NWAirlink commuting
 

Going to work for Compass later this month, and am brand new to 121. I live in MSP, and from what I understand it's pretty senior. For ease of commuting to and from MSP, what should my second choice of domicile be, DTW or MEM? Does anyone have any insight as to how long it may take to get MSP as my domicile?

Crash pad info for MTW and MEM would be helpful as well.

Thanks in advance for the info.

passrider.com can get you started on finding all the flights per day between MSP and MEM/DTW.

i will tell you the msp-dtw-msp commute is really bad. lots of flights a day but there are always tons of non revs/jumpseaters and al,most always oversold

best bet is the last departure out of msp, i think it leaves at 1030 gets in at 1240 or so and usually has open seats, problem is you are there the night before and depending on your showtime you may not want to do that

I don't know because I'm not northwest but typically flights between hubs are full with commuters. Could be northwest is different though?

I did the MSP-MEM commute for 1 month. It was tough. There is not very many flights, and most of them are on smaller airframes. Also, crashpads are tough to find down there, and the cheapest DECENT hotel is $70/night with crew rate. MSP-DTW at least has more options, plus crashpads and cheap crew hotels. My .02 cents.

Don't forget there are a number of "bridge across" options between MSP and DTW. Try looking at going through ORD, MKE, GRR, GRB, ect... creates many more options on top of the 16 or so nonstops per day.

FedEx provides some additional options for commuting MSP-MEM.

You have to call 1-866-357-5711 between 2-24 hours before the flight to list. Jumpseat Finder helps with scheds.

Good suggestion, although anything through ORD could be tought.

USE DSM if you are traveling between mem-msp. its a through flight so as soon as you land you continue on. for example you fly from msp to dsm, 30 minute turn, and keep going to mem. works good. i have done that several times.

Both DTW and MEM are tough commutes out of MSP. I thing DTW is the better option, though. There are many more flights (to be bumped off of), and much much much better options for crashpads and cheap + good hotels.