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were you on Celebrity Xploration by chance? I read somewhere that luggage doesn't fit under the bed on Xploration and just wondering if that's true or not.

Thanks, but I wasn't asking about airline policy, I was asking about ship policy. My airline ticket allows a 23kg checked bag, a 10kg carry on bag and a personal item.

What are the luggage limitws for those ships? We will be on Xploration in May and haven't seen info on luggage weight limits. Thanks!

Ha! Delta has numerous times tried to sell me an F upgrade for upwards of $700-800 for the 45 min CHS-ATL leg. Ridiculous!

As others have said, be careful with economy "extra" because it's just a little more legroom, no extra seat width. And yes, with bulkhead seats you'll often find both the tray table and the entertainment screen in the armrest. That means a wider armrest and a thus a narrower seat.

Not booking Spirit, that's what this "we" would be doing. Not for a cruise, anyway. Please tell me you are booked to arrive 1 or even 2 days pre-cruise and are not flying in the day of embarkation??? Spirit is just too risky for that in my mind. If something happens and your flight is canceled or you miss a connection, it's going to be darn near impossible to get 8 people rebooked same day, or possibly even next day. Given that you are starting in DTW, a Delta hub, I'd book Delta for that trip. More money? Almost certainly. But loads of options if things go sideways. You can be rerouted through ATL, JFK/LGA, MSP etc. You might have to split up to do so but that's better than missing your cruise.

The best exchange rate is typically at ATMs once you're at your destination. By waiting, you can also assess the situation once you are boots on the ground. More and more, credit cards are accepted even by small vendors. Not all, but "cash only" is getting less and less common.

We will be there in May for a few days before a Galapagos cruise and can't wait! We've booked a private, all day, birding excursion to the Mindo cloud forest, a Quito food tour, a Quito street art tour, and plan to take the TeleferiQo cable car up the side of the Pichincha Volcano to the lookout at the top.

A few examples from my own experience... 1. Had 5.5 hours at JFK...went to Xpress Spa for mani/pedi, The Palm restaurant for a meal, then the Delta Sky Club where we sat outside on the sky deck with cocktails and watched the planes on the tarmac 2. Another time wiht 6+ hours at JFK in the heat of summer...had a reservation to head over to the TWA hotel pool deck for a swim, snacks and cocktails. Unfortunately our inbound flight had a severe delay and we missed out on this 3. Once had 7+ hours at DCA after a conference ended and before an evening flight...took the metro to Pentagon City shopping mall 4. Once at ATL I simply walked all the way from Concourse T to Concourse F (quite a distance) to get some exercise in

I've flown several times on Christmas Day, although not on Singapore Air. Nothing special, unless you count perhaps a gate agent wearing a Santa hat. But no, they don't hand out any special treats or anything like that. In fact, I've taken treats for the flight crew as a thank you for working a holiday away from their families.

Can you be more specific? Do you mean after disembarking a ship, and are wondering how long it will take to get to the airport and get through check-in and security? Not Amsterdam specific, but generally if disembarking a ship, it is suggested to not book a flight earlier than noon.

It's been a few years, but we used TotallyDrivenUK for black car service from Southampton to London. it was 125 pounds and the service was excellent.

The answers are maybe and maybe. Beware though- just because Carnival sells you a ticket for the same flight you could book on your own, it doesn't mean the ticket is the same. There will likely be different rules and restrictions attached to that ticket. They may not be obvious, and the need to understand them may never arise. But if things go south on the day of travel? That's when those pesky rules and restrictions often come into play.

You were stopped and questioned but you were allowed to continue on with your trip. Ergo, including your middle name on the ticket was not actually a MUST.

