$119 Find Cheap Flights from McAllen to Illinois

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Cheap Flights from McAllen to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
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Chicago1 stop$222
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Chicago1 stop$222

Book Cheap McAllen to Illinois Plane Tickets

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

Tue, Sep 23 - Tue, Sep 30
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3:51 pm - 11:59 pmMFE-ORD
8h 08m1 stop
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8:25 am - 3:01 pmORD-MFE
6h 36m1 stop
$222American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 6 - Sat, Sep 20
American Airlines Logo
3:29 pm - 9:45 pmMFE-ORD
6h 16m1 stop
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10:01 am - 5:26 pmORD-MFE
7h 25m1 stop
$226American Airlines
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Mon, Nov 3 - Wed, Nov 5
American Airlines Logo
5:10 pm - 10:20 pmMFE-ORD
5h 10m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
10:25 am - 4:22 pmORD-MFE
5h 57m1 stop
$227American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 11 - Sat, Oct 25
American Airlines Logo
2:59 pm - 9:14 pmMFE-ORD
6h 15m1 stop
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9:30 am - 4:58 pmORD-MFE
7h 28m1 stop
$237American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 11 - Sat, Oct 25
Delta Logo
5:25 am - 6:49 pmMFE-ORD
13h 24m2 stops
Delta Logo
6:45 am - 5:31 pmORD-MFE
10h 46m2 stops
$247Delta
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Sat, Sep 27 - Sat, Sep 27
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 11:05 amMFE-ORD
6h 05m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:50 pm - 9:57 pmORD-MFE
5h 07m1 stop
$259United Airlines
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Tue, Sep 23 - Tue, Sep 30
Delta Logo
5:25 am - 5:35 pmMFE-MDW
12h 10m2 stops
Delta Logo
12:43 pm - 11:58 pmMDW-MFE
11h 15m2 stops
$278Delta
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Wed, Sep 10 - Sat, Sep 13
United Airlines Logo
7:25 pm - 12:15 amMFE-ORD
4h 50m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 7:26 pmORD-MFE
5h 06m1 stop
$319United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Thu, Oct 9
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8:30 pm - 11:48 amMFE-ORD
15h 18m1 stop
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7:15 am - 3:38 pmORD-MFE
32h 23m2 stops
Wed, Oct 1 - Thu, Oct 9
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8:30 pm - 11:48 amMFE-ORD
15h 18m1 stop
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7:15 am - 3:38 pmORD-MFE
32h 23m2 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for McAllen to Illinois flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from McAllen to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from McAllen to Illinois, 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 McAllen to Illinois is March, when tickets cost $298 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $473 and $443 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from McAllen to Illinois?

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

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

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$119
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 15% lower on average.
Flight from McAllen to Chicago O'Hare Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from McAllen to Illinois?

    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 McAllen to Illinois.

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

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

    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 McAllen to Illinois 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 McAllen to Illinois?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $347 on average. On average, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $382.

Reviews of the top airlines flying from McAllen to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from McAllen to Illinois. 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 McAllen to Illinois? 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 8943 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
6.6Food
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Flight attendant in first class gave poor service (like he didn't want to be there) and food was awful. We sat waiting for gate upon arrival over 45 mins.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Aug 2025RSW - ORD
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Flight attendant in first class gave poor service (like he didn't want to be there) and food was awful. We sat waiting for gate upon arrival over 45 mins.

Weather delay in Chicago?. No sense of urgency to make connection in Chicago for our connecting flight that wasn't delayed. Connection was missed.

Overall it was good. I missed my connection but I was put on another flight.

Overall a very poor experience - booked premium economy tickets but due to last minute flight delays , all my itinery went for a toss and had to fly economy class with no access to lounge or any compensation by united airlines to make up for the flight delays . i had expected better experience than that from united.

It was fine, definitely older planes with no charging or anything. There’s no entertainment set up on board, but it is nice that they allow you to access the in flight entertainment from your phone without having to pay for the Wi-Fi and they do offer free texting.

I liked that the flight was nonstop from ORD to CIU for $200 round trip.

The schedule to Moline changed 5 times. The gate changed 6 times. That is a pathetic way to run an airline. No wonder that no one in our company flies on United Express to or from Moline. Changes happen most of the time. I learned my lesson on this trip…never again!

While the staff was pleasant and helpful, the following observations are for your awareness. There was some delay on the tarmac on take off and landing. The paid lunch/food offerings were limited. Entertainment was only available on WiFi at a cost.

The first flight was better in terms of the aircraft.

Smooth flight. Boarding was chaotic. Could not hear the gate agent over the intercom. People were lined up in the wrong lines. Groups one and two were told to board through line one and group 3 through line 2. All very confusing. Once in the air, the flight was smooth. There was no entertainment option on this aircraft, even though it was a larger aircraft.

Any flight to ORD after about 2pm this summer has been challenging. Flight was delayed getting in (coming from ORD) and that led to it not leaving before a ground stop due to lightening before they could fuel the plane, and so forth. They made up some time but we were still late in arriving at ORD, and that led to missed connections.

Food was ok, but not as good as I have had before on AA.

Pretty good. The food was just mediocre, the boarding and crew were good.

My flight got switched and my prepaid bag didnt transfer over properly so I paid to check ANOTHER BAG. I was placed in a middle seat and it was just miserable. At least it was a bulkhead row so I had legroom. The flight just never seem3d to end

Was not able to watch most shows on the entertainment site. They would not load

On Wednesday, July 30 we were in mid flight from Manchester to Charlotte and we turned around because the right engine was malfunctioning. That was the last flight out of Manchester that night. I was rebooked for Thursday, which became a weather event Friday. There were no seats left on the flight from Manchester to Charlotte. Consequently I didn’t leave Manchester until Saturday morning and we flew to Chicago so to say the least my scheduled flight and return to Iowa was three days off and it messed with my business schedule. Consequently cash flow. I would like some sort of acknowledgment of this event.

Dreadful experience. Our flight was delayed more than 8 hours due to a maintenance issue and the assistance from rebooking was poor. I was travelling with a bad knee and needed assistance waited in one place more than 3 hours before someone came with a wheelchair. The woman next to me was a 91 year old great grandmother who had waited more than 4 hours. There were moments of support from the staff but it appeared as they were going against the direction of management. It was apathy, lack of ownership and dismissive responses with small moments of kindness and understanding typically from grey haired, female, veteran staff..

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.

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