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Grandma Cruising

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    East Yorkshire, UK
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    travelling, spending time with my grandchildren
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    Azamara
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    Svolvaer

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  1. Just think about it, the OBC Azamara gives you comes back to them, not only that but they make a good profit on almost anything you buy using OBC. Speciality meals, drinks packages, Wifi, excursions, spa services etc don’t cost them anywhere near what they charge you in OBC, yet they can put your cash in the bank & earn interest on it. Thats how most travel agents work - they ask you to pay them way before they have to pay the cruise company, hotel etc. They earn interest on your money until they have to pay!
  2. That’s not true, we had one on Pursuit in February/March this year.
  3. Azamara emails you some weeks before your cruise to ask if you want to make a bid to upgrade your cabin and telling you what is the minimum amount they will look at for each type of cabin available. Typically you get the chance to bid for the level above the one you have booked and the one above that. However if the cruise is full you’re unlikely to get the offer. If you bid and are successful they email you again and ask you to ring them to discuss what is available then to confirm your payment. If people get an offer to upgrade they can post about it here (date of offer, cruise date, length of cruise, minimum bid, bid made, type of cabin originally booked, type of cabin bid for, cruise region) then come back & post their success (or not). I’ll enter the info into the spreadsheet so others can get an idea about what type of bid might be successful. Here’s a link to the spreadsheet so you can see the information from the old system with one new entry (our recent cruise) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pEoojQ5-EPmD4cI3gw1dVcYfYTXfZePdDXxU09l0H3M/edit
  4. We recently finished a cruise on Pursuit and found the food in the MDR to be mostly as good as ever. There was one exception - I had duck breast one night and it was both very small and as tough as old boots. To be fair they were very happy to change it for another dish - I chose lamb chops and they were brilliant. Everything was very tasty and very well seasoned, Thai dishes like hot & sour soup were terrific! We also had the Reistafel, which was great, but way too much food!
  5. I will start to update the spreadsheet as people post new information. Host Jazzbeau perhaps you could edit the first post in this topic to give a link to the spreadsheet and include my list of the information as in my post #1178. Thanks.
  6. I’m happy to update the spreadsheet & keep it updated if people would find it helpful and are willing to post tge information!
  7. Just wondering whether to resurrect the upgrade spreadsheet which I haven’t updated since March 23 when the upgrade system disappeared. As it now seems to be back, would people find the spreadsheet helpful or not. If you would find it useful then please start posting the following upgrade information. - bid date - cruise date - cruise length - loyalty level - minimum bid required for upgrade (in US$) - total amount bid (in US$) - cabin type initially booked - cabin type bid for - final bid cost per night (in US$) - bid strength - outcome (successful or not) - cruise region - any other useful information (E.g when told about outcome) Here’s a link to it. The only new entry is mine for my most recent cruise https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pEoojQ5-EPmD4cI3gw1dVcYfYTXfZePdDXxU09l0H3M/edit
  8. Thank you, much appreciated.
  9. We’ll be on Onward for the first time in September. Could someone post a photo of the chairs, so we know what to expect.
  10. I think it’s the same thing as only world voyage passengers will be onboard as I understand it.
  11. Buffet is always served for the first 24 hours of any cruise
  12. Not heard of anyone doing this, but I don’t see why not.
  13. Le Club Voyage is the old name for Azamara’s loyalty club. It’s now Azamara Circle
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