ORD lines to deal with CBP are very short as of late, at least most of the day there. But the processing time per person is slower. GE won’t do as much to speed things up as usual since you’ll be dealing with the medical screening-related processes that are slower and can still at times drag out. But things are now way smoother than they were last week. They may let you wait on the plane after landing before letting you off the plane with the CDC health forms. These health forms are to be given on the plane (if not earlier) and passengers told to fill out on the plane when possible.
Even with a separate ticket for flights originating out of ORD, ordinarily checking in and dropping off newly tagged bags with AA at the T5 post-customs area is possible before you go into the public area and head for the landside bus to go from T5 to T3. I don’t know if that has been shut down by AA at this point, but be ready for maybe having to do the check-in at T3 instead.
There is no airside bus for AMS-ORD passengers to use to get from T5 to T3. It will be the land-side bus to get from T5 to T3 — that is outside of the building, after you exit baggage claim, customs and the transfer baggage station.
Things will work out fine at ORD with getting into the US, if the flight goes ahead and you have had no symptoms on landing nor in recent days.
My sincere suggestion is to try to not to get too worked up about the US arrival part of the situation, as that is working out ok in the main.
Last edited by GUWonder; Mar 25, 2020 at 4:22 am