wesport Posted June 26, 2020 #1 Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) Last November, I made a reservation on board the Koningsdam. I reserved a two week cruise on the Rotterdam for October 2020. The future cruise consultant explained the $200 deposit was fully refundable. When I came home, I transferred it to my TA. In April , I cancelled the cruise and was told by my TA that I would be issued a FCC. Since it was only $200, I didn't question it. Not a big deal. When I booked another cruise this July on the Rotterdam which is 17 days, my TA said the $200 was accepted for the deposit and not the $600 as part of my private fare sale. In addition to that, I got the original OBC that you get that was applied to the original booking I made on board. A pleasant surprise in this turbulent world. Edited June 26, 2020 by wesport spell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamOp Posted June 26, 2020 #2 Share Posted June 26, 2020 So why was it not a deposit as the heading says? It's early, maybe I'm missing something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted June 26, 2020 #3 Share Posted June 26, 2020 The $200 was actually a Future Cruise Deposit, which can only be purchased onboard. It was $100 for you, and $100 for your wife. An FCD transfers from a booking back to your Mariner account and then on to your next booking. It allows you to make a booking with what amounts to a $100. deposit. And it comes with an automatic OBC that is based on length of sailing and type of cabin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesport Posted June 26, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted June 26, 2020 2 hours ago, HamOp said: So why was it not a deposit as the heading says? It's early, maybe I'm missing something? A refundable deposit would have been refunded as the future cruise consultant stated. No complaints as I was able to use the $200 to book a new cruise without the new $600. I thought the FCC would be applied after I made the $600 deposit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted June 26, 2020 #5 Share Posted June 26, 2020 2 hours ago, wesport said: I thought the FCC would be applied after I made the $600 deposit. Because it wasn't an 'FCC'; it was a 'FCD'. There's a difference. I know, alphabet soup. But I worked for the government, so got very used to that, and to the nuances of technical differences. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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