CalLuvsCrusingToo

freecruiser,

I think it may be your Princess casino comp (inside cabin) Level offer. 

Mine is balcony, and comp perks same as whats offered to the public, and more.

I used to think NCL casino comp is better (I'm Platinum on NCL).

But to this day, NCL only comped me Inside cabins, which is hogwash.

I would always have to pay Upgrade cost to OV or balcony on Ncl & get charged

"Admin Fee" on Ncl casino comp offers. 

That would be another big cost on top of a comp booking.😑

25 minutes ago, riffatsea said:

I don't understand this discussion at all?

How do you go on any cruise with virus cases on the rise all over the map?

Have you all decided you don't  care about getting sick and /or dying??

I understand how you feel, we have been working in essential environment from the beginning.

For us, we are booking and Hoping for the best in the future.

Are we going immediately?  Noooooo I'm not.

Is my family Hoping to cruise later next year?  Yes we are.

My calls may have been connected with Ncl casino dept.?

The calls were from Ft. Lauderdale,  I let them go into voicemail.

It always started with, "we see you have a Cruise next deposit that is expiring soon.....

Soon, Yeah right.  April.

So yes, Ft. Laud is blocked now.  I have No more CND's on file. 🤔

On 9/25/2020 at 9:37 AM, freecruiser2 said:

I've received 5 of these Princess offers, including the one that came yesterday.  I got Interior with $250 though.  I booked 3 of the 4 previously offered.  I'm running out of $, friends and time off of work to keep doing these.  I'm also not sure if it's worth the offer.  The perks offered with each cruise is pretty good (Princess plus, cabin upgrade), but with comp cruise, we get 0 perks.

 Not sure what you mean about 0 perks?

Off the top of my head, my comp cruise includes balcony, gratuities, freeplay, wifi, drinks.....

It might be the casino Level you are?

Just booked our second casino comp offer.  For a 10 day Alaska, out of SF July 2021.

The freeplay is really great with these latest rounds of offers.  Any chance Princ will send out #3? 😁

Hoping July cruise happens too......

Thanks for the info deladypilot.  I ended up having to Call NCL, as I didn't see any way to Transfer

my CNdeposit to my friend online.  Only took a few mins for them to transfer my CND to her Latitudes#.

If you have a CND sitting in your acct.?   Are you getting bugged to book?

I couldn't wait to get that CND outta my account!

Maybe now ncl will quit calling me, or calling spouse, was getting ridiculous.

I had different CC name LONG TIME ago.  We had been cruising since 1989.

For the life of me, could Not remember the name, was mostly a lurker.😄

So when I reenlisted, 6 years ago, and being involved with a couple Las Vegas sites.....

I went with a very similar name from my Vegas sites.

But Calif Luvs cruising too!  So went with that. 

Misspelled it when I posted, but went with it anyway. 🤪

Also on this topic.... I have a CN deposit that expires April 2021.  I have No plans to book NCL

in the future after talking with NCL casino dept who offers me an Inside cabin, where I get Balcony

plus other perks thru Princess.  So I told them thanks but No thanks.

Long story short... Can I  Give my CN# to a friend to use for their Ncl future booking,

and they can hopefully get the extension applied?

Even though good old Princess has changed our itinerary, this is a worthwhile thread for us, and thank you.

We may actually use Rome airport Hilton when we Arrive.  I like walkin rate idea, if I have the guts to try that. lol

Our cruise itinerary has changed and we are now Arriving in Rome, but departing in Barcelona. 😲

Many good suggestions on this thread.  I just copied whole thing. Thanks so much.

When it gets closer, think we will book flights thru EZair.  Yes we fly out of SFO.

I like the idea of taking Princ transportation on return to FCO that includes a tour. 

Either arriving FCO plenty of time for return flight, or stay at the airport Hilton.

Does anyone else have Global Entry?  Did it help at all, to speed thru return?

Its been a helluva week, but wanted to thank you all for replies so far.

I hope to be able to read them all soon.  Thanks so much

Hello, Princess just cancelled our roundtrip cruise from Barcelona, to a Roundtrip ROME.

Wondering recommendations for Airport in Rome, which airline from US?

(Especially in covid times, we don't want to be packed like sardines.)

How far is airport to cruise embarkation Pier?

Do you suggest stay near the sights & taxi to Pier?

Hows the area for Safety?

We were familiar with Barcelona, that wasn't an issue.

But the rugs been pulled out on that itinerary, so now we have Lots of ROME questions.

Thank you

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Tried again, and it worked.

We received Repositioning emails earlier today for our b2b Barcelona 21 days mid Sept 2021.

I briefly looked at it, but totally confused so decided to call Princ another time.

Expected changes when the time got closer, Not so soon.

