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

London
London2 stops$439
Paris
Paris1 stop$356
Rome
Rome1 stop$416
Madrid
Madrid1 stop$404
Athens
Athens1 stop$544
Lisbon
Lisbonnonstop$450
Istanbul
Istanbul2 stops$603
Dublin
Dublin1 stop$394
Amsterdam
Amsterdam1 stop$445
Milan
Milan1 stop$407
Zurich
Zurich1 stop$406
Venice
Venice2 stops$511
Munich
Munich1 stop$515
Copenhagen
Copenhagen1 stop$381
Berlin
Berlin1 stop$464
Edinburgh
Edinburgh2 stops$549
Vienna
Vienna2 stops$550

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February

High season

June

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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 
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.

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  • 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 $528 one-way - $674 round-trip; Reykjavik $269 one-way - $501 round-trip; London $412 one-way - $682 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 January.
  • Morning departure is around 19% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
  • 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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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

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 1128 reviews
7.0Entertainment
7.5Comfort
7.2Food
7.6Boarding
8.1Crew
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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.

Everything was good, flight was smooth and on time Like service

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..

Everything was very good. I felt that the value received in paying for Business Class tickets was very good. The entertainment offered was plentiful, but could be improved with more recent options as well. By no means a deal-breaker. The staff were awesome, in the airport, at the gate and onboard.

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

late departure due to some unspecified issue with ventilating the cabin. They got it running but it was FREEZING for the whole flight. I asked for a blanket but they didn't provide one. They could not turn up the heat. it was quite miserable.

We were delayed because of ground crew, not because the plane wasn’t ready to go. The food was better than usual!

I still prefer Delta, but Delta doesn’t fly to State College PA.

Everything was fantastic. Modern plane. All the amenities! Although the paid snacks and meals are pure robbery. Like i understand airlines need to make money, but 11$ USD for an overnight oats with some nuts in it and barely any pieces of apple.... Highway robbery

United needs to figure out its Economy PLUS standards; its better than economy but that's not saying much. It seems like United stripped away all the basics for an international flight (such as In Seat entertainment) and repackaged some of them as plus. Would not fly United internationally again.

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.

Check in was not available online. It was super long line to check in

I did not have a good experience from the first point of contact to the check in person to boarding and the comfort of the seats. I would not travel on Turkish again. I will let my family and friends know about my experience which was not a pleasant one.

Food quality and the overall service of the staff and significantly decreased. The flight was delayed at the Istanbul airport and the passengers were kept onboard for more than 3 hours. The staff didn’t kept the passengers informed and everyone was upset.

Cross Atlantic flight terrible aircraft TK10 on the way back : Old configuration tacky . The boarding in Istanbul at the gate fly TK686 was a mess unorganized , very rude ground staff . Overall never again

The food served was frozen salad and hummus. The hot meal was fine. Crew was doing bare minimum

I enjoy flying with Turkish Airlines and such good hospitality among the crew memebers

The flight was so FULL That I had to keep BOTH my carry on AND my personal items ON my lap while I was sitting there for 10 hours Because the airline put ALL the other stuff into MY overhead cabin Most uncomfortable 10 hours of any flight I

It was my first experience in business class. It was everything I expected and more. Service was impeccable, food was delicious and I felt rested once I arrived to London

My flight was delayed d the gate was never updated inside the terminal. If I hadn’t checked my email I would have missed my flight. Also, I paid a total of $5100 for my flight to be. Business or first class. My final leg of my flight from Heathrow to Frankfurt was not to standard of what I expected or experienced in the previous legs of my trip.

I requested a wheelchair for they haven’t got it, they are old and don’t speech english

The flight was ok, the flight attendants were lovely, the movies were good, the food was ok, and I am just sad because my luggage didn't arrive with me in Iasi because the flight from Vancouver to Frankfurt was delayed and then I barely made the rest of my flights. Also, there was no real support once I got off each of the flights. There was nobody to ask about gate or where to be and for example when I got off in Vienna to catch the flight to Iasi there was no screen where I could read the gate and time of departure of the plane. I was going crazy trying to find the plane to Iasi and I barely made it. When my luggage finally arrived home it was broken. The handle was completely broken and that was not so good. I am in a visit here, in Romania, and I will have to buy a new luggage.

They are professional. Nice crew. Still flying Boeing 747. Thank you for that. I love this airplane. Traditional.

Entertainment was good. Food was mediocre. Service was mediocre. New plane was smooth

I have ordered Hindu or Indian vegetarian food, to my surprise they did not find any such request. All I ate during the flight was 2 pieces of bread. The airline hostess was completely rude and racist. She promised one apple and I asked he four hours of promise and she denied saying am not nice to her. Europeans seems to be having racism issues with Indians. I will officially launch complaint with Indian and USA governments They made to starve, I recently got open heart surgery and I am diabetic patient

Service was okay. Food was okay. I selected a window seat in the 36th row and someone took it upon themself to change it to an aisle seat in the very last row!!!

Sorry, I’m not a fan of United. The seats are just too cramped and uncomfortable if you are traveling very far.

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.

5 days later I have not yet received my luggage so terrible and unacceptable

Easy and quick check in, clean and nice seats. Overall excellent experience.

The seats in airbus from LA to London are uncomfortable. They are too narrow. I am a slim person but felt cramped. The way the seats are laid out really hinders privacy. You are forced to look at the person next to you which is awkward, Also the entertainment on the same leg was limited. The crew was excellent and attentive and the food was decent. The seats on London to Delhi leg were way better. The crew again was very attentive and polite.

Great job notifying of 30 minute delay in departure. Fabulous job making up for the time and arriving as scheduled. Air travel is just no fun anymore with the extreme overcrowding, and someone needs to come up with an innovative plan for loading and unloading passengers (load all window seats first, middle seats second, aisle seats last?). Great job getting the luggage on the carousel in record time!

Although it was an overnight flight, the crew could’ve have made more refreshment passes.

All and it was good . But no one woke me when meals came around . Please have a don’t not disturb sign if you opted for that . Left very hungry missing all meals .

It was good but I wished if they could have sign do not disturb if we did not wanted any meals . I was tired and slept through the entire flight and woke up just before landing .being hungry Too late to ask for something to eat before exiting the flight . Left feeling hunger 🙁

Late in leaving the US. Late in arriving in UK. 2 plua hous on ground in UK before leaving. Late in arriving in Spain. Didn't get our bags until the next night.

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