GateConnections

AA 4504 then UA 551 at O'Hare

South Bend → Chicago → Des Moines

Timetable, Chicago time

18:35AA 4504 from South Bend at the gate

16:05UA 551 to Des Moines leaves the gate

21 h 30 apart on the timetable, overnight

UA 551 leaves 21 h 30 after AA 4504 arrives on the timetable: more than half a day, so not a connection we count.