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Sorry, I don't know about the airfare offered by Oceania. But much of the time, complaints about flights booked through the cruiselines involve the type of flights you are given: usually red-eye flights, without any choice unless you want to pay extra for any changes. The one type we had Carnival book our flight that's what happened. We were expecting a LAX to Miami flight to get us in on Saturday night for a Sunday cruise, with a hotel stay for the night. When I received the packet at work from the travel agent, I opened it up while I was dialing bf. I was giving the flight info and then realized it was an red eye. We agreed this wasn't acceptable and I immediately called the TA and gave 'em a whatfor. I don't remember if I was charged any extra for making a change (this was in 1994), but I insisted we get into Miami by Saturday night as we didn't want to be blurry eyed for the cruise (we were already going to be dealing with a 3-time-zone jet lag).
Many times, people stayed with the flights given, only to arrive late to their embarkation city. Some have even missed getting to the ship on time.
After that, we've booked our own travel if leaving from a city other than L.A.
BTW, the morning of the cruise, we ran into some people who were checking into the hotel (for use as a day-room while awaiting the shuttle to the port) and they didn't look too happy or fresh.
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