$569 Find Cheap Flights from Sydney to Illinois

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Cheap Flights from Sydney to Illinois

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$914
St. Louis
St. Louis2 stops$1,073
Chicago
Chicago2 stops$914
St. Louis
St. Louis2 stops$1,073

Book Cheap Sydney 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 Sydney 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Sydney to Illinois

Sat, Nov 1 - Sun, Nov 16
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2:30 pm - 11:00 pmSYD-ORD
24h 30m2 stops
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6:30 am - 12:30 pmORD-SYD
37h 00m2 stops
$914Multiple Airlines
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Fri, Nov 7 - Fri, Nov 14
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2:00 pm - 11:00 pmSYD-ORD
26h 00m2 stops
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6:30 am - 12:30 pmORD-SYD
37h 00m2 stops
$942Multiple Airlines
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Sat, Nov 8 - Sat, Nov 15
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11:45 am - 6:50 pmSYD-ORD
24h 05m2 stops
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2:30 pm - 10:30 amORD-SYD
27h 00m2 stops
$961Air New Zealand
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Mon, Nov 3 - Tue, Nov 18
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1:55 pm - 7:30 pmSYD-ORD
22h 35m2 stops
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1:00 pm - 10:30 amORD-SYD
28h 30m2 stops
$967Air New Zealand
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Wed, Nov 12 - Sun, Nov 30
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11:20 am - 3:55 pmSYD-ORD
21h 35m1 stop
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1:49 pm - 9:00 amORD-SYD
26h 11m1 stop
$1,178American Airlines
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Thu, Mar 12 - Mon, Mar 16
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11:20 am - 8:48 amSYD-STL
37h 28m2 stops
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6:29 pm - 7:25 amSTL-SYD
44h 56m2 stops
$1,184American Airlines
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Tue, Dec 2 - Sun, Dec 7
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11:20 am - 11:42 pmSYD-STL
29h 22m1 stop
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6:55 am - 9:00 amSTL-SYD
33h 05m1 stop
$1,209Qantas Airways
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Sat, Nov 29 - Sat, Dec 6
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11:20 am - 10:22 pmSYD-STL
28h 02m2 stops
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6:42 pm - 7:00 amSTL-SYD
43h 18m2 stops
$1,587United Airlines
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Thu, Mar 12 - Mon, Mar 16
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12:10 pm - 4:44 pmSYD-STL
20h 34m1 stop
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5:25 pm - 9:15 amSTL-SYD
23h 50m1 stop
$1,635United Airlines
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Sat, Jan 10 - Sun, Jun 7
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2:05 pm - 4:14 pmSYD-STL
19h 09m1 stop
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6:30 am - 7:05 amSTL-SYD
33h 35m1 stop
$1,770Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sydney to Illinois flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney to Illinois departing in November.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to Illinois?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney 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 Sydney to Illinois is March, when tickets cost $735 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,531 and $1,192 respectively.

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Illinois on a Monday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Sydney, you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Thursdays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney to Illinois, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 26% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$569
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 2% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking Illinois flights

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney 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 at night, when round-trip flights cost $1,141 on average. Morning departures are around 1% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Illinois is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,365.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Sydney to Illinois

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sydney 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 Sydney 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 916 reviews
7.7Boarding
7.0Food
7.5Comfort
8.2Crew
7.2Entertainment
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Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

6.0 GoodSandipan, Oct 2025SYD - DFW
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Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

No internet on flight, which makes log travels really hard.

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

Better WiFi. I cannot understand that in 2025, United is so behind on a technology that is now a necessity and still painfully unreliable, slow and keeps disconnecting.

Trip was great. A wild landing in Ottawa with the wind and rain, but the pilot did a great job. Always love flying United.👍

Excellent experience. Starting with the agent at the Premier bag drop who noticed I was very early for my scheduled flight and offered to rebook me on an earlier flight with my seat preference. She would not let me leave the counter until she knew that all of the changes and new boarding pass showed up on my United app. At the gate, the flight boarded quickly such that we departed early and the flight was smooth. We arrived 20 minutes early at ORD and I was able to be home in time for dinner. One of the best flights I've had.

Salina to travers city was great! But the sept 24 Tranverse city was not! Traverse city to chichago was cancelled, i went to Denver & got to Salina 6 hours later!

See previous note about the passenger in Denver who threw my husband's bag out of the overhead bin in order to maker room for his own. And the flight attendant back up the new passenger.

Could have said yes to a glass of wine 🍷 instead of saying we'll come around in a couple of hours

My flight was delayed about 1 1/2 hours in Chicago, but other then that it was a good flight.

Flight attendant in first class gave poor service (like he didn't want to be there) and food was awful. We sat waiting for gate upon arrival over 45 mins.

Inoperable monitor left no entert for 9 hours. Crew was not helpful Food was awful.

I found the staff to not be very attentive at all. When paying for Business Class you expect a certain type of service and that was not found. They were almost rude even

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.

Flight, food and crew were all good, friendly and very satisfactory.

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.

This was the best 2 flights I have had with American out of SGF. Great crew both flights.

Premium economy seat was decent. As always poor headphones, poor food and beverage, crew is not overly friendly

Excellent - explanations were clear staff was nice and flight was comfortable

Lost bag and 2 days no word leaving for cruise no clothes or stuff

The flight was on time and crew were nice, seats were tight and there was entertainment available

Any flight to ORD after about 2pm this summer has been challenging. Flight was delayed getting in (coming from ORD) and that led to it not leaving before a ground stop due to lightening before they could fuel the plane, and so forth. They made up some time but we were still late in arriving at ORD, and that led to missed connections.

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