Chicago Airport

[Mark-DuCo]

I have to fly out to Montana for my Brother's wedding in October, this will be only my second time flying and my first time with my 11 year old son. The cheapest flight from Indy has a 3 hour layover in Chicago both ways. I was just wondering how O'hare is. The other option is going through Dallas and that is roughly $450 more.

 

[boogieman]

If you are just flying in and out it isn't bad. With the layover you will have plenty of time to find your next gate. I would suggest fining that next gate then maybe finding somewhere to sit and get something to eat or whatnot. It's fine if you aren't driving and starting there.
FYI Dallas is just as bad if not worse.

 

[snorko]

Have you looked at flying out of Louisville

 

[firecadet613]

If you're flying into Bozeman, we did Southwest via Denver, from Indianapolis.

 

[63PGP]

Denver is always my pick for a stop/layover. Unless its ski season the crowd is significantly less than most other large airports.

 

[xwing]

I sometimes fly out of Ohare, despite it being almost 5 hours drive each way. With driving to Indy, checking luggage & waiting on another plane, flight time and the time for layover, it's probably about the same amount of time door-to-door. And if I fly out of Ohare, I can go direct to my destination, which is a lot less risky than risking the often-cancelled commuter flights from Indy.

As an added bonus, you can carry in your car with an Indiana license, so I can carry until the Ohare parking lot, when I have to unload and lock it for transport in my checked baggage (same as I would for travel from Indy.)

 

[loudgroove]

Lol, I can count on one finger the times that my arrival gate and departure gate wasn't on opposite sides of the airport. And I have had many trips thru that airport. Mainly when I was touring. I booked a flight from Nashville to Baltimore once and purposely booked a layover in Huston. Then a day before I was going to leave they canceled my flight and rescheduled me to layover at Ohare. I called that airline to complain and told them that if I had to run to the other side of the airport to get to my next flight, I would never use their airline again. That was the only time it wasn't. But that has been my luck with this airport. Everyone I haven't traveled with hasn't had much trouble there.

 

[Mark-DuCo]

If you're flying into Bozeman, we did Southwest via Denver, from Indianapolis.

We are flying into Kalispell. My brother is getting married in Glacier National Park. Our cabin is 15 minutes from the Kalispell airport.

 

[Mark-DuCo]

Denver is always my pick for a stop/layover. Unless its ski season the crowd is significantly less than most other large airports.

The only flights through Denver only had a 40 minute layover, I didn't want to risk missing my flight due to weather in October.

 

[Mark-DuCo]

Ended up flying out of Louisville with a 3 hour layover in Dallas on the way out and a 3 hour layover in Chicago on the way back. 2 round trip tickets for just over $900.