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Find cheap flights from Johannesburg to Chicago from $496

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Cheap flight deals from Johannesburg to Chicago (JNB-CHI)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Chicago 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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8:20 am - 8:05 amJNB-ORD
30h 45m2 stops
10:15 am - 1:05 pmORD-JNB
19h 50m1 stop
$876Ethiopian Air
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Thu, Oct 10 - Wed, Oct 16
7:20 pm - 10:45 amJNB-ORD
22h 25m1 stop
10:25 pm - 9:25 amORD-JNB
28h 00m1 stop
Sat, Sep 7 - Wed, Sep 11
6:50 pm - 3:00 pmJNB-ORD
27h 10m1 stop
1:32 pm - 9:20 pmORD-JNB
24h 48m2 stops
$924Delta
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Sun, May 19 - Mon, May 27
11:15 pm - 2:45 pmJNB-ORD
22h 30m1 stop
1:32 pm - 9:20 pmORD-JNB
24h 48m2 stops
$930KLM
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Tue, May 14 - Mon, May 27
11:15 pm - 2:45 pmJNB-ORD
22h 30m1 stop
4:45 pm - 9:20 pmORD-JNB
21h 35m1 stop
$944KLM
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Tue, May 14 - Mon, May 27
7:20 pm - 3:50 pmJNB-ORD
27h 30m1 stop
4:53 pm - 7:25 amORD-JNB
30h 32m2 stops
$965British Airways
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Wed, Aug 28 - Tue, Nov 12
7:20 pm - 5:00 pmJNB-ORD
28h 40m1 stop
8:25 pm - 9:25 amORD-JNB
30h 00m1 stop
$978British Airways
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Thu, Oct 10 - Wed, Oct 16
6:50 pm - 6:34 pmJNB-ORD
30h 44m2 stops
6:00 am - 7:00 pmORD-JNB
30h 00m1 stop
$1,011Delta
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Tue, Jul 16 - Tue, Aug 6
7:00 pm - 12:55 pmJNB-ORD
24h 55m1 stop
3:35 pm - 5:45 pmORD-JNB
19h 10m1 stop
$1,074United Airlines
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Sun, May 19 - Mon, May 27
7:00 pm - 7:55 pmJNB-ORD
31h 55m1 stop
3:35 pm - 5:45 pmORD-JNB
19h 10m1 stop
$1,207United Airlines
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Sat, May 18 - Mon, May 27

Flights from Johannesburg to Chicago - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Johannesburg to Chicago?

The average price of all flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Chicago on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Monday. On your return trip to Johannesburg, you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago is October, where tickets cost $906 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of tickets is $1,232 and $1,203 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 79 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Johannesburg to Chicago?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Qatar Airways ($590) and Etihad Airways ($613). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Ethiopian Air ($876) and Delta ($924).

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Low season

April

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$496
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 11% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Johannesburg to Chicago

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to Chicago based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Johannesburg to Chicago flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago was $496 for a one-way ticket and $876 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Johannesburg and Chicago?

    A passport is required to fly from Johannesburg to Chicago.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Johannesburg to Chicago?

    Johannesburg is served by only 1 airport and there are 2 airports in Chicago. You will leave Johannesburg from Johannesburg OR Tambo and you will be arriving in Chicago at one of these airports: Chicago Midway or Chicago O'Hare Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Johannesburg to Chicago?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Chicago?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Johannesburg and Chicago, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Johannesburg to Chicago, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Chicago are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $913 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $934 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Johannesburg to Chicago?

    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 Johannesburg to Chicago.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Johannesburg to Chicago?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Chicago with an airline and back to Johannesburg with another airline.

