Interline Cruises

Airline Employee Cruise Discount Information

Airline employees and their spouses get interline cruise discounts from most of the major cruise lines sailing in North America. These airline employee cruise discounts vary by cruise line, ship and sailing date. Typically you will need to submit a copy of your airline ID and a letter of employment within 48 hours of booking to secure your interline cruise discount. Failure to supply such proof of eligibility normally results in the cruise being repriced at the regular public rate. To book your interline cruise you need to deal with a travel agency that is authorized to handle interline cruise rates. A couple of cruise lines allow any travel agency to handle interline cruise prices. Most of them however work thru a very limited number of what is known as "Interline Travel Agencies". These travel agencies specialize in handling airline employee discounts for the cruise lines. There are about 6 to 8 interline travel agencies located in North America which handle all of the cruise lines airline employee cruise discount programs. Most of them charge a booking fee of around $40 per person or more to book an interline cruise discount. This fee is often not mentioned or included when you first check prices. Only when you go to book and they add in all of the fuel surcharges and other taxes do they roll in that additional fee. If you do not wish to pay this additional fee, we recommend you contact InterlineTravel.com, online or by calling 800 766-2911 or in the DFW Area call metro 817 481-8631. They do not charge any booking fees for airline employees wishing to book an interline cruise.

In the left hand column we have links to more information on Interline Cruises including how to get the best interline cruise discount, who qualifies and much more.

How to Get the Best Interline Cruise Discount

Interline cruise discounts will vary by ship, sailing date and even cruise line. Some cruise lines will not open up interline cruise discounts on any sailings before about 2 or 3 months in advance. Other cruise lines like Carnival will open up rates as much as almost a year in advance. Last minute interline cruise discounts are often available if you are flexible on where and when you go as well as the cabin type you will sail in.

If you want a particular ship on a particular sailing date and a particular type of cabin, then waiting until the last minute for a deal may not be a wise option. The ship may be open but the cabin type may not be such as oceanview cabin with a balcony to Alasa or a suite on any sailing. Also if you are trying to get cabins together this may not be an option on close in sailings. In those cases you would want to book in advance at the best available interline cruise rate being offered. If you are a family of 4 or 5 and want to get one cabin, often the last minute cabins are only for double occupancy due to Coast Guard regulations. If you are really flexible and don't care about the ship, destination or cabin type, then waiting until the last minute for an interline cruise discount is your best bet.

In any case you want to sign up for the interline emails offered by an interline travel agency. InterlineTravel.com sends out interline cruise updates about twice a week and updates their website almost daily with new interline cruise deals. There is no charge to sign up for their interline cruise emails, you just need access to their website.

To get access to InterlineTravel.com, per their website instructions, "You will need a user name and password to access our site. In order to get a user name and password you should email us from an airline email address such as @aa.com, @ual.com, @fedex.com, etc or fax us at 817 488-6291 proof of employment status such as a copy of your airline ID, a letter of employment or a copy of a paystub. If you fax us please clearly print your email address on the fax and we will email you the access info."

Most all good legitimate interline travel agencies restrict access to their websites as the cruise lines do not allow their rates to be accessible to the general public.