San Jose (SJC) to Manila (MNL): 7,007 miles (11,277 km) great-circle, about 14h 30m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1266 round-trip on Alaska Airlines, with 1 stop, departing April 28, 2026.
$1266 round-trip, Alaska Airlines AS745, departing 2026-04-28 at 14:44, returning 2026-05-28. The recorded itinerary left on a Tuesday, returning on a Thursday 30 nights later; the fare was observed 3 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1266, it ranked 25th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SJC (median $415). That is 18.1 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the SJC median of 23.1 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SJC of similar length: Rio de Janeiro (6,581 mi) at $1615 and Beijing (5,929 mi) at $1351.
Alaska Airlines had the cheapest fare on 12 of 30 SJC routes. It is the longest of the 30 routes we track from SJC.
Of 17 departure airports with a fare to Manila, San Jose (SJC) ranked 16th at $1266. Lowest: $155 from Singapore (SIN); highest: $1620 from San José (SJO); 6 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Cebu Pacific (4), Alaska Airlines (2), Cathay Pacific (2), Etihad (2), Air India (1) and airline 6J (1), plus 5 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Los_Angeles, Asia/Manila; flight time is our estimate.