Calling Cinnamon!

[Tigrou]

Sorry about this but it's the only way I know of getting a message to Cinnamon, although it may be of interest to anyone else who is planning to cruise Celebrity.

 

Cinnamon - I think I saw on the Celebrity forum that you are planning a cruise on Summit.  Just wanted to let you know, in case you haven't already seen, that Celebrity have done another pricing change which for some people has resulted in savings.  I swapped my booking on Summit to the new pricing, upgraded my cabin and still saved a considerable amount so it's worth a look.  At the moment though it's only available when booking with Celebrity US, not UK, so needs to be done through a US travel agent who will accept bookings from the UK.  I don't think we can book direct with Celebrity US, certainly I can't even get onto their website without going through a proxy server, it always defaults to the UK one.  But you can check prices online through US travel agent websites.

 

[cinnamon]

Thanks Tigrou, our Summit cruise isn’t until late August 2020. However, we’re with a U.K. agent after booking onboard Azamara then transferring it to the U.K.  We already have Gratuties and a Classic drinks package included as the deals were very good at the time. 

Corinne

[Tigrou]

Hi Corinne

 

My Summit cruise isn't until October 2020 so I was surprised the new pricing was available.  Originally my booking included 2 'perks' but by switching to only one perk and a non-refundable deposit (which is the norm in the UK anyway, but not in the US) the price dropped by over $1K.

 

The perks generally seen as being best aren't worth the same to me as others.  As I don't drink alcohol, the drinks package is only worth the value of the non-alcoholic version, and only x1.  For a couple who drink the value is many times more.  Similarly as a solo traveller the dollar value of the gratuities is half what it would be for a couple.  Celebrity do give OBC for the invisible person I'm paying for, unlike Cunard.