Originally Posted by
mickeyjaw
Wow! I wish somebody had told me this when I was enquiring about lounge access in ORD last month. I had a 4.5hr layover and ended up spending nearly $40 on food and drink whilst waiting because I didn't realise I could have gone into a different terminal to use a Priority Pass lounge...
Same thing happened to me at ORD about a year ago. I asked two or three UA staffers and they all insisted that I wouldn't be let in, so I didn't bother going over. (Not sure if things have changed, but I believe there were comments here about people actually being refused admittance at ORD, either by TSA and/or by the lounges requiring a flight out of that terminal.)