And usually,she has a bottle of wine waiting for my in my cabin...and at Christmas,she also included a table-size Christmas tree,all decorated!!Nice touch!

Cruiselines will book the cheapest air they can find... regardless of how long it takes you to get from point A to point B.

I'm surprised she did not bring up the subject of booking your own air separately??? Or was going through the cruiseline cheaper? Sometimes for you folks in Canada, cruiseline air is the cheapest.

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Originally posted by ocngypz:
Actually with your home gateway, and your Tampa destination most flights are NOT non-stop... so it comes as no surprise. Not sure of the dates you are flying.. but only Air Canada and Transat (sp?) offer non-stop service.

Cruiselines will book the cheapest air they can find... regardless of how long it takes you to get from point A to point B.

I'm surprised she did not bring up the subject of booking your own air separately??? Or was going through the cruiseline cheaper? Sometimes for you folks in Canada, cruiseline air is the cheapest.

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I agree with you that cruise lines obtain the cheapest air fares and don't care where they send you or how long it take you to get there but in most cases cruiseline air is not the cheapest for us Canadians, in fact it is usually more expensive.
Air Canada and Air Transat are not the only carriers that fly directly to Tampa from Toronto - Canada 3000 does also and actually is much more popular that AT. They fly to more cities in Florida than Air Canada during the winter months and they are also cheaper than AC. A cruise line would not put us on Air Transat or Canada 3000 as they are charters. I have flown Canada 3000 twice - first time OK, second time - never again (sullen, rude flight attendants, bad cramped seating and terrible food - small sandwich)
The time HAL wanted us to fly all over the US, they were using US Air and I refused to fly with them.
Now I make my own flight arrangements.

K&K - I am afraid we Torontonians are spoiled. 20 min drive to the airport, if we are lucky and non-stop flights to most cities. People from London, Ont. have to come in the night before or drive for 2 hours to airport, but then they are probably like us - they want a non-stop flight to Florida.

Seems that as the date gets closer you are going into the same type of tailspin.

My TA always gets my seats assigned before she even calls me to let me know my flight numbers and times.Even then,I have often changed my seat at the check-in desk at the airport.You can always ask the check-in clerk where your seat is and if you don't like it,he/she usually can change it.....unless of course the flight is overflowing

BTW a friend of mine recently had all her flights changed by HAL due to the Middle East situation and she refused them because of a 7-hour stop-over between connections, after a TransAtlantic flight.She insisted that they put her on a better airline and flight.And by jove,after a few hours,HAL came through for her and got her on a much better airline and flight!! Sometimes it pays to dig your heels in,guys!!!

Terri

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Originally posted by trailhiker:
To make it more interesting we are getting into Miami only 90 minutes before the ship is sceduled to leave...RCI and they assured me they would hold the ship if we were delayed.

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I think the way it works is: that if the cruise line made the flight arrangements, they will wait for any delay. However, if you are travelling independently, they will not wait!

I wanted to change our flights to an earlier time but the airline was going to charge me a $75 change fee per person. After our missing the connection on our last flight because of their mistake I wasn't going to take the chance nor pay the $75. I wrote USAir a stongly worded, yet business like, letter telling them what I wanted. They called me immediately upon recieving my letter and changed my flights with no change fees. Luckily, it worked out but never again will I ever fly down on the same day ship leaves. No matter what time of year it is.