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If you're staying in a hotel the night before a proctored test you could take in your hotel room would probably be the cheapest and easiest.

I'm pretty sure no hotel will be in reasonable walking distance (with luggage) to the ship, unless you're on an R ship that might park at the World Trade Center dock.

In our current environment there are those that can't have a conversation that within 15 to 20 seconds they turn the subject to politics. I live in a major tourist area and talk to the public on a daily basis. I see it every day. They are consumed by it. Sad really.

Remember that guy that used to post about the huge demand on the West Coast and insisting Celebrity base a ship there? I guess this answers that question. Can't fill the ships so having to comp them. We also got this offer; on our May cruise we might have spent a couple hundred in the casino. It had been 4 years prior to that when we had last sailed on Celebrity. Maybe they are targeting people that look like (gambling behavior) they might spend more. I'll probably do this, free beats wholesale.

And a 1, and a 2, and 3, and Poof! Expect yours and my posts to disappear, you can't mention Travel Agents here.

I don't mind the brochures, I actually read them, I have one sitting by me right now I need to leaf through. Amazing what you might learn from them that you won't online. I'm more concerned about the daily deluge I get from all the political candidates running for two open rep districts here. Our election is this coming Tuesday, and it's nonstop, along with the TV ads.

First I've ever heard of this in 12 years on this board. Interesting, learn something new some days.

I'm not sure where the original question was. Although Paul Simon wrote the song I believe the bigger hit was by Harpers Bizarre in 67. Much like Red Rubber Ball with Cyrkle. So who is Dale and where was the question?

This reminds me of another advantage of booking your air through Oceania. Another poster was asking for advantages recently in a thread that got locked. This one is obvious. I also noticed another poster recently mentioned their embarkation port being changed within a month of embarkation by about 1500 miles. If you had your flights through Oceania they would fix it. I'm not saying it's more advantageous to book through them, but it is certainly a consideration if you have concerns about these issues.

I don't mind meeting and having conversations with others at dinner, BUT, my main goal when selecting sharing in a specialty is to get an earlier time than what I otherwise could by not sharing. I've met some very nice people over the years, and a couple that made for stories later.

I'll post this question here since it's a related topic. Looking at flights DFW-LHR, have the option at the same price in PE for either AA 77W Boeing 777 or BA 789 Boeing 787. Any opinions/experience on which would be the best choice for PE? I've flown the AA PE there before and had no real issues or dislikes. Thanks

If you turned Silver before I think Nov of 2013 you used to get the full value of the grats instead of the $250. Not sure if that's still the case.

I just looked at the deck plan and that one seems to be midship. Doesn't seem to be aft at all. Less than a 30 second walk to the lounge. Are you sure on that number? I was trying to figure out what cruise we were on together and if I've got it right it was on the Regatta to Alaska in 15.

Maybe they mean Regatta from Aug 18th-27th

I don't get Biz class, but when I get PE or E and fly on AA or Delta I always get FF points with the O air. I usually don't use them for Domestic flights. I usually get seat assignments when flights are assigned, and once they are ticketed, or maybe before I can move them around to improve my location.

This is from the email reply they sent you. Not sure what else they could have said.

I have been in 9041 and would not recommend that area. If available, I would opt for the area close to the aft stairs/elevator. In my experience the area by the stairs and elevators is not noisy at all, although many people seem to have that notion. When we were close to the lounge & laundry the issue wasn't with those but due to a crew door that is not shown on deck plan. The laundry entrance door also leads to a crew service access area. They were going every morning between 6:30- 7:00.

Can you refresh my memory on how this works. Seems I remember something about having to also be paid in full before booking. Or is that to be ticketed?

There are two documents, the sail safe one sail-safe-program.pdf (oceaniacruises.com) And this one you have to click on further in the page where is says Additional Prembarkation Health Screening. Apparently the Sail Safe one has not been updated yet. This is probably what is causing a bit of confusion for people. ADDITIONAL PRE-EMBARKATION HEALTH SCREENING FOR SAILINGS EMBARKING ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 2022, Oceania Cruises will no longer require guests to produce a negative covid test to embark their cruise, subject to local regulations. Please Note: Voyages embarking from the United States, Canada and Greece as well as those sailing to Bermuda, will still require a negative covid test at embarkation, until further notice.

Any that would be going to Canada or Bermuda.

I also have the $250 off with $1000 spend. Mine is on an Everyday Card with no yearly fee. From what I've read that others have posted, it seems the travel co-branded cards such as Delta, Hilton, or Marriott generally won't have other travel related offers. I find this to be mostly true, but I have noticed some Marriott offers on my Delta from time to time.

It appears that is their home airport.

I posted this on the other thread, I'll put it here as it's the same discussion. If you look at the schedules Regatta is the only ship sailing from a US port in the month of Aug. It appears only one sailing as there is nothing showing for Aug 18th-27th. Perhaps there's a charter during that time. The one trip is from Seattle and it stops in Canada, so it would have always required a test under the guidelines posted on July 5th. Then there is one leaving from Vancouver on the 27th that would have required a test as it leaves from Canada. The real test will be the Sept 9th cruise from LA that has Mexico as it's near foreign port. As I'll be on that one, I have a vested interest in the way this will work out.

Yes but, 2 in a PH is pretty tight eating, 4, I won't say impossible, but pretty uncomfortable. Besides I don't think the butler would bring food for 4 from a specialty to a PH.

I can answer that. You have to fly in on the day of the cruise to get the included transfer. Even if you go back to the airport you still can't do it. When you request the deviation, the transfers are removed from your reservation. Now what you can do is have it on the back end when you disembark, as long as you're flying out that day, which is what I'm doing next year.