Olife - "O" for Offensive Air Arrangements

[lawyertx]

  We elected to take the business class air option on an upcoming Oceania cruise.  When we received the air itinerary, we saw that it is not non-stop.  While not ideal, 

we can handle a plane change if necessary.  But, the layover is 9.5 hours.  Nine and one-half hours at an airport between flights.  Arrangements scheduled by Oceania. There are any number of available (better) alternatives.   Never again.  Already a really bad taste in my mouth for Oceania, and still more than two weeks before the cruise.  

[RogerSueDenver]

I've never had a good flight schedule when I've let the cruise line schedule air. I don't like arriving day of teh cruise (too many things can go wrong - delays, cancellations and lost luggage). Plus my first priority is not "price" but "value" (cost plus wear and tear on the body).

[DCGuy64]

Yikes, that's quite the layover! We had planned to upgrade to Business Class for our upcoming cruise but the delta between the included Economy fare and Business was actually higher than a separately purchased Business class ticket, so we got an air credit and bought the tickets ourselves. We only have about a 1 1/2 hour layover on the way to Japan.

[dandee2]

On 11/20/2022 at 3:20 PM, lawyertx said:

  We elected to take the business class air option on an upcoming Oceania cruise.  When we received the air itinerary, we saw that it is not non-stop.  While not ideal, 

we can handle a plane change if necessary.  But, the layover is 9.5 hours.  Nine and one-half hours at an airport between flights.  Arrangements scheduled by Oceania. There are any number of available (better) alternatives.   Never again.  Already a really bad taste in my mouth for Oceania, and still more than two weeks before the cruise.  

Don<t worry. Some passenger (wo got the free air package) who just did the Hawaii-Polynésia 12 days cruises did worst. NCL flew them from Montréal to Paris - then Paris to LAX - then LAX to Polynesia. Close to 28 hours. It's all done automatically with the cheapest flights available.

[Panama111]

On 11/20/2022 at 3:20 PM, lawyertx said:

  We elected to take the business class air option on an upcoming Oceania cruise.  When we received the air itinerary, we saw that it is not non-stop.  While not ideal, 

we can handle a plane change if necessary.  But, the layover is 9.5 hours.  Nine and one-half hours at an airport between flights.  Arrangements scheduled by Oceania. There are any number of available (better) alternatives.   Never again.  Already a really bad taste in my mouth for Oceania, and still more than two weeks before the cruise.  

We were just offered a flight with a 9 hour layover in Frankfurt. I was livid because there are flight every 2 hours and there was a non-stop available.
Also, to fly in a day earlier (to avoid stress) we were told we had to play the change fee pp. I will never use Oceania  flights again.

Patricia O’Reilly