Summer 2022 - Brochure Launch

[amfc_lenny]

We heard from our Derbyshire ta, that they managed to get the cabin that we wanted this morning for our sept 22 holiday. We already had £500 tied up in fcc and deposits so nothing to pay now till June 22. Better start putting some pennies away. 

[lindylooellalouise]

Yay just got our confirmation email from P& O  for our  19 day cruise on Arcadia around the med and Greek isles haven’t been on Arcadia and so looking forward to it hopefully a bit of normality will return to our lives👍

[lindylooellalouise]

And we used our fcc so nothing to pay until our final balance is due in July 2022👍

[Purdey16]

Ditto lindylooellalouise we also booked on this cruise got our favourite stateroom, should of done this cruise this October so squeezed it in for 2022 now and used all our fcc up to 

[silkworms]

Yes, likewise, booked this cruise this morning. Lindy, you will like

Arcadia, although I am a bit disappointed that because of the problems

this year, Arcadia has not had the upgrade she was supposed to. 
The Glass House was in line for Arcadia, it’s the only thing we miss

when we sail on her.

Still, you never know, it is two years away.!

 

Terri

[purplesea]

This is one of the cruises that I have been looking at.  We have family living near Palermo and the Greek ports are one's we haven't been to before.

[silkworms]

Always nice to visit friends when in foreign ports, hope you book.

I have just started a roll call for this cruise J219. Lindy and Purdey hope

you join it, we can get together and plan any private excursions, if

we are allowed to!

 

Terri

[Britboys]

35 minutes ago, silkworms said:

Yes, likewise, booked this cruise this morning. Lindy, you will like

Arcadia, although I am a bit disappointed that because of the problems

this year, Arcadia has not had the upgrade she was supposed to. 
The Glass House was in line for Arcadia, it’s the only thing we miss

when we sail on her.

Still, you never know, it is two years away.!

 

Terri

Funny how we're all different. There's me hoping they never install a Glass House as I like Intermezzo Bar as it is...😊

[Son of Anarchy]

Also booked on Thursday.  Used FCC for the whole deposit.  Didn't even have to ask.

[Splice the mainbrace]

On 11/12/2020 at 9:30 AM, Splice the mainbrace said:

This morning managed to swop for the second time our deposit to an Arcadia 19 day eastern (central) med cruise in Oct 2022, same as the cancelled cruise we should have been on in the last few weeks.

 

I've just looked on the P&O website again and the price for a balcony cabin for the cruise has increased by nearly 31% since last Thursday. I know that they use fluid pricing but crikey!

Edited November 17, 2020 by Splice the mainbrace
Mis-calculation

[terrierjohn]

48 minutes ago, Splice the mainbrace said:

 

I've just looked on the P&O website again and the price for a balcony cabin for the cruise has increased by nearly 31% since last Thursday. I know that they use fluid pricing but crikey!

Look on the bright side, this definitely should make P&O realise that their 2 remaining medium sized ships are exceptionally popular. It might even make them consider adding another similar sized ship to their fleet, even if it's a hand me down from elsewhere in the Carival fleets.

[Splice the mainbrace]

3 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

Look on the bright side, this definitely should make P&O realise that their 2 remaining medium sized ships are exceptionally popular. It might even make them consider adding another similar sized ship to their fleet, even if it's a hand me down from elsewhere in the Carival fleets.

 

It would be interesting to see how prices have moved on the cruises released last week but on the larger ships.

[Bin man]

Funny you should say that just checked both we booked britannia May up about £150 for both of us on a balcony but Ventura up £600 balcony cannaries sept 22 for both of us .

[Britboys]

48 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

Look on the bright side, this definitely should make P&O realise that their 2 remaining medium sized ships are exceptionally popular. It might even make them consider adding another similar sized ship to their fleet, even if it's a hand me down from elsewhere in the Carival fleets.

