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Cheap Flights from Chicago to the Maldives

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Malé
Malé1 stop$1,070
Addu City
Addu City2 stops$1,416
Malé
Malé1 stop$1,070
Addu City
Addu City2 stops$1,416

Book Cheap Chicago to the Maldives 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 the Maldives 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 the Maldives

Tue, Sep 15 - Tue, Sep 22
Etihad Airways Logo
8:25 pm - 5:15 am
ORD
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MLE
22h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:40 am - 8:35 am
MLE
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ORD
32h 55m
1 stop
$1,070Etihad Airways
Tue, Sep 8 - Wed, Sep 16
Emirates Logo
8:35 pm - 9:35 pm
ORD
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MLE
63h 00m
2 stops
Emirates Logo
8:15 am - 3:45 pm
MLE
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ORD
41h 30m
2 stops
$1,106Emirates
Mon, Oct 12 - Mon, Oct 19
Emirates Logo
8:35 pm - 12:15 pm
ORD
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MLE
53h 40m
2 stops
Emirates Logo
8:15 am - 3:45 pm
MLE
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ORD
41h 30m
2 stops
$1,113Emirates
Tue, Sep 8 - Wed, Sep 16
Emirates Logo
8:35 pm - 7:40 am
ORD
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MLE
25h 05m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
8:15 am - 3:45 pm
MLE
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ORD
65h 30m
2 stops
$1,121Emirates
Mon, Nov 2 - Mon, Nov 16
Qatar Airways Logo
6:50 pm - 8:25 am
ORD
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MLE
26h 35m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
9:05 pm - 2:30 pm
MLE
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ORD
28h 25m
1 stop
$1,139Qatar Airways
Tue, Nov 3 - Tue, Nov 17
Qatar Airways Logo
6:50 pm - 7:50 am
ORD
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MLE
26h 00m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
9:05 pm - 2:30 pm
MLE
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ORD
28h 25m
1 stop
$1,139Qatar Airways
Thu, Sep 10 - Wed, Sep 16
Etihad Airways Logo
8:25 pm - 5:15 am
ORD
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MLE
22h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:25 pm - 8:35 am
MLE
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ORD
21h 10m
1 stop
$1,142Etihad Airways
Wed, Sep 9 - Wed, Sep 16
Etihad Airways Logo
8:25 pm - 5:15 am
ORD
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MLE
22h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:25 pm - 8:35 am
MLE
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ORD
21h 10m
1 stop
$1,144Etihad Airways
Tue, Dec 1 - Tue, Dec 8
Turkish Airlines Logo
11:45 am - 12:35 pm
ORD
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MLE
37h 50m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 10:00 am
MLE
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ORD
36h 00m
1 stop
$1,259Turkish Airlines
Tue, Dec 1 - Tue, Dec 8
Turkish Airlines Logo
11:45 am - 12:35 pm
ORD
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MLE
37h 50m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 10:00 am
MLE
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ORD
36h 00m
1 stop
$1,309Turkish Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to the Maldives flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport to the Maldives?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport to the Maldives, 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 O'Hare Intl Airport to the Maldives is January, when tickets cost $1,039 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,090 and $1,815 respectively.

Good to know

Low season

May

Cheapest flight

$542
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 10% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 19% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago to Malé

FAQs - booking Maldives flights

  • Is Velena International Airport accessible to all?

    If you're in a wheelchair or you have reduced mobility, don't worry about struggling once you land at Velena International Airport, as this airport is pretty accessible. Here, you'll enjoy access to wheelchair-accessible restrooms and waiting rooms.

  • Are there nonstop flights between the Maldives and Chicago?

    There are no nonstop flights to the Maldives from Chicago. However, airlines such as Qatar Airways, Emirates, and JetBlue have one-stop flights.

  • What are the popular layover options between the Maldives and Chicago?

    The popular layover options between the Maldives and Chicago are Doha and Dubai. If you board either JetBlue or Qatar Airways, you'll stop in Doha, while you'll stop in Dubai if you board an Emirates flight.

  • Is there an eco-friendly airline that travels from Chicago to the Maldives?

    If you're an enthusiast of eco-friendly flying, you should fly with Qatar Airways. The air travel company has taken several steps to reduce its carbon footprint in recent years.

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

    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 Maldives.

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

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

    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 Maldives 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 Maldives?

