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$49 Find Cheap Flights from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport

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Cheapest round-trip
$97
Overall average: $331
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MEM - ORD • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$49
Typical prices: $190-$321
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Tue 5/12
MEM - ORD • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Memphis to O'Hare Intl (MEM-ORD)

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

Wed, Mar 18 - Wed, Mar 25
United Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 9:26 am
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ORD
1h 56mnonstop
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7:59 pm - 9:59 pm
ORD
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2h 00mnonstop
$97United Airlines
Wed, Apr 8 - Tue, Apr 14
Southwest Logo
6:35 am - 3:00 pm
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ORD
8h 25m
1 stop
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11:55 am - 5:35 pm
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5h 40m
1 stop
$117Southwest
Wed, Mar 18 - Wed, Mar 25
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6:10 am - 1:55 pm
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7h 45m
1 stop
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2:40 pm - 10:20 pm
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7h 40m
1 stop
$122Southwest
Mon, Mar 23 - Wed, Mar 25
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5:04 am - 7:07 am
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2h 03mnonstop
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10:10 pm - 11:59 pm
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1h 49mnonstop
$134American Airlines
Fri, Apr 3 - Tue, Apr 7
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6:37 pm - 8:40 pm
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2h 03mnonstop
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7:58 pm - 9:59 pm
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2h 01mnonstop
$139United Airlines
Fri, Mar 20 - Wed, Mar 25
American Airlines Logo
5:04 am - 7:07 am
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2h 03mnonstop
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7:30 pm - 9:26 pm
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1h 56mnonstop
$144American Airlines
Sat, Mar 14 - Wed, Mar 18
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6:25 pm - 8:24 pm
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1h 59mnonstop
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7:59 pm - 9:59 pm
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2h 00mnonstop
$147United Airlines
Mon, Apr 13 - Wed, Apr 15
Southwest Logo
7:45 am - 12:50 pm
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5h 05m
1 stop
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11:55 am - 5:30 pm
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5h 35m
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$154Southwest
Wed, Mar 11 - Wed, Mar 18
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12:29 pm - 6:00 pm
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5h 31m
1 stop
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6:15 am - 11:47 am
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5h 32m
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$157Delta
Wed, May 6 - Mon, May 11
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6:36 am - 8:45 am
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2h 09mnonstop
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10:05 pm - 11:59 pm
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1h 54mnonstop
$158American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Memphis to O'Hare Intl flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Memphis to O'Hare Intl 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 Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Chicago O'Hare Airport on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Saturday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport is August, where tickets cost $257 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $349 and $347 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $284 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 52% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
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Flight from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport

When to book flights from Memphis to O'Hare Intl

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport was $49 for a one-way ticket and $97 for a round-trip.

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

    No

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport?

    American Airlines, Delta, Alaska Airlines, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport flight route.

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

    The Embraer 175 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport flight route.

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

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport?

    There are nonstop flights from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport on a daily basis.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Memphis to Chicago are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $291 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 $318 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis with another airline. Booking your flights between Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $244 or less one-way and $380 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Airport?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from Memphis Airport to Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Memphis to Chicago O'Hare Intl

Monday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

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Direct returns

Chicago O'Hare Intl to Memphis

Monday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

American Airlines, United Airlines

American Airlines, United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Memphis to O'Hare Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Memphis 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 Memphis 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 8228 reviews
7.8Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
7.2Food
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Flight was delayed by 3-hours and their fix was… complimentary pretzels.

4.0 OkayJahmes, Feb 2026
LAX - MCO
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Flight was delayed by 3-hours and their fix was… complimentary pretzels.

Flight was delayed due to crew being not on time

Flight crew issues delayed my flight by 2 1/2 hours. Causing me to miss my connection.

The staff on board and gate was nice - a welcome change from the usual. We also arrived early, which was a great benefit, given that it takes 30 minutes plus to get bags at SRQ.

The staff was frielndly. The plane was terrible, it was too small and should be decommissioned. There were no back seat screens at all. The only beverages we had a choice from was coffee, tea or water. The only bathroom in the back was behind the flight attendant's jump seat and wasn't working. And I literally felt like I was sitting on top of the guy next to me. It was terribly hot in the plane and we had to sit on the tarmac in Chicago for 1/2 hour due to congestion in Mpls. Wouldn't they have know that before they even boarded us so that we could have sat in comfort in the terminal?

Never got on it. Was re-routed through Detroit and am still in airports 12 hours later waiting for my connecting plane to arrive.

Delta has too many delays now days. It is 1:06 am now. I was supposed to land in Norfolk at 10:30 pm. I got re-booked through Detroit and I’m still in Detroit. I hope to be landed in Norfolk by 3am. I’ve been in airports for 12 hours as of right now. There is a weather delay now but most delays lately have been maintenance.

