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The only ship that I have seen has reported coffee swaps from mini bar and 15 coffee pkg still available has been the Discovery. So if you are not on the Discovery, expect to be disappointed. It can’t be too long before Discovery follows is my thinking.

Hi @gottagocit, I believe Princess also removed the complimentary steam and sauna’s in the changing rooms at the Gym. Heard they expanded some spa treatment rooms for accessibility. Have not heard if Princess plans to do this to her sister ships.

Depending on when you booked, the ‘Plus’ package added $40/$50/$60 a day per person when you booked and came with a few extra amenities if you booked at the $60 price point, which are a couple extra premium ‘desserts’ and a couple of fitness classes. if you booked directly with Princess, you can call them and have them adjust your booking and have the package removed, if you used a travel agent, they own the booking and you need to call them to make the change, they will be a little disappointed as the plus package is a Commissionable portion of the cruise fare. Assume you did not book a special non refundable pay in full now fare, so you are well before final payment date and should be able to revise your booking by removing the ‘Plus’ package.

For ‘normal’ bookings on ship, you can designate to have your future booking with the travel agent you used to book the current sailing if any. The no transfer was specifically for these special 50% off sailings offered on board to on board passengers only and sail by mid May 2023. Are you referring to these same promo 50% off sailings regarding being able to transfer?

Actually, Princess has been known to do this complimentary upgrade for accessible cabins, maybe because there are so few? There is a current thread regarding this same issue for the Island Princess late December 2023 sailing. Thru the Princess website booking process, the passenger is trying to book an OV accessible cabin, princess says sorry no OV accessible left, but we will upgrade you to Balcony for same OV fare and displays this fare and the balcony cabins left you can select. Unfortunately, when you get the confirmation email or go directly to the cruise Personalizer to check the payments page, the fare listed is the Balcony fare not the OV fare shown throughout the booking process. Fortunately as suggested, the OP of this wrong price thread did a screenshot and eventually was able to speak to Princess agent today and they corrected the pricing, so they honored the upgrade. I think the OP of this thread said he eventually cancelled the cruise with the upgrade and now is dealing with being double charged for a different sailing for upgrade to premier from plus package, which if he had been reading current threads, he could have done on day 1 or 2 of his sailing and not deal with current mess.

I submitted email last Sunday and benefit was posted on Tuesday for cruise in June 2023. Last Wednesday submitted for cruise in August 2023 and benefit posted the next day, yesterday Thursday. Seems odd your request has not been completed since I obviously sent both of mine after you.

Hi @SCX22, the future cruise person specifically said, no you cannot transfer to travel agent for this promo. Depending on your booking and sailing date, since you paid in full and possibly past normal final payment date, you would not be allowed to transfer. Just passing on what I was told in January on the Discovery . The person just boarded that day and was new as the pervious agents were being transferred to another ship and this was disembarkation day. He also did not know how to do a solo booking, as I was traveling with a friend in my cabin, and he knew only how to pull the info from current sailing, since you had to be on the ship to book this promo and I wanted to check pricing on going solo before May.

I believe on Princess ships, your slot balance is on your Medallion, no tickets. As posted previously, time is running out, we just don’t know how much sand left in the hourglass, if you understand what I mean.

Delta should be able to tell you how your booking has changed if their codeshare flight with ITA(I believe they are the former Alitalia) was cancelled or changed. i had an itinerary with DL with Air France code share from SEA to CDG, Airfrance decided they were not going to fly to CDG on that day and my itinerary was adjusted to the next day. I called DL who then changed my ticket to my preferred available routing.

I was on the Discovery in January and the future cruise rep said these special 50% off bookings had to be paid in full and booked direct with Princess, cannot use a FCD or transfer to travel agent.

This is why many have wondered why Princess has the same name for the ‘stand alone’ beverage package and the bundle with WiFi and Tips. My understanding is you can buy the stand alone Plus or Premier beverage package on day 1 and passenger2 does not. This really is for when passenger2 does not drink alcohol or other drinks and you should do the math if this will work for your situation. The plus beverage pkg ‘only’ is about $65 plus 18% per day. You can also buy the Bundles on day 1 and possibly day 2 as reported , but both passengers must purchase, see post #17.

As @Buckeye10640has replied, you cannot use OBC to buy FCD’s as they are fully refundable thus why they are not charged to your on board account but to the credit card on file or any other credit card in your name you wish to use. As I have reported in another thread regarding the Casino and using OBC, the Princess official policy has always been, it cannot be used in the Casino, but currently you can. A passenger earlier this year shared a conversation he had with the hotel general manger who said the Casino will be updating its accounting system, so charges will not go against any OBC, so this loophole is set to close, when we do not know. NCL has had this rule in place for a long time, so any charges in the Casino, will not reduce any OBC in your account. There have been reports on some ships if it is obvious you are using the Casino as an ATM, you will be blocked and possibly have charges reversed.

