Viking air one way?

[midwife]

We are taking the Voyage of Marco Polo in March’25, from Bangkok to Athens.  We have never used Viking air so we have a few questions. For clarification we are coming from Australia. 
1. Can we do a one way fare with Viking? 
2. Do we have to use Viking air to get transfers to/from the port? 
I’m sure there will be other questions but this is a start.😂

[OneSixtyToOne]

1) I have never heard of one way air.

 

2) If you fly on the same day as embarkation / disembarkation you can purchase a transfer from Viking without Viking Air.  If you purchase a pre or post trip extension from Viking, it includes airport transpiration to/from the hotel.

Edited September 8, 2023 by OneSixtyToOne

[midwife]

3 minutes ago, OneSixtyToOne said:

1) I have never heard of one way air.

 

2) If you fly on the same day as embarkation / disembarkation you can purchase a transfer from Viking without Viking Air.  If you purchase a pre or post trip extension from Viking, it includes airport transpiration to/from the hotel.

Thanks for your reply. We have lots of point with Emirates which we can use to get home. Might be worth booking our own flight and purchasing transfers. Will they transfer from a hotel or only the airport? 

[OneSixtyToOne]

4 minutes ago, midwife said:

Thanks for your reply. We have lots of point with Emirates which we can use to get home. Might be worth booking our own flight and purchasing transfers. Will they transfer from a hotel or only the airport? 

The same day airport transfer is only from the ship to airport and vice-versa. It is not designed for people who make their own hotel arrangements for additional time pre-post cruise. Your flights must arrive/leave the same day as the cruise begins/ends.

 

Edited September 8, 2023 by OneSixtyToOne

[LindaS272]

1 hour ago, midwife said:

We are taking the Voyage of Marco Polo in March’25, from Bangkok to Athens.  We have never used Viking air so we have a few questions. For clarification we are coming from Australia. 
1. Can we do a one way fare with Viking? 
2. Do we have to use Viking air to get transfers to/from the port? 
I’m sure there will be other questions but this is a start.😂

Yes, you can do a one-way fare with Viking, although there might be restrictions from Australia. We got “free” air on our Saturn cruise in July—Bergen to Reykjavik and paid the extra for Premium Economy & Air Plus. Turns out, though, that there is no PE on flights out of KEF to US cities, so we just did the air to Bergen (Seattle to Amsterdam to Bergen), and Viking refunded half our upgrade fee. We then booked Saga Class on Icelandair out of KEF to get home.

[KBs mum]

Check you can buy the transfers, they aren't available in the UK unless included as booking flights via Viking, might be a US only thing

[duquephart]

8 hours ago, OneSixtyToOne said:

1) I have never heard of one way air.

 

2) If you fly on the same day as embarkation / disembarkation you can purchase a transfer from Viking without Viking Air.  If you purchase a pre or post trip extension from Viking, it includes airport transpiration to/from the hotel.

 

But you must submit a transfer request no less than 30 days out - so they know when/ where to find you.

[TayanaLorna]

We had one way flights twice but it was for cruises that ended or began in San Juan.  We live in PR.  One cruise was free airfare.  The other cruise they reduced the airfare cost by one third.

[Clay Clayton]

We did one way air when they were offering "free" as Viking would only provide it from the US.  We were in Japan and had hoped they would pay for the flight to China before the cruise and then home from Hong Kong after disembarking.  They would not, but they did "give"us the air back to the US. 
 

If you elect to book your own air and arrive and depart on embarkation/disembarkation day, you can usually pre-purchase a transfer. They typically are $49 pp.  Our experience has been that we can usually find a more comfortable transfer for less money.  
YMMV. 

[Liz Masterson]

We often piggyback our cruise with my husband's business travel.

 

Once he had a work meeting in Poland so met me in Oslo for our pre-cruise extension. I wanted to get in a day early to explore a bit with him so Viking was not going to transport me to the hotel anyway. So work paid to get him to Oslo and we used points to get me to Oslo.

 

We used Viking Air to get home.

 

For our next Mediterranean trip, we want to spend 3 nights in Barcelona on our own. So we are flying in early on our own and using Viking to get us home from their Tuscan Villa Extension.

 

You when you book your cruise go ahead and let them add Viking Air. If you decide to fly on your own they return that portion of your fee. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mich3554]

Yes, you can book a one way fare with Viking.  We are doing Bangkok to Vancouver next year and need only one way as Vancouver is a local airport for us.