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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know that OP's specific situation might render this question irrelevant, but just to close the loop, if one is indeed connecting through O'Hare and needing to clear immigration as part of that, I can attest that it ranges significantly.

I live in Chicago and before I got global entry it could take my family a full 90/120 minutes JUST TO CLEAR IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS if we got unlucky. That would be if you're in the back of plane, you land at gate M25 (a full 10/15 minute walk to the main immigration entry point), and your flight landed at the same time as other planes. Then you need to grab and recheck your bags, and THEN you need to make it to another terminal which also means clearing security again. I never need to do that part because I live here, but I always look at the sad transfer passengers with pity.

I'd give it no  fewer than 3 hours to be safe.  If you have global entry, that 90 minutes becomes more like 30 because you probably still need to collect your bag. I got global entry for my kids as well for precisely this reason. You kind of feel like a celebrity walking past the epically long lines.

Also, O'Hare is notorious for long taxis. I assume it'll be like 30 minutes post wheels-down before we make it to the gate, and I'm pleasantly surprised if it's better. I've heard flight attendants muttering about the "long ground time" at O'Hare, and this is why.

Welcome to H***. I mean O'Hare. [/quote]

All true- we flew Southwest to O'Hare last year and I knew it was a long walk from those outer T5 gates, but holy cow it's a long walk down an annoyingly narrow hallway, of course with random carts selling shit blocking the path.  And that was on ground level!  I assume if coming in to passport control you have to do the same walk underground through the secure corridor.

To be fair, they are finally moving ahead with building the new "Global Terminal", which will add a massive immigration/customs facility that will serve United and American and their partners. But yeah I think that's going to be done in like 2033.

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