ORD - One Mile at a Time Forum https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/ One Mile at a Time Discussion Board en-US Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:16:45 +0000 wpForo 60 6 People Filed 25,000 O'Hare Noise Complaints In A Month https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/6-people-filed-25000-ohare-noise-complaints-in-a-month/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:08:29 +0000 Via Flight Club, O'Hare Airport has a department to deal with airport noise complaints, which were at an all time high in January, with 39,000 complaints being filed: "The Chicago Department of Aviation's Airport Noise Management System recently revealed that noise complaints near the international airport are at an all time high. An official report…

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]]> ORD Ben Schlappig https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/6-people-filed-25000-ohare-noise-complaints-in-a-month/ Why you SHOULDN'T stay at luxury hotels and fly first class... https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/why-you-shouldnt-stay-at-luxury-hotels-and-fly-first-class/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:05:15 +0000 In a recent installment of my UAE trip report I wrote a review of the InterContinental Abu Dhabi, which can be found here. Reader ORD-TGU left the following comment: I am afraid that too much exposure to premium properties has you desensitized and numb! You state “On the whole I had a pleasant stay”. pleasant?…

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]]> ORD Ben Schlappig https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/why-you-shouldnt-stay-at-luxury-hotels-and-fly-first-class/ My bump luck finally changes! https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/my-bump-luck-finally-changes/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:43 +0000 As I hinted at earlier (yes, in the third person), my bump luck finally changed this past weekend. And this was only two days after I made a post complaining about how United doesn't seem to oversell anymore. Best of all, they were oversold by quite a bit and I was traveling with two friends,…

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]]> ORD Ben Schlappig https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/my-bump-luck-finally-changes/ Some gate agent fun at ORD https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/some-gate-agent-fun-at-ord/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:43 +0000 As I hinted at earlier in the week, I had a bit of gate agent fun at ORD this past weekend. Something tells me this post won't be quite as exciting as my flight attendant story, but I'll share it nonetheless. ;) Now I know most of the gate agents at my home airport of…

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]]> ORD Ben Schlappig https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/some-gate-agent-fun-at-ord/ Whew, actually got a bump.... https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/whew-actually-got-a-bump/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:28 +0000 Whew, I think it's time I add some more people to my Christmas gift list. The folks at United inventory and revenue management are definitely getting a big basket of goodies this year for their liberal (and predictable) overbooking policies (if folks are interested I'd be happy to discuss in more details which fligths are…

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]]> ORD Ben Schlappig https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/whew-actually-got-a-bump/ Tour of ORD Operations https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/tour-of-ord-operations/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:24 +0000 There's little I can add to Gray's excellent report of our ORD operations tour, so I'll just post a few pictures with some commentary. Captain Flanagan/United had a bunch of gifts for us in the flight operations conference room. First, they had "Age of Flight" books for everyone, which is the book Captain Flanagan gives…

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]]> ORD Ben Schlappig https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/tour-of-ord-operations/ Email re: LH F from my brother https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/email-re-lh-f-from-my-brother/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:21 +0000 I got an email this morning from my brother regarding his ORD-FRA flight last night. Haven't had a chance to discuss the details with him yet, but the email gave me a good chuckle. Landed. Very nice flight. There was a guy in F, however, who was playing the drums on his tray table as…

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]]> ORD Ben Schlappig https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/email-re-lh-f-from-my-brother/ Tomorrow morning looking bumpalicious.... too bad I won't get any of the action https://onemileatatime.com/community/ord/tomorrow-morning-looking-bumpalicious-too-bad-i-wont-get-any-of-the-action/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:18 +0000 So just for the heck of it I checked to see how full my TPA-ORD flight is tomorrow, and noticed it was Y0. Sadly tomorrow I'm in a situation where I really can't take a bump (especially because I'm meeting up with my friend at ORD and we're flying ORD-NRT together on NH), but the…

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