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We now see a definite downside to AARP gift Vards for our use to get a 8% dicount , Why well here is the reasons . We use the Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card to pay for all our cruises bacause we get free trip interuption ,Trip cancellation & some baggage insurance up to $20,000 for a cruise .It is much easier to track the credit card payment if it is made as a direct payment than buying AATP gift cards with the same credit card . Additionally ,we earn point with Chase which is cahj when cased in . For our other travel insurance needs that Chase does not cover like med vac extra bag insurance ie we own a one year Allianz trip insurance which also covers us for more medical & more bag damages or missing & even auto rental insurance of a higher quality than credit cards .When we do a land trip the Allianz insurance is already there for us as well So in ending we can use the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card & save big on insurance premiums . when you get to 70 & over watch how the trip insurance climbs if bought from comapnies like Insuremy trip .com or Square Mouth .com .If course you can but the Holland america policy but their best policy still only gives you 90% back & you loose 10% . Thus ,let us say you have a cruise cost of $10,000 & have the platinum HAL policy & cancel you just lost $1000 . I personally find that type of insurance a bad deal . Retired people should only cancel any trip based on either health or death of one of the insured ,so save that 10 % that HALs Platinum takes .I can see it for non retired business people because you can then cancel for any reasi=on & of it is a business related reason you can then deduct that 10% cancellation cost from tax prep/ ,if you can support it by a legitimate reason We each have our own reasons but we should always look at the downside before we see the uoside .All that looks shinny is not gold The foregoing is my humble opinion

$500 will go back to the gift card you used & the balance credit goes back to what credit card you bused .Keep the information on the gift card as it never dies .You can use it on another HAL booking

Bruce yes we know that Koningsdam was going through the canal . However ,what we do not know will HAL ise Nieuw Amsterdam as a constant replacement for Koningsdam or will we ever see a Pinnacle class once again in San Diego ? We are sailing Hawaii on Nieuw Amsterdam on Jan 2026 . We are sailing Hawaii on Koningsdam in 2025

Denise that is what we saw as well . we think it is strange to take Koningsdam away since they always filled up the ship here . Perhaps HAL will bring back one of the Pinnacle class to SD in 2027 after the Alaska season which seems logical but we can't be sure unless HAL announces that as fact Cliff

Well it seems that HSL is going to take Koningsdam through the Panama Canal & replace her with Nieuw Amsterdam . Does any one know if we will ever get back a Pinnacal Class ship in San Diego port ?

We have stayed in Kaanapali for almost 2 weeks a while back .We have stayed in a gated condo in Kehe .We loved both areas to explore .Maui is a favorite of all the islands Cliff

Thank you .We also live here in Encinitas at High Country Villas

We are not sure but does booking a Neptune Suite automatically get Club Orange ? TIA

We love to be able to see a production show before or after dinner .It has been a very long time since HAL has had them .

What about suite guests .where are they seated ? We will be going on a HAL cruise in a Neptune suite TIA TIA

Please print your Boarding Pass.....three or less days before your trip in order for shore side staff to recognize your status. David that is a very good recommendation .We always print out our boarding passes with the Bar Codes .We only sail now from rgew SD port with HAL Cliff

Mary how do you get ahold of Steve ? I would like to ask some questions .What is his phone number ? TIA

Crystal I can but one year of Allianz travel ins with med vac , medical baggage & car insurance included for $276 ,00 for both of us ,at 85 years of age . We just got the quote .Then we have a medicare HMO which will cover emergency medical any where in the world with a $110.00 co pay . . no matter who thes company is first check their current financial condition 7 then read the entire policy contents . too many times we the people will gloss over those important areas until we need the insurance to pay the claims .It is the old adage "buyer be ware "

Mary yes we all are working with people . People can & do make mistakes ,even the best of intentions can go bad . Then there are those companies that purposely try to steal from the public & are getting away with it ,for now . Insurance coverage is not a guarantee that things won;t go wrong . I am dealing right now on a small $700 .00 travel insurance claim .I was very ill for about 4 to 5 weeks ,at home & not sure if I was going to live or die . God kept me alive 7 I got well ; but ,in the meantime I fell into a $700 HAL penalty on one cruise . Jan 2 ,2024 I cancelled 4 cruises with out TA ,due to the fact that my wife would struggle with all the details should I have died . Well ,low & behold this dam insurance is trying all ways not to pay a small claim .That is another example of what we as consumers can be facing into the future , At some point in time what these firms do to people will come raring back at them .

Who is Steve ? Are you saying GeoBlue insurance carries cancel for any Reason ? Then what percent of your money for you get back ? Is it 100% or less ? We wpild have done the 35 day cruise Hawaii & South Pacific if I could have bought Med Jet Assist ins . Just too old they don't sell it to 85 year olds . All a person has to do is experience being in a city hospital in a foreign country . Thei dumb america doctor put me into a Rome city hospital to get my elevated blood pressure down ,I sat for close to 11 hours with lassic in my arm . Other things happened as well in that zombie city hpspital . Belvue in NYCity looks like a palace in comparison .I checked myself out & they could hardly utter one word in English .The next day I phoned American Express insurance company & they told me 2 hospitals .one of which was Rome American in Rome but on the other side of Rome where we were staying , in 2008 it was $15000 just ot get in with nosurgery .one day ICU & 2 day follow up . Mt head doctor was a Heart Specialist & internist & was the head profesor from the Rome School of Medicine . Additionally ,do not count on that people in foreign countries speak affluent english . Even as large a city as Rome is we founf few of their staff that spoke fuent english which can be another serious problem unless the persin has command of that local language Stuff happens all the time 7 especially in a emergency how do you come out is what is important . Even here in the USA there are countless medical associated screw ups