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San José
San José1 stopC$ 437
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LiberiadirectC$ 311

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Flight from Toronto Pearson Airport to Liberia

FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

  • What recommendations for kid seat safety should be considered when renting a car in Costa Rica?

    If you plan to rent a car for movement flexibility from the airport to your destinations, please be aware that child seat safety regulations are followed in Costa Rica. Your children under 12 years will be given a child safety seat appropriate for their size. Rear-facing seats are available for infants under the age of 15 months, forward-facing seats are available for children between the ages of 15 months and 4 years, and booster or booster cushion seats are available for children between the ages of 4 and 12 years.

  • How do I connect from San José International Airport (SJC) to Downtown San Jose?

    San Jose International Airport and Downtown are not directly connected. You can take route 60 bus that will take you to 1st Metro station, and walk to the Airport/metro Station. At the airport station, you will take a tram to your final destination downtown. You can also take a taxi to downtown San Jose in about 10 minutes.

  • Do I need a visa to travel to Costa Rica?

    Canadian passport holders do not need to apply for a visa for stays of up to 90 days. However, your passport should be valid for at least a month beyond your date of departure from Costa Rica and you might need to provide proof of onward or return travel in the form of an airline ticket or equivalent.

  • Are there direct flights to Costa Rica?

    Air Canada Rouge offers non-stop flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport and Montreal Airport to San Jose International Airport, Costa Rica's biggest international airport servicing the capital, San Jose. WestJet offers a direct connection between Toronto and San Jose. Both airlines also fly non-stop to Costa Rica's second international airport in Guanacaste, Liberia International Airport.

  • Where should I fly to in Costa Rica?

    When booking your flights to Costa Rica, you have the choice between two international airports. San Jose Airport is your best option if you are heading to the southern part of Costa Rica, including the Caribbean or central Pacific regions. Liberia Airport is the perfect starting point if you want to visit the northern part of Costa Rica. If you are catching a domestic flight after your arrival in Costa Rica, San Jose International Airport might be the best choice as it is the hub for domestic airlines such as Sansa Airlines, and connects to additional destinations within the country.

  • I want to visit the best beaches in Costa Rica. Where should I fly to?

    The region of Guanacaste, located in the northwestern part of Costa Rica, boasts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country including Tamarindo, Samara and Flamingo. If you want to visit one of these beaches, your best option is to fly into Liberia International Airport. You can either rent a car at the airport or use one of the many shuttle busses to get to the surrounding beaches. If you take a shuttle bus, the transfer to Tamarindo or Flamingo beach takes approximately 2h, and the trip to Samara beach takes approximately 2h 30min.

  • How long is the flight to Costa Rica?

    An average direct flight from Canada to Costa Rica takes 17h 15m, covering a distance of 7478 km. The most popular route is Montreal - San José with an average flight time of 6h 00m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Costa Rica?

    The cheapest ticket to Costa Rica from Canada found in the last 72 hours was C$ 195 one-way, and C$ 334 round-trip. The most popular route is Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl to San José Juan Santamaria Intl and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was C$ 475.

  • Which airlines fly to Costa Rica?

    Air Canada, WestJet & Air Transat fly the most frequently from Canada to Costa Rica.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Costa Rica?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Liberia (50% of total searches to Costa Rica). The next most popular destination is San José (50%).

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Costa Rica

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Costa Rica flight deals.
  • Please be aware that the cost of the airfare will be higher if you travel to Costa Rica to attend The Sun Festival, which takes place in the final week of February. Most visitors to Costa Rica from across the world, including those from Canada and the USA, book their flights during this time of the Sun festival. As a result, demand for flights to Costa Rica increases significantly.
  • To rent a car that will fit your budget, tastes, and purpose at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), you will visit the car rental centre located directly across from Terminal B. There, you will access, among other agencies, budget, Avis, and Thrifty car rentals.
  • Travellers deplaning from their late-night flights at SJO can consider booking their rooms in the hotels near SJO. Among these hotels is Hampton by Hilton San Jose Airport hotel. The hotel is located about 0.4 km west of SJO. Travellers connecting from their arrival terminal can take a 6-minute walk to this hotel.
  • If you are planning to visit several destinations within Costa Rica, it might make sense to plan for a multi-destination air ticket, flying into San Jose International Airport (SJO) and leaving from Liberia International Airport (LIR).
  • While the local currency is the Costa Rican Colon, travellers should note that US dollars are also widely accepted throughout the country. You might want to check which conversion rate is best prior to your departure.
  • Credit cards such as Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted, and ATMs are easily available in Costa Rican cities and airports. It is advisable that you carry some cash if you travel to more remote areas within the country.
  • If you want to visit Arenal Volcano, consider catching a flight from San Jose Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON), approximately 20 km away from the volcano.
  • The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve with its stunning biodiversity and vast range of activities is about a 4h drive from both international airports. If you’re planning to visit this reserve, choose a flight based on your remaining itinerary or the best possible offer.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Costa Rica

