Why are there no monitors at all the DL gates at DTW?
Mar 26, 2015, 4:05 pm
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Why are there no monitors at all the DL gates at DTW?
Even though I fly extensively, it has been almost 20 years since I flew in and out of DTW. My initial observations were extremely positive. Great layout DL has there.
The question I have, (unless I missed them), is why are their no monitors at all the DL gates to let you know your flight/upgrade status? I was kind of surprised when I did not see any.
I was flying out of gate A31, and did not see one there. Did I just miss seeing it? Maybe the eyes aren't what they used to be.
The question I have, (unless I missed them), is why are their no monitors at all the DL gates to let you know your flight/upgrade status? I was kind of surprised when I did not see any.
I was flying out of gate A31, and did not see one there. Did I just miss seeing it? Maybe the eyes aren't what they used to be.
Last edited by RSSrsvp; Mar 30, 2015 at 7:43 am Reason: I clarified the title
Mar 26, 2015, 4:29 pm
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The question I have, (unless I missed them), is why are their no monitors at all the DL gates to let you know your flight/upgrade status? I was kind of surprised when I did not see any.
I was flying out of gate A31, and did not see one there. Did I just miss seeing it? Maybe the eyes aren't what they used to be.
I was flying out of gate A31, and did not see one there. Did I just miss seeing it? Maybe the eyes aren't what they used to be.
Mar 26, 2015, 6:01 pm
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There are some gates at DTW where the GIDS is on a pillar and actually faces the gate desk, so you might have missed it. The other possibility, sometimes the GIDS screens are on CNN when there is no flight active and then they are never switched over. This is also possible, despite the fact that I'm sure all the nervous flyers of the world had no interest in watching CNN's coverage today.
Mar 26, 2015, 6:20 pm
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OK...yes, I did see CNN. That explains it. I was there on Tuesday (before the sad news happened). You are correct, CNN was on monitors all over the place, and they must have forgot to switch it off at A31 during flight time. Thanks.
Mar 27, 2015, 3:15 am
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Even though I fly extensively, it has been almost 20 years since I flew in and out of DTW. My initial observations were extremely positive. Great layout DL has there.
The question I have, (unless I missed them), is why are their no monitors at all the DL gates to let you know your flight/upgrade status? I was kind of surprised when I did not see any.
I was flying out of gate A31, and did not see one there. Did I just miss seeing it? Maybe the eyes aren't what they used to be.
The question I have, (unless I missed them), is why are their no monitors at all the DL gates to let you know your flight/upgrade status? I was kind of surprised when I did not see any.
I was flying out of gate A31, and did not see one there. Did I just miss seeing it? Maybe the eyes aren't what they used to be.
Mar 27, 2015, 5:24 am
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There are a number of US markets that get DTW service, but not ATL. Granted, they are all pretty small markets and a few also have service to NYC or MSP in addition to DTW. Off the top of my head -- YOW, BGR, SWF, ABE, MDT, BGM, ELM, ITH, ERI, UNV, APN, PLN, TVC, CIU, SAW, ESC, LAN, AZO, CWA, RST (ending soon). Probably another half dozen plus markets have been dropped since the merger. So, yeah, not too hard to avoid DTW if you are ATL based.
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Mar 27, 2015, 7:54 am
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The last time I changed planes flying out of ATL was actually last summer. Had to go to Redmond, Oregon, and changed in SLC. I can't remember the last time I had to change planes before that.
For whatever reason, Detroit has not been a city I have had to go to for, (like I said), 20+ years. But this past week, I was there, and was very impressed with the DL terminal. I know it was built under the NW banner, but whoever actually designed it did a very good job.
Mar 27, 2015, 8:30 am
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And for me the SkyClubs at the ends of A and in B/C are among the better in the system for comfort at least. The center club is usually too crowded for my taste,
Just wish there was better food there, although I guess there have been some recent changes.
And if you were last there 20 years ago, certainly an improvement over the old NW terminal, all of which, I think is demolished now.
Mar 27, 2015, 10:29 am
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Transfer time?
We have been given a transfer time of 1 hour 20 minutes in DTW. Arriving from AMS (so have to go through immigration), then flying DTW-RSW. It seems a very tight schedule to me. We have no experience of DTW and any advice on a speedy transit would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
Thanks for your time.
Mar 27, 2015, 11:14 am
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We have been given a transfer time of 1 hour 20 minutes in DTW. Arriving from AMS (so have to go through immigration), then flying DTW-RSW. It seems a very tight schedule to me. We have no experience of DTW and any advice on a speedy transit would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
Thanks for your time.
Mar 27, 2015, 12:21 pm
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We have been given a transfer time of 1 hour 20 minutes in DTW. Arriving from AMS (so have to go through immigration), then flying DTW-RSW. It seems a very tight schedule to me. We have no experience of DTW and any advice on a speedy transit would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
Thanks for your time.
Mar 27, 2015, 6:40 pm
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There's probably a "DTW Transit" thread around here somewhere, but if you're connecting to the last flight of the day I'd worry. (I've had some pretty slow international arrivals through DTW prior to Global Entry.) If you're not, then worst case you end up on the next available flight.