phabric Posted March 24, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Yesterday on Carmen Roig’s webinar, she announced effective April (I think April 5) that FCD will only be good for 1 year. If you have FCD before that date, your FCD will still be good for 2 years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted March 24, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2023 This is ridiculous! Most people overall don't/can't cruise every year. Is it still refundable? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzsnooze Posted March 24, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Coral said: This is ridiculous! Most people overall don't/can't cruise every year. Is it still refundable? There's a solution, don't buy one if you can't use within the year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted March 24, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2023 29 minutes ago, phabric said: Yesterday on Carmen Roig’s webinar, she announced effective April (I think April 5) that FCD will only be good for 1 year. If you have FCD before that date, your FCD will still be good for 2 years. Maybe it is book within a year. Still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted March 24, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 minute ago, cruzsnooze said: There's a solution, don't buy one if you can't use within the year. Do you realize most of your responses/posts are not very helpful? 14 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare startedwithamouse Posted March 24, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, Coral said: This is ridiculous! Most people overall don't/can't cruise every year. Is it still refundable? It's not mandatory to purchase one. If you can't use it, don't purchase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaribbeanIsland Posted March 24, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) It would benefit Princess to keep the program as it is as they get money to hold until people cruise. Not everyone lives near a cruise port. Edited March 24, 2023 by CaribbeanIsland 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted March 24, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 24, 2023 a 'win' for Princess - see how it goes ... refunded back to original payment? - fine - then pay full deposit on no OBC on next booking. got a booking - great - need to change that booking - oops - FCD gets refunded as above and you get to pay the full deposit with no OBC on the new booking maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey12 Posted March 24, 2023 #9 Share Posted March 24, 2023 This may be the change that stops me from cruising Princess - after dealing with several other changes. I do cruise yearly with Princess but every cruise lately has been beyond disappointing. And I am close to retirement where I will be spending more of my money traveling more. Stupid move Princess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey12 Posted March 24, 2023 #10 Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, voljeep said: a 'win' for Princess - see how it goes ... refunded back to original payment? - fine - then pay full deposit on no OBC on next booking. got a booking - great - need to change that booking - oops - FCD gets refunded as above and you get to pay the full deposit with no OBC on the new booking maybe Or people go elsewhere and they lose the booking all together. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabric Posted March 24, 2023 Author #11 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) Edited March 24, 2023 by phabric 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare azbirdmom Posted March 24, 2023 #12 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I believe they did say that nothing changed except for the the time to book was reduced for a year. It wasn't said but I am guessing that they are moving towards increasing the deposit as other lines have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted March 24, 2023 #13 Share Posted March 24, 2023 If you don’t use it you get the money back so no harm no foul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing55 Posted March 24, 2023 #14 Share Posted March 24, 2023 That's disappointing. I'd be OK if they would offer an option to extend it if requested. But refunding it after 12 months? Seems short. Selfishly, if they continue with the 1 year, they could add it as a perk for Platinums. Still, I wonder why after all these years and cycles, they determined that this is a good time to modify this program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted March 24, 2023 #15 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Redwing55 said: That's disappointing. I'd be OK if they would offer an option to extend it if requested. But refunding it after 12 months? Seems short. Selfishly, if they continue with the 1 year, they could add it as a perk for Platinums. Still, I wonder why after all these years and cycles, they determined that this is a good time to modify this program. Cruising is back to pre-pandemic levels ... Princess is throwing a lot of 'stuff' out there and seeing how or if it changes the booking patterns ... if it sticks, it stays 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted March 24, 2023 #16 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Is it true we can now buy FCDs while onboard for family or friends that have previously cruised with Princess that are not on the same cruise? I had heard (on CC?) you could now do this, but I can't seem to find the details anywhere on the Princess website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabric Posted March 24, 2023 Author #17 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Ken the cruiser said: Is it true we can now buy FCDs while onboard for family or friends that have previously cruised with Princess that are not on the same cruise? I had heard (on CC?) you could now do this, but I can't seem to find the details anywhere on the Princess website. You need to have their Captain Circle number for each person. The $100/pp goes on your credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ldtr Posted March 24, 2023 #18 Share Posted March 24, 2023 15 minutes ago, voljeep said: Cruising is back to pre-pandemic levels ... Princess is throwing a lot of 'stuff' out there and seeing how or if it changes the booking patterns ... if it sticks, it stays I am waiting for Princess to follow HAL and make fares that do not include a package non-refundable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted March 24, 2023 #19 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 minute ago, phabric said: You need to have their Captain Circle number for each person. The $100/pp goes on your credit card. Cool. That's what we had heard, and that's definitely a big positive for us as we periodically have our adult children and their family at different times joining us on a cruise (we pay for us of course)! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaminofcruisin Posted March 24, 2023 #20 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Hmmmm....after all these years to change it from 2 years to 1 year seems very odd. I wonder if this is just the first step before they go away all together? 🤷♀️ Maybe Princess doesn't like giving away all the OBC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that Posted March 24, 2023 #21 Share Posted March 24, 2023 51 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said: Cool. That's what we had heard, and that's definitely a big positive for us as we periodically have our adult children and their family at different times joining us on a cruise (we pay for us of course)! 🤣 We purchase for our kids and invite them to cruise with us in future as a family reunion gift, if they decline, the deposit returned. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingus Posted March 24, 2023 #22 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, ldtr said: I am waiting for Princess to follow HAL and make fares that do not include a package non-refundable. No need to wait.....Princess has already made deposits for the lowest fare (guarantee) non-refundable. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2924089-new-all-guarantee-cabins-non-refundable/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ldtr Posted March 24, 2023 #23 Share Posted March 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, Mingus said: No need to wait.....Princess has already made deposits for the lowest fare (guarantee) non-refundable. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2924089-new-all-guarantee-cabins-non-refundable/ Guarantee fares yes. But basic fares where you choose cabins are still refundable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VibeGuy Posted March 24, 2023 #24 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Deposits aren’t an asset of the cruise line. Until they’re turned into an actual booking, since they can be refunded as cash at the expiration, they’re a liability (like any other loan). Carnival owes a *lot* of money and the interest rates aren’t great. This is a way to move the liabilities off the books sooner. I suspect the shelf-life of FCDs comes in about three flavors in the real world - ones that result in a new booking within 90 days, ones that result in a new booking for a sailing within a year of the cruise where it was purchased, and ones that expire. That last one is like those bananas you keep promising will be made into banana bread but end up throwing out anyway, and the costs (financial and administrative effort) associated with the latter can be reduced with shorter validity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingus Posted March 25, 2023 #25 Share Posted March 25, 2023 1 hour ago, ldtr said: Guarantee fares yes. But basic fares where you choose cabins are still refundable. The new guarantee fares are what used to be the basic fares, i.e. basic fares have increased to allow for refundable deposits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now