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So we are doing the North West Passage! Letter from Ponant received today, options were: 1. Additional 5 days at no charge and an offer to pay any change/cancellation fees or 2. Cancel and receive 10% off any cruise (There was no option to transfer to the 2023 North East passage cruise) After a few issues with Singapore airlines we’ve managed to change our return flights. We had booked business class using points from Seattle to Sydney, I was unable to change the flights online as I was going to lose 220000 points as they had expired, Singapore airlines managed to do it over the phone, they had two business seats from Seattle to Singapore but they didn’t have any business flights available from Singapore to Sydney, they were able to open up two seats in Business for us. The total cost of the change was $44, so very happy with the outcome. Ive kept an eye on the cabin availability and they have obviously had significant cancellations, as there currently over 50% of cabins available and I expect more will be cancelled over this week (previously close to fully booked), will be interesting if they start advertising it as a 29night North West passage cruise and what happens to the prices.

New itinerary.. It’s going to cause us a few issues as the disembarkation date is now 5 days later, but will await the official letter with options before making a decision. However the itinerary looks fantastic with 8 days in Greenland and then the NW passage

We are booked on the Northeast passage cruise in August across the top of Russia (Tromso to Nome) unless current world events improve it is looking unlikely to go (understand 6 months is a long time). Looking on the bright side I wonder if Ponant would consider a complete itinerary change and do a north west passage instead. It means the ship still arrives in Nome in time, we have 24 days which is ample time, and we don’t have to be disappointed about another cancellation!