    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 Maldives 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 the Maldives

  • All flights to the Maldives from Chicago usually depart from the capital of Illinois at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). Located northwest of Chicago, this airport is nicknamed the busiest per square mile globally as it usually serves hundreds of flights daily. As this airport is pretty busy, you should get here about 2h before your flight's scheduled departure time to get cleared for travel in time for your flight.
  • There are two means of public transportation you can use to get from downtown Chicago to O'Hare International Airport, which include a light-rail train and taxi. If you'd like to get to ORD swiftly, you should board a light rail train from Jackson Train Station to O'Hare Station. Onboard one of these light rail trains, you'll get to ORD in less than an hour. However, if you're situated a bit far from the station, you should take a taxi. With a taxi, your journey will last about a quarter of an hour more than via the light rail.
  • To be allowed through airport security in the Maldives, there are specific requirements you must satisfy. You must have a passport, pre-paid hotel accommodation, confirmed return tickets to your home country, and sufficient funds to cover your stay in the country. You must also have the documents needed for entry to the destinations you intend to visit. If you plan on visiting a destination that requires a visa, plan for this ahead of time.
  • In the Maldives, your flight will land at Velana International Airport, the main airport in the country. It is situated on Hulhule Island. Once you land at this airport, you'll get the chance to rest as it has several top-tier lounges. You'll also get the chance to eat and shop at the plenty of onsite restaurants and boutique shops.
  • In the Maldives, children under 12 must be seated in approved child's seats when in a car. Given that this is the law, if you plan on traveling with your young child to this Island, you should carry your own child's seat. If, however, you plan on renting a car while in the country, you don't have to carry one, as most car rentals in the Maldives usually rent out child seats on request.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Chicago to the Maldives

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to the Maldives? 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.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3640 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.4Crew
8.2Entertainment
7.9Food
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

Boarding in New York was smooth and well organized. However, the boarding process in Dubai was less convenient. Passengers were asked to board an hour before departure, but after that we had to wait in another area that did not have enough seating capacity. To make matters worse, the flight was officially delayed by an hour, followed by an additional 45-minute delay while on the aircraft. The food was excellent and exceeded expectations. Seating comfort was decent for Economy Class, and considering the fare category, I have no major complaints. The entertainment system was outstanding. Being able to watch a FIFA match live during the flight was a completely new and enjoyable experience for me, making the journey much more engaging.

10.0 ExcellentNarasimha V Prasad, Jul 2026
JFK - DXB
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Boarding in New York was smooth and well organized. However, the boarding process in Dubai was less convenient. Passengers were asked to board an hour before departure, but after that we had to wait in another area that did not have enough seating capacity. To make matters worse, the flight was officially delayed by an hour, followed by an additional 45-minute delay while on the aircraft. The food was excellent and exceeded expectations. Seating comfort was decent for Economy Class, and considering the fare category, I have no major complaints. The entertainment system was outstanding. Being able to watch a FIFA match live during the flight was a completely new and enjoyable experience for me, making the journey much more engaging.

The flight was literally cancelled by emirates and you sent me to a scammer website of Underpricer.com for the tickets who still has not provided a refund for one ticket. Kayak has gone seriously downhill. If you are going to redirect people to a site then ensure they are reputable and not untrustworthy scammers. Am never using kayak again after this experience. And update your algorithm or whatever so you don’t send out auto emails checking on flight experience of cancelled flights due a literal WAR!! also I have complained about underpricer and nothing from kayak. So disappointing

Difficult to find some food option for gluten and dairy allergy. May be a fruit salad would be better

The boarding process was smooth and the stewardesses were nice. Some delays with drinks at the end of the flight, but no issues.

Seat 💺 was all the way on last row. Food was okay .

Boarding, seats, entertainment and service were all great. Food was great except for the fact that there were too many sweet items.

Not too happy with ground staff at Dubai airport. We had asked for wheel chair, and we were told to walk a long distance, poorly organised. And then at boarding to Mumbai flight wecwere treated rudely by the local Emirates staff forced to check in our cabin bags, we told them we were transiting.

Very good!! If at all, the business class chair/bed was bit small!! It’s because of older plane- as was told!

Check-in counter at the airport took more than an hour of standing in queue with online checkin. And after entering the gate the flight delayed more than 30 mins.

Dirty plane. Urine on floor of lavatories, food was not cleaned from previous leg of flight prior to boarding, lavatories only cleaned once inflight. Boarded by group number, but did not inform passengers in terminal. So standing in line for ~40min.

Istanbul to Lahore flight was less than standard for international business class cabins. Seat did not were not flat and it did not operate easily. I had to push buttons hard repeatedly to operate the seat. I was in 5A seat

My, Syed Zawar Hussein Shirazi frequently flyer membership number was not included on my boarding pass from O’Hare to Istanbul despite my reminder to the attendant at check in. Further she forgot to give me my boarding pass form Istanbul to Lahore and she needs to improve her customer service, please 🙏

Chicago to Istanbul was a much better experience than I expected since I’m more accustomed to Qatar Airways business class. The business lounge in the Istanbul airport was amazing - loved the lockers and phone charging stations, and the bathroom was a spa experience in itself. The onward leg from Istanbul to Karachi was utterly disappointing. Terrible plane, and I felt like I was in economy - the seats don’t come near to lying flat and the food was mediocre. What a sad downgrade - it isn’t as though the ticket on that leg was cheaper. So, on that front, there’s no contest with Qatar airways.

