Get airline miles for booking a cruise?
Jun 3, 2007, 8:53 am
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Get airline miles for booking a cruise?
Anyone heard of any lucrative bonus airline miles offers for booking a cruise? It seems like a few of the majors offer a 1.5K to 10K bonus for booking through their preferred channels, depending on length of cruise.
Yeah, I did a search, but did not see much info on this topic.
Yeah, I did a search, but did not see much info on this topic.
Jun 3, 2007, 11:25 am
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Marysunshine is correct.
AA vacations sells cruises. They have not come anyplace close in price to other outlets (especially Vacations to Go). I can easily forget the miles when saving a LOT of money. Difference in price between AA vacations and Vacations to Go for a 14 day Celebrity cruise I took in November, 2006 was slightly over $1000.00pp.
Thank you, I will keep the cash!!!
AA vacations sells cruises. They have not come anyplace close in price to other outlets (especially Vacations to Go). I can easily forget the miles when saving a LOT of money. Difference in price between AA vacations and Vacations to Go for a 14 day Celebrity cruise I took in November, 2006 was slightly over $1000.00pp.
Thank you, I will keep the cash!!!
Jun 3, 2007, 12:58 pm
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United droped their program in December, not sure anybody else even has one any more.
Prices were way higher than you could get doing it on your own, so high in fact that you could often upgrade your airfare to business and get double air miles and get more that way.
Prices were way higher than you could get doing it on your own, so high in fact that you could often upgrade your airfare to business and get double air miles and get more that way.
Jun 6, 2007, 3:52 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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I think US Air is doing it now.
Don't be so sure that it can't be worth it. I did one of these with Delta a few months ago and got 10K for it, and while I might have been able to pay a few $ less somewhere else (mainly because all of the airline cruise sites seem to add on a processing charge), it wouldn't have been much less ($30?). Delta advertised "guaranteed lowest price" and while their advertised price was maybe twice the rate that I saw elsewhere, the agent came up with the better price pretty quickly when she called the cruise line. We actually received the tickets about a week after booking, and the miles posted within a few weeks of the end of the cruise, so I don't have anything to complain about.
Don't be so sure that it can't be worth it. I did one of these with Delta a few months ago and got 10K for it, and while I might have been able to pay a few $ less somewhere else (mainly because all of the airline cruise sites seem to add on a processing charge), it wouldn't have been much less ($30?). Delta advertised "guaranteed lowest price" and while their advertised price was maybe twice the rate that I saw elsewhere, the agent came up with the better price pretty quickly when she called the cruise line. We actually received the tickets about a week after booking, and the miles posted within a few weeks of the end of the cruise, so I don't have anything to complain about.
Jun 6, 2007, 4:52 pm
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I think US Air is doing it now.
Don't be so sure that it can't be worth it. I did one of these with Delta a few months ago and got 10K for it, and while I might have been able to pay a few $ less somewhere else (mainly because all of the airline cruise sites seem to add on a processing charge), it wouldn't have been much less ($30?). Delta advertised "guaranteed lowest price" and while their advertised price was maybe twice the rate that I saw elsewhere, the agent came up with the better price pretty quickly when she called the cruise line. We actually received the tickets about a week after booking, and the miles posted within a few weeks of the end of the cruise, so I don't have anything to complain about.
Don't be so sure that it can't be worth it. I did one of these with Delta a few months ago and got 10K for it, and while I might have been able to pay a few $ less somewhere else (mainly because all of the airline cruise sites seem to add on a processing charge), it wouldn't have been much less ($30?). Delta advertised "guaranteed lowest price" and while their advertised price was maybe twice the rate that I saw elsewhere, the agent came up with the better price pretty quickly when she called the cruise line. We actually received the tickets about a week after booking, and the miles posted within a few weeks of the end of the cruise, so I don't have anything to complain about.
Jun 9, 2007, 2:35 pm
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I've booked a Hawaii cruise thru Delta Skymiles Cruises for January 2008. I paid $300 less than any other price I could find online. I will receive 5000 skymiles for purchasing an outside cabin on a 10 day cruise (in addtion to the skymiles I'll receive for the CC purchase itself). My total cost is < $2300 for 2 people. Bargains and bonus miles can be found.
Jun 10, 2007, 9:40 am
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Free companion air on cruise411.com
Thanks for the feedback.
cruise411.com has a free companion airfare deal if you book a 7 night or longer cruise on an oceanview or higher category. I am thinking about going that route as well.
cruise411.com has a free companion airfare deal if you book a 7 night or longer cruise on an oceanview or higher category. I am thinking about going that route as well.