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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 7:48 pm
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optimist1125
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Not always great at mid-day from B/C to A
Originally Posted by fs2k2isfun
I just booked a 34 minute connection at DTW. I'll be coming in from CLE and connecting to MKE. Is this reasonable or should I book the later MKE flight?
Thanks.
I live in CLE and connect in DTW frequently. Many times, espcially at midday, the plane has sat for up to 20 minutes waiting for a the people who martial the plane into the gate. Then, you wait for bags on the jetway.

Given an originally tight booking connection [typical for domestic hops in DTW], a sprint through the tunnel if you're outbound on the A concourse, and the extra 20 minutes that the plane sat, it is VERY possible to miss connections. I've had that happen, and seen it happen to fellow PAX.
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