$144 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to Illinois

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Cheap Flights from San Jose to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$282
Moline
Moline1 stop$349
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$349
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$444
Champaign
Champaign2 stops$486
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$319
Paducah
Paducah2 stops$523
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$282
Moline
Moline1 stop$349
Peoria
Peoria1 stop$349
Bloomington
Bloomington1 stop$444
Champaign
Champaign2 stops$486
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$319
Paducah
Paducah2 stops$523

Book Cheap San Jose 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 San Jose 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San Jose to Illinois

Tue, Jul 7 - Wed, Jul 15
Southwest Logo
7:50 pm - 5:25 am
SJC
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MDW
7h 35m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:25 am - 11:25 am
MDW
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SJC
8h 00m
2 stops
$282Southwest
Tue, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 16
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 6:42 pm
SJC
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ORD
10h 42m
2 stops
Delta Logo
3:55 pm - 8:39 pm
ORD
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SJC
6h 44m
1 stop
$282Delta
Tue, Jun 9 - Wed, Jun 10
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 5:00 am
SJC
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ORD
19h 00m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 11:24 am
ORD
-
SJC
7h 04m
1 stop
$292Alaska Airlines
Mon, Jul 20 - Wed, Jul 22
Frontier Logo
8:25 pm - 6:17 am
SJC
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ORD
7h 52m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
9:13 pm - 7:39 pm
ORD
-
SJC
24h 26m
1 stop
$293Frontier
Mon, Aug 17 - Wed, Aug 19
Frontier Logo
8:25 pm - 6:17 am
SJC
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ORD
7h 52m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
9:07 pm - 12:02 pm
ORD
-
SJC
16h 55m
1 stop
$294Frontier
Mon, Jun 8 - Tue, Jun 16
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:59 pm - 11:55 pm
SJC
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ORD
8h 56m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 11:24 am
ORD
-
SJC
7h 04m
1 stop
$306Alaska Airlines
Tue, Aug 4 - Tue, Sep 15
American Airlines Logo
2:23 pm - 11:40 pm
SJC
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PIA
7h 17m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:43 pm - 9:56 pm
PIA
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SJC
7h 13m
1 stop
$349American Airlines
Tue, Aug 4 - Tue, Sep 15
American Airlines Logo
2:23 pm - 11:40 pm
SJC
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PIA
7h 17m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:20 pm - 10:15 pm
PIA
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SJC
11h 55m
2 stops
$354American Airlines
Sat, Aug 29 - Tue, Sep 1
United Airlines Logo
12:51 pm - 1:10 pm
SJC
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PAH
22h 19m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 11:45 am
PAH
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SJC
8h 45m
1 stop
$523United Airlines
Sat, Aug 29 - Tue, Sep 1
United Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 1:28 pm
SJC
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PAH
29h 08m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 11:45 am
PAH
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SJC
8h 45m
1 stop
$582United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Illinois flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San Jose, California to Illinois?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from San Jose, California to Illinois departing in June.

What is the cheapest San Jose to Illinois flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Illinois from San Jose found in the last 7 days was to Chicago, at $358 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Jose (SJC) to Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 7 days was $358.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from San Jose to Illinois depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $448 on average. 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 $521.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Jose to Illinois?

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.

No, with an average price for the route of $513, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose 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 San Jose to Illinois is March, when tickets cost $95 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $265 and $258 respectively.

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

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

For San Jose to Illinois, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from Illinois back to San Jose, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Jose to Illinois?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose 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 San Jose to Illinois, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 36% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$144
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
Flight from San Jose to Chicago Midway Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Jose 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 San Jose to Illinois.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Jose 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 San Jose 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 San Jose 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 San Jose 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 San Jose to Illinois up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Jose to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $203 one-way - $471 round-trip; Chicago $318 one-way - $516 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Jose 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 San Jose 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.
7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12396 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.0Entertainment
7.0Food
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

No complimentary snacks or food. Had to buy drinks and food.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Mar 2026
SJC - SEA
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No complimentary snacks or food. Had to buy drinks and food.

in-flight wifi was not working well. also the cabin temperature was a bit hot.

I'm not sure if you are going to ask me about the check in process. I could not get my boarding pass, so I had to stop at the American desk before security. I also had a difficult time downloading the app with the confirmation code for the two flights.

Worst first/business class I have ever flown after 75 years on planes. Barely acceptable seats, terrible food, uninterested attendants, unavailable WiFi. I’ll never fly this airline again.

Dropping off of the checked bags took way longer than it should have. The agent for the pre-tagged and ready to drop off line was gone and didn't come back for about 15 minutes. The other bag check lines were barely moving. Agents were standing around and not much was getting done. Everything else about the flight was great.

I wasn’t able to check in prior to arriving at the airport, I was told by the agent I may not get a seat on the plane as others were waiting for seats, I sat there for 2 hours before being assigned a seat, very stressful. The plane was delayed. Overall not a great travel experience for a 44 minute flight.

Larger seats and more room would elevate the experience. Otherwise, it was good!

Check in went pretty well and you didn't lose my bag. After I got a drink from the drink cart they charged me for it, and at the crazy overpriced airport rates. Never had that happen before, is that an american thing? what madness.

