LFT - CHI

$187 Find Cheap Flights from Lafayette to Chicago

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Lafayette to Chicago departing on 11/5. 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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Cheap Flights from Lafayette to Chicago (LFT-CHI)

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

Sat, Sep 6 - Tue, Sep 9
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2:00 pm - 9:12 pmLFT-MDW
7h 12m1 stop
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4:25 pm - 10:11 pmMDW-LFT
5h 46m1 stop
$249Delta
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Tue, Aug 19 - Thu, Sep 4
Delta Logo
6:05 am - 12:16 pmLFT-ORD
6h 11m1 stop
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5:45 am - 12:33 pmORD-LFT
6h 48m1 stop
$249Delta
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Tue, Aug 12 - Sat, Aug 16
Delta Logo
4:00 pm - 9:44 pmLFT-MDW
5h 44m1 stop
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4:25 pm - 8:57 pmMDW-LFT
4h 32m1 stop
$259Delta
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Fri, Sep 26 - Sun, Sep 28
American Airlines Logo
6:37 pm - 11:59 pmLFT-ORD
5h 22m1 stop
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11:00 am - 3:50 pmORD-LFT
4h 50m1 stop
$318American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Thu, Sep 4
American Airlines Logo
5:48 am - 10:59 amLFT-ORD
5h 11m1 stop
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1:20 pm - 6:02 pmORD-LFT
4h 42m1 stop
$319American Airlines
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Sat, Nov 22 - Wed, Nov 26
United Airlines Logo
6:05 pm - 11:15 pmLFT-ORD
5h 10m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:10 am - 1:16 pmORD-LFT
6h 06m1 stop
$349United Airlines
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Sat, Nov 22 - Wed, Nov 26
American Airlines Logo
4:01 pm - 10:23 pmLFT-ORD
6h 22m1 stop
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2:03 pm - 10:20 pmORD-LFT
8h 17m1 stop
$377American Airlines
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Fri, Aug 29 - Tue, Sep 2
American Airlines Logo
4:25 pm - 11:59 pmLFT-ORD
7h 34m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
10:25 am - 5:57 pmORD-LFT
7h 32m1 stop
$380American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Wed, Sep 3
United Airlines Logo
2:00 pm - 9:40 pmLFT-ORD
7h 40m1 stop
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5:56 pm - 1:15 pmORD-LFT
19h 19m2 stops
$387United Airlines
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Tue, Aug 19 - Tue, Sep 2
United Airlines Logo
5:17 am - 10:13 amLFT-ORD
4h 56m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:50 pm - 10:35 pmORD-LFT
5h 45m1 stop
$388United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Lafayette to Chicago flights

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

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

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Lafayette to Chicago, 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 Lafayette to Chicago is September, where tickets cost $198 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $758 and $683 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$187
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 78% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 12% increase in price.
Flight from Lafayette to Chicago O'Hare Airport

When to book flights from Lafayette to Chicago

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Lafayette to Chicago based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from Lafayette to Chicago

  • What is the cheapest flight from Lafayette to Chicago?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Lafayette to Chicago was $187 for a one-way ticket and $249 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Lafayette and Chicago?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Lafayette to Chicago?

    On your way to Chicago, you’ll fly out from Lafayette Regional. You’ll be landing in one of Chicago’s 2 airports: Chicago Midway or Chicago O'Hare Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Lafayette to Chicago?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Lafayette to Chicago?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Lafayette and Chicago, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Lafayette to Chicago are Delta and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $432 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $379 and an overall rating of 7.2.

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

    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 Lafayette to Chicago.

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

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

    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 with an airline and back to Lafayette with another airline.

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

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

Reviews of the top airlines flying from Lafayette to Chicago

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Lafayette 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 Lafayette to Chicago? 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
DeltaOverall score based on 7980 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
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My experience on any Delta flight is always overshadowed by the time Delta removed me from a flight for no apparent reason.

2.0 MediocreGim, Jul 2025BGM - DTW
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My experience on any Delta flight is always overshadowed by the time Delta removed me from a flight for no apparent reason.