Ok, I re-read your OP, let's break it down: 1. In the event something happens with your nonstop flight, will JetBlue put you on another airline? The answer is generally no, as they do not have any interline agreements with other airlines that I'm aware of. In that sense, yes, it's a bigger risk to book an airline like JetBlue than one that is part of an airline alliance with multiple partners. Alliance partners mean far more options to get you where you need to go. 2. Are you the one scrambling for a new flight? Sort of. JetBlue will attempt to rebook you. But getting you to your cruise on time is not their concern. Their obligation is simply to get you to where you were going. They might reroute you, they might move you to a flight the next day, or the day after that, or possibly they would simply cancel your ticket and refund you. So if you want to get to your cruise, you probably need to be proactive about finding an alternative. If it's on JetBlue, they will generally move you at no additional cost, since it was the original flight that failed to get you there. 3. Going back to #2 for a moment, and the option of JetBlue to re-route you through BOS or DUB. Check the times, but my guess is that the nonstop leaves later in the evening than the flight to BOS that connects to a BOS-AMS flight, which means that by the time you know there's an issue with your nonstop flight, it's probably too late to get on a flight to BOS and continue on because that plane has already left JFK. Same for flights to DUB. If you happen to find a later departure through BOS or DUB, be aware that everyone on your plane is probably trying to get those seats and there won't be nearly enough to accommodate everyone on your original flight. In all likelihood, those accommodated first will be passengers who paid to fly Mint class, or high level Mosaic frequent flyers. For a connection through Dublin, your connecting flight is going to be on Aer Lingus DUB-AMS, so that flight would also have to have room to accommodate you. So what to do? If it was me, and the nonstop was significantly cheaper, I'd book it. But I'd book it a day or two earlier and enjoy a day or two in AMS if your flight leaves on time. If you do have a delay, you now have extra time to get to AMS before your cruise.

Thanks, we were fine, specifically because we intentionally booked an extra day into our itinerary just in case of something like this. In all my years of traveling, it's the first time I got stuck stateside at a connecting airport. Many people would say "Oh that's never happened to me, we should be fine flying in the same day." But I take the viewpoint of "just because it's never happened to me doesn't mean it never will." When it finally did, I was prepared.

I'm just guessing here, but perhaps AA has, for some reason either intended or not, not made that particular flight available to FBC per the terms of their booking agreement with AA.

It was easier for me to add a passport card to my passport application than to go to the DMV in person with assorted documentation to get a Real ID. I'll say again- If YOU don't want to pay $30 for a passport card, don't. We get it. You don't think it's necessary. But please stop trying to insult people who prefer to get one.

I'm confused. Are you starting your trip from JFK? What stopover routing are you seeing from JetBlue? Right now they go nonstop from JFK to either LHR, AMS or CDG, but they don't fly between those 3 cities in Europe so I'm not sure what sort of stopover you're talking about.

Exactly what I said- you have a reservation. But having a reservation and actually being ticketed are two entirely different things.

But a passport card fits conveniently into a wallet, many of which people have attached to their phone. A passport book doesn't. So the card would be a much more convenient form of ID as an alternation to a REAL ID in that case. And as ID to get back on a ship, or for whatever else one might need and ID while ashore, a passport card is far more uniform than any of the 50+ different drivers licenses issued by all the different states and territories. If you don't want a passport card, don't get one. But it doesn't make it the ridiculous and useless add-on that you're trying to make it out to be.

Your bags will be checked through to FCO. Immigration (Passport check) is done at first point of entry (CDG) and customs (for bags) is done at final destination but is mostly a non-event in most of Europe. This is different from international arrival into the US, where you complete both immigration and customs at your first point of entry.

Yes. But if you end up on one that's not, it doesn't really matter if it's the only one. Last summer we flew to Europe for a cruise. I don't recall exactly what time the flight was supposed to depart, but it was very early evening. 6 or 7 pm maybe? The plane had a mechanical delay, and they kept pushing the ETD back 30-45 min at a time. But the cowling was off on one of the engines and nothing seemed to be happening. Eventually they announced that they were going to use a different aircraft. We waited some more and finally boarded. But that plane ended up with a mechanical issue as well, and eventually we had to deplane. We thought we were just about to board again but the cockpit crew timed out. By this time it was pushing midnight so it was too late to try to get rebooked on partner airlines or different routings. They announced that all passengers had been rebooked on a newly created flight departing the following afternoon at 5pm. We had a one day cushion so it was fine. But there were a bunch of people on our flight who were on a different cruise and were flying in day of. You can imagine the collective groan that went up when they all realized they'd miss embarkation and have to catch up to their ship. Delta comped everyone's hotel room that night, but the link they sent said everything was booked. Luckily I know how things work so we just booked our own and sent in the receipt and got reimbursed. The ladies across the aisle from us on the plane the next day had had to pay something like 500 euro to book a van transport to their ship's first port of call.

The cruise line doesn't typically purchase your actual ticket until you pay for it. Prior to that, you may have a reservation but not an actual ticket.

What restrictions do you have questions about? Perhaps someone here can answer them.