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

    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 to Chicago from Johannesburg up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Johannesburg to Chicago

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Chicago. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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DeltaOverall score based on 10848 reviews
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
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On time departure, smooth trip, flight attendant told through passengers the gate we would arrive at and the gate our outbound flight was departing from. Early arrival

10.0 ExcellentAllan, May 2024SUN - SLC
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On time departure, smooth trip, flight attendant told through passengers the gate we would arrive at and the gate our outbound flight was departing from. Early arrival

The crew were very welcoming and helpful. I just wish economy had a bit more leg room. My knees were constantly hitting the chair in front of me.

Checking in at the airport the agent only booked the first keg of my trip and had my checked luggage going to the airport with a layover! Never was issued a boarding pass for the second leg or received sticker fir my checked bag. All was well in the end! Delta agents helped to resolve the situation!!!

Delayed due to an ill passenger after loading. Not preventable on Delta's part. Was in first class. The seats are becoming worn and detaching from their velcro attachments. Only got snacks on flight. The attendant was not the friendliest.

I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

From Atlanta to Cabo I would have hoped on a plane that size I would have been able to breathe and wiggle my feet a little! The leg room in that plane is non existent and I am only 5”4’. And the air vent either wasn’t working very well or just could not blow air from the ceiling to the seat area as I was suffocating through the entire flight! And please don’t say I would have been more comfortable in first class because I cannot afford those rates and have always travelled Main Cabin without issues !

The pilots were good. Disappointing when planes don't have electrical ports

I liked the piloting of the aircraft. Very disappointed about lack of electrical ports. Also, although a short flight. there was enough time to hand out snacks to comfort + seats as was done for first class.

I had a wonderful experience flying with delta. The gentleman taking care of us on our flight was so nice, accommodating, and attentive. He always was smiling and giving pins to the kids which made me smile. The flight was quick too and without turbulence. Thank you for the great flying experience.

Delta is one of the best airlines I have flown

We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

no issues at all... Kudos to the food. This time was really really good

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

I requested wheel chair assistance , it was confirmed via email that inwoood get it but I didn’t get it . The last leg of my trip to Nigeria was the worst.

All and all pretty good. It’s crowded but that is what flying is all about. But no complaints otherwise.

Well, in my case; the flight was delayed 1 hour, we have to wait in the plane to get green light. And the plane (probably because was a short trip) did not have entertainment or WiFi. No a good experience.

The seats are too cramped in that plane. If you’re above 1,80m consider alternatives or first class I guess… There were no emergency exits to seat somewhere with more legroom

The Crew have no idea about the food they're serving the passengers. The Crew MUST be instructed before each flight about the menu that will be served to the passengers, whether the food is vegetarian or non-vegetarian, whether it is Halal, Kosher or not.

Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

Flew business class. Everything was excellent. No issues at all. Not very many “good” movies to choose from. But lots of mediocre ones

Business class is great. New airplane, very comfortable, better than some of the major airlines I am used to

Terrible. Flight was cancelled due to the weather in the east and sout east(florida). Did not get any compesation of any kind. According to them, it was not under their control so I lost all the money paid for the 2 fairs from Raleigh, NC to Orlando, Fl.

great flight. Pilot was communicative, flight attendants were excellent. Really nice experience except my tv didn’t work.

The best experience that I have had traveling with JetBlue!

Overall, the flight was better than the flight I took to go to Florida, which had a bunch of problems. The crew is really nice and the plane was new so it had a small problem when we were on the runway, but the flight itself was great. They even made some time back up, which is always a good thing.

Crew was just ok. Flight was packed. On a 3/4 hour flight I would hope they would come around more than once to see if you needed anything further. Not very attentive.

There were multiple delays but JetBlue tried to make the boarding and departure process as quick and efficient as possible. The crew was as detached from reality as could be, meaning: not very friendly and just doing things by the numbers.

Nothing. Jet Blue is a great choice for me And I’m going to miss flying with them Since I travel to Lima Peru very often 😞😞😞

It was good! Appreciated that it was very on schedule so it made the connecting flight less stressful

I was told we'd have a hot breakfast option in first class, so I chose not get a hot breakfast. It was a very strange meal, but the fresh fruit was very good quality. Service was excellent from ORD to ELP. No service from MBS to ORD, not even water. However, when flying American from FNT to ORD, which is a shorter flight, they at least pass out snacks and offer water.

