crusinthrough

Ships don't have to sail at full capacity for Celebrity to breakeven. I know on RC the breakeven point is less than 50% on their bigger ships and higher on smaller and older ships. I would imagine Celebrity is similar. There is no advantage for a couple to book a suite and inside room. The person in the inside room wouldn't get the suite benefits and there is probably little savings in doing this. I still don't see the abuse. The few couples who would book two separate rooms is probably low and might have personal reasons to do so. Otherwise, for a couple there is little financial benefit since the cost is the same.

There was never a time since restart that ships were green. They were either yellow or orange. Of course, with more passengers there would be more cases. However, your statement is speculation with no documented factual information. Doesn't matter where refunds are handled, the process should be more efficient not less efficient. Programs tend to improve from initial roll out based on tweaking inefficiencies. Anyone can recognize there is a problem is it starts to deteriorate.

Where is the abuse of the promotion? If sharing a room you pay double the price. Therefore, Celebrity would get the same revenue if two people shared a room or each had separate connecting rooms. The bottom line for Celebrity is the number of reservations and revenue. TBH it would seems like the promotion is successful because of the number of reservations. There is no way for Celebrity to tell who is traveling together unless reservations are linked. Even then it has no bearing on the relationship of individuals. There was no 60% off the 2nd guest per se. If you selected 2 guests the price was just doubled what you paid for one.

Go figure, Princess added a premium option and Celebrity took theirs away. I appreciated the few weeks where the website showed 4 different pricing options on one screen.

I agree. If anything it should be more efficient. Omicron peaked in Jan/Feb 2022. I don't see how it would impact anything. Where have you seen there has been an exponential increase in cases? Which ship?

Glad your luggage was found. I take pictures of my bags for identification purposes when I leave them outside the door. I also have an Apple AirTag (https://www.apple.com/airtag/) in all my bags. It''s not perfect but it's a great start if my bag goes missing. The air tag works with iPhone and Android phones.

The S1 is significantly higher now. I may have gotten lucky. I caught the price around 12 AM, which is when I find the most deals. Been there and done that with a deck 12 aft corner on the Edge. The worst experience ever. The noise above was all day. Hard to believe these rooms cost more. You couldn't give me a cabin for free under the Oceanview Cafe again.

I found ridiculously low single fares on both in Dec. The Apex is a AQ stateroom. For $200 more I can get a S1 suite (deck 12 not corner) on the Reflection. A Caribbean itinerary on both and I've been to all islands except Key West, which is on Apex's itinerary. Airfare and pre hotel are comparable. I've been on Equinox and Edge but not the Reflection or Apex. I prefer bar options on S Class but like the new stateroom decor and technology on the E Class. The Reflection not being Revolutionized is giving me pause.