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Use the information below to check on departure dates and see when students are due to arrive home.
2023 3-Week Trips
January 2023
Costa Rica
Campus departure date
1/2/2023 (Monday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
3:00 PM
**Bus will leave circle drive
3:30 PM
Group will arrive at hotel
5:00 PM
Group will meet at airport ticket counter
4:00 AM 1/3/2023 (Tuesday)
*Scheduled airport departure time
6:00 AM
Airport terminal
DTW North Terminal
Flight number
AA 1020, 1593
Airline toll free number
800-433-7300
*Return arrival date and time
5:47 PM 1/23/2023 (Monday)
Airport Terminal
DTW North Terminal
Return flight number
AA 1414, 1355
ETA in Spring Arbor
7:30 PM 1/23/2023 (Monday)
Guatemala
Campus departure date
1/1/23 (Sunday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
3:00 PM
**Bus will leave circle drive
3:30 PM
Group will arrive at hotel
5:00 PM
Group will meet at airport ticket counter
4:00 AM 1/2/23 (Monday)
*Scheduled airport departure time
6:00 AM
Airport terminal
DTW North Terminal
Flight number
AA 1020, 1603
Airline toll free number
800-433-7300
*Return arrival date and time
4:58 PM 1/22/23 (Sunday)
Airport Terminal
DTW North Terminal
Return flight number
AA 846, 1355
ETA in Spring Arbor
6:30 PM 1/22/23 (Sunday)
Florida
Campus departure date
1/1/23 (Sunday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
3:00 PM
**Bus will leave circle drive
3:30 PM
Group will Arrive at Hotel
5:00 PM
Group will meet at airport ticket counter
6:30 AM 1/2/23 (Monday)
*Scheduled airport departure time
9:25 AM
Airport terminal
DTW North Terminal
Flight number
AA 2582, 2915
Airline toll free number
800-433-7300
*Return arrival date and time
12:59 PM, 1/20/23 (Friday)
Airport Terminal
DTW North Terminal
Return flight number
AA 1675, 2582
ETA in Spring Arbor
3:00 PM 1/20/23 (Friday)
Texas
Campus departure date
12/28/22 (Wednesday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
3:00 PM
**Bus will leave circle drive
3:30 PM
Group will arrive at hotel
5:00 PM
Group will meet at airport ticket counter
6:00 AM 12/29/22 (Thursday)
*Scheduled airport departure time
9:00 AM
Airport terminal
DTW North Terminal
Flight number
AA 2491, 2913
Airline toll free number
800-433-7300
*Return arrival date and time
8:35 PM 1/18/23 (Wednesday)
Airport Terminal
DTW North Terminal
Return flight number
AA 1967, 1890
ETA in Spring Arbor
10:15 PM
Hotel stay is subject to change, the group may leave early on the morning of 12/29/22 instead.
Morocco
Campus departure date
12/30/22 (Friday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
3:00 PM
**Bus will leave circle drive
3:30 PM
Group will meet at airport ticket counter
5:00 PM
*Scheduled airport departure time
9:05 PM
Airport terminal
DTW McNamara Terminal
Flight number
AF 377, 1596
Airline toll free number
1 (800) 237-2747
*Return arrival date and time
9:29 PM 1/19/23 (Thursday)
Airport Terminal
DTW McNamara Terminal
Return flight number
AF 1497, 688, 8787
ETA in Spring Arbor
11:00 PM
May 2023
Chicago
Campus departure date
05/16/23 (Tuesday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
3:00 PM
**Bus will leave circle drive
3:30 PM
*Return arrival date and time
06/04/23 (Sunday)
ETA in Spring Arbor
3:00 PM
England/Scotland
Campus departure date
5/22/23 (Monday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
11:00 AM
**Bus will leave circle drive
11:30 AM
Group will meet at airport ticket counter
1:00 PM
*Scheduled airport departure time
3:53 PM
Airport terminal
Lansing Capital Region Intl
Flight number
AA 4082, 46
Airline toll free number
800-433-7300
*Return arrival date and time
12:03 AM 6/12/23 (Monday)
Airport Terminal
Lansing Capital Region Intl
Return flight number
AA 91, 3433
ETA in Spring Arbor
1:30 AM (Monday)
Greece
Campus departure date
5/19/23 (Friday)
Meet at circle drive to load luggage
9:30 AM
**Bus will leave circle drive
10:00 AM
Group will meet at airport ticket counter
11:30 AM
*Scheduled airport departure time
3:55 PM
Airport terminal
DTW McNamara Terminal
Flight number
DL 136, KL 2573
Airline toll free number
1 (800) 237-2747
*Return arrival date and time
11:10 PM 6/9/23 (Friday)
Airport Terminal
DTW McNamara Terminal
Return flight number
DL 223, 1640
ETA in Spring Arbor
1:30 AM 6/10/23 (Saturday)
*Departure and arrival times are subject to change. Students should always see Diane Kurtz about booking connecting flights home. Check with the airline directly for up-to-the-minute departure and arrival times.
**The SAU bus will leave from the Student Life Center’s Circle Drive. Students who are riding the SAU bus must reserve a seat well in advance. Please email ccs@arbor.edu to reserve a seat. Students who are not riding the SAU bus to the airport must meet at the appointed time at the airline check-in area to check in as a group. These students must provide contact information to the CCS office, including phone number (or cell) where the student can be reached 24 hours before and up to the scheduled time to meet at the airline’s ticket counter.
Frequent flyer miles: Students may apply for frequent flyer miles when traveling on CCS programs. However, whether miles are actually accrued while traveling on CCS programs is at the discretion of the airline as some ticket classifications do not earn mileage.
Trip Cancellation/Interruption Insurance can be purchased at additional cost. Two providers of such protection are: