There are 7 ways to get from Chicago to Bournemouth by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane ORD - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouthtrain
13h 42m£215–834Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ORD - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouthtrain
15h 44m£184–674Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ORD - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Stationbus
13h 10m£249–699Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MDW - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Stationbus
15h 8m£429–949Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ORD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
16h 14m£375–568Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ORD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouthtrain
16h 6m£327–674Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ORD - CWL
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
17h 46m£359–2,134
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Southampton Airport (SOU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Bournemouth is to fly and bus which costs £240 - £700 and takes 13h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Bournemouth is to fly and bus which takes 13h 10m and costs £240 - £700.
The distance between Chicago and Bournemouth is 3998 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 42m to get from Chicago to Bournemouth, including transfers.
Bournemouth is 5h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 6:04 AM in Chicago and 11:04 AM in Bournemouth.
There are 2443+ hotels available in Bournemouth.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Bournemouth, England?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Bournemouth. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Southampton Airport (SOU), walk to Southampton Airport Parkway, then take the train to Bournemouth. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), walk to Heathrow Central Bus Station, then take the bus to Bournemouth Station.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–330
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–420
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–330
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–330
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–480
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–30
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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