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$113 Find Cheap Flights from Columbus to San José

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Cheap Flight Deals from Columbus to San José (CMH-SJO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Columbus 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 round-trip flight deals from Columbus to San José

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Columbus to San José.
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6:00 am - 12:20 pmCMH-SJO
7h 20m1 stop
1:25 pm - 10:41 pmSJO-CMH
8h 16m1 stop
$258Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Feb 22 - Tue, Mar 4
9:04 pm - 11:18 amCMH-SJO
15h 14m1 stop
1:57 am - 2:53 pmSJO-CMH
11h 56m1 stop
$262Spirit Airlines
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Sun, Jan 19 - Sun, Feb 9
3:58 pm - 12:59 amCMH-SJO
10h 01m1 stop
1:57 am - 2:53 pmSJO-CMH
11h 56m1 stop
$265Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Jan 13 - Wed, Jan 29
8:56 pm - 11:24 amCMH-SJO
15h 28m1 stop
1:29 pm - 12:11 amSJO-CMH
9h 42m1 stop
Sun, Feb 23 - Wed, Mar 5
9:04 pm - 11:18 amCMH-SJO
15h 14m1 stop
3:32 pm - 8:24 pmSJO-CMH
27h 52m2 stops
Mon, Feb 3 - Tue, Feb 11
5:28 pm - 1:47 pmCMH-SJO
21h 19m1 stop
6:30 am - 7:38 pmSJO-CMH
12h 08m2 stops
$364American Airlines
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Sat, Feb 22 - Tue, Mar 4
11:42 am - 11:19 pmCMH-SJO
12h 37m1 stop
6:30 am - 10:37 pmSJO-CMH
15h 07m1 stop
$400American Airlines
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Sun, Feb 23 - Fri, Feb 28
9:01 am - 8:39 pmCMH-SJO
36h 38m2 stops
8:45 am - 8:16 pmSJO-CMH
34h 31m2 stops
$533United Airlines
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Sun, Jan 19 - Sun, Feb 9
6:45 am - 10:03 amCMH-SJO
29h 18m1 stop
5:30 am - 3:50 pmSJO-CMH
8h 20m1 stop
$537United Airlines
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Sun, Jun 1 - Tue, Jun 10
1:09 pm - 9:55 pmCMH-SJO
9h 46m1 stop
2:19 pm - 11:59 pmSJO-CMH
8h 40m1 stop
$551Delta
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Wed, Jan 1 - Tue, Jan 14

Flights from Columbus to San José - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Columbus 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 Columbus to San José?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to San José clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Columbus to San José, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from San José back to Columbus, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Sunday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus Airport to San José?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport 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 from Columbus Airport to San José is April, where tickets cost $396 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $691 and $656 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to San José, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Columbus Airport to San José, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

March

Cheapest flight

$113
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 35% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Columbus to San José

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Columbus 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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FAQs for booking Columbus to San José flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Columbus Airport to San José?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Columbus Airport to San José was $113 for a one-way ticket and $258 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes

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

    Columbus airport is called Columbus and the only airport in San José is San José Juan Santamaria Intl.

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

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

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

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Columbus to San José are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $533 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $532 and an overall rating of 7.4.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San José from Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus with another airline. Booking your flights between Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus to San José

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus 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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8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4821 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.7Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.1Comfort
7.2Food
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I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

10.0 ExcellentWilliam Drew, Dec 2024SJC - HNL
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I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

Crew was great flight was great baggage claim was a failure. It took over 1 hour for bags to arrive. Poor communication poor effort when I spoke to the supervisor about the delay

Much better than the.last. flight on SW on Thanksgiving day

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

The movies using Southwest WiFi kept pausing and I had to restart multiple times.

It went well. Plane wasn't full. Will be great when assigned seating is in place

Everything was great except the food. The pretzels are really crappy.

For the first time in a long time we had a flawless experience with Southwest. Both flights were early and no mechanical errors at all. We were shocked and pleasantly surprised 😮.

