Originally Posted by
MikeF16
I'm going to try and nonrev the family to Costa Rica. We want to go to LIR but SJO has twice the flights out of ATL. In the event we get stuck in SJO, looks like a long drive or a flight on a shady carrier to make it to the NW coast.
For anybody who has done this before any recommendations? Just wait until the next day until I can find an LIR flight? I've got a good amount of vacation so we're not in a big hurry, other than my standard impatience with airport security BS.
Buy an Eticket (Travelnet>Leisure Travel) on a couple other carriers to get out of SJO. Years ago folks used to fly Taca(?) to Panama City, and there's a late DL flight you could catch. Now we fly to several other central America cities that would also probably work.
SJO sits in a bowl, and depending on which way they're taking off, they sometimes have to block seats. Especially if it's a 737 instead of a 757. And have enough US cash to pay the departure tax.
There's an ATM but it doesn't always work.
I rode a van once SJO to the coast near LIR. Would not do that again. Nothing like coming around a corner to see a logging truck passing a logging truck bearing down on you. Pretty sure they had to replace that seat cushion.