Delayed and took off even later than the scheduled delay time

For a 69 year old with health problems I had the worse experience, no wheelchair when I entered a lady told me to sit and wait while a gentleman told me I had to walk to the Delta station, which I did. I had a carry on and a bag, and I was traveling with my service dog, which was on his carrier and the lady charged me for my carry on luggage, beside all the waiting cause of the delay, I had to walk to get my luggage cause no wheelchair showed up, I am so disappointed. I will get in touch with the company. I got home at 3:00 am, not good for my health situation.

Great experience on Delta. Staff from baggage check to flight attendants were very courteous and professional. My only issue was a personal preference for pretzels instead of the chips and cookies that were offered.

There was no problems, just a little uncomfortable with seats that do not lay back a little

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

Flight was delayed, 30+ bags had to be gate checked. Crew were very friendly!

Everything was good until we were boarding our connection flight in Atlanta, we were told to gate check our carry-on, but when we got inside the plane, there was plenty of room in the overhead.

Did not know my son and I had different seating arrangements. He was fine, but it was disappointing.

Flight was canceled, and no effort was made to help with rebooking, no hotel vouchers, no car transportation and minimal food voucher and most places for food were closed by the time the voucher was given. Waited for 3 hours for bags. Simply the worst travel experience I have ever had

Couldn’t get the door on the plane to close leading to a nearly 2 hour delay. But, hey at least they didn’t cancel the flight.

The flight was fine and the crew awesome. The problem is ORD and AA. Computers went down, ORD fell apart and a 40 min flight turned into a 3 hour trip. Guess the answer is to not try and fly to ORD after noon. But, as I said, crew was awesome and did everything they could to lesson the flight time.

The flight was fine but the 8 hour delay in Chicago was awful - 5 gate changes and repeated delays without an explanation. No vouchers. Nothing.

Most miserable flight ever. We waited almost 2 hours on the runway because the flight was oversold. American offered $1200 credit. Then there was some nonsense about weight distribution. Ridiculous. No food for 8 plus hours on the flight. I will be writing a letter.

The flight was 2 hour delayed, otherwise everything was excellent. The delay was due to the hourly limit requirement so given that as a reason, I'm happy with the flight!

Not sure the logic of the boarding in Groups. I was loaded first on the aisle. Then the guy in the middle. Then the guy by the window. Constantly holding up the other people boarding behind them with us blocking the aisle and this happened in most of the other rows

To start, I’d like to say that every American Airline personnel I interacted with on the ground, especially flight crew, was very friendly and did their best to help me out. Despite this, however, my experience with the airline was an entire mess. The 7:19 PM flight was heavily delayed due to weather, and pushed to 10:30 AM the next morning. Because of this, I had to spend the night inside of the airport. At some point later in the night, I got an email saying that the flight had been canceled. I called the support number, and the representative on the other line told me that the flight was still on and that I didn’t need to rebook. The next morning, no one came to the gate to open the door for the crew until almost 11 AM. By this time the flight crew had been waiting for over an hour, and they had called management to get someone to open the door for them multiple times. Around 11:30, the gate screen had changed to a different flight. I ended up buying a last minute ticket with Southwest airline just to get to Chicago, because the next flight with American wasn’t until 7:19 pm that day. Now, earlier that morning my suitcase had been sent ahead of me to ORD. I went to baggage claim to ask them if I could have my suitcase forwarded to where I was staying. The representative at SDF baggage claim said they could and put the claim in for me. As I was going back through TSA, I got an email that the airline had found my suitcase, but the next step was to send it BACK to SDF. I called the airline support number again, and I made it clear that my suitcase needed to stay in Chicago and to not come back to SDF. The representative told me that they would hold my suitcase at ORD and that it wasn’t going to be forwarded anywhere. Once I got there, I found that they had loaded my suitcase onto a plane to send it back to SDF. Thankfully, I had gotten to the baggage claim counter in time for them to put in a request to bring my suitcase back up. My refund with the airline is processing already, but because of this entire experience and miscommunication at every turn of the way, I will not book with American Airlines in the future.

The plane was late and then sat on the runway for almost 45 minutes before taking off.

Crew professional. Easy bag drop off. On time. Good entertainment.

Everything was great. Boarding, early departure, early arrival, and deplaning were smooth. Smooth flight.

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