General Cruise Discussion

[odysseus]

No local reps, so TA is e-mailing them.

They do deal with local TAs, so should be able to take care of it.

 

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Myself and Mrs FB, plus the folks are all booked and confirmed on the Greenland trip

 

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are all booked and confirmed

Sounds like makings of an AFF Greenland conference. Now how to make it work related...

 

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Sounds like makings of an AFF Greenland conference. Now how to make it work related...

Well, there are some lectures onboard... you could ask if they could do something medical?

 

[RooFlyer]

They do deal with local TAs, so should be able to take care of it.

Which 'they'?

 

[RooFlyer]

Myself and Mrs FB, plus the folks are all booked and confirmed on the Greenland trip

Was the pricing per the website?

Sounds like makings of an AFF Greenland conference. Now how to make it work related...

Obviously Professional Development: 'Therapeutic benefits of watching the whiteness with a G&T in hand'

 

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Was the pricing per the website?



Obviously Professional Development: 'Therapeutic benefits of watching the whiteness with a G&T in hand'

It certainly was. Folks contacted them the same way we did, payment in GBP though (which is fine).

 

[RooFlyer]

It certainly was. Folks contacted them the same way we did, payment in GBP though (which is fine).

Only fly in my ointment is that I've just finished booking an award trip to Europe in October next year, on QR. That will be my 4th trip overseas. A fifth might be stretching things , so the award trip might have to go. Fortunately via Alaska and Velocity, so pretty cheap to cancel.

Waiting for the TA to get back to me.

Oh! Opportunity for back-to-back and to do Greenland properly.

https://albatros-expeditions.com/expeditions/arctic/greenland-aurora-explorer-2025

 

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'Therapeutic benefits of watching the whiteness with a G&T in hand'

I could propose a medical trial. Before boarding blood pressure compared to blood pressure watching the scenery with a G&T. Amenable to massaging the data to whatever suits the narrative.

 

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Only fly in my ointment is that I've just finished booking an award trip to Europe in October next year, on QR. That will be my 4th trip overseas. A fifth might be stretching things , so the award trip might have to go. Fortunately via Alaska and Velocity, so pretty cheap to cancel.

Waiting for the TA to get back to me.

Oh! Opportunity for back-to-back and to do Greenland properly.

https://albatros-expeditions.com/expeditions/arctic/greenland-aurora-explorer-2025

I need to find the folks flights to CPH for it from PER, so I'll have to reacquaint myself with how QFF works...... Should hopefully be able to find something on QR or EK.

 

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Should hopefully be able to find something on QR or EK

Don't forget SQ but it's 18hrs in SIN

 

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Don't forget SQ

They've got a pool of around 1m QFF miles, nothing in SQ I'm afraid!

 

[RooFlyer]

I need to find the folks flights to CPH for it from PER, so I'll have to reacquaint myself with how QFF works...... Should hopefully be able to find something on QR or EK.

Not on QFF you won't as far as QR goes ...

 

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They've got a pool of around 1m QFF miles, nothing in SQ I'm afraid!

Fly to LHR (QF) then CPH (BA Eurobusiness sometimes for less than Y in same aircraft.)

 

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Fly to LHR (QF) then CPH (BA Eurobusiness)

I'm guessing J return is a bit like a unicorn on that route though. Wonder if it's worth splitting these posts out in a Greenland expedition cruise thread?

 

[RooFlyer]

Ugh. That’s me out. TA just advised that the only single cabins are triple shared and a high category with a huge single supplement. It is a bit late for booking to expect anything different on the discount front I guess.

I’ll see if there’s anything left on the following cruise.

 

[RooFlyer]

Ugh. That’s me out. TA just advised that the only single cabins are triple shared and a high category with a huge single supplement. It is a bit late for booking to expect anything different on the discount front I guess.

I'm hanging in there. Spoke to TA; the price is available by using the link (but not sure of availability - they probably don't do live inventory). The TA is registering with them, so price may be available through them, but if not, I'll try to book direct tomorrow.

 

[drron]

We started 2024 with 6 voyages on Silversea booked. They have all been cancelled.
Obviously with a fair bit of push from our TA we got a cruise on the Silver Spirit Southhampton to Lisbon in September 2025 for roughly 50% off the advertised price. It included one credit called Customer Discretionary credit.
We also got to do a back to back cruise around Tahiti. Initially booked for August 2026 but we now are on exactly the same itinerary but in April/May 2026. again nearly half the price of our initial booking.

The original discussions with Silversea were totally unacceptable so I have taken the first step to defect. Our TA opened a new office last night and I spoke to the rep for Crystal cruises. One of the cancelled voyages was Mumbai to Capetown including 2 stops in Madagascar. They are not offering such a cruise in the next 2 years. But Crystal have both a Capetown to Mumbai cruise and a Singapore to Capetown cruise.

The Mumbai cruise goes via Zanzibar and Mombasa but not Madagascar. The Singapore cruise swaps those 2 days to Madagascar.

There was also an Abercrombie and Kent rep there so talking about a post cruise stop in Londolozi reserve to see the leopards. They liase with Crystal for pre and post land excursions.

But also in the mix is Azamara who do a Capetown to Mombasa or in reverse which includes Zanzibar and several ports around Madagascar.
Whichever we choose will be early 2027.