Happy Rogue

99% of the time all app transport security does is enforce https: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/nsapptransportsecurity I

I'd challenge you to demonstrate a single banking app that doesn't use https

They are stating that https connections make additional encryption pointless, which is true. Confidentiality of your data and attribution of your data are two different things. VPN only adds confidentiality when you are using non-https sessions

Thanks so much for all the detail. My actual cruise is over April 6th - April 13th. Not over easter... but maybe it's "close enough to count"? Do you happen to know if the Black-friday-esque deals typically exclude the holiday exclusions? Or am I likely hosed, to not receive any deal?

I have a Caribbean cruise on the Ascent booked for next April. So far my sailing has been excluded from every sale but I can't understand why. If you look at the sale spreadsheets and filter on the Ascent it lists most every cruise, skips over all of April, and then resumes including sailings in the sale in May. I'm not looking to complain, more so understand what I can be on the lookout for next time I book. If there are two viable dates and the prices only vary by a small amount, I could choose a sailing that is more likely to have sales included.

Unless you have major reservations about someone knowing which bank you use, there's no reason to not trust https / tls. Read the URL, make sure it matches your bank, move on. The only real information "leaked" over a TLS channel is DNS names, payload size, and destination IP addresses.

This is the Beyond. The Ascent has bench seating at the Sunset bar.

I think you misread which person I quoted. If you refund your purchase, Amex absolutely may claw back the credit.

They might claw it back, they might not. It's ymmv.

Just got my credit for doing this,

My blue cash preferred

Thank you! I also tried paying $500 towards my balance with my travel agent for a preexisting future cruise. I will also report back.

So nice! Was this on Celebrity?

Just Celebrity things 🙂

Edit: duplicate post🙂

Log into Celebrity Go to Cruise Planner (go here and then click "Plan my Cruise" https://www.celebritycruises.com/account/cruise-planner ) Click your initials in the upper right of the screen Click Order History If you have all included, you should see two zero dollar orders. Clicking into the details of them will show a drink package and a wifi package. If you don't have all included you won't see those there.

I'm curious to know if anyone knows what concrete benefits crew members can receive when they are recognized with positive reviews after the cruise. I have heard things like "time off" or "wi-fi hours" but nothing concrete and curiosity has me wondering... In my prior cruise we had absolutely astounding service from the pizza guy and I left a message stating as such (I said I'll be back as a customer because of people like him!). What are some things they can receive for positive callouts?