It was fine. For some reason the flight was much longer than usual. It may have been explained, but I had noise cancelling earbuds on and missed a couple of announcements. The crew was fine, but there was a flight attendant who kept telling dumb jokes, occasionally one I found distasteful. This was my second time with him, but luckily it was a late flight so he didn't do as many. But I heard all of today's jokes twice, which was two times too many. Good takeout and landing.

One of the crew performed a hilarious skit to accompany the standard instructions. Passengers enjoyed it so much they applauded at the end!

I was with one of the last zones to board. It was kind of annoying to finally get called to board and my whole section was already on the plane. Clearly they boarded with previous zones. So by the time I got on board, there were no spaces for my luggage above my head. I had to put my luggage 4+ rows behind me, which meant that I had to wait even longer to get off the plane, since I had to wait for those rows to clear the aisle before I could retrieve my luggage and exit the plane. This also held up the plane cleaners, as they couldn't service my row until I cleared it, so they were all standing there waiting for me, while I'm standing there waiting for the other passengers to clear the aisle. Anyways, I wasn't in a rush this time, so I just waited, but I could see that being a problem in the future. Now, I could have checked my luggage, of course, but coincidentally, a friend of mine on the same flight got their luggage damaged (wheel completely knocked off) and was told by the Baggage Attendant in the airport that Delta doesn't "cover wheel damage" on luggage. This was disappointing to hear. I'm glad I didn't check mine through. If it were my luggage, I'd be highly frustrated to hear that. It makes me not want to check my luggage in the future.

The dear was very limited in space. I could put my water bottle in seat basket. Also, there was no inflight entertainment in the delta app?

Typically I give delta excellent reviews. Our flight was delayed 2hrs, I was one of the fortunate ones who were able to get to my connecting flight. Also, annoying that on the connecting flight boarding personnel make me put away a small bag into my carryon. It small enough to put in back pocket seat, why hold me and the line up to just push it into my carryon.

Logan airport construction meant that boarding was chaotic crowded and delayed

Everything was great. Great service, excellent communication, and early arrival

We were forced to wait nearly 50 additional minutes before leaving the terminal.

Free Wi-Fi is good. That’s all - food mediocre, unfriendly crew, poor communication after trying to file a claim for my lost bag, which Delta didn’t even know was lost until I told them.

Delta flight attendants poorly managed the boarding process and overhead storage. My bag was checked last minute and no claim ticket was provided. My bag is now lost. Complete incompetence by all flight crew involved.

Inexpensive, got an exit row aisle aeat with no middle passenger, bought a great breakfast sandwich, flight comfortable & arrived ahead of schedule.

Customer service at the gate in the flight was exceptional. On time. Aircraft and seat was decent. Thanks Delta. 💗

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

The reason I don’t fly United. No in seat entertainment for a long flight and inconsistent WiFi and entertainment available from my device.

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

horrible website for checking in- no option just to write the passport number; ludicrous

The planes are so dirty! Food crumbs and finger print smudges, Dust over the vents and carpet stains. It’s disgusting.

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

Nothing, whole flight was a nightmare, was forced to check my carryon bag at the gate, staff was rude and unprofessional

David went above and beyond to make our flight the best that it could be

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

How badly can you screw up baggage claim? We were told to go to baggage claim too for our bags from this flight. Another flights bags were there. They finished up. More bags from a different flight arrived. Our bags did not Finally the baggage claim belt stopped working and and are flight was still listed on the arrivals for that baggage claim 2. And then nothing It turns out that they had been delivered not only the United baggage claim but far away on a Delta baggage claim No I never told us. It was only the people looking around who had been on the flight But I’m sure there was plenty of time for the employees to raffle through the bags and steal whatever they wanted

Other than being delayed 5.5 hours and having to get a hotel because I missed my connecting flight, it was an okay flight. No in-flight Wi-Fi or entertainment.

Flight areas delayed 3 hours , train in the airport didn’t work

Flight attendant walked away once they landed and we were forced to wait another hour after an already 3hr delay.

No overhead space so all carryons were checked. No internet.

The flight was on time and everything went very smoothly.

A thousand choices for movies and nothing to watch. I avoid 'R' rated shows and others with violence and sexual content, which results in a handful of flicks to view and I have them already.

