Find cheap flights from San José to South Africa from R11 963

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MOST POPULARCape Town
2+ stops from R26 662

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Low season

June

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R11 963
Best time to beat the crowds (0% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (2% more expensive on average)
Flight from San José to Cape Town

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San José to South Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to South Africa with an airline and back to San José with another airline.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Africa

  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from San José is January.
  • Morning departure is around 26% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top airlines flying from San José to South Africa

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San José to South Africa? 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 KAYAK reviews.
8,0
SWISSOverall score based on 9124 reviews
77entertainment
82boarding
79food
82overall
86crew
78comfort
Airline reviews
Pros: "Flight was cancelled. Kayak did not notify us. We found out by accident. There was no customer service from kayak. We had to solve with with the airline"
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Pros: "Flight was cancelled. Kayak did not notify us. We found out by accident. There was no customer service from kayak. We had to solve with with the airline"
Pros: "I upgraded to premium economy, worth every dollar. seats were comfortable and reclined quite far."
Cons: "honestly nothing needed improving ."
Pros: "I did not receive a single email from kayak letting me know I could check in or select seats. No updates on flight status! Poor service!"
Cons: "Email updates before flight! Not a single email sent!!"
Cons: "Need more leg room. Cramped for 8 hours is not a good thing"
Pros: "Punctual modern aircraft."
Cons: "The onky bad thing was luggage collection. Belt 6 tucked away. The luggage was so quick coming off that there was no-one to collect it . The belt was soon full and no.more luggage could enter the belt until the luggage on the belt was claimed"
Pros: "Crew were good, apart from forgetting at breakfast time that I had ordered gluten free food. Food was OK but not memorable."
Cons: "Business class is not as roomy as other airlines. My partner had to climb over me to reach the aisle, there is very little storage space and seat size is quite small. Choice of movies is limited."
Pros: "The planes are clean and relatively comfortable."
Cons: "Extremely rigid rules. My flight was the day of the blizzard in Boston, Tues, 3/13. Despite 5 calls to Swiss to reroute me out of Montreal, an airport I could actually get to, they would not relent. I finally just drove there and a really nice agent changed my flight since Logan was closed and all public transport was shut down. Even if my scheduled flight from boston wasn't canceled (I have no idea) they were incredibly unhelpful about the fact that I physically could not get to logan in time for my flight. (Mass DOT was asking everyone to stay off ALL roads). THEN on the way home, they would NOT let me fly back to Montreal where my car was!! WAY TOO RIGID RULES. Screw the customer!"
Pros: "Very friendly and efficient Good food"
Cons: "Zürich airport early closing at night so difficult to check in and drop off luggage"
Pros: "Dry. I’ve food and really felt pampered"
Cons: "I paid extra for economy plus with extra legroom and a seat that reclined more - waste of money - the seats were extremely uncomfortable!"
Cons: "We missed our flight going to Geneva from new York and so automatically lost the return portion of our flight. So had to totally rebook. The people at the Swiss air counter were not very helpful."

British Airways staff are courteous and efficient, they keep passengers happy and keep the bathrooms and aisles tidy. The selection of movies was ok, TV shows (sitcoms) were boring. I wish they offered Britbox/BBC shows

Flight delayed at the phoenix location itself. Missed connection flight and the alternate route given was 1 more extra day. It was a horrible experience

Pros: "Excellence view of London performered by the pilot. Very please with that."
Cons: "All good except for the seat, let my neck with a bit of pain."
Pros: "Pleasant staff, very poor entertainment systems, screens too small and kept needing to be reset."
Cons: "Poor entertainment systems Plane too cold Only 1 meal Ran out of gin for the second flight in a row"
Pros: "Comfy seats, pleasent crew, good selection of movies and we got there on time. Bathroom was clean."
Cons: "Food was a little gummy and breakfast was a biscuit and a cream cheese filled pretzel"
Cons: "The Boeing 747-400 is absolutely the WORST designed aircraft ever — Business Class cubicles are cramped with no spaces for placing items, etc. And, this was after the very worst boarding procedures!"
Pros: "The crew was considerate in taking care of children with families and assigning new upgraded seats to those adults who were looking for sleep and quiet. They were also helpful in getting me a special gluten free meal even though I did not order it in advance."
Cons: "My seat did not recline. There was no charger for a phone or screens to watch anything or WiFi on the flight."
Pros: "Real nice equipment."
Cons: "No information on connecting flights was provided. Also no heads up on the connection process ie. the need for a shuttle etc."
Pros: "I thought the staff were helpful and professional. I had enough legroom and there was room for my wedding dress to be hung, although it was slightly small."
Cons: "There was a lot of turbulence but I know this is not the fault of the airline. Additionally, the in-flight entertainment was not working properly and this had to be reset on request. There were no wet towels/wipes to wipe our hands."

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Recent one-way flight deals

14/5dt.
3 stops
56h 50mSJO-CPT
R634
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2 stops
40h 25mSJO-CPT
R757
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1 stopLufthansa
30h 30mSJO-CPT
R798
13/5dl.
2 stops
48h 15mSJO-CPT
R1 124

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10/2ds.
2 stopsUnited Airlines
42h 55mSJO-JNB
2/3ds.
2 stopsUnited Airlines
29h 47mJNB-SJO
R1 360
15/4dl.
2 stops
46h 40mSJO-CPT
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23h 48mCPT-SJO
R1 413
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44h 50mSJO-CPT
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46h 13mCPT-SJO
R1 460
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1 stopUnited Airlines
20h 35mSJO-JNB
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33h 04mJNB-SJO
R1 625
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36h 53mSJO-JNB
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34h 33mJNB-SJO
R1 734
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49h 30mSJO-JNB
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35h 11mJNB-SJO
R2 016
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1 stopAir France
29h 00mSJO-JNB
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1 stopAir France
30h 00mJNB-SJO
R2 395
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2 stopsKLM
43h 35mSJO-CPT
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1 stopKLM
24h 50mCPT-SJO
R2 858
7/1dg.
1 stopAir France
29h 00mSJO-JNB
14/1dg.
1 stopAir France
30h 00mJNB-SJO
R3 030
7/1dg.
2 stopsKLM
43h 35mSJO-CPT
13/1ds.
2 stopsKLM
29h 51mCPT-SJO
R3 569

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San José - South Africa Flights

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San José (SJO)Costa Rica

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South Africa - San José

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