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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

London
London1 stop$467
Paris
Paris1 stop$420
Rome
Rome1 stop$451
Madrid
Madrid1 stop$400
Athens
Athens2 stops$489
Lisbon
Lisbonnonstop$470
Istanbul
Istanbul2 stops$687
Dublin
Dublin1 stop$390
Amsterdam
Amsterdam1 stop$447
Milan
Milan1 stop$443
Zurich
Zurich1 stop$423
Venice
Venice1 stop$496
Munich
Munich1 stop$487
Copenhagen
Copenhagen1 stop$388
Berlin
Berlin1 stop$440
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stop$536
Vienna
Vienna1 stop$543

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January

High season

July

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Flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Paris Orly Airport

Flights from O'Hare Intl to Europe: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from O'Hare Intl to Europe 
TFlew with Scandinavian AirlinesORD-CPHJan 2025
Don’t forget you can pinch and slide the headrest up and down for maximum sleeping comfort.
DinaFlew with United AirlinesORD-LHRJan 2025
Anticipate delays, prepare for long walks through Heathrow to baggage claim or for connections.
RuthFlew with United AirlinesORD-AMSDec 2024
Hopefully you’ll be in a good tailwind and arrive early.
Verified travelerFlew with SWISSORD-ZRHSep 2024
Bring a neck pillow and a heavy sweater bc it does get cold. I used the blanket for my legs. Also: get a seat in the aisle.
Verified travelerFlew with LufthansaORD-FRASep 2024
I personally like Lufthansa, draw back are the distances to walk at the Frankfurt airport.
Verified travelerFlew with Turkish AirlinesORD-ISTNov 2024
Turkish doesn't maintain time, flights are mostly delayed, their crisis / situation management is terrible when a flight gets cancelled, communication / customer service is the worst in the industry.
RuthFlew with United AirlinesORD-AMSOct 2024
Facial recognition seemed to slow boarding down, not speed it up. Why don’t airlines board from the back to the front? That would certainly speed things up!
Verified travelerFlew with United AirlinesORD-FRASep 2024
Be prepared to wait in long line for boarder control. Allow enough time for your layover
FrancescaFlew with IberiaORD-FCOJun 2024
Expect small seats, narrow spaces for luggage and in aisles, but very nice flight attendants
MikeFlew with British AirwaysORD-FCOJun 2024
Make sure you check the plane type and economy seating space.
Verified travelerFlew with United AirlinesORD-KEFJun 2024
Pick an airline with more flights to Reykjavik
Verified travelerFlew with United AirlinesORD-LHRJul 2024
Even though you may have a delay or two the important part is that you arrive safely from one point to the next. I wish I could get some credit back since I paid for a nonstop flight and ended up having a connecting flight.
Verified travelerFlew with British AirwaysORD-FCOJun 2024
Get on an early flight and do not fly American
ChristopherFlew with American AirlinesORD-HELApr 2024
Do it! The flights are cheap and comfy. The best combo. I didn’t have an issue, but there was a person who was vegetarian and they if you don’t request a meal ahead of time, they don’t have multiple options. They only had a meat option for dinner (which was amazing).
Verified travelerFlew with Austrian AirlinesORD-VIEMay 2024
Austrian airlines overall created a positive experience. Vienna airport is well organised and passenger -friendly. Chicago airport is quite busy.
Verified travelerFlew with British AirwaysORD-LHRMay 2024
Make sure you get a airline that allows one check-in luggage and respects its customers.
Verified travelerFlew with LufthansaORD-MUCMay 2024
Anytime you have a chance to fly Lufthansa, you should!
FreddieFlew with IcelandairORD-KEFMay 2024
If you’re in business class board first to avoid queuing
AaronFlew with American AirlinesORD-LHRDec 2023
Find a flight where you are allowed to choose your seats before the day of boarding for anything international.
MikeFlew with KLMORD-AMSJan 2024
Do not fly KLM if they put you on a small plane. We got downgraded to basic economy after paying for an upgrade.

FAQs - booking Europe flights

  • How do I get to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) from downtown Chicago?

