Flight cancellations
#1
Original Poster
FlyerTalk Evangelist




Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: KARB
Programs: DL 2MM
Posts: 26,980
Flight cancellations
Anyone else seeing flight cancellations a week or so out? I'm heading to DFW next Monday and was on flight 540 FNT-DTW and flight 705 DTW-DFW arriving in DFW at 11:22AM. I received email today that flight 540 had been cancelled for next Monday and I was rebooked on afternoon flights out of FNT and DTW and not arriving in DFW until 9:00PM. I checked the schedule and it looks like the Sunday evening DTW-FNT flight (which overnights and returns as flight 540) was cancelled as well. Note these are one-time cancellations for these flights and not permanent schedule changes. I know NW and DL were cancelling flights with low bookings recently, but had thought this practice had ended.
The 9:00PM arrival was unacceptable as I have a meeting at 1:00 PM in Dallas. I was able to get Northwest to route me FNT-MSP-DFW, but the MSP-DFW segment is completely full, so I was unable to get a seat assignment.
The 9:00PM arrival was unacceptable as I have a meeting at 1:00 PM in Dallas. I was able to get Northwest to route me FNT-MSP-DFW, but the MSP-DFW segment is completely full, so I was unable to get a seat assignment.
#2
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DTW/FNT
Programs: Delta (nee NW), Hilton Diamond. IHG (PT)
Posts: 4,823
Originally Posted by LBJ
Anyone else seeing flight cancellations a week or so out? I'm heading to DFW next Monday and was on flight 540 FNT-DTW and flight 705 DTW-DFW arriving in DFW at 11:22AM. I received email today that flight 540 had been cancelled for next Monday and I was rebooked on afternoon flights out of FNT and DTW and not arriving in DFW until 9:00PM. I checked the schedule and it looks like the Sunday evening DTW-FNT flight (which overnights and returns as flight 540) was cancelled as well. Note these are one-time cancellations for these flights and not permanent schedule changes. I know NW and DL were cancelling flights with low bookings recently, but had thought this practice had ended.
The 9:00PM arrival was unacceptable as I have a meeting at 1:00 PM in Dallas. I was able to get Northwest to route me FNT-MSP-DFW, but the MSP-DFW segment is completely full, so I was unable to get a seat assignment.
The 9:00PM arrival was unacceptable as I have a meeting at 1:00 PM in Dallas. I was able to get Northwest to route me FNT-MSP-DFW, but the MSP-DFW segment is completely full, so I was unable to get a seat assignment.
Watch out for the construction at US23 and I94....
Bob H
Last edited by BobH; Mar 14, 2006 at 9:04 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: DTW
Programs: NW Platinum Elite, *Wood Platinum, HHonors Diamond, Hertz PC, National Exec Elite
Posts: 1,644
23 > 96 > 275 > south airport exit 

Originally Posted by BobH
I'd think about biting the bullet on this one and just flying out of DTW.
Watch out for the construction at US23 and I94....
Bob H
Watch out for the construction at US23 and I94....
Bob H
#4
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: DTW
Programs: DL 0.22 MM, AA 0.34 MM, PC Plat Amb, Hertz #1 GC 5*
Posts: 7,511
Originally Posted by kcnwa
23 > 96 > 275 > south airport exit 


Steve B.
#5
Original Poster
FlyerTalk Evangelist




Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: KARB
Programs: DL 2MM
Posts: 26,980
Originally Posted by kcnwa
23 > 96 > 275 > south airport exit 

I had thought seriously about switching to a direct from DTW, but I really need all the extra EQM's I can get (my wife thinks the idea of mileage run's is hideous and she just barely tolerates me flying out of FNT and TOL).
Last edited by xliioper; Mar 14, 2006 at 9:23 am

