Sep 9, 2014, 10:23 pm
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What date are you flying?
jchilders September 24, 2014 DTW RT
1stclassFashion, su9062, kyunbit, redtigeriii September 27, 2014 DTW RT
1stclassFashion September 30, 2014 DTW RT
jchilders October 1, 2014 DTW RT
su9062 October 4, 2014 DTW RT
su9062 October 7, 2014 DTW RT
su9062 October 8, 2014 DTW RT
PDXPremier +1 October 10, 2014 DTW RT
WikiHNL, su9062, kyunbit, LauraBlum, charliew24, Mr_Tudball, kwl747 October 11, 2014 DTW RT
dave1013 + 1 October 12, 2014 SEA-DTW
1stclassFashion October 14, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 15, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 16, 2014 DTW RT
dgreen12, United757 October 18, 2014 DTW RT
dave1013 + 1 October 19, 2014 DTW-SEA
beckoa October 21, 2014 DTW RT
United757 October 23, 2014 DTW RT
redtigeriii October 25, 2014 SEA-DTW
dave1013, the42ndstate+1 October 25, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 26, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 27, 2014 DTW RT, redtigeriii DTW-SEA
United757, redtigeriii. pjleitch October 28, 2014 DTW RT
redtigeriii, pjleitch October 29, 2014 DTW RT
United757 October 30, 2014 DTW RT
SamuelS October 31, 2014 DTW RT,
uaflr Oct. 31 SEA-DTW RT
jchilders September 24, 2014 DTW RT
1stclassFashion, su9062, kyunbit, redtigeriii September 27, 2014 DTW RT
1stclassFashion September 30, 2014 DTW RT
jchilders October 1, 2014 DTW RT
su9062 October 4, 2014 DTW RT
su9062 October 7, 2014 DTW RT
su9062 October 8, 2014 DTW RT
PDXPremier +1 October 10, 2014 DTW RT
WikiHNL, su9062, kyunbit, LauraBlum, charliew24, Mr_Tudball, kwl747 October 11, 2014 DTW RT
dave1013 + 1 October 12, 2014 SEA-DTW
1stclassFashion October 14, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 15, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 16, 2014 DTW RT
dgreen12, United757 October 18, 2014 DTW RT
dave1013 + 1 October 19, 2014 DTW-SEA
beckoa October 21, 2014 DTW RT
United757 October 23, 2014 DTW RT
redtigeriii October 25, 2014 SEA-DTW
dave1013, the42ndstate+1 October 25, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 26, 2014 DTW RT
slopeboy40+1 October 27, 2014 DTW RT, redtigeriii DTW-SEA
United757, redtigeriii. pjleitch October 28, 2014 DTW RT
redtigeriii, pjleitch October 29, 2014 DTW RT
United757 October 30, 2014 DTW RT
SamuelS October 31, 2014 DTW RT,
uaflr Oct. 31 SEA-DTW RT
Did anyone purchase a seat on the new SEA-DTW that actually WANTS to go to DTW?
Sep 7, 2014, 8:39 am
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Override your husband. Where GM is isn't that exciting, but the rest of Detroit has a lot to offer.
Sep 7, 2014, 1:07 pm
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)The ribbon was cut by a 75K who flew out and back the same day. She was in the back on the outbound and in F on the way back. I was across the aisle from her both legs.
North Terminal doesn't look horrendous. It is somewhat spacious. Nice to not have to deal with the hub-like crowds of MacNamara terminal
Sep 7, 2014, 1:33 pm
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I was on the inaugural. It was fine. Motown cover band at the gate, t-shirts for passengers, and an Aretha Franklin lookalike at the gate. On the other end, there was cake, and several speeches. The Wayne County Airport official spoke of the O&D traffic between Detroit and Alaska, and the superior connections this will provide.
The ribbon was cut by a 75K who flew out and back the same day. She was in the back on the outbound and in F on the way back. I was across the aisle from her both legs.
North Terminal doesn't look horrendous. It is somewhat spacious. Nice to not have to deal with the hub-like crowds of MacNamara terminal
The ribbon was cut by a 75K who flew out and back the same day. She was in the back on the outbound and in F on the way back. I was across the aisle from her both legs.
North Terminal doesn't look horrendous. It is somewhat spacious. Nice to not have to deal with the hub-like crowds of MacNamara terminal
For the majority of us who are doing quick turns, how long is the actual layover at DTW (my guess is about 30 min. if they start boarding by 4:50pm)....any good (quick) food options in the North terminal?
Sep 7, 2014, 1:59 pm
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Interesting that Virgin announced DTW to LHR as a new route - Delta flies it, too. One has to wonder if this is a new relationship with DL and VS? Hmmmm.....I know it's controversial but I love BA's F on miles and would really not want to lose them as a partner for the UK and Europe. Yes, even with the fees!
Sep 7, 2014, 3:40 pm
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DL has a 49% stake in VS iirc, so yeah they kind of partner 
Originally Posted by kileysmom
Interesting that Virgin announced DTW to LHR as a new route - Delta flies it, too. One has to wonder if this is a new relationship with DL and VS? Hmmmm.....I know it's controversial but I love BA's F on miles and would really not want to lose them as a partner for the UK and Europe. Yes, even with the fees!
