Originally Posted by
kozyFlyer
This fall I will be flying Madrid to Chicago on Iberia, then Chicago to Dallas on American. These were booked as separate tickets due to the award fights available at the time. The Iberia flight is scheduled to land at 2:10 pm and my American flight takes off at 5:17 pm. I have global entry, tsa pre, and clear.
I have two questions. First with both flights being Oneworld partners, is there any chance of having my bags checked through to Dallas? Then second, if no on the bags is this enough time to clear customs, recheck bags, get thru security, and make my flight?
If it makes any difference the Iberia flight is business class and American is first. I don't have status with either airline.
Doesn't matter if it's checked through to Dallas or not. You need to pick it up at ORD as the first port of entry anyways. Only difference is you might save a few minutes when dropping it back off after customs (otherwise there are agents there that can check you in for the DFW flight and print new bag tags).
Three hours should be more than sufficient assuming flight is on time.