Pre-cruise

Being from the UK we generally find that the Princess fly cruise deals are cheaper than we can arrange ourselves, and as they include an overnight pre cruise hotel there is some insurance against flight delays, and Princess seem to have listened to feedback from northern UK passengers about the poor experience of flying via Heathrow and now offer more flights via US hubs. This can make the outward flight longer but the benefit of finishing the homeward transatlantic leg at your home airport instead of at Heathrow, and then having to wait several hours for an off peak low price connection back north is well worth it.

We flew Delta from Manchester via Atlanta to LA and found their coach class perfectly adequate, legroom on their 767's is good, unless you are over 6 feet, and on the international legs you are reasonably fed and meals do include wine or beer, all non alcoholic drinks are complimentary on both international and domestic flights, but food has to be purchased on internal US flights. Read more