blag Posted April 28, 2020 #251 Share Posted April 28, 2020 There's a new topic for collection of information on the progress of refund claims: Azamara Refund Information. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blag Posted April 28, 2020 #252 Share Posted April 28, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 11:45 AM, Thameside said: Do you have the information that you are looking for now, if not I received a FCC last week for 50% of the fare for our cruise which they suspended in South America, with the other 50% refund still outstanding. I can give you the terms and conditions on this email if that's any use to you or maybe it's a specific 125% one you require. Why not share your information by responding in the Azamara Refunds Information thread/topic? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blag Posted April 29, 2020 #253 Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 2:09 PM, blag said: OK. But my supplementary question still applies. Is Section 75 applicable to all countries? If not, then perhaps the question should be 'Who issued majority of refund, if any?' Options for response would be 'TA, Azamara, Credit Card' . I don't think it helps to complicate matters by asking what proportions were from each. Or do you think I ought? Following up on our discussion, for technical reasons, my original collation of refund experiences was aborted, but there is now a topic which includes a posting to which you can respond so as to share your refund progress. If you still feel that Google Docs etc. are inappropriate, I will also provide links to Dropbox files. Please share your information, and please encourage others to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted April 29, 2020 #254 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Just a reminder that the guidelines ask people not to discuss board management. Thanks folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Miggins Posted April 29, 2020 #255 Share Posted April 29, 2020 51 minutes ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: Just a reminder that the guidelines ask people not to discuss board management. Thanks folks. Not sure what this means. Is it OK to fill out the revised form.? Was the original aborted because it contravened guidelines and if so how ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blag Posted April 29, 2020 #256 Share Posted April 29, 2020 35 minutes ago, Mrs Miggins said: Not sure what this means. Is it OK to fill out the revised form.? Was the original aborted because it contravened guidelines and if so how ? The new topic is available for use. Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to disclose the reason why this has been presented in a new format. It's OK to fill out the new form. Your CC ID will not be disclosed in the results. The more who complete the form, the more accurate the analysis can be! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare teacherman Posted April 29, 2020 #257 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Just thought I would let people know that we had a deposit on Azamara Journey for next February-South Africa. AS there is way too much uncertainty, and we are "vulnerable population", we canceled it. I have received the refund to my credit card. I canceled about 3 weeks ago. It would have been our first Azamara cruise. We have enjoyed many wonderful cruises, but do not know if we will ever cruise again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenP Posted April 29, 2020 #258 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Was it a full refund teacherman? On applying for our refund for our deposit, before the 151 days required to get the full deposit back, we were informed Az had changed the policy to having to cancel 999 days before to get the full refund. So we are waiting for whatever it is we can get back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinaro44 Posted April 29, 2020 #259 Share Posted April 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, QueenP said: Was it a full refund teacherman? On applying for our refund for our deposit, before the 151 days required to get the full deposit back, we were informed Az had changed the policy to having to cancel 999 days before to get the full refund. So we are waiting for whatever it is we can get back. Canceled two August cruises yesterday and my TA said I'd get full deposit back plus the ten free nights that had been applied to one of the cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baynanno1 Posted April 29, 2020 #260 Share Posted April 29, 2020 47 minutes ago, teacherman said: Just thought I would let people know that we had a deposit on Azamara Journey for next February-South Africa. AS there is way too much uncertainty, and we are "vulnerable population", we canceled it. I have received the refund to my credit card. I canceled about 3 weeks ago. It would have been our first Azamara cruise. We have enjoyed many wonderful cruises, but do not know if we will ever cruise again. Lucky you! Once again it seems that those who are cancelling their own cruises are being refunded before those whose cruises were among the first cancelled by Azamara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyss Posted April 29, 2020 #261 Share Posted April 29, 2020 58 minutes ago, teacherman said: Just thought I would let people know that we had a deposit on Azamara Journey for next February-South Africa. AS there is way too much uncertainty, and we are "vulnerable population", we canceled it. I have received the refund to my credit card. I canceled about 3 weeks ago. It would have been our first Azamara cruise. We have enjoyed many wonderful cruises, but do not know if we will ever cruise again. Hi Teacherman. Did you get charged a cancellation fee? We have also cancelled an October cruise, and are waiting for our refund. We cancelled a little over 2 weeks ago, and were told that the refund should take around 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare teacherman Posted April 29, 2020 #262 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Yes, Sandy, we did get charged a cancellation fee. And a strange thing is that this is the second time we were charged one for the same itinerary. I originally booked it last November, but then decided not to go so we cancelled. I did not realize when I booked that there would be a cancellation charge, so we forfeited the money. Then in early February, I found a really much better price so I booked it again. I now have paid the fees twice and have never even been on Azamara. We also got back a credit for 4 rooms I had booked on RCCL for a family cruise this month. So I now have a large credit on my CC. Safe travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyss Posted April 30, 2020 #263 Share Posted April 30, 2020 51 minutes ago, teacherman said: Yes, Sandy, we did get charged a cancellation fee. And a strange thing is that this is the second time we were charged one for the same itinerary. I originally booked it last November, but then decided not to go so we cancelled. I did not realize when I booked that there would be a cancellation charge, so we forfeited the money. Then in early February, I found a really much better price so I booked it again. I now have paid the fees twice and have never even been on Azamara. We also got back a credit for 4 rooms I had booked on RCCL for a family cruise this month. So I now have a large credit on my CC. Safe travels. I expect that we will be charged the cancellation fee also. We have sailed with Azamara previously, and also enjoyed many cruises on Celebrity and RCCL, but the cancellation fee will be a first for us, and will turn us off to scheduling future cruises with Azamara. (Because we are in a high-risk group for covid-19, we feel that we have no choice about cancelling this cruise.