Check in online didn't accept my confirmation number so i could only check in with assistance at the airport and ended up with s creepy middle seat.

I was delayed several times. Missed a very important event. The airline only provided a $12 voucher after being delayed 3 times.

The flight was smooth. The Southwest experience has degraded overall, but this one was okay.

The checking experience in Orlando was terrible, almost missed the flight. Too many travelers and Southwest completely understaffed.

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

no service at all due to turbulence. they should've at least given us snacks, there were only 10 people on the entire flight.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

For the first time in a long time, the Wi-Fi actually worked the entire flight! The flight crew was amazing as usual.

Great flight. I didn't get a drink because I was asleep whole on the flight.

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Long flight but comfortable and not freezing as I have experienced on Hawaiian flights to the islands. They gave us blankets just in case. Nice touch.

I took seat 15A in anticipation of window seat, there is no window.

Flight late, the waited for a long time for “personal” to arrive at gate to dock the plane in Rochester. So annoying. This flight was expected, why aren’t personel available for the jet bridge?

My recent experience was excellent on Delta! I flew with Delta Comfort and I was really comfortable in my seat. I enjoyed the in-flight service. The flight attendants were so friendly and hospitable. I love the snack on the flight as well. This was my first time flying on Delta and I will definitely consider flying with them again.

My flight was canceled on Sunday. Rebooking took three hours. Had to pay for accommodations another night. New flight was delayed for 5 hours, all that was sent was a 12 dollar food voucher, which doesn’t tell you how to use it. Then when we landed we had to sit on the plane for an hour before we could get off.

This flight is a quick way to get to Chicago, but a bit expensive.

O’hsre taxi and deboarding took 40 minutes. Needed 20 minutes extra time between connecting flights to avoid running through terminal.

Standard flight with a drinks and a snack- overall very quick flight. The flight attendants were very strict, bordered on rude.

Delayed - weather wasn't bad at either end. Also sat on tarmac in ORD.

boarded early to only find out that flight would sit at gate for 45 min to an hour. Landed in chicago and sat on runway for over an hour before got to gate. Total delay was extensive for a 45 min flight door to door.

The flight was significantly delayed. The inbound flight from EWR was delayed departing because of mechanical problems. My original departure from CLT was 5:28 pm but due to the delay of the inbound flight, after arrival, deplaning, cleaning, boarding, we did not push back from the gate until 9:00 pm. Once in the air, the flight was smooth and what was originally supposed to be an arrival in ORD at 7:30 pm local time turned out to be 9:35 pm.

The flight I was supposed to be on was supposed to take off at 1:50 from State College. It was delayed over and over and over again until somehow I had to rebook on a flight that was supposed to have left State College at 8 am that morning but didn't end up taking off until almost 6 pm. Not only was this completely unacceptable, the "token from United" was a 15 dollar meal voucher that has to be used by today. I would personally like some miles added to my account for this inconvenience. I was in transit for 8 hours from the time I arrive at State College Aiport to when I got home. I was supposed to be home at 3 pm and I returned at 8 pm. Unacceptable. I have not been on an on Time united flight in nearly 5 years.

newer aircraft, ability to connect my headset via blue tooth for entertainment.

Very comfortable flight, snacks and drinks were good, good communication from crew. Could have used a little more information on timing of boarding for group 5

Great flight. Got to watch a movie. Smooth flight and early arrival at ORD.

Requested early boarding to disinfect seat, tray table, etc. before general boarding. Instructed to board after wheelchair passengers. Waited on jet bridge behind 12 wheelchair passengers. Stopped immediately after entering plane to wait for gate agent in rear of plane cleaning a seat that was wet, got to my row and found both seats adjacent to mine already occupied, with the lack of room making it impossible for me to clean my own space and defeating the purpose of my boarding early. Cleaned the armrests and tray table as best I could.

The wifi experience is awful. I had to try again and again, taking over 30 minutes, to connect to the wifi. I had to watch the same two ads over and over until I was finally successful. Once connected, it was anything but "high speed" and disconnected at least three times during the flight.

It was good, the staff was great, and the food, was as usual, tea and biscuit. Bathroom was clean, and the plane was clean as well.

Very good I can’t complain one bit. Thank you American Airlines for making my flight enjoyable and safe!

The staff and service on American Airlines were truly outstanding. I had requested wheelchair assistance for my mother due to her knee issues, and the team went above and beyond every step of the way—from boarding in Boston to our arrival in Chicago. Their care, professionalism, and attentiveness made the entire experience smooth and stress-free. I’m very grateful for the support they provided.

The new planes (American Eagle) are beautiful and especially comfortable. The flight attendants are consistently professional and courteous. And, while it may seem inconsequential, the new liquid tube of coffee creamer—in contrast to the powdered coffee creamer—makes all the difference in a cup of coffee.

Boarding was quick and efficient. We arrived at our destination early.

I'm not sure American is capable of on-time arrivals and departures. When you land at ORD, you almost always get held on the tarmac because your gate is still occupied. I may have missed my connection, but that ended up up being significantly delayed as well. Once again, I finally got home well after midnight.

Crew at the gate was very crabby and not at all polite. The plane was very hot the entire flight. And the seat cushion was very worn out.

The staff are very, very professional. It's what flying should feel like.

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