sammygoose Posted May 30, 2014 #76 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Interesting, my partner and I both took our first cruise-ever- in 2012 My mariner # starts with 278 Hers starts with #423 Same cruise,same cabin. Due to a paperwork mix up she was listed as the third passenger in the cabin not the second. Don't ask about the mariner day cruise credits she lost-that was a disaster. but since then she gets better email deals than I do or the rest of my family. She's our secret HAL weapon. No idea how this matters though. Edited May 30, 2014 by sammygoose additional information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipity1499 Posted May 30, 2014 #77 Share Posted May 30, 2014 So 294 or 296 are the codes for peeps that get good pricing and bennies:D. Hmmm.. Ours start with 031 (9 numbers) & we received the same suite e-mail. with excellent pricing.. Our first HAL cruise was in 1998.. I've always wondered why DH's & my Mariner Number's were so far apart? :confused: His ends in 883 & mine ends in 899.. However, if we remove the last digit of both, then they are sequential.. One poster wondered if it may have to do with the area in which we all reside.. That's an interesting idea & may be right../SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted May 30, 2014 #78 Share Posted May 30, 2014 One poster wondered if it may have to do with the area in which we all reside.. That's an interesting idea & may be right.I don't think so. We got 044 after our first HAL cruise in 2002, booked through a Melbourne (FL) TA. In Dec 2007 we put down a deposit with our TA for our DD/DSiL living in Orlando. Theirs start with 375. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted May 30, 2014 #79 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Hmmm.. Ours start with 031 (9 numbers) & we received the same suite e-mail. with excellent pricing.. Our first HAL cruise was in 1998.. I've always wondered why DH's & my Mariner Number's were so far apart? :confused: His ends in 883 & mine ends in 899.. However, if we remove the last digit of both, then they are sequential.. One poster wondered if it may have to do with the area in which we all reside.. That's an interesting idea & may be right../SIZE] I wasn't referring to the mariner number. POA mentioned having a different number on emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted May 30, 2014 #80 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Interesting suppositions. My number starts with 037 (and yes, it's 9 digits) and I started cruising HAL in 1988. DH's number starts with 044 and started cruising nearly a decade after I. Guess mine came from the coffee can too:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB&JLG74 Posted May 30, 2014 #81 Share Posted May 30, 2014 This has been very interesting. To add my two cents to anyone who is still playing with numbers, at first blush DH and my Mariner numbers appeared to be eight numbers apart but are sequential if we drop the 9th digit. When I enter the first 8 numbers in the calculator, the system's next check number is indeed the number on our accounts. When I enter all 9 numbers, they verify (checksum 0). We took our first HAL cruise in 1986 and our numbers start with 012. We had taken two Princess cruises prior to this (1984 and 1985). We lived in FL when we got our numbers, moved to IL but our numbers never changed. Our Princess and Cunard numbers are the same. I believe they share the marketing function out of Los Angeles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare whogo Posted May 30, 2014 #82 Share Posted May 30, 2014 First cruised 1999, nine digits start 033, numbers are sequential through 8 digits with checksums correct. This what I tally from Mariner numbers and dates reported. Basically low numbers are first with some exceptions which might be anomalies or advertising numbers instead of Mariner numbers or my clerical error. 1976 391XXXXXX 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 013XXXXXX 1985 1986 004XXXXXX 012XXXXXX 012XXXXXX 1987 003XXXXXX 1988 037XXXXXX 1989 1990 0004XXXXX 0004XXXXX 1991 003XXXXXX 003XXXXXX 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 02XXXXXXX 02XXXXXXX 045XXXXXX 045XXXXXX 029XXXXXX 029XXXXXX 1997 044XXXXXX 1998 031XXXXXX 031XXXXXX 1999 033XXXXXX 033XXXXXX 033XXXXXX 033XXXXXX 2000 041XXXXXX 037XXXXXX 037XXXXXX 2001 2002 044XXXXXX 044XXXXXX 2003 05XXXXXXX 05XXXXXXX 046XXXXXX 046XXXXXX 2004 2005 2006 061XXXXXX 061XXXXXX 2007 064XXXXXX 375XXXXXX 2008 2009 389XXXXXX 397XXXXXX 395XXXXXX 395XXXXXX 410XXXXXX 2010 2011 652XXXXXX 2012 278XXXXXX 423XXXXXX 2013 279XXXXXX 424XXXXXX 2014 294XXXXXX 288XXXXXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted May 30, 2014 #83 Share Posted May 30, 2014 First cruised 1999, nine digits start 033, numbers are sequential through 8 digits with checksums correct. This what I tally from Mariner numbers and dates reported. Basically low numbers are first with some exceptions which might be anomalies or advertising numbers instead of Mariner numbers or my clerical error. 1976 391XXXXXX 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 013XXXXXX 1985 1986 004XXXXXX 012XXXXXX 012XXXXXX 1987 003XXXXXX 1988 037XXXXXX 1989 1990 0004XXXXX 0004XXXXX 1991 003XXXXXX 003XXXXXX 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 02XXXXXXX 02XXXXXXX 045XXXXXX 045XXXXXX 029XXXXXX 029XXXXXX 1997 044XXXXXX 1998 031XXXXXX 031XXXXXX 1999 033XXXXXX 033XXXXXX 033XXXXXX 033XXXXXX 2000 041XXXXXX 037XXXXXX 037XXXXXX 2001 2002 044XXXXXX 044XXXXXX 2003 05XXXXXXX 05XXXXXXX 046XXXXXX 046XXXXXX 2004 2005 2006 061XXXXXX 061XXXXXX 2007 064XXXXXX 375XXXXXX 2008 2009 389XXXXXX 397XXXXXX 395XXXXXX 395XXXXXX 410XXXXXX 2010 2011 652XXXXXX 2012 278XXXXXX 423XXXXXX 2013 279XXXXXX 424XXXXXX 2014 294XXXXXX 288XXXXXX Add 012XXXXXX to 1994, and 046XXXXXX in early 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyneastbay Posted May 30, 2014 Author #84 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I decided to CHAT with HAL about Mariner #s. The response was short and to the point. They are assigned at random. That is all they said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson's aunt Posted May 30, 2014 #85 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Hi I am sure I went back and looked at the numbers I will recheck maybe they gave me a new number. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted May 30, 2014 #86 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I decided to CHAT with HAL about Mariner #s. The response was short and to the point. They are assigned at random. That is all they said. And we always believe everything Seattle says. Right? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted May 30, 2014 #87 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I decided to CHAT with HAL about Mariner #s. The response was short and to the point. They are assigned at random. That is all they said. I'd call BS on that. Spouses wouldn't get sequential numbers. What are the odds that a HAL rep would have bad info? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted May 31, 2014 #88 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'd call BS on that. Spouses wouldn't get sequential numbers. What are the odds that a HAL rep would have bad info? :eek: About 98 per cent. That said, one person on this board used to work for Hal and they chose to rip me a new one for saying stuff like this. I guess it's a secret :D;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boytjie Posted May 31, 2014 #89 Share Posted May 31, 2014 What are the odds that a HAL rep would have bad info? :eek: How would a phone rep know how the computer program assigns numbers? ;) It could indeed be random but when more that one new HAL cruiser is on the same booking it assigns them sequentially. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted May 31, 2014 #90 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) How would a phone rep know how the computer program assigns numbers? ;) It could indeed be random but when more that one new HAL cruiser is on the same booking it assigns them sequentially. :) Why not say that they don't know then. I guess it's much better to make something up;). Edited May 31, 2014 by cruz chic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveEv Posted May 31, 2014 #91 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Here's another data point, or 5. My wife, son and I all went on our first HAL cruise together in 2009. Her # started with 302, mine 401, our son 379. All conformed to the Luhn algorithm. My son and I have the same name, and HAL's system got badly confused as to who was who. In a long and painful effort to resolve it, the two of us have had a total of 5 Mariner numbers, beginning with 379, 401, 259, 253 and 379 again. 4 of the 5 obey the Luhn algorithm. His final number does not. Go figure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted May 31, 2014 #92 Share Posted May 31, 2014 How would a phone rep know how the computer program assigns numbers? ;) It could indeed be random but when more that one new HAL cruiser is on the same booking it assigns them sequentially. :) Yep. They're assigned randomly except when they're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted May 31, 2014 #93 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Yep. They're assigned randomly except when they're not. Coffee can:D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boytjie Posted May 31, 2014 #94 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Why not say that they don't know then. I guess it's much better to make something up;). Have you ever asked New Yorkers for directions? ;) They'd rather say anything rather than admit they don't know. I don't do that - I will admit when I don't know. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguarstyper Posted May 31, 2014 #95 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I would just like to know why half the time I enter my mariner number on HAL's website it tells me its invalid. And, why do I need to enter my name and birthdate every time I want to look at criuse prices? Shouldn't your mariner number be sufficient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted May 31, 2014 #96 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Are they if you ignore the last digit? The last is just a check digit, as explained in post #35. Yes. Interesting thread. Edited May 31, 2014 by erewhon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexandNessa Posted May 31, 2014 #97 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I don't know, but I have 2. My maiden name one was circa 2003 that started with 04 something. I used that number to book all subsequent cruises, but HAL decided that married name = new Mariner number. That was circa 2005 or 2006 and that number starts with 06. I've never cared enough to let HAL know I have two numbers. Miss Nessa receives different offers based on her Mariner number than Mrs. Nessa with a different Mariner number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted May 31, 2014 #98 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I don't know, but I have 2. My maiden name one was circa 2003 that started with 04 something. I used that number to book all subsequent cruises, but HAL decided that married name = new Mariner number. That was circa 2005 or 2006 and that number starts with 06. I've never cared enough to let HAL know I have two numbers. Miss Nessa receives different offers based on her Mariner number than Mrs. Nessa with a different Mariner number. Do all of your days accumulate to the old 04 number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toad Posted May 31, 2014 #99 Share Posted May 31, 2014 My DH and I have different last names, and our numbers are radically different no matter how you look at it, so unless he has been cruising with someone else and I don't know about it, may be it is based on something different...... Mine as I have said is 003 and his is 04???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted May 31, 2014 #100 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) My DH and I have different last names, and our numbers are radically different no matter how you look at it, so unless he has been cruising with someone else and I don't know about it, may be it is based on something different...... Mine as I have said is 003 and his is 04????I see you said you started cruising in late '80s ... was his first HAL cruise in the 2000 to 2003 or early 2004 range?. Edited May 31, 2014 by jtl513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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