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Chicago1 stopR15 733

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Low season

April

High season

June

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R10 357
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (5% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Chicago O'Hare Airport

FAQs - booking Illinois flights

  • How long is the flight to Illinois?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to Illinois takes 31h 44m, covering a distance of 22486 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Chicago with an average flight time of 23h 05m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Illinois?

    The cheapest ticket to Illinois from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R15 304. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Chicago O'Hare Intl and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R15 304.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Illinois?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Chicago (86% of total searches to Illinois). The next most popular destination is St. Louis (14%).

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Illinois

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be July, August and September. The cheapest month to fly from South Africa is February.
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Top 5 airlines flying 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 South Africa to Illinois. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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7,8
KLMOverall score based on 1351 reviews
7,7Comfort
8,4Crew
7,2Entertainment
7,9Boarding
7,3Food
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Great boarding, great short flight but no entertainment whatsoever and no wifi. Prepare to disembark by a staircase.

10,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2024BRU - AMS
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Great boarding, great short flight but no entertainment whatsoever and no wifi. Prepare to disembark by a staircase.

Great boarding, great short flight but no entertainment whatsoever. It was supposed to have wifi but that did not work.

Transfer at CDG to connecting KLM flight to Amsterdam was a NIGHTMARE. LONG WALKWAYS, NO MOVING WALKWAYS, POOR signage, Have to take a train & No staff visible to help navigate the maze. AVOID TRANSFER AT CDG AT ALL COST.

Good flight with KLM, friendly staff. Food was good, had much worse on other airlines. Selection of drinks also good enough for us. Entertainment was also good. The economy seats are ok and that’s it. For a 12 hour flight I think a little more comfort in the economy seats in pitch and softness would be highly appreciated by the customers and can makte the difference.

Good food. Excellent crew service. Clean aircraft. Narrow seats and isle.

There was fog in Amsterdam so many flights were delayed because of the weather. Air France knew that the flight would be delayed by two hours but still boarded the plane on time. Instead of letting the passengers wait at the gate we were crammed into the plane. It was uncomfortable. No refreshments were given. I couldn’t charge my devices onboard.

Transavia flight, was booked as KLM but i couldnt select seat or access boarding pass with KLM at all. Crammed seating and very no frills experience all around. First and last time.

Transavia flight. Couldn't select seat or anything prior to flight. No connection with klm systems. Seats are very crammed. Extremely no frills.

Seats were nice and comfy. Crew was polite and attentive. Business class is awesome and worth the money.

Flight left a few minutes late, but that's it. I wish the seats could be wider and recline more.

Did not even get on board. Was told I needed an esta agreement. Was not aware of this when I booked the fare and not told about them

Cramped seats. Audio jack for the in -flight entertainment was broken.

Flight was great albeit the long line before the int’l immigration given the timing of the year.

They canceled our flight and left us stranded to figure it out

We appreciated the friendly, efficient, and professional flight attendants. A wider selection of hot foods would be nice.

Did not have enough time from Venice seaport at Ravenna to get to Venice airport in order to make the scheduled flights. Need to have at least 3+ hours from ship docking to airport.

Everything was very good. Was able to change a make run flight leaving on direct earlier in the app -seamless!!! Well done

Being stick waiting for gate at ORD cause me to almost miss my connecting flight…being deaf United made no no effort to keep me updated as I couldn’t hear the PA

As usual, United scheduling is completely misleading. A 54-minute layover at O’Hare is too short to make a lot of connections, especially since the flight landed “on time” but had to wait on the taxiway 15 minutes for a gate to open up. Then it takes another 10 minutes to exit the plane before one can run to another concourse to catch a connecting flight.

The seats on the aircraft are like sitting in a rock. During the boarding process they recognize Active Duty Military, why don’t they recognize Retired Military. I’ve always preferred Delta, this flight confirmed why I still prefer Delta.

Old aircraft, very very low business class standards, no privacy between the seats, horrible old TVs, tiny bathrooms.

