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I found out how to store our carry on baggage (6 of us) during my layover in Washington D.C. (Best Lockers near gate A).
I am having no such luck finding storage facilities in Chicago. If we are on time, we have about 6 hours.
Anyone out there know about lockers in Chicago?
Thanks!
dilly Member # 1427
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You'll find luggage lockers inside the baggage claim room, plus more in the corridor right outside it.
If you're traveling first class, you can also leave your stuff inside the Metropolitan Lounge. However, it will be somewhat "accessible" (i.e. not safely locked away). Since the lounge is open to anyone who feels like wandering in -- and out again -- I always opt for the lockers.
[This message has been edited by dilly (edited 05-28-2003).]
irish1 Member # 222
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they have some lockers not many. they have a room off of the baggage pickup area that you can store things for a small fee. if you are a sleeping car passenger you can store them in the met lounge.
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rmiller Member # 341
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Luggage for first class passengers is stored in a locked room next to the water fountains just south of the metropolitan lounge. As others have said, lockers are available near the baggage claim area and in the south Amtrak waiting area.
rick
dilly Member # 1427
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Have they really begun locking up baggage in the Metropolitan Lounge? If so, it's about time.
When I last passed through, the staff was completely indifferent to the fact that passengers' "left luggage" was within relatively easy reach of anyone who took a fancy to it.
royaltrain Member # 622
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When I last passed through Chicago (about five months ago)they were locking up the luggage and giving the first-class passenger a baggage check. This is not in the Metropolitan lounge but in a room just down the hall. In times past I would never trust them to look after my bags because they were not in a secure location, but now I can avoid those expensive lockers.
Geoff Mayo Member # 153
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Most people are challenged when they enter the Met lounge. The "room down the hall" was, I was led to believe, an overflow for when the main luggage area in the Met lounge itself gets full. However, neither is perfectly safe - but then neither is a locker. Just take your most valuable possessions with you.
Geoff M.
rmiller Member # 341
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Good grief, what are you people carrying, gold bullion?
The luggage is not locked up in the Metro lounge, it is stored in a different room by the water fountains which is either attended or locked up.
rick
Geoff Mayo Member # 153
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So that little room to the right of the check-in desk is no longer used for luggage then? Most recent time I was in the Met lounge was in October last year and it was used then.
Geoff M.
Mike Smith Member # 447
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Yes that little room is still being used.
My wife and I stored our luggage there on May 2 and May 4 of this year.
We have stored our luggage there almost every May with no problems at all, even with a laptop, camera, video camera, and "stuff".
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