CFL Posted July 12, 2021 Report Posted July 12, 2021 I've never had to book flights for a cruise before. We would be flying from Orlando to Seattle in May 2022 for an Alaskan cruise. When would be a good time to book these flights? Quote
smokeybandit Posted July 12, 2021 Report Posted July 12, 2021 The earlier the better. CFL and cruisellama 2 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted July 12, 2021 Report Posted July 12, 2021 If you book through Air2Sea, the flights are refundable up until final payment (for your cruise) so if they price drops, you can re-price your flight. It's a no-brainer. Book it as soon as fares are released and watch prices. CFL and Neesa 1 1 Quote
cruisellama Posted July 12, 2021 Report Posted July 12, 2021 Flights open up at 330 days prior to embarkation date. But you want to use the debarkation date 330 days prior as earliest available book date if looking to book at earliest opportunity. CFL and KristiZ 2 Quote
smokeybandit Posted July 12, 2021 Report Posted July 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, cruisellama said: Flights open up at 330 days prior to embarkation date. But you want to use the debarkation date 330 days prior as earliest available book date if looking to book at earliest opportunity. Legacy airlines do. Others (like Southwest) have shorter schedule release windows cruisellama and CFL 2 Quote
CFL Posted July 12, 2021 Author Report Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: If you book through Air2Sea, the flights are refundable up until final payment (for your cruise) so if they price drops, you can re-price your flight. It's a no-brainer. Book it as soon as fares are released and watch prices. Thanks! I just booked our flights on Air2Sea so we're all set! Lovetocruise2002 and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote
DDaley Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: If you book through Air2Sea, the flights are refundable up until final payment (for your cruise) so if they price drops, you can re-price your flight. It's a no-brainer. Book it as soon as fares are released and watch prices. How do you go about repricing Air2Sea flights? Do I just call Royal if I see a lower price or do I have to somehow cancel and rebook? I just made my first booking for a San Juan cruise next year. Quote
smokeybandit Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 15 minutes ago, DDaley said: How do you go about repricing Air2Sea flights? Do I just call Royal if I see a lower price or do I have to somehow cancel and rebook? I just made my first booking for a San Juan cruise next year. You can check Air2Sea rates after you book. If the price drops, just call Air2Sea back and get the new price. DDaley 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, DDaley said: How do you go about repricing Air2Sea flights? Do I just call Royal if I see a lower price or do I have to somehow cancel and rebook? I just made my first booking for a San Juan cruise next year. I track it pretty much the same way I track my cabin prices. I only book Delta, so each day or two, I check on my Delta app if the price has changed and if it did, I just call Air2Sea directly, not Royal. If the price has dropped on Delta direct, it’s dropped each time on Air2Sea as well. It’s easy. I’ve done it several times now. DDaley, MicDay and Baked Alaska 2 1 Quote
Baked Alaska Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 Does Air2Sea include Southwest? They are much cheaper into FLL than any other airline. Quote
Clear Laker Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, Baked Alaska said: Does Air2Sea include Southwest? They are much cheaper into FLL than any other airline. They do not. Baked Alaska 1 Quote
14Terry Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 22 hours ago, CFL said: I've never had to book flights for a cruise before. We would be flying from Orlando to Seattle in May 2022 for an Alaskan cruise. When would be a good time to book these flights? Our next cruise is in May 2022. We booked flights about a week ago. Glad to hear you're all set as well! I'll bet you feel better knowing they're booked ! CFL 1 Quote
CFL Posted July 13, 2021 Author Report Posted July 13, 2021 2 hours ago, 14Terry said: Our next cruise is in May 2022. We booked flights about a week ago. Glad to hear you're all set as well! I'll bet you feel better knowing they're booked ! Yes... so relieved to have it booked! Quote
MicDay Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 25 minutes ago, CFL said: Yes... so relieved to have it booked! @CFL I love your puppy in your signature, it looks like he is giving your cruise plans the dirty side eye because he's not going. CFL 1 Quote
MicDay Posted July 13, 2021 Report Posted July 13, 2021 20 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I track it pretty much the same way I track my cabin prices. I only book Delta, so each day or two, I check on my Delta app if the price has changed and if it did, I just call Air2Sea directly, not Royal. If the price has dropped on Delta direct, it’s dropped each time on Air2Sea as well. It’s easy. I’ve done it several times now. @Lovetocruise2002do you still get sky miles thru Delta when booking Air2Sea? Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted July 14, 2021 Report Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, MicDay said: @Lovetocruise2002do you still get sky miles thru Delta when booking Air2Sea? I sure hope so! They asked for my sky miles number when booking and after I booked, my tickets appeared on my Delta app. I'm not taking that flight until December so I won't know for certain until then but all signs point to yes. Maybe @twangsterknows. He is a frequent Delta flyer too. MicDay 1 Quote
twangster Posted July 14, 2021 Report Posted July 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I sure hope so! They asked for my sky miles number when booking and after I booked, my tickets appeared on my Delta app. I'm not taking that flight until December so I won't know for certain until then but all signs point to yes. Maybe @twangsterknows. He is a frequent Delta flyer too. I'll answer with an absolutely positive... MAYBE. Delta has fare classes that don't qualify for miles. Most air carrier do. My experience has been that A2S flights on Delta worked no different compared to booking direct with Delta. I even got upgraded on some flights and my free checked luggage worked normally. However I know that Delta has wholesale arrangements that don't get all the normal things and it's entirely possible at some point A2S might book one of those some day. It all depends. I don't want to suggest just because my flights earned miles that will absolutely always be the case. MicDay and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote
MicDay Posted July 14, 2021 Report Posted July 14, 2021 @Lovetocruise2002 @twangster thank you both. We fly Delta or Southwest for vacations. Currently my husband has to fly American for work. Like staying loyal to RC I'd like to stay loyal to an airline to benefit from the miles. Our sailing to Alaska next month we are flying Delta and I plan on using them for our next two cruises. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
cruisellama Posted July 15, 2021 Report Posted July 15, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 4:20 PM, smokeybandit said: Legacy airlines do. Others (like Southwest) have shorter schedule release windows And some non-US based airlines can show up before the 330 day US airline schedule is published. Quote
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