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Thanks, both! I'll read the notes and try to remember to actually report back with a report/itinerary from our experience this fall.

Does anyone have any experience doing a basecamp Antarctica cruise? I've tried searching the forum but haven't had much luck. My husband and I just paid our reservation on the Oceanwide Expeditions Basecamp Plancius cruise.

Also if anyone has any experience on m/v Plancius or cruises with Oceanwide Expeditions, that'd be great.

Thanks in advance!

In our experience, United is pretty good about offering free bags. Their website says 3 bags free for active military personnel up to 70lbs/bag. We don't have any experience with Air Canada though...

I would bring a copy of your orders if you can, just to be safe. However, I've only had them ask for them once... Normally, you just grab some person at the kiosk, tell them your military, show them your ID, they punch in their code, and you're good to go. Sometimes it takes a while but normally it's pretty fast.

We're both active duty but we've done it many times. Depending on the airline, some want your ID, some want a copy of the leave orders. We've had success with United and American waiving our baggage fees. I believe American even offered free seat upgrades for military.

At our airport, there are specific kiosks for military members to check-in at that have the fees waived. If they don't have the military kiosks, there's usually a button halfway through to select "military" on the bag screen. You'll then have to go to the front to check your bags.