We were delayed an hour leaving Munich (No fault of the crew). They kept us posted on the status so we knew what was going on, but as a result we missed our connection in Chicago and the communication on connecting flights was pretty poor as we disembarked. It was already stressful and some of that could have been reduced by better communications about where to find transfers, etc.

One problem, but a serious one - the plane is built with electric windows that tint dark to reduce light. Sitting next to the window is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE as it emits so much HEAT in the face when tinted.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

Wifi wasn't working on one of the UA flights after boarding.

The flight was delayed instead of leaving at 11 it left at 12.20

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Crew was not very helpful. They forgot to serve me coffee and had to wait for a long time.It looked as if they were not very happy with what they were doing.

Good movies, iffy pay WiFi, food ok- on time though and that was great!

my original flight was cancelled the previous day, and i was rescheduled onto this flight, which left much earlier in the morning, impacting my previous evening and requiring me to get up much earlier in the morning to get to the airport online. This practice happens way way way too much, and it seems on every airline, though AA is probably the worst.

Spending 10 hours on a flight with no video or wifi access due to issues per stewardess was not enjoyable nor acceptable. Will follow up directly with the airline as well

I really did not like being ordered to pull my shade down by the attendants. One of them was very rude to me about it, standing there until I closed it like I was a child brusquely reaching across me to close an adjoining one. They claim it was so people who wanted to could sleep. It’s a 10:30am flight not a red eye. Closing your shade or leaving it up for natural light should be a choice. Ruined my flight!

My baggage did not arrived with me. Took 3 days to get it after so may calls and follow up

The crew was very attentive and kept busy serving a variety of treats!

Terrible. Flight was 3 hours delayed and I missed my other flight to my final destination

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

Both mine and my husband's chairs were broken. Also it took 2 hours to get our bags after our flight which was wild.

perhaps eye contact with the cabin crew, instead of abruptness and an impatience to serve.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Johannesburg to Chicago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/4Tue
3 stops
45h 32mJNB-ORD
$496
9/11Wed
2 stops
27h 26mJNB-ORD
$510
5/15Wed
2 stopsEthiopian Air
30h 45mJNB-ORD
$733
6/13Thu
2 stopsEthiopian Air
30h 45mJNB-ORD
$734
8/14Wed
2 stopsBritish Airways
29h 00mJNB-ORD
$778
6/13Thu
1 stopKLM
22h 05mJNB-ORD
$855
6/15Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
22h 25mJNB-ORD
$1,079
6/10Mon
2 stopsKLM
26h 21mJNB-MDW
$1,140
6/15Sat
1 stopDelta
33h 01mJNB-ORD
$1,142
10/10Thu
1 stopDelta
24h 01mJNB-MDW
$1,428

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Last minute flights from Johannesburg to Chicago

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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Johannesburg to Chicago that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/8Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
27h 30mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopBritish Airways
33h 15mORD-JNB
$936
5/8Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
29h 00mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopBritish Airways
33h 15mORD-JNB
$951
5/8Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
25h 45mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopBritish Airways
32h 25mORD-JNB
$988
5/8Wed
multi-stopEthiopian Air
35h 05mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
31h 35mORD-JNB
$1,365
5/7Tue
multi-stopKenya Airways
46h 46mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopKenya Airways
25h 40mORD-JNB
$1,371
5/7Tue
multi-stopRwandAir
43h 15mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopRwandAir
36h 20mORD-JNB
$1,411
5/7Tue
multi-stop
43h 15mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stop
19h 50mORD-JNB
$1,875
5/8Wed
multi-stopEthiopian Air
35h 05mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
31h 32mORD-JNB
$1,885
5/8Wed
multi-stopEthiopian Air
50h 45mJNB-ORD
5/20Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
31h 32mORD-JNB
$2,001

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