sboh Posted September 9 #1 Share Posted September 9 I’m taking a cruise in October. I decided I wanted to upgrade my cabin and called my cvp and at first she could not give me rates because my booking had an “apo”. After a short hold she came back and I was able to upgrade. Now I’m wondering what is an “apo”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRLD Posted September 9 #2 Share Posted September 9 apo means army post office and applies to army and air force mail locations out side of the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abercrombie2019 Posted September 9 #3 Share Posted September 9 58 minutes ago, sboh said: I’m taking a cruise in October. I decided I wanted to upgrade my cabin and called my cvp and at first she could not give me rates because my booking had an “apo”. After a short hold she came back and I was able to upgrade. Now I’m wondering what is an “apo”? Just a guess, but maybe it’s something like Agency Promotional Offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted September 9 #4 Share Posted September 9 Military, promo rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboh Posted September 9 Author #5 Share Posted September 9 I have no connection to the military and have never lived outside the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted September 9 #6 Share Posted September 9 4 minutes ago, sboh said: I have no connection to the military and have never lived outside the USA. Ask Princess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted September 9 #7 Share Posted September 9 Since you already have a CVP you're working with...ask them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare startedwithamouse Posted September 9 #8 Share Posted September 9 3 hours ago, sboh said: I’m taking a cruise in October. I decided I wanted to upgrade my cabin and called my cvp and at first she could not give me rates because my booking had an “apo”. After a short hold she came back and I was able to upgrade. Now I’m wondering what is an “apo”? Ask them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dforeigner Posted September 9 #9 Share Posted September 9 APO: Army Post Office 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted September 9 #10 Share Posted September 9 3 hours ago, dforeigner said: APO: Army Post Office OP has already stated he was not in the military... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted September 9 #11 Share Posted September 9 11 minutes ago, Rick&Jeannie said: OP has already stated he was not in the military... They need to ask their TA, if it really matters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted September 10 #12 Share Posted September 10 SAP APO ... Advanced Planner Optimizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheWASide Posted September 10 #13 Share Posted September 10 On 9/9/2024 at 10:40 AM, sboh said: I’m taking a cruise in October. I decided I wanted to upgrade my cabin and called my cvp and at first she could not give me rates because my booking had an “apo”. After a short hold she came back and I was able to upgrade. Now I’m wondering what is an “apo”? Princess uses the system POLAR for their bookings. APO in Polar means "at price of" In short, maybe because of a promotion, compensation from some sort of issue, maybe you're close and won a bid to another room, you have an APO on your booking. An example of how it would read would be that you're in a balcony category BD at the price of an inside IC. In other words, BD APO IC. The system can't allow a change because it would then either lose the APO if it's truly supposed to still be there, OR it would inappropriately still give you that benefit if it should go away because of the change you've now made. There's a lot that gets into internal princess policies and the specifics of how THEY utilize POLAR for their needs, but I hope this gives you a little bit more of an idea since I saw no one answered yet based on booking a cruise with a brand using POLAR. 🙂 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboh Posted September 10 Author #14 Share Posted September 10 2 hours ago, InTheWASide said: Princess uses the system POLAR for their bookings. APO in Polar means "at price of" In short, maybe because of a promotion, compensation from some sort of issue, maybe you're close and won a bid to another room, you have an APO on your booking. An example of how it would read would be that you're in a balcony category BD at the price of an inside IC. In other words, BD APO IC. The system can't allow a change because it would then either lose the APO if it's truly supposed to still be there, OR it would inappropriately still give you that benefit if it should go away because of the change you've now made. There's a lot that gets into internal princess policies and the specifics of how THEY utilize POLAR for their needs, but I hope this gives you a little bit more of an idea since I saw no one answered yet based on booking a cruise with a brand using POLAR. 🙂 Thank-you, I think that makes sense in my situation. It was just a regular booking in an inside cabin to start. I did put in a bid to upgrade to deluxe balcony then decided to call and inquire about paying for an upgrade as the cruise now is just a month away, which I did. I suspect I missed out on a free upgrade. I wish my cvp had explained this to me, I might have waited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted September 10 #15 Share Posted September 10 Finally...a reasonable explanation! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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