A CPR LTT PLT FOUND HIMSELF LOW ON FUEL WHILE ON APCH INTO MSP.

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I CHKED ON WITH ZMP OVER ALO FOR THE KASPR ARR. I ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY DELAYS INTO MSP; WHICH THE CTLR RESPONDED NO DELAYS. WHEN I WAS HANDED OFF TO THE NEXT CTLR; I WAS TOLD TO EXPECT HOLDING AT KASPR INTXN. I RESPONDED THAT WE COULD NOT ACCEPT HOLDING DUE TO FUEL STATUS AND WOULD LIKE TO GO TO STP. HE STATED THAT HE COULD GIVE ME A VECTOR AROUND HOLDING TFC AND STILL GET US INTO MSP WHICH WE ACCEPTED. WE WERE SWITCHED TO MSP APCH AND WERE TOLD TO PROCEED DIRECT KASPR INTXN AND THE REMAINDER OF THE ARR. OVER FGT VOR WE WERE TOLD TO TURN R TO 090 DEG HDG; AS WE MADE THE TURN. WE WERE EXPECTING A TURN ONTO FINAL APCH WHEN THE CTLR STATED TURN FURTHER R HDG 120 DEGS. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE FURTHER DELAY VECTOR; I WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T A DELAY VECTOR AND THAT HE HAD AIRPLANES AT VARIOUS ALTS. I AGAIN STATED THAT WE COULD NOT ACCEPT FURTHER DELAYS AND WOULD LIKE TO GO TO STP. TO THIS POINT IT SEEMED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF OUR FUEL STATUS. WHEN HE RESPONDED TO US TO TURN L DIRECT TO MSP AND THAT HE HAD DECLARED AN EMER FOR US; WE RESPONDED THAT 'IT WAS NOT AN EMER; BUT WE WANTED TO GO TOWARDS AN ARPT.' HE SAID; 'STATE NUMBER OF SOULS ON BOARD' ETC. AGAIN WE STATED NO EMER EXISTED. AFTER HDOF TO TWR; WE WERE AGAIN ASKED STATE NUMBER OF SOULS; ETC TO WHICH WE STATED NO ASSISTANCE NECESSARY. AFTER LNDG WE WERE TOLD TO CALL THE TRACON CHIEF. IN TALKING TO HIM; I FOUND THAT CTR NEVER PASSED OUR FUEL STATUS TO APCH. HE ALSO AGREED THAT WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE DELAY VECTOR; THAT HIS CTLR HANDLED MY QUESTION POORLY. HE ASKED HOW MUCH FUEL WE LANDED WITH AND I STATED 'ONE HALF HR WORTH; BUT IF HE HAD TO GAR IT WOULD BE MUCH LESS.' THE TRACON CHIEF WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING AND WHEN I ASKED IF HE NEEDED ANYTHING ELSE OF US HE STATED 'NO.' IN MY OPINION; THE SIT AROSE DUE TO POOR COM BTWN CTR AND APCH CTL. (WE WERE READY TO GO TO STP IF DELAYS EXISTED.) ALSO; IF EVER IN THE LIKE POS; I WILL MAKE SURE EVERY CTLR IS MADE AWARE OF OUR SIT BY ME.