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American has a re-check in T5.

At ORD, after exiting the Federal Inspection and luggage re-check areas of T5, proceed up one level to the ATS shuttle train, running every few mins to T3 (but arriving in the unsecured area). At T3 you need to go through security check before proceeding to your gate. Your time should be adequate. NOTE: T3 has Concourses G, H, K & L with corresponding gates. Look at overhead screens to find your flight & gate number.

Thank you so much for your help! This will make my connection less stressful :)

Unless you have two separate tickets for Delta & KLM, your bags will automatically be transferred to your next flight. All you need to do is follow signs to the ATS shuttle train running every few minutes between T5 and T2. T5's gates M1-21 wrap around the concession court: to the left (gates M12-M21) and to the right (gates M7-M1), and extends northward in the center to gates M8-M11 (prepare yourself for long walks from check-in to gates). 90 mins should suffice.

You will have enough time but you will have to hurry. You take the ATS train one stop to T5 and then go through security as the ATS runs outside security. Your first flight will be operated by American.

If your first flight is on time, you can make it. You will both arrive and depart in Terminal 1 in ORD and you won't have to go through any security or checks when you make your connection.

Yes, T2 and T3 are connected beyond security so you can just walk. Hurry, especially if you have a gate-check bag and have to wait for it.

There aren't many hurdles as you will pre-clear US Immigration in Vancouver. Check where your United flight will depart from - if it's a United Express flight leaving from an E or F gate, then you can easily walk from T3 where Westjet will arrive to T2. If you're leaving from B or C, then you can either walk all the way from T3 to T1 inside the secure area or you can take the ATS train, but if you do that, you will have to go back through security in T1. If you have checked baggage Westjet will not transfer to United, so you'll have to claim in T3 and take it on the ATS to T1 and re-check it. Regardless of what you have to do, I think you have enough time.

Yes, you will go through immigration in Terminal 5, then re-check your bags there, then take the ATS train to Terminal 3 and go back through security. That is a really tight connection to do all of that, but it is possible. The good thing is that if you miss your connection American has many flights from ORD to LAX that you can be rebooked on.

Thanks for your reply! I contacted airberlin and they told me that my baggage would be automatically checked through to LAX... Are they wrong? And: They told me that it would be enough time and that AA would wait until we board the plane, since we are alrealdy checked in (?) I don't know what to believe right now...

Yes, it will be checked through to LAX, but you still have to claim it in immigration, walk through customs, and then re-check it at the AA recheck desk in T5. You have to do this any time you enter the US. AA is unlikely to wait very long for you as they have many ORD-LAX flights and the cost of holding the plane for you would likely exceed the cost of putting you on a later flight if you're late.

I should clarify, we transfer from United to Austrian Airlines.

If your United and Austrian flights were bought on the same reservation, United will be able to check your bag through to your Austrian flight. All you have to do is take the ATS train to Terminal 5 and go through security. You should have enough time.

Request wheelchair service from United. They will take you where you need to go.

Yes, you can claim your baggage in immigration and take it to T2 yourself and re-check it.

Thank you for your quick reply!

Concourses K & L at ORD Airport are right next to each other - no security check needed.

Yes, your bags will be checked straight through to Canada. However if your DUB-ORD flight is on Aer Lingus you will have to take the ATS train from Terminal 5 to your next terminal and go back through security.

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Yes, your baggage will be checked through to your Iberia flight. If your Orlando flight is on time then you will barely have enough time. Also, check the operating carrier of your flight, I believe Iberia 4194 is a code-share flight actually operated by American. If you miss your connection you'll probably get sent to Manchester on a later flight via London.