Last week we resolved some questions about the packages that included the flight to the port of departure and the passage to the cruise, but I have received some other questions and I want to solve them. In this way we expand the rights and advantages of reserving your passage on the cruise with the flight already included through the shipping company itself.
The first thing is to know what the air / sea package. As I was saying, it is very common for it to be offered on cruises departing from a US port, and it is a package that includes airfare at a much lower rate when you buy your ticket together with the cruise. Includes transportation from the airport to the port and vice versa.
When booking through the shipping company it will look for the best combination by schedule. If you book this flight with the shipping company, it is normal to receive the itinerary 29 days before the departure date. eye! Because on specific dates the chances of having a direct flight between your city and the port of departure are reduced. Being very strict, the flight reservation must be requested 60 days before the departure of your cruise, but the shipping companies are usually very flexible in this regard. Too You can request to arrive a few days before departure and you can stay after the cruise is over.
Of course You can request to book in the class you prefer. Almost always the shipping companies give the client, in the event that he can, the points accumulated for the ticket. But sometimes it happens that in exotic itineraries the shipping companies hire their own private flights and there are no points there.
In general, the shipping companies give the names of the passengers to the airlines 30 days in advance, and 15 days before the flight, they make the seat assignment, so if you require a special seat you will have to indicate it at the time of reservation and pay, more or less $ 345 more. Although the shipping company does everything possible to make this happen, it does not really depend on them.