DTW - ATH where to connect?
Aug 9, 2018, 7:54 am
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DTW - ATH where to connect?
I'm planning a trip to Greece from DTW and was looking for advice on where in Europe to make my connection, AMS or CDG? Time wise they're about the same so just looking for which one is the easiest to connect through, plan on flying Comfort Plus or Premium Select.
Aug 9, 2018, 8:04 am
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Just one of numerous threads on this topic:
Go through CDG or AMS?
Go through CDG or AMS?
Aug 9, 2018, 9:57 am
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Although I wouldn't do it, OP could also route DTW-JFK-ATH. My only experience on the route was horrible - flight was packed with families, screamng children, etc. (Think of it as a very long MCO flight) I thought that I was just unlucky, but a DL FA friend based at JFK does JFK-ATH-JFK frequently and confirms that this is normal for the route.
Aug 9, 2018, 10:03 am
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A bit off topic, but there are regular sales of J to ATH from DC. I've done the trip for $2200 r/t in J. The real benefit for me was booking on the partner and getting an increased number or RDM and MQD compared to a similar flight on DL.
Aug 9, 2018, 10:11 am
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Although I wouldn't do it, OP could also route DTW-JFK-ATH. My only experience on the route was horrible - flight was packed with families, screamng children, etc. (Think of it as a very long MCO flight) I thought that I was just unlucky, but a DL FA friend based at JFK does JFK-ATH-JFK frequently and confirms that this is normal for the route.
For the return I'd go over AMS
Aug 9, 2018, 10:36 am
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I’d agree with this. Where a connection is required, I’d prefer the longest leg to be the last one so you’re not dealing with a connection after a long flight. This, of course, wasn’t possible when I lived near an outstation (where the first/last legs were always to/from ATL), but now that I fly out of DTW, it is.
Aug 9, 2018, 10:37 am
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The flights to AMS and CDG leave at 8:30pm and 9:00pm respectively, I'd rather get on the plane after filling up on turkey and stuffing at Zingerman's and not worry about connecting until morning. My plan coming back is to do a day and a half layover in Rome and then FCO-DTW, I'm doing this trip in May.
Aug 9, 2018, 2:04 pm
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Although I wouldn't do it, OP could also route DTW-JFK-ATH. My only experience on the route was horrible - flight was packed with families, screamng children, etc. (Think of it as a very long MCO flight) I thought that I was just unlucky, but a DL FA friend based at JFK does JFK-ATH-JFK frequently and confirms that this is normal for the route.
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Aug 9, 2018, 2:10 pm
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Aug 9, 2018, 2:16 pm
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Yeah with a connection obviously. Just throwing out out as an ootiop, single longer flight vs a medium long and a medium short one (and the shorter one within Europe would be a narrow body, if traveling J EK would arguably be better, but no miles on any US airlines (except B6)