There is also a Airport Transit System (ATS) train that connects the landside terminals. However, it is still currently suspended. While terminals 1 - 3 are physically connected airside, there was no airside connection to terminal 5, a glaring flaw with ORD connections between AA and EY.Īccording to the flyORD official website, there is a Terminal Transfer Bus (TTB) that connects Terminals 1,2, & 3 to Terminal 5. My AA flight from IAH landed at terminal 3, which primarily houses AA and Spirit (NK). All I had now was my backpack with my essentials. Therefore, I did not need to worry about lugging my carry on sized bag at ORD. Since my bag was carry on sized, I eventually gave up and finished checking in, got the boarding pass for both flights, and head to security.Įventually, I was able to gate check my bag all the way to AUH, Alhamdu Lillah. She bluntly suggested paying the bag fee then later disputing the charge thru my bank, but she wont be able to waive the charge. I tried to speak with a bag drop agent, who appeared less busy. For the sake of comparison, the Spirit check in counter next to us didn't look as much of a madhouse as American's counters, which said quite a lot. ![]() Again, I get a hold of the busy agent, and he told me to wait in the customer service line, which looked horrendously long. After he cleared me on the kiosk, I tried to check my bag in, but was slapped with a $30 fee, which was supposed to be included in my reservation. During check-in at IAH, the AA check-in kiosk required agent assistant, where an agent manually checked my Covid test, passport, and reviews the AUH entry requirements on the kiosk screen while more passengers crowd around him. EY Value fare class tickets are eligible for 50% mileage accrual with AA.įor my first leg of the trip was with AA, the experience with them was relatively mediocre. EY did not issue me a boarding pass but I was marked as checked in with seat 32K selected, free of charge.ĭespite the mess the big 3 US airlines had to say about the ME3 air carriers, AA is now on quite good terms with EY and fellow OneWorld member QR (Qatar Airways). However, online check-in had to be done separately on the respective airlines website. Both flights, IAH - ORD and ORD - AUH, were under the same booking. The American Airlines AA main cabin ticket for IAH - ORD already included a free seat selection anytime. My 'value' fare class ticket does not allow a free seat selection on Etihad EY, but it was free during online check in. I was very excited and intrigued to see how Etihad would perform during this pandemic travel era. While Etihad relies heavily on connecting traffic, my journey was up to Abu Dhabi and back. So I was very interested in how my trip this summer with them will be. My routing was from Houston IAH to Abu Dhabi AUH and back, via Chicago ORD both ways. In summer of 2021, I was offered a project and happily said yes. Eye masks, earplugs, and dental kits, for the long haul segments only, were in limited quantity and available on request. During that time, they did serve proper meals with metal cutlery on the JFK - AUH, AUH - JFK segments, however, the flights between AUH and Pakistan, we were handed a snack bag. ![]() Their A380 was immensely comfortable and spacious, even in Economy, which was the most positive aspect of that entire trip. On the JFK-AUH-ISB and KHI-AUH-JFK routes, the experience was decently solid with a large sprinkling of cost cutting. I have previously flown Etihad in 2018, on their A380, A321, and A320. The 787 currently makes up the backbone of their long haul operations, with their A350 expected to be in service soon. ![]() Etihad has indefinitely suspended their A380 operations, removed the A330 from their fleet, and their 777 fleet are expected to retire soon. In 2019, they resorted to selling snack and dessert items separately and removed the starters from their meals, even on long haul flights. ![]() Their crippling financial state of affairs, cost cutting, and downgrade in overall quality have hit the airline hard. However, it has been under quite some fire the past couple years. I am unsure if I will be doing more trip reports like these, but I hope y'all enjoy it nonetheless!Įtihad Airways, back in it its heyday, offered some of the most luxurious products in air travel. Chicago ORD - IAH Houston | American Airlines AA1330 Not availableįor a preface, I am not into regularly authoring long trip reports, but seeing that there was hardly any trip reports on Etihad, I decided to type this one up.Abu Dhabi AUH - ORD Chicago | Etihad Airways EY151 Not available.Chicago ORD - AUH Abu Dhabi | Etihad Airways EY150 You are here.Houston IAH - ORD Chicago | American Airlines AA1333 Not available.
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