wahwah1 Posted April 24, 2023 #476 Share Posted April 24, 2023 5 hours ago, southwestie said: Well that is bad. You have been upgraded. That's a downgrade. Assigned balcony to GTY oceanview. Thanks anniegb for responding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniegb Posted April 24, 2023 #477 Share Posted April 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, wahwah1 said: That's a downgrade. Assigned balcony to GTY oceanview. Thanks anniegb for responding. No worries. Good luck today - keep us posted. Annie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #478 Share Posted April 24, 2023 35 minutes ago, wahwah1 said: That's a downgrade. Assigned balcony to GTY oceanview. Thanks anniegb for responding. Oh. That's not good.. so you booked a balcony on gty. And you have an OV. Still on gty or a cabin number. Your still on the cruise. Yet there are still concierge cabins. They sould have upgraded you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarrsouth Posted April 24, 2023 #479 Share Posted April 24, 2023 1 minute ago, southwestie said: Yet there are still concierge cabins. How do you have access to this inventory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #480 Share Posted April 24, 2023 20 minutes ago, pmarrsouth said: How do you have access to this inventory? It's still showing here. But you can see it but can't purchase anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahwah1 Posted April 24, 2023 #481 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, southwestie said: Oh. That's not good.. so you booked a balcony on gty. And you have an OV. Still on gty or a cabin number. Your still on the cruise. Yet there are still concierge cabins. They sould have upgraded you Almost. I booked an assigned balcony cabin (not GTY) and selected a high deck room. The balcony cabin # is still attached to my reservation. They had 3 triple oceanview left on Friday located on deck 2 (2 cabins) and one cabin on deck 3. There is no access to know the inventory on the ship. I heard the first agent said they still have conceirge left after chatting with her for long time prior sending me to the escalation line. The second agent has access to assign cabins, but for my particular case, she could only assign me oceanview and reviewed my other alternatives (e.g. cancel / shift and lift). Since I haven't discussed with my parents on the options, I said I will call back within 1 hr before they close. After 1 hr, I called back, the third agent told me for any changes, they will need a backend agent. She told me I only got 1 downgrade option per my letter and she cannot go by the notes on my reservation. (My letter is downgrade from balcony to oceanview with $700 OBC). My understanding is the option is set and they cannot deviate from it. No matter whether the compensation is fair or not. If you check the pricing for triple balcony with 3 perks vs oceanview with 3 perks, you will understand the difference is $1900 cad in oct 2024. They only offered $700 OBC and not even a reduction to my fare. I can tell you a triple balcony fare is more than a double balcony fare for the 1 stateroom and now celebrity wants to keep the triple balcony fare for a triple oceanview room. Edited April 24, 2023 by wahwah1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #482 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, wahwah1 said: Almost. I booked an assigned balcony cabin (not GTY) and selected a high deck room. The balcony cabin # is still attached to my reservation. They had 3 triple oceanview left on Friday located on deck 2 (2 cabins) and one cabin on deck 3. There is no access to know the inventory on the ship. I heard the first agent said they still have conceirge left after chatting with her for long time prior sending me to the escalation line. The second agent has access to assign cabins, but for my particular case, she could only assign me oceanview and reviewed my other alternatives (e.g. cancel / shift and lift). Since I haven't discussed with my parents on the options, I said I will call back within 1 hr before they close. After 1 hr, I called back, the third agent told me for any changes, they will need a backend agent. She told me I only got 1 downgrade option per my letter and she cannot go by the notes on my reservation. (My letter is downgrade from balcony to oceanview with $700 OBC). My understanding is the option is set and they cannot deviate from it. No matter whether the compensation is fair or not. If you check the pricing for triple balcony with 3 perks vs oceanview with 3 perks, you will understand the difference is $1900 cad in oct 2024. They only offered $700 OBC and not even a reduction to my fare. I can tell you a triple balcony fare is more than a double balcony fare for the 1 stateroom and now celebrity wants to keep the triple balcony fare for a triple oceanview room. It's a nightmare. So far for us nothing has changed. So hopeful. It really is a mess Edited April 24, 2023 by southwestie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #483 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) Looking today from my TA. I will try and send a photo. Edited April 24, 2023 by southwestie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #484 Share Posted April 24, 2023 58 minutes ago, pmarrsouth said: How do you have access to this inventory? I was able to look it up. Even to day it shows up under taylor made holidays. Mine is. Northeast Asia cruise. Its now showing only inside and ocean view. So hopefully they have stopped cancelling. But who knows. It's a real mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniegb Posted April 24, 2023 #485 Share Posted April 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, southwestie said: Looking today from my TA. Only inside and OV. Available. This might be correct or it might be a fluke. You can try and book now. May I ask what is your sailing date?? I ask because of I know of at least 2 linked bookings (one with 2 cabins and another with 6 cabins) that have had inside and ov cabins cancelled for half of their party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #486 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Just now, anniegb said: May I ask what is your sailing date?? I ask because of I know of at least 2 linked bookings (one with 2 cabins and another with 6 cabins) that have had inside and ov cabins cancelled for half of their party. 