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Fri, Sep 4 - Mon, Sep 7
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6:15 pm - 10:04 pmMDE  Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
26h 49m2 stops Lima J Chavez Intl Miami
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2:24 pm - 4:20 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-MDE Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl
26h 56m2 stops Miami Lima J Chavez Intl
$492LATAM Airlines
Wed, Dec 23 - Thu, Jan 7
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6:10 pm - 5:06 pmMDE  Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
22h 56m2 stops Lima J Chavez Intl Los Angeles Los Angeles
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8:32 am - 4:25 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-MDE Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl
31h 53m2 stops Los Angeles Los Angeles Lima J Chavez Intl
$492LATAM Airlines
Wed, Dec 23 - Mon, Jan 11
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6:10 pm - 5:06 pmMDE  Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
22h 56m2 stops Lima J Chavez Intl Los Angeles Los Angeles
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2:00 pm - 4:25 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-MDE Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl
26h 25m2 stops Miami Lima J Chavez Intl
$492LATAM Airlines
Wed, Dec 23 - Wed, Jan 13
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6:10 pm - 5:06 pmMDE  Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
22h 56m2 stops Lima J Chavez Intl Los Angeles Los Angeles
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6:30 pm - 4:25 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-MDE Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl
21h 55m2 stops Miami Lima J Chavez Intl
$492LATAM Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Tue, Sep 22
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1:34 pm - 10:57 pmBAQ  Barranquilla E Cortissoz-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
8h 23m1 stop Miami
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6:00 am - 12:34 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-BAQ Barranquilla E Cortissoz
7h 34m1 stop Miami
$500American Airlines
Tue, Sep 8 - Sat, Sep 19
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1:34 pm - 8:44 amBAQ  Barranquilla E Cortissoz-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
18h 10m2 stops Miami New York LaGuardia
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5:10 pm - 12:34 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-BAQ Barranquilla E Cortissoz
20h 24m2 stops Dallas/Fort Worth Miami
$505American Airlines
Wed, Sep 9 - Sat, Sep 19
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1:34 pm - 9:47 amBAQ  Barranquilla E Cortissoz-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
19h 13m2 stops Miami Chicago O'Hare Intl
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12:56 pm - 12:34 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-BAQ Barranquilla E Cortissoz
24h 38m2 stops Chicago O'Hare Intl Miami
$505American Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Tue, Sep 22
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9:01 am - 11:27 amBAQ  Barranquilla E Cortissoz-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
25h 26m3 stops Panama City Tocumen Intl Houston George Bush Intcntl Chicago O'Hare Intl
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6:15 am - 11:49 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-BAQ Barranquilla E Cortissoz
18h 34m2 stops Houston George Bush Intcntl Panama City Tocumen Intl
$825United Airlines
Thu, Nov 26 - Tue, Dec 8
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10:25 pm - 3:27 pmGRU  Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
19h 02m2 stops Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Chicago O'Hare Intl
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12:35 pm - 7:10 amDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-GRU Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl
16h 35m2 stops Chicago O'Hare Intl Newark
$1,364United Airlines
Fri, Nov 6 - Tue, Nov 10
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9:45 pm - 1:16 pmGRU  Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
17h 31m2 stops Newark Chicago O'Hare Intl
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12:35 pm - 7:10 amDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-GRU Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl
16h 35m2 stops Chicago O'Hare Intl Newark
$1,509United Airlines
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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from South America to Detroit

 
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7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 10101 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
6.7Food
7.1Entertainment
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Boarding time was delayed in more than two hours. Then another hour on the ground before take off. Wi-fi was not working throughout the flight. Business class in even rows by the window are not so comfortable. And space for feet always feel tight. Had a meeting in New York early the following day with multiple people and had to request a delayed start.

2.0 MediocreAndre, Aug 2026
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Boarding time was delayed in more than two hours. Then another hour on the ground before take off. Wi-fi was not working throughout the flight. Business class in even rows by the window are not so comfortable. And space for feet always feel tight. Had a meeting in New York early the following day with multiple people and had to request a delayed start.

The flight was excellent. Their was no service as we boarded, the flight attendants spent about 30 minutes just taking and not really caring that the cabin was about 80 degrees and did not offered any beverage to first class passengers or any passenger. The flight from DEN to ONT is not long but not under an hour, we received one drink and bag of chips if you were lucky. I was in first class…. I did leave my hat on the plane and it only took less than five minutes for a United rep to locate and bring it to me.

Bad check in experience. Dirty ancient aircraft. Truly awful food and this in Business/ First class.

Really old place. Not as clean as it should be, tray tables needed better cleaning. The items, trays and some other items need to b6 engineered. Anything task you or crew may do is incredibly load, seriously engineer for quiet smooth, easy. Just opening and closing the tray table is actually dangerous and can easily injure a finger. I'm sure it happens as it happened to me! First time I used United and likely will be the last!

Not enough veg food available for passengers. I actually did not get the veg food and was told it was over, and I starved the entire flight duration.

Plane was was better than th YVR to ORD flight but was a fraction of the distance. Fly your better planes on longer distance flights.

In this flight we had selected seating for our family in the middle of the plane in a 2x2 format. The airline changed them to the very back row of the plane and split them to 3x1. Why pay for seats that allow seat selection if the airline will just move them to the worst seats in the plane?

The flight was canceled. Got rebooked to Chicago and when we arrived our luggage where to there. They were going to our original destination the day after. They would not deliver them to our house. We had to go pick them up.

Upgrade planes to have larger overhead bins, especially on this popular route and first class. Easy flight to Chicago, good service in first class. Can't wait for seatback entertainment to be brought back. I like the free wifi and messaging with T-Mobile. Although, the tray tables are not big enough to work even on a small laptop - so why is it called "business" class? Flight attendant said that the flight was too short to even serve water. I've flown that route several times, and that is the first time I ever heard that. No chargers in the seats. Rough landing.

