$90 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$204
Moline
Moline1 stop$309
Peoria
Peoria2 stops$466
Bloomington
Bloomington2 stops$521
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$591
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$668
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$235
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$204
Moline
Moline1 stop$309
Peoria
Peoria2 stops$466
Bloomington
Bloomington2 stops$521
Champaign
Champaign1 stop$591
Springfield
Springfield1 stop$668
St. Louis
St. Louis1 stop$235

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

Thu, Feb 19 - Wed, Feb 25
Frontier Logo
10:34 am - 5:26 pm
SJC
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ORD
28h 52m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:10 am - 9:39 am
ORD
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SJC
27h 29m
2 stops
$204Frontier
Thu, Feb 26 - Tue, Mar 3
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:34 am - 5:26 pm
SJC
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ORD
28h 52m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:07 pm - 10:56 pm
ORD
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SJC
9h 49m
1 stop
$208Multiple Airlines
Tue, Feb 24 - Sat, Feb 28
Delta Logo
4:59 pm - 12:25 am
SJC
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STL
5h 26m
1 stop
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 12:16 pm
STL
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SJC
7h 16m
1 stop
$257Delta
Tue, Feb 24 - Tue, Mar 3
Southwest Logo
7:35 am - 4:35 pm
SJC
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STL
7h 00m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
6:20 am - 10:40 am
STL
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SJC
6h 20m
1 stop
$262Southwest
Tue, Feb 24 - Tue, Mar 3
Southwest Logo
7:35 am - 4:35 pm
SJC
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STL
7h 00m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
6:20 am - 12:30 pm
STL
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SJC
8h 10m
2 stops
$267Southwest
Sat, Feb 21 - Tue, Feb 24
Delta Logo
6:20 am - 2:54 pm
SJC
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STL
6h 34m
1 stop
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 5:38 pm
STL
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SJC
12h 38m
2 stops
$285Delta
Tue, Feb 10 - Sat, Feb 14
American Airlines Logo
6:10 am - 9:43 pm
SJC
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PIA
13h 33m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
10:01 am - 6:45 pm
PIA
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SJC
10h 44m
2 stops
$466American Airlines
Thu, Mar 12 - Thu, Mar 19
United Airlines Logo
10:55 pm - 10:03 am
SJC
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PIA
9h 08m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:25 pm - 10:59 pm
PIA
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SJC
7h 34m
1 stop
$469United Airlines
Mon, Feb 16 - Wed, Feb 18
American Airlines Logo
2:07 pm - 11:24 pm
SJC
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BMI
7h 17m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:45 pm - 9:30 pm
BMI
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SJC
7h 45m
1 stop
$527American Airlines
Thu, Jun 18 - Sat, Jun 27
United Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 10:21 am
SJC
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PIA
19h 21m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:20 pm - 10:36 pm
PIA
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SJC
7h 16m
1 stop
$657United 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 February.

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 72 hours was to Chicago, at $334 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 72 hours was $351.

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 $448, 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 February, when tickets cost $387 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $543 and $473 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 Friday is the most expensive. Flying from Illinois back to San Jose, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Sunday 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 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 39% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$67
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
Flight from San Jose to Chicago O'Hare 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.

  • 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 $433 on average. Morning departures are around 12% more expensive than evening flights, 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 $609.

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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11801 reviews
7.1Food
7.0Entertainment
7.8Comfort
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
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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.

4.0 OkayJerry, Jan 2026
SAN - ORD
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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.

It was the most expensive Alaska Airlines ticket I’ve ever purchased. I had a middle seat with no legroom or space compared to any other middle seat I’ve hadThere was a silver box under the seat that took up 70% of my legroom on the most narrow 737 max the crew flat out would not help they would not help with bags they would not help with garbage there was no coffee,It was definitely not one of my better experiences on Alaska.

One the nicest and great air crews I’ve experienced and I’ve flown a lot

Why was I charged for a glass of wine on one flight and not on another? Why no movie or TVs? It was a long flight.

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

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.

Cramped seating for me. Luckily it wasn’t a long flight

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.

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

The boarding process needs to be fixed. The zone don't work, especially when there is hardly anyone in zones 3, 4,and 5, leaving the majority of the passengers backed up in the aisle, especially because passengers seated near the front are blocking passengers who are seated in the rear of the plane. It would also help if the size of carry on bags was more strictly enforced.

Awful. They won’t help me with anything. I booked on American but they abdicated to Iberia. The ticket was overpriced. Everything negative

I enjoyed the extra leg room compared to other airlines. The first stewards made my daughter’s birthday special by giving her an extra snack. Then the last one coming home from Chicago to Appleton made our night really enjoyable Thanks for making our trip enjoyable

It was good..clean, comfy seat. Friendly warm welcoming crew. Was able to check my cabin luggage at the gate which I was able to pickup in a decent time from baggage claim. The app gave all updates from delays to baggage claim info. Overall smooth flight.

It was a typical flight. We had a delay which seems to be the normality now. And we had no in flight service due to conditions.

After we landed we sat on the tarmac for 1.5 hours waiting to get to our gate. Ridiculous.

Terrible. Flight delayed for more than 8 hours with only a $12 meal voucher provided for the inconvenience. The airplane did not have breaks on arrival yet they still made us go through the motions and board on time knowing we could not take off then sit for 40+ minutes before having to get of the time. A complete waste of my time. I cannot believe they can stay business with these shenanigans. I’ll avoid this company like the plague moving forward as the lack of accountability is disgraceful.

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