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No fire. It was gas fumes coming from the A/C system.

As stated, your booking belongs to your travel agent, you can't change it yourself, and the flight, as Meg pointed out, may not be available to the cruise line. I also don't understand why you want to change anything. Take the 7:00 bus.

What? I thought only AA was canceling flights 😄. I don't quite understand what you are writing because you say you had a YYZ-FCO flight booked and you are asking if you should take a FCO-YUL-YYZ or a FCO-FRA-YYZ. So, are you asking about the outbound or the return? If it's the return, I personally would book this myself. But, if you are sticking with cruise air, I'd take the FCO-FRA-YYZ. I'd rather have that long haul to my arrival airport than risk delays in Canada.

Agree, this is not the disaster you are making it out to be. The affected passengers will be placed on other flights. They just may not be the nonstop flight they originally booked. Why are many of these flights being cancelled? One big reason is staffing. Airlines don't pay enough, work schedules can be terrible and many passengers treat agents like garbage. I can't tell you how many times over the last several months, passengers have stormed into the office where I work, acting like frustrated two year olds. We aren't responsible for delays/cancelations/staff shortages/weight/the stuff you leave on planes, etc. Most agents do their best to help you, but honestly, if you treat them terribly, do you think they will go out-of-their way to find a solution? The corrections in the schedule will actually help bring some stability, hopefully resulting in less problems this summer. Last summer, staffing combined with weather, made it a nightmare many days. People always sing the praises of foreign carriers (vs. US), and many times they are great, but not so much when you run into a problem. IMO, try getting help from Avianca, or Copa, if there's a problem with your flight, just to name a couple.

Since I received no response, I contact Windstar directly.

OP lives in WY.

Theres’a no magic place to get discounted business class airfare. Most of these companies are selling you tickets using another person’s frequent flier miles which they have purchased. Selling miles is against the rules of every frequent flier program I’ve ever heard of. Airlines have entire fraud departments that track activity like this. Don’t even consider it unless you want to show up at the airport and find your ticket canceled. The address for this company is a strip mall in Boca Raton, FL, and the business at the suite number says it’s “Family Savings, LLC” and “QMS Global, Inc.”. They state they only communicate by email. Run. Run fast.

IME, you are not always able to get a table for two, but I have not sailed on the Wind Surf for quite some time. Breakfast may be ordered off the menu or you can go to the breakfast buffet.

Seat maps are not a reliable indicator of the load. Airlines regularly block seats, people with bookings, don't choose seats, etc.

Agree w/ Zach. You'd have to price it out and see what works better for you.

Can someone please tell me where Star Pride docks in Istanbul? Found some old threads, and it’s not clear to me if it’s changed. Thank you.

It's Windstar. There is no machine to fill your bottles. On Windstar, they may take it and fill it for you if you ask. There should be free water in your room and ice you could use.

It could still go down. Keep looking.

Look at a Park 'N Fly. It may be cheaper than parking at the airport or an off-airport lot.

Yes, you can.

I think these "peace of mind" claims need to be taken with a grain of salt. Last summer I had several passengers who purchased cruise air and their flights were canceled. One that stands out had purchased air through NCL. They told me they tried to get help, but the air dept of the cruise line simply hung up on them. They received no assistance at all. We managed to rebook them, at no extra charge, but they had to split up because during the bad weather period, seats were scarce. If there are no seats available, or if the cruise air dept does not answer the phone, I am not sure what "peace of mind" you would have. I don't know why anyone would use cruise air for domestic travel at least.

Windstar has US outlets also.

But, you are booking flights, you aren't on vacation.

No, do it yourself. Check out the cost of the fees/taxes on award tickets if you are arriving and departing from LHR on BA. Sometimes, if you are booking in economy, it's cheaper to just buy the flights.

Work har Work hard and you can get up to a shinier metal!

You don't have to take this chance. Buy another seat now.

https://www.ita-airways.com/en_il/fly-ita/additional-services/seats-assignment.html?WT.mc_id=search_Google_pMax_US&WT.srch=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAleOeBhBdEiwAfgmXfyPNRnAtlURsmoO6tfUROtB_Pihme2fmmliwQuiKhRrC8WBlFtc7-BoCNL4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

All the tour operators know where you will be. I highly recommend Dr.Poole’s tour in Moorea. Be advised some tour operators have contracts with the cruise line. And you won’t be able to book independently for these.

No one can answer this as we have no information about your ticket. Once it is ticketed, you can pull up your reservation on the airline’s webpage and see if there are any upgrade options. Some cruise line purchased tickets are not upgradeable at all.

OP is traveling from UK to Italy. That is certainly an international flight, as you pointed out.