    You can take the Blue Line L-train operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) from downtown Chicago to ORD. The journey time is 30 to 40 minutes. Pace Route 250 and 330 buses also offer convenient transportation from various parts of downtown Chicago to ORD. Taxis are ideal if you have a lot of luggage.

  • Which is the best arrival airport in Milan for flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport?

    Milan is primarily served by three airports: Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP), Bergamo Airport (BGY), and Milan Linate Airport (LIN). MXP is the best arrival airport in the Italian city for flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport. It has more flight options and amenities. All direct flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Milan land at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP).

  • Which airlines have non-stop flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe?

    Lufthansa, United Airlines, British Airways, Air France, Delta Air Lines, Aer Lingus, Finnair, Iberia, American Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Austrian Airlines offer direct flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe. You’ll find non-stop flights to destinations like Paris, London, Rome, Milan, Munich, Athens, Vienna, and Madrid.

  • What assistance does Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) offer passengers with limited mobility?

    Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) has many services and amenities for passengers with reduced mobility flying through the airport. You’ll find wheelchair assistance, inter-terminal transfers, wheelchair-accessible restrooms, elevators, ramps, and accessible parking spaces. Contact your airline in advance for service animal arrangements and wheelchair assistance.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe?

    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 Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe 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 Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe?

    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 Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe 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 Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe?

    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 Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Europe

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Chicago O'Hare Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: Istanbul $495 one-way - $637 round-trip; Reykjavik $346 one-way - $391 round-trip; London $451 one-way - $684 round-trip
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be May, June and July. The cheapest month to fly from Chicago is February.
  • On average*, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route.
  • For business-class flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe, consider booking TAP Air Portugal, Icelandair, British Airways, Turkish Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, United Airlines, or Aer Lingus. You’ll enjoy priority service, premium dining on board, spacious cabins with more legroom, in-flight entertainment, and a special baggage allowance.
  • If you’re looking for a place to relax at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) before your flight to Europe, you can check into Swissport Lounge, American Airlines Admirals Club, United Club, or Air France VIP Lounge. These lounges offer free high-speed internet, complimentary drinks and snacks, comfortable seating, freshly prepared meals, and entertainment options. Fees may apply depending on ticket type.
  • Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, United Airlines, and American Airlines have no maximum carry-on weight limit on their flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe. Your bag should match airline-specific dimensions and fit in the overhead bin. The same applies to your personal item, which should easily fit underneath the seat.
  • If you have a minor flying alone on a flight from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe, you can book them with American Airlines, United Airlines, or Delta Air Lines, which offer an Unaccompanied Minor service on their direct flights. This service is mandatory for children aged 5 to 14 traveling alone. It’s optional for children aged 15 to 17. Your child will get the necessary assistance from ORD to the arrival airport in Europe.
  • Multiple airlines offer eco-friendly flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe. If you’re mindful of the environment, consider booking British Airways, United Airlines, Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, American Airlines, Finnair, or Iberia. These airlines have implemented several practices to lower carbon emissions on their flights from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Europe.
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Top 5 airlines serving from O'Hare Intl to Europe

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from O'Hare Intl to Europe? 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.
7.6
LOTOverall score based on 1111 reviews
7.0Entertainment
7.7Boarding
8.2Crew
7.6Comfort
7.2Food
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Plane is super outdated, seats not that comfortable for business class. Lounge also out dated. They need to catch up to 2024. Don’t think I’d ever fly again.

6.0 GoodRaffaello, Nov 2024JFK - WAW
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Plane is super outdated, seats not that comfortable for business class. Lounge also out dated. They need to catch up to 2024. Don’t think I’d ever fly again.

Aircraft was new. Food so so, especially vegetarian was very disappointing.

LOT told me on my first flight that I had missed boarding my second flight and told us to go to a service desk to reschedule. We then were told our flight was still boarding and that we had to run through the Warsaw airport to catch it which is just a long long runway airport. The workers at the airport were not helpful at all and you have to go through two passport checkpoints. I have asthma and was almost dead when I got on the plane and no one helped or gave us water or even acknowledged us. The flight was fine - the crew members are not friendly so it’s a very functional flight at best. Also my bag didn’t make it to my final destination.

LOT was very disorganized at Istanbul airport with no communication with travelers. Our flight was delayed over and hour and a half and there were no announcements, displays or anything about it. It almost left me missing my second flight!

