$781 Find Cheap Flights to Illinois

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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

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Chicago2 stops$1,550

Cheap Flight Deals to Illinois

 
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.

Recent return flight deals to Illinois

Recommended return deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly to Illinois.
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06:00 - 14:43AKL-ORD
25h 43m2 stops
15:35 - 16:50ORD-AKL
32h 15m2 stops
$1,550
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Thu, 29 May - Mon, 9 Jun
06:00 - 22:05AKL-ORD
33h 05m3 stops
15:35 - 16:50ORD-AKL
32h 15m2 stops
$1,590
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Thu, 29 May - Mon, 9 Jun
19:45 - 11:32AKL-ORD
32h 47m1 stop
09:21 - 06:00ORD-AKL
27h 39m2 stops
$1,634United Airlines
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Fri, 23 May - Sun, 25 May
06:35 - 12:32AKL-ORD
46h 57m2 stops
15:35 - 14:55ORD-AKL
30h 20m2 stops
$1,849Air Canada
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Sun, 18 May - Sun, 25 May
19:45 - 05:18AKL-ORD
26h 33m1 stop
15:35 - 14:55ORD-AKL
30h 20m2 stops
$1,858Air Canada
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Mon, 28 Jul - Mon, 4 Aug
20:15 - 05:01AKL-ORD
25h 46m1 stop
22:00 - 05:30ORD-AKL
38h 30m1 stop
$1,948Air New Zealand
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Mon, 28 Jul - Mon, 4 Aug
20:15 - 23:04AKL-ORD
19h 49m1 stop
19:40 - 06:00ORD-AKL
41h 20m1 stop
$1,971Air New Zealand
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Thu, 29 May - Mon, 9 Jun
20:15 - 05:45AKL-ORD
26h 30m1 stop
21:40 - 07:10ORD-AKL
40h 30m2 stops
$2,002United Airlines
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Thu, 29 May - Mon, 9 Jun
06:10 - 15:55CHC-ORD
50h 45m2 stops
17:38 - 15:25ORD-CHC
28h 47m2 stops
$2,159Qantas Airways
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Sun, 4 May - Sun, 11 May
21:10 - 15:55WLG-ORD
35h 45m3 stops
13:33 - 18:35ORD-WLG
36h 02m3 stops
$2,218Qantas Airways
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Sun, 4 May - Sun, 11 May

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Illinois

Get data-powered insights and trends for 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 New Zealand found in the last 72 hours was to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, at $1,304 return. The most popular route is Auckland (AKL) to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $1,304.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Illinois?

The average price of all flights from New Zealand to Illinois clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Illinois is Saturday when return tickets can be as cheap as $2,020. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, when return prices are $2,337 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Zealand to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to Illinois is October, when tickets cost $1,674 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,519 and $2,488 respectively.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from New Zealand 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 afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $1,209 on average. Morning departures are around 2% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,304.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New Zealand 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 the flight from New Zealand to Illinois, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 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 $991.

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January

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July

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FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to Illinois.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand to Illinois up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

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Top 4 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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.
7.9
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 453 reviews
7.4Entertainment
7.2Food
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
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Economy was much nicer on the Air New Zealand planes.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2025SYD - AKL
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Economy was much nicer on the Air New Zealand planes.

At Coolangatta International it is difficult to hear voice boarding announcements when away from screen announcements.

Flew premium economy, well worth the extra. Much better seat size & space. Meals & snacks were lovely. Crew really pleasant. Internet is not great, not really useful for anything. Couldn't even send messages.

Everything was fine. Wish the wifi was free and included in the ticket price.

Nothing special short flight - all good - difference between 1 fudge and 2 fudge is obligation and thankfulness

The flight we had booked was cancelled due to bad weather conditions, but we were lucky to arrive at the airport quite early and got a seat on an earlier flight. The flight was mostly nice, but there were some hefty turbulences towards Queenstown. One of the passengers behaved hysterically. It would have been great if the crew had done something to calm her.

Sitting in an aisle seat equals getting hit by food cart and spilled on multiple times Food: gross and minimalistic Crew: frumpy and kurt Sound on multiple entertainment platforms poor Not an earplug problem, system soundboard poor

Major hassle with the weight of carryon luggage Having to repack bags at airport Not an issue in most of world Ridiculous issue considering the 400 pound gentleman sitting behind us

Overall experience was poor. In general crew was polite in speaking but that was all about it. I am vegetarian so I always carry a cup noodle box with me just in case. So I pressed "CALL" button for hot water for my cup noodle on my seat and waited for 10-15 minutes but nobody came. I personally took the box and went all the way to back of the plane. When I requested stewardess to put hot water in my cup noodle she refused as it was a "safety" hazard. I told her that you always serve coffee and tea these are also hot. But she still refused. I went back to my seat and from the seat I ordered hot water and it was brought to me without any problem. I poured THAT hot water in my cup noodle and ate. I was sitting in seat 36A, which was 2nd row in economy class. After eating my noodle I took the box and went 2 rows in the front where there was a kitchen to throw it. Again the stewardess there told me she didn't have a waste bin there and asked me to go back of the plane and throw it there. Tell me if above experiences are 'ok' for your airline??

Everything very good except the sofa couch not as comfortable as expected.

