TrueNorth74 Posted December 24, 2022 #51 Share Posted December 24, 2022 “If all goes well”…famous last words 😁 Literally all of these things have to go exactly right to make it to the ship on time… No weather delays in the Northeast in January, and also wherever the plane is coming from In fact, no flight delays of any kind No delays getting off the plane No delays at baggage claim No problems getting transportation to the port No traffic jams I’d rather spend the money to go a day early and be unpacking in my cabin at 3:30 😎 Can’t put a price on peace of mind, especially at the start of a vacation. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcook Posted December 24, 2022 #52 Share Posted December 24, 2022 56 minutes ago, complawyer said: connecting to atlanta 70% of flight horror stories include that phrase. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sailing12Away Posted December 24, 2022 #53 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Just curious why you were looking at such a late flight. Surely there had to be other options that were still flying in on the day of, but not cutting it so close as a compromise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mking8288 Posted December 24, 2022 #54 Share Posted December 24, 2022 ATL has been high up on this misery map - gives you a good snapshot of major hubs across the country, #2 behind DEN today (stats maintained & based of ATC data by Flightaware) Not pretty - JFK and LGA (and EWR) actually not doing too bad this time as this massive system just missed us and further north. https://flightaware.com/miserymap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted December 24, 2022 #55 Share Posted December 24, 2022 3 hours ago, wcook said: 70% of flight horror stories include that phrase. Didn't you mean DFW? (or, any other American hub) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineGal2022 Posted December 24, 2022 #56 Share Posted December 24, 2022 9 hours ago, Grumpella said: We bought tickets today for the day before. No worries (but a lot of nagging) lol He'll be happy when you walk onto the boat on time. This way too you can grab an early check in time and book the entertainment before they are sold out :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PATRLR Posted December 24, 2022 #57 Share Posted December 24, 2022 10 hours ago, wcook said: 70% of flight horror stories include that phrase. 6 hours ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Didn't you mean DFW? (or, any other American hub) Us United flyers would say "Did you mean IAD", or post Continental merger, "Did you mean EWR". 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PATRLR Posted December 24, 2022 #58 Share Posted December 24, 2022 11 hours ago, wcook said: For what it’s worth, I flew BDL -> SJU yesterday. As I’m sure the news reports pointed out, it seemed like half the flights in the country were cancelled or delayed. Having grown up in greater Hartford and now living equidistant between BDL/BOS/PVD, I've flown out of BDL a lot and PVD and BOS quite a bit. I don't know what it is about BDL, but, I'm struggling to remember a BDL specific weather cancellation that impacted me. I can think of many at PVD and BOS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KmomChicago Posted December 24, 2022 #59 Share Posted December 24, 2022 14 hours ago, Sailing12Away said: Just curious why you were looking at such a late flight. Surely there had to be other options that were still flying in on the day of, but not cutting it so close as a compromise. Hartford (Bradley International) is a small airport. Looks like Frontier is the only airline with a daytime flight at all to San Juan. . . JetBlue does them but looks like later in the day so you are back to the overnight in the port departure city again. In fact it looks like morning flights are in short supply at that airport across the board. So the answer is, no, there is no earlier flight to San Juan direct from Hartford each day and this is the only flight remotely possible to avoid the overnight. Larger airports would have more options, certainly. Logan in Boston is less than a 2 hour drive from Hartford and LaGuardia is just a bit over that, but I am sure it's a miserable drive to either, and anyway with the weather issues at that time of year, if it were me, I would just suck it up with the flight the night before in exchange for the massive convenience of using an airport right near the house, not have to park for days at the airport at an extra cost, not having that additional stress, not having to get back on the road when you land after it's all over, etc. (we are far enough from Chicago that getting to either airport is a significant extra stressor on top of any cruise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandlockedCruiser01 Posted December 24, 2022 #60 Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) I think "presumptuous" is more suitable than "crazy". That is, he assumes that everything is hunky-dory, and that the world is a fully of cuddly puppies and rainbow-farting unicorns. Well, it's not! Airlines delay or cancel flights at the drop of a hat, and suffer no consequences for it. Weather can throw a monkey wrench into plans any time it wants. Stupid drivers can mess up even a 15-minutes trip to the airport. There are so many things that can easily go wrong, I can't even! $150+ for a pre-cruise hotel is peanuts compared to the peace of mind it gives you. Think of it as insurance of sorts, an insurance against airlines' negligence. I myself flew in to LA/Long Beach the day before my cruise, and had a blast. I... 1. Stayed in a historic hotel, that was actually a refurbished ocean liner Queen Mary. 2. Had a fun conversation with two friendly ladies I met on a water bus on the way to dinner. 3. Tried an In-N-Out Burger, Animal-Style. (Which is a big deal if you're from Chicago.) 4. Enjoyed a low-humidity climate for the first time in my life. 5. Ate breakfast at a small business owned by a US Air Force veteran. 6. Saw some new, interesting wildlife not found in the Midwest. Other than the "friendly ladies" part, perhaps your husband can be convinced by a first-hand account of a fellow cruiser. (See my "Day 0" portion of the Inspiration review.) Edited December 24, 2022 by LandlockedCruiser01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcook Posted December 24, 2022 #61 Share Posted December 24, 2022 52 minutes ago, LandlockedCruiser01 said: Saw some new, interesting wildlife In LA? 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandlockedCruiser01 Posted December 24, 2022 #62 Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, wcook said: In LA? 