WorkforBeerGuy

Two years ago, we took our first Cunard cruise, for a pair of milestone birthdays. I had our TA book a westbound crossing in QG. When flights were finally available, I asked our TA to book specific BA flight and seats from BOS to LHR, as well as AA flight from LGA to BOS at the end of the cruise. I was monitoring BA's website and could see the desired seats being committed in real time. In researching flights I could see that in many cases a one-way flight could be almost the same as a round trip ticket. One advantage with Cunard Air is that one can mix and match airlines and could get reasonable one-way fares. (For our next TA, I will seriously consider Amtrak Acela from NYC to PVD.) And we didn't have to pay until T-4 months. But we had one major issue. A few weeks later, AA dropped the NYC/BOS shuttle. AA rebooked us from LGA to Ronny RayGun DC airport, and then after a number of hours, finally from DCA to BOS. Cunard Air dutifully sent us the new air booking. They also did this every time BA modified their flight schedule. The problem was that Delta also operated the NYC/BOS shuttle. So I wanted Cunard Air to change the AA flights to a non-stop Delta flight. The only way for Cunard Air to do this was to delete all flights and start over. But when we originally booked the BA flight, we got a fantastic FC deal that was only about 20% over their idiotic Club World Business seating. So there are good things and bad things about Cunard Air.

Oh, the dastardly small print. On the US site, the new itineraries are available on Oct 5 at 5 am PDT/ 8 am EDT. This would be 1 pm in the UK. What time are the new itineraries available on the UK site. But the small print says it is a non-refundable deposit. Deposits are usually refundable until 4 months embarkation. But: *Stateroom assignment is not available at time of booking and is on a guaranteed basis. I would consider a guaranteed Q1, or a Q2 on QE/QV (but not QM2). There are many discussions on CC about Port/Stbd on a TA. No choice for P/S, forward, midship, aft? This booking condition is crazy. I was so much looking forward to normal US booking conditions for our anticipated cruise.

Cunard's Summer Savings Event continues through Sept 27. I wouldn't expect Cunard to step on that sale.

In general, is there any time gap between Cunard releasing new cruise itineraries and when they are available for booking?

Journey View finally displayed events for our cruise, which is 7 weeks away. 7 to 7:45 pm.

For anyone on a current or recent Voyage of the Glacier cruise, what time are the Sled Dog Puppies shown in the Piazza? Trying to plan dinner time, and a puppy fix comes first.

We were on a Princess cruise in 2019 and took the WPYR train all the way to Carcross YT and a motorcoach back. The border patrol came to us both ways. They only looked to see you had a passport. For that trip we did not get stamped on arrival at YVR or by the US in the embarkation hall. And the passports were only scanned in LHR and Brooklyn on our just completed TA.

We just got home from the WB TA 7/29 to 8/5. We booked the cruise almost 2 years ago. At T-10 months I had our TA book the air with Cunard Air. At the time British Air had 3 flights each night from BOS to LHR. I wanted the 789 flight which had only 8 seats in FC, and thus only 2 pairs of seats. I requested the first row. When I received the Flexible Air Confirmation, it included the Airline Confirmation Number. I accessed the reservation and the seats were assigned as requested. We did not pay for the airfare until the 120-day final payment date. This was through the US flight desk. The same was true with our Delta flight from LGA to PVD, seats assigned as requested but no payment required.

We will be on a WB crossing later this summer and have a few questions about the disembarkation procedures. Hopefully people arriving on 1 July or one of the May cruises can provide their experience. What are the Group Transfer call-off times to LGA, and what time does the bus actually leave for the airport? Cost? The Cunard "web site" shows 10 possible transfer option prices, without any descrptions! What is the latest time to be off the ship? Are taxis readily available throughout the morning, or mostly at the start?

Our ages were shown on the US Deposit Confirmation, based on the date of embarkation.

I should have been more accurate in my earlier reply and said that the email is sent to your TA, if booked throught the TA. A good TA would then forward it to you.

The Airline Ref that is shown is Cunard's internal record. The Flexible Air Confirmation that would be emailed to you has the Airline Confirmation number in the right hand column, which is the number you need to access the airline's site.

A week or so ago I sent my info to sb@cunard.com and received a response the next day that the $100 was added to my account. But does anyone know where OBC shows on their MyCunard?