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laurie_ann Sep 8th, 2014 12:08 PM

Does O'Hare Terminal 5 have Special TSA Precheck for Security?
 
We are changing flights at O'Hare for an international departure out of Terminal 5. Does Terminal 5 have special TSA precheck lane for security?

ms_go Sep 8th, 2014 05:06 PM

Which airline are you flying? According to the TSA site, there are only 11 airlines participating in the TSA Pre program right now, and to the best of my knowledge, none of those depart out of the international terminal.

http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/airlines-airports

laurie_ann Sep 9th, 2014 04:49 AM

Good point. I didn't think of it as being the airlines who participate as I am registered on all the airlines I regularly fly. We are flying on an American Airlines award ticket but our flight out of Chicago is on Qatar Airways. So maybe not. I always pack and allow time as if I had to go through regular security as you can be randomly pulled out of PC and there are some airlines who don't participate in some places (SW at LGA for example)and so you just never know.

Jeff_Costa_Rica Sep 9th, 2014 05:26 AM

Qatar Airways departs from Terminal 3, not Terminal 5, so if you're connecting at O'Hare, you shouldn't need to go through security there at all.

When you come home, your Qatar flight will arrive at Terminal 5.

laurie_ann Sep 10th, 2014 05:15 AM

Good to know about Qatar departures. I was thinking only the domestic airlines international flights leave from the domestic terminals. Just thinking about how to best navigate connection from my AA flight arriving in T3 to get to Qatar flight. Of course they all arrive at T5 where immigration and customs is.

ms_go Sep 10th, 2014 05:46 AM

There are a few international airlines that use the domestic terminals for departures at O'Hare (arrivals, of course, in terminal 5). Others I can think of off hand...Lufthansa and ANA in terminal 1, Air Canada in terminal 2, and Iberia and JAL in terminal 3.

Jeff_Costa_Rica Sep 10th, 2014 08:31 AM

You might have a 10 minute walk depending on your AA arrival gate, but it's all inside security.

laurie_ann Sep 11th, 2014 07:32 AM

Thanks so much! I am way too familiar with T3 but it has been a while since I had to consider that my departure might be from T5.


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