Cheap flights to San Juan

As far as the Caribbean Islands are concerned, air transport isn’t that spread apart as only a few major airports handle most of the traffic coming in and going out towards the mainland. One of these Caribbean transport and trade hubs is San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico.

Founded around 500 years ago, the city’s name is translated to “rich port” in Spanish and despite the fact that originally this referred to the rich geography and wildlife, time also proved the literal meaning of the word rich, as trade routes started building up in San Juan’s port. Following its naval trade tradition, San Juan also developed one of the largest airports in the Caribbean, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (FAA ID: SJU).

Opening its gates in 1955, the airport had trouble expanding at first, but it slowly managed to bring itself up as an important hub, persuading airline companies such as Pan Am or Eastern Air Lines to develop commercial and passenger routes to and from it. The airport is located some 3 miles southeast of San Juan, which makes it quite easy to get to your desired location even without having to rent a car (taxis aren’t that expensive for a 3 mile trip and public transportation also works decently well). Still, if you’re after that extra bit of freedom while you’re there, you can check out some of the San Juan car rental deals we pulled out using our meta search engine.

Unfortunately, prices for air tickets to San Juan from the United States don’t vary as much as bargain-hunters would like. Since there are few airlines operating these routes, you don’t really get a chance to choose the best offer, so your best bet is to choose the right time window. You can see the costs involved with traveling to San Juan from some popular United States locations in the table.

One thing that’s worth noting is that if you’re planning on taking a trip to San Juan during the summer months it’s advisable to get your ticket as early on as possible, since the prices might skyrocket closer to the tourist season. The Caribbean as a whole and especially Puerto Rico are becoming cheap and exotic getaways for American tourists during the summer, which also means that the higher demand forces the airlines to up prices.

If you want to look for current deals from your location to San Juan you can use our meta search engine to determine the cheapest deal you can get, out of around 100 of the top travel sites on the Internet. Try it out!