Sep 7, 2014, 3:42 pm
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So was the meal service from DTW-SEA standard trans con service as predicted? Kinda surprised that Alaskaair.com still shows no meal in either cabin even though the route has already started.
For the majority of us who are doing quick turns, how long is the actual layover at DTW (my guess is about 30 min. if they start boarding by 4:50pm)....any good (quick) food options in the North terminal?
Haven't been thru DTW but also interested in food options. Don't think there is any lounge for PP or BR members either.
Originally Posted by PDXPremier
I was on the inaugural. It was fine. Motown cover band at the gate, t-shirts for passengers, and an Aretha Franklin lookalike at the gate. On the other end, there was cake, and several speeches. The Wayne County Airport official spoke of the O&D traffic between Detroit and Alaska, and the superior connections this will provide.
The ribbon was cut by a 75K who flew out and back the same day. She was in the back on the outbound and in F on the way back. I was across the aisle from her both legs.
North Terminal doesn't look horrendous. It is somewhat spacious. Nice to not have to deal with the hub-like crowds of MacNamara terminal
The ribbon was cut by a 75K who flew out and back the same day. She was in the back on the outbound and in F on the way back. I was across the aisle from her both legs.
North Terminal doesn't look horrendous. It is somewhat spacious. Nice to not have to deal with the hub-like crowds of MacNamara terminal
For the majority of us who are doing quick turns, how long is the actual layover at DTW (my guess is about 30 min. if they start boarding by 4:50pm)....any good (quick) food options in the North terminal?
Sep 7, 2014, 5:16 pm
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Interesting that Virgin announced DTW to LHR as a new route - Delta flies it, too. One has to wonder if this is a new relationship with DL and VS? Hmmmm.....I know it's controversial but I love BA's F on miles and would really not want to lose them as a partner for the UK and Europe. Yes, even with the fees!
Sep 7, 2014, 5:20 pm
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Given that it just opened in 2008, I'm not sure why you expected it to look horrendous. Dining/shopping options are definitely more limited than McNamara due to the significantly smaller size (26 gates vs. 121)
Sep 7, 2014, 6:44 pm
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http://www.metroairport.com/Traveler...hTerminal.aspx
Sep 7, 2014, 6:49 pm
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The North Terminal doesn't have the scale of the McNamara Terminal that people may know from DL/NW connections since ~2002 at DTW. It's DTW Lite. With a long concourse (aircraft on just one side), no tram and limited moving sidewalks, end to end North Terminal is a long walk. One might want to focus on options near the AS gate (which is fairly near the center, BTW).
http://www.metroairport.com/Traveler...hTerminal.aspx
http://www.metroairport.com/Traveler...hTerminal.aspx
Sep 7, 2014, 7:12 pm
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Yep, I knew that but was wondering if AS is strengthening the DL partnership by feeding into DTW - just didn't say it clearly, I guess.
Sep 7, 2014, 8:17 pm
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It may have been just because it was a saturday but it was fairly deserted. It is a big long corridor with oversized distances between gates. The gates themselves are too small. Poor design in my opinion, but that might have been the intent.
As someone else mentioned you have to take a bus to get to the main (much nicer) Delta terminal and reclear security, so its not a great option for feeding into the Delta network. I think this is really the place where airlines, not a part of the fortress hub, are left as token competition.
On a bright note. The FAs on my flight in both directions were great. They were either "just always great" or they on a mission of recruiting new Alaska fans. Either way it was pretty refreshing to a relatively new United convert. So strange seeing people seemingly enjoying their jobs and helping people with a smile.
Last edited by Derrico; Sep 7, 2014 at 8:36 pm Reason: Wanted to mention the FAs.
Sep 7, 2014, 8:28 pm
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It was a standard trans con meal.
The layover is around 40 minutes. The north terminal handles a bunch of Spirit flights and it looks sad. There were a few poor food choices. (IMO) There is a TGIF, and a Coney Dog place with employees listlessly leaning on things.
It may have been just because it was a saturday but it was fairly deserted. It is a big long corridor with oversized distances between gates. The gates themselves are too small. Poor design in my opinion, but that might have been the intent.
As someone else mentioned you have to take a bus to get to the main (much nicer) Delta terminal and reclear security, so its not a great option for feeding into the Delta network. I think this is really the place where airlines, not a part of the fortress hub, are left as token competition.
The layover is around 40 minutes. The north terminal handles a bunch of Spirit flights and it looks sad. There were a few poor food choices. (IMO) There is a TGIF, and a Coney Dog place with employees listlessly leaning on things.
It may have been just because it was a saturday but it was fairly deserted. It is a big long corridor with oversized distances between gates. The gates themselves are too small. Poor design in my opinion, but that might have been the intent.
As someone else mentioned you have to take a bus to get to the main (much nicer) Delta terminal and reclear security, so its not a great option for feeding into the Delta network. I think this is really the place where airlines, not a part of the fortress hub, are left as token competition.