Musky Ike

4 minutes ago, kywildcatfanone said:

That is their goal

That was my point. I am the type to try and get my monies worth but not big on alcohol. I see a lot of juice bar stops and mocktails in my future. So long as I don't have to scan my medallion and incur a fee to use the restrooms I should be fine.😀

Following along as we will sail on the Sapphire in October for the first time on that ship. The wake view bar looks interesting.

14 minutes ago, azbirdmom said:

We have the newer Plus package and under packages in the Medallion app the latest benefits now appear.  The last two benefits aren’t on the Travel Summary. 

 

 

Mine also but I have the plus-50 so I didn't think I got the desserts and fitness classes, not that I wanted them.

3 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

Mine was charged and went through $10 on my credit card, right after placing the order.  My sail date was months out.  Consistency…

Yup who knows with Princess. By the time you sail it could be more or less $, back to included, nobody gets shipping, everybody everywhere gets shipping...

2 hours ago, SargassoPirate said:

Look around in restaurants and other venues and notice how many couples and groups are all on their devices instead of conversing and enjoying each other's company.

The Eagles didn't know how prophetic they were with Hotel California. 🙄

Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said, 'We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device"

56 minutes ago, gah_cruise said:

agree with your thoughts.....but will service time improve?

Remains to be seen. People were not happy with wrong ,delayed or not delivered orders when they were included. You can bet they will be fuming at the purser's desk if what they pay extra for gets messed up. I feel for the onboard staff. 

The AARP email language has been updated yet. Still says you saved $50, but the charge came through with the new rate. Still a good deal.

5 minutes ago, SwimCarrie said:

Anyone change to Blue today since you didn't pay shipping for the medallion? I was supposed to turn blue, but didn't? 🤷‍♀️

Changed from green to blue and back again today before ordering medallion shipping. Then they still want CC info and show the $10. Went on chat and April said that if charged, we will get it back as OBC. We will see. Printed a copy of the chat just in case. To quote Kermit the frog "it's not that easy being green".

3 minutes ago, ROXIETHEHORSE said:

I signed up for a free account and the link does not access the gift card. It takes me to a generic rewards page with no gift card info anywhere…what am I doing wrong?

Scroll until you see "more rewards" click and keep it up until you see the right ones shown. 

14 minutes ago, Thrak said:

 

Had to go check. Dang! 8% is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick but 10% was definitely better. Thanks for the heads up.

That is a bummer. Maybe these posts made it too popular. I better get some before it is reduced again.

OK Princess, you win, I give up. Just contacted our TA to add the plus package to our booked cruises for KISS even if we don't come out ahead. You got what you wanted.

29 minutes ago, dreaminofcruisin said:

 

If you booked in February of 2023, you paid $60 pp pd. The price change was in December of 2022.

The easiest  way to tell is if you see Premium Desserts and Juice Bar on your Travel Summary, it means you paid the $60. All the 'New" benefits are then included for you. Princess has not yet updated the New benefits online though, so you won't see them yet.

The date may have been a re-fare of an older booking. Not itemized on my invoice, it says Princess Plus $0.00 but clearly lists plus-50 on the personalizer and none of the extras listed in the travel summary. Frankly, it doesn't matter as we won't use that stuff anyway. Not going to pay an extra $10per day for them.

1 minute ago, mcgratru said:

Check your travel summary…..lists package items. Ours is not showing newest changes but does show the last changes (juice bar, premium desserts, etc.)….so who knows and how are staff ever going to keep track?

Mine does not show what you see. Just CA, WIFI and drink package.

10 minutes ago, love to cruz said:

Sorry. One more question. Can I use the gift cards when I use Princess EZ air as well as paying for our cruise?

 

yes

33 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

It was part of the announcements on Thursday.  Dec 14/15 was when the new $60/$80 fare packages came into effect.  Anything booked on/after then is the new plan and gets all the new perks.

Booked Feb, of 23. So We will get all the plus 60 "stuff" even the latest changes at the plus 50 rate? We will see. 

13 minutes ago, Carla3 said:

I misunderstood when the new pricing comes into effect. If you purchased your plus or premier package between Dec 15th 2022 and July 26 2023 your package includes the new “perks”

Where do you see this?

20 minutes ago, MudderBear said:

This got me thinking.  I booked my Barcelona-Italy cruise last March for 2024.  I did book Plus.  Will I be entitled to those new add ons or do I have to do something different.  I checked my reservation and it doesn't say that I have them.  I don't want to rebook because I LOVE my room choice.

Should be no need to rebook. You should be able to pay the difference either before or onboard the first day to upgrade.

Just now, awatt said:

Can these be redeemed with TA?

Yes

5 minutes ago, skynight said:

If I'm not mistaken these were included with the  old plus fare

Not shown on my travel summary with plus-50

5 minutes ago, Carla3 said:

Help me with the math please. Cost for me and my husband to upgrade to the new plus package is $10 per person per day. We are going on an 11 day cruise. 11 x $20. = $220 or don’t upgrade and each pay 14.99 to activate Ocean Ready plus if we use casual dining at 14.99 each twice that a total cost of  (2 x $14.99) + (4 x 14.99)= $89.94. If my calculations are correct, it doesn’t make sense to upgrade. Am I missing anything?

Premium desserts, Juice bar, and fitness classes. Still not worth it IMO.

4 minutes ago, gah_cruise said:

No I don't stop making them, just make them less often

And looked for cheaper egg brands.

Yup, just save the paperwork until after the cruise incase of cancellation refund back to the card.

3 hours ago, SargassoPirate said:

Let me know how that works out for you.🤣

After 40+ years, I think I can count on the loyalty, however, the implementation costs verses profit margin calculations are not good. 🤔

12 hours ago, SargassoPirate said:

That being said, SWMBO enjoys it when I take her travel mug to the HC and bring her a hot cup of coffee back to the cabin in the morning.

I go to the IC for my my coffee most mornings and bring back breakfast for mine. Maybe I will start charging her $5 for that. 😉

Keep in mind that if you wait until onboard to purchase the package you run the risk of yet another price hike happening before then.