Thejuggler

Generally no because unlike a scheduled business class or first class ticket none of your premium fare is going to the lounge operator. Sign up to Manchester Airport email alerts and you may get offers for lounge access.

Child places are limited by age and the discount changes.

Jet 2 online check in opens 28 days before departure. Having done two flights with them this year and one more to come it is 28 days to the hour!

Either take an inflatable toddler bed, or an adult sleeps on the pullman. We have had double bed and pullman berth, they prefer singles due to ladder access, but you can use the ladder on the end of the pullman on some ships.

The time to change trains will be in line with the maximum required at each stationo change platforms. if they are giving 11 minutes between changes it is probably a 10 minute connection time station, Rather than manage this yourself by taking other trains if you want longer connection times you can add time when searching for tickets and alternative timings will be given.

Correct. The freedom restaurants are midship, above each other on different decks, Bay treet is at the rear. Food is the same so it doesn't make any difference.

Vigo and Lisbon both walkable from the port. Research Vigo and find something to do. Not much going on in the town, there are attractions within short distance but if they aren't doing a tour they may need to research transport options, Lisbon. Lots to see, but having been for an extended stay following a cruise visit it is spread out and very hilly. Belem is a long way from the main centre, similarly the Oceanarium area with cable car along the river is a long way the other way, but both are worth visiting. The statue of Christ is across the river so a visit there also needs some planning. Trams, train and metro are all available, easy to use and not expensive. As the Lisbon stay is overnight it does mean time to see a lot, but not everything!

One way long haul tickets are always expensive. You can sometimes find cheaper flights by accepting some inconvenience. For flights to US and Canada look to go via Dublin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris or less popular hubs such as Stockholm etc. Cheap flights to mainland Europe should be available, but we are now in main school holidays in Scotland so prices won't be as low as earlier or later in the year. It can sometimes be cheaper to book a package and not use the accommodation. Google flights would be my go to and I'd only book through the airline website, not via an agent thrown up by Skyscanner or other similar sites, especially if a transit is required.

Issues around crowding on sea days demonstrate the low space per passenger on the Grand class ships with the extra deck of cabins.

Pre book. If possible A good time to go on is just before sunset when the buildings are being lit up. In September sunset is around 7pm.

The main downside with all Grand Class ships such as Azura and Ventura is the lack of a crows nest bar and not many public areas with a view to sit and watch to world go by. In the Med it may not be as much of an issue as sea days can be spent on deck, but if the weather is poor indoor areas are limited.

Whilst I noticed the river in Rome and crossed it by foot, it wasn't an attraction as say the Seine. I can't see what you would see from a boat trip. If you want to do justice to Vatican and St Peters Basilica you may not have time for much else. Even with skip the line we were there about 4 hours and didn't do the climb up St Peter's as it was close to closing time.

As above. Its due to you not going through any passport check on leaving the US. You will note in airports all passports are scanned on entry and exit. This is not your fault, but the passenger manifest should be provided to US Homeland security by P&O who should then update the records. Not much scope for failure in that process is there?!

Limited advanced tickets on Heathrow Express are available for £5.50. Otherwise the new Elizabeth Line service is the one to take.

We cruised regularly from about 2010 with our daughter. At all ages (pre school to teen) we came up against 'no children spaces left' on a regular basis. It worked in our favour as we moved to choosing cruises which were less family focussed.

Three essentials for an app. It has to be useful It has to be simple to use It has to work every single time If any of these aren't met an app becomes a hinderance.

Its MSN. Not known for their in depth analysis.

We have generally looked at Premerinn map and chosen the cheapest within 60-90 minutes drive from Southampton.

Sign up to Manchester Airport website and you may receive offers for discounted access to the lounges. I've had codes many years ago and considering the price of food and drink and lack of seating away from gates it worked out good value.

open street map is the site I use for such info.

Our first cruise was very much about ship life, the ports didn't matter. We then chose cruises for ports as it was a good way of seeing places where cruising made sense, especially the Fjords, or places we would probably never see, Faeroes in particular. i did know someone who had done a number of world cruises and she rarely left the ship on any of them.

That has always been the case and why there are so many cabin grades. With dynamic pricing on popular cruises they can try and resell already allocated cabins at higher prices and 'upgrade' the original passengers to higher grade cabins which may not be popular. A seaview suite right at the front may be such a cabin. If I'd booked a balcony, a seaview cabin of any type is a downgrade.

On three cruise lines we have been told to simply not put our cases out if we are self disembarking. I usually wait until I am allocated a disembark time and if its early enough we'll let others move the luggage!

If you want a seafood restaurant in London the go to is Scotts of Mayfair.

Passport renewals are taking far less than 10 weeks, the background check work is now largely automated. Existing passport means most checks are already done, the new photo can be checked for suitability before sending (worth paying a few quid to have it done at Max Spielman or similar as they will access the passport photo check system in store to check the quality). New passports take longer because a new application needs more human intervention.