Originally Posted by
JimInOhio
Your path of least resistance/effort is to ask to be put on the ORD-ZRH flight and keep your current flight to FLR. Your connection chances go way up in ZRH and that is an efficient airport. Besides, if it requires a longer layover at ORD then you have the Polaris Lounge to enjoy.
That's fair. In all honesty, part of my frustraion was that I had the perfect 2.5 hour layover in IAD to enjoy the new Polaris lounge. My connection options in ORD at 45 minutes or 3.5 hours. Sigh.