beachhouse Posted January 26 #1 Share Posted January 26 Does Beyond offer Luggage Valet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sptrout Posted January 26 #2 Share Posted January 26 Sure does! We used it at the end of our 11 day cruise a few days ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolabmom Posted January 26 #3 Share Posted January 26 How does this work? Do you leave the luggage out the night before as you typically would? Is there a fee? We have a long wait until our flight home and this might be a nice option so we can do something else before we head to the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sptrout Posted January 26 #4 Share Posted January 26 Yes, very much like in past years. Anyone wanting the service must fill out a special form that is delivered to your cabin a few days before departure. There is a $29p/p fee (not related to the # of bags checked) and the same charge for all cabin categories. Your airline must participate and when I checked the form it look like most if not all domestic airlines are all in. Any luggage fees that your airline may charge (excess number, weight, etc.) must be paid upfront. Hint: take a separate copy of your airline itinerary. It is required, or at minimum very helpful. Since all my flight details were on my United App I did not have a paper copy. So, I had to go to Retreat Services so they could properly fill out the form. Seemed more complicated than what I can remember from years ago. There is a flight "window" that your flight must fit into. No sooner than noon departure, I do not remember the evening cutoff, but it was late. If approved by the airline, you will receive boarding passes and luggage tags the day before departure. The boarding passed are not needed if using your airline's App like we did. The luggage taps are temporary and replaced with standard tags somewhere in the process. You will NOT have a paper receipt of your luggage tags, but will instead received a text message with all the tag numbers. As with boarding passes, these numbers also are stored in your airline's app. Very nice; no paper. Yes, you must leave your luggage outside your cabin door by 10 PM, maybe a little later if okay with your cabin attendant. One thing that I found odd not directly related to Luggage Valet. We also used more of our OBC to but Celebrity's bus transfer to FLL. Totally messed-up; the taxis sitting a few feet away sure looked temping. Anyway, this cruise was for 11 days and as one would expect that average age was high (we did not help lower that average), but as we were waiting inline there were many folks that were pushing luggage that had no business doing so. Could not understand way so many did not use LV. So, my DW asked the couple in front of us and they said that they don't travel much and did not understand how to do so anymore. I sure would have figured it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolabmom Posted January 26 #5 Share Posted January 26 Thanks so much for the very thorough explanation. Very helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 26 #6 Share Posted January 26 13 hours ago, beachhouse said: Does Beyond offer Luggage Valet? 2 hours ago, chocolabmom said: How does this work? Do you leave the luggage out the night before as you typically would? Is there a fee? We have a long wait until our flight home and this might be a nice option so we can do something else before we head to the airport. 1) If you have or plan on getting travel insurance, contact them to let them know you're utilizing a luggage handling service that is not run by the cruise line or airline but is run by a THIRD PARTY to see if you have the option to buy coverage for it 2) Buy tracker devices like AirTags 3) Ensure you do not put anything irreplaceable in the luggage that's sent to the valet service, my mistake was keeping the souvenirs in there Several threads on here that their luggage didn't appear at their home airport's luggage carousel after using valet. I used luggage valet in Seattle in 2019 and it was initially lost but found a week later after I contacted the Exec Office (they refused to share why it was lost). X's lost luggage process leaves a lot to be desired as you essentially file a claim with them and won't hear a peep again unless they find it. When I contacted the valet service, bags Inc., they told me to call X and ask them if they scanned the luggage tag so when I called X, they wouldn't answer any questions My travel insurance wouldn't cover anything as it was handled by a 3rd party and had I had a tracking device, everything could have been resolved. Air tags recently helped us on another flight (didn't have the option to use valet) where our luggage didn't appear at the home airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEZMARYLOU Posted January 26 #7 Share Posted January 26 The LV fee for suites, at least upper level suites, is waived. I have seen that there are no overweight fees because they are not weighing your luggage. They are very strict about flight times. We did receive a paper luggage tracking #, it was part of the bag tag that you tear off. Flying United we were able to use their app to track our luggage. We've used it often and only once was a bag delayed. The airline was able to track it. Their explanation was it was flagged by TSA for secondary screening and did not make the flight. One thing to be cautious of and will probably not happen again (knock on wood). If there are predictions of bad weather and a very real possibility that your flight will be cancelled think twice about using LV. Happened to us on our last cruise. I got a text at dinner that our flight was cancelled and nothing was available the day we were to fly. We didn't know when we would get a flight