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.