I liked the service, the menu, and the comfort of the seats! Even tho we were seated by the bathrooms, the reclining seats and movie selection was very good, my husband and I didn’t mind at all

Very good as always, stand out airline. The passengers whom choose to stuff baggage that otherwise should be checked-in is a real bother but that's not the airlines doing. A real frustration that passengers just don't want to check-in luggage. This is a pet hate unfortunately.

Complaint is with American Airlines which delayed our flight from salt lake to Dallas reaulting in us missing our connection to Brisbane. Had to spend 24 hours in Dallas to wait for the next flight. Awful experience and ruined my wife’s birthday.

Wheelchair assistance to move through the terminals and to/from the plane door was excellent. No vegan snack on the flight, only something with salami and cheese in it.

Our baggage didn’t arrive with us on the plane. Need I say more?

I have taken this flight many times. It is ALWAYS late. Every time there is significant delay (1-3 hours) before boarding. It’s very consistent. Even after boarding the expected landing time was delayed twice. The seats are very narrow and cramped. Food is barely editable. Considering an economy ticket often costs about $2,000 it’s one of the worst services ever.

American Airlines was their usual junk service — but at least it got us down to LA. I was more irritated that while they codeshare with Alaska Airlines in Seattle, they could not out our flight on one of these, opting for one of the small SkyWest operated American Eagle flights — and causing a 14 hour layover. Which I accepted due to a $2000 difference in airfare — that said it was irritating for a flight that usually would have cost around $100 extra, if that.

nothing to complain about w/the food, and professionalism of the crew. i just cant stand being on a flight for that long of a time.

Everything was great from the staff to the seats and food. The plane was timely taking off and landing.. I couldn't have asked for a better experience (especially on such a long flight)

Good communication regarding any updates time of flight and flight delayed. The fight was delayed by two and half hours at eleventh hour. That was unexpected, especially when you international passenger.

Overall poor for me I paid extra for seats with leg room and my regional flights exit row seats have less leg room then the others that's money that could have been saved and on my final flight home the flights air was not operating it was unbearably hot in the cabin I will be contacting United and filing a DOT complaint

It was my first time with United Airlines and I would say it was very good experience and best of all the flights were on time. Will definitely fly with United Airlines next time.

Very modern plane. Good seat spacing. Meals were good. Screens had tons of movies and worked

There's just no way to sit fully upright and comfortably in these seats. There needs to be 2 more inches of room, and that's not something that only one person on the flight needs - the whole flight needs 2 more inches of room. If that means you sell 6 less seats, so be it. It's too close for anyone. Forcing people to pay for "premium" economy just to get "barely enough space to breathe" isn't really an answer to that.

The crew were very nice. The Chocolate is good and v there’s no entertainment. Thanks

The crew were very nice. I would have appreciated a pillow for comfort. I had a special meal that was sloppy, but the salad was great. Thanks

The plane was in Moline all night. Consequently, we assumed an on time departure at 8:15am. Unfortunately, and as is the normal case with United in Moline, we departed 2.5 hours late. When the crew came, it was discovered that there was very little heat in the plane. Seems this should have been checked hours before the crew arrived. Then when we boarded and the plane was to be de-iced, the United de-icing truck was not working! We awaited the American Airlines truck. All of this caused us to miss our connection in Chicago. My suggestion is never take United Airlines flight from Moline. We have been disappointed 80% of the time and have vowed to not take United again from Moline.

Flight was delayed two hours. No snacks and no tv screens. My bag got stuck in Chicago

The aircrew was solid, the flight was chill, I had no issues. The gate agent was not the best. I was trying to use a military bag upgrade to move my bag from under the seat to the overhead bins and he told me there’s no overhead bins on the plane, argued with me why booking put a military member in basic economy (I don’t really understand this) and made it an issue to even try to help me stating I’d have to call reservations to get a bag upgrade. When every other agent with United can add it at the gate, this man couldn’t be bothered.

lots of delays the crew were unclear about where to pick up my carry-on, which they took from me to check in on the plane.

All was fine. Weather was a bit stormy, but nothing kayak can do about that! 😊

I paid for a comfort class seat and was seated in economy.

Once again our Air Canada flight was delayed! I'm hopeful competition arrives with other airlines soon and maybe they will make a better effort to be on time!

My plane was cancelled and had to be rebook for the evening was not happy.

The flight was cancelled and we had to rebook on Porter to make our cruise the next day. Air Canada has not compensated. We won’t be flying with them again. This is the second time this has happened. Also the return flight was delayed 2 hours who knows why.

Mixed experienced. Nice staff. Spacious 787 better than cramped Airbus, though my seat was broken. The bad: Way overpriced ticket and charged for food despite 6 hr flight.

Separated me and my wife and wife’s sister in far apart different seats even though I booked them all together. Just scams after scams to make us pay more. Worst airline

Very smooth flight and the crew members were very welcoming.

The only issues I have are the seats are very small and so is the overhead storage. You should mention that while booking flights. I had plenty of knee room but I am wider than my seat, and I am not fat at all. The Mitsubishi 900 models need to be upgraded to western size people. I do not know how a 300 pound woman fit into those seats. I had to continuously lean away from the aisle to keep people and flight crew from bumping into my shoulder. 3 hour flight so no entertainment or food, just snacks and a drink, which was no big deal. The buttery/garlic pretzels were pretty tasty.

If you want your flight to get delayed constantly for 13+ hours and given a 10 dollar food voucher the. I would say take air canada. Worst experience ever.

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