I will do the same in the future. No connections without 3 or 4 hours between.
I’m still convinced this is an Expedia foulup, because in this case everything was fine with the flights. The problem was an issue with O’Hare that there’s simply no way Expedia couldn’t know about. They have a responsibility to their clients to factor these things into their itineraries.
RE: United and Lemonade--Stranded in Chicago