After a slight flight delay due to bad weather in Chicago, I finally got to the Windy city at around 5pm. I have found the most stress free way of entering the United States. I know Canada has customs pre clearance with the States but it was certainly painless in Montreal due to the relatively small number of passengers. There were quite a few flights to the States from Montreal but they were all on smaller jets, less than 100 passengers each. My flight ended up being on a 50 seat CRJ120/200 which was quite smooth although the plane was rocking just before hitting the tarmac in Chicago. Once disembarking, I had my checked baggage within 5 minutes and was on the subway to downtown within 10 minutes. Now that is efficient and so after a
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