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$588 Find Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Chicago O'Hare Airport

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Johannesburg to Chicago, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$931
Typical prices: $1,235-$999
Etihad Airways
Wed 6/24Fri 7/24
JNB - ORD • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$588
Typical prices: $632-$679
Qatar Airways
Wed 6/17
JNB - ORD • 1 stop
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There are currently no direct flights between Johannesburg and O'Hare Intl. You'll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg $944 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 21h 58m (one-way)
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 13% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl (JNB-ORD)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl 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 Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl

Wed, Jun 24 - Fri, Jul 24
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 am - 8:35 am
JNB
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ORD
29h 45m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:10 pm - 8:20 am
ORD
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JNB
28h 10m
1 stop
$931Etihad Airways
Wed, Jun 24 - Fri, Jul 24
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 am - 8:35 am
JNB
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ORD
29h 45m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:10 pm - 8:20 am
ORD
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JNB
28h 10m
1 stop
$934Etihad Airways
Mon, Sep 21 - Wed, Sep 30
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 am - 3:40 pm
JNB
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ORD
36h 50m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
2:00 pm - 8:20 am
ORD
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JNB
35h 20m
1 stop
$977Etihad Airways
Tue, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 16
Qatar Airways Logo
7:50 pm - 4:50 pm
JNB
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ORD
28h 00m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
7:20 pm - 9:00 am
ORD
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JNB
30h 40m
1 stop
$1,033Qatar Airways
Thu, Jun 11 - Thu, Jun 18
Qatar Airways Logo
7:50 pm - 4:50 pm
JNB
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ORD
28h 00m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
7:20 pm - 9:00 am
ORD
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JNB
30h 40m
1 stop
$1,035Qatar Airways
Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jun 17
Qatar Airways Logo
12:40 pm - 4:50 pm
JNB
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ORD
35h 10m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
7:20 pm - 4:00 am
ORD
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JNB
25h 40m
1 stop
$1,036Qatar Airways
Mon, Sep 21 - Wed, Sep 30
Kenya Airways Logo
5:00 pm - 5:41 pm
JNB
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ORD
31h 41m
2 stops
Kenya Airways Logo
6:00 am - 3:50 pm
ORD
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JNB
26h 50m
2 stops
$1,041Kenya Airways
Fri, Jun 19 - Sun, Jul 5
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 am - 8:35 am
JNB
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ORD
29h 45m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
2:00 pm - 7:10 am
ORD
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JNB
58h 10m
2 stops
$1,044Etihad Airways
Wed, Jun 10 - Wed, Jun 17
Qatar Airways Logo
7:50 pm - 4:50 pm
JNB
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ORD
28h 00m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
7:20 pm - 4:00 am
ORD
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JNB
25h 40m
1 stop
$1,046Qatar Airways
Mon, Sep 21 - Wed, Sep 30
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 11:47 am
JNB
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ORD
25h 47m
2 stops
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6:00 am - 12:15 am
ORD
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JNB
35h 15m
2 stops
$1,066Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport departing in June.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, 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 O'Hare Intl Airport is February, where tickets cost $894 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,476 and $1,385 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 13% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonMarch
Cheapest flight$588
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 18% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from Johannesburg to Chicago O'Hare Airport

When to book flights from Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl 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 O'Hare Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport was $588 for a one-way ticket and $931 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Johannesburg and Chicago O'Hare Airport?

    A passport is required to fly from Johannesburg to Chicago O'Hare Airport.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Johannesburg to Chicago O'Hare Airport?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Chicago O'Hare Airport?

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Chicago are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,092 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,500 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Johannesburg to Chicago O'Hare Airport?

    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 O'Hare Airport.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Chicago O'Hare Airport 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 O'Hare Airport?

    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 O'Hare Airport with an airline and back to Johannesburg with another airline. Booking your flights between Johannesburg and ORD can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

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

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl

 
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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Johannesburg to O'Hare Intl? 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8466 reviews
8.5Crew
7.2Food
7.9Comfort
7.8Entertainment
8.1Boarding
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Round trip flight to Canada and back to the US was smooth and efficient.

8.0 ExcellentBrent, Apr 2026
YWG - MSP
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Round trip flight to Canada and back to the US was smooth and efficient.

The agent at check in and at the gate were less than thrilled to be at work. I'm not a fan of Kayak's placement on the plane. I got put in the middle seat and none of my preferences were used.

Spanish speaker flight attendants were incredibly rude. A male flight attendant named Allen, grabbed my bag out of the overhead bin and moved it without my permission. When I asked what he was doing, he informed me that the overhead bins were public space? It would be easy to ignore this comment, as you don’t know the whole story, but the flight attendants were militant and rude. Delta, you can do better!

In ATL they have two sets of departure screens. Follow what is on your airline's departure board - the ATL Airport Authority departure board had completely incorrect details about the gate assignment for my flight, which would have made me miss boarding.

Flight was delayed it was hot while sitting on the plane, one engine was working on the plane until they had to do some jimmy rigging down the runway in order for the other engine to charge up. It was ridiculous

The flight was very good and the staff was very friendly and helpful!

The only thing I would say is we tried to get on a standby earlier flight, but with our fair we couldn’t. That seems senseless to leave with open seats..

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

In a world of delays, Delta was on time both ways! Boarding was fast and efficient. Staff was friendly. AND wifi worked.

