Viking Air Plus AND Deviation fee?

[Katosmama]

We are booked on Viking from Zurich to Paris in December and wanted to fly into Zurich a few days early.  We already paid $100 pp for Viking Air Plus.  I have selected the flights that I want and when I called to book it they told me that as we are flying in a few days early in addition to the $100 pp for Viking Air Plus I have to pay another $100 PP to deviate and fly in early.  

 

Really???

[sharkster77]

Yup, that's the way it works, $50pp to pick your own flights and $100pp deviation fee to arrive early/leave late.  Even with both fees, we found that Viking air was still cheaper than what we could find for fares.

[Deb922]

I think the air plus option recently went up. From $50 to $100. So $100 for the ability to have more flexibility in picking your flights and another $100 to go different days. 

[Mitina]

11 hours ago, Deb922 said:

I think the air plus option recently went up

I can confirm that.  Air Plus now $100

[Bro840]

Does anyone know how Viking determines which city can be considered an acceptable deviation from your original final departure destination. For example, I can change my final departure city from Basel to Barcelona but could not change it to Venice although both are on the deviation list for Europe. My home base is Boston.