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American Airlines has round-trip flights from Austin (AUS) to San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) for $296-$326 with a connection. Flights in January, February, March, April, May, June, and July. Very few extended weekends available. Origin/Destination reversible.
A Carry-on bag and also a personal item is allowed for free on American. You can avoid paying for seat selection by accepting the randomly assigned seat at the gate.
We now provide links to vacation rentals that are priced under $160 and hotels priced under $180 a night. The properties linked from our website match the airfare dates and destination in this post. Vacation rentals tend to be a cheaper option than hotels for stays over 6-days or in locations with hotel resort fees. See the Hotels/Vrbo section of our website for details.
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Use the example date links on our website to pull up the fare.
- Austin to San Jose, Costa Rica - Example Dates: (Bookingbuddy / Priceline) Feb 21 - Feb 27 / Apr 18 - Apr 26 / Apr 25 - May 03 / May 09 - May 17 / May 10 - May 17 / May 16 - May 23 / May 16 - May 24 / May 23 - Jun 01 / Jun 18 - Jun 22 / Jun 23 - JuL 01 / Jun 25 - JuL 01 / Jun 28 - JuL 01 / JuL 04 - JuL 11 / JuL 04 - JuL 12 / JuL 04 - JuL 13 / JuL 11 - JuL 20 / JuL 12 - JuL 20 / JuL 13 - JuL 20 / JuL 18 - JuL 22 / JuL 18 - JuL 24 / JuL 18 - JuL 25 / JuL 18 - JuL 26 / JuL 18 - JuL 27 / JuL 19 - JuL 27 / JuL 25 - JuL 29 / JuL 25 - JuL 31 / JuL 25 - Aug 02 / JuL 25 - Aug 03 / JuL 26 - Aug 02 / JuL 26 - Aug 03 / JuL 27 - Aug 02 / JuL 27 - Aug 03 / JuL 28 - Aug 03 / JuL 30 - Aug 02 / JuL 30 - Aug 03 / JuL 30 - Aug 07 / JuL 31 - Aug 03 / JuL 31 - Aug 04 / JuL 31 - Aug 07 / JuL 31 - Aug 09 / Aug 01 - Aug 09 / Aug 01 - Aug 10 / Aug 02 - Aug 09 / Aug 02 - Aug 10 / Aug 02 - Aug 11 / Aug 03 - Aug 07 / Aug 03 - Aug 09 / Aug 03 - Aug 10 / Aug 03 - Aug 11 / Aug 03 - Aug 12 / Aug 04 - Aug 10 / Aug 05 - Aug 09 / Aug 05 - Aug 11 / Aug 05 - Aug 12 / Aug 06 - Aug 09 / Aug 06 - Aug 10 / Aug 06 - Aug 12 / Aug 07 - Aug 10 / Aug 07 - Aug 11 / Aug 08 - Aug 11 / Aug 08 - Aug 12 / Other dates: There may be more dates available than the ones we list here, experiment on your own.
- Austin to San Jose, Costa Rica - Extended Weekend Dates: (Bookingbuddy / Priceline) Aug 03 - Aug 07 / Other dates: There are more dates available than the ones we list here, experiment on your own.
- Vacation rentals in San Jose, Costa Rica under $160 a night: (Vrbo) Feb 21 - Feb 27 / Apr 18 - Apr 26 / Apr 25 - Apr 27 / Apr 25 - May 03 / May 09 - May 17 / May 10 - May 17 / May 16 - May 23 / May 16 - May 24 / May 22 - May 24 / May 23 - Jun 01 / Jun 20 - Jun 22 / Jun 23 - JuL 01 / Jun 25 - JuL 01 / JuL 04 - JuL 06 / JuL 04 - JuL 11 / JuL 04 - JuL 12 / JuL 04 - JuL 13 / JuL 11 - JuL 20 / JuL 12 - JuL 20 / JuL 13 - JuL 20 / JuL 18 - JuL 20 / JuL 18 - JuL 24 / JuL 18 - JuL 25 / JuL 18 - JuL 26 / JuL 18 - JuL 27 / JuL 19 - JuL 27 / JuL 25 - JuL 27 / JuL 25 - JuL 31 / JuL 25 - Aug 02 / JuL 25 - Aug 03 / JuL 26 - Aug 02 / JuL 26 - Aug 03 / JuL 27 - Aug 02 / JuL 27 - Aug 03 / JuL 28 - Aug 03 / JuL 30 - Aug 07 / JuL 31 - Aug 02 / JuL 31 - Aug 07 / JuL 31 - Aug 09 / Aug 01 - Aug 03 / Aug 01 - Aug 09 / Aug 01 - Aug 10 / Aug 02 - Aug 04 / Aug 02 - Aug 09 / Aug 02 - Aug 10 / Aug 02 - Aug 11 / Aug 03 - Aug 09 / Aug 03 - Aug 10 / Aug 03 - Aug 11 / Aug 03 - Aug 12 / Aug 04 - Aug 10 / Aug 05 - Aug 07 / Aug 05 - Aug 11 / Aug 05 - Aug 12 / Aug 06 - Aug 12 / Aug 07 - Aug 09 / Aug 08 - Aug 10 / Aug 10 - Aug 12 / Note: There are more properties available outside of the $160 price filter. To see those, remove the filter on the VRBO search page.