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blag Posted April 30, 2020 #264 Share Posted April 30, 2020 7 hours ago, Baynanno1 said: Lucky you! Once again it seems that those who are cancelling their own cruises are being refunded before those whose cruises were among the first cancelled by Azamara. It seems that Azamara's policy on refunds may well be to give priority to refunds that have the least impact on Azamara's funds. teacherman received a deposit less a cancellation charge. The only other full refund that I am aware of is a FCC, although I have heard that one TA received a refund (for herself) in less than 10 days! There seem to be iniquitous anomalies in the way that Azamara are handling refunds. I once read that most companies that collapse do so not through lack of business, but through lack of cash flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baynanno1 Posted April 30, 2020 #265 Share Posted April 30, 2020 32 minutes ago, blag said: It seems that Azamara's policy on refunds may well be to give priority to refunds that have the least impact on Azamara's funds. teacherman received a deposit less a cancellation charge. The only other full refund that I am aware of is a FCC, although I have heard that one TA received a refund (for herself) in less than 10 days! There seem to be iniquitous anomalies in the way that Azamara are handling refunds. I once read that most companies that collapse do so not through lack of business, but through lack of cash flow. I asked the question earlier when I started a thread on 20 April "Bonnie . . . is there a reason" after reading posts by people who had cancelled their own May cruises within the 90 to 61 day window. Those refunds had been received within a (relatively) short time frame. Posts #89 and #92 / #94 in the combined thread "Cruise Credit & Calculation and use of FCC." A day or so ago on one of our cancelled cruises, a few people posted they had received some refund, but none were yet fully refunded. w a i t i n g . . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules of The Seas Posted April 30, 2020 #266 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Have today received refund for our 5th April cruise on Pursuit which was cancelled by Azamara on 15th March. Requested refund same day through travel agent. Have had full amount refunded, less £10, don’t know why but not going to argue. I did book the cruise on board Pursuit last November when I also paid the deposit for my Brother and his wife. I haven’t had that refunded but as they paid the final balance it could be that Azamara will refund them. Paid back through Celebrity as was the money taken. Stay safe. Julie and Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blag Posted April 30, 2020 #267 Share Posted April 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, Jules of The Seas said: Have today received refund for our 5th April cruise on Pursuit which was cancelled by Azamara on 15th March. Requested refund same day through travel agent. Have had full amount refunded, less £10, don’t know why but not going to argue. I did book the cruise on board Pursuit last November when I also paid the deposit for my Brother and his wife. I haven’t had that refunded but as they paid the final balance it could be that Azamara will refund them. Paid back through Celebrity as was the money taken. Stay safe. Julie and Les. By my reckoning that's 45 or 46 days from claim to refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules of The Seas Posted April 30, 2020 #268 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Hi Blag, When we cancelled they said 30 days. It seems they have processed it in 30 working days. Can’t fault them really, although I did criticise them for not cancelling sooner than they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmycruiser Posted April 30, 2020 #269 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Cancelled our 8/29 cruise on 4/21 and received our entire $1100 deposit refunded to the credit card used Yesterday! Was told 60 to 90 days by out TA so was surprised when we received it in 8 days. It was from AZ and not the TA. We are in the US. We also cancelled the 9/10 cruise and was told that cruise we would lose $150 and receive $950 refund. Did not receive that refund yet but would expect it soon since we cancelled both on 4/21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blag Posted April 30, 2020 #270 Share Posted April 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, Jimmycruiser said: Cancelled our 8/29 cruise on 4/21 and received our entire $1100 deposit refunded to the credit card used Yesterday! Was told 60 to 90 days by out TA so was surprised when we received it in 8 days. It was from AZ and not the TA. We are in the US. We also cancelled the 9/10 cruise and was told that cruise we would lose $150 and receive $950 refund. Did not receive that refund yet but would expect it soon since we cancelled both on 4/21. Again, from this it seems that refunds of small sums are being given priority. There are cruisers out there with tens of thousands of $ who have been waiting substantially longer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare papa B me Posted April 30, 2020 #271 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I cancelled a September cruise on March 28 that was paid in full. Was told at the time 10 days for a full refund less $75 each cancellation fee. Total refund expected was a little over 14k. Received my initial deposit back about a week ago. Received the balance of my full refund on the credit card yesterday. So about 30 days from cancellation to full refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinaro44 Posted April 30, 2020 #272 Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, blag said: By my reckoning that's 45 or 46 days from claim to refund. 45 days is what thepointsguy's website showed as delay time for Azamara refunds. Interestingly, he shows 90 days delay for Oceania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunlover33 Posted April 30, 2020 #273 Share Posted April 30, 2020 22 minutes ago, marinaro44 said: 45 days is what thepointsguy's website showed as delay time for Azamara refunds. Interestingly, he shows 90 days delay for Oceania. I wonder if Oceania are any more forthcoming with communication than Azamara, it would be difficult to be less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallydave Posted April 30, 2020 #274 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Just now, sunlover33 said: I wonder if Oceania are any more forthcoming with communication than Azamara, it would be difficult to be less. From what I have seen by viewing different cruise line forums they are all pretty much extremely poor. Based on history communications is a four letter word at most cruise lines. That said have found that azamara under larry was particularly horrible and unwilling to do anything about constant screwups and failure to spend money to fix known problems especially in the IT world where larry's answer to not being able to get on the email list after being thrown off multiple times was to contact Nicole/ Nothing about fixing the problem just contact the only person at azamara who would fix anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhdhd Posted April 30, 2020 #275 Share Posted April 30, 2020 35 minutes ago, marinaro44 said: 45 days is what thepointsguy's website showed as delay time for Azamara refunds. Interestingly, he shows 90 days delay for Oceania. The e-mail I got from my TA on April 22 says expect a wait of 90 days for my Azamara refund. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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