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The benefit to using Chase’s travel department is that your points have extra value, e.g. $5,000 worth of points has $7,500 of value at booking time. There are some internal pricing shenanigans that need to be taken into account but my experience has been that using Chase has usually been cheaper than booking with airline points. Of course and as always, YMMV.

I have been on Voyager once, last May departing from Athens. A great time to cruise that area, not too crowded and especially not too hot. We were in a Penthouse so not exactly the same as you. We had a small number of US sockets, mostly European. We carry a three-socket terminal strip(non-surge protected) and multiport charger and needed them on this cruise. No USB charger ports as I recall. I think there was a US shaver socket in the bathroom.

We have been on several Small Group tours and have had none of the issues @SWFLAOK mentioned. Might have been itinerary-based. I don’t know how much influence Regent has over the port tour operators and whether they will stagger bus departures.

We stayed there for a night post-cruise last year. We liked the hotel. It isn’t walking distance from the tourist areas but there are plenty of taxis.

First, that’s not what the opening sentence says. I can be pretty literal minded, which I considered a positive characteristic as an engineer. Maybe not so much as a poster on Cruise Critic 😜. I didn’t think the opening post was completely clear about whether they had verified that the record locator still existed or had disappeared.

Can you access your booking on the airline’s site? If so then you can relax. Sometimes due to site maintenance or ??? Booking details disappear from the Regent site only to reappear later.

A travel router is probably a better idea but another option to get multi connections to the internet might be to use your cellular device to connect to the cellular at sea service. Although expensive I think Regent does supply a cell signal while at sea. ATT offers a plan for cruisers and your carrier probably does too. I have no idea how good the cellular at sea service is. My only experience is using it as a reminder to go into Airplane mode.

They have applesauce in La Veranda?

Thanks @GOARMY I have one quick clarifying question. Was the original 1-stop itinerary a first response to a deviation request, or Regent’s standard non-deviation flight? I have never waited to see what Regent would provide, always either deviating for international or booking my own domestic flights. I am interested in learning other people’s experiences with standard Regent air. The air travel industry has been so chaotic lately that making air arrangements 210 says in advance just seems to provide more time for the airlines to change the itinerary on their own.

@GOARMY, how long in advance of your embarkation date did you receive the original one-stop itinerary and request the change to nonstop?

It seems to work. They put their book on the lounger and leave!

When we use Regent air and book United we always get our MileagePlus miles for the flights. I can’t comment on results with other airlines.

I have only been on Voyager one time, in a Penthouse. I thought the shower was pretty tiny. A shower chair might fit but I’m not sure a chair and a person would.

In Concierge you are also paying for a precruise hotel room and additional WiFi logins, and some other minor perks.

I think only on Grandeur on the back deck.