Attend daily performances by ‘big bands’ during a 10-day transatlantic voyage from Lisbon to Miami in December 2010 aboard Crystal Cruises liner Crystal Serenity. Fares from $US3370, with 2-for-1 pricing and spending credits. Click here for details

You get to visit four Mediterranean countries on a 23-night transatlantic fly-cruise holiday in April. Holland America liner Westerdam will call at ports in Spain, Italy, Albania and Croatia during a 20-night sailing from Florida (Ft Lauderdale) to Venice. Fares from $6350 a person twin share, including air from Australia to Ft Lauderdale and back from Venice and 3 nights in Florida. Click here for details

An Atlantic crossing from Germany to New York in September aboard a near-new liner is selling from $85 a night. Fares for the 18-night MSC Poesia voyage, via ports in Denmark, the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and Bermuda, start at $3080 for two people.
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