Total shutdown of ATS at ORD May 30
#181
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#184
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thanks! making notes of all of this, would like to spend as little time as possible stumbling around ORD looking for the right train
#185
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ah, I see. So the not-very-logical logic is that you have to take the ATS to get to the other terminals as well as the rental car facility, which everyone must surely know?
thanks! making notes of all of this, would like to spend as little time as possible stumbling around ORD looking for the right train
thanks! making notes of all of this, would like to spend as little time as possible stumbling around ORD looking for the right train
#186
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fair enough! I wasn't worried about not being able to find it until multiple people mentioned they'd had problems (my original question was whether the MMF was real or vaporware), so if they are in the minority, that's great.
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#188
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Even with a checked bag, I was through WAY before anyone stuck in that line.
#189
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There will be changes coming out of the FIS area, both set of doors ( call it UA side and AA side) will be reduced or eliminated and replaced with one center exit. I'll pass along the concern about the MMF signage or lack of at T5 lower level.
CBP lines are a concern to both the CDA and carriers. ORD is averaging around 19K arriving passengers through the FIS hall. In peak 2019 it was around 27K a day.
ATS should go 24/7 effective the 17th, but don't quote me on that just yet.
CBP lines are a concern to both the CDA and carriers. ORD is averaging around 19K arriving passengers through the FIS hall. In peak 2019 it was around 27K a day.
ATS should go 24/7 effective the 17th, but don't quote me on that just yet.
#190
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thanks for the tips, everyone. It was very easy as I was following signs for the other terminals-- don't think I saw a rental car sign until I was at the ATS platform. And the MMF is pretty cool, the airport wifi worked and there are bathrooms and water-bottle filling stations, so all good.
#191
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Whelp, there goes my trick of using the AA door when the UA flights are backing up the exit and using the UA door right after a bunch of AA arrivals.
#192
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There will be changes coming out of the FIS area, both set of doors ( call it UA side and AA side) will be reduced or eliminated and replaced with one center exit. I'll pass along the concern about the MMF signage or lack of at T5 lower level.
CBP lines are a concern to both the CDA and carriers. ORD is averaging around 19K arriving passengers through the FIS hall. In peak 2019 it was around 27K a day.
ATS should go 24/7 effective the 17th, but don't quote me on that just yet.
CBP lines are a concern to both the CDA and carriers. ORD is averaging around 19K arriving passengers through the FIS hall. In peak 2019 it was around 27K a day.
ATS should go 24/7 effective the 17th, but don't quote me on that just yet.
#193
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Email sent that Monday the 18th it will go 24/7 with notifications being sent out tomorrow on the 17th. (not sure why it couldn't have been sent out this past Friday given the holiday)
#194
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...id=hplocalnews
#195
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Link to local news advising it's going 24/7 starting today.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...id=hplocalnews
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...id=hplocalnews
ETA: WGN reports that "Shuttle buses will continue to provide 24-hour service through May 1."
Last edited by legalalien; Apr 18, 2022 at 9:24 am