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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
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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 September and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,351 and $1,333 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 seasonJune
Cheapest flight$579
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
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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.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving 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.
7.5
Qantas AirwaysOverall score based on 860 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
6.9Food
7.4Comfort
8.2Crew
Airline reviews

Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

10.0 ExcellentPeter, Jun 2025MEL - HKG
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Traditional economy class. Not a full flight so spare seats. Food and drinks were good

Was bumped to a later flight because of inefficiency on part of the airline.

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Their aircraft are old and amenities lack way behind other international carriers leaving from BNE. Even in economy

Airport and crew experience was excellent. We had to queue for the runway - no one’s fault, but it did mean we were 30 minutes late leaving

Friendly staff, surprisingly good premium economy seats allowing good sleep/ snooze opportunity and very good menu.

I liked the service, the menu, and the comfort of the seats! Even tho we were seated by the bathrooms, the reclining seats and movie selection was very good, my husband and I didn’t mind at all

Very good as always, stand out airline. The passengers whom choose to stuff baggage that otherwise should be checked-in is a real bother but that's not the airlines doing. A real frustration that passengers just don't want to check-in luggage. This is a pet hate unfortunately.

Complaint is with American Airlines which delayed our flight from salt lake to Dallas reaulting in us missing our connection to Brisbane. Had to spend 24 hours in Dallas to wait for the next flight. Awful experience and ruined my wife’s birthday.

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!

All flight attendants could benefit by taking an international flight on Qantas Airline. Qantas attendants are much more hospitable in every way. Much superior than and attendants on any US airline.

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.

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.

Air Canada never runs on time. You’re lucky if your flight is not cancelled or diverted. Worst airline in the world for gas lighting its customers.

No space in overhead bin, one cookie, 2 oz of juice - is not customer service.

Good flight, friendly crew and overall - good service on United Airlines.

Received email saying that there won’t be a seat back entertainment screen and inflight WiFi would be available. But no WiFi both ways. Say it in the email.

Somebody either kayak or Air Canada booked my flight under my preferred name Betty instead of my legal name and I almost was denied boarding my flight

flight landed late almost 1.00hr and we 4 passengers missed our connected flight to indianapolis, we need to get the hotel and taxi for the next day flight to home in indianapolis, cost us $ 300 more

Or the greatest and it ended up picking us up from Chicago to Toronto not sure who was tesponsible for the 4 hr delay. United should have been properly prepared for a scheduled flight from Austin to Chicago and they were not.

Good, only discomfort was consistent turbulence through the 3 hour flight. Not sure if in companies control though.

From the kind young lady (w/Vancouver air security) who expedited our check-in to U.S. Customs to the Air Canada gate crew who gave us pre-boarding, the flight attendants who actually offered a strong hand to help me board once I had surrendered my rolling walker at the door, they are all reflections of the thoughtful, genuinely helpful Canadians we have grown to appreciate. Water and other beverages were offered throughout the flight to make sure we weren't dehydrated and the cookie was great. (Husband bought the fruit & crackers snack,) I was delighted to see three movies that I would not have otherwise seen and appreciate that AC left the last film viewable until its conclusion although the flight had actually landed. Last, mahalo to the kind strong gentleman who not offered his hand to help me debark the plane, but gave me an AC pin that I'll truly treasure.

The ground staff was so rude in Toronto airport ...very rude and did not answer simple questions, and made me look like a fool. Very rude ground staff.

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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.
9/25Thu
1 stopAmerican Airlines
30h 10mAKL-ORD
10/25Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
22h 19mORD-AKL
$1,111
9/26Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
37h 25mAKL-ORD
10/25Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
22h 19mORD-AKL
$1,129
7/21Mon
2 stops
34h 37mAKL-ORD
8/5Tue
2 stops
45h 45mORD-AKL
$1,142
7/21Mon
2 stops
34h 37mAKL-ORD
8/5Tue
2 stops
44h 23mORD-AKL
$1,144
9/25Thu
2 stopsAir Canada
27h 07mAKL-ORD
10/25Sat
2 stopsAir Canada
37h 59mORD-AKL
$1,216
9/25Thu
2 stopsAir Canada
25h 25mAKL-ORD
10/25Sat
3 stopsAir Canada
33h 58mORD-AKL
$1,222
8/18Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
30h 17mCHC-ORD
8/25Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
30h 04mORD-CHC
$1,251
8/11Mon
2 stopsQantas Airways
26h 55mAKL-ORD
9/9Tue
2 stopsQantas Airways
26h 59mORD-AKL
$1,263
10/26Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
25h 25mAKL-ORD
10/26Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
37h 52mORD-AKL
$1,464
7/31Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 02mAKL-ORD
8/7Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
25h 24mORD-AKL
$1,498

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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.
9/18Thu
2 stopsAir Canada
30h 29mAKL-ORD
$579
11/8Sat
2 stopsAir Canada
28h 38mAKL-ORD
$583
12/2Tue
1 stopAir Canada
19h 39mAKL-ORD
$592
7/31Thu
2 stops
40h 33mWLG-ORD
$593
8/12Tue
2 stops
40h 38mCHC-ORD
$599
8/12Tue
2 stopsQantas Airways
26h 35mCHC-ORD
$633
7/17Thu
2 stopsQantas Airways
28h 02mAKL-ORD
$636
8/5Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 54mAKL-ORD
$641
9/15Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 43mCHC-STL
$741
7/31Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 25mAKL-ORD
$747

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