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In my account, on the Payments and Credits page, if I scroll down to Credits it shows my husband and I both have $50 OBC each. I checked his acct and his military benefit is on his profile. I also noticed that under the Credits chart it says "Please note that purchased and gifted Onboard Credits for this booking will be available onboard even though they are not visible on this list." Does that mean the military benefit is a gifted OBC and will not show on our invoice? Wondering if I need to call them tomorrow. My profile shows $50 OBC, so does my husband's. I am not a veteran. He should have $100OBC since we have a 7 nt cruise upcoming. So total $200 correct?

That makes sense, but if I bought cruise fare only, then a drink package then I pay the tips at the end?

I haven't sailed celebrity in about a decade. So even if you have a drink package you still have to pay additional tip? I don't recall having any extra charges to our folio last time I sailed. Seems like that's a lot of money to pay for the drink package then have to pay tips. My comment isn't about not wanting to pay tips, but I thought if you got a package everything should be included?

Did you have to call them to get your elite status or did it switch over automatically? My cruise mate is the same as you, diamond on royal, first cruise with x. She linked her crown and anchor number with her captains club number in the celebrity app but her status still says preview. Just wondering your experience and should we call it in or will or fix itself?

It still says Preview. I just had her check. We bought the wifi pkg but I thought you could no longer buy basic wifi without buying the AI pkg? We bought cruise only, no add ons, so I suppose it's the premium, correct?

What kind of camera do you use to get those great close up pics?

Is it sometimes automatic? Or do you have to always call it in? She has already linked her C&A with her CC on both Royal and X apps. I've emailed them, since our cruise isn't until Sept, I know they take a while to reply. I also read that you can get them to fix it at the port when they print out your sea pass card, but I would prefer it be done ahead of time so she/we will have our elite invites and everything in our cabin on the first day. We'll call it in once it gets closer and if they haven't done it already.

Hi all I'm traveling with a friend who is Diamond on Royal. I understand her status will be matched on X and will get 90 mins free Wifi. I just bought a wifi pkg under my name to take advantage of the 40% sale, but will she still get the free mins for her? I know we can "share" the pkg if only one device is logged on at a time, but if she gets her free mins that means we can be on at the same time, for at least 90 mins, correct?

The elite wifi 90 mins is that going to be on the premium pkg or does it not really matter now with starlink? My cabin mate is elite so we will be those minutes, I was going to buy the wifi pkg right now since it's 40% off at $19.99/day. Maybe I won't buy it since we can use my friend's? I just need/want to check in with the hubby and kid just in case. I also have not been on Celebrity in about 10 yrs. I understand using the app I can communicate/text my cabin mate without any wifi pkg? Is that correct?

Out of curiousity I checked the current price for my cruise and it went down a bit. I looked up their price match policy (they call it best price I guess) and I filled out the form. While technically I am out of the 48 hr period but just barely. I said I would be happy with OBC. I hope they honor that. I should not have looked at the prices. The fares kept going up and up with insides selling out, but I couldn't book sooner as my cabinmate needed to get her days ok'd by her boss. We booked as soon as she got the ok and now Concierge is cheaper than our balc gty.

Thanks to everyone who commented on when/how they assign gty rooms. I booked on Sun and since you all mentioned it, went to check and my room was assigned. A little lower than I hoped but not bad at all! I'm happy

I have no idea why I didn't use my usual online TA. They were great with my last three I booked with them.

Does anyone know if ordering these drinks at mock tails was an issue, either at HH or the breakfast? Can anyone share any opinions on the Persian gardens perk?

I got help after about 50 mins. The agent was nice and got it corrected very quickly, less than a minute. I told him I did a mock booking and the balance due amount was the exact same amount as the "senior resident rate" promo. He said the resident state fell off the booking, and that was the reason. However FL residents (my cabin mate) usually get a minimal discount, not $2570 between two people. He was able to fix it and sent me a confirmation email within seconds. However, they need to fix this one their end so they stop giving people heart attacks!

This exact thing happened to me today! I'm on hold with them right now. I also got on chat too to see if they could help. Dont' bother with chat. they just told me to call their service dept and they can fix it. But the chat agent did use the word "glitch". I paid in full today, less than 90 days out. Now showing a balance of $2570. I've been on hold for about 20 mins. Est time was 37. It is Sat though. I agree this "glitch" should have been long fixed. I was about to call my credit card company and file a dispute. This gave me a panic attack when I saw the email and the invoice!

Cruise is Jan 2024. I was going to contact princess but they were already closed. I can contact them tomorrow but wanted to jump on here and see if anybody already knew of hand.

He's 4 so we did not get him a passport yet.

We are about to put a deposit on a cruise for Jan 2024. We have already started the paperwork at the courthouse to change our child's middle name. We have already filed, but are waiting for it to be finalized. I was going to pay my deposit tomorrow. Should I enter in my child's middle name as his old one or the new one? I have no idea how much longer we should be waiting for the courts to contact us, then file for a get a new birth certificate. Should we just book with his original name? Do I NEED to put a middle name at all? He has two middle names, can I enter in only one middle name?

Does anyone know if everyone gets an offer to submit a bid? What if I have a inside guarantee? Or is it only for people who have specific categories?

We got our full refund today. Just fyi for anyone still waiting.

I hope you are right bc my TA told me Princess said to wait between 30-60 business days or up to 2 billing cycles.

The fix was they removed the whale shark excursion bc they prob realized it's way too early in the season, and then they cancelled all the Diamond cruises from Sept till mid Nov, which includes mine, so no more issue for me since I am no longer cruising.

The OBC incentive is tempting but i'm thinking when the itinerary I want is back up (Sea of cortez) prices will be much higher anyway. I'm opting for the full refund.

Is Princess the line that all rooms are ready as soon as they allow boarding? Or has that changed after covid?

Should I prebook a tour company now, or could there be a significant savings to find a tour operator at the pier? I read about the whale shark tours (not available during the time I"m going unfortunately) the cruise ship sponsored and even pre booked companies are way more expensive that what you can expect to pay on the docks. Does anyone have any insight?