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C$ 201 Find Cheap Flights from Edmonton to Chicago

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Cheapest round-trip
C$ 387
Typical prices: C$ 504-C$ 292
WestJet
Thu 21/5Wed 27/5
YEG - ORD • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
C$ 393
Lufthansa
Sat 30/5Sat 6/6
YEG - ORD • Direct
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Security lines at YEG are generally stress-free.
Take the CTA Blue Line from ORD to downtown Chicago.
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Cheap Flights from Edmonton to Chicago (YEG-CHI)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Edmonton to Chicago 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 Edmonton to Chicago

Thu, 21 May - Wed, 27 May
WestJet Logo
7:00 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
8h 40m
1 stop
WestJet Logo
5:30 p.m. - 12:44 a.m.
ORD
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YEG
8h 14m
1 stop
C$ 387WestJet
Sat, 30 May - Sat, 6 Jun
Lufthansa Logo
3:42 p.m. - 8:16 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
3h 34mdirect
Lufthansa Logo
5:00 a.m. - 2:08 p.m.
ORD
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YEG
10h 08m
1 stop
C$ 389Lufthansa
Sat, 30 May - Sat, 6 Jun
Lufthansa Logo
3:42 p.m. - 8:16 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
3h 34mdirect
Lufthansa Logo
12:40 p.m. - 3:47 p.m.
ORD
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YEG
4h 07mdirect
C$ 393Lufthansa
Sat, 30 May - Sat, 6 Jun
Air Canada Logo
8:00 a.m. - 8:08 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
11h 08m
2 stops
Air Canada Logo
5:00 a.m. - 2:08 p.m.
ORD
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YEG
10h 08m
1 stop
C$ 397Air Canada
Sat, 30 May - Fri, 12 Jun
WestJet Logo
7:40 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
8h 00m
1 stop
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5:30 p.m. - 10:55 p.m.
ORD
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YEG
6h 25m
1 stop
C$ 404WestJet
Sat, 30 May - Fri, 12 Jun
WestJet Logo
7:40 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
8h 00m
1 stop
WestJet Logo
5:30 p.m. - 12:44 a.m.
ORD
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YEG
8h 14m
1 stop
C$ 405WestJet
Sat, 30 May - Fri, 12 Jun
WestJet Logo
9:10 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
6h 30m
1 stop
WestJet Logo
5:30 p.m. - 10:55 p.m.
ORD
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YEG
6h 25m
1 stop
C$ 408WestJet
Fri, 29 May - Tue, 2 Jun
United Airlines Logo
6:00 a.m. - 10:49 p.m.
YEG
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ORD
15h 49m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:00 a.m. - 10:04 p.m.
ORD
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YEG
17h 04m
1 stop
C$ 413United Airlines
Fri, 22 May - Tue, 26 May
Delta Logo
7:00 a.m. - 6:33 p.m.
YEG
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MDW
10h 33m
2 stops
Delta Logo
1:22 p.m. - 10:55 p.m.
MDW
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YEG
10h 33m
2 stops
C$ 508Delta
Thu, 21 May - Wed, 27 May
Delta Logo
7:00 a.m. - 6:33 p.m.
YEG
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MDW
10h 33m
2 stops
Delta Logo
9:23 a.m. - 4:55 p.m.
MDW
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YEG
8h 32m
1 stop
C$ 509Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Edmonton to Chicago flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Edmonton to Chicago to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Edmonton to Chicago?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Edmonton to Chicago departing in May.

What is the cheapest Edmonton to Chicago flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Edmonton to Chicago costs C$ 473 on the route between Edmonton (YEG) and Chicago O'Hare Intl Airport (ORD). It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Edmonton to Chicago?

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

For Edmonton to Chicago, Friday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Tuesday is the most expensive. Flying from Chicago back to Edmonton, the best deals are generally found on Saturday, with Wednesday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Edmonton to Chicago?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Edmonton to Chicago, 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 Edmonton to Chicago is May, where tickets cost C$ 287 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is C$ 1,471 and C$ 548 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Edmonton to Chicago?