4th march 2024. I did see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniegb Posted April 24, 2023 #487 Share Posted April 24, 2023 1 minute ago, southwestie said: 4th march 2024. I did see that OK different dates. Thanks for respondin. I know one of the linked bookings is definitely on my date - October 24th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #488 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Just now, anniegb said: OK different dates. Thanks for respondin. I know one of the linked bookings is definitely on my date - October 24th. Hope it works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniegb Posted April 24, 2023 #489 Share Posted April 24, 2023 1 hour ago, southwestie said: Hope it works out for you. Thanks - I have escaped unscathed so far and I have a refundable air ticket. Plans B and C are in place. The cynic in me thinks they have treated the linked bookings in the manner they have hoping to release more cabins if the whole linked booking cancels. I appeciate as a solo, I could not obtain my pricing in the current market place for Japan by cruise ship. To end on a positive note, I know organising a land trip to Japan to make use of non-refundable air tickets is not difficult( I have done it) and possibly more relaxing. Just use the Ta-q-bin service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tscoffey Posted April 24, 2023 #490 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, anniegb said: Thanks - I have escaped unscathed so far I had no idea whether or not my May 27th cruise would have been impacted eventually, so I just decided to switch away from Japan and over to Greece, and pay the $200 charge. Too much to worry about with this situation. Plus, the money we will save on airfare ($400-500 each), Tokyo hotels for 5 nights before/afterwards ($700-800), and very expensive shore excursions, allows us to have 3 extra days pre-cruise in Athens, plus 5 extra days post-cruise in Rome. And, the replacement Athens/Israel/Egypt/Turkey cruise is almost 2 months earlier (early April versus late May) than the Japan cruise was. There’s also the fact that my wife has been putting the bug in my ear that she wants to see visit Israel soon. I’m more than happy with this decision. Edited April 24, 2023 by tscoffey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #491 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, anniegb said: Thanks - I have escaped unscathed so far and I have a refundable air ticket. Plans B and C are in place. The cynic in me thinks they have treated the linked bookings in the manner they have hoping to release more cabins if the whole linked booking cancels. I appeciate as a solo, I could not obtain my pricing in the current market place for Japan by cruise ship. To end on a positive note, I know organising a land trip to Japan to make use of non-refundable air tickets is not difficult( I have done it) and possibly more relaxing. Just use the Ta-q-bin service. You have been treated badly. And I hope you get a trip sorted and have a wonderful time. Your right about releasing more cabins. Edited April 24, 2023 by southwestie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted April 24, 2023 #492 Share Posted April 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, tscoffey said: I had no idea whether or not my May 27th cruise would have been impacted eventually, so I just decided to switch away from Japan and over to Greece, and pay the $200 charge. Too much to worry about with this situation. Plus, the money we will save on airfare ($400-500 each), Tokyo hotels for 5 nights before/afterwards ($700-800), and very expensive shore excursions, allows us to have 3 extra days pre-cruise in Athens, plus 5 extra days post-cruise in Rome. And, the replacement Athens/Israel/Egypt/Turkey cruise is almost 2 months earlier (early April versus late May) than the Japan cruise was. There’s also the fact that my wife has been putting the bug in my ear that she wants to see visit Israel soon. I’m more than happy with this decision. Enjoy rome. There is a fantastic hotel 20 mins bus ride from the center A roma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie888 Posted April 24, 2023 #493 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/20/2023 at 11:03 PM, hubofhockey said: Thank you for answering my question. I had booked 4/21/24 cruise and that is just about sold out. I canceled and moved to 5/15/24, which has much more cabins that aren't booked yet. Just wanted to double check. We are on this one. All Veranda are now showing sold out. Really hope it doesn’t get cancelled as will be booking flights soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted April 24, 2023 #494 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Have the "your booking has been cancelled" notifications stopped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarrsouth Posted April 24, 2023 #495 Share Posted April 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, mahdnc said: Have the "your booking has been cancelled" notifications stopped? In reality, no of us here will know that for definite. Its also possible that X do not know it themselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted April 24, 2023 #496 Share Posted April 24, 2023 7 minutes ago, pmarrsouth said: In reality, no of us here will know that for definite. Its also possible that X do not know it themselves... Let me restate my question: when's the last time we received a report from someone having just been notified that their booking has been cancelled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian fry Posted April 24, 2023 #497 Share Posted April 24, 2023 7 minutes ago, mahdnc said: Let me restate my question: when's the last time we received a report from someone having just been notified that their booking has been cancelled? Friday, I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted April 24, 2023 #498 Share Posted April 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Belgian fry said: Friday, I think When I scanned the thread, I noted Posts 326 & 338 (Fri). The reports were the most recent but it was not clear how old their actual cancellation notice was. I presume nothing was sent out over the weekend. Let' see what today brings. Hopefully nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahwah1 Posted April 24, 2023 #499 Share Posted April 24, 2023 5 hours ago, anniegb said: No worries. Good luck today - keep us posted. Annie I got lift and shift to mid sept 2024 sailing (from mid oct 2023). The Oct 6 sailing only has obstructed balcony left (mine is unobstructed). I understand sept is super rainy season, but still better traveling in oceanview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniegb Posted April 24, 2023 #500 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Just now, wahwah1 said: I got lift and shift to mid sept 2024 sailing (from mid oct 2023). The Oct 6 sailing only has obstructed balcony left (mine is unobstructed). I understand sept is super rainy season, but still better traveling in oceanview. Thanks for letting us know. As long as you are happy - enjoy. Annie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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