Credit card expired - personalizer not available...help?

[tulips*n*truffles]

So. My credit card will no longer be valid on 6/18. My cruise ends 6/20. My new card came today - same credit card number - different expiration date.

 

I went into the personalizer to update it, but it says the personalizer isn't available because I'm within 5 days of my cruise.

 

There is a blurb about not providing accurate information 14 days prior could mean denied boarding!

 

Is just a different expiration date enough to get myself worked up about? Do I call my TA and see if she'll handle it? Or should I call Princess? Or leave it alone until I board and change it then?

 

Dang there's always something!

 

Thanks!

[Caribbean Sunsets]

I don't think you will have a problem since it's the same credit card # but you may want to call Princess just to put your mind at ease.

 

Have a great cruise!:)

[jerryr]

No problem with updating your card at check-in. We just got off Crown a little over a week ago. Because we were going to the Med we took a Capitol One credit card with us as it has no foreign use fee. I left all my other cards at home for safety reason. I never thought about the fact I had registered my AAdvantage Mastercard as the card I would be using.

 

Upon check-in they give you a credit card authorization form to sign even if you have pre registered a card so I just filled it out with the correct information. When I got to the head of the line the person asked me if I meant to change credit cards and I told him the story. He said no problem and indeed it wasn't.

 

Jerry

[paul929207]

The will swipe your card at checkin, so all will be well.

[tulips*n*truffles]

No problem with updating your card at check-in. We just got off Crown a little over a week ago. Because we were going to the Med we took a Capitol One credit card with us as it has no foreign use fee. I left all my other cards at home for safety reason. I never thought about the fact I had registered my AAdvantage Mastercard as the card I would be using.

 

Upon check-in they give you a credit card authorization form to sign even if you have pre registered a card so I just filled it out with the correct information. When I got to the head of the line the person asked me if I meant to change credit cards and I told him the story. He said no problem and indeed it wasn't.

 

Jerry

 

WHEW! That makes me feel SO much better! I really panicked there for a minute!!! Thanks so much for letting me know - I appreciate the help!

[Toto2Kansas]

If it makes you feel better, you can always call Princess and give them the new expiration date for your card. Bon Voyage!

[wizard-of-roz]

Tulips: I'm so much like you......I will stress myself out over the "details" and, then I remember......[EVERYTHING can be worked-out!]

You should have seen what happened to us a few years ago, before we boarded the Diamond to the Mexican Riviera......To make a very long and stressful story short.....we had the passport fed-ex'd to my office one day before we sailed [the ink was still wet]....it cost me a fortune...I was a wreck and, was sure they were going to deny my DH entrance onto the ship. So much drama.......

I now realize that everything should be done in lots of time before a cruise or going abroad....make a list, check it twice, etc., etc.

Have a wonderful cruise.....

[negn]

No problem I actually went with a different credit card when I checked in than I had on my personalizer

[cruiserjanet]

We always give them a different credit card when we check in and have never had any problems.

[Tralynn]

The personalizer started working again. Give it another try.

[CaribbeanLVR]

Will B NO problem. I always book with one C.C online and give another when we fill out the check in forms. Heck I even booked with a C.C once then changed it to cold hard cash when I checked in. I just told them I will NOT use my C.C and gve them roughy 500.00 in cash to start.

 

You will be fine.

 

ENJOY YOUR TRIP!

[tulips*n*truffles]

The personalizer started working again. Give it another try.

 

No no - it works - but when you're within so many days of your cruise, you don't get to change anything anymore...

[warringtonian]

We went with RCCI last year only to find when we checked in that our credit card company had found a suspect transaction and cancelled the card! The ship was happy to accept a different card and it shows that it is a good idea to have at least two cards with you.

[DrivesLikeMario]

We had the same thing happen in March. Our CC company cancelled our card and reissued a new one due to a "security breach", whatever that means. I totally forgot that I had given Princess our old card number.

 

When we checked in, they reminded us that they needed a new CC, so we just gave them the new card. It's really very easy and painless. Don't worry.