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 C$ 425, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Edmonton to Chicago?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Edmonton to Chicago, 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 Edmonton to Chicago, you should book around 9 weeks before departure, which saves you about 30% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Edmonton to Chicago

 
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightC$ 201
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 6% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 13% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Edmonton to Chicago

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Edmonton to Chicago based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Edmonton to Chicago

  • Can I change my fare class after my flight booking?

    Yes, with Delta Air Lines, you can change your flight for a change fee if you have a non-refundable ticket. WestJet allows changes up till two hours before the flight. If you modify your fare class within 24 hours of making the booking, the only thing you’ll owe is any difference in the fare.

  • Can I bring my own food or drinks on the flight?

    Some airlines allow you to bring your food and drinks onto the airplane. For example, Air Canada allows alcohol content not exceeding 70% in checked baggage. Many airlines permit passengers to transport solid food items in their carry-on or checked bags. However, if you have gel or liquid food items larger than 3.4 oz, it’s recommended that you place these items in your checked bags if feasible.

  • Are there any airline lounges available at the airport?

    Yes. United Airlines has multiple United Club locations in terminals 1 and 2 of Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport. In Terminal 3, American Airlines has the Admirals Club lounge. In Terminal 5, there are two British Airways Lounges and a Delta Sky Club. Booking these airlines will give you the chance to enjoy amenities such as food and beverage services, Wi-Fi, business facilities, and comfortable seating.

  • Can I travel with my pet from Edmonton to Chicago?

    It’s possible. Many airlines, including Air Canada, allow passengers to bring their 2-4 pets on board or transport them in the cargo hold on flights from Edmonton to Chicago. Air Canada allows only animals 10 kg (22 lbs) or lighter, which includes the weight of the carrier.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Edmonton to Chicago?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Edmonton to Chicago was C$ 201 for a one-way ticket and C$ 387 for a round-trip.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Edmonton to Chicago?

    When flying out of Edmonton you will be using Edmonton. You will be landing at one of these airports: Chicago Midway or Chicago O'Hare Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Edmonton to Chicago?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Edmonton to Chicago flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Edmonton to Chicago?

    SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Edmonton and Chicago, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Edmonton to Chicago?

    You can catch a direct flight from Edmonton to Chicago on on Wednesday, and Saturday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Edmonton to Chicago, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Edmonton to Chicago are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of C$ 410 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of C$ 406 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Edmonton to Chicago?

    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 Edmonton to Chicago.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Chicago from Edmonton 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 Edmonton to Chicago?

    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 to Chicago with an airline and back to Edmonton with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Edmonton to Chicago?

    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 to Chicago from Edmonton up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Edmonton to Chicago

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for C$ 553 or less round-trip.
  • From Edmonton, you’ll have two options for flying into Chicago: O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and Midway International Airport (MDW). ORD, located northwest of downtown Chicago, is a major global hub with multiple airlines. MDW, on the southwest side, is known for its convenient location near downtown Chicago.
  • When flying to Chicago, most airlines include one or more stops. For layovers in Calgary (YYC) or Ottawa (YOW), consider flying Air Canada. Westjet offers layovers in Atlanta (ATL), Calgary (YYC), Detroit (DTW), Minneapolis (MSP), and Vancouver (YVR). If you’d prefer a layover in Seattle (SEA), book your Edmonton to Chicago flight with Alaska Airlines.
  • This flight route emits over 2,000 kg (4,400 lbs) of CO2 per traveler. You can help protect the environment by choosing to book on airlines that are working to reduce their environmental impact. We recommend booking Delta Air Lines, Air Canada, and WestJet, which have all invested in more fuel-efficient aircrafts and bio fuels.
  • If you have specific medical requirements that need attention while traveling, Air Canada has the option to request additional seating and arrangements for some medical needs. Also, Delta Air Lines allows you to make special requests, for example, bringing a service animal.
  • As a citizen of Canada, traveling from Edmonton to Chicago for tourism doesn't require a visa if your stay is for 180 days or less. However, you’ll need to have a valid passport, a return or onward ticket, and sufficient funds to cover your expenses during your stay in Chicago.

