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Thanks!

I had never really looked into the benefit of owning CCL stock. I can't find how far in advance do I need to purchase? Was thinking I might see if the stock will go down a little? We don't sail until June 2024. TIA!

Thank you so much! These are awesome.

I'll be interested to hear the response to this. I was under the impression that FCC could only be used to book a new cruise.

Could someone share the phone number for the upsell office?

We also have the Bank of America Premium Rewards. For anyone looking if you have a Bank of America bank account and funds at Merrill Lynch the rewards structure on this uses your combined balance to determine the bonus rewards structure. It has a $95 yearly fee but I use this card almost exclusively and the fee is a drop in the bucket compared to the cash back rewards I earn.

Totally agree with you. I play the cash back game with cards. I currently have a Chase Visa simply because it is paying 5% on the first $12,000 in groceries in the first year. $0 yearly fee. I'll cancel when we hit $12,000 because my other card pays better Cash Back.

Thanks for your input. My husband and I were just having that conversation. We did agree that on a 14-day cruise we know we will do Rudi's at least once, unlimited dry cleaning, maybe get 2 massages each, etc. We will purchase them to cover on board purchases.

Thanks!

I had no idea about the $500 gift card for $450 through AARP. So you just buy those and then turn around and apply it towards your cruise? Right now we have a 14 day Norway/Iceland/Scotland cruise booked for next June that I'm paying down. That could be significant savings for us.

I meant Day 3 not Day 4. I honestly thought the same schedule as you. Thanks both of you!

We have a 14-Day cruise in our future. Looking at scheduling some of the restaurants other than MDR. We like to eat in the MDR on the Gala Nights/Dressy Nights whatever they are calling it these days. What are predictions for those evenings based on this schedule? Also this is our first 2 week cruise, should we anticipate 2 or would there be 3? TIA! Day 1- Depart Day 2 - In Port Day 3 - At Sea Day 4 - In Port Kind of assume a Gala/Dressy night here Day 5 - At Sea Day 6 - In Port Day 7 - In Port Day 8 - In Port Day 9 - In Port Day 10 - In Port Day 11 - At Sea Day 12 - In Port Day 13 - In Port Day 14 - At Sea Day 15 - Disembark

Yeah that is odd. Thermal Suite pass is come and go during their open hours.

Thank goodness I stumbled across this thread the other day. I reached out to our PCC and by adding Club Orange we saved $540 and ended up in the cabin category we had originally booked. He had to backwards engineer the booking and the upgrade got us right where we wanted to be.

March?!? Oh that's frustrating and discouraging.

You're better than me. I gave up after 1.25 hours. I did email what I think is the president of HAL's email address. If I get any response from it I will come back and let you know. I'll definitely try this! Thank you. I'll call them on Monday. Thank you. I had thought about doing that too. I had been on the fence about changing our PCC and I think this situation has just proven that we need to change. So if nothing else I will call the main line and do that.

Hi all! Am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on who to contact at HAL. I am getting zero response from my PCC and I spend hours on the phone trying to get through to Customer Relations and no one ever answers the phone, I sit on hold. Here is the situation: 5 weeks ago today we emailed Guest Relations Department an Out of Pocket Expense Request Form. We have had no contact with HAL to date. So we have no idea if the packet was received, is it in process, has it been rejected, etc. I was hoping my PCC could at least contact someone internally to confirm yes the packet is being processed or no you need to resend. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've considered calling and asking for a new PCC. Ours only responds if you want to book.

I've looked through the thread and haven't found this addressed. Would appreciate some feedback: We dock in Vancouver on May 29. We have flights out that afternoon at 2:30. I'm trying to determine how much time to allow for disembarking and taxi to the airport so I can schedule our tests at the airport. I've only been to Vancouver 1 time and we stayed extra days after the cruise. Any input would be appreciated. I am worried that 11am might be too early? It could quite possibly leave us with too much time milling around waiting for the time slot?