Fuel charges suspended starting Dec 17

[Boytjie]

Just saw this on the HAL website:

 

MIAMI (December 4, 2008) - As fuel prices continue to decline, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced that it will suspend fuel supplements for its six North American brands effective for all voyages departing on or after December 17, 2008.

The fuel supplement suspension applies to the following brands: Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn.

A refund of the fuel supplement will be made in the form of a shipboard credit for all bookings within the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008. All bookings outside of the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008 will be adjusted to remove the fuel supplement and guests will be provided with a revised final payment amount.

[Boytjie]

Argh, the dreaded Thread Title Typo Error! :mad:

[ViolaSwamp]

Wooooooooooo hoo!!!!!!!!

 

Great news, $126 of OBC! :cool::D:)

[norcal2]

Just saw this on the HAL website:

 

MIAMI (December 4, 2008) - As fuel prices continue to decline, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced that it will suspend fuel supplements for its six North American brands effective for all voyages departing on or after December 17, 2008.

 

 

The fuel supplement suspension applies to the following brands: Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn.

 

A refund of the fuel supplement will be made in the form of a shipboard credit for all bookings within the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008. All bookings outside of the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008 will be adjusted to remove the fuel supplement and guests will be provided with a revised final payment amount.

 

WONDERFUL! Good news and a nice Christmas present surprise. Thank you for this information. We are sailing in February so hopefully it holds!

[hylasgirl]

Wonderful news! Bummer we sail on the 14th of December:( Good news for others though! Yay!!!

[InTheWASide]

Between the 3 cruises in my signature, we're talking about nearly $500...

 

Money that will no doubt end up paying for random onboard purchases :)

 

Thanks Carnival Corp. What a great present!!

[Boytjie]

Between the 3 cruises in my signature, we're talking about nearly $500...

 

Money that will no doubt end up paying for random onboard purchases :)

 

Thanks Carnival Corp. What a great present!!

 

By celebrating the suspension of the fuel charges! How many bottles of bubbly would that buy? :)

:D

[richnorto]

Yipee!!! That's $560 to help cover expenses on our Christmas cruise!!:D:D:D I was hoping to get the OBC, but now I won't have to keep watching and wondering!:)

[SeaMatesNYC]

Suggest we each place some more in the "red bucket" on the street (or collection plate, or food bank, etc.) since this is "found" money, IMHO.

[usha]

That IS good news!:)

[casavaha]

For those of us sailing on the 17 of Dec., I think we should thank HAL. They did not

have to do it for us. They got alot of flack before so a thank you is in order.

 

Greg

[norcal2]

One question:

 

If the final bill said "Fuel Supplement $100.00" is that the amount we are talking about?

I didn't know if it was listed under another title or if it applied to both of us so I am a little confused as to the amount. I originally thought it was $9 dollars a day for each of us.

[Comptech]

Yipppie.... $140.00 bucks for us on our December 21st Christmas - New Years cruise. I guess I can now afford to buy that special bottle of Tequilla... :)

[NetwrkEng]

Good news for others but I feel like Maxwell Smart....missed it by THAT much. :rolleyes:

[NevadaHiRoller]

But why are they still assessing them on new bookings?

[pinksand]

Well I'm not happy. We sail on 12/13. Its wrong and they should just drop it now. :mad:

[localady]

More margaritas on the Yummers cruise!! :D :D

 

Ole!! ;) :D

[InTheWASide]

By celebrating the suspension of the fuel charges! How many bottles of bubbly would that buy? :)

:D

 

Well, without factoring the 15% it would be 16.6 bottles if you figure 30 each...

 

Or...

 

At least 2-3 of the good stuff :)

[cruizn2escape]

On HAL's site, they do state they will reinstate it if the cost of fuel goes over $70 a barrel. So here's hoping it stays below that amount for all cruisers.

[InTheWASide]

On HAL's site, they do state they will reinstate it if the cost of fuel goes over $70 a barrel. So here's hoping it stays below that amount for all cruisers.

 

This is actually on the World's Leading Cruise Lines site... (Carnival Corp) so it's not an independent or line by line thing... If it goes over 70, Carnival Corp reserves this right...

[Boytjie]

Well I'm not happy. We sail on 12/13. Its wrong and they should just drop it now. :mad:

 

They have to draw a line somehwre, I guess and figure out when it can be implemented on their systems and get the word out to TAs etc. If they dropped it now then those currently ona cruise would be unhappy. :)

[Twickenham]

But why are they still assessing them on new bookings?

 

They're not...

http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com/AboutUs/FuelSupplementUpdate.aspx

 

A refund of the fuel supplement will be made in the form of a shipboard credit for all bookings within the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008. All bookings outside of the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008 will be adjusted to remove the fuel supplement and guests will be provided with a revised final payment amount.

[Ted&Molly]

Can this OBC be applied to the daily tip charge?

[Mary Ellen]

This is actually on the World's Leading Cruise Lines site... (Carnival Corp) so it's not an independent or line by line thing... If it goes over 70, Carnival Corp reserves this right...

It IS on the HAL site. It is probably on all of the sites of the affected cruise lines. But, as the other poster stated, it IS on the HAL site.

[Comptech]

It will be in the form of OBC so you can do with it what you will.

 

Can this OBC be applied to the daily tip charge?