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I believe this is for RCL gift cards, gift certificates (like those bought from AARP) are different

check the crew for a duplicated key

Also before calling, just check your transaction history on the AARP rewards site and/or if the card is still in your cart

Just add 18% grat, and in US ports they don't charge the sales tax

It varies, for my cruise next June, I'm paying $72

More profit for the TA (or actually consolidator, which apparently is why the shareholder OBC was not granted)

they vary greatly, but are, on average usually around $70-$80 if booked before you are onboard. The price depends on ship, itinerary, the phase of the moon, if it's raining or not, days that end in y, 30 or 31 days in the month....

You just need to charge the casino play to the cabin. Then you apply the gift card to your folio to pay the balance, I will usually add $500 to my on board account when I get on board, they add funds as needed, The AARP cards are digital, so you can upload them to Apple or Google Wallet, or just have the pdfs on your phone, or write down the #'s and pins

Thanks, all I loaded in the past were full cards

Yep, gift card s probably only good in US

Do you know if there is an issue applying a partially used card at the kiosk? After paying for Cheers I may have a small balance left on one

Since a longer cruise is also likely to have more port days than a short cruise, I also don't expect those prices to go up soon.

https://www.puertoplatadr.com/cruiseports/amber-cove-bar/cococana/

That doesn't mean that the laws shouldn't be updated and improved for current times.

How does it protect anything, since the cruise lines are observing it. New cruise ships haven't been US built in decades, all work is overseas, with no indication this work will ever come back to the US. If I recall correctly,a while back, Disney wanted to build a compliant ship, no one even submitted a bid on the job. Foreign flag vessels leave from a US Port,then go to a foreign port, or a distant foreign port as required before returning to US. In some cases, like the Alaskan cruises stopping in Victoria, they are just adding a foreign port stop to satisfy the PVSA. They could be adding another Alaskan or Pacific Northwest stop that might bring in tourist dollars to a US port

Yep, but this is the law as written, I wish so many such laws would be repealed/updated. These outdated protectionist laws are no longer even fulfilling the intended purpose (if they ever did). NCL couldn't properly staff that ship after the Covid restart simply because US citizens were not applying. Do a background check,grant a work permit and hire a qualified applicant from wherever.

NCL has one ship that is PVSA compliant and is owned by a US subsidiary. The Pride of America only sails around Hawaii. They have a big problem with staffing as all (or majority of) the crew have to be US citizens.

e-mailed my request Sat afternoon, received the confirmation e-mail about 30 minutes ago

You can use as many as you need to, but there is a limit on the number of gift cards per transaction, I think 5. You'll just need to do multiple transactions, as needed

I only turn the big 55 in 6 weeks, but that means retirement and full flexibility* for booking trips *as long as wife agrees

the price of everything has gone up- A hotel room (Hampton Inn and their equivalents) unless peak time or place, used to be able to getit for about $125 or so, lately I don't think I've seen anything less than $175, plane tickets?, same thing- Gone to a supermarket or restaurant lately? I just received my auto insurance renewal-went from $1500 to almost $1800 for 6 months

I also don't get it, but for some cruisers the cruise director is the focus of their entertainment for the cruise, hosting the parties and other events all week.

It might also depend on where you are getting the Euros. I'll be getting some Canadian $ for a trip next year. Bank of America charges for under $1K, so I'm getting at least $1K, and probably $2K, since I will be checking out some casinos. If I have any left when coming home, they will exchange back.

wait between finishing a drink and ordering one? Maybe starting one and ordering next...in March, our bartenders would just confirm that we wanted another round as we were almost done with our drinks. However, this was after a couple of evenings and they knew we were not going to be a problem.