![]() We are veteran travelers as well and have flown quite often - having this part of the trip in your control is paramount to us. The issues come really in the fact that you cannot get ticketed until close to flying (like 60 days) and anything can happen before then. About the only time I'd use VAP anymore is if they offer free air (and even then probably not). It always amazes me how so many people sing high praises for VAP, but I don't understand why. We also like to book our own flights if possible now - partly because we have had nothing but problems with Viking Air Plus. And if you think you have booked it 9 months prior-make sure you have a ticket number as you may only have a theoretical booking that is pending or on request.Īdditionally, Viking Air Plus may want to charge you additional fees to revert back to the original booking (for which you paid the $50-100 pp Air Plus fee).Ĭlearly, using Viking for air does not work for us as we prefer to be in control of our booking with complete visibility.īroker1217 - I truly feel for your situation and thank you for pointing yet another issue with Viking Air out to us all. So keep an eye on your booking once it is ticketed. By change I mean airline, flight times, routing, seats, etc. My point is to only let others know that your Air Plus request is not fully ticketed until maybe 60 days out, and it may be changed without your notification. We travel 20-40 segments per year so we are fully aware of flight and equipment changes. I honestly did not think this was a possibility so just want to let others know what can happen. So-be aware that those flights you think you have booked via Air Plus can be cancelled without notification even if there have been no changes to the flight number, times or equipment. They are still not ticketed so we cannot request seat upgrades or upgrades to business.Īfter checking my original AA itinerary (the one Viking said had a cancellation/equipment change that prompted the automatic re-booking on United)-there were no changes to times, flight numbers, or equipment. I get that-things change and we are fine with that.īut-I was informed that to get my original AA flights back would incur $47 pp additional charge.Īfter some discussion she waived the $47 pp extra fee and we are back to our original AA flights. Viking's 'robot' (agents term, not mine) then booked us on United as that is who they are contracted with.Īdditionally, the air that we paid for this cruise is now being offered as 'free air'. I called Air Plus today and was told that this was due to AA either cancelling a flight or changing equipment. Over the weekend I was reviewing all my AA flights and when I looked at my record locator for this trip-it had been changed to United flights. They showed up in my AA account as on request (not ticketed) and MVJ showed nothing, other than I would be ticketed by November 8. I called Viking Air last month and booked our preferred flights. ![]() We paid $50 pp to use Air Plus so we could have some say in the airline and scheduling, based on everything I had learned here on CC. ![]() ![]() However, we used Viking Air for our next cruise (February 2022). We normally book our own air because we prefer to have control over everything from our airline, scheduling and seats. Overall, the longphort settlements were essential in establishing the presence of the Vikings in Ireland during the ninth and tenth centuries.I wanted to share my experience with Air Plus. During this time, the Vikings were able to begin a period of extremely profitable trade. Archeological evidence shows that imports and exports included textiles, animal skins, amber, and glass from England. For example, it is clear that the earliest settlements became major trading centers throughout Ireland. Longphorts were essential to the economic prosperity of the Vikings. It can be assumed that the purpose of these sites was to ease travel and trade within the region. These camps would be of great importance to the Vikings during their raids of Ireland, which included attacks on many churches and monasteries located on the coast. The sites were easily defended, sheltered, and gave immediate access to the sea. ![]() These camps were fortified areas along rivers, usually at a tributary where both sides were protected such that the Vikings could port ships. The reason it cannot be assumed that longphorts were solely for military purposes as that would assume that there were always large numbers of Vikings at these settlements, which is not true. Although these longphorts were used as bases for Viking raids, the term had additional meanings and these sites had multiple purposes. longphuirt) is a term used in Ireland for a Viking ship enclosure or shore fortress. ![]()
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