I think I paid for an extra legroom seat and to be honest, there was not a lot of space available for my not very long legs. The flight was totally full and the staff did everything possible to meet the needs of all passengers. My only concern was for the size and spacing of my seat.

Typically, I am always impressed with American personnel. These you run into the rude old hags that are still around. I can tell over my 40 years of flying with them, they have made strides in improving their attitudes.

Two issues. The plane was old and dirty. The armrest looked like an old car that had the vinyl rubbed off. The Seats in these aircraft are about as hard and uncomfortable. I want to tour Italy for a month and I want to buy a one-way ticket to Thailand but I will not sit in the seats these planes have. It is seriously stupid how hard they are.

The seat could not recline. This was not indicated as such when I paid for the seat. So itvwad not the most comfortable ride. At boarding, the staff could have more pleasant even though it may be an intense time.

I was comfortable because I upgraded. I would not have been comfortable in economy. It was a short flight so there was limited food service and no inflight entertainment.

I thought since I upgraded my seat I would get some perks. Free water, free snacks. Free carry on luggage.

Seats were surprisingly comfortable, and crew was polite. I did not like the baggage fee prices, the minimal amount of flight choices for my area and the difficulty of the self service bag drop.

Lost MacBook, had time to retrieve, but was told I had no time. Need Silver MacBook back

It’s ridiculous to pay for carry-on luggage. I also wasn’t given an option to specify I have carry on bag at time of ticket purchase. I also could not specify I have carry on luggage at time of online check-in.

I’ve now flown Spirit a few times and while the general perception of Spirit I feel is poor, I’ve had a great experience each time. They do charge extra for everything but you should know that going in

The people were wonderful, but I hated the way they over charged for luggage, especially for stops which were charged the same as starting point to final destination.

Horrible I paid for extra for better seats. At time of checking my seats were sold to someone else. I need a refund and more for my bad experience

First time flying Spirit and I was pleasantly surprised. Service was as advertised. Crew were very professional and friendly and excellent in dealing with a customer who felt ill on the flight.

Delayed fight LAS to LAX. OK, fog in LA, not your fault. But all your staff, onboard in in lounge, speak so fast, enunciate so poorly and often have a accent that it is impossible to understanding anything they are saying.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Columbus to San José found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/22Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 20mCMH-SJO
$113
3/19Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 03mCMH-SJO
$164
5/15Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
13h 44mCMH-SJO
$178
2/22Sat
2 stops
12h 50mCMH-SJO
$206
1/2Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 43mCMH-SJO
$220
1/2Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
28h 30mCMH-SJO
$250
3/15Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
18h 58mCMH-SJO
$323
2/22Sat
3 stopsAlaska Airlines
30h 44mCMH-SJO
$409
12/25Wed
3 stopsAvianca
25h 56mCMH-SJO
$1,161
12/25Wed
3 stopsAvianca
25h 56mCMH-SJO
$1,608

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Last minute flights from Columbus to San José

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Columbus to San José that are departing in the next 10 days.
12/23Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
19h 16mCMH-SJO
12/25Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
19h 08mSJO-CMH
$747
12/23Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
19h 16mCMH-SJO
12/25Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
18h 32mSJO-CMH
$753
12/23Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
16h 37mCMH-SJO
12/24Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
17h 39mSJO-CMH
$799
12/21Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
26h 31mCMH-SJO
12/28Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
15h 05mSJO-CMH
$861
12/21Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
16h 37mCMH-SJO
12/28Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
9h 28mSJO-CMH
$867
12/23Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
13h 05mCMH-SJO
12/25Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 05mSJO-CMH
$886
12/21Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
26h 31mCMH-SJO
12/28Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 58mSJO-CMH
$899
12/23Mon
multi-stop
25h 00mCMH-SJO
12/24Tue
multi-stop
17h 39mSJO-CMH
$933
12/23Mon
multi-stop
8h 24mCMH-SJO
12/24Tue
multi-stop
20h 42mSJO-CMH
$1,207
12/25Wed
multi-stopAvianca
28h 36mCMH-SJO
1/2Thu
multi-stopAvianca
16h 07mSJO-CMH
$2,416

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