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So technically you could add those promo codes yourself when making a booking? And several promo codes are allowed simultaneously? 🙂

I'll be looking for some offers with various operators, including Princess (really nice cruise from Southampton that covers Iceland and Greenland), but for starters I'll be aiming for "kids sail free" offers. Does anyone know until what age Princess will treat them as "kids" when making a booking? I know RCI is up to 12 y.o. and Celebrity under 17, but I can't seem to find Princess' policy...

I've been looking into Celebrity for this very reason (already have Diamond status on RCI) but at the same time I wouldn't be progressing further up the loyalty ladder as the nights onboard would not count. This has got me thinking though that if I was to sign up to Celebrity's loyalty program to register nights there as well, could any future merger of the two programs combine all nights into one account?

Is there a list of loyalty programs where you can build up your status/lifetime points in the long term without having your status or nights expire? I've managed to get Diamond on RCI and even though I haven't been with them for several years my status is still intact. But when I went on Costa I didn't even bother signing up to their program because I saw something about collecting points in a limited timeframe (much like airline FFPs). Is there a list of programs where you can only go "up the ladder" and never get knocked back down for not travelling with them enough?