€318 Find Cheap Flights to Illinois

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Best Illinois Flight Deals

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicago2 stops€545
St. Louis
St. Louis2 stops€815
Chicago
Chicago2 stops€545
St. Louis
St. Louis2 stops€815

Book Cheap Illinois Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Illinois that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to Illinois

Wed, 23 Sep - Fri, 2 Oct
Multiple Airlines Logo
08:50 - 20:12
DUB
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ORD
17h 22m
2 stops
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10:40 - 08:15
ORD
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DUB
15h 35m
2 stops
€545Multiple Airlines
Tue, 25 Aug - Mon, 31 Aug
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05:55 - 18:33
DUB
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MDW
18h 38m
2 stops
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10:54 - 10:00
MDW
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DUB
17h 06m
2 stops
€545Delta
Mon, 14 Sep - Sat, 26 Sep
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06:05 - 12:55
DUB
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ORD
12h 50m
1 stop
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10:40 - 08:15
ORD
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DUB
15h 35m
2 stops
€546Multiple Airlines
Sun, 30 Aug - Sat, 19 Sep
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09:50 - 14:36
DUB
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ORD
34h 46m
1 stop
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12:16 - 08:15
ORD
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DUB
13h 59m
2 stops
€547Air Canada
Fri, 11 Sep - Sun, 20 Sep
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09:30 - 11:50
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ORD
8h 20mdirect
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08:42 - 10:15
ORD
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SNN
19h 33m
2 stops
€548United Airlines
Tue, 1 Sep - Mon, 28 Sep
Air Canada Logo
09:50 - 16:57
DUB
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ORD
13h 07m
2 stops
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12:59 - 07:45
ORD
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DUB
12h 46m
2 stops
€549Air Canada
Wed, 23 Sep - Fri, 2 Oct
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11:35 - 13:40
DUB
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ORD
8h 05mdirect
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15:00 - 11:10
ORD
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DUB
14h 10m
1 stop
€551United Airlines
Sat, 31 Oct - Mon, 2 Nov
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15:50 - 19:25
DUB
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ORD
8h 35mdirect
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17:10 - 09:50
ORD
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DUB
10h 40m
1 stop
€553Aer Lingus
Fri, 4 Dec - Sun, 6 Dec
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14:45 - 22:54
SNN
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ORD
14h 09m
2 stops
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10:15 - 06:20
ORD
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SNN
14h 05m
2 stops
€617American Airlines
Thu, 3 Dec - Sun, 6 Dec
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11:30 - 20:21
DUB
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STL
14h 51m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
06:00 - 08:30
STL
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DUB
20h 30m
1 stop
€857American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Illinois

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Illinois to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Illinois?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from Ireland found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, at €514 return. The most popular route is Dublin (DUB) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was €514.

How much is a flight to Illinois?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Illinois from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to Illinois costs €781 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was €493 for the route Dublin (DUB) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Dublin to Chicago which costs €739 on average, and Shannon to Chicago, which costs €839 on average.

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What is the cheapest month to fly from Ireland to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Ireland to Illinois, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Ireland to Illinois is June, when tickets cost €233 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is €365 and €346 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Ireland to Illinois depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost €614 on average. Morning departures are around 16% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is €784.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Ireland to Illinois?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Illinois, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Ireland to Illinois, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 32% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Illinois?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Illinois is Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD), with an average flight price of €805.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight€318
Best time to beat the crowds (4% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from Shannon to Chicago O'Hare Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Ireland to Illinois?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Ireland to Illinois.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Ireland to Illinois?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Ireland to Illinois is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Ireland to Illinois?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Ireland to Illinois with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Ireland to Illinois?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Ireland to Illinois up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Illinois?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Illinois is Thursday when return tickets can be as cheap as €661. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, when return prices are €791 on average.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Illinois? 25% of our users found return tickets to Illinois for the following prices or less: From Dublin €717, from Shannon €793
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Illinois flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Illinois. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Ireland to Illinois. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Ireland to Illinois? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.6
FinnairOverall score based on 1415 reviews
6.9Entertainment
8.2Crew
7.4Comfort
6.7Food
7.7Boarding
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Late, dirty cabin, charging ports broken, uncomfortable, no tomato juice, barely edible food