Prefer to fly direct from Edmonton to Chicago?

 
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Edmonton to Chicago

Wednesday

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Saturday

United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Edmonton to Chicago

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Edmonton to Chicago. 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 Edmonton to Chicago? 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8422 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.8Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.2Food
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Very old plane with no inflight entertainment. I purchased the internet pass and it was nearly unusable.

6.0 GoodCarlos, Apr 2026
ICT - ATL
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Very old plane with no inflight entertainment. I purchased the internet pass and it was nearly unusable.

My tray was broken so i had no place to work or eat except my lap. Flight attendant said I would get an email with some credit or miles, it was a complete waste of time as I could only function at about 20% of normal. I have not received anything yet.

Short trip, no food and therefore no expectation for much interaction with staff who were pleasant and professional. My critique is on comfort of the seats. Exit rows and comfort seats do not provide enough personal space for 3 side-by-side seats, especially when in the middle row. Some passengers are not considerate of the middle seat and there should be signs that state something to the effect of: "please consider giving middle seats use of the armrests."

My flight yesterday evening was delayed 3.5 hours with no water or food service. Poor experience

Transparency from pilots, quick boarding and exiting the plane, staff greeted to each and everyone,

Didn't like sitting on the waiting pad for 30 minutes right after departing the gate. If you're going to do that, just don't board so people can still get up and walk around in the terminal. My luggage was damaged by the baggage handlers.

Pilots lied about waiting on “paperwork”. Sat in the plane for over an hour, waiting on some papers to be printed according to the pilot and then all of a sudden he says good news maintenance is finally on their way. Maybe they can fix it before we get our paperwork. Ended up missing my connection in LaGuardia and as a result, had a fly home to Lexington instead of the Louisville airport. Then paid $100 to uber to Louisville since it was midnight by the time I got in. I wish they would just be transparent with passengers sometimes and not try to beat around the bush on why things are delayed.

The WiFi was horrific. I fly delta often and love their (usually reliable and free) WiFi. On this flight it was intermittent and when it did connect was extremely slow. I couldn’t get any work done while I was on the flight which was extremely frustrating. I was also in the exit row seat where there is now immediate seat in front of you, so while the leg room was nice, I couldn’t even watch the TV when the internet wasn’t working. Finally, for the last 20 mins of the flight, the announcement indicator came on the TV screens and took them over, even though no announcement was being made. Really disappointed.

The flight was way too HOT! And the plane did not have any in-flight TV entertainment.

The tray table was broken and the food was terrible.

The flight I was supposed to be on was supposed to take off at 1:50 from State College. It was delayed over and over and over again until somehow I had to rebook on a flight that was supposed to have left State College at 8 am that morning but didn't end up taking off until almost 6 pm. Not only was this completely unacceptable, the "token from United" was a 15 dollar meal voucher that has to be used by today. I would personally like some miles added to my account for this inconvenience. I was in transit for 8 hours from the time I arrive at State College Aiport to when I got home. I was supposed to be home at 3 pm and I returned at 8 pm. Unacceptable. I have not been on an on Time united flight in nearly 5 years.

newer aircraft, ability to connect my headset via blue tooth for entertainment.

Very comfortable flight, snacks and drinks were good, good communication from crew. Could have used a little more information on timing of boarding for group 5

Great flight. Got to watch a movie. Smooth flight and early arrival at ORD.

It was better than excellent. The staff in Mason City were great. The young woman that pushed my wheelchair did more than could be expected of her. She came from India 17 years ago. I don't remember her name.

After arriving in Chicago, we were taxiing for 1.5 hours with infrequent and untruthful updates about the amount of time it would take to arrive at the gate. Minimally, the team could have provided timing expectations that were more truthful, especially one their original expectations were not met.

