FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Minimum Connection Transfer Time at Detroit (DTW): The Definitive Thread

Oct 19, 2013 | 8:13 pm

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Originally Posted by Often1

DL requires that OP be at the xDTW gate no later than T-45, so 40 mins. is 5 minutes too little time even if OP's inbound is on-time and he magically teleports from his inbound seat to his departure gates.

In particular, at T-45, his seat is subject to cancellation and, if the flight is in danger of an oversell, DL can offload OP and give his seat to a SB pax.

This is not a legal connection, leading me to believe that OP is either on two tickets or that there has been a schedule change since he booked. If the former, he needs to change the first segment (and it there's a fee, eat it). If the latter, DL will rebook without fee.

According to the Wiki for the DTW connections thread, the MCT domestic to international is exactly 40 minutes, which in fact does make this a legal connection. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ve-thread.html

So it is not necessarily two tickets here and if so it would be a legal connection, although not a wise one.

ETA: This post was made just before the original thread was in fact moved to the DTW MCT thread.

Last edited by us2; Oct 19, 2013 at 8:19 pm

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