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jun 2026
HEL - LAX
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Late, dirty cabin, charging ports broken, uncomfortable, no tomato juice, barely edible food

Flight on time, landed well ahead of schedule. Attendants were excellent and responsive

The crew was friendly, and the flight landed on time

Rude Iberia security crew at the Madrid terminal. No Iberia officials to be found to redress complaints at the gate. No supervisors. Nothing for processing upgrades at the gate Iberia app did not work to let me upgrade my options to higher classes. No water was offered on a hot day in Madrid. Madrid airport air conditioning was so weak that people were sweating. Never book on any airlines that codeshare with Iberia.

Comfort. Not good very little space after the person in front of you lay back.

On a more than 8 hours flight was only one meal included, which I have never experienced before. Always two meals on the overseas flight. It was very weird.

Great if not for the boarding by bus at Heathrow terminal 3. Medieval disappointing time-consuming and very hard on handicapped flyers. It was awful

Business seating is soooo uncomfortable. You can sit straight up or lay down. You need pillows behind you because the back doesn’t lay down. Those are need to “prop” you up. The chair has no padding whatsoever. Food was gross. I’ve eaten on Finnair before and the food was exceptional. This time it gave 2 people in our party diarrhea. It was the chicken dish. I took 2 bites and didn’t eat anything more. The flight attendants were nice. You needed an additional lounge in Terminal D at DFW Airport. After waiting 40 minutes to enter, we finally gave up and went to a bar across from the club doors. I’m unsure if I’ll ever book a Finnair flight again.

Very good seat, very comfortable, good food, and good service.

It was a good flight, very comfortable seats for sleeping in business class. Probably the most comfortable business class seat I've ever had (20+ times in business class on various airlines). Service was good, but the only downside is my screen didn't work and it had to be reset multiple times to get it to shut off. I had to block my eyes because the screen was white almost the entire flight and I wore an eye mask when I slept. But when eating and reading in my seat, my eyes hurt because the only way to turn the screen off was reset it and the screen would only be off for a few minutes at a time.

Awful. Delayed flights, missed connection to Toronto. Hotel vouchers were for already booked hotels x3. Giant waste of my time

Boarding was great, and the crew were very friendly. The seats must have been a bit on the older side and you could feel some of the seat components through the padding. Also, the plugs did not work on the row's entertainment screen or charging ports. Checked bag was transferred for connecting flight, and we appreciated how early we had the connecting gate information.

Very easy ! Use the kiosk and bag drop and right to security within 10 min

Prefer not to have an almost 3 hour delay with useless communication that wasn't accurate.

Over 5 hour delay with minimal updates or ability to standby for alternative flights. During boarding and 1 hr+ wait for takeoff, seats were drenched w water from air conditioning condensation and always leftover crumbs on carpet and seats

I flew from Barcelona to Chicago on UA yesterday. The flight was on time, the pilots did a great job and the flight attendants were super nice. All of them. Also food was good, and the drinks, including wine were served a few times during our flight. I highly recommend this airline.

Boarded early, left early, arrived 40 mins early! A win win for me!

These airplanes should be illegal. The seats are two tight, it is a safety issue. Wheelchair support was ridiculously slow. We almost missed our flight.

This flight is a quick way to get to Chicago, but a bit expensive.

The clerk at check in for my bags was very rude. My credit card was hacked during my vacation and she told me it was not possible to pay in cash for my bag. “You bought the cheapest ticket, you should have bought a ticket that included a bag. If you cannot pay with a credit card, we will not let you on this flight”. She spoke to her supervisor and then told me , I could ask other passengers, if they would use their credit card to check my bag. I had to beg 5 different people, till one agreed to use their credit card. I payed them cash of course. This was a very stressful and humiliating experience for me. I strongly suggest you build in some kind of provision for travelers who got robbed.

