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Book Cheap Chicago to Orange County Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Chicago to Orange County 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 round-trip flight deals from Chicago to Orange County

Wed, Dec 2 - Thu, Dec 3
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:10 pm
ORD
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LGB
10h 10m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:02 am - 5:01 pm
LGB
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ORD
7h 59m
1 stop
$297Alaska Airlines
Sat, Dec 5 - Wed, Dec 9
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:10 pm
ORD
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LGB
10h 10m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:02 am - 5:01 pm
LGB
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ORD
7h 59m
1 stop
$297Alaska Airlines
Sat, Aug 22 - Sat, Aug 29
Southwest Logo
1:50 pm - 4:05 pm
MDW
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LGB
4h 15mnonstop
Southwest Logo
6:55 am - 12:50 pm
LGB
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MDW
3h 55mnonstop
$297Southwest
Tue, Aug 25 - Wed, Aug 26
Southwest Logo
10:05 am - 12:20 pm
MDW
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LGB
4h 15mnonstop
Southwest Logo
11:10 am - 5:00 pm
LGB
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MDW
3h 50mnonstop
$297Southwest
Sat, Sep 5 - Thu, Sep 10
Frontier Logo
9:20 pm - 12:31 pm
ORD
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SNA
17h 11m
2 stops
Frontier Logo
11:50 am - 12:23 am
SNA
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ORD
10h 33m
1 stop
$308Frontier
Mon, Nov 23 - Thu, Dec 3
Delta Logo
1:30 pm - 10:14 pm
ORD
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SNA
10h 44m
1 stop
Delta Logo
11:40 am - 11:59 pm
SNA
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ORD
10h 19m
1 stop
$309Delta
Mon, Nov 23 - Tue, Dec 1
Delta Logo
1:30 pm - 10:14 pm
ORD
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SNA
10h 44m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:01 pm - 11:59 pm
SNA
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ORD
7h 58m
1 stop
$309Delta
Sat, Sep 5 - Mon, Sep 7
Frontier Logo
2:41 pm - 8:54 am
ORD
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SNA
20h 13m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:53 pm - 6:21 pm
SNA
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ORD
20h 28m
1 stop
$309Frontier
Mon, Sep 14 - Wed, Sep 16
United Airlines Logo
7:55 pm - 10:25 pm
ORD
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SNA
4h 30mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
4:11 pm - 12:59 am
SNA
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ORD
6h 48m
1 stop
$311United Airlines
Fri, Sep 25 - Sat, Oct 3
United Airlines Logo
7:55 pm - 10:26 pm
ORD
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SNA
4h 31mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
2:26 pm - 8:40 pm
SNA
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ORD
4h 14mnonstop
$314United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Orange County flights

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

What is the cheapest Chicago to Orange County flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Orange County from Chicago found in the last 5 days was to John Wayne (Santa Ana), at $289 round-trip. The most popular route is from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD) to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (SNA), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $289.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Orange County?

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Orange County is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $338 on average. Morning departures are around 47% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Orange County is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $773.

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

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $465, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to Orange County?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Orange County, 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 Chicago to Orange County is October, when tickets cost $343 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $483 and $483 respectively.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Chicago to Orange County clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Chicago to Orange County, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Monday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Orange County, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Orange County, 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 Chicago to Orange County, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 35% 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

January

Cheapest flight

$149
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 10% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Orange County flights

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

    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 Orange County.

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

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

    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 Orange County 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 Orange County?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Orange County

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Chicago to Orange County. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to Orange County? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4228 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Overall good, just screaming kids in the area the whole flight.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2026
MDW - MHT
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Overall good, just screaming kids in the area the whole flight.

OKay. I sat in the back of the plane and it was really loud between babies and little kids, and adults who.like to talk a lot and loudly most of the flight.

The first time I flew in the extra legroom section. It was difficult to notice a difference. I had bad luck with my neighbors. The crew was okay. Southwest has reduced the live TV options.

I flew twice this week on Southwest, was delayed over 2 hours both ways. From Pittsburgh to Chicago it was due to weather but the gate agents, pilot etc were great at updating everyone. Today from Midway to Pittsburgh the plane had come from an international location, kept getting delayed, no information was given until we were delayed for the third time. It was ridiculous, whoever scheduled that plane to fly to Pittsburgh after didn’t consider a lot of things.

