Originally Posted by
Jinxed_K
I remember the T5 Sky club to be a good experience when I last used it at 6am to catch an 8am flight.
Now I have another flight coming up in a few months and trying to decide.
ANA international scheduled to arrive at 8:40am. I can book an 11:20am Delta flight which keeps me in T5 and probably will give me an hour or two in the Sky Club, but my routing would be ORD-ATL-ROC. If I end up missing this, I can probably rebook to the 5:45pm via DTW.
My other options are nonstop flights to ROC on UA or AA at 2pm and 1pm respectively and gets me home earlier, but this requires me to go to T3/T1 and no lounge access at either airline with a longer wait.
IMO stick with DL. It would be unpleasant to change terminals and then be stuck for so many hours waiting in the main terminal with no lounge access (meaning no F&B, no shower, only public restrooms, etc.).
OTOH ANA isn't SkyTeam, so be careful about whether this is booked on separate tickets/PNRs. You could be forced to pay twice to check a bag and of course wouldn't be protected (to be rebooked for free on the next flight if the TPAC segment is late).
ADDED: Can we assume that you've checked that you have acceptable credentials to enter the SC? I'm asking because I don't see any status listed under your username, to the left of your post. and I'm guessing that someone without DL status probably doesn't have a DL AmEx credit card (but of course might have a regular AmEx Plat or Centurion charge card). The international segment on ANA won't help with this.