Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
Palmer house is best for location for both airports. The orange line to midway is literally outside the adams street entrance and the Blue line to O'Hare is only a block away.
I have been denied access as a diamond at the Drake (not sure if they changed that policy or not) since I wasn't on the exec floor despite the T&C of Hilton.
I don't care for the location of the Drake. The Chicago Hilton isn't that convenient to the subway either, a few block walk to the redline at Roosevelt and you have to transfer trains if you are coming from ORD.
Last summer for both of my stays at the Conrad, I took the Blue line and transferred to the red line as the Conrad is about a block of so from the Grand station on the red line. Transferring with luggage was a bit of a pain. The Drake and Waldorf are a bit of a hike with luggage from their nearest station. I blew out one of my spinner wheels on my Samsonite whilst navigating the streets of Chicago last summer moving between the Waldorf and Conrad and as a result would not recommend walking too big a distance with luggage.