CanadianCruiser21

That’s a win! Was she going to perform?

@Lustate if your sailing is more than 120 days out, the deposit would be converted to  future voyage credit. It might be time for you to get a new Agent.

from the VV site

https://www.virginvoyages.com/addl-terms-and-conditions

- You have the most flexibility outside of 120 days prior to your departure date. If you're booking at this time, you have a 7-day grace period to request a full refund on your deposit and any other payments made. Refunds will be issued to your original form of payment.

- After the grace period (but still before the 120-day mark), you can receive a full refund on any payments, not including your deposit. For your deposit, you can request a Future Voyage Credit at this time.

My sailing fare went up by 600, but after the discounts, it is only $83 plus a $600 bar tab. 

It’s a $300 USD bar tab

Thanks @janbear! 
some other cruises allow food as long as it’s sealed, and I realize there is food on board, but sometimes I want my own snacks and candy as well. 

The Virgin FAQ says we are not allowed to bring food on board without special clearance. What if I want to bring some candies/crystallized ginger for sea sickness? Does anyone here have experience with this? Does it have to be a brand new sealed bag? I’m going on a few cruises and would prefer not to buy a new bag each time. 

10 minutes ago, raphael360 said:

You might find it listed in your booking confirmation email.  That's where I saw mine first.  It eventually made it to my app as seen above.  My bonus $200 loot came from booking during the Red Hot something special last Nov and Dec.

Ah ok! Thanks. mine was a different promo. I just called sailor services and it isn’t registering so I ended up cancelling and will just book with a TA for the $50 loot. 

3 minutes ago, cantgetin said:

My loot was wrong on the account on line but was magically correct when the app went live at boarding.  I had screen shots and all sorts of documentation ready to argue and didn't need to.

Was this the loot from the $200 access code that was floating around? I don’t have much in terms of documentation 😞 

Thanks! When you got the $200, was there also a bar tab promotion going on? 
Also thank you for the tip about the add on’s. I do not see the sailor loot there. 

I am seeing a few reports that sailors didn’t actually get this once on board. It doesn’t help that VV does not have a way for sailors to check OBC well before their voyage. It might be because it’s not compatible with the current bar tab promo. 
I won’t post the key, but it’s the “AA” one that’s been floating around. It appears to work when you check out. 

I am glad you posted that we can avoid porters in Barcelona. That is where I am boarding next and I am extremely paranoid about porters just stealing my luggage. 

The minimum bids are quite high for me. Starts at 50% the cost of just booking it in the first place. I guess “high” is relative but reading through this thread, it sounds like people have been able to bid a smaller fraction. 

How do points work? Is it 1 point per dollar gambled?

On 2/27/2023 at 6:03 PM, mrak said:

Come to think of it, about two weeks before it disappeared from the site, I went on a travel agents site that appeared to show how many rooms were available, and at that time it only showed about 200ish rooms available. So, the ship might truly just be sold out.

Which site shows you how many rooms are available?

Someone please post screenshots of the room service menus from the app ❤️ 

5 night cruise, inside cabin in April.

I only had options to bid on anywhere from obstructed balcony to deluxe balcony. 
There was no option for mini suite, though the minimum bids were already high for obstructed balcony. 

Minimum bid was $125x2 for obstructed balcony and $150x2 for deluxe obstructed balcony (Canadian dollars). I bid $5 above the minimum but don’t expect to get an upgrade anyway because the cruise looks mostly sold out. 

There are taxes, fees, and port expenses in addition to the room cost. If you book double occupancy, you would need the name of the second passenger and would need to pay these fees.