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Good morning all 🙂  I may be the last one to have found this out and apologies if it's been mentioned on another thread.  I'm still quite curious/cautious about the resumption of cruising, so in December I booked a little cruise to nowhere out of Sydney on the Majestic for April 2023 and was allowed to use my FCC for my own booking, but hubby's fare had to be paid for (not allowed to use the FCC that was in my name for his booking).  I went back online the other day and discovered the current '3 for Free' promo was available on my cruise so I rang.  Long story short ... from 1 January 2022, any FCC a cruiser has can be used towards the entire fare, not just for the portion of the booking that is in their own name.  In addition, the premier drinks package is now available for cruises under 5 nights.  I cancelled the original booking, rebooked in a full suite with drinks package, wi-fi and dinner voucher AND the whole thing was paid with my FCC.  Worth it in my books!  Stay safe out there 🙂 

Now that is amazing!  I couldn't stand not having a countdown, so booked a little cruise to nowhere on the Majestic in April 2023 ... surely we'll be cruising in Australian waters by then 😬

I've given up...  have forsaken the bonus FCC dollars that I'd been given over the last 18 months and cashed out.  Bathroom reno is now booked!  

1 hour ago, By The Bay said:

My question is, if all the crew and passengers are 100% vaccinated, where did they catch the virus? 🤔

Another thread is stating that there were 6 unvaccinated children on board... 

22 hours ago, Tikibird said:

We are also on that Coral PNG cruise.  Yeah, no way is it happening, people are freaking out over some Melbourne couple who snuck into Qld and turned up positive.   I know, bad move on them but it's more the freaking out that worries me than the bloody Covid.  I wish Princess would just cancel and give us credits.  We are in 20% cancellation fee stage now as of 31 May.  11 Sep is final payment day. This is so stressful! 

I've popped onto CC for this exact concern!  Our 100% refund cancellation date falls before the next govt announcement due on September 17th, so we're wondering whether to just cancel and wait for things to smooth over, or whether to sit tight and roll with the punches (and possibly have an underwhelming trip which includes 14 days of face masks, and only being allowed off the ship if we have booked a Princess shore tour).  The unknowns are making me very nervous!  Princess of course don't have any information because they are waiting on the Govt to make up the rules and they are rightfully saying that the cruise is still booked to go ahead.   Anyone got a crystal ball for me? 🙂

On 4/26/2021 at 2:53 PM, CalLuvsCrusingToo said:

If anyone has sailed on Majestic in Minisuite & used the Sofabed for a Third person.

Can you tell me what the bed was like? 

 

Long & narrow like Twin?  The kind that Doesn't interfere with walking by to go out to the Balcony.

 

Or, it folds out like a double with the infamous Bar in the middle of your back?  And stops the walkthru to balcony.

Thank you

Three of us sailed in a suite on the Majestic and the third bed is a fold out sofa bed - I'd say a double bed width. When it is folded out you have to climb over it to get to the balcony.   Since the fleet wide roll out of the fancy mattresses, the ships no longer carry mattress toppers so the fold out sofa bed was uncomfortable, with no solution available.   It was the only disappointment we had though as the suite was magnificent.  Cheers. 

I'm genuinely interested in how they are going to source their alligator ribs whilst the Coral is in Australia for the season ...  a quick Google search lets me know that I can buy just under 3kg of alligator meat for the special price of $397!  Bargain 😉 

13 hours ago, Elorac123 said:

Thank you OzKiwi,I logged in and got a completely different set of figures, contacted TA an a overall saving of $760 plus have meal voucher ,he kept the same room I originally booked (don’t want the upgrade)

Happy Christmas Carole

That sounds exactly like our situation - if we weren't able to keep the same room then we wouldn't have bothered with the rest of the offer.  I think the way we got our actual discount was that the promo pricing was based on MK (?) pricing and we had already booked on the higher MB.  Because we didn't take the room upgrade they just gave us the difference back!  Add the OBC and dining and we were up over $600 🙂  Now we just have to wait another 430 days .... cheers, Vickie. 

1 hour ago, Porky55 said:

The ‘Plus’  could be because you have booked a Mini Suite - some of the current offers have Plus included in MS bookings.

