AllAtSea75 Posted July 20 #1 Share Posted July 20 (edited) Hi all. Just joined this website. We are hoping all being well to cruise on QE cunard next year to Miami and the Caribbean. The flights with Cunard come out at £1000 each. This is TOO much money for a return flight to Miami, so I want to get our own flights. I've heard it's possible to do that and then link those flights to the cruise. I'm asking is this quite straightforward with Cunardline? We cruised to the carribean with P&O a couple of years ago and did something like this and paid a bit extra to fly with BA instead of Tui. However, the flights were a lot out of sync with the holiday timings, meaning we didn't get to the ship until 10pm (the passengers who flew with Tui were on board the ship by 3pm that day) also travelling back, were quite a lot of hours wait at Barbados airport, standing in the queue and heat, waiting for our flights and checking in. This Cunard cruise is a special occasion, so I want the travel there and back to be smooth as possible really. All advice welcome and thanks in advance. 🙂 Edited July 20 by AllAtSea75 Spelling mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted July 20 #2 Share Posted July 20 Welcome to Cruise Critic. A great resource, but a complicated jungle to navigate. There are sub fora/forums for just about anything to do with cruising and finding the correct location for you question helps to find the 'resident experts'! Perhaps the best place for your question is on the 'Cunard Forum' which is listed under the sub section 'Cruise Lines A- O' https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/4-cruise-lines-“a-–-o”/ or just go directly to the Cunard Line section here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/32-cunard-line/ The mods will probably move your question over to Cunard Line section anyway. One tip is to look carefully at the 'location' of anyone who answers any of your questions as these board are mostly used by North Americans and their information is not always relevant to UK/European cruisers. 😉 Again, welcome to the board! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Kat Posted July 20 #3 Share Posted July 20 12 hours ago, AllAtSea75 said: Hi all. Just joined this website. We are hoping all being well to cruise on QE cunard next year to Miami and the Caribbean. The flights with Cunard come out at £1000 each. This is TOO much money for a return flight to Miami, so I want to get our own flights. I've heard it's possible to do that and then link those flights to the cruise. I'm asking is this quite straightforward with Cunardline? We cruised to the carribean with P&O a couple of years ago and did something like this and paid a bit extra to fly with BA instead of Tui. However, the flights were a lot out of sync with the holiday timings, meaning we didn't get to the ship until 10pm (the passengers who flew with Tui were on board the ship by 3pm that day) also travelling back, were quite a lot of hours wait at Barbados airport, standing in the queue and heat, waiting for our flights and checking in. This Cunard cruise is a special occasion, so I want the travel there and back to be smooth as possible really. All advice welcome and thanks in advance. 🙂 Hello @AllAtSea75 and welcome to the Cruise Critic website and our message boards! Congratulations on the special occasion!! Yes, @VMax1700 is correct. For Cunard questions regarding Cunard flights browse the Cunard Line forum. However, for information about flights in general check out the Cruise Air forum. And most of all, since you are from the UK, be sure to check out the UK Cruisers forum. That is where you can learn more about cruising from the UK or on UK-based ships from others just like you! And for chatting about cruising or just about anything else with other UK cruisers, click here: The Pub. The Cruise Critic website and our message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! 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AllAtSea75 Posted July 20 Author #4 Share Posted July 20 (edited) Hi Kat. So should I move the topic to Cunard line or Cruise Air? Or is this classed as double posting? Edited July 20 by AllAtSea75 Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PORT ROYAL Posted July 20 #5 Share Posted July 20 13 hours ago, AllAtSea75 said: Hi all. Just joined this website. We are hoping all being well to cruise on QE cunard next year to Miami and the Caribbean. The flights with Cunard come out at £1000 each. This is TOO much money for a return flight to Miami, so I want to get our own flights. I've heard it's possible to do that and then link those flights to the cruise. I'm asking is this quite straightforward with Cunardline? We cruised to the carribean with P&O a couple of years ago and did something like this and paid a bit extra to fly with BA instead of Tui. However, the flights were a lot out of sync with the holiday timings, meaning we didn't get to the ship until 10pm (the passengers who flew with Tui were on board the ship by 3pm that day) also travelling back, were quite a lot of hours wait at Barbados airport, standing in the queue and heat, waiting for our flights and checking in. This Cunard cruise is a special occasion, so I want the travel there and back to be smooth as possible really. All advice welcome and thanks in advance. 🙂 Consider no fly Caribbean Cruises….https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/find-a-cruise#{!tag=destinationTag}destinationIds=Caribbean&{!tag=embarkTag}embarkPortCode=SOU&{!tag=departTag}departDate=2025-01-01T00:00:00Z,2025-03-01T00:00:00Z,2025-10-01T00:00:00Z,2025-11-01T00:00:00Z,2025-12-01T00:00:00Z&{!tag=durationTag}duration=&{!tag=roomsTag}roomIds=&{!tag=portsTag}portsOfCall=&{!tag=priceTag}price_GBP_anonymous=&{!tag=shipsTag}shipId=&{!tag=themesTag}themeIds=&soldOut=false&isSouRoundtrip=&sort=departDate asc,price_GBP_anonymous asc&group.sort=departDate asc,price_GBP_anonymous asc&start=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PORT ROYAL Posted July 20 #6 Share Posted July 20 (edited) 13 hours ago, AllAtSea75 said: Hi all. Just joined this website. We are hoping all being well to cruise on QE cunard next year to Miami and the Caribbean. The flights with Cunard come out at £1000 each. This is TOO much money for a return flight to Miami, so I want to get our own flights. I've heard it's possible to do that and then link those flights to the cruise. I'm asking is this quite straightforward with Cunardline? We cruised to the carribean with P&O a couple of years ago and did something like this and paid a bit extra to fly with BA instead of Tui. However, the flights were a lot out of sync with the holiday timings, meaning we didn't get to the ship until 10pm (the passengers who flew with Tui were on board the ship by 3pm that day) also travelling back, were quite a lot of hours wait at Barbados airport, standing in the queue and heat, waiting for our flights and checking in. This Cunard cruise is a special occasion, so I want the travel there and back to be smooth as possible really. All advice welcome and thanks in advance. 🙂 If one must fly, then do fly to arrive midday the day before embarking, staying overnight night in a Hotel…. Please of mind in case of flight delays etc.. With an own booked flight, one is unable to link the flight (inside Cunard) with one’s cruise. Or, fly out even earlier, for great retail therapy and enjoying the good food and drinks served in a multitude of restaurants and bars Edited July 20 by PORT ROYAL Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Kat Posted July 20 #7 Share Posted July 20 42 minutes ago, AllAtSea75 said: Hi Kat. So should I move the topic to Cunard line or Cruise Air? Or is this classed as double posting? @AllAtSea75 Thank you for asking! It would be best to repost your inquiry regarding Cunard air on the Cunard Line forum. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed Cunard and have used or not used the line's air frequent that forum and provide feedback there. Then if you need help on booking your own air, try posting on the Cruise Air forum. I have closed this thread so you can repost an inquiry on a more correct forum. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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