Luckybecky, I have never had this situation. I wish you luck and I am curious.
The credit card charge from the hotel only is from 2/22. It would appear that you had to pay a non cancellable rate in full six months in advance. Did you pay the $1300 directly to Celebrity?
If it was a non cancellable advance payment rate, why din’t you just book it directly with the hotel instead of Celebrity.
Does anyone else know if this is a standard Celebrity practice for hotels. I never book hotels with cruise lines, because the rate is always per person and very expensive. I always do better booking direct. I also avoid Advance purchases.
Luckybecky, something just does not sound right to me. You may want to pull up you credit card bill from 2/22 and confirm you did an advance purchase with Celebrity and not the hotel or some other third party. Otherwise your position sounds reasonable to me. Celebrity owes you $1300 IMO.