, San José Province?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to San José, San José Province was $182 for a one-way ticket and $383 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and San José?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Sacramento and on arrival in San José.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Sacramento to San José?

    On your way to San José, you’ll fly out from Sacramento Intl. You’ll be landing at San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to San José?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to San José?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Sacramento and San José, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to San José from Sacramento?

    Dallas is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Sacramento to San José.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to San José, Delta or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to San José are Delta and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $667 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $814 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento 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 from Sacramento to San José.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San José from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and SJO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sacramento 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 from Sacramento up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to San José

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to San José. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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DeltaOverall score based on 10457 reviews
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
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Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

10.0 ExcellentMichael, May 2024SJC - ATL
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Flew first class so everything was great. But maybe because the flights were red eye, no meals were served, just chips. I flew Alaska Air 1st class at 9PM (2 hour flight) and they served beef short rib sliders!

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Honestly, I didn’t expect that I will experience this long time wait during the check in. There was only one person who was taking care of the passengers for the economy class and it took us to wait about one hour to do our check i. As a result we barely get to the airplane as the gate was at the end of the airport. That is totally not professional where one crue is working at the registration desk with economy and 3-4 crues are helping for the business class.

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

No water for a 5 hour flight entertainment not working seats with little room for knees when person in front of me reclined kept bumping my knees.

I don't think anyone actually reads these comments, so I won't spend much time on this submission. If you want to talk, you know how to reach me. The D/FW manager of Avianca (self-identified), Juan Calderon, insisted I buy an onward ticket from San Salvador even though I have diplomatic status in El Salvador and live here. It cost me $1,393 and Mr Calderon would not let me make the ticked flexible so I could get a refund. He went out of his way to be rude to me. He gave me seat 32K -- windowless window seat in the last row and did not offer to let me upgrade even though there were plenty of seats. I have flown well over a million miles in my life and this is the worst experience I have ever had. I would like a refund on the ticket I was forced to buy. Just awful!

This is the Spirit of Latino travel. And don’t even get me started on customer service.

Awful. I checked in online and there was no option to pay for baggage, at the airport when I checked in my baggage was received and Iwas not charged. When I got to LA during the boarding process I was told I didn't pay for baggage, the crew resolved I was let in the plane. When I got to my final destination my baggage was not there. It took me two days to receive my baggage. Bad service ever!

There was no food or drink service, couldn’t even get a glass of water for free. It was a long and expensive flight to not offer food or beverage on the plane.

It is better at the jfk than my home country. It was very easy and everything was on time.

There is no food. There is no in-inflight entertainment. The seats are cardboard. The airline is a living hellscape.

My experience was amazing! They helped my elderly mother board on early through a wheelchair and were accommodating to have us sit together since our seats were in different locations. When landing at the airport in GUA they were very helpful with full of hospitality.

No complimentary snacks food, beverage (not even water), pillow and blanket on a 6 hours long flight (including economy comfort). A low form of nickeling an diming. Lost a recurring passanger over a soda. Avianca never again.

Flight departure late. Got late in Colombia making us take a different flight next day. Avianca airport crew messed up my ticket so when a I got in Brazil I didn’t have a ticket for my destination. Had to buy a new ticket out of my pocket.

Aisle chair was good and liked the foot bar preventing you from putting your foot in the isle, The breakfast on this international flight to Zurich was horrible (Europeans, specially, used to good food) may make this a dealbreaker for booking with United Airlines again. I agreed with my Spanish fellow passenger.

On time take off…US cabins look tired and need of refresh!

Backpack should NOT allowed put in the flight bin , only put it under the seat. I can't find space put my carry on luggage!!! and I pay for it ! that was very bad experience

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Flight was 1/2 hour delayed leaving Phoenix. Otherwise it was an average flight. Flight crew on this trip was very nice.

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

The crew was the best and very accommodating I know you don't offer any complimentary items but water and coffee will not break the bank !!

My mother was HARASSED AND ACCOSTED by the gate agent for her bag. I pre purchased the bag fee and the gate agent made my 78 year old mother board, deplane, re pay for her bag fee and board again. The gate agent made my mother pick up her own bag and REFUSED to help her, she is an older woman who wasn’t bothering anyone on a flight that had maybe 30’total passengers. I am going to sue this airlines for their HORRIBLE customer service and treatment of my mother, and all this occurred the day after Mother’s Day!!!

Horrible, first flight delayed. They switched my connecting flight while I was en route and even though I was originally supposed to be on the flight going back home to boston, refused to let me board and told me I would have to wait for next flight that was 14 hours later. Ended up renting a car and driving 6.5 hours back home. Still getting messages about flight and it is now showing that the other flight they put me on is now canceled and I would have to wait 24 hours for the next one. I will never book with spirit again

They stuck us with multiple extra fees. I will never fly spirit again

Overall it was a miserable experience... I will never fly spirit for more than a 3 hour flight or overnight.

Kayak does not know that spirit airlines charged me $70 to fly. But the bag check-in was $89 each way. This is false advertising to lure people. Spirit airlines sends bunch of emails after flight purchases to buy wifi, better seats, priority boarding, secure reserved seats. This is false advertising. Up front pricing. I would of flown jet blue or Alaska airlines.

One hour late taking off. Concerning, very hard landing. Uncomfortable seats with no recline. Extremely slow baggage claim. Very professional, knowledgeable flight attendants. Brand new, very clean plane.

Can’t say there was anything I particularly liked. Seats were very tight, leather wrapped plastic. I followed up a much longer and cheaper trip from Honolulu on southwest, everything was phenomenal, this flight was the exact opposite. Blows my mind they charge for water of all things. One of the attendants seemed very rude, I watched a taller gentleman a couple rows forward with his knees pressed into the back of the seat ahead, while the woman in that seat leaned forward the entire flight, I’m sure because she could feel his knees. I’ll be avoiding spirit like the plague from here forward.

Didn’t make the connecting flight due to a delay on our first flight.

I felt scam to have to pay $50 additional for my carry on luggage which was free for my other airline.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Sacramento to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/13Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
13h 11mSMF-SJO
$182
8/6Tue
3 stops
30h 46mSMF-SJO
$188
8/13Tue
3 stopsSpirit Airlines
26h 34mSMF-SJO
$190
8/12Mon
3 stopsSpirit Airlines
26h 53mSMF-SJO
$214
8/3Sat
1 stopDelta
10h 50mSMF-SJO
$220
11/2Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
21h 37mSMF-SJO
$247
6/15Sat
1 stopDelta
10h 43mSMF-SJO
$281
6/13Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 39mSMF-SJO
$326
11/23Sat
2 stopsCopa Airlines
21h 48mSMF-SJO
$428
11/22Fri
2 stopsCopa Airlines
25h 07mSMF-SJO
$477

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Sacramento - San José Flights

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Sacramento (SMF)United States

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San José (SJO)Costa Rica

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