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Last week, we were confirmed the night before sailing and offered a Verandah upgrade for $10/ night/ person, a lot cheaper than the $30/night/ person difference you were quoted. I never rely too much on new information from one HAL phone agent. There’s a lot of misinformation, and the next agent you talk to will say something different. That said, I’m with you in not using the Standby program again. For two people, it’s not worth it. Just book late when the sailing is discounted if there’s space. Standby is a true bargain is if you’re solo, so your cabin has no singles supplement. Then it’s worth it. Otherwise, you just don’t save enough to justify not being able to choose your room, reserve parking and transportation, or book excursions or dining in advance. I’m glad we tried it out, but one and done for me.

Well, I’m sorry you didn’t make it onboard after all. Check in in Vancouver was a nightmare and took three hours. About 90 seconds of that was due to not having a boarding pass. The rest was the sheer inability of the new company with the port contract to deal with three ships at once. The cruise itself was wonderful. The ship was full, but never felt like it. The weather in Ketchikan and Prince Rupert was warm and sunny. I’m glad we went!

We don’t use Stockperks. Our TA is still able to go through HAL directly, and the Standby cruises are definitely eligible.

And this morning’s SNAFU - we have no boarding passes. We have our confirmation, our online check in is now complete, but no boarding passes. With being confirmed 24 hours before sailing time, our booking has disappeared from the HAL website. Navigator won’t give us a valid boarding pass. I deleted and reloaded the app, and no joy. So I’ve printed off yesterday’s confirmation from our TA, a copy of the luggage tag with room #, and took screen shots of the check in confirmation on Navigator. As long as we make it to the check in counter we’ll be fine. Getting through port security and Customs may be an issue. Fingers crossed!

No Have It All. My husband only drinks Diet Coke, and I don’t drink nearly enough to justify the cost of HIA for two. But for those who want it, you pay for HIA when you book, and it is refunded with the rest of you don’t sail.

Thanks! Good grief, even I can barely remember what itinerary I had!😂 It’s a 5 day, to line up their repositioning with their 7 day summer schedule.

We were never contacted by HAL before this. The office was closed at the 48 hour mark (it was Sunday). Today they said they’d have an answer for us by end of day, and they did!

So I just got off the phone with HAL at 24 hrs 10 minutes before sailing. WE ARE CONFIRMED! And for $69 CDN per person, we’ve upgraded to a veranda cabin. Now to finish packing and water the plants! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 @rj59, my fingers are crossed for you!

Sorry, me again. Can anyone who’s actually successfully sailed on standby tell me if your Mariners benefits apply? I know we all have an opinion on what probably happens, but has anyone actually been on board and had them applied or denied?

Actually, they do give shareholders benefit on standby. We have it on ours - IF we sail. The difference is that shareholder benefit is a type of dividend, and the others are promotions. @sunviking90, I agree with you. We are on last minute (less than 48 hours now) for a cruise we could have booked on sale 3 weeks ago. Reserving our favorite cabin on a Vista class for sure would have cost $30 CAD in total more than sitting here wondering where we’ll be the day after tomorrow. We wanted to test the program out. I’m glad we did, but in future we’ll just wait for the sales.

We have a new plan: If we haven’t heard either way by Monday night, I’m cancelling our parking reservation. Tuesday morning, we’re driving to a cousins house, leaving the car there, and taking the Skytrain to the Vancouver waterfront. At 3:00 PM, we either watch sailaway from the ship and head for Alaska, or watch sailaway from the shore and head home. At the very least we get a day in Vancouver and lunch out. It’s only 5 days so we’ll be traveling light.

Brenda, I got used to ‘squatty potties’ while touring Taiwan with DD years ago. However, I HATE those European ones with the porcelain foot pads. They are usually wet, always slippery and fill me with terror!

Good morning, all! Many thanks to all who have made the Fleet Report and Daily what it is, and thanks, Roy @rafinmd, for the timeline! it is raining cats and dogs here today. It’s been raining for several days, but mostly a gentle rain. There’s nothing gentle about this! The new top up of mulch and soil in the garden should be well settled when it finally stops. We are 48 hours out from the final all aboard for our standby cruise, and no word yet. Yes, we’ve called, and they just don’t know. By now we’re into last minute cancellation territory. We shall see. Happy Sunday all, and @grapau27, thank you for the sermon!

Yes, I noticed this one was sold out, which seemed crazy to me, too. After 9:00 AM Tuesday, we can’t cancel our 5 day parking charge in Vancouver. So like you, we have a specific no go point Tuesday morning. What isn’t specifically clear is CAN you cancel Tuesday morning, or are you locked in by then and lose your money if HAL calls 91 minutes before sailing and you aren’t standing right at the check in desk? Ironically, a few weeks ago, our favorite Vista class cabin was reservable for this sailing for $15 CAD per person total more than this standby program.

I’ve heard debate about whether that means at/ after the 48 mark you can cancel at anytime, or if at that point you get a one time offer to cancel or to stay on standby until 90 minutes before sailing. We’ll see what happens and go from there. We live close, but with parking etc. 90 minutes is just too tight.