Upgraded Latitude Levels?

[jdvmd]

[quote name='newmexicoNita']give it time. BTW, princess has the cocktail hour for elite as well as what RCI does, but they do not offer the dinner in a specialty dining room or a bottle of wine, nor do they offer the service of a concirge. Each company does its own thing.

Nita[/quote]
On Princess, you have to pay for your drinks served in the Elite Lounge. One drink is offered per day as a special like a Bloody Mary etc. Think it was $3.99 + 15%.

[newmexicoNita]

[quote name='jdvmd']On Princess, you have to pay for your drinks served in the Elite Lounge. One drink is offered per day as a special like a Bloody Mary etc. Think it was $3.99 + 15%.[/QUOTE]

thanks, we didn't take advantage cause the formal nights were were staying casual and the rest of the time we were just doing our own thing. I didn't know the details, but regardless every line does have their own program. Thanks again, that is good to know.

Nita

[newmexicoNita]

[quote name='RichNY']Quite honestly the only pay restaurant I would not care to dine at is the Italian Restaurant....Any of the others would be fine with us as long as we still get the wine...:rolleyes:

And I always called those little food thingies horses douvers..who knew....:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

ok, I will call them little bites or appitizers, you call them that word you can spell (or words) I agree most of us will take advantage of the dinner and yes, especially with the wine, but there are some that will not, there are some that might ask for another venue and many that do not even drink...

Nita

[Fishbait17]

[quote name='time2cruise1']You can position upsells as a discounted suite all you want. NCL will still rightfully continue to treat them as the category you booked. We got all the perks that a real suite passenger got for $.25 on a dollar with upsells. They clearly don't want to encourage those that book suites to wait for upsells. Those cruises where the price dropped late and I upgraded to suites without the Upsell fairy are showing as suites.


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Not in my case.. I paid FULL upgrade prices (at time of booking) for my suites, not discounted nor last minute, but because I was booked thru CAS they are not counted as suites.. So there may be many scenarios where appropriate credit for suites booked is questionable. As I stated earlier on this thread, I paid almost (perhaps more than, need to read my records) $30,000 (full price) to upgrade to the GV and was credited for a balcony cabin.. That just doesn't seem right at all..

Robin

[newmexicoNita]

[quote name='SuiteCruiser']Couldn't resist, Nita. They are actually appetizers :)[/QUOTE]

ok, then they are just junk food that help make the drinks taste better..LOL

did I spell it right this time?

[Uniall]

[QUOTE] Originally Posted by [B]Uniall[/B] [URL="http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=31517325#post31517325"][/URL]
[I]..........I can think of all sorts of things that should be added continuing perks at each milestone level:
Platinum Plus: Daily Comp Wine Happy hours (like RCL)
Platinum Super Plus: Daily Comp Cocktail hours with Hor's duerves (Like RCL)[/I]
[/QUOTE]

[quote name='newmexicoNita']give it time. BTW, princess has the cocktail hour for elite as well as what RCI does, but they do not offer the dinner in a specialty dining room or a bottle of wine, nor do they offer the service of a concirge. Each company does its own thing.
Nita[/quote]

[quote name='jdvmd']On Princess, you have to pay for your drinks served in the Elite Lounge. One drink is offered per day as a special like a Bloody Mary etc. Think it was $3.99 + 15%.[/quote]

I know nothing about Princess. I only learned of the Royal Caribbean last month when we used their Mariner to return to the US after our NCL Jade Med & Holy Land cruise ended in Rom.

Our cruise mates were Diamond Plus and we joined them in the nightly 4 hour gathering which served comp wine and champagne. We were told that Diamond Plus have a higher level of service with a nightly 4 hour open bar with Hors d'oeuvres (RIBBIT).

I believe, but am not sure, that the daily Diamond Plus 4 hour open bar is also offered to Suite guests.

We're booked next Spring with RCCL on a 4 day and a 13 day sailing with a 4 day layover in between. That will give us RCCL Diamond status and compliment our existing NCL Platinum. [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE]

I'd love to see comp daily drinks on NCL. We average 2 bottles of wine per day ($ 35-50 each) and 2 liters of liquor per week ($ 75 ea). That's a big expense but it's still cheaper than buying by the drink.

[andreamarc]

I just logged in to my account to see something about my reservation for tomorrow 12/4
and it showed me as Gold but NO reservation for tomorrow. YIKES! Can't access my doc's or any info about my trip. That's quite a glitch -- changing the latitudes level but wiping out my trip that leaves tomorrow. ( I called and they did find me finally) Didn't really need that scare.

[DMH15]

[quote name='soazlaney']We completed our 5th cruise in Sept. so should go from Bronze to Silver. Today we are listed as gold and our on board credit for our upcoming cruise went up by $150. I think the on board credit increase is for the change from Bronze to Silver. Four of our five cruises have been in suites. 4 were 7 day, 1- 14 day.[/QUOTE]
How do I check my OBC for booked cruise online? Thanks.

[Uniall]

[quote name='Fishbait17']Not in my case.. I paid FULL upgrade prices (at time of booking) for my suites, not discounted nor last minute, but because I was booked thru CAS they are not counted as suites.. So there may be many scenarios where appropriate credit for suites booked is questionable. As I stated earlier on this thread, I paid almost (perhaps more than, need to read my records) $30,000 (full price) to upgrade to the GV and was credited for a balcony cabin.. That just doesn't seem right at all..

Robin[/quote]

Robin
I hate acronyms. What does "CAS" stand for?

Have you appealed the decision to only credit you with a Balcony after paying full price for the Garden Villa? I think you should raise the roof.

