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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 8:50 pm
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Originally Posted by hadrienhadrien
Hi,

I am looking into flying from AMS to DTW with Delta in September. This is the earliest flight I can catch from Europe on this day and I arrive at 10:45 AM.
I am wondering if I can connect to a flight to TVC at 12:02 PM. Then I would drive, my final destination is to be in mackinaw city by 4PM.

Do you think 77 minutes connection time at DTW delta international to delta domestic is enough in my case ?

Thank you
There's a 12:13PM flight to MBS that would be a legal connection that arrives at 1:04PM. But it's about a 2h 40m drive from MBS to Mackinaw City, so you'd be pushing it to make it there by 4:00PM. You'd be better off just driving all the way from DTW when you arrive at 10:45AM as it's about a 4h 30m drive from there.

There's a 12:02PM flight to PLN (except Saturday's) which is the closest airport to Mackinaw City. A 77 minute connection probably wouldn't be a big deal if you don't have any checked luggage, but system will not let you book on a single itin due to the 80 minute MCT.

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