Flight time departing San Juan

Can anyone let me know what the earliest flight time is that I can safely
book returning from San Juan? We will be on Adventure of the Seas. There is
one at 11:30 that I would like to book but I am not sure if that gives me
enough time.

Thanks,

Jeff

If you are a gambler 11:30 is possible although, I wouldn't chance it!
Happy Cruisin'
Mark
Home Port:
Monmouth County,NJ.

In article <iuwNb.53613$G04.11345945@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> ,
"Tom & Linda" <tkanitra@> wrote:

> If it's Continental, Delta or any airline except American.... "maybe".
>
> If it's American... NO Way. American is by far the largest carrier there
> and you will have long lines at the check in, long lines getting through
> X-raying.

Now that's odd, because a year ago (and maybe it's different now, I'll
find out in a few weeks :) the longest lines were for US Airways. I was
on American and got off the bus, over to check in, and was done in maybe
15 min, where there were HUGE lines for US Airways.

Maybe it's the week, too, as I went President's week and there are
always huge numbers of New Yorkers that week because they have off from
school for a big exam. So maybe it's that US Air is overwhelmed from
their usual numbers?

From the NY area it would be American or Continental.

I've never been to the terminal that US Air uses, so I will take your word
that it can also be very crowded.

--Tom

"leek" <katman-CuT-iT-oUt-@-CuT-iT-oUt-uic.edu> wrote in message
news:katman-CuT-iT-oUt--CF323D.08583215012004@newsx.cc.uic.edu...
> In article <iuwNb.53613$G04.11345945@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> ,
> "Tom & Linda" <tkanitra@> wrote:
>
> > If it's Continental, Delta or any airline except American.... "maybe".
> >
> > If it's American... NO Way. American is by far the largest carrier
there
> > and you will have long lines at the check in, long lines getting through
> > X-raying.
>
> Now that's odd, because a year ago (and maybe it's different now, I'll
> find out in a few weeks :) the longest lines were for US Airways. I was
> on American and got off the bus, over to check in, and was done in maybe
> 15 min, where there were HUGE lines for US Airways.
>
> Maybe it's the week, too, as I went President's week and there are
> always huge numbers of New Yorkers that week because they have off from
> school for a big exam. So maybe it's that US Air is overwhelmed from
> their usual numbers?

We might be going in late May and I hate the thought of that many
children. I saw a review that the line sold the unused cabins for
cheap to any resident of PR very cheap to fill the ship
P

poiter wrote:
> We might be going in late May and I hate the thought of that many
> children. I saw a review that the line sold the unused cabins for
> cheap to any resident of PR very cheap to fill the ship
> P

Don't know why you'd have that many kids in late May, when most schools are
still in session...

As for local specials, yes, this is most definitely done (or at least it *was*).
We were on the AOTS in January of 2002, and the ship was packed with PR
residents who had gotten last-minute deals. I'll point out that while everyone
was quite nice and generally well-behaved, it did impact our enjoyment of the
cruise, as karaoke night turned into a Latinfest, the Promenade parades did so,
as well, and every announcement (and as you know, Royal makes quite a few,
unfortunately) was done in English and Spanish.

It's made us hesitate before booking the Southern Caribbean again off-season.

~ Peri

That is the rumor. We saw the Adventure when we were in Aruba last
month and it was loaded with San Juan locals.

On 20 Jan 2004 09:37:06 -0600, poiter <for@idt.com> wrote:

>We might be going in late May and I hate the thought of that many
>children. I saw a review that the line sold the unused cabins for
>cheap to any resident of PR very cheap to fill the ship
>P

We were on the Brilliance of the Seas over Christmas and they gave last
minute deals to Mexico City. There were lots of kids but that was to be
expected at that time of year. This also happened to us a few years
back on the Splendor of the Seas.

Nancy

Celebrity did the same thing when we were on the Galaxy ! Won't sail
out of San Juan EVER again !
BILL

Random thoughts on this phenemenon...

Something tells me that RCCL would prefer NOT to have fire sales just to
fill the ship unless they make more money by selling about 2/3 (or some
other fraction depending on the time of the year) of their cabins at prices
that are very much more than their cost, then scavenging with the other 1/3.
In the latter case, they would want to sell a cabin if it were something
close to the marginal cost. This is called price discrimination, and is a
common strategy in many industries.

There are a few issues here, though. The first is that you want to do the
best that you can to make sure that nobody in the high price group will
masquerade as a memeber of the low-price group. This probably isn't that
big a deal, as most ppl won't travel to SJ from NYC, hoping to scalp a
cruise ticket.

Another matter is that a company can only market this way if they have some
market power. This has changed some lately. On one hand, there are fewer
independent cruise lines out there - they have become much more of an
oligopoly than they were before. This would tend to increase their market
power. On the other hand, there are a hell of a lot more cabins to fill
than even a few years ago. This would tend to increase competition among
the players, and drive prices closer to costs. If they are doing more of
these fire sales in recent years, then I would take that as meaning the
increased competition is overwhelming the effects of the various mergers.

In any event, it would seem to me that RCCL would be very well served by
attempting to hone the sharpness of their pricing model. Obviously they
must be working on that, as are the airlines and other travel firms.

Ok... nuff rambling...