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Xyla

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On 8/22/2022 at 3:29 PM, sdnich said:

We were able to book ours using my father in laws email and just changing names on form and CC number. We told our good friends about it and he signed  up for the blue chip club and then  for a line of credit and they sent an offer.They got on the same cruise and upgraded to concierge a we booked a couple rooms from each other.I wish we would have done Aqua class but we are all happy with our deal !! 

This worked for you? My husband and I both got the offer but I would like my daughter to go as well. I was thinking about submitting his form but changing the name to hers, keeping the same email.

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AnnaNicole

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15 minutes ago, Xyla said:

This worked for you? My husband and I both got the offer but I would like my daughter to go as well. I was thinking about submitting his form but changing the name to hers, keeping the same email.

Book a cruise for you and your daughter in one stateroom using your offer.   Book your husband and another guest in another stateroom using your husband's offer.

 

Or, you could book two cruises with the three of you sharing a stateroom.    The offer allows for three additional guests on each invite.

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I was also surprised to see this offer in my inbox.  We've only been on 1 sailing with Celebrity back in June 2019.  I think we only used the small promotional freeplay on the cruise, so we're only Pearl.

 

The wife and I are going on another cruise with Celebrity this December, so I asked whether she'd like to go with a friend on this free cruise and I can stay home with the baby and she's totally for it - what a surprise 🙄.  However, she didn't receive the email like I did.  I decided to call BCC this morning to see what they could do.  They said only the person who received the email can apply the offer and must be the primary on the reservation.  However, that person doesn't have to sail for the offer to stand (they can no-show and get the port taxes and fees refunded).  They initially said that adding a 3rd person to the reservation (my wife's friend) would have to pay full price, but after she added them to the reservation the third person's cruise fare was only $1!

 

We reserved the Feb 4th sailing on Solstice in a sunset veranda for no additional charge for that stateroom.  Pretty cool offer.

 

Any previous experience with the primary passenger being a no-show and retaining the comp benefit for the additional passengers?  I asked a couple of times and the rep said that shouldn't be a problem.  I've heard Royal Caribbean may handle these things differently...

 

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Xyla

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36 minutes ago, AnnaNicole said:

Book a cruise for you and your daughter in one stateroom using your offer.   Book your husband and another guest in another stateroom using your husband's offer.

 

Or, you could book two cruises with the three of you sharing a stateroom.    The offer allows for three additional guests on each invite.

Unfortunately my husband can't go at all, or that would make a lot of sense.

 

Re: the additional passengers, even though the form has space for 4 names, I was told the additional 2 pax would be full price no discounts.

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6 minutes ago, Xyla said:

Unfortunately my husband can't go at all, or that would make a lot of sense.

 

Re: the additional passengers, even though the form has space for 4 names, I was told the additional 2 pax would be full price no discounts.

Read my last post. Might give you some insight for your situation.

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3 hours ago, Xyla said:

This worked for you? My husband and I both got the offer but I would like my daughter to go as well. I was thinking about submitting his form but changing the name to hers, keeping the same email.

Yes that is what we did . The original email came to my email because I booked a cruise for my father in law in 2016.And I just deleted his info and put our name and  CC # in with our preferred dates and received confirmation a few days later.  good luck

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AlbertaCruisers

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1 minute ago, AnnaNicole said:

Thanks.  Are you sure?   I am seeing conflicting post. I read that they are included for upgrades but not move up offer.

I think it depends on what you paid for the upgrade. We have a comped cruise and paid $10 each per day for Aqua, no perks. If you pay the casino rate and get a discount, then I understand the perks are included in many cases. 

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7 minutes ago, AlbertaCruisers said:

I think it depends on what you paid for the upgrade. We have a comped cruise and paid $10 each per day for Aqua, no perks. If you pay the casino rate and get a discount, then I understand the perks are included in many cases. 

This is my understanding also.  I paid $10 per person per day extra to upgrade to Aqua on my free cruise offer, and no perks were included.  On one cruise I inquired about, I was told that the $10 upgrade to Aqua was not available, but I could get the casino rate, which I believe was a 60% discount off the usual rate.  I believe if I had gone for that much higher rate, then the perks would have been included.

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Xyla

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14 hours ago, sdnich said:

Yes that is what we did . The original email came to my email because I booked a cruise for my father in law in 2016.And I just deleted his info and put our name and  CC # in with our preferred dates and received confirmation a few days later.  good luck

 I just did this, crossing fingers it works for us too!

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On 7/29/2022 at 3:50 PM, ChampagneandFanfare said:

I think these cruises were added when then cancelled Japan cruises - maybe not much uptake. I still can't figure out if it is for the whole stateroom on only one person (named in the email). Anyone know? 

nope you can add up to 3 more people for the same room. We booked and upraged to Aqua cabin, so excited for BLU!!!

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I’ll say it again; Celebrity’s marketing execs are sure smart to offer this! Look how they went from struggling to fill the Solstice to 11 pages of us all booking offers and some sailings now being unavailable for the casino offer. Sure we aren’t paying for the cruise, but that just means more available for onboard spending! 

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On 8/25/2022 at 10:01 AM, gold1953 said:

I have sailed aqua several time and never had perks

 

Things change.  Regular bookings made after June 2022 the Cruise only rate is not available on Aqua Class or Retreat.  This is when they eliminated the Elevate and Indulge packages as well.

 

Of course comp'ed BCC  bookings are a different animal and I believe rarely include perks.

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