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Canada to Costa Rica? 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.
7.8
Air TransatOverall score based on 389 reviews
6.8Food
7.0Entertainment
7.9Boarding
7.3Comfort
8.5Crew
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Great flight and crew. Food isn't free and neither are headphones...

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Oct 2024MCO - YUL
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Great flight and crew. Food isn't free and neither are headphones...

We were in economy class but paid for option Plus which offer you an extra snack after take off, free earplugs & blanket. The crew were very attentive. The comfort however wasn’t great, hard to be comfortable in such restraint place. Wasn’t able to sleep through out the 7hrs flight and was exhausted upon arrival.

The flights were on time and the crew was friendly and helpful. The food was ok. The seats were quite cramped and if the seat in front was tipped back there was very very little room. The entertainment was only on your own device and there was no usb charging

Boarding and staff were excellent. The food was ok. Very cramped seating. No existent entertainment other than on iPhone over wifi with poor choices of movie or shows. Bring your own entertainment. Nowhere to charge your phone

Delay was not properly communicated. Service, plane, value of ticker were all great.

Excellent service and food in the Club Class. Warmly recommend. Much better than AC.

My new suitcase got busted when I arrived at Toronto , two of the wheels are broken and can no longer be used , I am very disappointed over this situation but the flight and service was awesome .

From what I saw there was no entertainment. Similar to my flight to London, I personally would like the attendants to be more interactive during the flight.

Air Transat left my luggage back in Montreal and it took them 5 DAYS to get it to Venice. Luckily I was still in town, or else their option was to send my luggage back to my house in CANADA. What a joke! Oh, and I had to find a way to go get it at the airport in Venice, they needed 72 hours more to get it to where I was staying.

I was pleasantly surprised. I booked the "club class" which was basically like Domestic First Class. The service was superior. Food was pretty good. Seats and cabin were comfortable. For the price I paid, I was very pleased.

Horrible; seating was atrocious - inadequate leg room and seat width tight even for a small individual. Profits shouldn’t be everything!

Connection coordination with Star Alliance partner could be better. Lots of check in setup was not interlinked between operators.

There was no room in overhead bin to place our luggage despite we had tree seats. It means a lot of people had more than 1 carry on bags. When I asked a crew member to help she said that it was not her responsibility.

The plane used to go to Chicago was a bit outdated and needed a refresh

My connecting gate in .Chicago was across the aisle from my arriving gate. Otherwise I would not have made my connection. So that was very fortunate.

I flew basic economy, so it was what I expected. Crew was nice though, and flight was quick. Would recommend for flights under 6 hours, otherwise would upgrade to something with more leg room.

Bad, they delayed my flight, lost my connection flight had to stay overnight for the next flight and missed a lot of important meetings. 1 day totally lost!

Airline staff was good the checkin process was ok but the plane itself was very bad the comfort was worst it was worst and the most stiff 5 hours of my life i felt claustrophobic

Everything got delayed we were supposed to land at 1pm and landes at 8-9 pm … was horrible

Calgary desperately needs a star alliance lounge in the transborder area for United.

The flight was on time and shorter time arrival than planned. I was an ultra basic passenger and understood one personal item on the plane. The announcements of one personal item and zone 9 boarding certainly felt like we were separated from the rest. Actually zone 9 passengers should be boarded second; we are not blocking aisles and can be seated much faster and deboarded faster too.

Was a short flight, not good or bad. Extremely cramped and I'm only 6feet 1inches. 295lbs.

