Originally Posted by KL803

^Hi,

I need your opinion on a tight connection in DTW: I'll arrive on AF374/DL8572 (which has a bad punctually record) and would like to connect to NW71 to MNL. I admit, it's a crazy way to fly from Europe to MNL, but it's kinda milage-run... and the itinerary below would be actually cheaper (on two separate tickets) than a RTW. The other problem is: I'll have checked luggage and I'm not sure if DL/AF can check it through with a connection on NW.

FYI, this would be my complete itinerary:
Ticket 1: DL8450 ZRH (7.20 am)-CDG 2/23/07 (9.00 am)
Ticket 1: DL8572 CDG (10.20 am)-DTW 2/23/07 (1.10 pm)
Ticket 2: NW71 DTW (2.40 pm)-MNL 2/23/07 (*10.50 pm)
Ticket 2: NW72 MNL (6.50 am)-DTW 3/12/07 (12.05 pm)
Ticket 2: NW999 DTW (1.37 pm)-MIA 3/12/07 (4.39 pm)
Ticket 1: DL710 MIA (2.08 pm)-ATL 3/19/07 (4.14 pm)
Ticket 1: DL66 ATL (5.00 pm)-ZRH 3/19/07 (*7.10 am)

Lot's of questions, thanks already for your advice! ^
Michael