micruiser2002

You can cash out that OBC in the casino. Most ships just use a slot machine and charge the amount to your room, it offsets the OBC. Then just cash out the ticket. Worst cash you can do it at the casino cashier and pay a small fee.

We are doing the same and plan to stay in Yokohama. We arranged a private tour of Tokyo with pickup and dropoff at our hotel the first day. 2nd day we are doing a Mt. Fuji/Hakone tour with hotel pickup and port dropoff.

A lot of the luxury brands sell mens products. Have you looked?

I was in Paris last fall and multiple bags/wallets LV, Gucci, Dior and YSL and my savings were close to 40% cheaper than what I would have paid at home. It is not only VAT savings it is also the moving exchange rates.

I have seen specials on Move Up bids in the past. They probably have more cabins and want to push them.

Are there any other Sky suites still available? If so an they are the same category as what you have been assigned you should call and see if you can change cabins.

What airline did you purchase air with? Delta still gives 100% ecredit for canceled flights.

Are you actually getting a refund of 125% or a FCC? Also if you purchased tickets with Delta you can get a ecredit for the full ticket amount.

My point was thru the 30 some pages it was already clarified what the cancellation actually was.

If you read all of the posts in this thread you will see that we already know the details of this situation. The problem is how celebrity is handling this situation.

Sorry but that is not true. I had an issue last year when this cruise from 2022 was getting completely cancelled. I sent an email and was called the next day and the person fixed 4 different bookings for us. I also just sent an email a few weeks ago regarding this actual issue and the possibility of volunteering to lift and shift. They responded the next day. The response wasn’t very clear but they do read and respond to the emails. My point is that the executive offices need to be made aware of the disaster this has been.

I really hope everyone who has been affected by this is emailing the executive office to communicate the awful way this has been handled. I also suggest people try to start contacting the media, I am sorry but this has been a complete shxx show on Celebrity’s part. I also tried to get information on volunteering to cancel and never got a straight answer. This should have been handled by their most experienced employees and there should not be so much confusion on what is an option or available to those impacted.

Celebrity did offere $450/pp to those who they need to cancel. If I were you I would send an email to their executive offices. That is not right that they are telling you your only option is to downgrade. They should also give you the same cancel options as the others.

Not necessarily, no one would know who was going to get canceled if they just sent out emails to everyone.

Exactly, they had plenty of other options and yet in their email they had the nerve to say the exhausting all options. I hope everyone impacted starts emailing th executive offices because this is turning into shxx show. Also it is very concerning that they are still sending out emails as of today.

IT is humans. Someone human in IT obviously did not update their system correctly and do proper testing. Asking for volunteers could have been targeted at everyone in the categories they needed to get. It is still better than just canceling others without trying that first.

The ship was changed a long time ago when they had to cancel the last group of Japan itineraries. Word is their IT dpt had a glitch and did not properly allocate assigned cabins with lift and shift bookings. I am on the October 24 cruise but have heard nothing yet. Someone posted today that they just got an email today canceling their march booking. This whole situation is ridiculous on Celebrity's part. They should have first asked for volunteers and they also should be more organized on how they are handling this.

I saw the May 1 wording on previously posts just not sure if it was FB or here. All they are saying is anyone who is impacted if you do nothing then they are canceling and refunding your cruise.

Why would an IT glitch have to affect all bookings? They said it had to do with specific lift and shift bookings and the cabin that was booked not taken out of inventory. Also this happens all the time with airlines and other companies with pricing errors. It is usually limited to specific transactions.

Did you read the whole thread? It is also impacting cruises in 2024. Also someone from Celebrity said it was an IT glitch when the prior sailing was canceled and all the lift and shift bookings were done. Not sure why you have a tough time with IT glitches, these happen all the time and RCL company has in my opinion some of the worst IT.

I sent an email Monday evening and got a response Tuesday morning. But they were not the best responses either.

I have said the same thing, in their email they said the exhausted all options yet they didn't first ask for volunteers. Have you tried contacting them and seeing if they would allow you to cancel and get a refund based on the cruise being oversold?

Have you tried calling the number they provided? Maybe try this one - Consumer Outreach at (800) 556-8209 Option 2 for Service.

Nope, I am on the 10/24/23 sailing and it is also impacted.

Not true. I am on the 10/23/24 sailing in which people have had their bookings cancelled and I was never contacted to see if I was willing to volunteer to lift and shift. I actually would have considered it. That is what the cruise line should have done to begin with.