Originally Posted by
Pat+
It's great for connecting pax, however I'm not sure how pax who terminate in ORD would go about re-entering security after immigration.
I've done this as a terminating ORD pax. The deal was, they will issue you a gate pass if you really want to access it, but most people who terminate in ORD will usually just proceed to their homes or hotels. Most UA ORD intl arrivals are in the afternoon anyways, so there's no "meetings" to go to, and if you lived in the area, you'd probably prefer to just go home. My case was I knew I had to find a hotel, but didn't know how to book one, so I went back into the IFL, showered, and then they gave me a voucher to book the Hilton at the "distressed pax rate," even though I was far from "distressed." I put in a 30 hour stopover at ORD on purpose so I could go into the city and do some sight seeing, can't turn down a bonus mini-vacation
