DTW Transit time question
Nov 15, 2009 | 11:51 am
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DTW Transit time question
Hi all,
I have a couple of questions about transiting via DTW - my wife is flying to DTW from Monterrey, Mexico on a Delta airlines flight that lands at 6:15 pm on a Friday. She is currently booked on a United domestic flight that departs at 7:20 pm.
Is this doable, given the distance between the two terminals, or should we rebook her on a later flight? Any idea how frequent the shuttle is between the two terminals, or should she take a cab? She is traveling in F on Delta so will be one of the first pax to deplane.
Also, any ideas on whether she will have to go through immigration (she is not a US citizen) in DTW on landing from Mexico?
Thanks very much for the help!
I have a couple of questions about transiting via DTW - my wife is flying to DTW from Monterrey, Mexico on a Delta airlines flight that lands at 6:15 pm on a Friday. She is currently booked on a United domestic flight that departs at 7:20 pm.
Is this doable, given the distance between the two terminals, or should we rebook her on a later flight? Any idea how frequent the shuttle is between the two terminals, or should she take a cab? She is traveling in F on Delta so will be one of the first pax to deplane.
Also, any ideas on whether she will have to go through immigration (she is not a US citizen) in DTW on landing from Mexico?
Thanks very much for the help!
Nov 16, 2009 | 2:02 pm
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Without any research, I can only say I would be pessimistic about doing a int'l to dom connection with that short time period even if it was in the same terminal. Add to the fact busy travel day/ busy time of day and even if your wife is in 1st there may be a loads of other passenger from other int'l flights waiting to go thru customs/immiagration.Hopefully there are flights later into ORD on UA but hub to non-hub would favor DL over UA having later flights. She could standby for that flight but I'd book a later flight if it was me.
Nov 16, 2009 | 4:10 pm
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Without any research, I can only say I would be pessimistic about doing a int'l to dom connection with that short time period even if it was in the same terminal. Add to the fact busy travel day/ busy time of day and even if your wife is in 1st there may be a loads of other passenger from other int'l flights waiting to go thru customs/immiagration.Hopefully there are flights later into ORD on UA but hub to non-hub would favor DL over UA having later flights. She could standby for that flight but I'd book a later flight if it was me.
I would allow at least 90 minutes to do this ... starting from the time she clears customs.
Not a good idea.
Bob h