We booked the cruise Viking had around Spain /Portugal and into London for 2022 that we had to cancel for Covid We were rewarded vouchers good for one year. With those, we booked Secrets of SE Asia for March 2023. Now the rub. When Omicron was predicted to last through at least spring of 2023 we cancelled that one too, assuming the vouchers could be transferred to our next cruise. Not so! I'm out $4000 because Viking said so. So mad I could strangle the entire exec team. We cancelled in time to avoid those penalties, but lost the vouchers even though intent was not a cash refund, but to be used on the next non-Covid cruise. Viking would lose nothing if they accommodated us. Instead, they may have earned my bad juju and lose my future cruise revenue entirely. Why? Dumb! It makes them just one more trashy cruise line. Ideas for a successful argument to change their minds? Thanks!
You should' be able to book the cruise by your deadline, but the actual cruise can be in 2024. We just did that this weekend, so our booking date is 1-2-23 for departure on 4-13-24. Frankly, I see this as a tactic to force new money out of you for a whole new cruise.