The crew was generally professional. Though one of the crew members seemed to be easily annoyed, the others were fine and helpful. The green olives and almonds snack was really good. A great idea, and nice balance of tastes.

Every staff member was professional, friendly and courteous. The pizza twist was ok. It was warm but too much dough.

I had a terrible experience. My flight got delayed from Atlanta to Chicago on Monday April 6, 2026, and that led to me missing my next flight to Brussels. United Airlines didn’t provide me with any accommodation for shelter. I had to sleep at the airport in Chicago. The next flight I was put on didn’t leave until the evening hours of Tuesday 4/7/2026.

Food and drink service was very low quality. The flight attendants in business class must have been short some staff. Service was sluggish and not much English was spoken

Flight was early. That’s the only positive I can share. I paid for wifi on the flight and it didn’t allow me to use any streaming services so it was a waste of $20. West Jet also lost my ski equipment on my way to a ski vacation. They told me it would be delivered to the hotel as soon as it arrived at the airport. It was never delivered. I had to pick it up at the airport on my way home. I am completely disgusted with my experience on west jet

Plane was one hour late. Hardly any space for our carry-ons. Stressful to catch connections.

I like the wider seats, Plus lots of legroom, Lacking entertainment, no tv or screen to play with

8 hrs. Of waiting instead of couple of hours..the only good thing I'm still able to go to my destination...

When flying premium on a two our flight a light lunch would have been nice considering the price you pay. A Kit Kat bar and bag of chips is rather cheap service.

I was seated near a "stinky" person. That's not the fault of Westjet🙁😶‍🌫️

The keg from Edmonton to Toronto My wife found it very cold. Other than that great flight.

my carry-on bag was delayed and I did not receive it until the day of my return at the airport. This delay caused me significant inconvenience, as I did not have access to my personal belongings for the duration of my trip. I had expected to rely on my carry-on items, and being without them negatively impacted my travel experience.

Technology issues at the bag-check counter caused a delay, and we were unable to check out our bags, ultimately missing our flight. They offered no assistance other than telling us to book another flight out of Calgary. We arrived with plenty of time; if there hadn't been an issue with the kiosk and the length of the lines due to the technical issues, we could have made it home.

Worst check in and bag drop off experience. Staff were incredibly rude given that it’s the WestJet system that is faulty.

After 3 hours of delays, they ended up cancelling my flight. And although I could purchase one-way tickets to get to my destination, they would not offer me these flights as compensation for the cancelled flight, and I didn't end up making it home until 13 hours after I was originally supposed to arrive. It made for an extremely strenuous end to an otherwise good trip.

Boarded late then sat on the Tarmac for 90 minutes for no reason

The plane was almost an hour delayed and then once we were on board, they said that captain didn’t have enough hours left in his day to fly us so they had to find another captain. Surely that could’ve been figured out out in advance. Incredibly frustrating because I missed my connection in Toronto, and it has a result missed the first day of my conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Delayed on tarmac and missed next Air Canada flight by few minutes. Theh should have waited for me.

Terrible… Luggage’s missing for 5-days. Not expedited despite notifying them that insulin and ozempic were in bags and required refrigeration. I’m extremely disappointed. Meds were useless upon delivery as ice pack had dissolved and meds were warm and not useable because their efficacy and potency are now questionable . I’m so disappointed and expecting a full refund for the checked in bags.

It's kindof ridiculous that your system is even asking me about this since my flight was canceled and I wasn't rescheduled.

Flight issues, landing in Van rough. Attendant on flight to Vancouver was excellent. Delays in Edmonton not your fault but was frustrating

Bad experience flying with air Canada . Seats not comfortable . Checked bag was delayed and was bought home next day by airport employee. Had to buy toiletries since bag was delayed . No compensation was even suggested . Will not fly air canada again

Bad service as well. Another 3hr delayed flight from chicago to Charlotte.

No issues other than paying twice for my seat selection.

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