Great service . Everyone is so polite and ready to help. I always was using Lufthansa but from now on I will use LOT. Thank you for your service.

Once again very friendly helpful staff A short flight but not only on time actually a bit early

I would like to be able to choose the seat before the flight without paying extra money. Family members should not to be separated from each other.

Boeng Dreamliner has so tiny seats, so even medium and smaller size people have not enough room to fill comfortable..

One of the best experiences ever. Thank you to the crew.

The airline wouldn't let me take my stroller to the gate, even though the website states we can. My screen did not work. Their website also states that long flights offer wifi to be purchased. My 8.5-hour flight did not have wifi available. I pushed my call light to ask for water (I was willing to buy it). It took over an hour for them to come and they could only give me a small glass at a time. Waters were not available for purchase.

The seats on this flight were almost roomy enough to be the basic amount needed for human existence. I think my favorite part of this flight was it landed at an A gate, which was the most palatial part of Sea-Tac I've ever seen - a massive improvement from the S gates.

The seats on this flight were almost roomy enough to be the basic amount needed for human existence.

Fight was delayed an hour due to operational issues ,then further delayed due to ground control for a total of about 1.30 hours. Salad was completely frozen and flatware was so cold you could barely handle it. Crew was friendly and professional and the flight was smooth. The aircraft was clean and well-serviced.

The flight attendants in First Class were mediocre at best. They did not take our tray away until we were about to land and only did so when I press the call button. The United person at the United Club was asked to get us our boarding pass since we missed the flight due in Chicago. She argued that we did not have seats on the flight given to us in Moline. Furthermore, she was adamant that we did not have a First Class ticket. After I spent much time with her trying to show we were correct, she reluctantly agreed. She was probably the most incompetent ticketing person I have ever met and I have traveled 3 million miles on United plus many additional miles with other carriers. United has definitely deteriorated in more than on way.

Short flight - no food understandable. Flight was delayed for over an hour. Overall, it was good.

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

Plane was was better than th YVR to ORD flight but was a fraction of the distance. Fly your better planes on longer distance flights.

Nothing wrong with the flight itself. But due to 2+ hrs waiting in immigration and the additional security checkup in O’hare, I nearly missed the flight.

They need to improve their boarding process. Group 1 and/or paying first class passengers shouldn't be in the middle of boarding process

Cleanliness of seats, trays, storage pockets need more attention, but everything else was good.

A great airline, no complaints at all. My experience with Cheap Tickets was very disappointing however. Two hours after purchasing the flight they called to tell me that the ticket price had gone up. I’ve never heard of such a thing. That is called false advertising; I will never use this ticketing service again and will warn all friends to never use it.

One of the worst check in process at the DIA as well as the boarding counter Changed seat at the last minute and assigned middle seat while I paid for window seat. Requested many times but to no avail . horrible customer service and very poor process Requesting refund for seat that was changed last minute

Good overall flight. Excellent crew. Food options could be improved.

Vegan food tasted good. Restroom could be kept cleaner. Seat tray table was a bit tilted so food tray kept sliding down a bit. Flight crew can be a little more friendly, caring and approachable. Their faces lacked smiles and tone was stern.

Flight was delayed then we had to redirect for medical emergency during which time we had no information on what is the plan. The connecting flight was also delayed.

Professional & courteous cabin crew. Food was very good even in economy class

7 stars hospitality and an excellent service by the Turkish Airline entire team. Somehow, our membership numbers for mileage points were not indicated on our boarding passes issued at O’Hare Airport by the Turkish Airlines check in desk. During transit in Istanbul, I brought to attention of customer service Turkish Airlines. Please have our mileage points posted to our membership account from O’Hare Chicago to Lahore for both my wife Kaukab Shirazi Thank you

Terrible boarding experience, with an incomprehensible assignment of priorities. “Fast track” was the slowest. Poor system planning.

Terrible boarding process, no proper line maintained even for business class, crews are not very attentive, business class food quality / variety / quantity have gone down, everything has become cheap.

Both flights were delayed and we missed our connection. Our second flight was delayed 3 times. I have always had great service and never any problems with my flights on Lufthansa. My last two flights were, unfortunately, awful. I fly quite often to Germany and have had better luck with United than Lufthansa.

