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Thank you.

If the cruise ends in Sydney (with no prior cruise stop in Australia), and from the cruise ship, I go directly to the Sydney airport for the return flight back to U.S., will I still need to get a visa?

How much did you pay for the AU and NZ E-Visa? Thank you.

Thank you all for answering my questions regarding the FCD! Does anybody know the answer to my other question? I read on CC that within 60 days of your booking, one can transfer their booking to an outside TA. Is this allowed only if you did the booking online or through Princess phone sales or also apply if you booked through a PVP? Thank you.

If I book directly through the Princess website, during the booking process, will I be able to indicate I want to use my FCD as a deposit? If I book with a PVP, when I want to make a change to my booking (for example, cabin change, price reduction due to a new promotion, etc.) and my PVP didn't respond within a reasonable amount of time, can I call Princess or use Live Chat to request my change? Or all changes must be requested through my PVP (just like if the booking was made by an outside TA)? I read on CC that within 60 days of your booking, one can transfer their booking to an outside TA. Is this allowed only if you did the booking online or through Princess phone sales or also apply if you booked through a PVP? If later transfer booking and not transfer EZ Air flight booking to an outside TA, will the booked EZ Air flights/prices remain the same, or need to be canceled and rebooked? Thank you in advance for any input.

Disembarked Regal Princess on April 9. Received a check for $600 on June 8.

In my case, Princess is the winner. My cruise ended on April 9, received my $600 OBC refund this morning. Used USPS, sent my paper copy of my Federal tax return on March 4, requested direct deposit. Haven't received my refund yet. Went to irs.gov to check refund status, and got the message "we cannot provide any information about your refund". My sister sent her on February 28, and when checked status on irs.gov, she got the same message.

https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/DP/deckplans/ov.php?ship=Enchanted-Princess&cabins=E501-E535 Hopefully this will help.

For cruises embarking in Greece: The Greek government requires guests to take a COVID-19 test (PCR or Antigen) within 1 day of embarkation. We understand that it may be difficult to find testing that can provide results within a tight turnaround. Accordingly, if guests do not receive their test results in time or are unable to find a testing location, Princess will provide complimentary testing at the terminal.

When an outside agent calls Princess' phone line, can the agent request changes for multiple bookings of different passengers, or only can request changes to one booking per call? Thank you.

After no responses from her to my emails, yesterday morning I sent her another email. I said it has been a week since my request to refare, and if she is super busy, please kindly reassign my booking to another agent. So she finally decided to call Princess and refared my booking yesterday afternoon. Good thing Princess promo is still on; saved $200pp (lower price and additional OBC).

Thank you Steelers36.

I don't know where to look for "signature block". I clicked on your name, and it only showed your profile. For all future cruises, I think I will book directly with Princess first, then contact those agents that reply to the compete, and transfer to the chosen agent before the 60 days transfer deadline. This way, for the first 50 days or so, I can handle the changes myself as soon as it is needed (instead of waiting for the agent to handle it when they feel like it). 😁

Steelers36. Thank you for the information I booked my own air through my Princess account using EZ air. From the beginning working with that company, they already told me they don't handle air. The 8% I mentioned, I calculated it based on the Princess site price I saw after I log in to my Princess account. I got 5 companies replying for the "compete", and only one of those companies' quoted price was lower than the price I saw on the Princess website. Two other companies quoted the price same as Princess, but offer a gift card AFTER completion of the cruise. On the B2B cruises that I just completed, it was refared 6 times since I booked it a year ago from departure date. The last final refare was after final payment, and the final price the TA gave me, was only $30pp less than Princess website price.

Thank you for your explanation. To me, even if she can't get through Princess phone line to refare, the least she should do is to let me know the status and not just ignore my emails.

Steelers36, thank you for your information and suggestions. It is an online company that I used for 10+ years, and they offer a 8% discount off Princess price. The agent who helped me in the past just retired, and I was given this new agent. I booked the cruise less than 30 days ago, so it should be transferrable, but I don't want to take a chance of messing up my flights and ended up with a higher price. I checked Princess EZ airfare on a daily basis. One day after I booked, the airfare has gone up $100pp. Then 2 days later, gone down $200pp, so I rebooked the flight myself on the Princess site and saved $100pp. Last 2 days it has gone back up $250pp. I will continue to monitor the airfare, if it drops back down to the price I booked, then maybe I will call the current agent to cancel my booking. Then immediately book it again with another TA company (I got a response from another company through cruise compete and they offer about 6% off Princess price). The cruise is still about 9 months away, and I won't be surprised at all if there will be several more price reductions. With the way this agent works, I will continue to have problems asking her to refare. So, I am willing to take a lesser discount and change to a different TA company. My concern is, will my current TA be willing to cancel my booking immediately when I contact her so I can rebook with another TA.

I booked a cruise with an outside travel company almost a month ago. This is my first time using this travel agent, and I am very dissatisfied with her service. The price for my cruise has gone down more than $100pp, and now also has $60pp OBC. So I emailed her a week ago to refare. First, she didn't even reply to my email. Two days later I emailed her again, and her reply was she will work on it. Nothing was done; yesterday morning, I emailed her again asking for the status and asked her to please at least let me know when she can work on my request. No reply at all. Very unprofessional!! Just want to know if I can transfer my booking to another outside travel company? Or transfer the booking to Princess? The price of booked EZ air has gone up $160pp. If I am not allowed to transfer, is the only option left for me is to cancel with the current TA and rebook with another TA or rebook with Princess? If so, then I will have to cancel my flights also, and rebook at the current $160pp higher airfare? Thank you for any input or suggestions!