One passenger pays between £103.74 and £105.26, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 1,620 km and are run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026
£103.74 to £105.26
- 174%Moves across the booking window
174%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £213.94Tue6
- about £198.77Wed7
- about £248.31Thu8
- about £187.15Fri9
- about £193.21Sat10
- about £178.04Sun11
- about £154.79Mon12
- about £124.97Tue13
- about £130.54Wed14
- about £164.40Thu15
- about £155.30Fri16
- about £157.33Sat17
- about £144.18Sun18
- about £125.48Mon19
- about £103.74Tue20
- about £110.82Wed21
- about £138.62Thu22
- about £127.50Fri23
- about £130.54Sat24
- about £121.44Sun25
- about £106.27Mon26
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Austin. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Austin for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Chicago to Austin
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £99.6990 days
- £123.4560 days
- £114.8745 days
- £90.6030 days
- £106.2721 days
- £125.4814 days
- £154.797 days
- £248.313 days
- £213.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £90.60.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 174 percent. The dearest point is £248.31, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chicago to Austin and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,620 km
1,573 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
2,664,452 → 974,447
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,620 km against 1,573 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Austin
Most of the points near Austin open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Chicago to Austin
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Chicago to Austin?
Chicago to Austin covers 1,620 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Chicago to Austin?
The cheapest fare from Chicago to Austin is £103.74, as of 5 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £176.53. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chicago to Austin?
The cheapest way from Chicago to Austin is by flight, at £103.74 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Chicago to Austin?
Fares from Chicago to Austin bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £90.60. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 174 percent, measured on 5 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chicago to Austin?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Austin, at £124.97. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 5 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chicago to Austin?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chicago to Austin, at £89.59 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Chicago to Austin?
4 operators sell services from Chicago to Austin across 1 mode: American Airlines, GoJet Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chicago to Austin?
Every service we sell from Chicago to Austin is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Chicago to Austin use?
Services from Chicago to Austin by flight leave from Chicago O'Hare International Airport ORD and arrive at Austin Bergstrom International Airport AUS. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chicago to Austin?
0 of the 4 operators we sell from Chicago to Austin allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Austin is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Austin and across United States
Day trips that leave Austin in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chicago reaches 98 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 59 to 15,696 km. Austin reaches 29 places in 6 countries, from 220 to 8,458 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chicago
- 98Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 48Operators
21
48Arriving in Austin
Leaving Austin
- 29Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 15Operators