Lufthansa charged me $280 to take skiiis when in the US the boot bag and skiis are one check-in bag. This was not advertised and a real shock at the airport. They only took the boot bag as a check-in item. The seats have been squeezed together like any economy airline and legroom is not as good as it used to be. Otherwise, the flight was fine and staff was helpful for making my connection.

On board Entertainment and crew services were absolutely trash! Neither me, nor any of my 40 family/friends members are flying Lufthansa again!

Eet late informed about delay of more rhan four houts

After living in Europe for five years and flying with Lufthansa and KLM airlines, I’ve realized that United Airlines is now a budget carrier. The flight attendant are not friendly. The seats are not comfortable. And everything comes at a cost. I will be flying with KLM and Skyteam like Delta to the US going forward no doubt. United Airlines is not what it once was:

My schedule flight was rebooking and changed to Chicago, then I did not used the flight from Dulles to Savannah

This is my second time to fly this year with Lufthansa and both times they dropped the ball. My ticket was very cheap and l would not be honest if l said that l had some high expectations for that price. Fly delay 6 hours. Screen in fey seats around me didn’t work. Food for dinner was ok but breakfast was so poor. We had connection in Frankfurt for Vienna. Because of delay they gave us fly with 30 min layover time. We got to Vienna but our baggage was late of course. Long story short it took us almost 24 hours to get to the final destination. Very bad experience

Professional crew and staff, very organized boarding and on time flights, baggage handling. Indian vegetarian meals were good, though could improve by offering Indian bread (naan/paratha/roti) as well. Very helpful pre flight emails with details of onboard experience 👍 Above average selection of movies. Consider offering more movies with subtitles and ratings indicators (e.g., IMDB scores).

Terrible experience. Should be a short simple flight from San Francisco to Palm Springs. Disgusting insult that United Air doesn’t have a cabin crew ready to receive a plane that’s already an hour plus late in departure. Lots of misinformation along the way from cockpit and crew. Definitely unimpressed with both union and management.

Seats were extremely hard and uncomfortable. as well as very narrow even though I paid an extra $230 for upgraded preferred seats. Very disappointed in the downtrend of Lufthansa and United Airlines.

The crew were professional and friendly. It was the most uncomfortable international flight I've ever flown. Crammed in passengers. No overhead space to put my bag. No leg room and unable to recline seat due to seats too close together so it upset passenger behind me! Upgrade price to get 2 inches of more space unreasonable.

Boarding in Dallas was hell with extremely rude gate agents , especially a lady named Rajathi who was the epitome of rudeness with no compassion at all . She was horrible and I wonder why airlines have people like her on their roster who exude arrogance and haughtiness . Will probably not fly British Airwsys because of people like her .

Less than average, low level of shared required information needed during the transfer from airport to another, also the used team during boarding In Indianapolis station is Not Professional

Food was average. Better headphones seats were average at best.

Nice flight. Legroom was good. Food was good. Staff was friendly and helpful. Plane was modern and clean. Seats and headrests were comfortable. Entertainment system was good and modern, with a bright LCD screen and many appealing choices.

I have something to say about the flight I took from London to Gothenburg, after my flight from Austin to London. I fly a lot and have done so for decades. I first flew to Scandinavia in 1973. My former wife is Norwegian. The main thing was the experience at the Gothenburg airport. Three flights from Britain arrived around the same time. So there were huge lines at immigration since Brits are no longer a part of the EU. After over an hour in line, I finally gave my passport to the immigrations man. You’d have thought I was an Afghan. I just barely got into Sweden. I had to answer all kinds of blunt questions. I had to show all kinds of onward tickets, addresses of places I’d be staying and it was pretty daunting. Perhaps it has to do with the situation with Russia. British Air might have done something to prepare people that things have changed a lot and they’d better be ready to run the gauntlet when trying to get into the country here. Thanks for listening and taking this into consideration. Sincerely, a senior citizen of the USA

No land services during boarding, specially while moving from terminal to another

My flight was late. We stayed in aircraft one hour 😩

Flight delay and can’t much help passenger do the change connecting flight.

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.

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