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  1. Since all the waitlisted cruises follow a Doha to Athens cruise, my guess is that dates and itineraries may be changing. The Doha one through the Red Sea is still showing available but I can’t think who in their right mind would book it.
  2. The OP is talking about Kona which is on the Big Island and is a tender port. It's a small town with a few things to see.
  3. No. But a chaotic boarding process in Barbados is absolutely typical. That’s Barbados, not SS. Happy sails Spins and Dr L.
  4. But the vegetarian offerings appear to be much more interesting. What an improvement.
  5. Yes, the regular wifi is just for one device but as stated it's not much to pay to add a second device. You get either four or six devices on the premium (can't remember), for the $20 per day full voyage or $30 per 24hrs. No extra payment required.
  6. Nasty little letter. Simple solution. Everyone completely ignore it. File it immediately in the trash.
  7. Some high bandwidth sites inc. places like YouTube are blocked on the regular wifi. It's good enough for email and basic web browsing and doing photos as Dr Ron said (if you have the patience) but I always buy the premium because I don't like being irritated by the inability to access a site or if the speed is too slow to make it worthwhile. Many would disagree with that but it's my holiday, my choice, I want to enjoy rather than be irritated. One thing to consider - if you buy the premium for the whole voyage at the start, it's about $20 per day. Thereafter it's about $30 per day.
  8. 11.30am would be just fine - the next day. Why ruin the end of your cruise worrying about making an early flight? Which IMO is far too early. I increasingly frequently allow an extra day at the end of cruises and find that I enjoy the afternoon and evening visiting wherever it is, then have a relaxed journey to the airport the next morning. It's just so much more enjoyable. And no worries about the ship docking late or immigration being slow to clear or whatever else might happen to slow disembarkation.
  9. Well that's true, but Marco Polo airport at Venice isn't wonderful either. It's not as crowded and frenetic as FCO, but there are likely to be far fewer flight choices. And you'd still have to be there three hours before flying.
  10. After deplaning in LHR, you will follow the yellow signs to immigration and customs, not the purple connecting flight signs because you are going landside to the hotel, it’s as if London is your final destination. If your luggage is checked through to the US, I believe you don’t get to see it in LHR, so after immigration you go down the escalator to the baggage hall and go directly to the exit and out through the green channel, then follow the directions I previously wrote.
  11. AA generally starts boarding 45 mins before flight time, sometimes earlier for transatlantic flights. I would allow at least a minimum of 30 mins to get from your T4 lounge to the T8 gate, but that assumes the train and the TSA lanes are working well, and that you walk briskly. I assume nothing, I have been in the TSA pre-check lane for ages when there was a shortage of staff. Personally I’d leave T4 two hours before my flight time, many would say that’s too much but I work on the principle that hours early always beats seconds too late. It will take you at least 30 mins, probably longer, from your CLT flight arriving at the T8 gate to getting into the T4 lounge so your 6 hour layover is in reality much less! I have many long layovers at T8 and just stay there airside, but I am an Admiral’s club member which makes a difference. PS I’d recommend getting the free myTSA app, it’s useful.
  12. If, as I suspect, the Chase lounge is airside at T4, ie inside security, I don't know if you can get at it. I did a little google, and it seems that TSA regs say you can go in any terminal with a valid boarding pass for that day, but the info was old - you may want to follow up on that. The TSA person at T4 will tell you that you're in the wrong place but you may be OK if you explain, but you will of course have to go through Security at T4. Then again at T8 on your way back - you so definitely need TSA pre-check! Unfortunately at JFK there is no way to get between terminals airside, you have to go landside to the Air Train - which is a quick and efficient way to get to the landside of each Terminal, but almost everything you need in a Terminal is inside security.
  13. Well done, that's by far your best option, and the luggage should go straight through. As for lounge access - both your CLT-JFK and JFK-Rome flights should be at Terminal 8 in JFK if they are AA, and I'd definitely suggest avoiding going landside and having to resubmit yourselves to security if you can avoid it. If there isn't a lounge you can use for free in T8, go up to the Admiral's Club by gate forty-something and enquire about a day pass - I don't know your tolerance for inconvenience but IMO that's by far the least aggravating way of spending your layover. It's one of their older clubs (looks a bit tired and worn) but there's still free WiFi, free booze and substantial nibbles to keep you going. And you can always go out for a walk around Terminal 8, concourses B and C, if you tire of sitting doing nothing. T8 isn't small. PS double check which terminal your JFK-Rome flight is from in JFK - if you are on a mileage award ticket it could be a code share operated by an airline that isn't AA. The airline actually operating the flight is the important one.
  14. Do you mean EWR or LGA? There is a massive difference in travel time to JFK. However, even from EWR 6 hours should be enough, more reliably from LGA. Provided your luggage comes out promptly. Because I believe you will have to retrieve your luggage, carry it with you, and do check in and security all over again at JFK. I hope you have TSA pre-check, lines can be long in JFK. I would try really, really hard to fly CLT - JFK - FCO, not thru EWR or LGA. If you don't have enough miles for good flights, it might be worth buying the few extra that you need.
  15. Maybe because it's too difficult / expensive to comply with NZ's very strict biosecurity rules?
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