The staff was very friendly, professional, and courteous. The overall flight was a great experience.

Plane crashed into a bus or some other vehicle on the ground while pulling out of the gate. No injuries, but wing tip was damaged and returned to gate for “maintenance issues” and we departed 5 hours later because the plane went out of service and new plane was flown in from a nearby airport, Midway.

All was good. I just had a hard time getting connected to the WiFi/internet during the flight

after landing, we stay 2 hours on the taxi way before reaching the gate The airline and the crew were good though

Flight was delayed more than 2 hour do the scheduling issues and then some confusing weight and balance matters, followed by a miscommunication with the tower on which runway was going to be used based on the airplane weight. All these things should have been figured out in advance. Instead of arriving at 12:30 a.m. we arrived at 2:30 a.m. very difficult to find a taxi or other transport at SFO. Luggage was delayed. An extension of an unpleasant flight day

no entertainment options available on a 4+ hour flight. packed in like sardines. one bathroom. late flight.

The seat was comfortable, but I paid for upgraded seats and they did not state that there was no outlets for devices.

No WiFi. Terrible food. Very long walk to the gate and from the gate after landing. Gate changed without notice.

I really hate the seat assignment at the gate. I understand it is so families can sit together but it caused me and others a lot of unnecessary stress and confusion, enough for me to not fly Alaska again. The app is so awful that it did not even update my seat assignment on the boarding pass but sent me a notification of my seat... it showed in Apple Wallet but not in the Alaska app itself. That only made the stress worse. I think most people like myself prefer to know where they are seated at check in 24 hours before so they don't have to anxiously hang out at the gate the entire time. This is not a good use of your agents time either to be dealing with all of us asking where we are sitting. You should automatically assign the multiple seat purchases to be together before they check in and fill us solo travelers in those gaps as we check in.

The flight was delayed so we didn’t get into San Diego until almost 1 AM. Otherwise, it was lovely.

My flight got canceled never left san diego and miss out my fam event

would have been nice for flight to not be delayed by 2 hours so that we had to pay $80 to get home since BART had shut down. i thought a 10pm arrival would leave enough time to account for delays but i was wrong.

I like that volunteers were asked to check in their carryons for free. And then they come out of the carousels within 20 minutes as promised.

The landing was a little rough - but a good flight overall! :)

The issue was not alaska airlines. The ticket you printed was innacurate.

Pretty terrible. The aisles on this flight were too narrow so we had to carry our baby, care seat, luggage, travel stroller step by step down the aisle slowing down a lot of passengers in the process. Not only was this a safety hazard but remember that scene from game of thrones where Cersei walks naked through the streets? It felt about as excruciating as that except both me and my husband were carrying 50lbs of weight while everyone from the flight attendants and passengers dolled out comments like “that stroller doesn’t fit in the overhead compartment and you should check it at the gate” when it is a travel stroller that absolutely fits and did fit in the overhead compartment. The flight said it was 30 min delayed but in actuality we did not take off until 1.5 hours past the original time. It was absolutely terrible. Alaska also charged us 200 dollars just in baggage fees even tho we took the time to buy two check on baggages via their app and bought an extra seat for our child and they still refused to overlook our first time flying with them. Everyone in general looked super miserable and traveling with them with a child is pretty much untenable. Lastly I originally thought I had booked an AM flight for my family but it was a PM flight which I knew was not going to end well since we had a 1.5 year old with us on a flight that gets in 9p. I ended up calling Alaska to try to change the first leg for a change fee, and would even have accepted half of a refund to book a completely different flight but of course they refused and absolutely allowed no flexibility to plans so I guess my revenge was our baby cried for 3 out of the four hour flight and hopefully convinced every miserable person on that flight to never fly Alaska again 🤷🏻‍♀️

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.

It was very cold because the air conditioner was on high power, and my son got sick.

The boarding process was terrible especially with an indirect flight Chicago to Seattle to San Diego was terrible talking about we overbooked a flight idk if I’d take this airline ever again we got off our flight from Chicago to Seattle and we traveled for business and they told us our connecting flight was over booked and their was no seats asking people to take a delayed next flight and they don’t tell anyone coughing to wear masks seats 30A-B were terrible during the flight no one wants to sit next to people coughing all around I don’t want to be sick traveling for work or get sick anytime it’s very upsetting the staff doesn’t take this stuff serious to tell them to wear masks when they see people coughing and sneezing

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

Know that the movies that you are going to be offered are the oldest be rated movies they could possibly get. They may have one or two new movies that they keep advertising but when you’re flying 15 hours, there is nothing to see past the first new movie.

