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In fact, it's not either/or, it's both. At least in slots, you can use your card or you can put cash in. I've not played the tables on HAL, so have no idea if they take cash - my guess is that they would, but it's just a guess.

Doing this will bring in the pre-existing medical conditions clause. If you buy within X days (usually between 21 and 30), they are covered. Also - you can insure a trip for $0 and still be covered for medical, evac - even lost baggage - basically anything that isn't marked as a % of your insured amount. At least you can with the insurance I use thru USAA.

I don't understand why you keep complaining about this. HAL's mistake actually left you BETTER OFF. You got paid the 10% free OBC from the Gift Certificate. So, by my calculations you are $160 ahead of the game, due to HAL's error.

$100 Gift Cards cost $90. You still get the 10% discount

I have the AARP OBC on my cruise next month and on BOTH cruises I have booked in 2025, so it is not limited to once a year.

That was my understanding too -- apparently, that is no longer the case. I specifically said that to my PCC. I got my upgrade, the Club Orange Pass is listed on my confirmation and I didn't pay for it yet.

This appears to no longer be true. I booked a cruise, last week, with my PCC and added CO. When she told me the deposit would be $350, I was a bit surprised. I asked if I needed to pay for the CO along with the deposit, she said No. The cruise I am taking next month required the CO be paid with the deposit - booked with the same PCC..

I compared a Refundable fare to a Refundable fare - how could that not be a good comparison. Apples to Apples. I don't recall exactly, but I think I paid $400-$500 more for the refundable. Now the extra cost for Refundable is a little over $4,000. So, they are certainly doing a bit extra to discourage buying a refundable cruise.

I've been noticing the increasing prices at RC, but everything is getting more expensive, so didn't think all that much about it (except for the crazy ICON prices). However, I am now thinking that, perhaps, RC may be going a bit nuts. I booked (in Jan 2023) an 8nt Western Caribbean cruise on Freedom for Mar 1, 2025. I thought I got a pretty good deal - $3248.02 for a JS, with a Refundable deposit. Well, our plans changed and I cancelled this cruise on Tuesday. Just to see how much it now costs, I did a mock booking yesterday - that same cabin is now going for over $12,400 for a Refundable deposit! So, what they would have been paid $3248 for, they will now get almost 4x that amount. That is pushing it a bit too far, IMO. Inflation is not up that much. One could sail Oceania or Silverseas for that price. Mike

We have booked a 14 nt Caribbean cruise on Nieuw Statendam in Feb 2024. It seems to actually be 2 7nt cruises, but we have a single booking # for the 14 nts.. Will we be treated as a single 14 nt cruise, as far as our onboard account goes? Specifically, we have a good deal of OBC and I want to be sure that we don't need to spend it all on the first "leg" of the cruise. I've done B2Bs before and know our account gets closed and a new one opens from sailing to sailing, but with only a single booking number, I'm thinking that won't be the case this time. Can anyone shed light on this for me? I'm assuming we'll need to clear the ship between the 7 day sailings, in FLL. Thank you! Mike

What difference does it make why they want to know this information.

You can’t use the card AT Starbucks- ifCafe Promenade uses Starbucks coffee beans, you can still use the card there. It’s about the location, not the beans. One espresso shot = 1 punch on the card

I have no idea why you continue to choose cruising as a vacation - you clearly aren't enjoying yourself, as you seem to spend all your time policing everyone else's behavior -- or at least noticing and complaining about it. Life is short - if you spend your time worrying about things that are completely out of your control, you're ultimately just wasting precious time (and when you do it on a cruise -- wasting money). You seem to be taking steps to sanitize yourself - so there you go -- you're all set. Get on with enjoying your life and stop worrying about everyone else. It must be so exhausting

I have always been able to have breakfast in the WJ before an excursion purchased through RC. I believe they will tweak the times if an extra early port arrival. It would crazy to send a large percentage of passengers ashore without feeding them??