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...we swore off United. Well, United was our cheapest option, once again... and we thought long and hard before booking it."
This is why corporations don't care about customer satisfaction. They know you'll be back to save some money.
Full disclosure - going to our next cruise will be on United. And like grandmarnnurse, cost was a very strong factor. OTOH, I have such low expectations UA would have a hard time disappointing me. :-)
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" I expect"
Your expectations are unlikely to be met
"ethical behavior from businesses"
Is an oxymoron.
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If you had bothered to read the thread ...
In the reading comprehension department, perhaps you missed the
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But, but, but, cruise air is supposed to get us to the ship on time. I thought cruise air had control of mother nature? You mean they're not in charge of closing airports either? ;-)....Just how does the OP plan to fly from a closed airport?....OP: "Does this seem a correct response?"
Yes. They only thing that will be leaving Tampa on Sept 10 is submarines. What exactly do you expect Princess Air to do to solve the situation?
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Bonus points if you know if the choice air tickets:
- Do not allow seat selection,
- Only allow seat selection at checkin, or
- Require a fee to select exit row.
Must provide proof via something from choice air, not via anecdote.
"Select seats". With all the airlines, it is a seat request only. You may not end up in those seats even if you 'select' them. Low probability but it can happen. What's your plan "B"?
- Do not allow seat selection,
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I used to not worry about it - then one cruise I got noro. Now I also use my elbow - I haven't figured out how to accidentally pick my nose with my elbow, or otherwise get my elbow touching my face. Knuckles are way too easy to make a mistake.I actually do use my elbow when I can. :D -
Never mind, I must have been practicing staring at the sun or something
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In the straw department: one thing, at least if you purchased your tickets from UA, is to keep an eye on the flights. If a sufficient schedule change occurs (two hours or more), you can cancel and get a full refund. https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/help/schedule-change.aspx
You'd need to check the policy of your particular airline.
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For Port Everglades, along with MIA and FLL, check PBI (West Palm Beach International).
I'm the nervous type, like lots of slop in the schedule for my own peace of mind. I go the day before. Coming back, I tend to book flights later in the day but the same day. Overnighting would be more than I'd feel is necessary. Going for early disembarkation and rushing to the airport would make me a wreck. Other folks are sanguine.
Different strokes. I do what's best for me. A road warrior type would think I waste a lot of time and thus not "best". (Give me a two hour connection instead of a one hour connection any time.)
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No. Even someone working for the airline couldn't tell you that.Anyone know how reliable I can count on the airline not cancelling the flight this far out(300+ days)?I know from experience that United doesn't mind changing the schedule up to 60-90 days before the flight. After that, things are fairly stable barring an last minute equipment swap. Living at a UA hub colors my perceptions - an outstation might be more stable.
You pays your money, you takes your chances. Check your flights weekly. Fri evening into Sat is when UA messes with, er, enhances the schedule/equipment. I tend to check weekly after Fri/Sat for changes.
(You didn't mention the airline. It would be a rash assumption that DL/AA/WN/F9/AS/etc are the same as UA. More specifics would help - someone with experience with *your* airline from *your* city pair could chime in. However "the plural of anecdote is not data". Our experience will not mean the airline won't do something. For example, my understanding is the DL and AS are in a bit of a battle over Seattle, so things may be more volatile there.)
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Just because someone else could upgrade their Princes Air tickets means nothing as far as if you can upgrade your Princes Air tickets. I believe Princess Air can sell both bulk and non-bulk tickets.
I think you'll need to call Princess to find out about your specific ticket. It may be possible that if Princess hasn't actually issued the ticket that they can change things. Only one way to find out for sure.
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http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/special-travel-needs/disabilities.html
Says "..., contact Reservations to request special assistance."
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If using the United app to check in, you can use the app to scan the passport.In our experience, US airlines won't let you check in remotely for international trips (er, trips with passport control required) ... -
Any particular time zone? IOW, it's always between midnight and 6am *somewhere* in the world.And check between midnight and 6am for flash sales ... -
Economy on UA has window assigned to group 3, middle to group 4, and aisle is group 5. BE is supposed to get put in group 5, at least until UA re-jiggers the boarding order.