Good service, the airline also provided a traveling kit bag (tooth brush, socks, slippers, visor for sleeping).

The seats have to be one of the worst when it comes to comfort and you have to scramble around to out your handbag in the overhead. The food is still awful. Definitely will not travel on Turkish again and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone for sure.

It was very good and it was not my first time I always take Turkish air line for my travels

Food excellent Bathrooms improve cleanliness needed Staff fairly well attentive Entertainment fair Seats lie flat worked well

My flight was cancelled with no warning! I had to find out right at the airport when I arrived from my previous flight!

Excellent service. Made United 's business class look like a cattle car

I have been flying Turkish Airlines for the last 5 years it’s always great service, on time , excellent food, only one thing wasn’t reliable is their on board WiFi most of the time it doesn’t work.

My checked bag did not get loaded on the aircraft in Istanbul. Other than that, the flight was smooth, on time and the crew was friendly, efficient, and professional.

You need to weight all bags together because we were 2 and we allowed 4 bags plus hand carry and personal items. We trying to saved bag like we put our stuff in 3 bags so we don’t have to carry more bags and airline also save space time less bags less work. We had only 1.6 kg over and we requested crew he said it’s airline policy that you need separate bag that’s ruined our mod and carry that suit in our hand in plastic bag he didn’t understand that we have less bags that make sense if we brought over luggage then it’s problem. I think if you guys change your policy and weight all together that will be good

The ailine departed and arrived late foe every leg of the trip, causing myself and my travel companions to miss every connecting flight. It was very unorganized given theat there was a lot of miscommunication. The flights offered are unrealistic and when you call they assure you that the plane waits for you. I missed an. entire day of my vacation and any entire day of rest back home because of the airline. I do not plan to support the airline again. Thank you

I liked nothing of Ethiopian airlines except the price of the fare.

Food was really not appealing. There was a blocked sink in the toilet. Toilet is cramped and the wall between the 2 toilets are not secured properly.

I felt all of the food tasted the same. And we had five meals over the 16 hrs in the air.

The use of a domestic carrier without entertainment was disappointing and a let down

Plane was late with no information or announcement … had to walk up n downstairs.., had not communicated this … and ppl had suitcase to carry .

I had a full row so can't imagine how this could be better

Boarding was delayed and people were just sitting there like lost.

Good was great, but no vegetarian option: only beef or chicken. In business class please add a vegetarian option. Thanks

The boarding area was too small with only one agent checking passengers into their standing bus

Even the carry-ons were not allowed and upon getting down, we had the wait for the longest time for the baggage to put on the jet aisle. We had a short connection which British Airways kept changing and made out entire experience poor. I would never fly BA again.

The seat was very uncomfortable. It helped to use the foot rest. Could not sleep because of the seat.

The seats are incredibly uncomfortable. My luggage didn't make it on the flight from London to Nashville.

The plane itself is old and way overcrowded. The crew do a great job of trying to mitigate. It is just uncomfortable for over 8 hours, bearable, but barely. Boarding, and the baggage game, is ludicrous. Why charge extra to check bags when there is not enough room for everyone to "carry-on" and checking is needed? I do not think these issues would be different with other airlines, I believe it is the attitude that squeezes every penny out of each traveler.

Expected a lot better service paying for a business class seat. Seemed to be short on staff and did not get the service I expected.

I flew Club World and was SHOCKED at how totally absent the crew were for the duration of the flight. So much so that we received no drink service other than the post-departure cocktail and that was it. Wasn't even offered tea/coffee and the in-flight attention was so bad that literally minutes before landing the one crew member for our row was scrambling to pick up left-behind water bottles, glassware, trash. And the rest of the crew had already stowed all carts, he was cramming the trash into the lavatory trash can and was stashing the glassware frantically in the galley as we were on final approach. He was so scrambled he left two overhead lockers wide open (that he'd opened) for landing. Unbelievable!

The flight was several times changed. That was inconvenient, to sah the least.

