Faster to the fun change, no more priority, or error with future bookings?

[Moparfiend]

We have a few upcoming trips with Carnival, some rooms have plat members, some are in suites, some are regular rooms with faster to the fun.

On our last cruise, June 2023, the rooms with Faster to the fun (non-plat, not in suites) all had priority boarding, the luggage tag showed priority + faster to the fun, check-in was 2 days before the general checking (aka at the same time as suites and plat)

On the upcoming cruise in Sept, one room, with plat and faster to the fun (turning plat on that cruise), has priority and faster to the fun on the luggage tag, check-in shows 2 days before the general check-in for regular rooms - normal and expected results

In Dec 2023, we have a bunch of different family's traveling together, a mix of excel suite, regular rooms, interior, some are gold, some plat. Anyone not plat or in a regular room got Faster to the fun (fttf) purchased

 

Suites - shows priority on luggage tags, priority on the boarding pass, check in 2 days prior to general check-in (normal, expected)
Regular room with fttf - check-in is the regular 14 days prior, no priority on the luggage tag, no priority on boarding pass  (shows fttf)
Inside room with fttf - check-in is the regular 14 days prior, no priority on luggage tag, no priority on boarding pass (shows fttf) 

(To see luggage tags and boarding pass, I used the direct link as there isn't a button, this link replacing ABCD1234 with the booking id)  https://www.carnival.com/booked/document?BookingNumber=ABCD1234&IsPrintLuggageTagsSelected=true&IsPrintPassFlightSelected=true&IsPrintCruiseInfoSelected=true

I checked other upcoming bookings and they are all showing the same, Faster to the fun no longer showing as priority or having 2 extra days of check-in 

Is this a change that I missed, or something broken with carnival.com again

[sunshower9]

I had FTTF in December 2022 and my check in was 14 days prior to embarkation.  I actually have never heard of FTTF being able to check in 16 days prior.  My luggage tags also didn't say Priority but they did have the FTTF logo, and my boarding zone just said "FTTF."  I can't speak about luggage since we carry on, but we did have priority boarding with FTTF.  Based on my experience, it sounds like what you're seeing is how it's supposed to be.

[Moparfiend]

27 minutes ago, sunshower9 said:

I had FTTF in December 2022 and my check in was 14 days prior to embarkation.  I actually have never heard of FTTF being able to check in 16 days prior.  My luggage tags also didn't say Priority but they did have the FTTF logo, and my boarding zone just said "FTTF."  I can't speak about luggage since we carry on, but we did have priority boarding with FTTF.  Based on my experience, it sounds like what you're seeing is how it's supposed to be.

Thank you!

It sounds like it's working as it should, there was some casino offers on the other rooms on the June '23 sailing, maybe that had something to do with it.

[crazy4themouse]

18 hours ago, sunshower9 said:

I had FTTF in December 2022 and my check in was 14 days prior to embarkation.  I actually have never heard of FTTF being able to check in 16 days prior.  My luggage tags also didn't say Priority but they did have the FTTF logo, and my boarding zone just said "FTTF."  I can't speak about luggage since we carry on, but we did have priority boarding with FTTF.  Based on my experience, it sounds like what you're seeing is how it's supposed to be.

 

This was exactly how ours was in March, and every other sailing for years with FTTF. We have never been able to check in earlier than 14 days -- although that would be awesome! 

[NJEMT29]

Answer to the phone does not get priority. Check in online. You get 16 days.