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Good news JP. Now that I'm a Grand Admiral I approached Ponant earlier in the week and asked them if I could get more discount on my Kimberley cruise next August....they came back with a YES and repriced the cruise for me. This status match has been excellent! Cheers Jennifer

Well done Iain! I haven't seen David in 20 years and when I last saw you, you were working for Maxtor. So many memories! I was looking for information on Ponant on Cruise Critic and a post caught my eye which said Jim_Iain...I knew immediately it had to be you and Iain so I stalked the live of your recent Ponant cruise. I'm just back from a New Guinea cruise on Ponant and thanks to your status match post, I'm now a Grand Admiral😂 My next Ponant cruise is the Kimberley next year. Cruise Critic is a small world! Lots of love to you, Iain, David, Robert. Jennifer xx

Wow have David and Robert been together that long? I remember when David met Robert, I used to call Robert 'Twinky'...bet you can't guess who I am?🤣 I think I met you even before Robert. Ask David if he can guess🤣 Cheers ging466

Thanks @AussieBoyTX and @Becky2010 for the info. It is as I suspected. I'll leave the snorkel gear at home and stick with the pool. Cheers Jennifer

Hi All I'm doing the Jacques Cartier cruise in the Kimberley next year (Darwin to Broome) and was wondering whether there will be any opportunities to do snorkelling and whether to take my own gear. Any advice would be much appreciated from any who have cruised this region. Thanks very much. Cheers Jennifer

Does anyone know how long the status match lasts? I have another cruise booked for August next year so am hoping that I will still have Grand Admiral then. Not sure how it works. Thanks Jennifer

Just to let everyone know when I boarded Le Soleal yesterday I was given a suite upgrade. I checked my room key and it said that I was now a Grand Admiral, so my status match worked even though no one replied to my previous emails.I’m a happy little Vegemite. Cheers Jennifer

Thanks Zig, JP and Jazzbeau. I keep checking my app but nothing yet. It doesn’t surprise me though because I had so much trouble getting the app to work. Someone had decided to drop the .au off my email address and so the app was never going to work until that was sorted out🤦‍♀️ Cheers Jennifer

Hi Zig Did you end up getting the status match? I sent off my venetian society proof at the beginning of October and still haven’t heard anything, so I’ve sent it off again today. I’m sailing on Ponant in 10 days so it would be nice if I could get it for that trip. I’m wondering though whether it’s available to Aussies. Cheers Jennifer

Hi Carol Hope all is well with you and you are enjoying the Silver Dawn. Cheers Jennifer

Finally caught up with all the posts (although have seen a lot of JP's pics on the FB group). It's certainly been a very interesting and scenic expedition. Thanks to all for posting. Cheers Jennifer

Congratulations and Happy Anniversary JP and Chris! Cheers Jennifer

Hope you all have a great expedition, looks like a fab itinerary. I'm looking forward to following along with JP & Rachel's commentary. Cheers Jennifer

My SS rep asked me if I wanted a few extra days before embarking, I said no and then they booked me Singapore Airlines with a 1 hour connection in SIN. I said no way can I do a 1 hour connection in SIN so they changed it to another flight and I now have a 4 hour connection in SIN. I'm much happier about that! Flights are in my SQ app and all they need now is to be ticketed after I pay the remainder of the trip. Crossing my fingers that it all goes to plan. Cheers Jennifer

Hi, it's confusing isn't it. CFP is the name of the currency, XPF is it's 3 letter code when referring to currencies. I've also looked on the Australia Post website along with some others with no luck. Someone has told me about https://foreignxchange.com.au/ - you might like to have a look there. I'm going to order some for my November cruise. The rate of exchange isn't good but it's handy to have a little bit just in case. Cheers ging466

Hi I've got a lot of time to kill whilst in Papeete so was thinking that I'd walk from the Hilton Tahiti to the port (no heavy luggage). I've looked on the map and it doesn't look very far but is it doable? Decent footpath? Will I be able to find the ship easily? Also thinking about walking from Hilton back to the airport - same deal, decent footpath? Pls don't tell me to catch a taxi - I'll be doing that for when I arrive in the middle of the night. I just want to know if I'm being realistic since I'm a lousy map reader🤣 Thanks for any advice. Cheers ging466