Groups 1 and 2 are frequent flyers with various status, first/business, certain credit card holders, or folks that have purchased "premier access". It can happen that half the plane has priority boarding.
I do wonder how UA will handle pre-boarders on BE fares. Perhaps they'll program the BP scanner to give a raspberry when it sees a BE ticket, and the gate agent will make them stand to the side. Should be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
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Apparently this is a surprise to you. If so, there are probably other folks out there that think they'll get a Ethiad/Cathy/etc premium experience on one of the 3 legacy USA airlines. They won't. So this thread is doing a service from the standpoint of correctly setting folks expectations.... US carriers are not anything like foreign carriers. Even on BA ffrom LHR- -AMS you get a full breakfast with champagne on a 45 minute flight and treated well.US carriers are nothing but flying busses in all classes of service and our airports pale in comparison to Asia and Europe...
To be fair, the US3 seem to be trying to improve their respective front-cabin experience somewhat. But I don't think they're going to try to compete with the Middle East/Asia Pacific airlines. Heck, UA is getting rid of their international first class cabins - no need to worry about ugly comparisons between UA first class and Etihads' Residence. Instead, they came up with "Basic economy"
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Gotta love the airlines. When they say "low cost" they mean lower cost for them to operate compared to traditional (non-Rouge). They are not talking about the cost to you - but they're happy to let you think that 'low cost' and 'low fare' are the same thing....Air Canada claims that Rouge is a low cost airline but when comparing flight costs between them and other carriers, you'll generally not see much (if any saving)... -
I want a Residence experience on a Saga budget. What's wrong with these airlines not giving me what I want? ;) But Saga is still much better than the 3-4-3 economy on a UA 777, plus or no plus.
Re Choice Air: "I called American Airlines - she said she can't upgrade us because our tickets are bulk priced."
An example where Choice Air is not selling you the same ticket you can get from the airline website. How do you know which kind you're getting? Caveat Emptor.
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A wrinkle in kayjay76s plan.The cruise line will get steamed if you do. -
If I remember my history, they used to have ocean liners before airplanes. The jet made ships-as-transport economically non-viable. I suspect the cruise lines remember similarly and are not inclined to repeat history....I think the industry overlooks the millions of people who hate flying, but do have money, do have time and would like to see their grandchildren... -
Folks have trouble getting from/to muster without tripping over the vest straps. Be amusing if these suits were mandated.
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I've read speculation that these will appear on all routes. If the current low fare in December is, say, $129, come January, that low fare will still be $129, it's just now it will have the E- restrictions. For $10-$20 more, you'll be able to get a ticket with the same fare rules (e.g. allows seat selection) as was available in December. A nice stealth price increase - pay more to get the same thing. The folks United cares about (high value flyers) will avoid E- like the plague, so no harm there. The folks that shop for the cheapest fare well, why would United care if they screwed themselves buying these?I believe the speculation is they will only be offered on routes matching Allegiant, Spirit and Frontier and will match their fare on said route.My $0.02 - United will start offering these on routes it competes with the low-cost carriers. Then United will notice that it actually increases profits on these routes, and E- will spread to all routes.
OTOH, my dog ate my crystal ball, so I could be wrong. We'll have to wait for January.
It'll be fun if any of the cruise air departments starts handing these turkeys out (I've no idea if United will allow or forbid it). Given the opacity of cruise air, folks won't know until they get to the airport. I see future thread material: "United wouldn't let me take my carryon - they made me check it and pay for the privilege. Everyone else got on the plane before me. I couldn't sit next to my wife. I had to sit in a middle back by the toilet. I'll never fly United again. But I saved a bunch with cruise air."
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I believe Medicare documents what they cover. My health insurance documents what it covers, the British health care documents what it covers, etc, etc....This type of info should be made known to cruise folks so that they don't go into this blind sided...I would argue that it *is* made known to cruise folks. And to anyone else that cares. Just not in a pre-digested form easy for consumption by our Tweet-additcted society. The world would be so much nicer without the fine print.
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Delta already has it.I just hope the other airlines (American, Delta etc) do not follow this. ... .
Think the price will drop?
in Norwegian Cruise Line
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Does that site you're using tell you the number of Sailaway (I.E. unassigned) cabins sold? Unless you know that, you don't really have a good idea of how full the ship is.