Hawaiidan

I just got wort that the rapid test in BCN is costing 160E pp,,,,,,ok thats a deal breaker. like one more straw .....Will wait to cruise till later in the year. or next year... I found that at AMS that the rapid test was 29E pp.... for my Sept/October cruise.... so thats a keeper..... I fly out of Palm Springs so no airport testing and Also SNA which has rapid testing cheap for flight............. Now, I am also hoping that in 4 more months all that sillyness will be history ............THanks all

Ok.......WHERE????? I arrive in BCN at 3pm on a wednsday.... the ship boards thursday at noon. Where and HOW is the question......

Well there are those who would call then "racist" and sexist in the woke culture of do you own thing as long at it agrees with my thing............. I went to the CIA.. and you learn manners , decorum and with importance of tradition and Protocols long established for hundreds of years. .

Ok...... I am trying to figure how to do this... I have 2 cruises in August and sept Here is my question. It takes 24 hours here in SO Cal to get tested and then get results. The problem is the test would be 96 hoirs and best before my boarding as I have to fly in the day before the cruise arriving anywhere between 120 in AMS to 18 BCN hours prior to the cruise.... NOT considering the 24 hours I need to take a test prior to the flight ! Compounding this is that the testing would have to be done as much as 3 days prior to even that owing to the weekend. I can test the prior week thus.... not sooner unless they have some teating at AMS airport ot BCN airport ot pier. As a double safety, I would take a test before departing here in the USA to make sure I was good. What can I do? Will O have testing at check in? And Yes I realize these cruises are 3-4 months away and everything can change... I just need advice on how to proceed... I will mot have a cell phone or internet connection in europe so that is out........ What is or has your ecperience/advice been

No... it just means they are not fully booked.... nothing more. Some times travel agencies reserve blocks of rooms and later release them if un sold. It is normal to see the top and bottom class cabins to sell first due to the restricted numbers in each class VS the mass of inventory available throughout the ship

You have the first 4 cabins aft of the bridge.... Too, close to the bridge and you still get the shadow of the bridge structure to deal with 8002 a PH 3 is the best compromise in sun and wind.....in my experience As to which side is better...... My British friends and I will both tell you POSH.... Port out Starboard home. Crossing the Atlantic west to east you want to be on the Starbaord as it is a wind shelter from the prevailing winds. Whereas, East to west You want Port for the same That works pretty well world wide becaus of the Coriolis effect base on the earth's rotation.... But as I said before anything around the "lifts " as you call then, is golden......even the set of 4 insides.. And while others disagree On an R ship its either a PH or inside.. The verandas and Outside views are a poor experience. Understand too that I spend very little time in the cabin... prefer to be out and about 95% of my waking hours..

I think your quoting PP rates not gross.

Doing business with friends and relatives is not in the best interest of the client. It's a business relationship with no emotional ties... Sort of akin to not lending friends or relatives money or property . More ways for you to end up loosing both.

Quiet sales are discounts given to a specific agency or agencies as a perk for their business volume. How do you let your agent know your interests? Well you build a relationship with an agent. They know, over the years, who you are, you interests your buget and values. Based on that they can let you know when things come along that you might like. ( Another reason for maintaining a good long term relation)

I agree.... I use my agent only to book with O ... ... Thats all the service Ineed., except for his current knowledge of quite sales, special agency offerings I might be un aware. His work load is only to write the invoice, and make the call to his O rep to see what they are going to give him. I give him full authority to act on my behalf on any offers O might make.. ( which he has done in down sells and up sells with incredible results ) Nothing more.

NO... The status level is to the passenger not an agent as 90% of bookings with airlines are direct sales vis the companies web site or phone. A regular passenger , with say UA gets nothing untill they top + a dollar amouht of about $3500 + number of flights... Premier status is worth $$$ a Silver is about $1400 a year in perks, Whereas a Top tier 1K level rewuires you spend over $15,000 a year on fares but offers $13,000 in perks.

In short..."if you were me you would like this" The foil is you is you and not me.. Come with an open mind or leave with a broken heart..............

As to rebate from comission % It is my understanding that commissions go up according the cabin class booked in addition to agency volume. Thus a person who gets say 8-10% is probably booking a PH or better One can imagine what a Owners or Vista might comission at While a 5% is booking a basic veranda or Ocean view. Airlines now bast their point and status levels on dollars spent in fare. and number of flights.. not so much just miles Hotels too.