Originally Posted by
JoeDTW
One of the biggest competitive advantages ST has over Star and OW in the US Midwest, is that international to domestic connections at ST's two hubs in the US Midwest, MSP and DTW, are under one roof, but international to domestic travellers on Star and OW have to change terminals at ORD.
If I lived in a city like DSM, IND, or MCI, I'd choose ST over the other two alliances for this reason alone.
Everyone makes it sound like ORD is such a mess for INTL-domestic connections. You clear immigration, enter the terminal, step on a train to T1, 2 or 3. Step off the train and walk 50 feet to the terminal. Go through security and you're there. The only different between ORD and the ST hubs is the train...which since it's been fixed isn't bad at all. It's no different than JFK or DFW.
When ORD replaces T2 with the new global terminal later this decade *A and OW will have addressed that issue at ORD and they'll have a newer terminal housing the best global connectivity in the world for an airport.