Came on CC to find out if others received Repos emails or straight out Cancellations?

Is this an elite Casino COMP offer from Princess?  I don't know what the difference is... (I'm elite too)

Received new email comp offer from Princess today.  Almost identical Balcony & freeplay offer as last one I booked, except it doesn't include Europe.  Must be booked by end of Oct., and sailing March thru Dec. 2021.

I wonder if its because you have too many comp cruises booked at one time?

3 might be the magic cutoff #?

I know that happens if I book Landbased casino comp reservations, they usually allow 2 but Not 3.

Good luck.

I had a Princess comp casino offer that expired in April.  Then the same (great) comp offer came with

an extended Expiration date to book by end of August. For Princess cruises thru Nov. 2021.

I booked it as it was really too good to pass up.

Has anyone received any New casino comp offers with later book by date?

Guess I'm curious if we will receive any more offers, or if by booking That one, finishes our comp offers?

S&S,  I have been a member of Vegas boards for many many years.  The boards have NOT been great

about Vegas at this time, so have Not booked there. 

Only good reviews at this time, seems to be at Wynn.  I get comps there too, but its still not enough

to encourage me to visit, cuz I would need to fly,  rent a car.......  Not ready for that.

Wynn seems to be the Most thorough with enforcing masks & distancing.

Glad your experience was ok. (Didn't say where you were staying?)

However theres a 5x tier multiplier end of this week Harr/Harv Tahoe.  I can drive up there, so booked that.

Plan to do 1 heavy play day, then get out of dodge before the weekend ugh...... people....... show up.

Good luck with your trip, hope its a safe one also.

I've said it before, were Elite like many of you, but decided Not to wait for Princess to follow thru

on cash refunds.  It seems like a major cluster..... we didn't want to be a part of any longer.

Happy to say, the last of my Credit Card disputes landed in our cc today!

Were paid in full.   All 3 cruises are reimbursed now,  thanks to disputing. 

I came on here to find out what happened?  I'm Elite too, and after getting the invite with Jan's

smiling mug.... thought, Nope I can't handle that baloney.

Looks like we didn't miss anything.

Sorry for the zoom room, that would have been terrific had she actually answered questions.

Again, glad I didn't tune in for the rah rah in the midst of a pandemic.  Shame shame.

Agree with PrincessLuver 

Don't want to get political, but we are hearing first hand.

From family members who are Frontline ER Doctors (and a couple nurses).

They will tell you Covid IS Taking up large amounts of beds, and Staff, that CAN'T be used for other procedures.

My DIL is a Cardiologist.  She is NOT being used as a cardiologist because of having to Help handle overflowing Covid caseloads. 😒

Roxievegas,  even with a casino comp cruise, you owe out of pocket to book.

I wasn't willing to do that until I was reimbursed in Full for all our cancelled cruises.

My comp offer says can book thru Aug.28

Or, chances are, it will come around again...... I just checked and the last time they sent

this same offer was in April, and good for cruises thru April 2021.

Wasn't far out enough, so now their good for cruises thru Nov. 2021.

Different strokes, but I'm Not booking squat til were all paid up.

Cuedon,  I just received the exact same offer.  In a normal environment, this would be a fantastic comp.

But seeing as how Princess wouldn't even let me apply my FCD towards this booking (last time they sent it)

I decided to wait until I got ALL my $$ Refunded.  I also got All of my FCD's refunded too.

So I'm happy to soon be back to square one.  Even steven, except for having to go cc dispute route,

instead of Princess refunding us.

Some people are jumping on board this type of offer.

NOT ME.

I am thinking long & hard about booking anything, even a comp. 

We have a few months to decide IF we want to take advantage of this.

At least they pushed cruising date out til Nov. 2021.   Thats better than what it was........ Time will tell.

Thanks to cc disputes, I'm almost done with this Princess drama....

I will be 3 for 3 as cc (chase southwest) ruled in MY favor. (any doubts?) lol

and will be crediting my acct. shortly. (took a couple days for the other 2)

So thats May, June & Sept cruises All reimbursed, and I didn't have to WAIT for

Princess to do it. (some of the charges were from last summer, didn't matter, all refunded)

Disputes I filed online.  They told me I had to fill out a form & mail back, which I did.

It was very simple to fill out.  Within a couple weeks, I got notification refund on the way.

Am I worried about Princ stepping up to the plate to Also refund me?  Hell no!

I can't say it enough........ file dispute & Let your cc get the cashback for you. 😗

Adding to what I posted few pages ago.... this is a Big lesson to me.

In the future,  I will be booking more last minute.

I won't be booking Excursions in advance.

Basically I won't be doing Anything in advance that can be done closer to actual sailing.

Whenever That will be...... 😔