Remind me not to fly CX out of ORD again
 

TSA at Terminal 5 is a CF.
BA F lounge is a dump.
Hard and soft product were Ok but what's with the miniature footwell.

ORD Is a mess. Three weeks ago flew into there on an international flight. It took 2 hours to go through immigration, even US citizens, who were in the same queue as foreigners. APEC card was useless.

I am with you and will be avoiding ORD on an international itinerary for the future.

However connecting domestically on AA is easy, and the AA Flagship lounge is not bad, the staff there are really good.

typical
Airport is terrible

only on the CX forum is it CX's fault


"How dare CX not build its own terminal, typical backward cost cutting management"
" I am giving up MPC Godl"
" All future flying on EK!!!"

Fair point.

But the CX ground crew there in pretty bad, so it's not entirely undeserved.

That's when Global Entry shows its true worth! (Of course, only available if you are US citizen or LPR)

I fly through ORD once a month en route to DFW. CX staff on the ground are very helpful and the immigration has never been an issue (US Citizen/Global Entry).

I have flown CX out of ord periodically, will be flying that in Sep., I find there people to be very helpful and the flights attendants usually very good. Terminal 5 is another story but don't but don't blame that on CX.

YMMV

Might be worth flying JAL since I believe they use T3. So you get Flagship Lounge, etc.

JAL arrives at T5 so the immigration queue mess remains.

And 12 other countries: https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-t...ry/eligibility

• Citizens of Argentina
• Citizens of India
• Citizens of Colombia
• Citizens of United Kingdom
• Citizens of Germany
• Citizens of Panama
• Citizens of Singapore
• Citizens of South Korea
• Citizens of Switzerland
• Citizens of Taiwan
• Mexican nationals

I count 11, but maybe you count Scotland as a (soon to be) separate country? :D

And I'm surprised the Commie Chinese haven't got upset about the classification of Taiwan!

That's what I normally do. Thought I'd give CX a try. Mistake.

Who said that.

I counted Canada, which is mentioned as eligible via NEXUS in the following paragraph.

Oh, OK. Sorry.

try JFK...that place is always an unpleasant mess too. I think it's more an issue of US airports being complete messes.

I arrived on CX at ORD last Sunday. Global Entry was quick. Bags took forever to arrive (and the screens never did show which baggage claim belt would be used for this flight, just a couple of PA announcements). But still better than the surly people running JFK.

Looking forward to their new service to IAD though.