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Cheap Flights from Chicago to France

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Paris
Paris1 stop$604
Lyon
Lyon1 stop$675
Paris
Paris1 stop$604
Lyon
Lyon1 stop$675
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to France flights

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

What is the cheapest Chicago to France flight route?

The cheapest ticket to France from Chicago found in the last 5 days was to Paris, at $729 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $729.

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to France is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $983 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to France is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $987.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Chicago to France?

No, with an average price for the route of $1,049, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to France?

The cheapest month for flights from Chicago to France is February, when tickets cost $583 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,144 and $1,043 respectively.

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to France on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Saturday is the most expensive day to fly from Chicago to France. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Chicago to France?

To get a below average price on the flight from Chicago to France, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

$260
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 136% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 15% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

FAQs - booking France flights

  • What kind of travel documentation should I take with me on my flight from Chicago to France?

    To travel to France from Chicago, you will need a valid passport, and your passport needs to stay valid for at least 90 days beyond the day you plan on departing France. If you're traveling to France as a tourist, and you do not plan on staying for more than 90 days, you don't need a visa to travel here.

  • If I plan on renting a car when I arrive in France, what child car seat laws do I need to know about before I hop in my vehicle?

    Every child up to 15 months old needs to travel in a rear-facing child car seat, and then from there up to four years old, they need to travel in a forward-facing child car seat. Any child four years old or older but under 12 years old needs to travel in either a booster seat or on a booster cushion.

  • Are there any fast and easy public transportation options to get me from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to downtown Paris?

    One of the most convenient methods of travel to get you from the airport to the downtown area is to travel on Paris RER light rail line B, which makes the trip in 40 minutes.

  • Is there anything for kids to do at Chicago O' Hare International Airport before a flight to France?

    In Terminal Two just beyond the security checkpoint, there is a family lounge that offers a great place for kids to play. At certain times there's even live entertainment in this area. The airport also offers a wide collection of art, and they feature an art scavenger hunt that lets kids explore the terminal buildings while looking for famous pieces of art.

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

    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 Chicago to France.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Chicago to France 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 Chicago to France?

    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 from Chicago to France 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 Chicago to France?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to France

  • It stands to reason that most travelers making their way from Chicago to France will want to travel to Paris. On this route, one of the most popular flights is to travel on the nonstop flights from Chicago O' Hare International Airport (ORD) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) aboard Lufthansa, United Airlines, Finnair, American Airlines, Iberia, and British Airways.
  • For those looking for a cheaper way to travel from Chicago O' Hare International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, try the one-stop flight options aboard Lufthansa, Air France, and United Airlines offering a lower fare than the nonstop options.
  • For travelers making the flight from Chicago to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport looking for a way to get freshened up after their long flight, most of the airline lounges at the airport offer showers, and there are also showers available at the on-site hotel called YotelAIR.
  • If you are searching for a great way to get from downtown Chicago to Chicago O' Hare International Airport without having to drive your car, consider the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train that makes the trip in around 40 minutes.
  • If you want to find a very quiet and convenient place to wait for your flight to France from Chicago, the Chicago O' Hare International Airport features several United Club lounges that feature comfortable seating as well as entertainment options and food and beverage options.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to France

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to France? 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.
7.8
DeltaOverall score based on 8505 reviews
8.5Crew
7.8Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
7.2Food
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The plane was a rather tired 737-800, with old style small luggage bins. Poor air flow. USB charger in the infotainment system was not functioning. The flight was 2 hours late due to crew rest requirements (not their fault). On arrival in Seattle, waited on the tarmac for 30 minutes with very few updates from the crew.

4.0 OkayJeff, Aug 2026
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The plane was a rather tired 737-800, with old style small luggage bins. Poor air flow. USB charger in the infotainment system was not functioning. The flight was 2 hours late due to crew rest requirements (not their fault). On arrival in Seattle, waited on the tarmac for 30 minutes with very few updates from the crew.

The crew was very inconsiderate and rude. My flight was scheduled to depart at 6:00am. I received a call from the crew at 5:40am, asking if I was going to make the flight because I was the only one that hasn't boarded yet and boarding ends at 5:50am. I let them know that I will be at the gate in a few minutes, before the 5:50am cutoff. When I arrived at the gate at 5:45am the gate was closed. Departing early on last minute notice without having all passengers on board is inconsiderate and unprofessional.

Very easy to use and convenient, you can perform any action within the same portal

Okay considering we had weather delays which the Pilot notified us of immediately!

The boarding was organized and informative but the plane was tight meaning that you were sitting on one another and extremely uncomfortable. It’s disappointing that can’t have common seating comfort on the plane.

