SJC30L From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 59 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1570 times:
Hi folks. I just joined anet today and this is my first thread. My wife and I are flying SFO-DTW (NW 342) followed by DTW-CDG (NW 50). I've flown many many miles on UA, LH, and AA, but this will be my first trip on Northwest in more than a decade. I'm looking forward to seeing how there international service stacks up compared to the other carriers. I'm also looking forward to checking out the A333.
I'm a little nervous about the less than 1 hour connection at DTW given the recent weather conditions in the East. How is the Northwest terminal at DTW for making domestic to international connections?
Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1564 times:
Piece of cake all in the same terminal, easy to wak or take the tram, and all inside of security so no worries.
SJC30L From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 59 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1562 times:
Quoting Luv2fly (Reply 1): Piece of cake all in the same terminal, easy to wak or take the tram, and all inside of security so no worries.
Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1554 times:
Quoting SJC30L (Reply 2): Thanks! Now if the weather just cooperates!
Af773atmsp From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2573 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 1455 times:
I have only been on one wide body aircraft, the DC-10. And I've never been on a international flight, but I know the A330 is a very safe aircraft.
SJC30L From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 59 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1368 times:
I have no fear at all of the A330....I'm very much looking forward to checking it out. I have a much greater fear of the long domestic segment on NW from SFO-DTW. Somehow I feel like the SFO-DTW segment on the 757 will be more tiring than the DTW-CDG segment on the 330.
TrijetsRMissed From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2097 posts, RR: 6 Reply 6, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1338 times:
Quoting Af773atmsp (Reply 7): I have only been on one wide body aircraft, the DC-10. And I've never been on a international flight, but I know the A330 is a very safe aircraft.
I will be taking a NW A332 from AMS-MEM in May. Nothing to worry about, safe aircraft. The cabins are nice with the PTV's but the take-off does not compare to that of a DC-10. Then again, DC-10/MD-11 rocket take-offs are in a league of their own.
If your flight arrives on time you should have enough time to connect.
IPFreely From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 223 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1328 times:
If you've flown many many miles on UA/LH and made connections at ORD, you'll love DTW (especially if you connect between express and mainline service).
No promises about the weather, but NW and DTW can handle winter weather a lot better than UA and ORD.
PSU.DTW.SCE From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 6867 posts, RR: 29 Reply 8, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1118 times:
With the brand new A330's on the Trans-Atlantic fleet, NW offers a product very much on par, if not slightly better than AA/UA's Trans-Atlantic service.
Not sure if you are in coach or World Business Class (WBC). I mostly flown in WBC across the pond on NWA but I can comment on coach too.
Assuming you are in coach, since you didn't say otherwise.
SFO-DTW on a 752, will be nothing special. No meal service in coach other than buy-on-board. It is your standard NWA domestic flight
DTW-CDG is an A330-300, that has PTV's in every seat. You will get a dinner service in coach and drinks are free across the Atlantic. It is a very nice ride on a very new plane. Much better than AA's 767's service, very much comparable to their 777 service.
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