$119 Find Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Washington, D.C.

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Cheap Flight Deals from Costa Rica to Washington, D.C.

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Costa Rica to Washington, D.C. 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 Costa Rica to Washington, D.C.

KAYAK's recommended round-trip deals from the most popular airlines that fly from Costa Rica to Washington, D.C..
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Volaris El Salvador Logo
2:13 pm - 12:20 pmSJO-IAD
20h 07m1 stop
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2:22 am - 1:27 pmIAD-SJO
13h 05m1 stop
$203Volaris El Salvador
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Wed, May 21 - Tue, May 27
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2:13 pm - 12:10 amSJO-IAD
7h 57m1 stop
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2:22 am - 10:14 amIAD-SJO
9h 52m1 stop
$204Volaris El Salvador
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Wed, May 14 - Sun, May 18
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:47 pmSJO-DCA
12h 47m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:53 am - 6:30 pmDCA-SJO
8h 37m1 stop
$226American Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Sat, Aug 23
American Airlines Logo
2:10 pm - 12:02 amSJO-IAD
7h 52m1 stop
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8:02 pm - 12:50 pmIAD-SJO
18h 48m2 stops
$227American Airlines
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Wed, May 7 - Wed, May 14
United Airlines Logo
7:55 am - 11:58 pmSJO-IAD
14h 03m1 stop
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6:30 am - 7:15 amIAD-SJO
26h 45m1 stop
$247United Airlines
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Wed, May 21 - Fri, May 30
United Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 10:45 pmSJO-BWI
15h 15m1 stop
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2:54 pm - 10:11 amBWI-SJO
21h 17m1 stop
$248United Airlines
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Tue, Jul 15 - Mon, Jul 28
Avianca Logo
5:10 pm - 11:45 pmSJO-IAD
4h 35mnonstop
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2:35 am - 7:40 amIAD-SJO
7h 05m1 stop
$249Avianca
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Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 18
Avianca Logo
5:10 pm - 11:45 pmSJO-IAD
4h 35mnonstop
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2:35 am - 11:15 amIAD-SJO
10h 40m2 stops
$250Avianca
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Tue, Jun 3 - Fri, Jun 6
Copa Airlines Logo
4:10 am - 3:15 pmSJO-BWI
9h 05m1 stop
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4:49 pm - 8:20 amBWI-SJO
17h 31m1 stop
$256Copa Airlines
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Wed, May 21 - Mon, May 26
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4:10 am - 3:15 pmSJO-BWI
9h 05m1 stop
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4:49 pm - 8:20 amBWI-SJO
17h 31m1 stop
$270Copa Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Washington, D.C.

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Washington, D.C. to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Washington, D.C.?

The average price of all round-trip flights to Washington, D.C. clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Washington, D.C. is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $336. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $580 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Washington, D.C.?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Washington, D.C., 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 Washington, D.C. is October, where tickets cost $271 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $392 and $378 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is October with an average price of $271.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Washington, D.C.?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Washington, D.C. depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Washington, D.C. is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $301 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Washington, D.C. is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $599.

What is a good deal for flights to Washington, D.C.?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Washington, D.C., 25% of our users found tickets to Washington, D.C. for the following prices or less: From San José $459 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Washington, D.C.?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Washington, D.C., 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, you should book around 8 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Washington, D.C.?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Washington, D.C. is Baltimore/Washington Airport (BWI), with an average flight price of $195.

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Low season

March

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$119
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 24% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 17% lower on average.
Flight from San José to Washington Dulles Airport

FAQs - booking Washington, D.C. flights

  • Which Washington, D.C. airport is closest to central Washington, D.C.?

    There are 2 major airports in Washington, D.C.. The nearest airport from Washington, D.C. city center is Reagan Washington National Airport (4 miles), followed by Washington Dulles Airport (22 miles).

  • How much is a flight to Washington, D.C.?

    On average, a flight to Washington, D.C. costs $423. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $167 and departed from San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Washington, D.C.?

    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 Washington, D.C..

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Washington, D.C.?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Washington, D.C.?

    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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C.?

    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 Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many direct flights to Washington, D.C. are there each week?

    Each week there are around 8,803 direct flights from within Costa Rica to Washington, D.C.. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Washington, D.C.

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $319 or less one-way and $615 or less round-trip.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Washington, D.C. flight deals.