My business class seat was inoperable and unable to recline for 10 hour flight.

Excellent service. Friendly and attentive flight attendants, can lay back in business class and be pretty comfortable, and delicious food. Flight on time departing and arriving.

I will say the same as my previous comment. Great job over all! From 1-10, ten be the best… I will give 9!

Food wasn’t good but not their fault as I should have pre selected

had to wait 1 hour once boarded. so we were 1 hour late arriving.

They are absolutely impossible to get hold of. A death in the family caused us to delay our departure. They are impossible to get through to and after waiting 41/2 hours I was told they would not consider helping us. They cancelled our return flight and have not reimbursed anything. I strongly urge readers to consider a different airline.

A lot of snacks and provided on request by traveller. Preferred meals which were on their menu were not always sufficient for those who wanted them. We were told 2 different items and offer which we asked for were not offered initially. We rejected the 3rd item given as a substitute for our initial choices which we didn't want and so we didn't accept it. Eventually our initial choice was offered. During service of coffee and tea, the crew member didn't offer us and moved back. Luckily neither of us wanted tea at that time. Crew members must avoid behavior that may be suggestive of discrimination

The crew was awesome. My husband fell while traveling to the WC and got a head abrasion. The crew helped him greatly and a physician that was also on the flight checked him out as well. They all get an A+!

Online check in and seat assignments are terrible. All 4 flights

Cabin was kept very hot and it was uncomfortable. Entertainment system did not work at my seat. Crew and service is fantastic

Extremely bad BAD BAD BAD. NEVER TURKISH AIRLINES EVER AGAIN..PIRATES COMPANY.

Flight crew was super friendly and helpful. Food was frequent and honestly pretty good. Plenty of on-board entertainment. Economy seats are super cramped for such a long flight, but the crew allowed people to get up and stretch, and kids could wander with their parents, so we all made it work. Overall a very good experience.

Standard flight with a drinks and a snack- overall very quick flight. The flight attendants were very strict, bordered on rude.

Starlink is great Crew was polite Business class didn’t get a welcome drink just water and snacks were ok

Delayed - weather wasn't bad at either end. Also sat on tarmac in ORD.

very average service no complimentary alcoholics drinks unlike other airlines such as Porter airlines No decent seats available during check-in time the day before

boarded early to only find out that flight would sit at gate for 45 min to an hour. Landed in chicago and sat on runway for over an hour before got to gate. Total delay was extensive for a 45 min flight door to door.

The flight was significantly delayed. The inbound flight from EWR was delayed departing because of mechanical problems. My original departure from CLT was 5:28 pm but due to the delay of the inbound flight, after arrival, deplaning, cleaning, boarding, we did not push back from the gate until 9:00 pm. Once in the air, the flight was smooth and what was originally supposed to be an arrival in ORD at 7:30 pm local time turned out to be 9:35 pm.

The flight I was supposed to be on was supposed to take off at 1:50 from State College. It was delayed over and over and over again until somehow I had to rebook on a flight that was supposed to have left State College at 8 am that morning but didn't end up taking off until almost 6 pm. Not only was this completely unacceptable, the "token from United" was a 15 dollar meal voucher that has to be used by today. I would personally like some miles added to my account for this inconvenience. I was in transit for 8 hours from the time I arrive at State College Aiport to when I got home. I was supposed to be home at 3 pm and I returned at 8 pm. Unacceptable. I have not been on an on Time united flight in nearly 5 years.

newer aircraft, ability to connect my headset via blue tooth for entertainment.

Very comfortable flight, snacks and drinks were good, good communication from crew. Could have used a little more information on timing of boarding for group 5

Limit the number of usage of wine or please arrange our seats. The passenger was drunk on this flight and not on Thiruvananthapuram to Abudhabi.

Flight got canceled due to Middle East conflict. Just fly hasn’t refunded me the money

The seats seemed smaller than other business class offerings. The entertainment menu was limited. Flight crew was good.

It was excellent service in the snow storm gives us hotel and transportation. It will be more better if u can add one more meal because it’s a long flight boring journey. If you give extra meal time passes faster and can enjoy the trip better

Food quality and varites were very minimum. Surprised to have no desserts. Business class tickets should have lounge access and seats selection. They should be allowed to board while people with wheel chair, secial assistance and family with childrem.

Dirty and smelly lavatory and toilets in Wamos Air operated flights

Good flight. There were a few issues with the flat bed. It was some technical issues. Otherwise everything was good

The crew could have been more friendly and could have offered to make the beds. Also, Ethiad should have more vegetarian food options.

From the start of my vacation at Logan Airport, Boston it was chaotic. I'm praying my flight home is better .I'm grateful that we landed safe

The flight was over 1 hour late taking off ,when I arrived in Abu Dhabi ,I missed my connecting flight to Bangkok so I had to wait almost 6 hours for my flight arriving in Bangkok at 6:30 am ,So I missed a whole day of my vacation and my hotel room sat empty so I paid for hotel days that I was not there. In Abu Dhabi there was a woman that worked the desk at transfers that was so professional, courteous , helpful,and may I say absolutely beautiful .she got me food vouchers for my layover and was a very calming presence. Besides that I will never use Etihad again I will pay the Xtra money . I'm sure they won't read or see this but it's my "2 cents" I'll use an airline that respects me and my hard earned dollars

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