I had a problem checking in as I didn’t have the correct code. I had to phone BudgetAir.com. They charged me an additional 174US for some tax or something in order to provide me with my booking number. I will never use a third party seller again. Absolutely criminal activity. But I did get to where I wanted to go

Still sitting in a hotel when I'm due for work

My trip was two parts flying from Canada to ATL then to PNS I had confirmed seats with tickets at boarding in Canada and bags tagged for said flight. Got to ATL got help to plane before boarding ended and was told at the gate that I had no seats on this flight even though I had tickets that said so I was told by a supervisor with Delta that I was booked on flight 5 hours later not the one on my ticket had to sit in ATL not knowing if my bags were on flight I was booked on or the one I was told at the gate for 5 hours later or even if I would have seat on that flight as seats were to be assigned at gate. Will never recommend West Jet product and am not sure about Delta any longer and had never booked thru Kayak for flight before and will probably never again and will be sharing my experience with who ever will listen to me about it to warn them to avoid the problems I went thru.

Delays happen but communication and care were very low on what ended up being a long day.

they forgot to load our luggage onto the plane and we were without it for half of our trip to Paris. Didn’t seem to have much interest in getting it to us expeditiously.

Terrible experience at the gate. Charged for carry on luggage despite them meeting the requirements for sizing.

Loved everything, especially during check in, very amazing people, they were so patient with me cos my bag was overweight. Loved their service. I’ll be using them again.

As per usual, lately, the flight was delayed. I can’t recall the last time a WestJet flight was on time.

Horrible. I have been trying to speak to a representative to know why I was over charged but I get redirected to AI Vianca everytime with no results. Is there an agency that oversees airline gouging? I will never fly or recommend Avianca to anyone not that you care.

Charging for WATER on a SIX hour flight in repugnant. Enough said!

Old planes rude workers no tvs seats don’t go back and overpriced

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.

No comfort at all. You should add at least 1 meal or a bottle of water. I wanted to buy one sandwich and everything was gone.

There was no bag included in the reservation. The price was double. Not properly advertised

The temperature was cold and the food that we had to pay for was awful. The crew didn’t even offer a free glass of water. It was a long, expensive and uncomfortable flight.

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

Discomfort has become a feature in Avianca flights. That isn’t terrible on short, local flights (most of them 1-2 Hrs)… but a 7-Hr flight with no water, no coffeee, no nothing (unless you buy it) is just not right. Uncomfortable seats, almost inhuman space between chairs, in long-haul flights needs to be reviewed by airline. And unavailable entertainment system doesn’t help either. Flight was safe and on-time, which isn’t easy to achieve. But all other features aren’t features: they’re a modern way of torture. Avianca really needs to up their game, or bluntly declare: we’re an ultra low-cost airline, and fees will drop accordingly.

Every food and beverage has to be paid and the seat was not confortable. They even gave water.

Speechless! How professionally running. I am so proud of Air Canada 🍁 👏 ..

Easy airport. Luggage was late coming in but was handled quickly by excellent and helpful folks at Lost Luggage who got my luggage to me by 7 am the next morning! Bravo!

Awful. Late. Basic. Phone charger jacks didn't work. No entertainment No coffee even.

The Q400 plane is getting old and very noisy. They should allow the quieter jets fly onto the island.

The flight attendant, Kearin, was delightful. He was funny, friendly, and helpful. The only problem with the flight was that a door from the above baggage compartment fell off during boarding which slightly delayed takeoff.

I booked through Kayak but was charged in US dollars. Kayak should ensure that its site clearly indicates the currency. I missed the tiny US icon in the top right corner and paid another $60 for the return flight from Vancouver to Kelowna.

Arrived at our connection to find out all 4 of our seats were moved in different parts of the aircraft. Traveling with two small children, this was not going to work. We spoke with the gate attendant and she was not helpful and downright rude. They could only “accommodate” having 2 seats together and this was an international flight. We will not be traveling with air Canada again unless there are absolutely no other options.

Everything but the actual plan was good. I would expect a 5hr flight would have at least chargers for mobile devices. Especially considering since the airplane had no screens for entertainment either. Seats were tighter than usual too.

Flight was cancelled due to problems with the aircraft . Not much else to add . Itinerary was changed from yeg to Yule direct . Fine .

Multiple change of the gates at Pearson, delayed flight was extremely uncomfortable.

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