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

Several missed and almost missed connections. It felt like everything was being patched together last minute without enough resources and it ended up being an extremely stressful experience that basically ruined our weekend on the west coast. What a waste.

Terrible, if possible won't be flying again anytime soon!

Subject: Formal Complaint: Discriminatory and Unprofessional Conduct – Request for Immediate Action & Compensation Dear [Airline Customer Relations Team], I am writing to file a formal complaint regarding my recent travel experience with [Airline], which was by far the worst I have ever encountered. What occurred was not only unprofessional, but in several instances discriminatory, unsafe, and unacceptable. On the first leg of my trip, I arrived only four minutes past check-in. Instead of making any attempt to resolve the matter, your representative flatly denied me boarding and made me wait while she attended to passengers who arrived after me. By the time a manager intervened, it was too late to board, costing me time, money, and unnecessary frustration. The second leg of my trip (Chicago–San Francisco) raised even more serious concerns. From the outset, it was apparent that the staff—particularly two attendants—prioritized Caucasian passengers while dismissing African American and minority passengers. • When a Caucasian passenger in the exit row refused to comply with federal safety requirements, I, as a first responder, immediately offered to switch seats and assume the responsibility. My offer was blatantly ignored, and instead, a Caucasian passenger seated further up was chosen. This was discriminatory and deeply insulting, especially as I was actively de-escalating the situation that could have delayed the flight further. • During a lengthy tarmac delay of over 90 minutes, passengers were given conflicting and unreasonable instructions that created unnecessary distress and tension. • Throughout the flight, a visibly intoxicated passenger directly in front of me was disruptive, rude to others, failed to comply with seatbelt and electronic device rules, and yet faced no enforcement from the crew. In stark contrast, I was singled out for repeated compliance checks even though I was following every rule. This unequal treatment was so obvious that multiple passengers around me spoke up in my defense. This pattern of behavior demonstrated a clear lack of professionalism, disregard for passenger safety, and discriminatory treatment. I expect far better from an airline of your stature. As a paying customer subjected to this unacceptable treatment, I am formally requesting: 1. A full investigation into the conduct of the staff on both flights. 2. A written apology acknowledging the discriminatory and unprofessional behavior I endured. 3. Appropriate compensation for the distress, inconvenience, and mishandling of my travel. If this matter is not addressed promptly and thoroughly, I will have no choice but to escalate my complaint further, including filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation and sharing my experience through other channels. I trust [Airline] will take this complaint seriously and provide a timely resolution.

Check in was quick and easy during early hours. Flight was on time, and customer services was a plus.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

I had my flight of Cedar Rapids. THen Chicago to Boston. Flight out of Cedar rapids was delayed by 12 hrs. Had to drive to Chicago to catch my flight

It was so much better than expected, Ohare is not such a pleasant experience but American Airlines with the new, clean aeroplane and free Wi-Fi was outstanding and the crew so pleasant and helpful.

Amazing food, great staff, with one noticable detail missing ...but no seat entertainment in any of aircraft ...I am not a fan

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

Baby cried a lot. Nothing anyone could do about it. Just part of flying.

The flight crew was fantastic! Which the seats had a small TV.

My husband and I pre-ordered our food, but they did not have my husband’s order, and my cheese plate was very average. I asked for a blanket and was told they don’t carry blankets on domestic routs. The flight was on time and smooth!

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

Boarding was a mess - the agent basically called every group in rapid succession, so there was no organization at all. The economy seats are a joke, and main cabin extra seats were sold out when I purchased my flight. As such, I was locked in the same position for four hours. Being 6’6”, it was impossible to get my bag out from under the seat in front of me, and I couldn’t have used my laptop even if my bag were accessible due to the minuscule seat pitch. Also the wifi was broken. American is a joke - can’t wait until they merge with Spirit.

Horrible scam. Make you pay extra for more leg room then switch your seat as you’re boarding to a regular seat. Never fly American!

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