Teedlebeet

1 hour ago, exm said:

That doesn't seem right. Did they explain why the upcharge? Maybe you can't get NRD rates?

Yes, she said it was because I wanted to use FCC. She said she had more leeway and could use different rates not using FCC. 

13 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Maybe, there have been a couple reports on crazy difference between the two on a few sailings. I had hoped the OP would have posted the ship and sail date so I could check. 

26 minutes ago, stevea36 said:

Ken,

 

I agree completely.  There must be more to the story...  Refundable vs NRD perhaps ?

 

Steve

9/11/21 Sailing, Vision OTS from Barcelona, 3B room #7568. 

This was all from one of the agents that I got prices from...

I am a Diamond level. 

Quote NRD $5584

Refundable $6146

if FCC used $6947

for 2, over 55, MA resident. 

I was pretty upset by the difference and I forwarded my emails to RCL...although they will probably not ever read them. 

3 minutes ago, exm said:

 

Non-Refundable Deposit

 

OP, did you consider booking with RC directly?

No, the Agent that had the price I liked gave me a quote with NRD and Refundable, plus using FCC. I am not going to book any more NRD, not worth it. I could have canceled months before final payment and not lost all the other money paid...hotels, excursions, flight, etc...all European and not refunding, will give credit. Travel insurance, which I buy a yearly plan,  not covering Pandemics. (I swear this was somehow added to the fineprint). 

1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Find a new TA

So, this is not the "normal"? It was multiple agents tho. 

2 minutes ago, Teedlebeet said:

Yes, it is an upcharge. I had it quoted multiple times just regular (paying) and then I asked about using my FCC and they sent me new quotes using the FCC. So the only difference was the FCC, same room, same trip. 

What is an NRD rate? 

10 minutes ago, exm said:

That doesn't seem right. Did they explain why the upcharge? Maybe you can't get NRD rates?

Yes, it is an upcharge. I had it quoted multiple times just regular (paying) and then I asked about using my FCC and they sent me new quotes using the FCC. So the only difference was the FCC, same room, same trip. 

     My cruise canceled and I opted for the FCC (Future Cruise Credit). I have been trying to book a new cruise and the agents I have found are mostly from *****.com as I don't have a regular agent that I use. The problem is the Agents all want to upcharge me a different price, considerably higher, if I am using FCC. The cruise I want to book is $1364 dollars more if I want to use FCC. They do not even ask how much my FCC is for!! They just upcharge the quote. This does not seem fair at all! I did not get anywhere near that for the canceled cruise over what I had paid for it, in the FCC. I am so aggravated I think I will tell RCL to just cash refund me. Has anyone else had this issue? RCL said I can use an agent, which usually has better perks, or do I need to book direct with RCL to not get overcharged. 

      Second question....if you had a non-refundable deposit do you not get that back with a cash refund? 

On 4/11/2020 at 5:26 PM, mstayman said:

Just received my FCC April 10, 2020 from a canceled March 15, 2020 sailing.

 

The March 15 sailing was moved to July 4, 2020. Another deposit paid and also told I had to pay for the balance of the July 4 cruise (90 day rule) by April 5th, 2020 and then apply my FCC when I received it both from RCL and travel agent.

 

I read in my RCL FCC email that my FCC CAN NOT be applied to a cruise paid in full..which was done 6 days ago....or I would have my reservation canceled!

 

Called travel agent, I called RCL. Both declined to apply FCC to the July 4, 2020 paid in full cruise.

 

I now have a paid in full rescheduled "new" cruise for July 4, 2020 and an FCC from the canceled March 15, 2020 cruise which expires 12/2021.

 

To top it off, if the July 4, 2020 cruise is canceled due to the new CDC 100 day rule and FCC is issued for the July 4, 2020 cruise, I will have 2 FCC certificates that CAN NOT be applied to just one new future cruise.

 

Multiple FCC for the same person are required to be used separately on 2 DIFFERENT cruises.

 

If I request refund for the March 15, 2020 cruise I lose the $1000 rooms deposit.

 

Can’t really get ahead…..or break even.

 

Cruiser beware.

If you get the Refund you lose your non-refundable deposit? 

On 1/26/2018 at 4:22 PM, Hoopster95 said:

WOW! I had no idea that you did not get double points for this studio cabin. Thank you for posting this. I just booked one with the sole purpose of needing 12 more points to be diamond level. Only getting 7 does not help! Ughh. Hope I can get another cabin! 

 

There are 6 studio OV cabins.... 4000,4500, 7032, 7532, 8030, 8530.

**NOTE: you will not get 2 Crown & Anchor points sailing solo in these cabins even though they can be sold as double occupancy.... I checked with 3 different sources and each came back with the same answer. If you want double points, you have to pay the double occupancy rate.

It's an either/or question, not a yes/no question. But, thank you for trying. 

... and thank you very much, but I was not looking for judgement. I was looking for an answer to a question. 

I did not realize it was an option! I was not given a choice of both in any of the 3 cruises. 

On the last 3 Carnival ships I have been on in the past year,  I was approached by the steward and asked if I wanted Morning or Evening turnover. I was not given the option of twice per day. I picked morning on all three of them. On the March '19 cruise I asked if I could get the ice bucket filled in the evening tho because that was when I used it most and filling it in the morning left water by evening. Well, every day it was filled in the MORNING. I did NOT change my tips, but I kind of feel like if I am only getting service half the time, I should pay half the tip. I did not give the extra tips that I usually do give the stewards tho. March I was on Conquest. 

My real question is, if you only get one turnover per day, do the stewards just get more rooms to clean or do they get some more time off?