Cheap flights from Santa Cruz to Warsaw

April is the cheapest month to fly this route. Fares are also published for September through January, plus March and July, so if your dates are open, compare those months against April before you decide. Prices rise for Christmas and New Year travel and again in the European summer, when Poles head abroad and families fly in both directions. On the Bolivian side, school breaks and Carnival week push demand up. Midweek departures are usually quieter than Friday and Sunday, and the same holds for the return leg. Book well ahead for April and much earlier for the December peak.

LOT Polish Airlines, Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lufthansa, Iberia, Air Europa, Copa Airlines, Avianca, Boliviana de Aviacion and GOL Linhas Aereas all sell tickets on this route, and none of them fly it non-stop. The European carriers are full-service, so a checked bag and meals normally come with the fare, though the lightest fare families on some of them leave the bag out. Copa, Avianca and Boliviana de Aviacion cover the Latin American legs through their own hubs. GOL Linhas Aereas works on a low-cost model, so bags and seat selection usually cost extra.

Warsaw has two airports, and your ticket will name one of them. F. Chopin sits close to the city centre, with a train and bus link into town and taxis and ride-hailing at the curb. Modlin is well outside the city to the north and mostly handles the cheaper carriers; getting in takes longer, usually by a dedicated bus or coach to the centre, and a taxi is a much bigger commitment. Check the airport code on your booking before you arrange a pickup, and check it again on the return, because a ticket out of Modlin is not a ticket out of Chopin. Late arrivals are worth planning for: if you land after the last train or bus, your options narrow to a taxi.

Currency

PLZ (zł)

Power sockets

Type C, E · 230 V

Language

Polish

Emergency number

112, 986, 997

Driving side

right

Calling code

+48

Internet domain

.pl

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Warsaw

1.9 M (2024)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Warsaw)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Confirm that your Santa Cruz departure is from Viru Viru International, the city's international airport.
• Check whether your Warsaw ticket lands at F. Chopin or Modlin, and plan the transfer accordingly.
• Every itinerary on this route connects, so make sure the layover is long enough to change planes comfortably.
• If your connection is booked on a separate ticket, your bags will not be checked through and a missed flight is on you.
• Look at what the cheapest fare includes, since light fares often exclude a checked bag.
• Check entry rules for Poland and the Schengen area, plus any transit country you pass through.