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Agree. I received the offer for my upcoming cruise in December and the bid prices seemed to be pretty much what the difference in price between the types of cabins was when I booked a couple of months ago - and if I declined to pay that price then, then why am I going to pay it now!

That's exactly why I avoid shared tables, especially at breakfast or lunch. I will frequently used the MDR at lunchtime for a single course such as the sandwich, and I don't want to be kept waiting for it whilst others have a three course meal. These days I pre-empt any such issues by requesting additional dishes of vegetables from the waiter, and if it something I particularly like the look of to bring a 'large portion' which are two portions re-plated as one, or if I am undecided between two things to bring both. Provided you ask when ordering the waiters don't care because they can collect it all in one go, it is returning to the kitchen that throws them out.

Correct. If the flight is late they will most likely delay the ship and in the unlikely event they don't (the aircraft is going to be really really late) then they will make all the arrangements for hotels and transport to catch up - but doing that for several hundred passengers on the flight is a right hassle so not delaying the ship is the last resort. 6pm or 8.30pm if fixed dining, or if the ship offers it freedom dining. You should look at how many freedom dining restaurants are on board - some like Iona and Arvia are 100% freedom dining, others are 2/3rds freedom and 1/3rd fixed. But if you get something you don't want, they set up in one of the MDR on the afternoon of boarding to take requests to change - they try and help out, although some choices are more in demand than others and can't be met.

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My wife likes physical books, but the issue is that she will happily read at least one a day (and we are not talking thin paperbacks!) so as a choice of a Kindle or actually fitting some clothes in the suitcase, well it was hands down to the Kindle. And having bought one of the original Kindles in 2012m she is now on her third one having worn the previous ones out... But being serious, one of the 'unsold' benefits of the Kindle (and I mean the 'proper' Kindles with e-ink, not the Android tablets) is that the font size can be adjusted to whatever is comfortable, so those with poor sight are not restricted to whatever is left in the large print stock, but can buy and read whatever they want.

Then they suffer the consequences! That might sound harsh, but frankly if you are going to hand your car and keys over to a stranger then you need to do a minimum of due diligence - and 30 seconds bringing up their T&Cs and looking at their company details at Companies House and googling their phone number told me that there would not be a cat in hells chance I would ever use them.

What you do? Well I would suggest that when you saw their website and googled their phone number then you ran away, you ran away very quickly indeed.

Frankly anyone who chose to leave their car and keys with the company mentioned... A google of their phone number tells you all you need to know.

Unsurprising though, as these days passengers who want to read normally have a Kindle with them.

P&O Cruises, the Carnival Corp brand, have not issued that statement, Carnival Cruise Lines, another Carnival Corp brand has.

Personally I would pick the hotel you prefer whether it is north or south, as the monorail between the terminals only takes a few minutes - and when picking a hotel, I would recommend an 'on-airport' one as the hassle to get to the terminal from an off-airport hotel isn't worth it.

There are plenty of aircraft seats, they are just seats that some people don't want to sit in.

They may not, but there have been many many many court cases that have been brought to resolve the issue of the the value of items when sold as a package for a single consideration - and it certainly isn't as easy as you think - particularly in situations like this where one item is sold at the same price on its own or in combination with the other.

It wasn't a question, just an observation that separating the flight fare on a fly cruise where a single price is paid for both elements is not a simple task.

Given that if you buy a P&O fly cruise without the flights the cost is the same as the cruise with the flights then does that make the fare for the flights to be zero...

Moans and groans they can ignore, as they know full well that people will have either forgotten by the time they come to book next time or have Hobson's choice about who to book through. And as OBC isn't 'real' money then £25 OBC has likely cost them under £5 in real terms.

I suggest that most people booking P&O cruises don't do any of that - they simply look at the P&O or TA agent's website and book, and thus have no idea of what is going on. As for the agents not being happy - well of course they won't be because it causes more work for them. And I can see them being particularly unhappy if P&O directly contacted anyone that hadn't already pre-booked PE seats as P&O's website has the 'get-out' of "Upgrade to Premium Economy on selected Caribbean flights" and the flight they are booked on is not 'selected' and also P&O's website has no mention of in-flight entertainment so there was no need to tell people there isn't any.

I doubt prices will be impacted at all by this change as the vast majority of people booking just book and don't look at forums like this to know such information, This morning I rechecked one cruise that had slightly interested me a few weeks ago and which was at the end of of the Caribbean season in six months time and the price has increased by 50% And that is probably due to them now being able to offer London flights whereas previously it was only Manchester flights or no flights and both London and Manchester flights are with this Maltese company.

Rather doubt it as they are getting what they paid for - a seat on an aircraft to take them from A to B, whereas those in PE are not getting what they paid for.

The towels don't dry properly between being used in the evening and then again the following morning when they are hung on the narrow racks in the cabin bathroom that only has a limited amount of ventilation. And so given the vast vast amount of laundry the ship is doing - how many thousands of pool towels are laundered every day - then asking for a a laundered towel or two is quite reasonable.

It being windy has been great. For the seventh time in the last two weeks there was free electricity for a few hours this afternoon, and I have just had an email saying it is the same again tomorrow.

On embarkation when the cabin steward introduces themselves I simply ask they leave two sets of towels when they service the cabin each morning. And there is never even a murmur let alone a quibble or argument about them doing that.

It wouldn't surprise me if at some point in the future such a basic connection was made a Select benefit - a minimal cost item to P&O to encourage people to upgrade from Saver. Similar to how some cruise companies price their drinks high to encourage people to 'save' money by booking inclusive drinks packages or including those packages with the higher priced fares. Especially now that roaming is an additional cost for most people.

Of course not - hotels, floating or not, have always made an exorbitant profit on providing communications, whether that was phone calls back in the day, or more recently WiFi, and this won't be any different even though owning a Starlink roaming system yourself (£449) would cost less than £3 a day (Starlink Roam) in access charges - I rather suspect P&O (and all the others) will continue to charge far far more than £3 for WiFI.

Fortunately some of us won't have to take part in that scheme and currently don't have to get stamps in our passport.