Top 5 airlines serving from Costa Rica to Washington, D.C.

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Washington, D.C.. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Costa Rica to Washington, D.C.. 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 Washington, D.C.? 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.
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DeltaOverall score based on 7920 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.9Entertainment
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
8.5Crew
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This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

10.0 ExcellentGary, Apr 2025TPA - LAX
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This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Delayed take-off. Very small plane so very scary with lots of bumps during the flight. Would never fly Delta on short flights in small 80 seaters plane again! Felt relieved when landed.

Delta is a cut above the others in customer service.

The worst part was I was NOT allowed in the lounge even though I was holding a first class ticket and have a premium American Express card. I have flown Business or First Class with many airlines. Delta is the ONLY one who does not extend this courtesy to anyone except people who hold the very expensive American Express card. As a result, I won’t fly Delta if I have any other choice.

A little bumpy ride . No food was being provided due the the turbulence. That was ok it was a short flight to my standards.

Simply outstanding. Their new lounge for Delta One customers is a cut above the rest.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

third trip overseas with delta recently where the TV did not work- not acceptable for a 8 hour flight! your food really has declined crew great and I am loyal to delta

Boarding in Amsterdam is always chaotic. KLM/ Delta has not streamlined or made it efficient as it was boarding in Detroit . The food was mediocre The crew was unfriendly and more focused on getting things done quickly rather than service with a smile .

The Dekta Rep that checked us in was great. She's very personable, pleasant, and can tell she enjoys her job.

I upgraded myself to Business Class at the last minute so I had a DREAMS window seat. Seeing as I've never flown Business before everything was novel and fun for me and it made the 7 hour flight much more enjoyable for sure.

No headphones given for inflight entertainment. I missed my flight from the previous day and the customer service agent tried to extort an additional $100.00 US from me for missing my flight. Really?!

It was reasonably comfortable trip considering its duration (7 hours). Crew was very good and friendly, seats very more comfortable than other planes. Only negative comment would be that the bathroom light did not get its full brightness 🙃

It was good, plane is a bit older so seats are somewhat flat

Great from check in all the way to the end. Very happy with Copa

Copa stranded us ans then tried to charge us thousands to leave Panama.

Friendly flight team and seamless travel from one stop to next.

I loved my experience. Very safe, Very informative and very friendly.

Check in person said there would be lunch. We were first class passengers and lunch was chips.

Flight attendant -José? - was over the top friendly and professional. Beautiful new plane with lie flat seats in Business (worth it!)

Mostly the experience was good except for the flight changes made by UA which meant longer layover in DC

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.

Change cabin crew assisting business class. Not taking care, ignoring requests and calls. Never had such an experience in business class.

United left one of our bags back in SFO but that’s not my real complaint. The complaint is how it all went down. So we checked in the day before online and were told we could use the quick drop for luggage. So the next day I used baggage quick drop curbside at SFO. The agent mistakenly didn't tag my bag as he put my bag on the conveyor belt untagged. We immediately alerted him he had not tagged the bag. I walked with him to the baggage service office to find my bag and tag it. We waited outside the office for 10 mins. He came out and said everything was ok and the bag was going to be tagged and on my flight. We received a text that one of our bags was on the flight but the other was not. I alerted my first class flight attendant immediately upon boarding the flight. She was helpful and said she’d get it sorted out right away. She called over the gate agent. The gate agent used my bag number and looked over information on her device. She said my bag was on the flight. The flight attendant was standing with her, looking at the device, and also said “yep it’s on the flight”. During the flight the flight attendant made reference to how reassuring it must feel knowing the bag was on the flight. Upon arriving to IAD we received a text that my bag was not on my flight. The text said my bag would arrive to my final destination LIS 24 hrs late. I understand that mistakes happen. I was totally ok with my bag mistakenly not getting tagged at the quick drop. I was fine with walking down to baggage services to tag my bag. But, what I am not ok with is that the United staff said they fixed the mistake two different times, assuring me twice that my bag would be/was on the plane…and it wasn’t. I expected better attention by the employees, for them to do what they said they were going to do. We also spent extra money to upgrade our seats to first class, including the entire return leg from Lisbon to San Francisco because we wanted a smoother and more relaxing travel experience. Our money was not well spent. We will not be using United for travel going forward.

The flight was delayed, it took longer than anticipated because of weather, and they broke my luggage.

