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Old Sep 9, 2014, 10:23 pm
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jchilders September 24, 2014 DTW RT

1stclassFashion, su9062, kyunbit, redtigeriii September 27, 2014 DTW RT

1stclassFashion September 30, 2014 DTW RT

jchilders October 1, 2014 DTW RT

su9062 October 4, 2014 DTW RT

su9062 October 7, 2014 DTW RT

su9062 October 8, 2014 DTW RT

PDXPremier +1 October 10, 2014 DTW RT

WikiHNL, su9062, kyunbit, LauraBlum, charliew24, Mr_Tudball, kwl747 October 11, 2014 DTW RT

dave1013 + 1 October 12, 2014 SEA-DTW

1stclassFashion October 14, 2014 DTW RT

slopeboy40+1 October 15, 2014 DTW RT

slopeboy40+1 October 16, 2014 DTW RT

dgreen12, United757 October 18, 2014 DTW RT

dave1013 + 1 October 19, 2014 DTW-SEA

beckoa October 21, 2014 DTW RT

United757 October 23, 2014 DTW RT

redtigeriii October 25, 2014 SEA-DTW

dave1013, the42ndstate+1 October 25, 2014 DTW RT

slopeboy40+1 October 26, 2014 DTW RT

slopeboy40+1 October 27, 2014 DTW RT, redtigeriii DTW-SEA

United757, redtigeriii. pjleitch October 28, 2014 DTW RT

redtigeriii, pjleitch October 29, 2014 DTW RT

United757 October 30, 2014 DTW RT

SamuelS October 31, 2014 DTW RT,

uaflr Oct. 31 SEA-DTW RT
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Old Sep 6, 2014, 4:29 pm
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Did anyone purchase a seat on the new SEA-DTW that actually WANTS to go to DTW?
With the DEQM promotion in full swing now, I'm seeing a lot of folks on the MR deals thread and this one who are talking about booking same-day turns to DTW and back (even 2 or 3 times during the next two months). As it seems to be one of the best DEQM promotions in terms of total miles, my wife and I decided to do a same-day turn as well next month....while we normally turn our "mileage runs" into mini-vacations by at least staying one night, this is probably the only city in the Alaska route network that we really don't care to explore any further than we already have in the past (no offense DTW folks ).

This made me wonder, are most of you FTers just going and coming back the same-day and who wins the award for most SEA-DTW turns during the next few months?? Is there anyone who actually is staying in DTW or who actually WANTS to go there? When it's my turn for the DTW run, I fully expect to see a fair number of flyers getting right back on plane they just arrived on from SEA.
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Old Sep 6, 2014, 6:29 pm
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I *want* to visit DTW, and have family in the area, but won't have time as I'm taking advantage of a stop in SEA on a different journey. I've tried several angles but the cost keeps increasing. Think I'll use this next summer though with a lot of friends!
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Old Sep 6, 2014, 6:33 pm
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I will use it as a through way option to MKE or CWA or MSN just like I do with ORD

If the DL partnership dries up then I wont have a use for DTW
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Old Sep 6, 2014, 6:45 pm
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had a few extra bucks and I was going to fly the innaugural both ways on my own dime even though my previous plans to do it for business never fruitioned but.....I had to buy a new water heater that started to leak like a siv....new water heater and no water damage OR innaugural flights to DTW and water damages for a year.....hard decision(err not really) took me about 15 seconds to arrange the priorities
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I will use it as a through way option to MKE or CWA or MSN just like I do with ORD

If the DL partnership dries up then I wont have a use for DTW
Does the AS flight use one of the gates in the DL terminal or are we talking a major hike from the AS gate?
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If it was hockey season, and the Canucks were playing Detroit, I would stay... but as it is, I don't mind that I'm only in the airport for 1 hour.
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Does the AS flight use one of the gates in the DL terminal or are we talking a major hike from the AS gate?
Alaska's gate is in the North Terminal, which means taking a shuttle and reclearing security to connect to any DL or Skyteam flights.
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Old Sep 6, 2014, 7:53 pm
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Originally Posted by stellertony
Alaska's gate is in the North Terminal, which means taking a shuttle and reclearing security to connect to any DL or Skyteam flights.
I figured it was like that...not exactly set up well for connections
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Originally Posted by ANC
had a few extra bucks and I was going to fly the innaugural both ways on my own dime even though my previous plans to do it for business never fruitioned but.....I had to buy a new water heater that started to leak like a siv....new water heater and no water damage OR innaugural flights to DTW and water damages for a year.....hard decision(err not really) took me about 15 seconds to arrange the priorities
How was the inaugural? (well I would of been using the 'bucket system' for a few months )
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When DTW was first announced, I thought it would be a great way to fly through Detroit connecting to Delta flights to places like Cleveland or the east coast.

It doesn't seem to be working that way.
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Originally Posted by dgreen12
When DTW was first announced, I thought it would be a great way to fly through Detroit connecting to Delta flights to places like Cleveland or the east coast.

It doesn't seem to be working that way.
Nope...you're right....it definitely seems that DTW is more of a O/D city rather than a hub connection.
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How was the inaugural? (well I would of been using the 'bucket system' for a few months )
He wasn't able to go....unless you're talking about the inauguration of his new water heater
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4 round trips, total time in Detroit = 4 hours
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4 round trips, total time in Detroit = 4 hours
Congrats...you're in the lead for 1st Can anyone beat 4 round-trips??? I hope those aren't 4 days in a row!
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The in-flight magazine makes it sound like a really great place to visit.

I said to my husband "we should go there".

He's been many times, years ago, when the company he worked for did business with GM.

He said, "Uh, NO".
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