Cinnamon2

Thank you all for your answers; makes me feel better. We should try it - worst case we are stuck in Miami an extra day or two, right? I do have a memory of my first cruise on the Spirit 20 years ago and not getting off the ship until about 10:30 after waiting in lines for a couple of hours. I think Carnival has improved their debarkation procedure since those days.

I know that Carnival recommends flights leaving no earlier than noon 1:00 after debarkation........We are cruising on the Spirit out of Miami in December and we each had JetBlue non-stop flights at 4:25 p.m. from Ft. Lauderdale to Albany; plenty of time, right? Well JetBlue just notified us that our flight was changed and now leaves FLL at 11:30 the day we get back to Miami. There are no other direct flights. Do you think we can make it from port of Miami to FLL airport for the 11:30 a.m. flight? Opinions please . . . we can cancel or reschedule BUT nothing is very convenient and nowhere as perfect as our original plan.

Thanks for your replies, everyone! I was just hoping Princess would move our booking to keep us happy and on their ship. I was willing to pay the extra airfare etc. It's just that they already have about 6 grand and we would need to shell out another 6 grand and have to wait for refund. No problem, just feeling bad and venting.

AZ and John, yeah, I understand. Princess got their money so they don't give a crap. No, not covid related. We will just get our money back and spend it elsewhere. Cruise wasn't meant to be . . .

OP here . . . just for clarification: I am confident that my insurance will refund my entire cruise including air, minus insurance premium. I have 2 valid reasons to cancel so that's not the issue. My disappointment is that Princess was unwilling to move the booking. They would keep a loyal customer and make money off of us. They expected us to pay for another cruise in full long before we had our refund. So, no, we won't be cruising at all and if we do, might try another line. We will likely use the money elsewhere.

I just canceled my Alaska cruise which is due to sail next week and am in process of submitting my insurance claim (for a valid reason). My TA asked Princess if I could move my sailing to a date two month out and they refused so I had to cancel. You would think it would be a win-win for Princess to transfer my booking. That way I would still be sailing with them and they would keep my money. If I had rebooked, I would have had to pay in full immediately when my insurance refund will take a few weeks to get. So now Princess will not have my money, I have no cruise booked and can use the refund money to cruise on another line or take a different type of vacation. I just feel that Princess should have been more accommodating.