Second leg of Turkish Airline with Indigo is disaster for following reason. 1) You have to carry your cabin bags through ladder to boeing 777 because it was parked somewhere in parking lot and was not given a gate to board passengers and this seems to be people traveling to and fro from those flights and is not issue with flight itself. 2) I choose non vegetarian food on Turkish portal way ahead of checkin to entire trip, However the Indigo flight gave me random veg food saying they code veg food code from Turkish. 3) Indigo did not served any alcoholic beverages stating some weird reason which is non nonsensical. 4)Indigo have TV screens in front of you but it displays nothing except "Welcome Onboard" with annoying white black ground in dark flight. This is the most stupidest and annoying part because you are held hostage for 7 hours and only thing you could do is stare back at white screen which does not have entertainment package or even flight tracker. Such a shame.

During mid flight, try to get a flight attendant to help I couldn’t find one Otherwise, everything was perfect

The 2 agents on the check in counter were super nice , helpful and very polite. Boarding was like a 1 2 3, I would recommend Turkish airlines for your next trip.

7 stars hospitality and an excellent service by the Turkish Airline entire team. Somehow, our membership numbers for mileage points were not indicated on our boarding passes issued at O’Hare Airport by the Turkish Airlines check in desk. During transit in Istanbul, I brought to attention of customer service Turkish Airlines. Please have our mileage points posted to our membership account from O’Hare Chicago to Lahore for both my wife Kaukab Shirazi Thank you

Terrible boarding process, no proper line maintained even for business class, crews are not very attentive, business class food quality / variety / quantity have gone down, everything has become cheap.

Food quality and the overall service of the staff and significantly decreased. The flight was delayed at the Istanbul airport and the passengers were kept onboard for more than 3 hours. The staff didn’t kept the passengers informed and everyone was upset.

Turkish Airlines apparently no longer gives you 2 checked bags allowance on international flights, so that pleasure cost me $165 for my second suitcase at the airport. On top of that, they damaged that very suitcase, which happens to be a designer one and part of a set - ripped one of the four wheels right off.

Awful , hidden charges for the luggage was a very awful thing, very much a scam , booking the flight thinking the luggage was included was definitely a scam , then the girl that was taking my luggage Ayrlease the airport was an absolute awful , telling me if I don’t have money to take my luggage with me I can just throw it away , how professional, NEVER AGAIN .

Connection booked by Etihad was delayed and upon arrival to counter they closed it and denied boarding although there was still 15 minutes to go . Manager Karen was very rude and did not want to listen seems there as overbooking and canceling boarding was the only solution..

They lost the baggage and said it was deleted from the system. I had baggage tag so was able to file the complaint but there was no PIR number and update so far

Good one but just notice that you have to ask several time to get water or coffee .

It was fantastic. The flight from Chicago to Abu Dahbi was fantastic. The crew, food and service were amazing. Everything was handled by the crew member assigned to us , Nicholas, was usually done before we asked for it. Highly recommend Etihad!

The food could be better. Toilets were smelly all along

Bad. Flight was very uncomfortable with narrow and shallow seats, very little food and water. I will not fly etihad again.

One thing is very important is you people not giving seat arrangement together to couple, senior citizen. You have to take care of senior citizen. Do not look about money. Money is not important everywhere. Make relationship strong is very very important. I like Etiyad air line out of all air line. Food was hot and delicious. Air hostess gave very good service, nice attitude, very good behaviour. I gave 10 out of 10 marks. Thanks Jivraj

Crew member took too long time to take back leftover food plates from passenger seats. Food was nice.Easy excellent checking.Guy at checking counter was really kind and helpful.Made our checking very quickly. Leftover food should be taken back ASAP. Because in economy class passanger have narrow space . In the long journey like this, passanger have difficulties to sit with the plates.overall experience was good.

crew as a whole is pretty mediocre. dont seem to care much for passengers. Asked 3 different crew for custom papers for immigration check in and they all said i could get it in the airport. have flown to india 3 times prior to this with Qatar and Emirates and they have always provided this paper ahead of landing to speed up the check in process. Also felt in general the crew is irritated and overworked. The one lady in my aisle from Chicago to Abu Dhabi was very pleasant but i was noticing the other crew were nice to each other but pretty cold with the passengers. Not what i usually have experienced from this type of overseas travel. Ive always felt the crew in qatar and emirates were overly sweet and pleasant but having seen the opposite this time i definitely prefer the former.

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