WIFI - is it discounted once on board?

[Team Alpha]

Howdy Celebrity cruisers

 

we’re shortly on a 14 day cruise from Singapore and the WIFI prices are exorbitant but I do need it for my business. Now I know they discount specialty restaurants on board but can I get a better deal on WIFI once on board? 

 

Cheers

 

Rob

Edited December 10, 2019 by Team Alpha

[Traderboy]

I’d like to know about this too

[GerScot]

Unlikely however you can buy it during the cruise for however many remaining days you have.

[bikerunner]

Just off reflection.  No discount at all.  It is high.  I just got basic surf before I left since I got 30% for being in captains club elite.  Worked fine for checking emails which is mainly what I needed it for.  

[dogs4fun]

We have sailed on several X ships. There were no wifi discount offered while aboard ship.

[jelayne]

The price for the Unlimited WiFi in the Cruise Planner is about 10% lower than the price on the ship.  

[Wildcatllamas]

5 hours ago, GerScot said:

Unlikely however you can buy it during the cruise for however many remaining days you have.

I was wondering about this very thing. I have a 5 night cruise booked in January and the first port is Key West. I wasn't to worried about internet/email after that since I am on "vacation". That is until I came into work today and found out I will need to be available for tech support by email and phone the days of my vacation. Grrr.

[bEwAbG]

3 minutes ago, Wildcatllamas said:

I was wondering about this very thing. I have a 5 night cruise booked in January and the first port is Key West. I wasn't to worried about internet/email after that since I am on "vacation". That is until I came into work today and found out I will need to be available for tech support by email and phone the days of my vacation. Grrr.

 

Tell your job to pay for it?  Seems only fair.

[Wildcatllamas]

1 minute ago, bEwAbG said:

 

Tell your job to pay for it?  Seems only fair.

Oh how I wish that were the case. It is a company cell phone so the minutes on calls will be paid for but not emails through wifi.

[bEwAbG]

Tell them you need WiFi to ensure coverage for the phone calls?  That would probably be cheaper than paying the very expensive cell charges for the calls.

[PTC DAWG]

26 minutes ago, Wildcatllamas said:

I was wondering about this very thing. I have a 5 night cruise booked in January and the first port is Key West. I wasn't to worried about internet/email after that since I am on "vacation". That is until I came into work today and found out I will need to be available for tech support by email and phone the days of my vacation. Grrr.

Well then, it's not really a vacation is it,  you should be credited back the days you are expected to be "available"....good luck.  🙂

[Jim_Iain]

I've never seen them discount the internet packages aboard.   I have however gotten discounts pre-sail by purchasing in advance.  Once on board the only discounts I have seen is on longer cruises they sometimes have a 50% off sail at the midpoint of the cruise.  

 

Good idea to check your discount level in Captain's Club -  Elite+ get 35% discount

 

If you don't need to send large files you might be able to survive with the lower speed internet packages.

[Ex-Airbalancer]

On our October TA a friend got the internet package , the slow one for about $120 ish with elite discount 

she said it was fine, she was able to send pictures and watch some YouTube videos 

[XuGator]

On a couple of sailings we've been on, the Summit and Eclipse - they have had an impromptu auction on the first night near the retail shops. Both times they have offered the unlimited internet package for the duration of the cruise and the winning bidder always gets it for less than the retail rate. I don't think there is any way to bank on this actually happening though. It seems random