Choice Air

Can anyone please tell me if they've booked through Choice Air for a Royal Caribbean or a Celebrity cruise. Cruising to Hawaii and need to get a one way fare back. Have called them a couple of times now to get quotes and flight numbers etc, I'm finally ready to book today and now they tell me that I can't book through them because I'm from Australia - he then gave me this phone number to ring in Australia which is a completely wrong number. Damn it, it was such a good price compared to companies here. :mad:

Has anyone booked before??

Yeah I have

Works well

Never had a problem but you need to book about 40 days or so prior to cruise

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Maybe I'll call back later and hopefully get a different person who'll allow me to book. Why do you need to book 40 days before the cruise? I think I'd be worried that the flights would be booked out waiting that long.

Maybe I'll call back later and hopefully get a different person who'll allow me to book. Why do you need to book 40 days before the cruise? I think I'd be worried that the flights would be booked out waiting that long.

I think it's to do with airline deals they have in place

It might be thirty days but I got caught out a few cruises back which is how I found out

Research brings up the flight it just won't let you actually book it

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I booked mine from Hawaii 5 months out.

Are you looking with Hawaiian air?

I've called back again and got a different person - because I've booked with an Australian travel agency I can't book through Choice Air. They have told me to contact the Celebrity International bookings but they're currently closed and I don't know what that's going to do. I've been looking online with Hawaiian airlines and it was $1,000pp cheaper going through Choice Air. :(

Yeah, I picked up the same sort of deal with HA when I cruised.

One thing is the documentation for Choice Air is TERRIBLE. Something to be aware of: I went through a whole lot of rigmarole along the way trying to claim points, and found out after all that effort that the actual booking class is not a standard retail one, but a special sub-class that isn't eligible for points. So you don't have to waste your time on that. ;-) It's not so bad when you know in advance, but it's just I spent so much time getting things fixed up along the way when there was no point.

Given the price was still quite high, comparatively, I was annoyed how they charge so much yet still didn't give points in spite of that.

If you booked through an Aussie TA, you may not be able to book through choice air direct but if you contact your TA, they certainly can book through choice air on your behalf!

From an Aussie TA!