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Carla3

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    Prince George, BC
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Hawaii

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  1. Surprised today to find out my bid on penthouse suite was accepted. The ship has been sold out for weeks except for inside cabins. I bid the absolute minimum allowed. Unless someone in a suite canceled last minute (we departed in less than 2 weeks) AND no one placed a higher bid I assumed I wouldn’t be successful! We got the suite at about 50% off, so a great deal
  2. I have to say that I thought the rollout announcement was awkward and very difficult to understand. I must have read excerpts from multiple sources to get a full understanding of the changes. Still not convinced I’ve got it! I was a bit surprised that reserve class cabins and full suites did not include new additional perks though. You’d think there would be no room service charge in a full suite, even if you only had the standard package
  3. I misunderstood when the new pricing comes into effect. If you purchased your plus or premier package between Dec 15th 2022 and July 26 2023 your package includes the new “perks”
  4. Help me with the math please. Cost for me and my husband to upgrade to the new plus package is $10 per person per day. We are going on an 11 day cruise. 11 x $20. = $220 or don’t upgrade and each pay 14.99 to activate Ocean Ready plus if we use casual dining at 14.99 each twice that a total cost of (2 x $14.99) + (4 x 14.99)= $89.94. If my calculations are correct, it doesn’t make sense to upgrade. Am I missing anything?
  5. I found one thread that didn’t give any insight to the hotel package part. Since the package has been available now for a few months, I was hoping someone had used ALL the benefits in the package and had some thoughts they could share
  6. I’m trying to fully understand the benefits of the new future cruise package. Here’s my offer. For $7000 I get $6000 FFC plus $300 OBC plus $750 hotel credit. $6000 plus $300 plus $750 = $7050. So the first part is only really a $50 value. The second part of the package is 1 week stay certificate plus 2x 2 day certificates to be used at “highly rated hotel throughout the world”. I’m trying to find out the fine print on the “certificate” stays. Doesn’t seem realistic I could book a 5 star Honolulu hotel that’s $900 a night (7 x$900 = $6300) for “free” as an example. How is Princess or whoever the third party is making any money? My suspicion is the “stay certificate” is a time share property that’s hoping to reel you in
  7. I thought maybe someone travel with friends/family who had booked the same cabin category might have some insight
  8. Does anyone know if everyone receives the same upgrade offer. example. everyone in a mini-suite can upgrade to a full suite for the same starting minimum bid OR is the minimum bid tied to your profile and your original base fair? I am currently in a reserve mini and the bidding system is offering an upgrade to premium suite for $1290 PP, is that the same for anyone in a reserve mini?
  9. You can ask for a tour almost anytime. I have found the staff very friendly and accommodating. If you are not on a very hot weather itinerary they will probably be a lot of availability. I have many times taking just one day here and there on Mexican and Hawaiian itineraries with no problem
  10. I have the same situation. Got offer to bid for a full suite and they have been sold out for months. minimum bid price was very expensive so I am not participating wither way. perhaps it is for cabins that might become available if guests have to cancel
  11. I know there have been a couple of threads with people complaining that they are unable to log into there accounts. Everyone seems to have a similar problem after logging in - getting the pop up that says information is missing and needs to be completed. but after trying to complete, getting another error that says your userID/email is already in use! Does anyone know what the solution is? Tried the chat function and emails, but no resolution so far. I get the impression from the chat employees that they have no idea how to fix. For now we are just using the "back door" booking feature with the booking number to view our reservation, but you can not look at booking additional cruises with any loyal discount prices showing. Medallion works fine and all our information looks correct on the App. Do we need to "delete" our profile some how on Princess website and start over from scratch?
  12. I agree, log in early mornings. I was able to recently get a mini suite booked the had shown unavailable for weeks. category then sold out immediately after I booked. Just place a courtesy hold and then call and confirm.
  13. Had this issue a few months back. I was using the “auto-fill” feature my tablet has to quickly populate the CC information. Once I deleted and manually typed in the information my payment was accepted. Also make sure you don’t add any blank spaces after CC number
  14. You don’t need a COVID test to FLY into Canada, but you do need a COVID test to get on a cruise ship that departs from Canada
  15. Just read a question on another platform asking if HA still does the self guided Art Tour around the ship. Apparently you check out an airpod from the library and listen to narration as you toured the ship and viewed the various Art displays. What a great idea! I’ve only done one HA cruise. It have another coming up soon. This would be great on sea day. Do they still offer this?
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