 

All categories (except full suite) have the Plus option on them for my cruise, regardless of whether it is a new booking or a refare.   

56 minutes ago, Elorac123 said:

Looked at that but it’s not offering the Princess Plus deal that we took

drink package and internet for $40 a day

Cheers Carole 

We had to rebook to get the 3 for Free, and the Princess Plus was available for us.   I think it is a standard offering for all Princess cruises nowadays.  

I got email from Princess today, advertising their new '3 for Free' offers.  My cruise for February 2022 is part of the promo and they were happy to rebook me so that I got the special offers.  We luckily got to keep our existing mini-suite, received $200 OBC, a speciality dining voucher ... plus a refund of $358!    If you have future Princess cruises booked, it's well worth investigating 🙂 

On 11/1/2020 at 4:02 AM, drsel said:

Royal gladly accepted my final payment, but gave me a FCC of only 250 (on my basic deposit amount of 200). I wonder what will happen to the balance amount paid

I expect that they will hold it for as long as possible!  They may deem that anyone who made full final payment AFTER a cruise had already been cancelled doesn't need their money back quickly 😉 

It's been 5 weeks or so since the Sea and Sun Princess were sold and cruises cancelled.  Has anyone had their FCC or out of pocket expenses refunded yet?  

9 hours ago, possum52 said:

I iike your optimism!

 

 

Bahahaha.... well I backed the losing team, my favourite player didn't win the Norm Smith medal, AND I got so excited in the first half that I burnt my pizza.  Good times! 

1 minute ago, possum52 said:

Try the Norm Smith Medal. Tom would have to kick a few more goals to win the Norm. Cam Smith for the Clive Churchill Medal.

 

Leigh

Ooops  - got my codes mixed up!  Hawkins still for the win though 🤞

Carn the Cats!  I'm calling Tom Hawkins (26) for the Clive Churchill Medal.  🏅

Yes, we have the same 10% law up here but I reckon there are people with more money than sense... 

Just now, NoWhiners said:

That's really nice of them!

 

Are you going to snap up those $1700 seats?

Kick off is in just over 2 hours and I don't have time to sell a kidney on the black market unfortunately 😉 

Because of the rain, tickets are starting to show up on sale sights like Gumtree... I could grab two seats on the centre wing for a measly $1700!  The seller even says that they will throw in a raincoat! ☔

It's pretty wet at the Gabba and they've had about 20mls of rain in the last couple of hours, but that pitch drains beautifully.  There's certainly some rumbling thunder but no wild electrical storms and the gates are still opening in 20 minutes.   Up the Cats!  

You mentioned a few weeks ago that you were going to attempt to make final payments on your cruises, despite them being cancelled, so that you could get 125% FCC on the entire cruise portion.  Did Princess and RCL actually accept your final payments? 

Just now, Aus Traveller said:

Noumea, New Caledonia

Correct!  Told you it was easy 😉  Over to you. 

A very simple one, but this was taken on the first cruise that I took my Mum and Dad on.  Mum would have been 74 today 🙂 

Mt Roberts Tramway in Juneau?  

3 hours ago, drsel said:

But I haven't received any cancellation email from either the travel agent or Princess cruise lines.

when I emailed the travel agent, she said that the FCC takes some time to be issued and once issued, then I can use it to transfer the funds to my other already booked Princess cruise.

I just want to know if I make the final payment on this CANCELLED Cruise will I get 125% FCC on the entire amount or only the deposit?

Somehow or other I don't think that you're going to be able to pay for something that doesn't exist... the cruise is cancelled!  Whatever amount was paid on your cruise fare on the day that Princess announced they sold the Sea/Sun is the amount that you will get back as FCC.  You get the 25% loading offer only on cruise fare, not port fees or taxes, Ezi-air bookings, prepaid shore excursions, etc.   Anything other than cruise fare that you've paid for will be automatically refunded as a cash to your nominated account.    Patience is your friend here and since your FCC is not required to pay initial deposit on a new cruise, you really have no pressing requirements.   Keep speaking with your agent who is the best source of information for your particular circumstances.