Oh wow...see where someone on the 5th was upgraded from a Cat 10 inside to a Cat. 5 with verandah!
The May 5th cruise does seem awfully empty tho so i suspect they will get some pretty good upgrades. Our sailing seems a lot more full then theirs so there's a lot less rooms available for upgrading into .
Guess we'll start to hear towards the end of next week.
For those wondering about the British Airways (BA) strike. There is currently scheduled a 3 day strike this weekend and a 4 day strike the weekend after.
They have promised not to strike over Easter. If the union is not happy by April 14th then they have said they will consider more strikes. It is certainly possible that more strikes will be called during May as it is the start of summer vacation travel and therefore causes maximum disruption.
The issue has been going on for at least 6 months, and originally the strikes were planned for 12 days over Xmas and New Year (they only didn't go ahead because BA took the issue to court on the basis the union included ex-employees in the ballot on strike action). Neither side seems close to agreeing to the demands of the other so i'm expecting this one to run for a while yet.
BA are running approx 60% of their flights during the strike period as only certain cabin crew are on strike. Short haul (so internal UK and European flights (e.g. UK-Spain) seem to be the least affected.
The wrinkle seems to be that the union is getting the unions in other countries involved, so it looks like even if BA runs flights to the US, the US baggage handlers will stand in solidarity with the BA strikers.
As to the insurance, it seems that providing you bought insurance prior to the ballot being called (whihc i think was Feb 18th) then you will be covered. If you bought insurance after then, then the likeliood of a strike was indeed a "known condition" and not covered.
I know i'm stuck in an awkward position, i have an annual
travel insurance policy that renews automatically. The current one expires on May 16th. SO my flight
to Barcelona is covered, but the flight back is under the auto-renewed policy and i think they'll try and wriggle out of dealing with the return flight if there turns out to be a strike in late May.
The whole BA thing is a mess and needs some heads banging together. (IMHO both sides are to blame and neither have the moral high ground).
This will be our first time in Europe, 8th time in Disney Cruise. All "tips" will be appreciated! We are planning to visit Paris after the cruise, I need hotel... Any suggestions??? Also, I already "pre-booked" the shore excursions, since it is our first time we don't want to miss anything!!! We want to be included in the FE List.
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