Everything could have benn better. Short fly, no food, no entertainment and no wifi.

Stop changing gates. Stop cancelling flights Stop moving my seat.

The staff was frielndly. The plane was terrible, it was too small and should be decommissioned. There were no back seat screens at all. The only beverages we had a choice from was coffee, tea or water. The only bathroom in the back was behind the flight attendant's jump seat and wasn't working. And I literally felt like I was sitting on top of the guy next to me. It was terribly hot in the plane and we had to sit on the tarmac in Chicago for 1/2 hour due to congestion in Mpls. Wouldn't they have know that before they even boarded us so that we could have sat in comfort in the terminal?

This was one of the worst flights I’ve been on in years. I upgraded to comfort and had such an uncomfortable experience. The person next to me was oversized - which I understand - however, they took up their space and mine. I could only use about 50% of my seat space to not be physically touching this person the entire flight and there was no spatial awareness. I also could not use the seat outlet because their body was obstructing it. It was very inconvenient. Their body kept touching me repeatedly during the flight and I felt very uncomfortable. To pay more for an upgraded space and then not even being able to use it was highly disappointing.

Horrible. Flight ORD to CGH was okay, but Paris was a nightmare. Old planes, delays, involuntary downgrades, broken planes, terrible communication. CGH to CPT was my worst flight ever.

Our flight delayed, due to the incoming flight arriving late from Paris. AF caused us to miss our connecting flight, also booked through Air France directly. They couldn't accommodate us until later that night, and we had to be in AMS earlier than that. They won't do anything else to help us and wanted to charge us more money to rebook us too. Not great service, since it was all their fault.

Seats! The eternal problem in economy. They are like stones!!

Everything is good except the seats are tightened no rooms for the legs,

It was a great experience. The only thing I would have changed was that the bathrooms were never cleaned and they got very dirty.

It was an OK flight with below mediocre service by their flight attendants

Wasted a lot of time trying to find the CDG lounge - it was not next to the connecting flight gate like the Air France staff said.

The only reason the overall rating wasn't "excellent" was due to problems in claiming luggage. The bags are delivered to the main area (Cinta 35) for domestic passengers, but to a DIFFERENT ROOM for international arrivees. After waiting 30 minutes, someone (who didn't appear to be from Air France or the airport) told us to go to another area. There we found our bags, which appeared to have been awaiting us for a while. We had to go through a bag check before leaving the airport. If we had been alerted to this possibility, or better yet, been to go directly to Cinta 34, we could have eliminated quite a bit of waiting.

I did not get my baggage at my final destination..poor coordination with connecting flights with partner airlines (Saudi airways). Also the food was very mediocre.

Not great , just ok . I expected better food but it did not deliver . Flight staff was ok . The guy at the drop off bag counter was the only saving grace in this whole trip . He was pleasant, friendly and very helpful . You couldn’t ask for a better assistance from him .

The first half from DC to Paris was very good and the staff were very helpful and humble BUT flight from Paris to Mumbai was sad. 1) it was packed. 2) no space on head compartment 3) crews were unresponsive to the calls 4) one crew member literally banged the bottle of water after giving me glass of water. A little water splashed on me and she was unapologetic 5) with so many hours of flight, little leg space should be taken care else don’t fill your airline till brim which affects your crew and they remove anger on us. 6) huge line for washrooms. 7) 2nd half journey was pathetic

Good flight. Mass boarding. Seats fairly comfortable. Food okay although may have upset my stomach a bit.

The crew were nice and courteous. Exonomy seats were worse than expected. Overhead bin space was non existent thanks to loose enforcement of the carryon size and letting passengers put up their purses jackets and backpacks up there leaving no space for others with a small conforming carry on. Food was not good at all. Perhaps worse chicken I ever had in my life. I had to have them take it after tasting how bad it was. Whoever made that should not be in food making business.

No crying babies the whole flight would be nice. Impossible to sleep. No free snacks , only the main meal

They lost my luggage and can’t find it. My trip is ruined. Online tracking of lost luggage doesn’t work

It was a fairly old plane in which you couldn't buy an internet connection.

Seat was lumpier than I’ve ever remembered it to be although comfortable when tilted back. I don’t recall being that hungry after being served food from SAS before. Flight attendant on the second flight to Aalborg seemed to be having a bad day.

On this shorter leg and with an older plane, just mediocre. On the connecting long haul (Chicago to Copenhagen) everything was great.

My outbound flight was incredible... Milan to Chicago. The crew worked so well together. Each passenger felt spoiled and incredibly valued. The crew on this flight was fine. Nothing to complain specifically about but could not give top rating only because of the superior crew, hospitality, warmth we felt on the first flight. Unfortunately. You managed to lose my luggage ..my only piece checked in. Lost in Copenhagen so I had the added stress, time wasted to file the report. To make things worse, Italian rail decided to strike that Sunday so I could not take the train as planned back to Switzerland. Horrible waiting time and poor communication for boarding substitution bus. The substition bus to the town of Stabio did not run on time and was late about 40 minutes.

The flight was cancelled early on and messed up the whole vacation and hard to get a refund from Kayak as they owned the ticket and of course they did not believe that SAS cancelled the ticket. Definite bad side to third party. SAS had rescheduled but overlapped the connecting flights. That did not work. Flight was cancelled long ago but Kayak still has it. Like it was taken? Bad IT ? Or all assumptions and no follow up which is the whole IT world. It needs to wake up and be more efficient. Especially as the world is going, there will be no freedom to do anything. And we will be living like the Middle Ages. Yeah, go read up on that while you still can.

It didn't happen. SAS csncrlled and it was very difficult to convince the 3rd party they did. Not good on the 3rd party program. I don't think they trust their customers, much less being able to help them. I have had several nitemaes using 3rd party this trip and WILL NEVER use 3rd party again.

Flight did not have wifi service. It was experiencing technical difficulties. Definitely and old plane that needs updating.

This flight has a history of leaving late, however, I was pleasantly surprised that it was not delayed this day. The flight went smooth, except I was in a window seat and the wall and my feet were freezing. I found it difficult to sleep due to being so cold, I also was using 2 provided UAL blankets and could not get my feet warm. This was annoying, but I still made it there on time and safe.

Old 757 with poor entertainment system. United no longer partners with United for free text and email. O'Hara an absolute disaster! Limited gates clauses two hour delay. Unfortunately this appears to be the norm.

It was a good experience, unfortunately my checked baggages were come late and not arrived on time.

Very stressful to locate United Airline boarding area, delayed flight, changing boarding area again to another location with all tiredness 😩. But flying was fine.

It was hot and not as comfortable as the flight to Chicago. Must have been a different plane that needs to be worked on or replaced.

The SFO lounge closes at 12 midnight. My flight took off at 2AM

It was extremely hot in the cabin the entire flight, vent air was worn

Have not had a flight out or returning to Norfolk that has not required maintenance, and a gate delay. Properly staff the crew so maintenance can be performed without last minute emergencies on each flight and there is enough staff to have gates prepared for inbound flights. Staff to ensure the safety and on time service vs. profit.

Energetic crew - flight full of swiftied going to Taylor's opening show in Paris! Long lines for bathroom made out kind of suck though

Hard to figure out how to put back the seat, how to get the entertainment, how to upload passport docs. Also, a warning in the airport that food was all for purchase would have been helpful.

Horrible. My dad was recently hospitalized and diagnosed with lymphoma and Icelandair refused to refund flight even though I had a letter from his physician.

The WiFi wasn’t working, so no one could watch any entertainment for 5 hours. The plane also was delayed and did not leave, nor did the staff prioritize those with connecting flights to de-board first. Everyone with a connecting flight to Munich missed their flight by 5 minutes. Then the next flight to Munich was 14 hours later. The airport could not compensate us because the closest hotel was about 2 hours away. This did not seem like the truth. I was not pleased with this traveling experience.

I DO NOT recommend Iceland air...missed connecting flight.....paid for isle seat upgrade for health reasons...had to do that over....baggage left in the rain so clothes got soaked other items ruined....called customer * dont care* service

Never again. Terrible hospitality and human decency for an international flight. No food, no snacks, no beverages, blankets, pillows, limited entertainment. Tiny seats without any cushion and some do not even recline. I was shocked that they did not charge for seat belts. Never in my life have I witness asking for "spare change" for charity before landing on both legs of the flight. Icelandair can contribute on their own to said, so called, children's charity with the money saved from providing 3 centimeters of tea and water to hungry and dehydrated passengers.

Worst airline I’ve ever flown. Delayed 5.5 hrs, missed connecting flight, and missed an entire day of vacation. Zero customer service

Everything sucked. No food, one small glass of water, a tiny coffee, 5.5 hour delay with no customer service. Would never recommend flying them.

Our three ski bags did not arrive and are still not delivered, one full day later. With one ski bag not traceable at all. I would not fly Iceland Air again.

Great crew, bumpy landings, two-hour wait for baggage with no communication or explanation. Will not fly again!

Decent service - nice seats. Crew were not overly attentive but can’t complain overall for the money

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