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Cheapest round-trip
$697
Typical prices: $791-$670
Turkish Airlines
Thu 10/15Wed 10/28
DTW - ZRH • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$331
American Airlines
Mon 11/2
DTW - ZRH • 2 stops
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Cheapest • from $697 (round-trip)
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Cheapest • Avg $631 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 10h 23m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Zurich (DTW-ZRH)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Detroit to Zurich that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Detroit to Zurich

Thu, Oct 15 - Wed, Oct 28
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8:50 pm - 5:50 pm
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ZRH
15h 00m
1 stop
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10:55 am - 7:00 pm
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DTW
37h 05m
1 stop
$697Turkish Airlines
Thu, Oct 15 - Wed, Oct 28
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8:50 pm - 10:20 pm
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ZRH
19h 30m
1 stop
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6:40 am - 7:00 pm
ZRH
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DTW
17h 20m
1 stop
$717Turkish Airlines
Wed, Oct 14 - Wed, Oct 28
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8:50 pm - 9:55 am
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ZRH
31h 05m
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10:55 am - 7:00 pm
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DTW
37h 05m
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$721Turkish Airlines
Mon, Nov 23 - Fri, Nov 27
American Airlines Logo
5:22 pm - 3:30 pm
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ZRH
16h 08m
2 stops
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10:15 am - 11:15 pm
ZRH
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DTW
19h 00m
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$732American Airlines
Mon, Nov 23 - Fri, Nov 27
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3:56 pm - 8:20 am
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ZRH
10h 24m
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10:15 am - 11:15 pm
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DTW
19h 00m
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$736American Airlines
Mon, Nov 23 - Fri, Nov 27
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5:22 pm - 2:10 pm
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ZRH
14h 48m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
10:15 am - 11:49 pm
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DTW
19h 34m
2 stops
$737American Airlines
Tue, Sep 22 - Wed, Sep 30
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8:50 pm - 5:50 pm
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ZRH
15h 00m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
7:40 am - 6:45 pm
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DTW
17h 05m
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$770Turkish Airlines
Tue, Sep 22 - Wed, Sep 30
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8:50 pm - 5:50 pm
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ZRH
15h 00m
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7:40 am - 6:45 pm
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DTW
17h 05m
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$776Turkish Airlines
Sun, Sep 27 - Sun, Oct 11
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8:50 pm - 10:20 pm
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ZRH
19h 30m
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1:40 pm - 6:45 pm
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DTW
35h 05m
1 stop
$781Turkish Airlines
Mon, Dec 7 - Sat, Dec 12
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6:40 pm - 3:30 pm
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ZRH
14h 50m
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American Airlines Logo
10:15 am - 11:21 pm
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DTW
19h 06m
1 stop
$782American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to Zurich flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Detroit to Zurich to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich departing in October.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich is November, where tickets cost $552 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,118 and $956 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 23% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$331
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Detroit to Zurich

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Detroit to Zurich based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Detroit to Zurich flights

  • Which airlines offer special diets on flights from Detroit to Zurich?

    Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines offer special dietary including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free and kosher meals options on flights from Detroit to Zurich. When booking your flight, it is recommended to inform the airline about your dietary requirements in advance to ensure they can accommodate your needs.

  • How convenient are flights from Detroit to Zurich to persons with reduced mobility?

    All airlines flying from Detroit to Zurich have pet-friendly policies, which make it easier for pet lovers to fly with their pets. Most of these airlines, including Delta, SWISS, and Lufthansa, allow pets in cabin provide they their combined weight together with the carrier does not exceed 20 lbs.

  • Can I upgrade to first class after booking economy for flight from Detroit to Zurich?

    Whether you can upgrade your ticket from Detroit to Zurich depends on the airline's policies, availability, and specific fare rules. Delta and SWISS offer a chance of upgrading from economy to first class through their Delta One service and SWISS Upgrade Bargain. They offer upgrade method such as purchasing an upgrade with cash or miles, bidding for an upgrade through their Delta SkyMiles program for Delta Airlines or using complimentary upgrades for elite frequent flyer members.

  • Which airline has the best carry-on policy for flights from Detroit to Zurich?

    The best policy can depend on your specific needs and preferences. Carry on policies depend on airlines. Delta Air Lines allows passengers traveling in economy class on flights from Detroit to Zurich to bring one carry-on bag and one personal item. The carry-on bag should not exceed the dimensions of 22 x 14 x 9 inches while Swiss International Air Lines permits a carry-on bag of dimensions 21.7 x 15.7 x 9 inches.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich was $331 for a one-way ticket and $697 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Detroit and Zurich?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Detroit and on arrival in Zurich.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Detroit to Zurich?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Detroit to Zurich?

    SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Detroit and Zurich, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Detroit to Zurich, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Detroit to Zurich are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $777 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $877 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Detroit to Zurich?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Detroit to Zurich.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Detroit to Zurich?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Zurich from Detroit is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Detroit to Zurich?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Zurich with an airline and back to Detroit with another airline. Booking your flights between Detroit and ZRH can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Detroit to Zurich?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Zurich from Detroit up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Zurich

  • Flights from Detroit to Zurich make either one stop or two stops along the way depending on the airline you choose. For instance, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) in Netherlands serve as the layover airport for flights by Delta from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH). Other common layover airports along this route include Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in France an Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany.
  • Different airlines have specific policies regarding seating and fees for children and infants. These policies can vary depending on the airline and the specific route. Delta SWIS, and Lufthansa offer a discounted fare for flights, from Detroit to Zurich route. A ticket must be purchased for children aged two and above and they will have their own seat.
  • Less popular routes for flights from Detroit to Zurich are those that do not have direct flights. Therefore, you can pay less by traveling from Detroit to Zurich via a European Hub or the major cities like London, Paris or Geneva. Depending on your flexibility you can consider flying to Zurich Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport (BSL) or Geneva Airport (GVA) instead if ZHR and the connect to Zurich by bus.
  • Booking Delta or SWISS for your travel from Detroit to Zurich is advantageous because these airlines have DTW as of their hubs. Their high number of daily flights increases your chances of finding a flight that works with your schedule.
  • Delta, Lufthansa, and SWISS committed to carbon-neutral growth and have invested in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects. They are also working to reduce waste, recycle materials and minimize single-use plastics on board their flights.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to Zurich

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit to Zurich. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8400 reviews
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.8Entertainment
7.2Food
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Original flight was delayed, then cancelled and the gate staff did not expedite rebooking. Also, no instructions were given that a ticket number was needed before being called to facilitate rebooking. This could have been much more organized.

2.0 MediocreBen, Jun 2026
ATL - HSV
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Original flight was delayed, then cancelled and the gate staff did not expedite rebooking. Also, no instructions were given that a ticket number was needed before being called to facilitate rebooking. This could have been much more organized.

Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

Five hour delays every hour, I wish it were all at once

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

worst flight ever from Delta, it got delayed and kept on delaying..

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

Got rerouted from a straight flight from Orlando to Atlanta to Knoxville to a flight from Orlando to Detroit to Knoxville! Seriously!! Flight delay out of Detroit! Long day for what should have been a pretty easy travel day!

Two delays on two separate planes with parts they could not easily find and replace.

Checkin was good, fllight ws good. Onlly complaint is lack of foot on 6 hour flight from Seattle to Boston. Snacks were flimsy - chips and cookies. could have offered something more substantial for such a long flight. I know you can buy food in airport but for the price you pay for a ticket, they should step up for the passengers.

Only beverages were offered to first class and I thought the flight attendant could have also served the Delta Comfort as well instead of sitting down and staring at her phone and walking past all of us to the back of the plane to charge her phone more. There was a complete lack of turbulence and was safe enough for flights attendant to walk around in the front of the plane, collect trash and serve a few people water and turn off the seat belt light. Also didn’t enforce people putting their seats into the upright position and allowed two passengers to remain reclined during landing. They seemed out to lunch completely. Usually my experience on Delta is much better.

Entertainment system is okay, flight attendants were ok. Leg space very narrow, I couldn’t get what I wanted to eat, dinner nor breakfast.

Excellent experience with business class area. Staff was attentive and food was amazing. Only one bathroom for business class which was logistically difficult for the staff while preparing meals. Need to offer fluids with meals. I did not get enough water to drink. But overall I rate it 5 star.

On time, great food, good drink selection! Only down was alcohol-free lounge. Lufthansa had a much better offering!

Be honest of what you sell: This was sold as Business Class on all three legs, while the JetBlue plane didn't even have business class seats, and wanted $164 for extra legroom seats.

Seat assignments for family traveling with 2 children. Loud crowd during sleep time

It was crowded… the bathrooms dirty and smelly. The seats have been made even smaller.

delayed to take off from detroit by 3 hours lost baggage in istanbul and now in venice without baggage

Seats were very tight with poor legroom - and I am average height. During the 12 hour flight, tiny paper cups of drinks we're only offered during the super and breakfast services, with the crew nowhere to be seen in between. One of the bathrooms was out of order, leading to long lines waiting to use the remaining two available to the economy class passengers.

short flight but we still got a very nice lunch and the crew did an excellent job in taking care of us

For that price on Business class, I expected to have the pod seats. These were configured as 2/3/2 and my seat mate talked half the flight with a friend across the isle, loudly. Very uncouth.

Horrible! Several delays and then was cancelled! I spent over 24 hours in the airport and was unable to get a hotel or food voucher.

The entertainment they offer could use some games, and maybe they could add some cookies to the snack menu. And the automated messages are a bit repetitive. But it was comfortable temperature wise and the seats were comfortable. The crew is very polite and helpful

The entertainment is a bit limited, it would be better if they added some games to play besides the movies and tv shows. But the seats are comfortable and the crew is polite

This planes staff was top tier. Everything went great and had a great flight home.

