Does anyone know what criteria is used to bump? Mariner status? Date of booking? Original price paid? We were booked in a triple and just changed to a triple cabin next door after realizing the first assignment was a connecting cabin. The PCC sent me the note about a possible change if families booked. The first booking had been in Jan '24 before the change. Just hoping since it is a long cruise that it won't be attractive to large families.
Question- when former passengers get the letter and it says there will be a $1000 reduction from the printed fare, is that the crossed out original fare or the new fare available to anyone? Waiting to hear back from our booking agent.
It's interesting that when I do a dummy booking online while logged in to my account, it shows my AARP and Educator OBC but when I book with my PCC I always have to ask him to get them added. Why don't they see that?
Last fall we were upgraded from our PS2 on deck 7 to an ES3 on deck 3- no choice- would have rather stayed in our original cabin even though we love aft balconies.
It depends on how the cabin is paying- do you have separate CC's on file or are all the cabin expenses being paid by you, the primary person? If the cabin is all on one CC the OBC applies to everyone on the CC.
You can no longer make cruise payments using gift cards online- only things like shore excursions, dining, etc (except not gratuities). I've never had a problem calling that number and recently gave them $9000 worth of cards for upcoming cruises. Hate to waste their time reading off all the numbers but since it's no longer an online option that's the only way to go. Worth the 10% cruise savings for sure.
Once you book the cruise, you can join the roll call where many people organize card games, knitting groups, etc for interested cruisers. you might check now to see if one is active and post your concerns.
We also thought the OBC wouldn't carry over and bought several things in the shops only to find out it would have since we had no bill until the end of the two cruises.
I believe if you book through a travel agent, you must have the travel agent input the gift card numbers. If booking with a HAL PCC you can do it online.