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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results for flights to Illinois, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results for flights to Illinois, as well as popular online travel agencies
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Illinois

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights 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 New Zealand to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to Illinois is October, when tickets cost $962 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,448 and $1,356 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New Zealand to Illinois?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Illinois, 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 New Zealand to Illinois, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonMay
Cheapest flight$605
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking flights from New Zealand to Illinois

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Zealand 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 New Zealand to Illinois.

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

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

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Illinois is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,511. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $1,526 on average.

  • 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 $1,002 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,417.

Top airlines flying from New Zealand to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Illinois. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from New Zealand to Illinois. 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 New Zealand 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 8696 reviews
7.1Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
6.6Food
Airline reviews

So far so good but food and entertainment are not available for this flight

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025YUL - ORD
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So far so good but food and entertainment are not available for this flight

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.

Overall poor for me I paid extra for seats with leg room and my regional flights exit row seats have less leg room then the others that's money that could have been saved and on my final flight home the flights air was not operating it was unbearably hot in the cabin I will be contacting United and filing a DOT complaint

It was my first time with United Airlines and I would say it was very good experience and best of all the flights were on time. Will definitely fly with United Airlines next time.

Very modern plane. Good seat spacing. Meals were good. Screens had tons of movies and worked

There's just no way to sit fully upright and comfortably in these seats. There needs to be 2 more inches of room, and that's not something that only one person on the flight needs - the whole flight needs 2 more inches of room. If that means you sell 6 less seats, so be it. It's too close for anyone. Forcing people to pay for "premium" economy just to get "barely enough space to breathe" isn't really an answer to that.

The crew were very nice. The Chocolate is good and v there’s no entertainment. Thanks

The crew were very nice. I would have appreciated a pillow for comfort. I had a special meal that was sloppy, but the salad was great. Thanks

The plane was in Moline all night. Consequently, we assumed an on time departure at 8:15am. Unfortunately, and as is the normal case with United in Moline, we departed 2.5 hours late. When the crew came, it was discovered that there was very little heat in the plane. Seems this should have been checked hours before the crew arrived. Then when we boarded and the plane was to be de-iced, the United de-icing truck was not working! We awaited the American Airlines truck. All of this caused us to miss our connection in Chicago. My suggestion is never take United Airlines flight from Moline. We have been disappointed 80% of the time and have vowed to not take United again from Moline.

Flight was delayed two hours. No snacks and no tv screens. My bag got stuck in Chicago

My flight got delayed 5 times and then got cancelled eventually, I had to get a hotel and uber and pay for food for an extra night without any plans. It was a horrible experience, instead of Air Canada, I was flying with United .

I had a nice flight with free wifi. So I was able to message family members and stream music during my flight, which made the trip go by fast. I also enjoyed flying on there Airbus A220. The plane looked very new and it also got up to speed fast down the runway and didn't need much runway to get airborne.

Short flight so no food or entertainment. Good landing at SFO and on time. We were told no carryon luggage yet lots of people were puting bags in overhead compartments. The rules need to be made more clear. I was on the first leg of an international flight and this is the first time I could not have carryon luggage.

My flight was overbooked and they would not let me board. I had to book another flight and pay the full amount of that flight. I did not get any help at all from Air Canada or United Airlines.

Comfortable seats and movies entertainment available. Better experience than the flight from Toronto to Denver.

Overall good experience. The flight from Toronto to Denver does not have entertainment - movies to watch.

There is not enough space between two chairs and raws.

Everything was made rather simple, so I appreciate that. All the people I dealt with from entering the airport in Jacksonville to my lonnnnnnng walk to my next gate in Chicago were excellent and very helpful.

Crammed in like cattle waited 30 mins for late connecting flight (flight didn’t wait for me for me when I missed my connection at 2 different airports on outward journey)

Terrible. 3 missed flights and 24 hours delayed with lost bag and promised $100 compensation from United and absolutely nothing from them…

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Illinois found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/10Tue
2 stops
33h 47mAKL-ORD
6/16Mon
2 stops
35h 44mORD-AKL
$1,151
10/11Sat
2 stops
25h 25mAKL-ORD
10/20Mon
2 stops
29h 35mORD-AKL
$1,207
5/29Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
31h 16mAKL-ORD
6/9Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
33h 50mORD-AKL
$1,213
6/10Tue
1 stopAir Canada
20h 28mAKL-ORD
6/16Mon
2 stopsAir Canada
30h 20mORD-AKL
$1,224
10/10Fri
2 stopsAir Canada
27h 52mAKL-ORD
10/20Mon
2 stopsAir Canada
29h 35mORD-AKL
$1,229
5/29Thu
2 stopsQantas Airways
26h 55mAKL-ORD
6/9Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
27h 14mORD-AKL
$1,231
5/29Thu
2 stopsQantas Airways
36h 18mAKL-ORD
6/9Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
26h 12mORD-AKL
$1,233
10/11Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
31h 58mAKL-ORD
10/20Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
25h 10mORD-AKL
$1,367
10/11Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 05mAKL-ORD
10/11Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
39h 35mORD-AKL
$1,400
6/2Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
20h 32mAKL-ORD
6/17Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
20h 26mORD-AKL
$1,455

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Illinois found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/12Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 52mCHC-ORD
$605
5/5Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
28h 26mAKL-ORD
$616
5/19Mon
1 stopAir Canada
20h 42mAKL-ORD
$619
8/12Tue
2 stopsQantas Airways
29h 45mCHC-ORD
$620
8/12Tue
1 stopAir Canada
22h 14mAKL-ORD
$637
5/9Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
26h 55mAKL-ORD
$646
5/19Mon
3 stops
58h 29mWLG-STL
$696
5/8Thu
3 stops
51h 07mAKL-ORD
$697
9/18Thu
1 stopAir New Zealand
25h 46mAKL-ORD
$732
9/18Thu
1 stopAir New Zealand
19h 00mAKL-ORD
$733

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Last minute flights to Illinois

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Illinois that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/1Thu
multi-stopQantas Airways
34h 54mWLG-ORD
5/4Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
37h 25mORD-WLG
$1,249
5/1Thu
multi-stopQantas Airways
32h 29mWLG-ORD
5/4Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
35h 35mORD-WLG
$1,250
5/1Thu
multi-stopQantas Airways
32h 29mWLG-ORD
5/4Sun
multi-stopQantas Airways
39h 55mORD-WLG
$1,260
5/1Thu
multi-stop
43h 20mWLG-ORD
5/3Sat
multi-stop
45h 15mORD-WLG
$2,176
5/1Thu
multi-stop
46h 00mWLG-ORD
5/3Sat
multi-stop
45h 15mORD-WLG
$2,477

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