I'd love you to be right but sadly I feel Carnival are only interested in larger, modern ships now. Unless Iona turns out to be an abject failure, I can't see any mid-size ships coming P&O's way ☹️

[Son of Anarchy]

20 hours ago, Splice the mainbrace said:

 

I've just looked on the P&O website again and the price for a balcony cabin for the cruise has increased by nearly 31% since last Thursday. I know that they use fluid pricing but crikey!

Booked last Thursday for Arcadia.  Between 09:00 when I checked the price, and about 11:00 when I booked, the price went up by £300 pp.

[P&O SUE]

1 hour ago, Son of Anarchy said:

Booked last Thursday for Arcadia.  Between 09:00 when I checked the price, and about 11:00 when I booked, the price went up by £300 pp.

Wow!

[jeanlyon]

I agree on the prices for Arcadia, but it might just be because it's Greek Islands?  My Aurora cruise is the same price as when I booked.

[DamianG]

On 11/11/2020 at 4:47 PM, DamianG said:

 

Ditto, I mentioned the county as I had it in the back of my mind that you used the same agent. Same TA, different call operator, different day, one says you can't use FCC for your deposit, another says that you can. Typical, but I'm not surprised.

 

Given how many posters appear to have booked with the same TA as me using their FCC as deposit I sent an email asking why they insisted that I make a cash deposit (despite having enough FCC to cover the deposit for our booking).

 

Here is an extract from their reply:

 

P&O have now decided that we do not take a deposit if the Future Cruise Credit covers the amount of deposit which in this case it does. This has only become clear in the last few days.

We have been told that in the next few week that P&O are automatically refunding all deposits that were taken where the Future Cruise Credit value covers the deposit that P&O would normally require.
 

I'll keep an eye out for our refund and follow up accordingly if it doesn't materialise.

[jeanlyon]

Good for you for asking.  My TA did tell me that P&O are very bad at keeping their agents informed.  It was only seeing something on here which I copied to my TA that he emailed his contact and was told yes they could now use the FCC as the deposit.

[Dinglebert]

Sorry if this is a repeat but 22 pages is too many to check.

 

Can I combine the 10% previous guest discount with the Blue Light card onboard credit?

 

If I can do that can I also go via a TA as well in order to gain anything extra they can offer?

[terrierjohn]

11 minutes ago, Dinglebert said:

Sorry if this is a repeat but 22 pages is too many to check.

 

Can I combine the 10% previous guest discount with the Blue Light card onboard credit?

 

If I can do that can I also go via a TA as well in order to gain anything extra they can offer?

I am no expert but I think the answer to the first is yes  but no to the 2nd.

[Son of Anarchy]

11 minutes ago, Dinglebert said:

Sorry if this is a repeat but 22 pages is too many to check.

 

Can I combine the 10% previous guest discount with the Blue Light card onboard credit?

 

If I can do that can I also go via a TA as well in order to gain anything extra they can offer?

You can combine BLC OBC with the 10%, however, as far as I am aware you have to book direct.  Has to be a Select fare as well.

[Dinglebert]

31 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

I am no expert but I think the answer to the first is yes  but no to the 2nd.

thanks

[Dinglebert]

31 minutes ago, Son of Anarchy said:

You can combine BLC OBC with the 10%, however, as far as I am aware you have to book direct.  Has to be a Select fare as well.

Thanks

[Dermotsgirl]

It seems to be quite heavy going sorting out the transfer of two of my cruises to 2022.

 

I did the Arcadia one last week via the travel agent. I hadn’t had any P&O paperwork through, so I phoned yesterday to enquire. Today I’ve received the cancellation invoice, but not the confirmation for the new cruise. However, it is showing when I sign in, so hopefully it is to follow.

 

The Queen Victoria transfer has got slightly confusing. It turns out that I was given a wrong quotation, as they included the 10% past customer discount, but I haven’t actually sailed with Cunard yet. They sent me the Cunard confirmation, it looks as if my husband has been charged the correct fare, but I’ve been charged a random fare ( not even the one I was originally quoted). They’ve also got my table size request wrong. So I’ll have to phone them tomorrow to try and sort this out.