cruzsnooze

I purchased mine on the phone. When you call Princess they now have a dedicated extension for Ocean ready. You will pay full price and then the OBC shows up as refundable on your account. You can also purchase it on board. There are choices if you want to use them.

People cancel for many reasons after final and if they have cancel for any reason their insurance reimburses them. In a case where someone cancels after final payment their is a tiered penalty. Princess states they will accept bids 3 days before sailing so if someone did cancel Princess gives no refunds and gets double revenue if they resell this cabin to a bidder. They get double revenue on the cabin that was vacated and it is a domino effect. Princess wins no matter what because they don't have to honor any bids should no cabins become available.

This bidding is a win win for Princess. By three days before sailing there are no refunds from Princess. If they take a bid for a cancelled cabin they get double revenue. The passenger gets a deal (Maybe) but doesn't know the location of their new cabin. There is no down side to Princess. I did not receive an invite to bid on my Nov 10 sailing but since I'm in a full suite I didn't expect one. Because of this new system I booked a regular Mini Suite for my next cruise and think I'll get a bid invitation. I would have gone for Club Class but maybe I'll get a bargain, maybe not. Others may also book a cabin below what they usually sail in to see if a bid is put out.

Stop using the APP and stop the frustration. You can do the input online in the web version and save all the aggravation.

Sometimes abbreviations are open to interpretation which is ambiguous. I worked in a medical capacity and abbreviations were down right dangerous.

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