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You actually should have paid somewhat less as the port fees for the son not sailing should have not been charged.

We did have multiple cards, but the other one was Amex which was not accepted there or in many places in Europe.

Just to add to your facts, it was in Italy and by Princess. Also, they did manage to bully her into paying her aunt's medical bill, but on the advice of fellow cruisecritic members she challenged the charge with her credit card company and had it reversed. It is a sad, but fascinating story. Here is the url for the discussion.

Once in Europe at a museum, we were told our card charge was not accepted. I later called the number on the card to make sure they knew where we were so we could keep using the card. They said that they did know, and in fact there was a pending charge for the museum that said the card was turned down. I said we were not allowed in as they said the charge was denied. I was then told by the card's phone representative that the charge would now disappear on Monday (called on a Saturday).

Reminds me of what I witnessed in Jamaica in 1997. (I know the date since the trip was for our 20th anniversary). It seems there was an exit tax. (I don't remember how much, except it was not too much.) The woman just ahead of us in line said she had spent all her money and had none left to pay to exit. The next thing she said was please make me stay. Instead they let her depart.

Again good to hear that not everyone's experience is horrible. We have flown both to and back Heathrow in London and to and back from Reykjavik and know there are flights without layovers. What ship will you be on? We are scheduled for to be on the Prima next year.

They are being subcontracted to get the luggage aboard the Princess ship. Princess cannot totally shirk their responsibility for the consequences of their actions. (The same for Disney in the earlier post, or for that matter any cruise line.)

Thanks for the update. Maybe everyone's prayers are beginning to take effect.

Oh my, that 20 minute deadline is not something you previously mentioned. And just when we think Princess could not be any more callous, we learn that they actually can.

It is great to hear a story like yours where everything works out perfectly. Thank you for sharing. It makes me feel better about our Newark to London and then Reykjavik back to Newark next summer.

For all those affected, let us hope for the best.

Glad to hear the credit charge is being reversed. Since this only happened after you were given the idea by fellow posters here on cruisecritic, let us all be thankful for all the helpful people who post here.

I think one thing we can say for sure, Princess is no going to do a writeup of this story for their Circle Magazine. There are so many things involved here that they should hang their collective heads in shame over. And once again prayers for your Aunt.

Yes, that probably makes sense.

It is a dilemma straight out of Shakespeare---"to pack or not to pack, that is the question".

OMG, prayers for your Aunt. And no one should ever have to go through an experience like you had. It does seem that the confluence with Covid problems made everything go much worse than it should have. But Princess could have shown some compassion instead of focusing on show me the money.

Sounds like you have had experience with this.

My write up story (Not actually a Princess cruise, but a HAL cruise)---In the buffet area there was one of the servers who seemed to be always aware that my lemonade glass needed a refill. I finally called her over and told her that I wanted to write her up as someone who made my cruise special, but I needed her name and thought it would be impolite to stare at her chest to learn her name. She told me her name and how to spell it. And after that I could not take a drink of lemonade without more going into my glass. And even after I told her I had done the write up she would quiz me on the spelling of her name. It is now almost 4 years later, and I still remember her name, Honeyeyeo.

And if you really, really want to show appreciation for a crew member, give them a write up as someone who made your cruise special. These contribute to promotions.

That should be no, unless they are booked in separate cabins.

Call it a start.

Yes, a busy and very enjoyable day. The Rijksmuseum, BTW, is basically next door to the Van Gogh Museum. You should try that too. And if you are a swimmer (like my DW), there is a pool near the Rijksmuseum.

If you do not want to be close to someone with covid, maybe you should not be on a crowded cruise ship or fly to the cruise port.

That is great. Enjoy your trip, hopefully now worry free.

🤦‍♂️, and yet another less than wonderful result from having the medallion.