Consolidated "Connections / Connecting between terminals at ORD" thread
Jun 15, 2016, 6:46 am
#946
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Jun 30, 2016, 10:43 pm
#947
Join Date: Nov 2009
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I have an 6hr layover at ORD, and I plan to enter T5 using the refundable boarding pass trick. When I enter or exit T5, do I need to clear Customs/Immigration? This is considering that I will be just hanging out in the priority pass T5 lounges.
Jul 8, 2016, 5:18 am
#948
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: MCI
Posts: 27
LHR-ORD connection question
I will be returning to the US on a Wednesday 7/27 arriving at ORD at 3PM and
have to make a connecting flight to MCI by 5:10.
Will be traveling on AA and the other option is an 8:25 departure from ORD to MCI and will make things quite late & long considering the time zones.
Having never traveled internationally I'm inexperienced with the process.
We are US citizens without any precheck or global entry and I'm concerned there might not be adequate time to make it.
My understanding is that we have to clear customs, leave (airside) claim our bags and then go back through security and make our way to the gate.
Is this correct and for the experienced travelers through ORD what are your thoughts??
Thanks,
Steve
have to make a connecting flight to MCI by 5:10.
Will be traveling on AA and the other option is an 8:25 departure from ORD to MCI and will make things quite late & long considering the time zones.
Having never traveled internationally I'm inexperienced with the process.
We are US citizens without any precheck or global entry and I'm concerned there might not be adequate time to make it.
My understanding is that we have to clear customs, leave (airside) claim our bags and then go back through security and make our way to the gate.
Is this correct and for the experienced travelers through ORD what are your thoughts??
Thanks,
Steve
Jul 8, 2016, 5:51 am
#949
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2 hours to clear customs (without global entry) and grab bags and then check-in (without pre-check, TSA lines have been very long this summer) seems like a bad idea.
I'd go for the 8:25 departure. ORD has some excellent places to eat and drink. You can relax and grab a nice meal.
I'd go for the 8:25 departure. ORD has some excellent places to eat and drink. You can relax and grab a nice meal.
Jul 8, 2016, 9:00 am
#951
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Chicago, IL, US
Posts: 2,210
You will arrive at Terminal 5. You'll clear immigration, claim your bags, clear customs, then you can give your bags back to AA before you leave the baggage hall. You then ride the airport transit to Terminal 3 (1 stop), go through security and go to your gate.
If this is on one ticket, I'd say just book the earlier one. If you run into issues, AA will put you on the later flight anyway.
If this is on one ticket, I'd say just book the earlier one. If you run into issues, AA will put you on the later flight anyway.
Jul 8, 2016, 9:15 am
#953
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: STL
Posts: 1,546
I have done a 2 hour international to domestic connection many times at ORD and never missed my connecting flight, I have always had time to grab something to eat and sit down for a few minutes after reclearing security. I don't have Global Entry, and the times I've done it, I didn't have precheck (actually last time, I did have Pre but it was 8 PM and the Pre line was closed, thanks TSA). If everything goes right, 2 hours is plenty of time.
That being said, I haven't done it since the lines at the ORD TSA checkpoints started backing up to Milwaukee.
That being said, I haven't done it since the lines at the ORD TSA checkpoints started backing up to Milwaukee.
Jul 8, 2016, 9:53 am
#954
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And of course depending on on-time arrival of the incoming flight.
Last edited by Non-NonRev; Jul 11, 2016 at 7:35 am
Jul 11, 2016, 7:49 am
#956
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
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The return JL flight will leave from T3, where the AA flight arrives, and the JL J will give you AC access. The AC doubles as the JL lounge.
Jul 11, 2016, 10:06 am
#958
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
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Assuming that your AA F is domestic it gives you no access. JL comes into T5 and you will exit land side and take the transit to T3. In T3 you will have access to the two ACs on the strength of the JL J.
The return JL flight will leave from T3, where the AA flight arrives, and the JL J will give you AC access. The AC doubles as the JL lounge.
The return JL flight will leave from T3, where the AA flight arrives, and the JL J will give you AC access. The AC doubles as the JL lounge.
Jul 11, 2016, 11:35 am
#960
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JL usually puts up poster banners at the doors of the H/K Admirals Club and the Flagship Lounge, to identify lounges for its customers. Here is the F version:
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...act=mrc&uact=8
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...act=mrc&uact=8
Last edited by Non-NonRev; Jul 11, 2016 at 11:40 am