Cruise Air and Air Deviation Explanation
I posted this on the Princess board in response to ANOTHER missed cruise due to cruise air. Hope the info is helpful.
Let me just clarify a couple things. Cruise air/air deviation and how it works behind the scenes was explained to me by an airline industry rep at an industry conference four years ago. For the example, she used LAX/MIA, both cruise air and air deviation. She was also an AA rep, so the following reflect AA routings. I thought the analogy was great and easy to understand:
Our one and only international one way cruise air experience was perfect. Booked with our cruise, about two weeks prior to departure. It was the only time that we found cruise air to be advantageous to us.
Not only was the fare excellent, we had a choice of several preferred airlines/routings (some price differences). Our plan had been to make our way to London or Paris and then grab a low cost flight. Instead we were able to get off the ship in Barcelona and go to the airport.
