Costa Rica $189 over Labor Day!!!

American Airlines either has a glitch, or its my lucky day, but I booked a ticket Aug 28 to Sept 3 for $189, plus tax is $268, Chicago to DFW to SJO and SJO to MIA to Chicago. From NYC LGA, via MIA, is $279 plus tax....

Hope this helps some people....

I did not check othe Centro American places like Managua and Panama City etc...

R U heading for Punta Uva?

yeah tim these airfares are INSANE, i wish i could take advantage right now. have you ever seen them this low across the board?

We've had guests from Miami and back to SJO with Spirit for $40. Lost their luggage for 24hrs another $40 for taxi. If you find that price with them just fly with carrying bag.

I have no idea where I am going, thats what fun about CR, the choices are endless...

Yippeee

The Beetle Bar has been remodeled by the new owners Tim, you might check it out.

With all that extra CASH...you can always make a donation at the Hotel Del Rey in one of those 2 legged slot machines! Question: Is it better to book early or last minute for your departure date...to get a great ticket price? Or doesn't matter? I have been booking 6 months early and been doing great on ticket prices compared to other travelers. Lately ticket prices to fly out of my area here in Wyo, are way too HIGH for Panama! Thought I might try last minute booking this time?

Polaris1000,

Booking early or late isn't the key you've just got to have an eye on the fares. When Frontier (good for southern Wyo if you fly out of Denver International) announced their new service my wife and I got tickets for this December for $253 round trip including all taxes and it's a DIRECT flight from Denver so we don't even have to worry about them losing our bags. Not bad for high season.

Thanks for the info "costaricaguide" my options are really limited out of Casper, but Delta has treated me pretty fare with price the last 3 times to Central America. I have stayed with Delta for the hassel factor, switching airlines meens switching terminals easier to make my next connection on time going with one company the entire trip. Frontier might be coming back here, they have pulled out a number of times over the years. Frontier doesn't goto Costa Rica or Panama do they?

Polaris1000 Frontier has just started direct flights (well started selling anyway, the first flight isn't until Nov. 30) from Denver to SJO. Five hours and thirty minutes and forget about picking up bags, clearing customs, re-checking bags and hanging out in Houston/Atlanta/LA/Miami for three hours.

They're the ones flying us down so cheap in December...

Spirit is almost giving their seats away out of Fort Lauderdale to SJO.. If you can fly from FLL, become a member of the $9 FARE CLUB, and they send emails almost daily. The only problem is that you have about 24 hours to get one of the deals...

Check Spirit Air

You have a good chance of getting stranded with the smaller low cost carriers without many options, at least the big airlines can get you on another airlines flights out...a huge factor for me...

Tim- I know you are an experienced CR traveler but beware when you are coming back into to the US via Miami. My last three flights into the country via Miami ended with me being stuck there overnight due to the ineptness of AA. Make sure you have adequate time to clear customs and make your connection. AA is notorious for overselling flights and their ontime history is not the greatest when it comes to Miami.
I know all this info is probably not new to you but it may help someone else cashing in on the good deals. Wish I could take advantage of these deals but alas it will be March before I can venture back into the land of the Imperial Beer.

Just bought 3 non-stop tickets from LAX to San Jose on AA for $279 each. Yes!

I have never had a issue in Miami or with AA in regards to missing the next flight, I always like a window of 2 hours between flights, just in case.

It also helps to know the holiday weekends thru Miami are a pain, so then I go through Dallas or Houston, which is less Caribe and Latin Flights...