The free WiFi was great so I could stream movies during the flight. I would like to have movies available instead of on my device. Thanks!

Everything was great!! I had no problems!! I would fly Aer Lingus again! 🥰

From Rome to Dublin if you want any refreshments you have to pay for them, Not used to this as we typically get soft drinks and a little snack on a 3hour flight in the US.

Boarding was fine, difficult to understand the guy over the speaker though so we were unsure when exactly to board until they updated the monitor by the gate. Flight itself was fine, nice flight attendants, seats were comfortable enough, good selection of entertainment on the screens. Other airlines at a similar price point have included wifi though, at a minimum messaging, for free, so that was a little disappointing to not have that. But otherwise fine. Food was pretty decent, nice hot meal, good drink selection, nice snacks. Bathrooms were ok, could've been cleaned a little more often, but they were never bad.

Vegetarian food option was very poor. Effectively, overcooked rice ("risotto"). Zero protein which is always disappointing with no vegetables and poorly seasoned. Basically had lots of carbs on 6-hour flight. Not acceptable for business class in 2026. Flight was otherwise very good.

Small plane. Tight seating . What can one say except that it was fast!

I sat in the first row behind first class. There was plenty of legroom. The entertainment was great. I saw two excellent movies and one episode of a sitcom. Also enjoyed the flight tracker.

OK overall. Flight was delayed Crew on flight was good

On time, only a little turbulence, very competent and caring attendants. Clear information.

Late late late. Delayed and arrived an hour late for a 1 hour 45 minute connection. Every time. Poor record for this company. I try to fly any other carrier first.

I love the e fact that the staff communicated swiftly when my flight was delayed and gate number changed

We had a mechanical delay which made us 90 minutes late (9:30 PM) then land and put into the penalty box because a plane was in our gate? What the hell! We should get priority.Damn American.

The seats were extremely cramped, with very little legroom or personal space. There was no room left in the overhead bins for a backpack, and the space under the seat in front was so limited that I could barely fit my bag underneath. Overall, the seating arrangement felt very uncomfortable and overcrowded.

weather delay of almost 2 hours then we landed and our gate wasn't available so we waited another 30 min

Delayed flight more than I hour. When boarding we spent some additional time on the plane before takeoff ....

The flight was delayed significantly and we sat on runway after landing for awhile. Best thing was the flight attendant, Jenny, in first class, who was very professional and attentive. She was excellent - the rest of the flight was not.

The flight attendants were extremely sourly and borderline rude. I did not feel appreciated as an AA customer once.

The flight from LA to Chicago was smooth and service was very good overall.

The Mario was so helpful and provided amazing customer service however l have being waiting for a callback for almost a week now and have not heard anything further after l informed them l wanted to change my date of traveling because of my hospital appointment even send them proof and l was unable to use manag your booking on their website is a bit frustrating and l would appreciate an update on My request as soon as possible. And have called them times without numbers no response

Awful, tons of delays, I got into Chicago multiple hours late meaning I hit the very traffic I tried so desperately to avoid. Just empty apologies from American Airlines text alerts. Trash behavior from a trash airline.

The legroom was lacking and the entertainment system lacked adequate selection of older films. Modern films are generally not very good.

Perfect airline, super friendly, great service, tasty food. Would fly again.

Everything could have been better. What needed to be wrong with United went wrong

It was good. The seats in economy weren’t bad

Very good. Comfortable and I felt well taken care of from start to finish

We were in premium economy seats that appeared to be locked in plae, No reclining. My aching back.

I don’t understand how they charge as much as they do for such a poor experience

I wish the plane had pod seating for business class. I had a window seat (8K) and I had to climb over the person sitting on the aisle when I needed to get up. Also there is no partition between the seats for privacy when sleeping. The Asian airlines have much nicer business class seating. Their seats are wider for better comfort when sleeping.

The seat space seemed small especially when the person ahead reclined but other than that, very good.

Luggage transfer in Chicago was not performed in time. I received my luggage at my destination two days later.

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