Netflix kept Carina Liebetau company as she arrived four hours before flying to Germany.
A Long Grove family of six had six bags of luggage but also a plan in place.
“This is probably the smoothest travel we had in a while”, one woman said.
With Chicago’s first winter snow fall overnight, most flights at O’Hare departed and arrived on time.
The Gabry family returned from Phoenix and waited more than 45 minutes for their ride home because of backed up traffic on the I-290 expressway.