![]() The planes standing out were the ERJ145, some Mad Dogs in the middle, and the larger Boeings: 737, 787 and 777. Be it the old bare metal livery or the new silver livery, it felt better seeing this as opposed to the mostly white colors of DL and UA. After seeing all those Delta planes in Minneapolis and United planes in Chicago/Frankfurt/Munich, seeing the American Aircraft was a welcome change. Security was next but this was not too much of a hassle thankfully, I cleared it despite the long amounts of time that it took (about 20 minutes). My name was called out and tag attached to my bag - similar to Delta Air Lines. Easy peasy, confirmed my very close to the engine seat 29F, paid for my checked luggage (which was a relief since I was worried my debit card would not work LOL), and waited in line for the baggage drop. Just under 3 hours to scheduled departure.Īs has been the custom in the United States so far, passengers have to do their own check in on the kiosk. I was at Terminal 3, checking in at 1729 hours. Many passengers onboard were actually connecting from American Airlines flights from international destinations towards a domestic leg out of their hub in Chicago O’Hare. A very crowded train, as people completely ignored the ‘no trolleys on the train’ signs every where. I stepped out of T5 to catch the train that would take me to T3. American Airlines uses Terminal 3 for their departures. This meant AA2185 would be completed by two aircraft. Worth which would later head to Minneapolis as AA2185. Notice that AA2535 was coming in from Dallas/Ft. ![]() Some screenshots of the mobile check in procedure, as completed at Munich Airport. But more often than not it would be a delay of 1-2 hours, very rarely would it be delayed over 2 hours and ironically, it was even more rare to see this flight be on time! With 41 MD83s and 20 MD82s, I was hoping I’d at least get the rarer MD82 before they are taken out of the fleet… I was prepared to stay in Chicago for longer than planned. But ORD-MSP would often get delayed by over 30 minutes (‘over 67% of the flights have been delayed by over 30 minutes’ said the AA website. It could go either way, DTW-ORD on one plane and ORD-MSP on another, or both flights on the same aircraft. Now, for the crappy reality that struck me and I prepared for it accordingly: AA2185 was a Detroit - Chicago O’Hare - Minneapolis/St. (I also love how they showed the equipment as S80 - the Super 80!!) The answer was clear: MD80, no second thought!ĪA2580 19AUG dep ORD 2020 CDT, arr MSP 2154 CDT MD80ĪA2185 19AUG dep ORD 2025 CDT, arr MSP 2152 CDT MD80 There was a very late B737 departure (10pm), and a 8.25pm departure on the MD80…. I needed a flight after 7pm out of Chicago, taking in to account for the 3pm arrival on the United flight from Munich and immigration. Having established earlier in this series that the add ons meant that Spirit and Frontier were more expensive than American Airlines, and having tried United on MSP-ORD, it came down to the end of day flights on American. Having had enough of Delta (nothing against them, I just wanted to try out something else), I decided to narrow down my choices to Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines or American Airlines.
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