RareNonstop · 5h
CHI to SJUPuerto Rico
San Juan
$162
usually $340
−52%
Most monthly lows $287–$340. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · CHI → AMS
Chicago to Amsterdam
Best fare, round trip
$550
Too little price history on this route to compare — the fare is shown as found.
Found
- Depart
- Sat 17 Apr
- Return
- Sat 24 Apr
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 9.5h
- Airline
SAS
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
NetherlandsAmsterdamCanals, Vermeers and bicycles with right of way. KLM’s network makes it a deal-alert regular.Best windowApr–May · SepAirportsSchiphol (AMS)Every route into AmsterdamFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 9.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under SAS, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $550 for 6,608 km each way, that works out to about $42 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 11 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Amsterdam, this fare ranks 4th — 51% above the $365 from Dubai. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 27 routes of similar length we watch out of Chicago, where the middle fare is $715. We have 1 month of cached prices for this route so far — not enough to call a fare cheap or expensive, so we publish the price without a percentage. Fare history here is still too short to name a cheap season. The best time to be in Amsterdam: Apr–May · Sep.
The 5 days we hold a cached fare for
Press a date to compare its fares
The median cached fare across this calendar is 7% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $922 then versus $987 now, across 13 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $550, on 17 Apr '27.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 12 Oct 2026
We are still collecting this route's months — 1 month of cached prices so far, too few to chart.
Route facts
- Airports
- O’Hare (ORD) · Midway (MDW) ↔ Schiphol (AMS)
- Flight time
- ≈9.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈6,608 km each way
- Airlines on the board
- SAS
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep
Good to know
CHI → AMS, answered.
How far in advance should I book CHI → Amsterdam?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. Our guide Why flight prices change covers the levers we can measure.
Are there nonstop flights from Chicago to Amsterdam?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under SAS. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
Next step
Sleeping in Amsterdam?
Lock the flight first — then compare stays for 17–24 Apr '27 · 7 nights.
Browse hotelsMissed it?
Cached fares expire. This route has a feed of its own — follow it and the next CHI → AMS drop reaches you as soon as we find it.
Follow this route’s feedKeep browsing
Related routes on the board.
Rare1 stop · 3.5h
CHI to DFWUnited States
Dallas
$145
usually $285
−49%
Most monthly lows $223–$285. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Rare1 stop · 13h
CHI to CAIEgypt
Cairo
$437
usually $805
−46%
Most monthly lows $760–$929. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
RareNonstop · 1.5h
DUB to AMSIreland
Dublin
$77
usually $135
−43%
Most monthly lows $92–$148. Cheaper than every other month on record (4).
Great1 stop · 3.5h
PAR to AMSFrance
Paris
$134
usually $195
−31%
Most monthly lows $195–$214. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
GoodNonstop · 4h
IST to AMSTürkiye
Istanbul
$161
usually $220
−27%
Most monthly lows $176–$240. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