Very Very late. Subsequent flights left an hour before ours

This is my worse experience with Delta. My colleagues and I were traveling to ICT for work. Usually we connect in Dallas, but this year we decided to book with Delta and connect in Atlanta. We were excited to fly with Delta because we hear great things and Delta is one of my top choices when choosing an airline for travel. On the connecting flights to and from Wichita/Atlanta - it felt hot and uncomfortable on the plane. The plane to ICT was smaller and older and did not have any wi-fi or entertainment. The most terrible experience was at boarding in Atlanta both times traveling to Wichita and then back to Tampa. First on our flight from ATL to ICT - the attendant scanning our boarding pass made us go back to the line when we went up to scan our passes to wait. After a few minutes, she allowed us to come back up to scan but then she asked what boarding zone we were. We told her zone 5, and since we were standing on the wrong side of the small rope partition, she made us go back to stand on the right side. There was another gentleman that came up to board and scan his pass, and she mentioned he was also on the wrong side but she let him go through. Our group had to walk back and forth for no reason, causing an unnecessary delay to board the plane. We have never experienced anything like this, especially when the boarding area was completely empty and everyone already boarded since boarding was earlier than the original boarding time. On our flight from ATL to TPA, the attendants scanning our boarding passes had us scan our passes twice, not explaining to us what was going on. They automatically started tagging our carry on bags and did not explain to us or tell us what was going on and why this was happening. Obviously we knew our bags were being forced to check in but with no reason. There was no announcement or mention and I have never had anyone force me to check in my bag before boarding the plane. We assumed the overhead bins were full but when we boarded the plane, there was a lot of empty bins and a lot of spaces to put our bags. We all were disappointed and frustrated with Delta and will be hesitant to fly Delta again or anytime soon.

Boarding and crew were fantastic, but I paid for a window seat with no window. Seat 11D on a CRJ-900 apparently does not have a window. Lesson learned.

Crew was great (professional, attentive, prompt). Snacks for 4 hrs flight is deplorable.

United Airlines is my preferred airlines and I am thankful for Gary who also help support me on the phone to switch my flight literally last min.

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Perfect flight. Smooth flight. Arrived 20 minutes early at destination. Excellent service.

The flights were on time which was great give. It was holiday travel season and there’d been some weather issues. The only complaint and this is every time with United is the terrible seat design. The head rest is not built for comfort and having my neck bent forward for a cross country trip reminded me while I try not to take United flights as a rule.

Everything was absolutely wonderful from check in to baggage claim. Staff was very professional and sweet. Will definitely recommend United to family and friends.

They did the one thing that really matters - got to Chicago early.

The flight was on time. I generally don’t drink or eat on short flights and the seats were good and the flight attendants were friendly. That’s all I expect

It was nice to have gotten up upgraded to first class with a meal on a three hour flight

The gate agent had a really bad attitude and refused to help me get on the standby list. She just handed me a card and said I needed to call a number. I asked her to help with the AA app on my phone and she just shrugged and said she didnt know. After a few phone calls, I eventually just went to a different gate agent on the other side of the terminal and got the help I needed.

Overall, my last three trips on American Airlines have all been either delayed or "rescheduled" due to mechanical issues. At least on delay caused me to miss two possible connecting flights each later than the first. My last option for my last connection required the assistance of the onsite service desk (O'Hare Airport). The wait time for the service desk was such that it jeopardized getting booked on the last connecting flight available for the night. Suffice it to say, my latest experiences with American Airlines have caused me extensive loss of productive business and personal time and can therefore be classified as significantly less than satisfactory.

Waiting for gate in RDU for more than 20mins is crazy.

American Airlines was great and worked very hard to change my ticket so I could get an earlier, direct flight back to Dallas. However, I was informed that Kayak made mistakes with my itinerary and classified my ticket as desiring to be on the earlier flight instead of taking the necessary step of calling AA to get me on the standby list. This ended up keeping me from being added to the standby list and delayed me getting home by 6 hours. I am happy to discuss this further with Kayak so they can correct their procedures so this won't happen again.

Waited for oxygen tanks for 30 minutes after boarding was complete.

We flew in first class. The crew did not offer drinks before the flight took off, but they treated us well during the flight. The food was excellent. There was actually too much food served, but it was nice to have all the options.

Update to handle the delay was very bad, crews no smiles or welcome or thanks. Don’t care attitude

Pilot navigated severe weather/snow storm with skill. Described his intentions clearly

Little warm on the plane and delayed for an hour

So excited very proud first of all I wanna thank kayak all updates very professional and fast alart And amazing cabin crew so nice to me they deserve big salute

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