sawtooth

enjoying your LIVE.

What is the port stop of this last post?

On 6/14/2023 at 2:53 PM, PescadoAmarillo said:

I would choose to cruise on the Crown over any Royal Class ship.

 

I would avoid cruising out of San Francisco at all costs. Worst embarkation out of a LOT of cruises. 

I'm glad to hear this.  And I really respect your opinion.  We've booked a round Australia on this ship in 2025, seems like a long time away 

On 1/13/2023 at 10:36 AM, Ken the cruiser said:

Just curious, was it a rebooking or refaring? In other words, did the booking number stay the same or was a new one issued?

Yes, the booking # changed so I’ll have to go back and re book

excursions.  The fare remained exactly the same

20 hours ago, Happy2cruise said:

Checked with our TA and was told it was for "new bookings only".

Our TA managed to get us rebooked and with the new promotion

19 hours ago, Ken the cruiser said:

I wonder if we will get the "Premium Upgrade" military perk if our TA refares one of our booked cruises that start after that date? So far all of the categories we have booked have increased in price. But, we'll definitely ask the question if any of the prices subsequently fall.

I guess it was easy for our TA to rebook since it was only a week since the original booking 

Everything the same, cabin, promotions...

23 hours ago, ChangeOrder said:

@sawtooth Wait, so you have the new promotion on your booking now? I haven't had luck with an agent getting any real info about the "upcoming new" promotion.

Yes, it shows the upgrade in the details.

Also,, our cruises are in December of 2023 not 2024...my mistake

I called my TA  since we just reserved our cruises (for December 2024) about a week prior to the announcement, they first said no.  Then she just cancelled the reservations and made 2 new ones, same cabin.  Nothing changed except  we both got the promotion.  Only my husband is retired military.

We just booked 2 cruises last week for December.

Booked the plus package.

Husband is veteran, received the OBC

Nothing mentioned about premier package.

I am not a veteran and wonder how this would work.

Will put our TA on the case.

11 minutes ago, Thrak said:

I just looked at the Princess site and am utterly amazed to see early 2021 cruises for Australia and New Zealand listed. I really don't think these cruises can possibly happen. I could re-book the cruises that were cancelled in this new time slot but simply don't believe they will actually sail. Oddly enough, looking at the January sailings they are way cheaper than what we had booked. For instance, the 13 day New Zealand segment - with the full package - is $724 per person less.

We are booked for round New Zealand and then all around Australia for Feb 2021.

I doubt it will happen.  Sent cancellation request to my TA 6/28.  Has yet to be cancelled by them.

They said not to worry they are going through requests by sail date order.

I really miss reading everyones blogs and posts from their trips.

When I wasn't traveling myself, I could at least live vicariously through peoples postings.

Can only wonder when they will return.

NO, nothing received  May 4th cruise

Yikes!

We re booked our 5/4 British Isles cruise to next year 2021 same time.

Cruise is fully paid for.

We decided last week to just cancel the 2021 cruise and requested a refund, don't want anything else, no FCC or other credit, just our monies paid.

From what I am reading here seems like I won't see any cash until maybe August sometime.

Just ridiculous.

I also had EZAIR for a May 4th cruise.  I had been ticketed.

I canceled the air on February 27, when things were starting to heat up,  paid a penalty of 770 and after multiple inquiries to TA and Princess am still waiting for the 3500+ to be refunded.

I did turn it over to AMEX with all the supporting documents.

They have taken the charge off my bill and are pursuing it with Princess.

I did re book the cruise and move the excess cash to a May 2021 cruise, even paid a 200 penalty/change fee.

I am know thinking of cancelling that cruise but will wait until things settle down a bit

Cruise date 5/4/20

EZAIR cancelled 2/27/20, was ticketed, paid $770 penalty.  Still waiting for refund of 3400+, turned it over to CC company.

Rebooked cruise for May 2021 on 3/3/2020, paid 200 change fee.  Bought insurance.

Made request for FCC.  Have not seen anything yet.

Probably will end up cancelling the May 2021 cruise but will wait until everything calms down...if it ever will.

I re scheduled my May cruise for 2021.

I had EZAIR and did early ticketing 

I cancelled the air on 2/27, paid a hefty penalty.

Then rebooked the cruise for next year.

I made many subsequent inquiries both to my TA and direct with Princess regarding my 3400+ refund.

I finally turned it over to AMEX with all the supporting documentation.

They have refunded the money to my card and are handling it now.

If you book EZAIR and elect early ticketing and have paid in full, can you keep your air reservations if you cancel the actual cruise?

I did today call AMEX.  They are now handling the whole thing.

I had plenty of documentation to support the request.

Although I did book through a TA, AMEX will be dealing with Princess direct.

I am relieved  because I was tired of time and energy spent on phone calls and emails.

I understand that Princess is dealing with a tsunami of calls and stress, but I am happy it is now in the hands of my credit card company and they took it off my bill.

See post 37 for details.

I cancelled my ezair on a May 2020 cruise on 2/272020.  Paid a 770 penalty.

I then rebooked my May 2020 cruise for May 2021.  It is paid in full.

I am still waiting for my ezair refund of 3,541.

Tomorrow will be 1 month.

I can't get a straight answer from the TA or Princess.

I did my part and rebooked a cruise.  Not getting any FCC or anything else.  Just want my air refund.

Where is the Volendam headed?

has it aborted it cruise?

We just rolled our May 4 British Isles cruise to next year same time.

it was more about our planned 3 week travel to Italy prior to the cruise, that we are also re booking, than the cruise itself.

better luck next year 

We used SPB in every port on our Baltic cruise, highly recommend!

im sure they are all good but this is b our opinion

China just reported over 14,000 new cases of the virus.  Apparently changed how they are reporting.😳

I too have been checking.  I was surprised that the blog seemed to end abruptly.

Hope all is well and that she will post a recap soon.

We are on the Sky, last sea day going toward Ft Lauderdale.

just this minute the Crown passed us going south on the starboard side 

Both ships saluted each other with their horn blasts.

Fun to see 

We are on the Sky Princess and we are on Princess Cay right now.

They are taking drink orders by hand on paper so there is something wrong with the computers.

absolutely gorgeous day here, will spend a couple hours and then return to ship.