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Airlines change schedules for various reasons including aircraft and crew availability. 49 Minutes should still be enough to make your transfer. Things tend to run really well at ORD that early in the morning.

At ORD, I suggest you use the free Cell Phone Lot located at Economy Parking Lot F. (Exit I-190 at North Mannheim Road and follow the signs to Economy Parking F/Cell Phone Lot). Stay with your car until your party has arrived, collected luggage and calls you to be picked up at the curb. (Tune in to 1630 AM within 2.5 mles of O'Hare for current space availability, fees and more. Alternatively, the Main Parking Garage and its surrounding Lots A & B are behind the Hilton Hotel, which in turn faces Terminal 2. On Bessie Coleman drive are Economy lots & E & G, while lot F is off Mannheim Rd. Lot D is right across from the International Terminal 5. Delta should arrive at Terminal 2.

Only international Arrivals need to go through customs (on your way back). O'Hare's 4 terminals are arranged in a semi-circle - T1, 2, 3 & 5. Between T5's ATS level and the domestic terminals 1, 2 & 3, the ATS shuttle train runs every few minutes - it makes its loop run counter clockwise (T1 is the last stop) - the full loop takes at least 30 mins. Look at your ticket (and on arrival at ORD at the overhead screens) to see which terminal/gate you depart from. You have enough time.

ORD's domestic terminals 1, 2 & 3 are connected to each other at their gate areas. The International Terminal - T5 - is for all international arrivals, except those which had U.S. preclearance. Between T5's ATS level the and the domestic terminals 1, 2 & 3, the ATS shuttle train runs every few minutes - it makes its loop run counter clockwise (T1 is the last stop) - the full loop takes at least 30 mins.

My suggestion is for you to enter Terminal 5 and get permission to accompany your wife & child by presenting your boarding ticket to an officer or at the information counter. Note that Terminal 5's Concourse M wraps around the concessions Court to the right with gates M12-M21, and to the left with gates M7-M1, extending in the center to gates M8-M11. If you don't get permission to accompany them to the gates, you can drop them off at the TSA checkpoint and take the ATS train back to your connecting T2 (between T5's ATS level the and the domestic terminals 1, 2 & 3, the ATS shuttle train runs every few minutes - it makes its loop run counter clockwise - T1 is the last stop - the full loop takes at least 30 mins.

This is the iFly site, not the ORD site. However, ORD's rules are the same as of other rules: "If you lost an item near ticket counters, gate areas or on your airplane, contact your airline" - [the Airline's Lost & Found Dept.]. You can try to e-mail your concern to ORD at aviation@flychicago.com, or contact the Chicago Police at 773-686-2385, but most likely you won't get satisfaction thee.

As you arrive in the International Terminal, I presume you are an international arrival, in which case you need to go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance and then re-check-in your bag (the tag should indicate layover and final destination Airport Codes). When checking in at your original airport, make sure your airline will transfer your bags to your end destination - not all airlines do, if using different airlines. The whole procedure takes around 45 mins. thereafter, proceed up one level to the Airport Transit System where you can easily connect to either terminals 1, 2 or 3 for domestic flights. A free ATS shuttle train running every few minutes can take you there, making a continuous loop - count on another 30 mins at most.

Thats more than enough time going to/from any gate at ORD. Safe travels!

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You need to contact your airline.

I suggest the information counter in the baggage claim / arrivals area.

ORD is huge - United uses Terminals 1, 2 & 3. Terminal 1 has B & C gates; T2 has E & F gates, and T3 has G, H, K & L gates. You need to look at your ticket which gate number you arrive/ depart from (i.e., gate B1, C2, E3, etc.) if you need to connect to another terminal take the ATS train in the secured area or the pedestrian tunnel where you have to go through security again.

United does not have any gates in Terminal 3. You can walk between all gates in terminals 1, 2, or 3 without exiting security. The ATS is only required for connections to/from Terminal 5.