jonthomas

So the poster that said they paid deviation, maybe they were at the 90 or later point. Be aware of that date.

Ok rep #6 gave me the answer.... on page 4 of your invoice in fine print... as long as it is outside of the 90 days and you accept the flight given, O will NOT charge a deviation fee....it is there in writing....the important fact being the "outside of the 90 days and no more than 3 days earlier or later".

still on hold for rep # 6.... outrageous... yes I know you will all tell me that my TA should be the one to find it... no way would I expect my TA to spend this kind of time on this... ok...will let you know ...

I have been on the phone with O for almost an hour, being passed from one rep to another, all agree that there is no deviation fee going in a day or two earlier as long as you let them know 90 days before and accept the flights given...BUT no one can show me where this new policy is in writing...I am now on the 3 rep.... stay tuned...

Have not paid anything yet. Final pay is not till August.

Will call O this afternoon. I have said this before, in Canada it would easily cost us double for prem air, we got it from O for 149 pp to BCN.

Good to know, although I got an eye infection from the Thera pool on Viking star in April.

Have to get a definite answer about the deviation, yes there is a charge for going in early or not. Our cruise in question is Nov 2023, Bcn to Mia, from yyz.

What did it cost a night?

So prem econ IS poss with AC? I guess what I should do is 90 days out see what O gives us then decide if we can live with it. We don't have included deviation, not till we reach that level, and don't want to pay for it. No other line charges this exorbitant fee. We ARE going in two days earlier, so that does give us some comfort.

I don't understand what you mean when you say "I don't believe you get that for nothing". No one is expecting to get anything for nothing. The AC option may not be doable, but BA though LHR with a 3 hour layover is also a good option for us. Someone suggested that as well.

Not soon enough.

Looking forward to hearing about the food. We will be on Jan 9.

Can you not suggest a suitable flight? I will be in touch with O in the next couple of days to test the waters and see if it all has to go through the TA or maybe they can give me some information directly. The flight is not till November, so there is plenty of time.

Thank you for this info.We will see what happens.

came into effect a while ago....

Back to flights with O. Anyone use the new policy of going in a day or two earlier with no deviation fee?

What I chose is to not pay unnecessarily. As far as bemoaning my created situation, I prefer to say, I like to discuss my created situation. If you were to use "bemoan", you would be insulting an awful lot of people here who would then stop "discussing" all sort of matters here. I'm sure that is not your intention, as that is what keeps CC alive and kicking. Although I'm sure just with that slight, it will turn some people off. Perhaps if you find an annoyance with someone's "discussion" of various issues, you could refrain from responding. But that is hard to do for some, even me. Lol

yes BA is an option...not the others for BCN... we want AC stop over in YUL, but who knows if O will give it to us, that would be ideal to BCN....

IMHO but it is hard for Americans to understand how very limited we are with our air travel. AC pretty much has monopoly, Yes Airtransat does a flight here and here, West Jet is beyond bad.

no we are doing a TA from BCN to MIA....open to going in two days ahead, depending on the kind of flights we can get ...

other options are worse.... west jet, more unreliable than AC, airtransat, awful, no prem econ.... hard to be creative in Canada..very limited...

Our air from Toronto would easily be twice as much. We don't have the options that exist in the US. Basically we have one disgraceful airline.

Exactly how we feel after all those celeb cruises and a recent Viking. Will be on the Regatta in Sept 9 to 27.

I'll need it.