ExceptionalNonstop · 1h
MIL to GVASwitzerland
Geneva
$53
usually $145
−63%
Most monthly lows $99–$145. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · MIL → SJO
Milan to San José
Best fare, round trip
$847
−15%
below its usual $1,000
you keep $153
Found
- Depart
- Mon 22 Mar
- Return
- Sun 28 Mar
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 15h
- Airline
Wizz Air Malta
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $981 and $1,088. The drop beats 40% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Costa RicaSan JoséNobody comes for the capital — they come for two coasts, volcanoes and cloud forest, all within four hours.Best windowDec–AprAirportsJuan Santamaría (SJO)Every route into San JoséFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in March around $847 and peak in December near $1,383, 63% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 15 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip — ticketed under Wizz Air Malta, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $847 for 9,476 km each way, that works out to about $45 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 18 departure cities we track at a similar distance from San José, this fare ranks 5th — 30% above the $650 from Madrid. For context, the middle fare among the 37 routes of similar length we watch out of Milan is $655. The best time to be in San José: Dec–Apr.
The 5 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $984 then versus $1,023 now, across 18 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $847, on 22 Mar '27.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Mar, around $847
15% below the $1,000 typical fare
$1002Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$902Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$1383Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$1023Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$847Mar, the cheapest month. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Milan to San José, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Malpensa (MXP) · Linate (LIN) · Bergamo (BGY) ↔ Juan Santamaría (SJO)
- Flight time
- ≈15 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,476 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,000 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air Malta
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
MIL → SJO, answered.
Is $847 a good price for Milan to San José?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,000 round-trip and this fare is 15% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Milan to San José?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Mar comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in San José are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MIL → San José?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 5 months of cached fares, Mar comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Milan to San José?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Wizz Air Malta. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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