Pilots were great on take off and landing. Flight attendant were very kind. The only problem was take off was later than the scheduling.

I paid extra for what I thought was leg room and it certainly was not. I had a very cramped experience on my flight from Dallas to Detroit and it was the section right behind first class section. I did however have an amazing flight from Atlanta to Dallas on the initial outbound flight.

Ninth consecutive American flight I have been on that was delayed

I rated the experience "mediocre" because of the 2 hour delay in take off. This is the 4th flight from DFW on AA where there was a delay and in one of the instances (after 13 delays), the flight was cancelled. I understand weather but for the March 18th flight, there was no weather issue in Dallas or Detroit. I called Concierge Key and they were wonderful, booking me on a later flight in case my flight was cancelled. I have flown with American for many years and never has there been this consistent pattern of delays. Very disappointing.

My carry on baggage was damaged. Entire trip, I had to carry the baggage. When complained to the boarding crew, they got mad at me and still asked me to valet check in the cabin baggage. Rude boarding crew!!!

Experience was good. We were delayed in leaving by 15 mins because the flight was waiting on a family that was late in getting to the gate. Food and drink options were as expected. I highly recommend checking in ahead of time using the airline’s app so that it’s quicker to get your luggage tags as soon as you arrive at the terminal. No more waiting in long lines!

It was one of my worst flight ever. First they were changing the gate for at least 4 times, changing from gate D7 to D12 to D44. Considering the size of the Miami Airport, we are talking about long distance and the train at the airport was not working. Then the flight was delayed around one hour. Then finally we boarded into the plane and when everybody was seated, there was an announcement that there is an issue with one of the tire of the plane, so we all had to get out of the plane with our belongings, to replace the tire. So we had around 2.5-hour delay

American Airlines initially postponed the flight. Then they cancelled it an rescheduled us on a flight that would take over 24 hours with multiple stops. They then changed this flight to a reasonable alternative the next day which they later cancelled and replaced with a flight that would take off with an additional 16 hour delay. They blamed weather but I noticed (at 4am) that Delta had direct flights from Charlotte to Detroit. I went on line. Booked it and was in Detroit buy 9am. The interesting thing is they did a similar thing to a family member just 2 days earlier. I don't think I will fly American unless I have to.

Excellent! The gate agents were kind enough to rebook me on an earlier flight saving me from a 6 hour layover. Even my luggage made it despite the fact that the connection was technically too narrow. The flight itself was very comfortable, roomy, and clean. Plenty of space for my carryon items with plugs to charge my phone. After a long international flight of 14 hours, this was an excellent way to end my travels!

The offered WiFi on AA isn't worth wasting time or effort on. If you manage to connect it's incredibly slow.

The service was good during the flight, but booking process was arduous due to mysterious partial cancellation (on the return leg), which took me 1 whole day to connect to the RJ’s NYC ticketing department to straighten it out. The reservation line of RJ customer service said they did not have the authority to un-cancel it, nor refund the ticket. To undo, I would have to email the NYC office and wait 5-6 days for reply, while my departure is 5 days away. Then the NYC phone number given (and I also found on their website) had no one answering, until I got someone in accounting or HR department to transfer me to ticketing dept. Then the seat upgrade at the gate only takes cash, no CC. From speaking with other tour mates, other airlines were given them the similar headache too - cancelling part of the trip without rescheduling options.

Crew at first tried to SELL snack boxes (for an hour-long flight?!?), and it was the only leg of four on which I was charged for a hard seltzer. 😕 Spent extra to select seats in Row 8 for quicker disembarking only to be seated in Row 25. Someone owes me $38 for that!

From Edinburgh to Boston was pretty good, actually! From Boston to DCA? Not so much. More food offerings for those w/gluten issues please! I don’t do well w/wheat OR legumes so neither the pasta nor the lentils would have been good for me (or pleasant for those around me on a 6+ hour flight!). Staff on the Boston to DCA leg were brusque compared to those on the other 3 legs of my trip. Also, I paid $19/seat to select 2 seats on the Boston to DC leg and we didn’t get those Row 8 seats but were sat in ROW TWENTY-FIVE😕 Someone owes me $38!

My screen didn’t work, my seat didn’t recline, the flight attendant was rude and completely dismissive, the airplane was freezing, the seats are way old, slanted and uncomfortable. I payed for a full ticket and got a horrific experience, with a flight attendant who dismissed me even though I was calm respectful and polite.

Check in and passport control were seamless and efficient. Plenty of room in overhead bins. Our original seats were separate but crew at the gate put us together in finer seats. I also had left my phone on board and the Jet Blue staff were so helpful in retrieving it after I had left the baggage area

Very poor help no one answering a question regarding seating. Very rude staff. They don’t care, as if it’s not part of their job. Flight was delayed for no good reason and no apologies given.

It was my worse flying experience. It was my first time and last time flying with Jet Blue.

The wifi didn't work and I needed to do some work. This was a business trip.

JetBlue cancelled the flight along with hundreds of others, for no apparent reason. no recourse, no rebooking options. never booking with them again

We had better-than-average leg room and I loved the access to shows and movies. During boarding, we could not hear the agent even though we were close to the boarding door, which was kind of scary when we realized that half of the passengers had already boarded. Also, the entertainment was awesome, but I could not hear the movie as well as I would have liked, because my headphones were crappy. It would have been better if I could connect my own ear buds via Bluetooth or if JetBlue provided headphones.

Crew was very friendly. Did not like being jammed in the back middle seat. Don’t understand why I can not select an aisle for free based on first come first serve. Also first time I’ve been on a flight which attempted land then circled Detroit airport multiple times.

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