2015 sail dates?

[NancyIL]

Do you know if award travel is refundable (you get the points back) on United like it is on Southwest?

I suspect United is similar to American Airlines when it comes to redepositing miles. This is AA's policy:

Reinstating Award Tickets

(Waived for AAdvantage Executive Platinum members using miles from their account)

You can request to have your AAdvantage mileage reinstated for an unused AAdvantage flight award if your ticket has not expired. Partially used awards cannot be reinstated.

When requesting a reinstatement, a $150 USD processing charge will be assessed per account for the first award ticket. Any additional award tickets reinstated to the same account at the same time will have a $25 USD per ticket add-on charge.

 

[woody73]

I apologize Woody - I used a pretty crappy analogy in my head and did not mean to sound as if that was your wording. Thank you for clarifying for everyone!

No worries, really.

Again, I think you two would enjoy either one, RCI or Celebrity. From there, it's just a matter of fine tuning your personal interests. Foodie? Adventurous? Enrichment programs? Discotheque? Big production shows?

Woody

 

[jenf22]

I suspect United is similar to American Airlines when it comes to redepositing miles. This is AA's policy:

Yikes! I looked it up and it's worse. United charges $200 to re-credit miles with a canceled trip.

 

[hetheric]

Does anyone know the price of the 2010 Baltic cruises?

 

[woody73]

I suspect United is similar to American Airlines when it comes to redepositing miles. This is AA's policy:

Reinstating Award Tickets

(Waived for AAdvantage Executive Platinum members using miles from their account)

You can request to have your AAdvantage mileage reinstated for an unused AAdvantage flight award if your ticket has not expired. Partially used awards cannot be reinstated.

When requesting a reinstatement, a $150 USD processing charge will be assessed per account for the first award ticket. Any additional award tickets reinstated to the same account at the same time will have a $25 USD per ticket add-on charge.
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Here's a heads up for those who use miles and buy travel insurance:

Some policies will pay the processing fee to reinstate miles, others won't. So if this coverage is important to you, check the policy before buying.

Woody

 

[NancyIL]

Does anyone know the price of the 2010 Baltic cruises?

They started at $3,649 + taxes pp for a cat. 11 inside.

 

[Cousin Orville]

Something to note on the new Baltic's is they drop Oslo, in 2010 Oslo was included, but it's now exclusive to the fjord cruises.

So it's direct Dover to Copenhagen,

Looks like an arrival time circa 10 am and leave 8 am the next day for a run to
Warnemunde Germany for a 6am arrival for a train service to Berlin.

Hopefully as well as St Petersburg may go to Tallinn and Helsinki. And Stockholm.

They could do Oslo on the way back, right? Both Tallinn and Helsinki on the same trip would be neat. Tallinn was a great port.

Having done the Baltic in 2010, we'll likely focus on either the 9 night Fjords or the 11 night Iceland. Would love to do both, but I don't think I can swing that much time off. That's going to be a crazy tough choice. I'm also considering ABD's Norway trip too. They'll likely go to some of the same places, but also hit up some stave churches and other areas inaccessible to a cruise ship.

 

[Silstone]

They started at $3,649 + taxes pp for a cat. 11 inside.

How many days was that for?? Please say 14.

 

[NancyIL]

How many days was that for?? Please say 14.

It was a 12-night cruise.

 

[kaseyC]

Yikes! I looked it up and it's worse. United charges $200 to re-credit miles with a canceled trip.

I didn't realize the fees were that high. We've been fortunate and have never had to pay any change fees or fees for re-crediting the miles. MY DH travels frequently to Europe and Asia for work. He's made 1K for the past few years and Global Services this year. No fees for those membership levels.

 

[sweetlovin']

I didn't realize the fees were that high. We've been fortunate and have never had to pay any change fees or fees for re-crediting the miles. MY DH travels frequently to Europe and Asia for work. He's made 1K for the past few years and Global Services this year. No fees for those membership levels.

That is nice

 

[NancyIL]

I didn't realize the fees were that high. We've been fortunate and have never had to pay any change fees or fees for re-crediting the miles. MY DH travels frequently to Europe and Asia for work. He's made 1K for the past few years and Global Services this year. No fees for those membership levels.

Do you mean 100K or 1 million miles? My DH is Lifetime Platinum with American Airlines, but the fees are waived only for Executive Platinum members.

 

[Happy99]

LOL! Check early and often. I've gotten airfare as low as $650 roundtrip to Paris and $600 to London. (I took the $700 because I prefer the time, but $600 was an option) Airfare can be crazy in the summer, but if you watch the rates and book early usually, you can find decent rates.

It would be helpful if you noted where you fly out of. Other airports may be higher priced based on where people live

 

[kaseyC]

Do you mean 100K or 1 million miles? My DH is Lifetime Platinum with American Airlines, but the fees are waived only for Executive Platinum members.

On United it's called Premier 1K but it's for those who earn 100K miles per year. Not sure what the criteria is for Global Services, it's invitation only. The guys on Flyer Talk seem to think it's based more on yearly spend. There seems to be a bit of mystery about it.

 

[sweetlovin']

It would be helpful if you noted where you fly out of. Other airports may be higher priced based on where people live

Oh, they were two different airports. Atlanta to Paris and DC (IAD) to London. Two different airlines as well, which is why I suggest watching. airfare watchdog.com is also a great resource, although I didn't know about it when I got these fares.

 

[Silstone]

Oh, they were two different airports. Atlanta to Paris and DC (IAD) to London. Two different airlines as well, which is why I suggest watching. airfare watchdog.com is also a great resource, although I didn't know about it when I got these fares.

Great tip!!!

 

[AquaDame]

Ahh good point on those cheap airfares! I can see it being that from east coast for sure. Sadly (not really) I'm in Oregon! In 2005 I 'lucked out' with a $900 fare with a 14 hour layover in Houston on the way to Charles de Gaul... I went to the student TA place on campus and without hesitating she looked me in the eye and said book it. Smh.

 

[ImprovGal]

Something to note on the new Baltic's is they drop Oslo, in 2010 Oslo was included, but it's now exclusive to the fjord cruises.

So it's direct Dover to Copenhagen,

Looks like an arrival time circa 10 am and leave 8 am the next day for a run to
Warnemunde Germany for a 6am arrival for a train service to Berlin.

Hopefully as well as St Petersburg may go to Tallinn and Helsinki. And Stockholm.

How can you tell that they're not just porting in Oslo on the way back in to Dover instead of on the way out?

 

[sweetlovin']

Ahh good point on those cheap airfares! I can see it being that from east coast for sure. Sadly (not really) I'm in Oregon! In 2005 I 'lucked out' with a $900 fare with a 14 hour layover in Houston on the way to Charles de Gaul... I went to the student TA place on campus and without hesitating she looked me in the eye and said book it. Smh.

I wonder if you would have been better flying into JFK and flying from there to Paris. I did that flying to Fiji. It was $2400 RT to Fiji from ATL. It was $750 from LAX. So I paid the money to fly to LAX first, and saved over 1350 per person.

I have no idea if that would have been cheaper, JFK or WAS or Boston, but I do know that I do that to fly west at times. I think $900 is a good price from Oregon so kudos to you

 

[hotfiregal]

I understand that the Magic will most likely travel transatlantic from NY (?) to Copenhagen in May of 2015. Does anyone have any idea when this cruise will take place and/or what ports will be involved along the way. I am anxious, like many of you, to start booking/planning. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks