Northwest or Continental--Newark/Detroit
 

I'll be flying RT Newark/Detroit in early July. Both airlines have the same prices and similar schedules. Does anyone have strong recommendations pro or con either Continental or Northwest for a weekday domestic flight (reliability, likelihood of cancelled flights, etc.)? <BR>I'm planning to make my reservation today, but though I'd check here just in case someone sees this Q, has an opinion and replies fast. Thanks.

I have flown RT from Detroit to Newark about 20 times in the past two years, and I always fly Northwest...I have yet to run into any problems. I have never been delayed, cancelled, or re-routed...so far I have been lucky.<BR>Good luck!

We flew DTW-EWR last week on NWA. Plane was 2 hr late because of "storms in NYC area". I believe that some flights are code-shared between NWA and CO.

Dave <BR>Was that last Thursday or Friday??<BR>We had some rockin and rollin weather here!!!<BR>Hurricane force winds, tornadoes and lighting that was spectacular! We got an average of 3 inches of rain and my friends in Orange county received 6" of rain and hail.

I have had bad experiences with Northwest Flight attendents also have heard similar complaints on this forum and from friends. I would always select Continental over Northwest. Newark being the hub airport and probably the more heavily trafficed of you flight schedule I would go with them.

Continental and Northwest codeshare on a lot of flights. If you see a flight with a particularly "high" flight # (5000 or above), chances are another airline actually operates the flight. So you can buy a Continental ticket just to avoid Northwest, only to end up on a NW aircraft!

Thanks. I decided to go with NW mainly because, if the flight I chose is cancelled, the next flight that I might get would be sooner on NW, and in general there seem to be more NW flights to Detroit. I have flyer miles on Continental, but I understand that NW is a partner airline. Also the friend whom I'm visiting is more familiar with NW, because she usually has to take NW when she flies from Detroit. This wasn't a huge decision really. Thanks for all the opinions.

nyer - It was thursday.<BR><BR>Carol - Indeed, CO Is a partner with NWA. We bought an NWA ticket through CO with CO miles which were from Amex Rewards. Complicated, but it worked.