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This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Chicago to Orange County departing on 11/14. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$77
Santa Ana
Santa Ana2 stops$244

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Flight from Chicago Midway Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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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.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 9010 reviews
8.0Entertainment
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
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They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Sep 2024SLC - SNA
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They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

Meh. A late flight meant I missed my connections, and a 2pm LAX arrival turned into gettin in after midnight.

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

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

Had to change aircraft due to a faulty door. Surprisingly it only caused about an hour and a half of delay. Delta handled this situation as well as can be expected.

Your crew could maybe answer the call bell at least one of the times I pressed it. I pressed it first time with 2.5 hours left in our flight bc my partner was hungry and wanted a sandwich. We finally got the sandwich with 40 mins left in the flight.

I still prefer Delta, but Delta doesn’t fly to State College PA.

Everything was fantastic. Modern plane. All the amenities! Although the paid snacks and meals are pure robbery. Like i understand airlines need to make money, but 11$ USD for an overnight oats with some nuts in it and barely any pieces of apple.... Highway robbery

The flight was bumpy. No Breakfast or coffee was served, not even a bottle of water. The food was okay but odd. Rice with peas instead of couscous with some unknown green thing. United Airlines did not tell me that there was VERY LIMITED HANDICAP SERVICE IN NAPLES. De-plane via 20 aluminum steps. Taken to Van. You must walk into the terminal, find luggage, and then walk out to the rental car pickup spot that is 1 block from the terminal.

Crew did their best but the plane configuration is too tight if you're bigger than an average sardine. Controls for the entertainment system didn't all work. The aircraft hadn't been cleaned in awhile.

Didn't make it dir to delays - no support from United staff

My flight was delayed for a whole day, so I lost a day of my vacation.

flight delayed, was put on another flight after standby queue, luggage was misplaced and arrived to me 3 days later

The baggage handlers broke the handle on my bag that they put under the plane that I checked on the jetway. They traded it out for a less quality bag in Tulsa. But, they said they would try to fix it. Bologna! There was no fixing that bag handle. Someone didn’t care how they treated the bag.

Flighty delayed on boarding - then group 1 had to check their carry on bags but groups 3 and beyond could carry bags on - very inconvenient for weekend business trip with no checked baggage. Then delayed on the runway - before take off. No communication from pilot on why or how long. Wifi/Entertainment didn't work for 4+ flight. Upon arrival, attendants announced wrong carousel for baggage claim - everyone was waiting at the wrong place for their checked bags. This was a mess united!

There was no screens on board AND the WiFi didn’t work. My seat was broken and couldn’t recline so I couldn’t even sleep. The flight attendants didn’t offer anything to make it more comfortable. It was such an old cramped plane, when the person in front of me reclined I couldn’t even open my tray table. All the United ads talk about guaranteeing everyone gets a screen!

I had a TERRIBLE experience with the AA crew. I believe it was disability-related. It’s unlikely I will fly AA again.

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.

The flight was delayed till next day ! They kept delaying every 30 minutes then after 3 hours they delayed it till next day. We kept waiting in line standing more than an hour to get the hotel and meal vouchers. There was no communication at all. Everything was bad

Smoothe flight. Pilot and crew did a great job. Uncomfortable seat in this jet, felt worn out

seats were way too small. Too short of a flight to offer amenities.

The main problem was delay. The plane was at the gate early and bags were loaded. However, there was no crew for the flight. They were inbound from LGA and had to land and make their way to our gate. It took more than 40 minutes. Then, once the crew arrived and boarded, one of the crew members had to deplane and then a replacement crew member had to be found. It took another 40 minutes or so to get the final crew member. In all, we took off about 2 hours later than our scheduled departure time. Once in the air, the flight was great. Smooth most of the way. The crew was professional and efficient.

Perfect flight. Efficient boarding, on time take off and early arrival. Generally smooth flight.

American is a steady for me. I always get what I expect from them. Sincere effort to get me from one place to another.

BAD. As a family could not sit together. The gate agent told us there was only one seat in the middle left, when we got on the plane the situation was very different with whole rows of seats empty

It was cancelled unexpectedly so we rented a car and drove home.

Everything that was available was excellent. Spacious and comfortable, with lovely and helpful crew (one was having a bit of a sour day, but that happens). We sat on the tarmac for one hour and seven minutes waiting for our gate to clear in SAN, but the pilot kept us informed and, amazingly, was very professional in not ragging on the airport (whose fault it was).

Flight was delayed 8 hours so far. Don’t expect to fly when choosing Spirit Airlines. I will happily pay more to never deal with this company again.

This airline is effective for the price you pay, do not expect anything extra at all. You have to pay extra for seat assignment , carry on luggage, food, you name it ...and even if you pay extra for better seats they do not recline.

Got on quickly and easily. When it turned out the other two seats in my row would be occupied, a nearby flight attendant immediately let me know that I could move one row behind me since it was an empty row, I moved into the window seat where I could relax enough to take a little nap. Can’t ask for much more.

The flight was delayed, and we waited for more than an hour on the plane.