out. Had we put our luggage out before dinner we would not have had it at the hotel in Ft. Lauderdale. Luckily I was able to exchange the luggage tags for standard suite tags so we had it at the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbfanatic Posted July 4 #8 Share Posted July 4 We will be sailing Reflection January 18, 2025. Will Luggage Valet be available on this sailing using Southwest Air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare keesar Posted July 5 #9 Share Posted July 5 37 minutes ago, sbfanatic said: We will be sailing Reflection January 18, 2025. Will Luggage Valet be available on this sailing using Southwest Air? It depends on what time your flight departs. Must be after 11:30 am. Southwest does participate in the program. Southwest used to have a 6pm cut off as well but not sure now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingoMom Posted July 5 #10 Share Posted July 5 @CHEZMARYLOU and others, We were in a Sky Suite last month and were charged the $29 per person charge. I was told that when the service was restored after CoVid, even suites had to pay the fee. (Haven’t cruised in a higher suite, but we were charged in the Sky Suite.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weregoingcruising Posted July 25 #11 Share Posted July 25 (edited) Is it still available for Southwest out of FLL? Edited July 25 by weregoingcruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare keesar Posted July 25 #12 Share Posted July 25 47 minutes ago, weregoingcruising said: Is it still available for Southwest out of FLL? YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted July 25 #13 Share Posted July 25 Charged in a Sky Suite? We were not in Jan. . so another down grade for suites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted July 25 #14 Share Posted July 25 On 1/26/2024 at 9:40 AM, sptrout said: So, I had to go to Retreat Services so they could properly fill out the form. Do they still offer this service free for Retreat guest? When we sailed in a suite before COVID we did not have to pay the service fee the ship charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBrew Posted July 25 #15 Share Posted July 25 Do they have luggage valet on the 6 night cruise on the beyond? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijscheer Posted July 25 #16 Share Posted July 25 On 7/4/2024 at 8:06 PM, keesar said: It depends on what time your flight departs. Must be after 11:30 am. Southwest does participate in the program. Southwest used to have a 6pm cut off as well but not sure now. Does anyone know what the current cut-off time is for Southwest. Our Jan 2025 flight was recently changed to 6:05 PM. I'm really hoping to be able to use the service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare keesar Posted July 25 #17 Share Posted July 25 32 minutes ago, ijscheer said: Does anyone know what the current cut-off time is for Southwest. Our Jan 2025 flight was recently changed to 6:05 PM. I'm really hoping to be able to use the service. The cutoff time for SWA was 6 pm. on our cruise. You should get a brochure which has the details. On our cruise, Retreat guests were charged the $29 fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weregoingcruising Posted July 25 #18 Share Posted July 25 The earliest you can 2 hours ago, ijscheer said: Does anyone know what the current cut-off time is for Southwest. Our Jan 2025 flight was recently changed to 6:05 PM. I'm really hoping to be able to use the service. The earliest you check luggage for SW is 4 hours before flight time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted July 25 #19 Share Posted July 25 With a 6:05 flight they MIGHT allow you to use Luggage Valet. You apply for it toward the end of your cruise and they will tell you on the last day if you got it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted July 25 #20 Share Posted July 25 4 hours ago, keesar said: On our cruise, Retreat guests were charged the $29 fee. Thank you. That is certainly a change as we were not charged. Not that it matters, I'd pay the fee just to not have to deal with bags. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare keesar Posted July 26 #21 Share Posted July 26 On 7/25/2024 at 6:53 PM, DaKahuna said: Thank you. That is certainly a change as we were not charged. Not that it matters, I'd pay the fee just to not have to deal with bags. The charge is something new for that class of cruiser. It was well worth it as we did not have to deal with the chaos at the airport. It was a sense of relief especially seeing all those people waiting for the time to be allowed to check their luggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingoMom Posted July 27 #22 Share Posted July 27 @FBrew, currently on the 6-night Beyond, and luggage Valet is offered. @DaKahunaand @39august the charge is $29 pp even in a Sky Suite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBrew Posted July 27 #23 Share Posted July 27 Thank you best $29.00 I have ever spent. I am gonna date myself I have been using it for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britinva79 Posted September 3 #24 Share Posted September 3 Will they allow you to use the Luggage Valet if you're arriving in Port Everglades and leaving out of Miami Intl Airport on American or United? Trying to figure out if we can do this and figure out flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready to go Posted September 3 #25 Share Posted September 3 I’m in the same situation. It was not available from Port Everglades for flights from Miami on my cruise this past January but had been available previously with a later departure time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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