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@jhenry1 Were you satisfied with Caleb? What did you do for your tour on the last day? We are thinking about hiring him to do the same thing for us. It’s a transatlantic cruise so we only need him from ship to airport. Thanks!

I just checked, and while I am still unable to access the seat selection/change buttons on the AA site, the seats I selected in FlightEase are showing up correctly as my seats. So I am all good. 😊

I don’t think that’s a Flight ease thing, I think that’s an airline thing. My direct booked tickets look like that too.

On the AA website? Did you pay for your tickets already? Or can you only view and change on Flight ease?

We were able to request seats in Flight ease, so for now I will leave it at that. As we get closer I will worry about it, we still have 8 months. Different question, where on the website do you find hotel arrangements? I only see flights in pre and post cruise travel. Or do I have to call for that?

That’s probably a good idea, I will call tomorrow. When I went on American’s website to try to select seats, it just said have your travel agent purchase these tickets and wouldn’t let me do anything to the reservation. I guess because we haven’t actually paid yet? I’ll try to sort it out tomorrow.

We are on this same cruise and just booked our air via Flight Ease last week. We had multiple choices of flights and could select any date we wanted to arrive and depart. We were able to book a nonstop in both directions and are landing in Barcelona 2 days early, all at a price that was less than booking direct. I was also worried about the flight price increase notice, so I am glad to hear that doesn’t usually happen. One question though, if Seabourn provides transportation and hotel accommodations if you book with Flight ease, how does that work if you arrive 2 days early?

Sorry, November 9, wouldn’t let me edit. And I see you ended in Miami, and I know the Miami weather was unseasonably cold and rainy this year, so ending in Barbados will almost certainly make it warmer.

@doglover214 so how was the weather on your cruise? Did you pack well or was there anything you needed/didn’t need? We are taking the November 7 cruise out of Barcelona this year so I would think the weather would be similar (although we end in Barbados, where did you end?). Any updated info on weather from this past November crossing from Barcelona appreciated!

Oh, gotcha, I misunderstood. We embark in Barcelona so no need to go to London first (and either way no need to fly business class from London to barcelona lol). Thanks! So even though the U.K. price is better for our cruise, we will lose the $1000 air credit that we currently have. So it’s only about a $400 difference and it isn’t worth it to us to have a nonrefundable deposit. Good info though and in the future I will always check with them first!

@Sunprince I was able to get a quote, but the agent is saying that he cannot do anything with the airfare for anyone outside the U.K. Are you saying you were able to get the business class air included from Canada?

It’s all done on your account, which is settled up at the end. So you can use the spa as you wish and then at the end you will have $700 credited against whatever you spent there. I believe the hours are the same every day, 9-6.

The BLT chop chop salad and club sandwich are delicious, the berry basil drink (forget what it’s called exactly) is delicious, the brownie sundae is delicious, the atmosphere is lovely with a really nice hot tub and attentive staff, and the loungers are super comfortable (and you can be in the sun or the shade as you desire). We were on a warm weather cruise and I did not find it hot or stuffy. I do not care one bit about the champagne or wine. So as always, depends on the person and what they are looking for. And for the person that asked, yes you get $50/day spa credit, so $700 for 14 days.

On our last cruise, it seemed like there were certain cabanas that were reserved for the same people each time we went up there. So if you reserve it for the whole time, I bet you can choose one on the first day and that will be yours for the duration (I don't know that for sure though). Honestly though we went three times and had three different cabanas and liked all of them, so I wouldn't stress too much about it.

Mine is also showing as unavailable. I’m hoping my TA will be able to check on Monday.