Advice to Get to Airport for 11:05 Flight - Cab or Transfer with Cruiseline

[taylortime05]

Hi,

 

I had a prior post trying to decide which flight home I should take and appreciated everyone's feedback.  We were able to get our flight changed to leave Barcelona at  11:05 AM and arrive in DTW at 6:22 PM with 1 h 50 min layover in Amsterdam.  1st Flight is KLM and 2nd is Delta.  Our cruise is scheduled to arrive in Barcelona at 6:00 am.  I have a couple of questions.

 

Is it worth getting transfers from the cruise or should we just take a cab?

 

Should we disembark where we take our own luggage?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

[CruiserBruce]

I would take a cab. I am not sure the cruise line will sell you transfers for that early a flight. Yes, I would suggest carrying your own bags off.

[taylortime05]

7 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

I would take a cab. I am not sure the cruise line will sell you transfers for that early a flight. Yes, I would suggest carrying your own bags off.

 

I can call Celebrity but I think they will offer transfers because the flight was booked thru Choice Air (Celebrity).  But I wonder if a cab is faster since I don't need to wait for a van to be filled.  

[hallasm]

You’ll have plenty of time - if you disembark between 8 and 9 you should be at the airport well in time for a 11:05 KLM flight. I would personally take a cab rather than a shuttle. Taxi should be in the order of €40 and shoot take more than 30 minutes. 

[klfrodo]

Guaranteed there will be a line of cabs for you to use when you exit the terminal. It's about a 20 minute ride, but the lines to checkin at the airport could be substantial (unless you have some elite status or business/first).