change of fare type

[Islandbuoy]

Wondering if I can change from a "non-refundable" to a refundable fare? Same ship,date & cabin--prior to final payment??

[CHEZMARYLOU]

As far as I know, no. You can change from refundable to nonrefundable but not from non refundable to refundable.

[NorthStarStateCruiser]

58 minutes ago, Islandbuoy said:

Wondering if I can change from a "non-refundable" to a refundable fare? Same ship,date & cabin--prior to final payment??

Could you explain why you're looking to do this?

[Islandbuoy]

no!

[NorthStarStateCruiser]

2 minutes ago, Islandbuoy said:

no!

Ah, I see now.  Yes, there's no getting that non-refundable deposit back.  You can change the ship and sail date if you pay a $100 change fee, but there's no going from non-refundable to refundable.  Otherwise, everyone looking to cancel a non-refundable booking would just then change to refundable and then cancel.

[Islandbuoy]

5 minutes ago, NorthStarStateCruiser said:

Ah, I see now.  Yes, there's no getting that non-refundable deposit back.  You can change the ship and sail date if you pay a $100 change fee, but there's no going from non-refundable to refundable.  Otherwise, everyone looking to cancel a non-refundable booking would just then change to refundable and then cancel.

Thanks!

 

[Jim_Iain]

You indeed can change if a cabin is available or higher.   If same category they will probably charge you $100 pp. but wold be subject to current fare and perk.

 

I have done it in the opposite direction changing from a refundable to non-refundable by upgrading (prices were about the same) since it was close to final payment date.  For that I did not have to pay the $100 pp

[NorthStarStateCruiser]

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

You indeed can change if a cabin is available or higher.   If same category they will probably charge you $100 pp. but wold be subject to current fare and perk.

 

I have done it in the opposite direction changing from a refundable to non-refundable by upgrading (prices were about the same) since it was close to final payment date.  For that I did not have to pay the $100 pp

There's just no way they would allow a switch from non-refundable to refundable, even if you signed up to pay more for the cruise by upgrading to a different room. They would have so many people trying to do this in order to get back their deposits which were originally non-refundable. Tell me I'm crazy.