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rallydave

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  1. You must have missed the Sunday brunch is only on the big ships only on sea days and does not akwats. Never in navigator
  2. In addition you have to remember that the cruise fares that include the sir are identical no matter your home airport and not based on your particular home airport. Thus regent as you stated a for profit company has to calculate the cost of the included air based on some average of air fares for the entire US and likely a contingency to ensure the make a profit and not lose profits should the passenger bookings not match their estimates. win some lose some and sure the included fares are high enough to make a profit and remember the credit is identical no mater your home airport so it may or may not cover your self booking. also doubt the credit is the identical amount added to the cruise fare again to ensure profits.
  3. I was strictly talking about the included caviar. Didn’t know there were other types you could pay for. don’t know what you are asking about under the table. We only get the included and anyone can get it anytime freely and openly. Several parties during last cruise for everyone.
  4. No brochure or anything in writing. Simply ask you waiter bar tender pool attendant etc and the caviar will be there shortly.
  5. Really doubt a booking made before the process change will confirm whether or not ff points are given for regrnt booked AA flights. Generally points changes are effective for bookings made after the effective date of the change so until new bookings are made and flights taken the effect of this change will not be fully known.
  6. As was stated earlier and I will clarify. For international flights into the US that fo not have you go thru immigration in a foreign country like Canada Ireland Aruba etc no matter the incoming airline or the connecting flight ALL luggage is removed from the plane and ALL passengers go thru immigration and ALL luggage goes thru customs. No difference same airline or different airline. This is different for many foreign countries where bags are checked to and picked up at final destination.
  7. Close enough for government work. Always a few outliers
  8. Yes papa the difference is the air credit. But because it is the same in all your examples it is the same no matter where you live and f oh r sure sir fares vary for sure depending on your home airport. IMHO obviously the air credit is not necesrry what regent pays for your flights and likely less. We don’t ever know exactly what regent pays for air. In some cases people can fly in the credit and others can’t. thanks for agreeing and proving my hypothesis.
  9. Just a reminder for all; all port assignments are subject to change up until just before docking. It is up to the Harbor Master to determine which berth any ship will be docking at and sometimes things change at the last minute so no cruise line including Seabourn is able to confirm docking location up front. Yet they give you where the ship is scheduled but, that is no always where the ship will end up.
  10. True some planes configured with business class lie flat seats do fly domestic routes however tickets are sold as first class thus the flights are first class and my comment stands that no business class domestic flights. that said flights to Canada and Mexico are classified as international business class not first class.
  11. Actually the seats on Icelandair in Business are the same as First Class domestic US flights. Bo ot believe any US airline has Business Class flights within the US.
  12. Not true. The cruise fare and air inclusion is usually more than what the credit is depending on where your starting point is. This is because everyone pays the same price for the cruise and air no matter your starting airport thus for instance for cruises in Europe the fare Regent will pay to get you to or from Europe with an east cost departure will certainly be less than flights to the same destination from the west coast and vice versa for flights to Asia. Yes it is a set amount for every cruise likely based on a middle of the US departure so Regent wins some and loses some depending yon your departure location. The air credit is also a fixed amount no matter your starting location and being a business, IMHO the Regents air credit may be more or less than for your specific starting location and likely less than the amount included so Regent likely makes some money on do it yourself air. Not a simple process for Regent to do this but, imagine the number of different fares depending o your starting location as well a multiple credits for do it yourself air??
  13. No specific terminal. All depends on where the harbor master says to go. It can change multilple times before arrival. Not like some ports where the cruise line builds terminals or where they go every week like Miami Fort Lauderdale port canaveral etc.
  14. Since I have never had a credit vs debit for a foreign currency transaction can’t say for sure how it would work if I got the credit here in us just another reason to take your credit from seabourn in cash
  15. ?? If your home currency is not usd your card will be charged in usd and converted to your currency using the best exchange rate a credit will work the same way so your risk is changed exchange rate between purchase and credit so you have an equal risk in getting a little more or less the ship is usd so this is the only way this can wirk
  16. If you crave your credit card points/miles, take the credit in refundable OBC and make sure you don't overuse your non refundable and like others said go to the square and get cash in USD back. Then take it home deposit and pa your credit card bill. This way you get points/miles without an actual spend. Works every time.
  17. Need to be quick to accept as Regent will go down the list to find takers. Obviously overbooked and trying to find suites for guarantees. The offer will be gone if you don't respond quickly
  18. Unfortunately no matter what the ship, port or any app says, the docking location cannot be confirmed until the ship is approaching the port as harbor master has control and at time the port changes at the last minute which is why tour operators have to check in the AM where your ship will actually be ported.
  19. Really depends o the flight category. Cannot be sure especially with AA
  20. Nothing to get back. It goes on your account as pending and then disappears until a charge to you comes in and then it shows as a charge. Anyone so close to your credit limit who is sailing Seabourn has bigger problems than this relatively small hold.
  21. No only the people in suites needed for the guarantees get offers. The entire process is a regent secret but enough people have commented to enable many of us somewhat understand the process no guarsntee people are contacted. So far as far as reported the offers keep increasing such that enough suites are available for all guarantees some pretty huge offers have been reported pre Covid. Remember these are all educated guesses based on CC posts. Have never seen a post that a guarantee didn’t get on board but remember many people not on CC or choose not to pist
  22. I described it above in post 28. Does not affect guarantees and people shop are confirmed can save thousands on similar but different cruises. Offers to booked people keep increasing until enough confirmed people accept. Kind of a game of chicken.
  23. Don't know what a second lower guarantee is. Perhaps a guarantee where you put down a deposit so the second lower would be no deposit. Please explain No need to worry as Regent will make offers to people with reservations and keep sweetening the offers until they have enough suites for all of the guarantees. Have never heard of guarantees getting a buy out offer.
  24. And, the time provided is virtually useless board when you choose. They won't turn you away!!!
  25. Believe this app is only Android or Apple to be on phones/ipads not on your computer.
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