Oceania "Upgrade"

[visibilityunlimited]

We have not previously sailed on Oceania and will be on the Riviera sailing from Monaco on August 13 and ending in Barcelona on August 22. We have booked the cruise "package including air" through and online TA. We are assuming Oceania places us on a flight that departs Barcelona the day we arrive in port. We would like to stay in Barcelona 1 or 2 additional days. Does Oceania offer some type “upgrade” that we might be able to purchase without a “monetary penalty” (just the cost of the hotel upgrade) for not booking this at the time of the original booking? When we asked the TA about flying out of Barcelona a day or two later, he said there would be a $179 per person "charge", but we didn't ask about an "Oceania Upgrade" for the additional stay. Any suggestions?

[ORV]

What you are asking for is called a deviation. The price is $175 per person. Don't know where your TA got the extra $4.

 

Now, if you are booking a hotel through Oceania the fee is waived, but their hotel prices are ridiculous, the price you see for them is per person, not the room for the night.

 

Most of us that cruise Oceania on a regular basis look at what the air credit is(not using their air) and the cost of the deviation, then seeing if it can be done cheaper on our own.

 

The bottom line is if you want to use their air then there is no way to stay a couple of extra days without paying the $350, or booking the hotel through them. Only way is to do your own air.

[Jancruz]

What you are asking for is called a deviation. The price is $175 per person. Don't know where your TA got the extra $4.

 

Now, if you are booking a hotel through Oceania the fee is waived, but their hotel prices are ridiculous, the price you see for them is per person, not the room for the night.

 

Most of us that cruise Oceania on a regular basis look at what the air credit is(not using their air) and the cost of the deviation, then seeing if it can be done cheaper on our own.

 

The bottom line is if you want to use their air then there is no way to stay a couple of extra days without paying the $350, or booking the hotel through them. Only way is to do your own air.

Hi Orv,

If you take the $350 deviation fee you do not have to take their hotel..if you do take the hotel, the deviation is waived and you get transfers..from airport to hotel and hotel to ship which sometimes like in London, Rome and Greece it pays...

so sometimes it is not a bad deal..

Jancruz1