godfreyb

I prefer my gimlet with freshly squeezed lime juice. The barman on the Riviera made it several times for me on our cruise In July.

Turkish doesn't have PE, and besides that I read that they are a good airline. We have just come back from a Mediterranean cruise and found the flights that they had put us on - Lufthansa PE, somewhat second class PE (no spirits served - 'since Covid' - even the FA said it was stupid) and ITA, third class PE serving mystery meat for lunch and a cramped short haul flight to Rome, I didn't dare ask for a gin and tonic. I didn't quibble with the booking as it avoided having to fly through the NE USA to get back to Florida, but next time I think I will make my own arrangements.

I can confirm that I have never found anything online in the US about arranging air flights. However, when I called Cunard in response to an upgrade offer on my TA booking, they asked if there was anything else they could do and I asked if they do one-way tickets to our departure location in the Far East. Yes, they did and booked me at a very good price.

I booked this cruise a year ago when they were offering 4 category upgrades on this cruise on the basis that an A1 would go to a PH. Was sadly brought down to earth when my TA informed me that she had booked an A1 as requested but the four category upgrade would not take me to a PH as that was the rules. Following this I monitored Oceania offerings (printed cruise brochures arrive from them almost daily) and found that when they included an offer, the basis cruise price had increased by $200 odd dollars from the previous brochure price. So what they give in one hand they have already taken away with the other......

I booked a forthcoming cruise a while back and looked forward to a four cabin upgrade from A1 to PH. When I asked my TA why I didn't get it was told that that level of upgrade was not allowed. Read the fine print!

Had this situation last week. You cannot cancel online, you have to call Oceania. Once I got through it was quick. However, while I asked for the amount refunded to my credit card, it was actually given as a credit on my final invoice, which wasn't a problem as I had to pay that a few days later.