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Ditto. Wife is a member but not me; I booked our upcoming cruise a while ago. Wonder if we could get OBC on this one (Oct 2023) or not until the next is booked.......

Thanks for that info. Doug

Thanks Steve. Yeah, we do not want to to hotel transfer back to LAX to catch the cruise line's transfer. Big hassle. I had not though about also checking Lyft. Competition is good! Keeps prices competitive. Doug

Question for all you experienced Uber users: Background: Four of us seniors are staying at a hotel in El Segundo (right outside LAX). We need transport from that hotel to the World Cruise terminal in San Pedro for our Celebrity cruise. We are considering using Celebrity's Airport Transfer, but that means returning to LAX the morning of the cruise and the hassle of finding the Celebrity personnel and bus. Several have recommended Uber from our El Segundo hotel to the cruise port. Price seems reasonable, but apparently we cannot schedule months in advance for our December 2023 cruise. I hate to wait to the last minute to summon a Uber Black SUV. Question: Has everyone always had the Uber large vehicle arrive quickly for such a trip? I don't see how drivers could always be available if I can't schedule in advance. We are considering booking something else we can schedule, like a private limo, but I suspect the prices will be much higher. Uber ought to be around $125 for we four in a large vehicle. Doug

Thanks for that information, Heck, I'd ALWAYS expect that my OBC could be used for gratuities. I don't recall ever having to pay grats unless I had no OBC for that cruise. Doug

Maybe a dumb question, but different cruise lines do it differently..... We have about $325 OBC on an upcoming Celebrity cruise. All but $75 of that OBC is non-refundable. Please someone confirm we can use that OBC for our Celebrity cruise gratuities.😳 Doug

Wow, thanks for all that! Answers all the questions I have right now. Thank you taking the time to post that, sir <madam?> Doug

Thanks for that info. We're still figuring our best way to get from the hotel in El Segundo to the cruise terminal and back. Our cruise is in December this year. At this moment we will likely take Celeb's transfer from the ship, even knowing having to make all the other stops. I mean, we'd be seated, right, the bus does eventually take you to your terminal? Was your transport (Uber?) able to pick you up in front of your arriving terminal? Were you able to schedule it? Do you remember what you paid per person? We've a party of 4 in our 70s, but luckily without any significant mobility issues. Doug

I did determine that the LAX - San Pedro airport transfer costs $35 per person per way if anyone is looking for that information also. We decided to take what we hope is the easy way out, while understand the craziness of LAX airport and the sometimes frustration of the cruise line airport transfers: We're flying into LAX, doing a RO1N at the Fairfield Inn in El Segundo, then using the Celebrity airport transfer both directions. Cost seems very reasonable for everything. The deciding deal for us in Memphis was a direct flight both ways. 🥰 Doug

Well, at least you have the spelling for "nieuw" correct!

No need to apologize at all. Heck, you ought to see my spelling on occasion......😎 Doug

Thanks. SNA would be my first choice, but from Memphis the least expensive and "best" times are into LAX. The day before the cruise we're meeting my sister and BIL in LAX, the airport that's best for them, and will use the same hotel near LAX. We'll figure out the transportation to the ship at some point. <g> Doug

Yes, that's what we want to avoid.

The name/misnaming of the hotel was as I typed it according to someone's earlier post. I understand the city's name is in El Segundo since I grew up in the area before running water was invented. El Segundo is masculine and means "second"....no idea why. Thanks for the DoubleTree hotel name; it's already on our list of possibilities. Doug

Thanks,we'll check out the Mariposa Ave El Segunda. Doug

Thanks. We might be on Allegiant, I'll check which terminal they use. Doug

Yeah, we had that in Galveston last March. Waited over two hours to board the bus which then took about 2 hours to reach the ship. Ugh, no fun!

Thanks for that info.

I've never used Uber. Did you book them in advance? What is Uber "Black"? There could be four of us, at least returning to LAX from the ship. Arriving LAX a day prior to the cruise, I suspect we four would not be together since we're flying in from different parts of the country. Is Uber Black suitable for 2 and four people? I value convenience over money often.....old man, what can I say?😎

Thanks. Does Uber actually enter LAX to pick up customers? I thought I read somewhere they could not, so you were required to take a shuttle or something where Uber (et al) you would meet Uber, etc. Doug

Thanks. Where did you catch the shuttle. And what company? Did you have to take some other form of transportation to even board that shuttle. Where is that hotel, in El Segundo near the airport? Doug

Roger that, thanks for the reminder.

Thanks very much for that information. Your routine sounds like what we do for cruises from Port Everglades, although we fly to FLL. We live outside Memphis TN. We have been using the same hotel (La Quinta, Hollywood, FL) and the same transportation to get from the hotel to the ship for many years. I am so envious of those who can drive to a cruise port with many cruise choices. We do drive to New Orleans, about a 7-8 hour leisurely drive, but the cruise choices are pretty limited there. I'll make note of that Ayers hotel in Newport Beach if we decide on SNA. We are cruising with my sister and BIL, and they will be coming from Oregon. Right now they are planning to arrive LAX, so if we can also do that we might be able to share the expensive travel from LAX to a hotel near San Pedro. I am trying to discover details on Celebrity's airport transport from the ship to LAX. Can't find any info on that at Celebrity.com, dang it. Doug

We're thinking of flying to LAX the day before our cruise. However, transportation is my big worry. I detest flying into LAX due to the hassle of getting transportation to our pre-cruise hotel, etc. Has anyone used a Celebrity airport transfer at LAX? I'm interested in where we'd meet the Celebrity bus and the cost, and if Celeb uses that in conjunction with a local hotel.