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Pearl is Blue Chip Club level, Elite is Captains Club. Is it that your seapass shows no CC status? Edit: Had to correct my software engineering days Perl to BCC status Pearl😀

I believe for sailings through November 30 the Covid Assistance Policy would provide refund as long as you provide a positive test result within 10 days of the sailing. I'm pretty sure after they will treat Covid like any other illness and the response will be "That's what travel insurance is for". It will be interesting to see if they drop compensation in the case where you report to medical and are required to isolate either a quarantine stateroom or even in your own stateroom. Historically they provided compensation for things like Noro if you were required to isolate (and didn't cheat). Might have been FCC only, but hey that's ok with me.

You have to select a resident discount, it's not automatic. It's a separate fare and historically didn't come with perks. Not sure since AI but I would assume it's cruise only. In order to book with any of the "discounts" you have to select "See if you qualify for any offers"

Checkin will open 45 days before your cruise. Best advise is to go to checkin as soon as you can when it opens to get the widest array of times. You can just select the arrival time then go back and complete the rest anytime before you get to the port.

Celebrity has come out of covid holding strong on their pricing across the board. Latest quarterly reports from the 3 major cruise corporations are reporting onboard pp spend up 30% over 2019. Good for the corporation if they can continue to fill the venues.

I'll have to go look at it. I sail in a couple weeks

Don't mess with your arrival time. The health check stuff isn't active in the app until the day before your sailing. It will present a check list of symptoms you must answer before boarding. Don't worry about it. Their app sucks as bad as their website.

You may want to browse this recent thread. It seems that people are having a lot of trouble when flights are cancelled getting new flights assigned. Taking 30 days or longer. When booked direct with airline this can usually be done online in minutes. I personally wouldn't use a middle man TA/Consolidator at this time given the current flux in the airline industry.

The texting functions should work with the basic wifi package.

Have you done RCL? There is a reciprocal agreement between the loyalty programs. If you find you are at different CC levels than your partner you can get your accounts linked provided you share a home address. Either call or visit the Captains Club Concierge when onboard.

Is the CD Rich Cleason?

You select the cabin you want and pay the price of 1 subcategory down. For example if you want to book an A1 cabin you pay the A2 price. Not all categories are eligible. Also there has to be cabin available in the lower category cabin. Here is a chart which explains it for the old and new categories.

I don't believe it has to be a new cruise, just a charge from Celebrity Cruises. Like others have said I just bought $500 of OBC using the card on an existing booking. Then at the end of the sailing I went to Guest Services and asked for it to be refunded to me in cash. Not a problem. Another time I used it as the card for checkin to cover my onboard charges. Final bill was over $500 but didn't qualify as the charge came through as Celebrity Summit OB or something like that indicating it was onboard charges which don't qualify.

You can upload vax pictures from the app. But you have to scan you passport and can only take a photo for the boarding photo. I usually skip the boarding photo and complete everything else on the app. Then I go to the web browser on my laptop where the boarding photo can be uploaded. I also correct my contact phone number as the app puts your emergency contact number in that field. I reported this bug to Celebrity well over a year ago and it's yet to be fixed.

I do too but that one looks like a hot mess. Usually much more visually attractive.

I called about Chase Sapphire Reserve coverage and probably like you was told that Covid is treated as any other illness and if you test positive and are unable to travel Trip Cancellation is applicable. I asked if only certified positive test results were required and they said yes. I would probably also report it to my Dr so it would be in their records as well. I also asked about testing positive during the cruise and the possibility of having to isolate after disembarkation before returning home. I was told there is no coverage for these costs. I know others have said that Trip Delay should cover but that's not what I was told. This is my interpretation of what I was told by the agent on the phone so please don't take it as gospel. If you have any questions you should call yourself, the wait wasn't very long and the agent very pleasant.

In which case you do have travel insurance. If it's coverage is adequate for you situation is up to you. Just like any other travel insurance policy.

If you had any symptoms even if testing negative and assuming you are honest on the health questionnaire you would be further screened by the ships medical staff. They would determine if you are able to board or not. If not you would be entitled to a refund with the current policy. Assuming they test you and you test negative you would be allowed to board although maybe with some restrictions.

So mine might still be on the way😀 Probably not since I've already been sailing since the restart and have several more on the books.

I think the upcharge for AI is around $50 pp/pd. If you require wifi and consider the tips then generally it makes sense to take AI as a couple of soft drinks, or special coffee, or bottles of water will eat up the difference. But certainly do the numbers based on the value you place on each of the 3 perks.

People wanting a free cabin upgrade on a full ship😁

Funny that the Revenue manager gets the biggest photo!

The Oct Summit Repo is only docked in Bermuda from 11am - 5pm which really doesn't give enough time to do anything outside the dockyard. Many of us on the Roll Call wish they would just skip the stop to avoid the Bermuda requirements including the $40 pp even if you don't step foot off the ship.

They have always stated to us the Healthy at Sea Country requirements page for the latest requirements. Even before the latest changes it was common to get auto generated emails with incorrect information.

Not judging just asking. Did your other cabin mates isolate with you? Did you get room service delivery for food/drink? Did you suspend cabin service by the stateroom attendant? If any of the above did anyone from Celebrity question you about your situation?