Food was great. Staff was phenomenal. Seats were a bit hard and could use a lot more entertainment options as far as movies to choose from. WiFi was good. Overall great trip.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

I was promised by United Airline (operated by ANA) that I will be seated together with my kids as I am the only adult flying with two minors. We did not get seats together in our 11 hours flight from LA to Tokyo. When asked at the gate, ANA representative said United Airline should have informed them that there is a parent flying with two minors. He said they can’t do anything in the system as the flight is full. He ask me to ask passengers next to me and the kids if they are willing to change seats. This is ridiculous! However, I went in the flight and asked other passages but no one willing to change seats. 11 hours and we were seating separately. I was very disappointed with this. It made things super inconvenient for me.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

Flight cancelled instead of leaving Friday am now, maybe, leaving Sunday

The pilot had to extend the flight time from san antonio to Houston to burn off fuel. This caused a lot of unnecessary stress since we had a tight connection to Aruba. And with no other flights going to Aruba we were worried about spending a night in Houston. We had to to run to our connection because of the flight crews mistake. Not happy.

I liked the crew but not the uncomfortable seats and lack of movie and tv selection.

They cancelled our connecting flight resulting in another layover reaching our final destination 8 hours later than scheduled.

Repurchased food and it was moldy and expensive. But I figured it was bad luck so I purchased a cup-o-noodles, halfway through them we hit turbulence and the flight attendant was passing with the garbage, it would have been two seconds to grab it, but he was snarky grabbed someone else’s plastic cups and went to buckle up… I used the puke bags to secure the soup before it became an accessory. When he finally came around he gave me a face like a petulant child as I handed him the soup neatly wrapped in the paper then plastic bag. I watched a movie in silence as the rental or headphones was ridiculous at 4€ for those .10€ cheap plastic toys. No English subtitles on an American movie… crazy. I disliked the whinny little tourist trap and now I hope that it sinks into the ocean or erupts in a catastrophic eruption for their beloved “I live on an active volcano” pride.

On-time arrivals and departures. Crew helpful and friendly. Yet everything costs extra: seat selection, food, even airphones!

Was a bit surprised that Icelandair flies a domestically configured 757s on long-haul flights to Iceland (no lie-flat seats in business class).

When you consider the price I ended up paying for everything. This was not a good deal! I had no idea that this airline had changed to a bargain basement no frills airline. So, it was disappointing to have to pay for every little thing. The only thing included was water and coffee. You have to pay for everything else! So I just felt nickel and dime.

I had no idea that my ticket only paid for my right to get on the plane. They charged me $130 for my carry-on bag because it was 1 inch too big she claimed but it wasn’t! Then they wanted another fee for everything. I had no idea that Icelandair had changed to such a bargain basement airline. I was very disappointed.

Screen didn't work, and neither did the button to tilt the seat even though the seat was comfortable

Second time with Saga Premium, everything was fab, but the entertainment centre on both my flights didn't work, plus the seat on the NY to Rek flight (Airbus) was so solid and so uncomfortable. The 737Max flight's seat was much, much better.

The staff was kind and helpful. There was no food, and you needed to bring your own earphones to use the entertainment, which I didn’t know.

We sat in our seats on the tarmac for almost 3 hours due to storms. They would not give us water or a snack. We were to depart at 7.30 pm and it was about 10.30 when we took off. No dinner until much after that. Beef type noodle dish was terrible with about a teaspoon of beef in it. The breakfast sweet waffle with egg and sausage inside was horrible. An English muffin sandwich would have been much better. Food was the worst in all of our years of traveling the world.

Our screen kept turning off ...3 times...had to get crew attention to turn it on again

They messed up my seat so I didn’t get the one I paid for

Put me on standby; flight was late; missed my connecting flight; disaster

Flight attendants were fine, seats a bit hard but I use a cushion for extra support. The only issue was it was a bit too cool and I needed to ask for and received and extra blanket. I survived!!!

Very few things and/or people are excellent. It was very good.

Extremely uncomfortable seats. Experience was like a Frontier Airlines flight. Would not fly it again.

Very, very tight legroom. They must’ve jammed in an additional few rows of seat seating. Denver to Munich was the least legroom I’ve ever had on any flight, let alone a multi hour international journey. I will not take that flight again.

In my first flight with Air Canada we sat in the plane for 4:00pm to 6:30pm. Finally we were asked to get off the plane and we were told the flight was cancelled after 7:00pm There was o clear explanation of what was the problem. I was booked without my permission on a Delta Flight at 7:30pm that was leaving at 8:00pm and I still had to go get my luggage(my final destination was Rome with one stop in Toronto. The luggage claim for Canada was closed so had to return to finally get it on the luggage belt.. Of course I missed the Delta flight and all the next day flights were booked. I also lost what I paid for my stay in Rome because I did nt cancel in time. A complete nightmare.

Good food, overall very comfy. The flight was full so obviously not optimal, but it is what it is.

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