{
  "response": {
    "Key": "DFW-CR",
    "orig": {
      "code": "DFW",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "Dallas",
      "fullCity": "Dallas, Texas",
      "airport": "Dallas Fort Worth Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "CR",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Costa Rica"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Costa Rica can I fly to from Dallas?",
        "answer": "From Dallas you can fly non-stop to Liberia in Guanacaste, serving Pacific beach resorts. One-stop flights via Miami, Houston or Atlanta connect you to San José, the main gateway for the Central Valley, volcanoes and Caribbean coast. Choose Liberia for beaches and dry forest, San José for city stays and rainforest access."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Dallas to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "From Dallas to Costa Rica, non-stop flights to San José or Liberia usually take about 3 hours 45 minutes to 4 hours southbound and roughly 4 to 4½ hours northbound. One-stop options via Houston, Miami, or Panama City often extend the trip to 5½ to 8 hours depending on the connection."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from Dallas to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "Yes, there are non-stop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Costa Rica. American Airlines serves both San José (SJO) and Liberia (LIR) directly. Non-stop flight time to San José is about 4 hours, and to Liberia is roughly 3 hours 45 minutes. These routes give you quick access to the Central Valley or the Pacific coast without needing a connection."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Dallas to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "American flies nonstop from Dallas to Costa Rica. One-stop options include United via Houston, Delta via Atlanta, and Copa via Panama City."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Dallas to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from Dallas to Costa Rica are April, October, and September, with April typically offering the lowest fares. Midweek departures — especially Sunday and Wednesday — tend to be slightly cheaper than Tuesday, and evening flights often have the best prices. Booking about 15 to 18 weeks ahead hits the sweet spot, while peak summer and December holidays are the most expensive times to travel.",
        "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 Dallas to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "For flights from Dallas to Costa Rica, the optimal booking window is about 15 to 18 weeks ahead, when fares average around $774, though you can still find reasonable prices booking 8 to 12 weeks out.",
        "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."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "What are the most popular cities to visit in Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "In Costa Rica, most U.S. travelers start in San José for its central hub, then visit Arenal/La Fortuna for volcano and hot springs, Monteverde for cloud forests, Manuel Antonio for beaches and wildlife, and Guanacaste's Pacific coast for resorts and surfing."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from Dallas to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "U.S. citizens do not need a visa for short tourist visits to Costa Rica; you can stay up to 90 days with a valid passport. No electronic travel authorization is required, but rules can change, so verify current entry requirements before your trip."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Costa Rica are best to fly into from Dallas?",
        "answer": "From Dallas to Costa Rica, you will most likely fly into San José’s Juan Santamaría International Airport, which handles nearly all long‑haul U.S. arrivals and sits close to the capital. Liberia’s Daniel Oduber Quirós Airport in Guanacaste is the best choice if you are headed to Pacific beach resorts and national parks, with seasonal nonstops available. Costa Rica has no passenger trains, so onward travel relies on domestic flights, shuttles, or rental cars."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "For Costa Rica, mid-December to April is the dry season with sunny weather but higher prices. May to mid-November is the green season with afternoon showers, lower rates and fewer tourists, especially in San José and Liberia."
      }
    }
  }
}