Chicago has two major airports: O'Hare International Airport and Midway Airport. O'Hare is 17 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Its major carriers are United and American. Midway is 10 miles southwest of downtown, and its largest carriers are Southwest and AirTran.
Taxis from the airport to downtown can be relatively expensive, typically $30-40 or more. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) trains are often faster, particularly during rush hour. Using CTA, the trip from O'Hare to the Hilton is about an hour and fifteen minutes. From Midway, it's about 50 minutes.
Hilton Chicago has directions on their site about getting to the hotel using CTA from either airport. Use TransitChicago.com to plan other trips.
Purchase your ticket online at www.united.com and receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares.
After you link to www.united.com, enter your origin, destination and travel dates. Click on "More Search Options" and enter the promotion code number, 585FT. This will display the available flights. There are no fees for booking on line at www.united.com when you use the special promotion code. These fares are upgradeable and you will accrue Mileage Plus miles if you are enrolled in the program, just like ordinary fares. Code is case sensitive so please use capital letters.
Additional discounts may be available, 30 days prior to travel by calling the United Meetings Desk at 800-521-4041. Give them the "585FT" code to reference the discounted contract.
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60605
312-922-4400
A block of rooms has been reserved for this conference at discounted rates. Call 877-424-4001 and identify yourself as an attendee of the Red Hat Summit or JBoss World to get these special rates or book your hotel room during registration. Standard rooms begin at $209; Tower rooms begin at $269. Booking deadline is August 10, 2009.
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