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So not included with regent? They covered airfare only? Thanks!

This is probably a stupid question however we are new to regent and new to having airfare included in a vaca in general. We fly DCA to MIA on Tuesday before getting on the Voyager for a TA to Barcelona. I’m wondering how many cases (if any) I may check as part of what I’ve paid RSSC before I have to pay out of pocket. TIA! PS I’m aware of the free laundry and plan to take advantage (in case anyone is tempted to tell me not to overpack). Just interested in the number of included cases, thanks!

So frustrating - Regent didn’t offer that to us. We originally held reservation with them directly but when I did my due diligence and got a quote from an impersonal TA (who told us of the 25% for paying in full), we called Regent back, asked for the 25% promo and Regent told us we had to do through the TA to get that deal. So we called the TA back, they pulled the reservation over and we paid. Saved 10k and I’m moping over $100; I just thought I had it all figured out! So do you think Regent gave the one shareholder the OBC by mistake? This will continue to bother me….

OP here. We got a 25% discount for paying in full at the time of booking with our TA - that’s why I said TA discount. Two cabins. Two shareholders. Shareholders are married BUT each have their own separate/individual brokerage accounts, each holding 100 shares (we book in separate cabins for trip insurance purposes…don’t get me started). I’d love to call and find out what the heck (!!) but not at the risk of the first shareholder (me!) losing the OBC.

yes - two different shareholders, two different cabins; booked together. One submitted in February and got it. The other submitted last week and declined. Massive TA discount so I get why they have an exception, I just wonder why it wasn’t evenly applied. Though I can assure you the shareholder who was granted the OBC is NOT asking any questions, lol!

It was, but like I said, it was applied to other cabin - same booking. Thinking about telling them to resubmit with a different email.

OP here. There are exclusions. What’s weird is that another cabin in the booking - same reduced price - DID get the OBC. Seems unfair that one in the group gets the benefit while another does not, however, I’m inclined not to call and inquire for fear of having the granted OBC taken away.

Has anyone ever received a reply like the following with regards to the shareholder benefit? I need to pull up the info again on the NCL page; I don’t recall there being any exclusions. “Thank you for taking the time to complete the Shareholder Benefit form and submit your request. Unfortunately, this booking has a promotion which offers a significant discount and is not combinable with the shareholder benefit, so we are unable to add the benefit.”

The Pope and 20,000 young adults - it’s World Youth Day...all week! My16yo can’t wait!

Add one more to the minority and I haven’t even been on my first Regent cruise yet! I dislike this type of fussing anywhere. I will definitely (& politely) make my preferences known. They can fuss over my 80yo mom and my 16yo daughter! Thanks for the heads! P.S. And I’m glad you started a new post…this is the slowest board on CC. 🥱

We paid in full when we booked in Nov 22 in order to secure an additional 25% off from TA. Since cruise is paid in full, Regent saying we can’t get promo. Does this sound right to everyone?

Ooh, you’re gonna get busted!!

Great tip! Thank you so much!

Specifically wondering if our advance specialty restaurant reservations are limited to only the number of us (me and hubs) in the cabin. Taking our first Regent cruise in April (14 day TA). I’ve heard about people dining with other passengers and even crew and both scenarios appeal to us. Specialty dining reservations open next month and I’m wondering if I can make an advance reservation online at a specialty restaurant for 4 people (the two of us in our cabin plus two unknowns who we’ll meet on the ship). Obviously if we don’t meet anyone we want to dine with (unlikely!) we would change the reservation to only the two of us, but we’d love the opportunity to meet others and have the reservation available. Has anyone done this? TIA!

I thought the whole point of booking early was to lock in the price. Why would adding a person - when you’ve paid the supplement - change that? I’d fight it (or have your TA fight it). Keep us posted!