jakedamuss

Hi all travelling to Detroit on 15 Feb on united Airlines. Any shock horror experiences or even good ones. I've already booked it because it was fairly cheap i think it was £310. But know i'm having doubts that i might not be a decent flight. Also baggage allowance is it 2X23kgs is allowed per person??
any advice wud be great

joto

I have flown with United once, but not to Detroit. It was ok nothing great, but nothing too bad either. One down side though, they charge for booze in economy.

jakedamuss

how about the baggage allowance is it 2x23kgs per person? also i guess the plane aint a 747 its probably smaller

CHARGE FOR BOOZE :curse:

Jerseygirl

The baggage allowance is normal for an economy fare. Hey for 310 GBP what are you complaining about...would you prefer to pay another hundred or so more and get free booze?

jakedamuss

Its a BRIT thing the booze

The Horticulturalist

Check out seatguru.com, it should tell you what type of aircraft you'll have and the pros and cons. If you're flying from London via Dulles then it'll likely be a 767-300. You'll probably have to pay for headphones, so take your own.

To be honest if you are flying on your own, it should be fine. Remember if you are connecting in the US then you'll need to pick up your bags before you go through customs and replace them on the transit belt on the other side.

Have a great trip!

AdobePinon

Flights serve two purposes. (A) They get you from one place to another, sometimes even according to plan. (b) They give you something to bitch about: either the general crapness, or the extreme expense necessary to avoid general crapness.

Thus, grab your shit, jump on the plane, and go and have fun.

Bob

If timing isn't important at the destination, could always go for a cheapo standby...even less luggage allowance and not great if you've got someone waiting to pick you up etc especially as you might not get the flight.

Might get lucky, my sister said the other day there were only two people in first class on BA and only a handful back in cattle so they got to sit wherever they wanted and my sister slept in first the whole flight...trolly dolly does have the odd benefit it would seem lol

penguinsix

I'm a former United flyer who found their airplanes just too filthy and flight schedules too limited for my needs. I heartily recommend seatguru.com to check out your seat (and to move / reorder if possible). It can really suck if you are seated in a seat, stretch out your legs, only to find a fire extinguisher under the seat in front of you.

United allows you 'Channel 9' on the headset which is 'from the cockpit'. Nice because if you get in a delay on the ground you'll know it before they announce it (and other tidbits). If you are **really** bored bring a good map, protractor, and a stopwatch and see if you can chart the flight based on the speed and heading calls you hear from the pilot and ATC. Like I said-really bored.

Are you direct to DET or going through somewhere? If connecting, you go through immigration at your entry, get your bag, go through customs, and then throw the bag back onto the belt. Can be a tad confusing if you've never done it before.

Juswus

thanks for that tip.

I can't believe how expensive flights are in August to home, so I'm almost tempted to go Aer Lingus. at the risk of hijacking the thread....any experiences? anyone? Bueller?

Kaffy Mintcake

Agree, United is fine, not sexy, but fine. The OP might like the psychadelic light tunnel in DET after a long flight.

Manc

I'll presume you're connecting in Chicago.

you'll have to pick up your bags there, go through immigration and customs, then recheck your bags at the connections desk.

Then you'll need to get the train out of Terminal 5 to the United terminal (can't remember which one it is)

I've done United a few times, better than US Airways, but that's about it IMO

Manc

That's the McNamara terminal

United fly into the other terminal. Berry I think.....

dgsyd1

It's the North Terminal.

The Berry Terminal was the crappy little one that all the international flights into Detroit used to have to got through. I think it's been demolished, or is going to be.
The McNamara Terminal is a big improvement, and the monorail that runs the length of it, comes in bloody handy when trying to keep a bored 4 year old busy for a couple of hours.

cosmicgirl

I fly with United to and from the UK. I always pay for economy plus. It's not that much more but the 5 inches more legroom is worth it.
My husband is 6ft 6in and is always comfy now when we fly. Also when we moved here last year the air steward in economy gave us a bottle of wine from first class to say welcome to the US!

My worst airline award goes to American, crap food, charge for alcohol, no legroom and the worse staff ever!!