Originally Posted by
millionmiler
AA's J class seat is so much better that sitting around the airport in London jet lagged waiting for another long flight. Sleeping in a comfortable bed at the Radisson in Delhi or sitting in a chair at the BA lounge - let me think which one sounds better.
ORD is not a big pain to connect through. To compare it with LHR verges on insanity. In fact, it is easy to connect through on the outbound. The change of terminals on the return takes a bit more time but generally is quick and easy, and compared to LHR it is wonderful. I've gone from walking out the door of the aircraft to sitting at the lounge in the other terminal in under 20 minutes numerous times. Can't do that in LHR these days.
The problem is that you'll be staggering off the AA plane with back ache.
And still feeling very jet lagged as SAN-ORD is another 3-4 hours and I find it really tough to sleep in the AA seat.
The AA terminal at ORD isn't bad at all, but the airport operations itself can be painful from my experience especially in winter. Snow, flow control etc etc. That said, a T1 to T4 transfer at LHR is horrid.