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  "response": {
    "Key": "NYC-CR",
    "orig": {
      "code": "NYC",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "New York City",
      "fullCity": "New York City, New York",
      "airport": "John F Kennedy Intl Airport"
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    "dest": {
      "code": "CR",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Costa Rica"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Costa Rica can I fly to from New York City?",
        "answer": "From New York City you can fly non-stop to both San José and Liberia. San José is the capital and main hub for connections to the Pacific coast and Caribbean, while Liberia is closer to Guanacaste beaches and resorts. One-stop options via Miami, Atlanta or Panama City serve both airports and sometimes smaller airports like Tamarindo or Quepos with a domestic connection."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from New York City to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "From New York City to Costa Rica, non-stop flights to San José take roughly 5 hours 15 minutes to 5 hours 45 minutes southbound and are often a bit shorter heading north. If you fly into Liberia instead, expect a similar non-stop duration, while one-stop options to either city usually add 2 to 5 hours."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from New York City to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "Yes, there are non-stop flights from New York City to Costa Rica. From JFK you can fly non-stop to San José on JetBlue and Avianca, and to Liberia on JetBlue. From Newark, United offers non-stop service to both San José and Liberia. Flight time is roughly 5 to 5½ hours southbound and slightly longer on the return."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from New York City to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "From NYC to Costa Rica you can fly nonstop with JetBlue, United, American, or Delta. One-stop options include Copa via Panama City and Avianca via San Salvador."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from New York City to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from New York City to Costa Rica are May, April, and June, with late-night departures and Tuesdays offering the lowest fares. Booking about 6 to 9 weeks ahead typically yields the best prices, while peak summer and the December holidays are considerably more expensive.",
        "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. 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. 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."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights from New York City to Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "For flights from New York City to Costa Rica, booking 6 to 9 weeks ahead typically yields the best fares, with prices bottoming out around $503 about 60 days before departure and rising noticeably inside 4 weeks.",
        "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. 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, travelers often fly into San Jose, then head to La Fortuna for Arenal Volcano, Monteverde for cloud forests, and the Pacific coast towns like Tamarindo or Manuel Antonio for beaches and wildlife."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Costa Rica are best to fly into from New York City?",
        "answer": "From New York City to Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José is the primary gateway with the most long-haul options. It is best for onward travel by bus or rental car to the rest of the country. Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia is ideal for beach resorts in Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Costa Rica?",
        "answer": "December through April is Costa Rica's dry season with sunny weather, but it's the busiest and priciest period. May, June and November offer a good balance of lower prices, fewer tourists and still plenty of sunshine between brief tropical showers."
      },
      "q13": {
        "question": "How do I get to John F Kennedy Intl Airport from the city center?",
        "answer": "From Midtown Manhattan, the fastest and most popular route to JFK is the Long Island Rail Road to Jamaica Station, then the AirTrain, taking about 20 minutes from Penn Station or Grand Central Madison. Public transportation via the NYC subway (A, E, J, or Z lines to Howard Beach or Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue) connects to the AirTrain and is the cheapest option, though slower. Shuttle buses, ride-share services like Uber and Lyft, and taxis offer door-to-door convenience at a higher cost, while driving and parking at JFK is the most expensive and least recommended due to traffic and high lot fees.",
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