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Yay! That makes me happy!!

When Royal has a day stop in San Juan, I thought I read somewhere that they will dock in Old San Juan downtown instead of the Pan America pier. Is this the case, I hope?

My husband kept getting dizzy. His Dr also said dehydration and that he needed electrolytes. She told him first thing in the morning to mix 8 - 16 oz. water, a capful of lemon juice and 1/8 tsp of pink salt and drink it up. He could not believe the change. His energy level is back up there. He feels great and is 81. Wouldn't hurt to try it!

Yes, I have been there before and do love it. I don't think the hubby would do a TA anyway...too many sea days.

Oh, that might be interesting. We are on that cruise that ends in Barcelona on the 21st. I was planning on staying a couple days in Barcelona but would consider a WB TA if that's how it plays out.

I am doing a similar cruise (except no Jamaica and leaving from Miami), March 2025 on Royal. I too am tired of all the same ports from Galveston. I don't even look anymore.

What is the next port?

As soon as airfare opens, check out Air2sea with Royal. I was able to get DFW to FCO(Rome) RT for $813 pp. They are the cheap seats, but oh well. This was for Aug. 2024. I had to purchase seats on the Air France leg but it was only an extra $40 pp.

Thanks everyone.

Is there any advantage to paying off A2S prior to final payment (like 6 months in advance)? We have chosen our seats on Air France and American (paid for on AF). By paying off this far in advance, would we be considered "ticketed" and more guaranteed of having the seats we chose (barring the fact that planes can change and all that? If we pay off A2S, do they just hold on to that money or do they go ahead and pay off the airlines for our tickets? If they just hold on to the funds then I guess it doesn't really gain us anything, right?

How does that work when you prepay the gratuities and your final payment isn't due yet? Do you actually pay it prior to final payment or just have it selected as prepay? I have a cruise that is in 2024.

The correct answer is you can NOT use the promotional OBC to prepay gratuities. You can only use the OBC for items in your cruise planner. BUT, you CAN use it to pay the gratuities once on the ship.

I just sent an email to my TA and will post what he says.

That is what I normally do. My question is if I want to prepay prior to getting on the ship, can I use the OBC that is considered promotional OBC and shows to use for pre cruise purchases.

Sorry if this has already been addressed. I have some OBC that shows on my booking that I know can be used for an excursion. If I choose to pre-pay gratuities, am I able to use this OBC towards them? My cruise is already fully paid and my plan was to the OBC for the grats.

I have been looking some. I am hoping one or more of my travel mates will look as well. Hopefully I will get a better understanding by the time we go.

Our connection time is 85 minutes. Are we going to have to haul A$$, or will we likely be okay? If times matter, we are supposed to leave DFW at 3:40pm, arrive CDG at 8:05 am and leave CDG at 9:30 am. I have purchased Air Tags after reading some stories about luggage not making it. Been through that going to Venice. Thanks for your infinite wisdom!

Thanks to all who responded! I feel much more comfortable that this is a non-issue. 🙂

Thanks! I was sweating it.

Looking at my A2S docs on the legs that are Delta/operated by AF, our first and middle names are merged as if they are one name. Is that normal? Example is ARTLEE or LINDAKAY. Art is first name, Lee is middle name. Linda is first name and Kay is middle name. On the return flight which is on American, it looks normal in that Lee and Kay are separated from the first names. I am trying to figure out if this is going to be an issue. I did try to talk to A2S about it and they didn't seem to know what I was talking about. He said he could remove those middle names as we really only needed first and last. Any ideas?

Thank you so much! Better wine sounds good to me!

OOPS Sorry, I fixed it. Going to Rome. Thanks!!

We will be flying DFW-CDG-FCO on Delta, operated by Air France. I paid to select seating, which I was okay about. 1. For luggage my paperwork says 4 x accessory and 4 x hand baggage (there are 4 of us). Does this mean I will need to pay for a checked bag? If so, any clue as to how much per bag and would it be for each leg of the flight? When I clicked on that option it wouldn't let me do it. 2. I think I read that wine is free (even for the cheap seats). True or False? 3. When we get to CDG, I know we will do passport check. Do we need to collect our checked luggage and recheck it or will it go on through? Thanks for any info from you air gurus.

thanks

I am using air2sea so have not paid for tickets yet. I did want to get something booked as prices were changing rapidly, maybe due to the war going on now. I grabbed something very reasonable and it would be fine, but I can change if something looks better. We are traveling with another couple so we could do three together and then someone could have an aisle seat across the aisle. It will all be fine I am sure.