dolfan1980

I was trying to change a credit card for a cruise next week and doesn't want to work. I'm wondering if that is linked to this and if it will clear up or if I have to call.

Southern Caribbean ports are the best warm weather islands to visit IMO. Have done one on NCL last winter and one on RCCL a few years ago, of my ~12 cruises, those are the best two.

Arriving 1pm next Saturday and looking for your suggestions to see the other side of the island. It seems most things leave in the morning or are sold out. We are two people, suggestions welcome!

I would do the application and then hopefully the interview stuff sorts itself out sooner than later. I don't think you're at much risk of timing out for an interview.

This is very much the normal now and a hotel as a goodwill gesture canceling for you is the exception. Travel insurance is really your best bet.

Agreed or 2242 minus the insurance.

I believe Pan American for cruises that originate in San Juan and Old San Juan if visiting for the day.

The duty free in the airport is sadly no longer worth the trouble, the LCBO back in Ontario often the same price nowadays.

I had trouble with the website today too, it worked on the app.

Sky did a bunch for a while.

I only see on data point in this thread as a "should be". I am sailing Jan 22nd, does anyone know if I purchase on Tuesday when the markets open if that should still get enough time to get the OBC? I suspect the downside of the stock isn't as bad as when it was trading in the $20s earlier this year and last. Getting a near 10% return right away isn't bad. Does anyone Canadian know if they get $100 US OBC? Hopefully that is the case.

One would assume this will be appealed ten ways to Sunday.

Wow, WS wouldn't be making any money on that one!

I wonder if it was booked as a return ticket or two one ways in his case since he said it was American down and United back...either way, it's the 23rd, so he's either made the ship or not by now.

I can do the conversion too, but it just sucks to have to think that way. Try booking in Pesos or something and you'll understand. NCL and Royal both offer Canadian pricing on their sites. Carnival seems to only have US and Australia for some strange reason.

Is there a way to get the Carnival website to give pricing in Canadian dollars? Can't get Canadian pricing on the Carnival site and can't seem to get $50 deposits on third party sites. Frustrating!

Halifax is going to be a bit of a big loser in all of this I think. WS pulling out of most of the region means really just YHZ-YYZ for most of the year on WS. I also think the Porter jet expansion is going to start to see the several flights a day that do YYZ-YHZ-YYT/YOW-YHZ-YYT overfly YHZ too. It really leaves just AC with a bit of a mini-hub in YHZ and even they have been flowing more of the Atlantic flying directly through YYZ/YUL too, especially in summer.

Westjet is pulling back from the east overall. Most Quebec/Atlantic/Ontario/Transborder flights in the east also either canceled, reduced or seasonal. Similiarly, AC significantly cutting back on Alberta flights preferring to focus on Vancouver and Toronto/Montreal hubs over Calgary.

I've only transited YYZ to/from US twice and domestic connections twice in the past two months, so my experience is purely anecdotal, but here goes...IMO you have plenty of time, the US customs hall for connections isn't too bad and quite fast if you have Nexus. I was able to connect through both times in about a half an hour from arriving at one gate from a domestic flight to walk to the connections security/customs and then be sitting in the AC lounge inside US area of Terminal 1. What I find AC has not gotten solved in Toronto is the chronic problem of understaffing under wing. I've constantly waited for gates/ground crews/baggage on almost every flight in/out of there the past ~2 years since I started flying post-covid. The delays are getting better, but I find departures seem to go 10-30 mins late almost every flight. I was 45 mins late leaving YYZ last Monday for no reason other than staffing shortages and my folks were also 45 mins delayed for same reason Wednesday. I've probably had 25 of these delays in the past year.

If you're travel savvy yes, if you're fotsg then take the later one.

A red eye from the west coast with the time difference is leaving day of. There's really no other options to make it if the one flight is canceled. A ten day vacation at risk is just not worth it. I certainly do sympathize with the OP, but at same time people can hopefully learn from this to have back up options.

May sound insensitive, but it's well known not to fly in the day of a cruise. NCL offered to get them to to the next port to join the ship and they refused. I understand the frustration, but taking risks can backfire and in this case it unfortunately did big time.

Do you have any credit card insurance that would cover anything? Taking the last flight in for a cruise you invested $4k in without any back up plan is unfortunately a hard lesson to learn. You should have left a day earlier or at least that morning.

I think the reality is nobody feels too bad about taking a drink from someone charging like a 400% upcharge against their cost for a drink or stealing from a huge corporation. If you were to grab four packs of gum from a mom and pop convenience store everyone would say it's clearly theft. Everyone has a different view. I would have absolutely no problem doing it knowing they get their fair share of skin from me on a sailing.

Would you drive 20 over on the highway, take food away from a buffet when it's not allowed or slip a few extra apples in your purse when apple picking? I sort of consider this to be similar.