"Musical Cabins" Question

[ladylawyer]

Looking for some experience from Princess cruisers. A friend called ... he and his wife are looking to take her parents on their first cruise. My friend/wife are past pax on Princess; the parents are first-timers. The Past-Pax rate is significantly less than what the parents would pay. He is considering booking one cabin, with a parent, and his wife book another, with the other parent - thus getting the lower rate for both cabins.

 

Not looking for ethical advice, here. I just am curious whether anyone else has done this and, if so, was it difficult to get an extra room key, to allow the couples to be together, not necessarily in the cabins in which they are booked (if you get my drift).

 

Thanks, so much, for your assistance! ~ LL

[KruzPrincess]

I've never done this, but I've read many posts from people who have done it. You would need to go to passenger services after you board to get them to rearrange you for the billing of onboard charges.

 

Hope you have a great time with your parents.

[Love.II.Cruise]

Looking for some experience from Princess cruisers. A friend called ... he and his wife are looking to take her parents on their first cruise. My friend/wife are past pax on Princess; the parents are first-timers. The Past-Pax rate is significantly less than what the parents would pay. He is considering booking one cabin, with a parent, and his wife book another, with the other parent - thus getting the lower rate for both cabins.

 

Not looking for ethical advice, here. I just am curious whether anyone else has done this and, if so, was it difficult to get an extra room key, to allow the couples to be together, not necessarily in the cabins in which they are booked (if you get my drift).

 

Thanks, so much, for your assistance! ~ LL

 

I've never done this either, but I would also look into any kickbacks by recommending first time cruisers. We recommended our family on a cruise (different cruise line) and got $200 shipboard credit on our next cruise.

[MCC retired]

Many cruise line reps even suggest splitting up the guests to get the better rate code. It's done everyday . Nothing unethical about it . Common practice :rolleyes:

[Nebr.cruiser]

This is very common and I don't think it is unethical at all. In fact, the cruise line people often suggest doing the room switching.

 

The past passenger price difference can be quite a bit lower, for sure.

[Toto2Kansas]

After they have boarded, all of them need to go down to the customers service desk. They will switch things around, even your accounts, and give you the proper key for each of you, with your account linked to it. It's not a problem at all. :)

[caribill]

I've never done this either, but I would also look into any kickbacks by recommending first time cruisers. We recommended our family on a cruise (different cruise line) and got $200 shipboard credit on our next cruise.

 

It is not kickbacks, but a discount they can enjoy and you can also when you take a future cruise.

 

However, to get this, you must do this before any contact is made to Princess on their behalf.

 

Sign in to "My Princess" and then at the bottom of the left hand side is the "Referral Rewards" link.

[Love.II.Cruise]

I should have said "Referral Reward" instead of "kickbacks".

[ladylawyer]

Thank you all, so much! I know that my friend will be happy to know.

 

The Referral Reward sounds great, as well. I've never been on Princess, but I'll be sure to tell my cruisemates about that perk, when we get ready to book the Pacific Coastals that Princess is doing next year.

 

Thanks, again! ~ LL

[OnVacation11]

We did this on our New England /Canada cruise. After boarding we went to the Purser's desk. They wrote down our name/cabin info and asked us to come back in 2 hrs to get our new keys. No problem at all. The person at the desk already had a long started for this with few names already filled in so we were not the only ones.

I am sure Princess is happy to get new cruisers any way they can !

[Lancer1568]

Looking for some experience from Princess cruisers. A friend called ... he and his wife are looking to take her parents on their first cruise. My friend/wife are past pax on Princess; the parents are first-timers. The Past-Pax rate is significantly less than what the parents would pay. He is considering booking one cabin, with a parent, and his wife book another, with the other parent - thus getting the lower rate for both cabins.

 

Not looking for ethical advice, here. I just am curious whether anyone else has done this and, if so, was it difficult to get an extra room key, to allow the couples to be together, not necessarily in the cabins in which they are booked (if you get my drift).

 

Thanks, so much, for your assistance! ~ LL

Had similar situation recently. Was booking several cabins for a family thanksgiving cruise and although everyone was a past passenger, some had cruised more than others and booking through princess, the past passenger rate offered to some of us was lower than others. The princess agent said that he could talk to customer relations and ask them to honor the lower rate for all of us. While he did not promise that he could get that done, he sounded like he had done it before. However, it all became moot because we ended up booking a different cruise.