Hi @Waynetor, I just did the same thing on the US site, and as you have stated when you select you want an accessible cabin and select OV, the system says no accessible OV are available and Princess is upgrading to balcony cabin at no extra cost(same as OV rate) and it gives preliminary pricing at OV fare, but when I then go into cruise Personalizer looking at payments, the fare listed is the regular Balcony rate over $3000 not the $2108 per person USD fare shown thru the booking process. Call as soon as Princess opens tomorrow if you really want this sailing. A few years ago, a similar situation happened when I was booking for relatives who needed an accessible cabin and I think it was also the Island Princess. While booking, the website said no OV accessible was available and Princess was upgrading to balcony accessible for same OV fare. I don’t remember all the details, but I remember a call to passenger relations with screen shot of page with notice of complimentary upgrade to next category . Princess honored to complimentary upgrade and the fare of the lower OV fare for the balcony.

I do not have the specifics of what ‘system’ is planned on being updated, I am just relaying info that was posted by a previous passenger who says Princess has plans to close the loophole of using shipboard OBC(refundable and non refundable) in the Casino. So yes, currently when you charge in the Casino, it deducts OBC ,if any, from your shipboard account. Princess has been known to implement changes slowly and suddenly, like eliminating the coffee card/package of 15 specialty coffees.

A passenger on an earlier Princess cruise this year mention a conversation he had with the Hotel General Manager who relayed the Casino will be migrating to another ‘system’ and shipboard OBC will ‘not’ be able to be used in the Casino. This has been the official policy, but Princess has not closed this loophole ‘yet’! So, it is coming, we just do not know when.

I believe one of the differences is ONE passenger can buy the Plus Beverage pkg, opposed to both passengers needing to buy the Plus Bundle. So depending on the math for both passengers, especially if the other does not drink alcohol, it may make sense for only one passenger to buy the Plus beverage pkg only.

Yes, keep checking as the promos change. Surprised the price was a lot more, as the new promo as of March 2, prices dropped because they removed the same OBC. So for me, I saved $200 off cruise fare, but lost $200 in OBC, which I prefer so do not have to worry about how to spend a lot of OBC. I get shareholders and TA was giving group OBC, so I felt I would have plenty OBC. YMMV. Did you price Veranda vs your interior so you would have an ideal of the fare differences and do the numbers match what your TA quoted?

Yes, certain bars and MDR are excluded. Also the menu is limited like the old DL menu before RC went to vouchers for any drink under certain $ value. Make sure your Diamond status on RC has an associated Celebrity Captain club # linked and that is the number you have used to book ur Celebrity sailing.

This past January, I was booked solo on the Discovery Princess. A friend had FCC’s that needed to be used by 12/31/2022. So he asked if he could be added as Passenger2 to my booking December 2022. As the booking was paid in full already, Princess applied his FCC’s and it triggered credit card refund to me. Another example of using FCC on an already booked sailing, a friend invited me to join him on the September 2022 LA to Sydney sailing he was already booked solo, a few months before sailing. I had a lot of FCC(from previously cancelled sailings)already applied to a 2023 sailing. I asked Princess to move the FCC applied to the 2023 sailing to the 2022 LA to Sydney sailing. Princess moved the FCC no problem. There was a time when you were making bookings on the Princess website and had FCC, it would automatically apply them, I believe now you have to have Princess or your TA apply. If you have FCD’s, during booking it will ask do you want to apply $100 FCD and you click button.

Yes, Princess prizes entries by opening your cabin door only will happen when the Casino is OPEN. Princess prizes is a Casino affiliated program. I believe this info is in the info/details outlining princess prizes with the premier package. The Casino will normally open after you leave each port each evening.

This is known as a ‘move over’ offer when Princess has ‘oversold’ the cruise and needs people to move over, like getting bumped on airline flights. Princess will sweeten the deal, if necessary, till they get enough passengers to move.

Friend should still take passport, in addition to birth Cert, in case of needing to fly home from Mexico, Belize or Roatan. Travel summary would state boarding/ entry requirements .

Yes, Princess offers a single day option. I believe it was $20/day, but rates might have increased. So do the math if saving per day rate doing the the whole cruise or if you know you only want a couple of days at most. Ask on any of the current live from threads for passenger to report what is current single day internet rate.

Not sure if it was a special circumstance because of Covid, but last year a gentleman got off a different Princess ship in Cabo and then boarded the Majestic in Cabo. Usually tender is not the issue, it is correct authorities for boarding available?

Only ‘Royal class ships’ all others are still syrup.