{
  "response": {
    "Key": "BOS-CR",
    "orig": {
      "code": "BOS",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "Boston",
      "fullCity": "Boston, Massachusetts",
      "airport": "Logan Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "CR",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Costa Rica"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Costa Rica can I fly to from Boston?",
        "answer": "From Boston most flights arrive into San José or Liberia. San José is the gateway to the central highlands and Pacific coast, while Liberia serves Guanacaste beaches. Non-stop flights are seasonal; one-stop connections via Miami, Atlanta or Panama City are common year-round."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Boston to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "From Boston, non-stop flights to San José typically take about 5 hours 45 minutes to 6 hours 15 minutes southbound and are similar northbound. One-stop routes to Liberia often range from 7 to 9 hours total, depending on the connection."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from Boston to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "Non-stop flights from Boston to Costa Rica are not available year-round on most carriers, so most itineraries require one connection. Common one-stop routings go through hubs such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta or Panama City, with total travel times typically between 7 and 10 hours depending on the layover."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Boston to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "From Boston to Costa Rica you can fly nonstop on JetBlue or Delta, or connect via hubs on American, United, Southwest, or Copa."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Boston to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from Boston to Costa Rica are May, April, and June, with late spring and early fall offering the lowest fares overall. Booking about 8 to 11 weeks ahead typically yields the best price, and departing on a Tuesday or choosing an evening or afternoon flight can help you save. Peak summer, December holidays, and March are the most expensive times to travel on this route.",
        "methodology": "This 'good deal' estimate shows a representative best price for each departure date across roughly a 12-month window (about 3 months back and 9 months forward). It is built from real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, accumulated into a price history for each departure date. Rather than weighting all of that history equally, we apply exponential time decay so recent prices dominate — a price seen yesterday counts almost in full, one from about a month ago roughly a third, and prices from a few months back very little — giving a figure that tracks today's market instead of a stale long-run average. Clear price outliers are removed before any calculation, departure dates with no observations are filled in from nearby dates, and the resulting curve is lightly smoothed so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. The cheapest day of the week and time of day to depart are drawn from the same large sample of real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, grouped by the day of the week and by the time-of-day window of the outbound departure, with the lowest and average price reported for each."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights from Boston to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "For Boston to Costa Rica, the optimal booking window is about 8 to 11 weeks before departure, when average fares drop to around $512.",
        "methodology": "This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. Stop counts, connecting hubs, and per-airline prices are drawn from a large sample of the real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours. We group those fares by number of stops, by the hub airport a connection routes through, and by operating airline, and report each group's share of the sample alongside its lowest and median price. The typical price, the lowest fare, a 'great deal' threshold, and how fares are spread across price bands are summarized from a large sample of the real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, with a small fraction of extreme outlier fares excluded from the range."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "What are the most popular cities to visit in Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "In Costa Rica, visitors often start in San José, then head to Arenal for volcanoes and hot springs, Monteverde for cloud forests, Guanacaste for Pacific beaches like Tamarindo and the Caribbean coast around Puerto Viejo for wildlife and relaxed vibes."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from Boston to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "U.S. citizens do not need a visa for tourist stays of up to 90 days in Costa Rica. There is no electronic travel authorization requirement currently, but entry rules can change, so always verify before departure."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Costa Rica are best to fly into from Boston?",
        "answer": "From Boston, you will likely connect through a U.S. hub, but once in Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José offers the most frequent connections to domestic destinations and is best for exploring the central valley and Pacific coast. Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia is the top choice for Guanacaste beach resorts and the Nicoya Peninsula, with shorter transfers to popular coastal areas."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "For Costa Rica, the best balance of good weather and reasonable prices is from December to April, the dry season. Avoid the rainy season from May to November, though July offers a brief drier spell. Summer months are busiest and most expensive."
      }
    }
  }
}