A group of us purchased the Viking Grand European Tour cruise in September. The documents say the Airfare portion is $1,999, discounted $900, to $1,099 as a result of their special. I'd assume we have a $1,999 budget, purchased for $1,099 We called to book air using Airplus because all three couples want to be on the same flights and for the flexibility. Checking air fares online for direct flight to Amsterdam and a 1 connection return from Budapest are about $1,600. And the cheapest regular flight (excluding Turkish Air via Istanbul) is an unfavorable 1 connection flight to AMS landing in the late afternoon (Aerlingus) flight is about $1,250. Viking Air Travel stated if we want the direct flight its an extra $650 per person. If we want to book the cheapest available flight with 1 connection both ways we will have to pay the $100 Airplus, plus $165 for the Aerlingus flight! We obviously did not like that, and they said to wait 3 weeks to book and check again. At end of February we owe the balance of our trip and likely wont have flights booked. I would think any flight below $1,999 is in budget, or at a minimum Viking owes us a reasonable flight itinerary for free, plus Airplus if we do that. Is it really possible that if we use Airplus or come June if we don't use Airplus, that we may be paying a large up fee if Viking can't find a flight below $1,099? What the heck does flight included mean?