Horrifying! And I am almost 2 million miles with United. Late by 3 1/2 hours. Worst: after two hours on the plane waiting, they decided that one of the tires had been damaged and then decided to change it. Another hour and a half to change the tire!!!!! NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. The crew didn't even offer a glass of water until we had been on the plane for FIVE hours. This is the worst airline in the world. I'm simply stuck because they fly on the only routes I need.

Gate got changed about 4 times. Very confusing and very crowded. If you don’t have wifi to help get updates, you can be in deep trouble.

Attendants zipped through cabin so fast hardly anyone got the water they told us we could have in the short flight. Nothing else was offered.

Sucks ! All three flights I was on this trip were delayed.

Plane left & arrived early- 5 Crew great. Wi fi - paid for 2, only 1 worked - so so. Waste of $. Coolie was good

When I'm on a 5hr 22 minute flight I expect food to be purchased. Especially when American makes a very tight connection time where u have to run to make the long flight. Chips and nuts are unacceptable and being told you should be in first class to get a meal is also unacceptable. I didn't change the flight times American Airlines did.

The boarding crew was incredibly helpful getting me on an earlier flight

Great experience. Flight boarded easily. Departed early. Smooth flight. Great arrival in DC--almost no taxing! Almost direct to gate from runway. Crew was terrific. Same cookies and beverages in main cabin. I did not use the entertainment system on this flight.

Flight delayed on both ends - have a gate ready at DCA, don't make us sit for 30min after being late to take off as well.

AA can't control the weather. But the airplane was hot and stuffy while stuck on the runway with a broken entertainment system.

very bare bones flight no entertainment screen, download shows prior to boarding to watch on phone or tablet.

It was good. It’s been a long time since my wife and I fly any where and things have changed. Our trip was to see our new grandson. We fly economy and that was not good for my bad back. It was a quick flight but uncomfortable.

Service in first class no longer exists on American Airlines .

Flight was delayed by 11 hours. Flight agent finally had to rebook us, but did not rebook fully correctly. We had to pay out of pocket to get to the hotel they booked us and couldn’t check in the next day online because the next day’s agent said they didn’t complete the process the night before.

The flight got canceled last minute with no explanation or refund, I had to rebook for a different day

A few years ago long flights 6 hours or so used to have video screens and they offered ear phones. The food cart used to come and drinks. Now absolutely nothing. Avianca is as bad as Spirit Airlines. Avianca will now be my last choice when booking my next flight.

Terrible, We had to stay in Bogota for two days due to weather but the airline did not provide for the same day flight. Only two days later

Purchased a business class ticket and got a economy seat with center seat blocked they call it business. 3100usd ticket on a flight where economy costs 500usd The biggest scam insult have had on a regular airline. Avianca should be in the low cost category and kicked out of Star Alliance. I want the difference to be credited. Ets see what Avianca does. No reply so far. Avianca = low cost airline. Beware

There isn't much space in-between seats and even water needs to be paid for during the flight.

Boarding was somewhat confusing in that the wrong messages were being displayed at the gate. It was somewhat annoying that I got off one flight and straight onto another (from the same gate), but in between they re-checked my hand luggage and made me get rid of my water (which they charge for on the plane). I was sitting in their 'Plus' seating, but the leg room was still too small to be able to sit square. The food options on the flights are pretty cheap quality (but not price). They got me from 'A' to 'B' on-time and for a relatively good price, but the experience itself was below average.

please see previous response; it covers the whole travel trajectory.

I paid over $200 for seat selection for these flights and I was still stuck on long international flights in seats that do not recline and do not have the head support cushion. At this point basically all airlines have those for all seats, and this really took me by surprise and made me not ever want to travel on Avianca. The Kayak agent who called me for the seat selection (Donovan) was courteous, but it seems the system for this doesn't work. I was offered seat selection, for the $200+, but without being able to see what I was selecting, with no guarantee where I'd be...and then I still ended up in terrible seats. On my way to, and especially after, a very intense business trip, the seat situation really soured my experience.

Overpriced checked bag price of $120 and they charge you for carryon if the size is not minimal of $120.

Be very careful of the initial low price because Avianca wil bill you for a carryon of $120 or a checked bag for $120. Also, be careful with connections because the customs entry process is slow and the connecting terminal is not close.

Worst airline , charge for everything even for water, seat space is very bad

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