🙂 In Long Beach. By the pier and in city parks, to be exact. I saw new birds and squirrels that I haven't seen around Chicago. That said, the Florida wildlife from my past cruises was more interesting: I got to see pelicans. Edited December 24, 2022 by LandlockedCruiser01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complawyer Posted December 24, 2022 #63 Share Posted December 24, 2022 next time, stay longer, look closer, and you might even see coyotes or a mountain lion or 2. and im d**ned sure you wont see those in chicago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sailing12Away Posted December 25, 2022 #64 Share Posted December 25, 2022 8 hours ago, KmomChicago said: Hartford (Bradley International) is a small airport. Looks like Frontier is the only airline with a daytime flight at all to San Juan. . . JetBlue does them but looks like later in the day so you are back to the overnight in the port departure city again. In fact it looks like morning flights are in short supply at that airport across the board. So the answer is, no, there is no earlier flight to San Juan direct from Hartford each day and this is the only flight remotely possible to avoid the overnight. Larger airports would have more options, certainly. Logan in Boston is less than a 2 hour drive from Hartford and LaGuardia is just a bit over that, but I am sure it's a miserable drive to either, and anyway with the weather issues at that time of year, if it were me, I would just suck it up with the flight the night before in exchange for the massive convenience of using an airport right near the house, not have to park for days at the airport at an extra cost, not having that additional stress, not having to get back on the road when you land after it's all over, etc. (we are far enough from Chicago that getting to either airport is a significant extra stressor on top of any cruise). Makes me appreciate my closeness to JFK I suppose. We typically go from front door to sitting at the airport gate in ~45 mins, and that includes a ~20min Uber ride. TSA precheck FTW! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcook Posted December 25, 2022 #65 Share Posted December 25, 2022 13 minutes ago, Sailing12Away said: 20min Uber ride. 20 minutes to JFK??? I take it you don’t have to get on the Van Wyke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare wil e coyote Posted December 25, 2022 #66 Share Posted December 25, 2022 9 hours ago, wcook said: 20 minutes to JFK??? I take it you don’t have to get on the Van Wyke. Wow - you must live just the other side of the airport fence! It takes me 20 minutes to get the last 4 miles to the airport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted December 25, 2022 #67 Share Posted December 25, 2022 15 hours ago, Sailing12Away said: TSA precheck FTW! Yep. I've been asleep at the wheel on this one, but recently learned it is only $78 for five years. Well worth it. We have the fingerprint appointments the first week in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineGal2022 Posted December 25, 2022 #68 Share Posted December 25, 2022 16 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Yep. I've been asleep at the wheel on this one, but recently learned it is only $78 for five years. Well worth it. We have the fingerprint appointments the first week in January. I am hoping the $78 is their new price and it's not just a 2022 special. We have a local Staples that is a TSA fingerprinting place and always has appointments open. The plan is to head there this week. I heard it can take 2 months or so to process the paperwork (or as little as 2 days), so we want to give it plenty of time. I wanted to get Global Entry instead but there are not appointments available until the end of next year, if I am lucky. That's probably a sign I don't need that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sailing12Away Posted December 25, 2022 #69 Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 hours ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Yep. I've been asleep at the wheel on this one, but recently learned it is only $78 for five years. Well worth it. We have the fingerprint appointments the first week in January. My credit card with capital one gives it to me for free too. As for our location, we're a mile from the cross island pkwy, so when traffic is kind it's a fast trip. No one ever takes the van wyk unless they have to. Cue Seinfeld episode.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling2Some Posted December 26, 2022 #70 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Our daughter and her husband were going on a simple non-stop from JFK to MIA in good weather to board a cruise and I still urged them to go a day early. They booked their flight one day early so you would think they had their bases covered sufficiently and nothing could go wrong. However the airline managed to lose their luggage and, even with the one day buffer, it arrived at the cruise terminal with only minutes to spare! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketMan275 Posted December 26, 2022 #71 Share Posted December 26, 2022 18 hours ago, Sailing12Away said: My credit card with capital one gives it to me for free too. Is there an annual fee with that card? My chase card pays for Global Entry but there is a $550 annual fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babr Posted December 26, 2022 #72 Share Posted December 26, 2022 1 hour ago, RocketMan275 said: Is there an annual fee with that card? My chase card pays for Global Entry but there is a $550 annual fee. Many of the fee-based cards offer it - not just the premium ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling2Some Posted December 26, 2022 #73 Share Posted December 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Babr said: Many of the fee-based cards offer it - not just the premium ones. We were able to get Global Entry free by using our regular old (no fee) Citi-card debit card. We paid $200 ($100 per person) for it using the card and they rebated the whole $200 back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted December 26, 2022 #74 Share Posted December 26, 2022 6 hours ago, Babr said: Many of the fee-based cards offer it - not just the premium ones. Credit Cards and Loyalty Programs featuring TSA PreCheck® | Transportation Security Administration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sailing12Away Posted December 26, 2022 #75 Share Posted December 26, 2022 8 hours ago, RocketMan275 said: Is there an annual fee with that card? My chase card pays for Global Entry but there is a $550 annual fee. I have the Capital one venture card, I think it's a $90 annual fee. It's the easiest card I've had to cash in rewards. I've gotten thousands back each year so well worth the cost. My previous card of choice was a Delta Amex. Good when you fly Delta, but a PITA to use points, plus horrible security (card # was compromised 3x without me ever losing my card). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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