Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
My wife is flying out of DTW tomorrow to YUL on Delta. Direct flight, no checked bags. Delta's website recommends arriving 3 hours prior to flight, which seems awfully excessive for a flight that's only 1:50 in duration. (I contacted Delta on Twitter; they simply repeated the boilerplate from the website.) The aircraft is a CRJ-700. What time would you recommend arriving?
It's a question of your risk tolerance. With online check in and TSA Pre I would personally be fine with 60-75 minutes, but I hate waiting at airports. DTW security with Precheck is usually very fast.