NutsAboutGolf

You have to have a specific credit card that allows you to transfer points/miles. But I'll do you one better, don't worry about any of this. If you want a "travel" credit card with generous rewards look no further than the Costco Credit card which offers straight cash back. As long as you have a Costco membership there's no annual fee

You mean at Cafe Al Bacio? That's how it should be yet they have been known to comp a second drink from time to time. I'm specifically talking about when at the Elite coffee house breakfast

Thanks, I always write please and thank you. I've even spoken to the stateroom attendant who told me to write that on the slip. Didn't come back on hangers

I have tried multiple times with ZERO success always came back folded inside a bag or two. Have you had success with this since the restart?

It can be incredibly rough seas, keep in mind with X and other big ships you never actually get off when in Antarctica

You can check with your stateroom attendant too who you usually meet the first day/evening. Guest Services can be slammed

Whatever solution someone wants to use, a laptop, travel route, Bluetooth connection, wifi connection, etc, absolutely test it out before you board. Most are only concerned about wifi, however

You do not need a travel/wifi router if you bring a Windows laptop or a Mac, they have a "wifi repeater" function built-in, just search your laptop for "hotspot"

You should each upgrade to $2.99/day. Basic is around 1mbps and Premium is 5mbps, or in other words 5 times faster. It should be noted you cannot receive incoming calls or make outgoing calls on basic wifi, must be the upgraded premium. On basic, you could make phone calls on 3rd party apps like WhatsApp but if you're like me, I'd probably be fired if tell my work "So I can cruise and save $3/day on wifi, don't call or text my phone number, contact me on WhatsApp!"

Always helpful to state that you did reach out to the Exec office and either they didn't reply or replied in an unsatisfactory way as part of your complaint

Exactly. It's just a "he said" at this point as they probably won't bother pestering the crew at this point

They will still replace your used towels with new ones if you leave them on the floor

Yup, and another perk is that if only one person in the party has status they can get others in (on my last two sailings, no one even asked to check our room keys during multiple visits). In Cafe Al Bacio, when you hear someone order a coffee and ask for a second cup/cup of ice/cup of milk, it's most likely because they are going to split the coffee (lol)

I do have it available in my cruise planner for a may Europe sailing:

Not from Cafe al Bacio physically, however, there is a little "hack" that's within the rules to get the same coffee for free. Your Elite status allows you to attend the Captain’s Club daily coffeehouse-style breakfast (usually Tuscan Restaurant/Tuscan Grille) which uses the same espresso-based coffees as Cafe al Bacio and is possibly coffee from Cafe al Bacio on some ships. It should be noted that this is only an option during the morning hours

Answer: Go into this sailing's cruise planner and see if the extend option is present; if it is you should buy it (if you want it). If it isn't present it's doubtful they'll add it as an option later but feel free to check your cruise planner periodically

Depalms is AI which includes unlimited food, drinks, a snorkel tour, kids waterpark, and even Flamingos. Renassance Flamingo Beach island is more relaxing most likely because the drinks aren't included and aren't cheap either. Depalms does rent out day cabanas, I guess that's part of the expensive price? This just feels like an excessive money grab by both X and the tour operator designed to attract the naive. Deplams is like a $100 ticket they're selling for $2100? I'm sure they include private transportation but the pricing doesn't line up

I'd recommend sending a DM to X/Celebrity via X/Twitter as they will actually reach out to your ship. Occasionally a ship will go rogue and implement a passenger un-friendly change; a recent (several months ago) example was the F&B manager of the Eclipse not allowing free coffees from Cafe Al Bacio to Elite Plus and above on the day of embarkation

Every situation is different. It's possible the next flight has availability or that you can buy a ticket from another airline with availability and then cancel the missed one for a credit

Just an FYI...If you miss your flight and the rest of the flights for the day are full, they'll generally put you on the next flight's standby list. Generally, you'll need to appear in person at the next flight's gate and check in for standby with the gate agent. If you don't get on that flight you go to the next flight gate and gain a slight bump in the priority of the standby list. If a couple, if two seats open, you're probably not sitting together anyway so if only one standby seat opens on a flight, one of you should take it

Yes, call them and try to get it fixed. If you did nothing it's possible it just gets fixed automatically, but if it doesn't, you could be waiting in a long line for guest services who may not know how to fix it

Correct. When a photographer takes your picture they'll ask for your room number. After you request a photographer set up your onboard account for digital, they'll email you a link after the cruise, it's been within a week. Also, remember at some ports, X sends a photographer outside the ship so that could have a scenic landscape in the background

Totally agree. Often you can go to the forums on Trip Advisor (CC's parent company) and find a local private driver for an affordable rate. We've had great luck with the drivers and the costs yet despite some claiming "excellent English" that wasn't always the case; good thing for google translator

Looks fun! Absolutely. X can cancel tours at anytime

I will add any tour that includes vehicles should be discussed before the deadline to cancel. Two couples plus the guide/driver in a 20+-year-old Rav4 isn't exactly what I'd call a "small tour 4x4 adventure" that we experienced