BOOKING FLIGHTS THROUGH THE CRUISE LINE WARNING
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The creator discusses the potential complications of booking airline tickets through a cruise line rather than directly with an airline. While booking through a cruise line offers perceived benefits such as a guarantee of transportation to the ship and bundled insurance, it can create logistical hurdles if flight schedules change. The creator explains that airlines often change flight times, which can result in dangerously short connection windows. When these changes occur, passengers who booked through a cruise line cannot resolve the issue directly with the airline. Instead, they must contact the cruise company to facilitate changes, a process that may involve delays, fees, or penalties. To avoid these issues, the creator advises travelers to always maintain travel insurance and to regularly monitor their flight details through the cruise line website. This ensures that any schedule changes are identified and addressed well in advance of the departure date to prevent missing connections.
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a lot of people book their airline tickets through the cruise lines because you get that little extra guarantee right you get that guarantee that if for some reason your flight is canceled they will get you to the cruise somehow right
flights change all the time and sometimes they change really silly um where if you were to call an agent at the airline and say hey um I need you uh I want to book this flight to this location and there's a connecting plate here um they will say oh no you you should not book that flight there's not enough time at the connecting you won't make your flight
if you book through the cruise line you have to contact the actual Cruise company and they have to contact the Airlines and sometimes that can take some time to get approved it's not always a quick thing
number one is first of all make sure you have insurance all the time number two always be checking your flights don't assume everything's okay
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