They lost my special meal request and tried to tell me I didn't request it. I had the proof. Then they tried to get me to eat food I can't eat. No apologies

British airways keeps canceling our flights. I won’t be booking any future flights with them

I could not charge my phone the entire night or read my book, as the whole middle isle was without power.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Illinois found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
23/1Thu
1 stopTurkish Airlines
23h 05mJNB-ORD
30/1Thu
1 stopTurkish Airlines
30h 20mORD-JNB
R15 733
23/1Thu
2 stops
31h 30mJNB-ORD
30/1Thu
2 stops
30h 15mORD-JNB
R16 733
23/1Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
23h 30mJNB-ORD
30/1Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
23h 20mORD-JNB
R17 036
30/1Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
26h 20mJNB-STL
6/2Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
21h 33mSTL-JNB
R17 215
30/1Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
30h 01mJNB-STL
6/2Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 08mSTL-JNB
R17 304
31/12Tue
3 stopsEthiopian Air
35h 40mJNB-ORD
22/1Wed
1 stopEthiopian Air
26h 15mORD-JNB
R27 858
23/1Thu
4 stopsEthiopian Air
51h 20mJNB-ORD
30/1Thu
3 stopsEthiopian Air
41h 50mORD-JNB
R37 483
27/3Thu
2 stopsKLM
31h 10mCPT-ORD
28/4Mon
1 stopKLM
21h 50mORD-CPT
R46 340
27/3Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
28h 45mCPT-ORD
28/4Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
31h 30mORD-CPT
R53 769
27/3Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
23h 55mCPT-ORD
28/4Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
29h 05mORD-CPT
R53 787

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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.
25/3Tue
1 stopTurkish Airlines
24h 55mCPT-ORD
R10 357
2/4Wed
1 stopTurkish Airlines
31h 00mJNB-ORD
R11 929
2/4Wed
2 stopsEthiopian Air
24h 35mJNB-ORD
R12 661
25/3Tue
2 stopsEthiopian Air
25h 50mCPT-ORD
R12 715
25/3Tue
2 stopsEthiopian Air
25h 50mCPT-ORD
R12 857
2/4Wed
2 stopsKLM
25h 48mJNB-MDW
R15 197
27/12Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
25h 30mJNB-ORD
R16 715
7/1Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
28h 11mCPT-ORD
R29 358
7/1Tue
2 stopsUnited Airlines
34h 09mCPT-ORD
R29 644
5/1Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
28h 00mCPT-ORD
R46 430

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Last minute flights to Illinois

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Illinois that are departing in the next 10 days.
22/12Sun
multi-stopKLM
22h 35mJNB-ORD
30/12Mon
multi-stopKLM
21h 35mORD-JNB
R20 518
22/12Sun
multi-stopDelta
30h 57mJNB-ORD
30/12Mon
multi-stopDelta
31h 00mORD-JNB
R20 876
19/12Thu
multi-stopAir France
27h 25mJNB-ORD
10/1Fri
multi-stopAir France
32h 10mORD-JNB
R25 322
19/12Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
27h 45mJNB-ORD
10/1Fri
multi-stopBritish Airways
52h 45mORD-JNB
R26 072
22/12Sun
multi-stopAir France
28h 44mJNB-MDW
30/12Mon
multi-stopAir France
39h 55mMDW-JNB
R26 411
20/12Fri
multi-stopBritish Airways
33h 06mJNB-STL
22/12Sun
multi-stopBritish Airways
55h 57mSTL-JNB
R32 947
22/12Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
29h 10mJNB-ORD
30/12Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
24h 45mORD-JNB
R42 626
22/12Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
31h 20mJNB-ORD
30/12Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
41h 50mORD-JNB
R46 948
19/12Thu
multi-stopEmirates
28h 05mJNB-ORD
21/12Sat
multi-stopEmirates
41h 05mORD-JNB
R55 948
20/12Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
22h 29mJNB-STL
22/12Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
33h 45mSTL-JNB
R172 611

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