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$109 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Chicago Midway Airport

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Cheapest round-trip
$217
Overall average: $422
Southwest
Wed 3/18Sat 3/21
OAK - MDW • Non-stop
Cheapest non-stop
$217
Typical prices: $548-$950
Southwest
Tue 3/24Tue 3/31
OAK - MDW • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Chicago

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

Wed, Mar 18 - Sat, Mar 21
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11:55 pm - 5:55 am
OAK
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MDW
4h 00mnonstop
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9:40 pm - 12:20 am
MDW
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OAK
4h 40mnonstop
$217Southwest
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
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7:30 am - 4:05 pm
OAK
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MDW
6h 35m
1 stop
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9:00 pm - 11:40 pm
MDW
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OAK
4h 40mnonstop
$227Southwest
Tue, Mar 24 - Tue, Mar 31
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11:55 pm - 5:55 am
OAK
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MDW
4h 00mnonstop
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11:50 am - 6:30 pm
MDW
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OAK
8h 40m
2 stops
$232Southwest
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
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6:55 pm - 4:55 am
OAK
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MDW
8h 00m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:35 pm - 10:00 pm
MDW
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OAK
6h 25m
1 stop
$237Southwest
Thu, Feb 26 - Mon, Mar 2
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6:15 am - 9:12 pm
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MDW
12h 57m
2 stops
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2:19 pm - 9:39 pm
MDW
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SFO
9h 20m
1 stop
$249Frontier
Fri, Mar 6 - Sun, Mar 22
Frontier Logo
4:21 pm - 8:21 pm
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MDW
26h 00m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:20 am - 7:14 pm
MDW
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SFO
14h 54m
1 stop
$251Frontier
Thu, Feb 26 - Sun, Mar 1
Frontier Logo
8:18 pm - 11:41 pm
SFO
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MDW
25h 23m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 9:39 pm
MDW
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SFO
17h 39m
1 stop
$254Frontier
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Feb 28
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6:05 am - 4:14 pm
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MDW
8h 09m
1 stop
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1:28 pm - 6:36 pm
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SFO
7h 08m
1 stop
$257Delta
Wed, Feb 25 - Tue, Mar 3
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10:35 pm - 9:54 am
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MDW
9h 19m
1 stop
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12:45 pm - 9:18 pm
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SJC
10h 33m
1 stop
$317Delta
Wed, Feb 25 - Tue, Mar 3
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9:10 pm - 9:06 am
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MDW
9h 56m
2 stops
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6:00 am - 12:39 pm
MDW
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SJC
8h 39m
1 stop
$322Delta
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Low seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$109
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 11% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Oakland to Chicago Midway Airport

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from San Francisco Bay Area to Chicago

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco Bay Area 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4267 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
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All good except once again bags took an hour at Midway Airport Happens all the time. Ridiculous

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
PHX - MDW
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All good except once again bags took an hour at Midway Airport Happens all the time. Ridiculous

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

The seats were comfortable, and the boarding process was pretty smooth.

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

We got exit row seats both flights. Everything was running on time

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

It was rough. The staff was unprofessional, the choice of on board drinks terrible, it was cramped in space at every airport, they always ran out of overhead bin space so they pressured people to check bags for free or we couldn’t leave on the plane— so I did check my bag to help, and they nearly lost my bag. My bag did not arrive on the luggage belt, another man on my flight and I had to waste our time going to the baggage office to search for our bags. I would only fly southwest again if it was my last choice. Also, my flights were consistently delayed over and over again— at one point they straight up told us we were waiting for the pilot to arrive.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Delta One is extraordinary. I fly business when somebody hires me. I just wonder why there is such a chasm between business class and the insanely inhumane and nonsensical coach. The seats are not large enough to fit even my tiny wife. We fly 10% of what we did because we don’t want to pay 5-10 k but for $400 it’s unbearable. It seems like the accountants took over and made stupid decisions. Screw in 20 extra seats and make it so unbearable that people fly 90% less. Just put the damn price up and put some proper chairs in. But business, yay.

Very large passenger too space from my own seat. Arm board couldn’t be lowered because of his size. It wads very uncomfortable trip, as the flight was full couldn’t move anywhere having back pain because of the position in which I was the entire flight.

Delta’s staff is unmatched. From the gate agents, to the pilots, to the flight attendants… all top of the industry.

The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

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

Very bad! They kept delaying my flight and wouldn’t do anything about it

Door to door, the crew and staff were amazing. It was a stressful travel day with delays, but they were focused on customers and doing what they could to get us to our destinations.

Good for a budget airline! It was easy to get on, staff was really nice. Can’t say anything about the food or entertainment because it wasn’t available, which is fine.

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

This company socks. It's fraud. They canceled our flight yesterday, and today we were late because of a really long line at the check in bag. At the rebook station, there was ton of people. The workers were all rude. I am gonna make a report to FTC.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

The single worst check in experience I could imagine. I’ll never do any business with Frontier or any affiliated company

Too many extra fees, uncomfortable, little leg room. Will not recommend this airline.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Severe turbulence. Captain never came on to reassure passengers after things settled down.

We were delayed three times ,and that destroyed my plans, and reservations

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

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