Could at least have little recline in economy seats and windows to the last row, they were super uncomfortable and lots of chit chat and disturbance from the operation of crew members and other passengers

Was told by one of the helpers at spirit in Detroit that I had to pay for my bag that could fit on the over head bin after I asked her repeatedly well what about the over head bin can’t my bag fit in there she said no I had to check it. Then sent me the long way to the tsa when my gate was the other way. I didn’t have that problem in Chicago.

Cancelled after 3 hour delay with no aside from a rebooking three days later.

Nothing. Will never ever travel on Spirit or Frontier. Both of them Garbage Airlines.

The personal at boarding are rude and try to steel people with their rule of personal item , really bad experience for us

Both flights were delayed. The sizing of bags is crazy. I know it is advertised as a no frills cheaper option but it does feel like you are being extorted for money the whole way-- $20 dollars to talk to a gate agent? Charging for soda a pretzels? I don't think I will be flying Frontier again if I can help it. That said, all the staff were wonderful.

Staff members pretty horrible when boarding. No care for customers

The trip was good but the last minute changes I didn’t like because I had already talked to the attendee and they didn’t help me with my ticket I was having trouble checking in and when the time was up they help me but charge me for that and last minute luggage it was a small bag. After I was in the airplane I realized you were charging because the flight was almost empty and you have to get the money some how. Thanks for everything.

I was shocked that there is no Wi-Fi, my flight was changed and delayed multiple times. In fact, I’m still not home…

I did not like that people are purposely split ip who book at the same time because we didn’t buy seats. No other airline does that.

Frontier is definitely a good option for people traveling light or on a budget - just remember to bring your own entertainment and your own headphones if you need them.

The seats were dirty with crumbs and trash , looked it had not been cleaned up from a previous flight

Nothing about the flight was good. The crew was rude and unwilling to assist would never recommend this airline to anyone and for sure will not fly it again

The plane was very clean, the flight attendants were chipper and accommodating. It was roomy

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Chicago to Orange County found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/1Fri
1 stopSouthwest
11h 15mORD-LGB
11/5Tue
1 stopSouthwest
9h 15mLGB-ORD
$241
11/1Fri
1 stopSouthwest
6h 40mMDW-LGB
11/5Tue
1 stopSouthwest
7h 15mLGB-MDW
$241
10/19Sat
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
9h 45mORD-SNA
10/23Wed
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
21h 24mSNA-ORD
$244
10/18Fri
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
17h 57mORD-SNA
10/21Mon
3 stopsSpirit Airlines
26h 06mSNA-ORD
$245
10/27Sun
1 stopFrontier
13h 58mMDW-SNA
11/1Fri
1 stopFrontier
10h 25mSNA-MDW
$245
10/18Fri
1 stopFrontier
5h 53mMDW-SNA
10/21Mon
1 stopFrontier
8h 31mSNA-MDW
$248
11/1Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 36mORD-SNA
11/7Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
6h 30mSNA-ORD
$279
10/31Thu
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 26mORD-SNA
11/7Thu
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 04mSNA-ORD
$289
11/9Sat
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 30mORD-SNA
11/14Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
10h 30mSNA-ORD
$303
11/2Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 36mORD-SNA
11/10Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 04mSNA-ORD
$323

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Chicago to Orange County found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/14Thu
1 stopFrontier
12h 59mMDW-SNA
$60
10/22Tue
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
17h 57mORD-SNA
$63
11/2Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 36mORD-SNA
$109
11/3Sun
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 32mORD-SNA
$115
10/31Thu
1 stopDelta
6h 55mORD-SNA
$118
12/24Tue
1 stopDelta
7h 00mORD-LGB
$118
10/29Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
7h 39mORD-SNA
$124
10/29Tue
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 36mORD-SNA
$135
10/25Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 26mORD-SNA
$155
10/26Sat
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
11h 34mORD-SNA
$171

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Last minute flights from Chicago to Orange County

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Chicago to Orange County that are departing in the next 10 days.
10/7Mon
multi-stopFrontier
21h 08mMDW-SNA
10/10Thu
multi-stopFrontier
9h 20mSNA-MDW
$258
10/6Sun
multi-stopFrontier
15h 18mMDW-SNA
10/10Thu
multi-stopFrontier
9h 20mSNA-MDW
$270
10/7Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
9h 47mORD-SNA
10/14Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
12h 35mSNA-ORD
$289
10/7Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
16h 41mORD-SNA
10/14Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
12h 35mSNA-ORD
$317
10/7Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 26mORD-SNA
10/8Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 11mSNA-ORD
$649
10/5Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 27mORD-SNA
10/9Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 23mSNA-ORD
$691
10/7Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 29mORD-SNA
10/11Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 17mSNA-ORD
$731
10/4Fri
nonstopAmerican Airlines
4h 20mORD-SNA
10/7Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
7h 15mSNA-ORD
$769
10/5Sat
multi-stopDelta
7h 37mMDW-SNA
10/8Tue
multi-stopDelta
12h 05mSNA-MDW
$891
10/5Sat
multi-stopDelta
7h 37mMDW-SNA
10/9Wed
multi-stopDelta
12h 05mSNA-MDW
$937

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