GateConnections

AA 4504 then UA 2769 at O'Hare

South Bend → Chicago → Denver

Timetable, Chicago time

18:35AA 4504 from South Bend at the gate

15:56UA 2769 to Denver leaves the gate

21 h 21 apart on the timetable, overnight

UA 2769 leaves 21 h 21 after AA 4504 arrives on the timetable: more than half a day, so not a connection we count.