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I like to think a bribe [as you seem to be inferring that is what was given] would have no bearing whatsoever on the given or exchanged table position and to imply otherwise is highly speculative and unfair.

I 100% agree and would dearly hope the M'ds are professional enough to ignore such a blatant attempt to influence. As an aside, we witnessed an almost tantrum last August when a passenger didn't get a window seat. Really amusing.

To be clear ''thousands'' refers to the cabin price, not fare pp.

buchanan101 is quite correct. I know at least one instance where the price has gone up by thousands. Edit, I know because I'm tracking three cruises as I registered our interest and the launch price is held for us until the 15th so we must decide by then if we want the launch price.

Those of us who want specific cabins, have to book asap and settling for ''second best'' doesn't work which is why we never have the opportunity to wait for a price reduction. The plus side is, the cabins we choose often rocket up in price so that's kind of satisfying! 👍

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We didn't have a notifying card either this August, but were very happy with our table position. There seem to be quite a few two tops on the QA deck plan, the window having thirteen but as we know, layouts are for display purposes only and are always subject to change, depending on passenger requirements. It's easy to see which tables on are designated ''best'' on QV/E as soon as you walk in the restaurant. Hopefully, the ''best'' ones on QA will be away from immediate passenger footfall.

I presume you meant, unusual. However, I have no experience of PG so can't express an opinion.

Golly. That's awful. I think words would have been said if that had ever happened to us. It hasn't by the way.

Thought I'd have to attack the Pol whatsit in August, but luckily, supplies were delivered in time. Not as quick as previous trips though!

My apologies. I don't know how many grades there are within BC.

I think cabin selection has a lot to do with ''table hierarchy''.

Ordering in advance has never been available to us but we have also had Peronis stacked up on the counter. Like you, never had a problem with our requests.

The term I heard was 'It'll be a bunfight''! I think that's slang for ''gosh, I think there will be a lot of interest''!😀

Got our first choice of cabin so happy bunnies here. Now looking at the next trip to book before the prices go up.

One of our bits of pre-cruise research was to make sure the treatment was available onboard. The NHS criteria is, and I have no idea if this has changed as we haven't had need to test the system, strict re Covid anti-virals. My husband has a special test kit and then numbers to call should he have caught the virus. As non vulnerable, I would not have been afforded the same conduit.

Still very unusual.

Well I thought fancy dental work when I first read your comment, regal crowns being outside my experience [well dental crowns are too but a crown is a tooth thingy in my crowd]. I too join the select band of the unsurveyed!🙂

It does. Hence my amusement at the listing for a Cunard Gala evening.

Of course. That goes without saying. Unfortunately, that does not mean all passengers will be sensible.

As Jacqueline mentioned my name and my comment was about trusting Cunard to look after us, as best they can, I am guessing she refers to ''the Captain'' as Cunard's given representative onboard and who will be following the company protocols. I would like the company to be open but then I reckon I'm sensible and wouldn't go into a melt down if what seemed to be rising numbers were broadcast, Can we say that about every passenger? No idea but it doesn't trouble me too much either way as we will follow our own methods, whatever any others do.

You're not alone. I haven't been able to log in on Chrome for a few days now.

This makes it sound almost common place an opportunity to dine in QG with friends if allocated other restaurants. It's not. At all. In fact it is a rare event indeed. Out of common courtesy I always ask the M'd if we can invite friends to the Grills lounge for drinks and it's always for after dinner when the lounge is quiet but when we want to have dinner with friends not in QG, it's in a Lido pop up.

White tie when black is pushing the envelope for some? They must be kidding. 😄

We are not afraid of booking [roll on Tuesday] and will, if we think it prudent, continue to wear masks in small, crowded places such as lifts but that's our decision. If it's mandatory, OK, and if not mandated at all, still OK and we will continue to do our own thing. 🙂