- Hotels in San Jose, Costa Rica under $180 a night: (Hotels.com) Feb 21 - Feb 27 / Apr 18 - Apr 26 / Apr 25 - Apr 27 / Apr 25 - May 03 / May 09 - May 17 / May 10 - May 17 / May 16 - May 23 / May 16 - May 24 / May 22 - May 24 / May 23 - Jun 01 / Jun 20 - Jun 22 / Jun 23 - JuL 01 / Jun 25 - JuL 01 / JuL 04 - JuL 06 / JuL 04 - JuL 11 / JuL 04 - JuL 12 / JuL 04 - JuL 13 / JuL 11 - JuL 20 / JuL 12 - JuL 20 / JuL 13 - JuL 20 / JuL 18 - JuL 20 / JuL 18 - JuL 24 / JuL 18 - JuL 25 / JuL 18 - JuL 26 / JuL 18 - JuL 27 / JuL 19 - JuL 27 / JuL 25 - JuL 27 / JuL 25 - JuL 31 / JuL 25 - Aug 02 / JuL 25 - Aug 03 / JuL 26 - Aug 02 / JuL 26 - Aug 03 / JuL 27 - Aug 02 / JuL 27 - Aug 03 / JuL 28 - Aug 03 / JuL 30 - Aug 07 / JuL 31 - Aug 02 / JuL 31 - Aug 07 / JuL 31 - Aug 09 / Aug 01 - Aug 03 / Aug 01 - Aug 09 / Aug 01 - Aug 10 / Aug 02 - Aug 04 / Aug 02 - Aug 09 / Aug 02 - Aug 10 / Aug 02 - Aug 11 / Aug 03 - Aug 09 / Aug 03 - Aug 10 / Aug 03 - Aug 11 / Aug 03 - Aug 12 / Aug 04 - Aug 10 / Aug 05 - Aug 07 / Aug 05 - Aug 11 / Aug 05 - Aug 12 / Aug 06 - Aug 12 / Aug 07 - Aug 09 / Aug 08 - Aug 10 / Aug 10 - Aug 12 / Note: There are more hotels available outside of the $180 price filter. To see those, remove the filter on the hotels.com search page.
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- Tips: Use Tripadvisor to create a Hotel “short list”. First, plug in your dates and destination. Then select “Sort by Traveler Ranked”. Finally, select the “Traveler Ranking” filter to show “only 4* and up”. Use this resulting “short list” of hotels to find the cheapest one with a high ranking.
- Tips: The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card allows for 1-to-1 point transfers to several airline loyalty programs. Booking with points is a good alternative to paying with cash when the price of airfare is high. Here is the current list of Chase Sapphire transfer partners: United, Southwest, jetBlue, British Airways, Iberia, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus, and Air Canada.
- Tips: Vacation rentals on Vrbo are usually cheaper per night for longer stays than shorter stays. This is due to three main factors; The first is that most properties have a cleaning fee that is a fixed rate, the second is that many hosts provide discounts for stays longer than 6-days, the third is that the Vrbo service fee percentage is higher on short stays.
- Tips: You can (and should) sort the Vrbo vacation rental search results by “Total” price. Doing so exposes properties with high fees. For example, a $140 per-night property with $100 fees will rank as being more expensive than a $150 per-night property with $30 fees, when sorted. Sorting by “most reviews” is also a good option, as this will show you the most popular properties.
- Tips: Rent a car for cheaper by using Priceline’s “Express Deals”. The rental car company will be hidden until after you purchase, but this allows those companies to undercut the published rate indirectly. You can remove low quality companies from those hidden results. The trick is to use the quality filter on their website to remove any rental car company with a review rating under 7.0 and then pick the deals that survive the filter.
- Tips: Hotel rates for Weekend dates are usually higher than the rates for Sunday through Thursday. Tripadvisor has a color-coded date calendar, red when the average hotel price for that day is more expensive, green for less expensive. You can use this to get an overview of what dates in the month are at a discount.
- Tips: Different booking websites will often have differing routes, prices, and availability. Before you finalize your purchase, do a quick check on BookingBuddy, Skyscanner, and Kayak to see if any other site or airline is offering a better deal.
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I was able to pull this up on Expedia and Priceline. Screenshot taken when this post was initially created. See timestamps at the top of this post.
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