Jul 10, 2023, 11:40 am
Last edit by: Nick Art
SAS has its own lounge at Chicago (ORD), which is located in Terminal 5, near Gates M19-M20:
- SAS Lounge (access for EBP, EBD, EBG, *A Gold, *A First Class, *A Business Class, SAS Business, SAS Plus)
In addition to the above lounge in Terminal 5, there are also other lounges located in the other terminals at ORD, a selection of which is provided below:
- United Polaris Lounge (Terminal 1, near Gate C18, access only for intercontinental *A Business, including SAS Business)
- United Clubs (several different locations available in terminals 1 and 2, access to *A First (intercontinental), *A Business (interncontinental) and *G)
To get from Terminal 1, 2 and 3 to Terminal 5 you can use to Airport Transit System (ATS) without leaving the secure area.
SAS Lounge Chicago (ORD)
Aug 31, 2016, 5:42 am
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Aug 31, 2016, 6:31 am
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I think it is kind of crazy that they have a full dinner service for flights that take off after 21:00. You usually start eating about 1-1.5 hours into the flight. There is so much wasted food. SAS should offer drink service & a light snack for passengers who want it and then serve a nice full breakfast before landing instead of what they serve before landing now.
Aug 31, 2016, 6:43 am
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Nope they were all full time SAS employees, from all walks of life. Big drama in 2009 when SAS decided to outsource to ASIG in EWR/ORD and Swissport in IAD. The thread read like the world was about to end: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sas-e...s-chicago.html Of course nowadays no one remembers. 
Aug 31, 2016, 7:19 am
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Nope they were all full time SAS employees, from all walks of life. Big drama in 2009 when SAS decided to outsource to ASIG in EWR/ORD and Swissport in IAD. The thread read like the world was about to end: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sas-e...s-chicago.html Of course nowadays no one remembers.
Sep 1, 2016, 2:20 am
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Nope they were all full time SAS employees, from all walks of life. Big drama in 2009 when SAS decided to outsource to ASIG in EWR/ORD and Swissport in IAD. The thread read like the world was about to end: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sas-e...s-chicago.html Of course nowadays no one remembers.
I remember that thread
, but I never knew the background of each and every lounge employee there. I did know that most didn't seem to be SK FAs at any point in their history.
Sep 1, 2016, 2:41 am
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You were saying as a matter of fact that off duty FAs were working the lounge, which is definitely not true.
Sep 1, 2016, 3:23 am
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Re-read my posts in this thread and it may become more clear to you, as I asked a question and then made a statement about your statement. I've never claimed to know the background of any or all of the SK employees who have worked the SK ORD lounge. Recall my question, for it can only be answered if knowing the background of each and every person that SK has ever had working at SK ORD lounge.
Sep 1, 2016, 3:25 am
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I take it you're traveling on a US passport.
Earlier this year the app worked, a feature well overdue, then SK's joke of an IT-department broke it again. It worked for perhaps 2-3 months. The App also doesn't let you retrieve a digital BP after you've retrieved the hardcopy.
It has to be a problem with SK as I never have any issues at any US airport with BA.
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Ok, I fly ARN-ORD-ARN pretty much on a monthly basis and it never works. It also never works for my wife when she's flying with.
I take it you're traveling on a US passport.
The online check-in hasn't provided me with an option to retrieve a digital PDF BP for a longtime either.
Earlier this year the app worked, a feature well overdue, then SK's joke of an IT-department broke it again. It worked for perhaps 2-3 months. The App also doesn't let you retrieve a digital BP after you've retrieved the hardcopy.
It has to be a problem with SK as I never have any issues at any US airport with BA.
I take it you're traveling on a US passport.
The online check-in hasn't provided me with an option to retrieve a digital PDF BP for a longtime either.
Earlier this year the app worked, a feature well overdue, then SK's joke of an IT-department broke it again. It worked for perhaps 2-3 months. The App also doesn't let you retrieve a digital BP after you've retrieved the hardcopy.
It has to be a problem with SK as I never have any issues at any US airport with BA.
Sep 1, 2016, 8:24 am
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Mixing up posters!
The poster implying that off-duty FAs were working the lounge, without stating it explicitly was FlyingMoose.
The one improvement in the SK lounge we've seen this year is that they are now using local staff instead of FA's which are much better at turning people away that are not eligible for lounge access. Unfortunately now the ORD-ARN and ORD-CPH flights are closer to each other this has made very little difference to how packed the lounge gets and the food issue is still not addressed.
Sep 1, 2016, 3:02 pm
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The close to retirement age ladies with grey hair and glasses providing the level of service you'd expect in a North Korean prison camp while dressed in flight attendant uniform working as Scandinavian language speaking lounge dragons gave me the impression they where FA's. If they where not, I apologise for being wrong.
Nevertheless that's in the past and they now have other local talent that have assumed these tasks for which my comment do is valid. There is a lot less (read none) "just this one time exception" nonsense going on.
Nevertheless that's in the past and they now have other local talent that have assumed these tasks for which my comment do is valid. There is a lot less (read none) "just this one time exception" nonsense going on.
Sep 9, 2016, 1:31 pm
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I think it is kind of crazy that they have a full dinner service for flights that take off after 21:00. You usually start eating about 1-1.5 hours into the flight. There is so much wasted food. SAS should offer drink service & a light snack for passengers who want it and then serve a nice full breakfast before landing instead of what they serve before landing now.
Sep 11, 2016, 10:09 am
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Breakfast before Landing
Breakfast before landing seemed like a pretty ordinary business class breakfast. They had a meat and cheese plate, omelets, sausage, yogurt, fruit, muesli, juice, coffee, tea. This was on offer from ORD-ARN on 9/7/16.
Sep 12, 2016, 2:25 am
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US -> Europe food on SK is always considerably better than Europe -> US with ARN catering notorious for being the worst.