December 19th, 2012
Chicago To Tel Aviv For $690.17 Round Trip
-Bookable now on Orbitz, which offers regular mileage earning, price assurance refunds and more importantly free cancellations until 11pm ET the day after you book. (I.E. Book at 1:00am and have 46 hours to cancel for free), or you can book direct from the airline, though with United for example you will then have a shorter cancellation period (24 hours from whenever you book)
Don’t forget to use the best credit card for airfare:
-Earn over 5 points per dollar with Chase Freedom (up to $1,500 per quarter with registration), or 3 points per dollar with American Express® Premier Rewards Gold Card, or 3 points per dollar with The Business Gold Rewards Card® from American Express OPEN, or 2.14 points per dollar with Chase Sapphire Preferred.
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-Air Canada has flights from Chicago to Tel Aviv via Toronto for $690.17
-Delta has flights from Chicago to Tel Aviv via JFK for $694.97
-United has flights from Chicago to Tel Aviv via Newark for $694.97
The Air Canada and United flights earn 100% United MileagePlus miles. Delta flights earn 100% Delta Skypesos.
Outbound travel is valid between January-March with a 30 day max stay.
If you’re from NYC you can book a separate one-way flight to Chicago for just $68.80. If you’re from Toronto you can use 4,500 BA Avios for a one-way flight to Chicago.
From NYC this means you can get a flight with 2 stops to Tel Aviv and nonstop back home to $758.97 instead of paying $1,157 for a regular nonstop flight. Sure, adding stops to save $400 isn’t for everyone, but it is still a good deal. Plus you’ll earn more miles that way 
You can throw away the final leg back to Chicago if you just want to get off in JFK, Newark, or Toronto, even if you have luggage, as all luggage must be reclaimed and brought through customs. At that point you can either recheck your bags to Chicago or just leave the airport.
You do need to fly to Chicago to pick up the flight. If you miss the originating Chicago flight your entire itinerary will be canceled!
If you are from other cities like Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, or even Kansas City it’s just 9,000 BA Avios (which can be transferred from all 3 major transferable point currencies, Membership Rewards, Ultimate Rewards, and Starwood) to fly round-trip to Chicago.
There are tons of available dates, here are just some sample valid dates on the different carriers:
Air Canada: 01/20-02/04
Delta: 01/27-02/11
United: 02/17-03/04 (Purim)
Delta: 03/12-04/09 (Pesach)
To help find other valid dates check the Orbitz box to search “3 days before and after” to help find other valid dates.
Or I highly recommend that you read about using ITA Software and use their awesome month-long calendar search to help find dates with cheap flights.
To limit your search to Air Canada flights use code: AC+
To limit your search to Air Canada with one stop only use code: AC, AC
To limit your search to Delta flights use code: DL+
To limit your search to United flights use code: UA+
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Transaero has much cheaper tickets for the winter, as low as $627 round trip after tax! if you book at faregeek.com and you use the promo code FG015 at checkout, sample date: 02/06-02/13.
but this also a great deal!.
Thanks dan!
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Can I make the same ticket starting in Israel?
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Dan,
Does any of the credit card listed above come with flight insurance in case of flight delay or cancellation in addition to their great points earner benefit? Thanks!
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Any idea how long these fares will last?
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
How long is this ticket vellet
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
I have 15% off air canada codes, that i am selling for $15 a piece, it could save u alot if ur taking the ac flight with the stopover in toronto. Contact me at aircanadacodes@gmail.com, first come first serve.
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Just came in from TLV last night with friends who are going TLV ORD DTW and return and told us they saved $400 by doing so. This would seem to mean that you can book from Israel.
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Any recommendation of a good way to get this type of deal
ONE-way to Tel Aviv?
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Any idea if this works the opposite direction TLV – Chicago?
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
Can you book the ticket from chicago to israel and then miss the flight from chicago to jfk since I am in new york and don’t want to fly back and forth and just go straight from jfk?
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Which airline is $68 from NYC-Chicago?
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December 19th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Did anyone get it to work with March 8/9 to 17/18 ord-tlv (I actually live in chicago)? The fare jumped back up to the $900s Any help appreciated. Thanks
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December 19th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
it says 30 day max stay but in the sample valid dates it shows otherwise which one is true?
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December 19th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
When do Shavuos deals come out?
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December 19th, 2012 at 5:30 pm
@Yitzy:
TransAero…that just sounds terrible.
@abe:
No.
But searching ITA it looks like there is a $699 fare from Tel Aviv to Chicago via Amman…
@Ket:
Sapphire has some benefits like that.
And AMEX sells awesome premium benefits for flights that many people swear by..
@Yitz:
Until they feel like it.
@CS:
Use miles.
@Shmuly:
Read the post.
@Deal Guy:
All of them. Search ITA/Orbitz.
@Rebecca:
Search ITA.
@Anonymous:
Huh?
@Mark:
A few months prior is typical.
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December 19th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
do i need to check in my luggage in chicago or can i add it in JFK during my stopover?
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December 19th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
@Yitzy:
What’s Transaero, an airline?
I can’t seem to find any flights if it is…
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December 19th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Any tips on good fares flying to Buenos Aires in June or July?
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December 19th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
hey i cant seem to find tckets for this price i tried searching for pesach but the cheapest i found was $716 can someone please help me
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December 19th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Do you have to stay over a weekend?
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December 19th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
checked the flight to Chicago tel aviv with delta for pesach not true they don’t know what u talking about for that price if somebody know a deal for pesach please let me know asap
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December 19th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
@Ayala:
Just searched again with my orbitz link from ORD-TLV from 03/12-04/09 and it’s $694 on Delta.
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December 20th, 2012 at 12:27 am
Booked!
Feb 13-25
$694.97 plus my flight from JFK to Chicago
$300 savings! Thank you!
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December 20th, 2012 at 12:52 am
hey i was wondering if u think there will b a better deal directly from new york for pesach or is this as good as it gets?
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December 20th, 2012 at 1:48 am
These might also be bookable on Citi Thank You or Chase Ultimate Rewards. If you have the Citi Thank You Premier card, your points are worth 1.33 cents each when used for travel. If you have the Chase Sapphire Preferred card, your points are worth 1.25 cents each when used for travel. Is this a good use of points?
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December 20th, 2012 at 4:00 am
is there a way to go directly from toronto to tlv?
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December 20th, 2012 at 5:19 am
@David R: For Citi ThankYou points, yes; but for Chase UR points, it’s a terrible value.
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December 20th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
does anyone know when this deal is good until?
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December 20th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Im sitting at the computer, trying to find the chicago-tel aviv flight for 1/16-1/27…is that available for $690? because i cant seem to find it….
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December 20th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
@ DAN I WANNA LEAVE JFK APRIL/14/2013
AND TO COME BACK TO JFK APRIL/21/2013
AND CAN YOU TELL ME IF I CAN GET THE SPECIAL FOR
$758.97 FOR THESE DATES.. BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.. I AM SEARCHING AND I CAN’T GET HOW THIS WORKS.. DAN PLEASE ANSWER ME THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!
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December 20th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
@rivky:
The best u could do is take a one-way flight to chicago, which will then take u on air canada to toronto to tel aviv, and when u get back to toronto on the return, u could just walk out of the airport without taking the chicago flight.
And to make the deal sweeter see my above post, to save even more if you are going with air canada
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December 20th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
has anyone tried buying a delta ticket connecting through ny and than calling delta and saying u want to catch plane from ny
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December 20th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
@YF: check the date and website i wrote, and you’ll find out what i am talking about