Celebrity, transfer to LHR, buy onboard?

[cinnamon]

Is it possible to purchase a transfer from Harwich to London Heathrow while onboard Constellation? Our friends are flying out at just after 12 noon and struggling to find a way back to LHR that does not require a private car and driver at high expense. The Celebrity office they spoke to said they would only sell transfer tickets to those taking the cruiselines own air package. I am sure I remember last year when we were onboard that they were selling tickets for coaches back to the airport.

 

Thanks for any help.

[Poohb]

Would the information below be of help? I understand there is a train.

http://www.harwich.co.uk/cruise_trains.asp

[Teach4fun]

Hi, we are also on the Consellation this summer and purchased transfers just from Harwich to Heathrow for our return flight. We did not purchase our air from Celebrity and we were still able to buy our transfers. The only thing is our TA said they would only sell us transfers if our flight was after 2:00pm on the day the ship arrived in Harwich. We had to give the flight number for a flight so they could check. We also purchased these just recently, long after booking the cruise.

[PennyAgain]

With the requirement of UK airports for very early arrival times for international flights, a 12 noon flight departure is frankly impossible. Your friends need to go back to their travel agent to have the departure flight changed.