This is our 2nd Viking Cruise. We will cruise from Athens in October. The 1st was a river cruise. On that one, we paid for the Viking air, but did a deviation and flew in a couple of days early and booked our own hotel. We felt like we saved enough to be worth it. For this Ocean cruise, we booked our pre cruise extension through Viking. The air is free. I was very happy with the flights they arranged for our upcoming trip, with one connection each way and reasonable times. Then I got an email that my flights had changed. We now have a return flight with 2 connections and it leaves Venice at 6:30 AM. We will have to leave the ship at least by 3 AM ☹️. When I called to see if I could get something better, I was told that was the best available with their contracted carriers. I’m not happy with it, but seems there is nothing I can do about it.