John

John

[Uniall]

[quote name='DMH15']How do I check my OBC for booked cruise online? Thanks.[/quote]

OBCs are normally referenced on your emailed and printed "Cruise Booking Confirmation" about half way down page one, just below the "payment schedule" and above "cancellation Policy".

They also should appear on any email or printed "Ameneties Confirmation"

[Got Tequila?]

[quote name='Uniall']Robin
I hate acronyms. What does "CAS" stand for?

Have you appealed the decision to only credit you with a Balcony after paying full price for the Garden Villa? I think you should raise the roof.

John

John[/quote]

CAS = Casino at Sea :)

[che5904]

[quote name='Uniall']Robin
[B]I hate acronyms[/B]. What does "CAS" stand for?
[/quote]

LOL Then you are certainly in the wrong place. I seem to come away from a day on cruise critic and speak in letters. I've never had to learn so many letter combinations in my life :eek:

[Uniall]

[quote name='che5904']LOL Then you are certainly in the wrong place. I seem to come away from a day on cruise critic and speak in letters. I've never had to learn so many letter combinations in my life :eek:[/quote]

I try to avoid acronyms and if forced to use them, I try to add the real words in paranthesis. LOL ( :D )
John

[Uniall]

[quote name='Got Tequila?']CAS = Casino at Sea :)[/quote]


:confused: That's something I've never encountered before. How do you book a cruise thru "Casino at Sea" ?

John

[wallygator]

[quote name='Fishbait17']Not in my case.. I paid FULL upgrade prices (at time of booking) for my suites, not discounted nor last minute, but because I was booked thru CAS they are not counted as suites.. So there may be many scenarios where appropriate credit for suites booked is questionable. As I stated earlier on this thread, I paid almost (perhaps more than, need to read my records) $30,000 (full price) to upgrade to the GV and was credited for a balcony cabin.. That just doesn't seem right at all..

Robin[/quote]


Garden Villa WOW how special. Wish I was rich but I'm not but I am tall and good looking with a fine lady at my side and a great family. So I'm counting my blessings for that. :D:D:D:D

[peg013]

[quote name='andreamarc']I just logged in to my account to see something about my reservation for tomorrow 12/4
and it showed me as Gold but NO reservation for tomorrow. YIKES! Can't access my doc's or any info about my trip. That's quite a glitch -- changing the latitudes level but wiping out my trip that leaves tomorrow. ( I called and they did find me finally) Didn't really need that scare.[/QUOTE]

I think that is fairly normal. I know I've read about others that neglected to print out their E-docs until the night before and the info was no longer available.

[DMH15]

[quote name='Beaver1975']So, from what I am reading here, NCL will make a mediocre loyalty program even less so by flooding the program with the top level designation and probably over time take away the few perks that were there because of too may people to have to give them to. Way to go NCL. *shaking head*[/QUOTE]
I am going against my rule of reading through the entire thread to comment. But I will make an exception.

First, let me state that in the past there has been a lot of chit chat regarding the old latitudes point system. My answer was "whatever". Was not that concerned. Especially since I felt my 2 night cruise for which I got one point was offset by the fact I took 2 long cruises (15 and 14 nighters).

But I get tge impression that you feel people like me are invading your precious platinum territory on a fast track. It's like this IMHO. NCL has given us many ways and options to gain points now. The person who cruises (4) times a year in an inside can rack up points based on nights, or booking a special. It is a win-win for NCL to offer points for people booking 9 months in advance to get cash infusion. And lastly, yes as a suite cruiser it does seem equitable that a suite should accrue more points. As I have stated before, I met two girls on the Sun who cruised in an inside for less than $500. My half of our suite (AC) was nine times that. And after excursions, spa, casino and specialty dining I added another $6.000 at least (Antartica was expensive but worth it). So, I am grateful NCL is recognizing that. This is informational, not bragging. I live a modest life and save. I actually am the only person I know who doesn't have cable or internet (except on my iphone). It is my preference to travel less but in suites since I travel with my mother who is wonderful, fun and funny but occasionally cranky. And we have VERY DIFFERENT sleeping schedules. Probably TMO, but just wanted to include.

[DMH15]

[quote name='roger001']I don't know where the maximum level of additional benefits should be, but with everything, there are eventual maximum limits. I worked for an organization for 38 years. We were given pay grade step increases each year, two, three until we reached step 10. We achieved that with about 15 years of service. But that was it. Was it not fair to me that my additional 18 years of service did give me additional rewards, I don't know. But I did understand the system as it was and realized that at step ten my loyality had been recognized to the maximum it was going to happen.[/QUOTE]
I have been at my job 21 years and a co-worker for 42... We get the same benefits... Vacation days at max for both of us. I am sure glad she (doesn't seem to) hold it against me!!!

[wallygator]

[quote name='DMH15']I am going against my rule of reading through the entire thread to comment. But I will make an exception.

First, let me state that in the past there has been a lot of chit chat regarding the old latitudes point system. My answer was "whatever". Was not that concerned. Especially since I felt my 2 night cruise for which I got one point was offset by the fact I took 2 long cruises (15 and 14 nighters).

But I get tge impression that you feel people like me are invading your precious platinum territory on a fast track. It's like this IMHO. NCL has given us many ways and options to gain points now. The person who cruises (4) times a year in an inside can rack up points based on nights, or booking a special. It is a win-win for NCL to offer points for people booking 9 months in advance to get cash infusion. And lastly, yes as a suite cruiser it does seem equitable that a suite should accrue more points. As I have stated before, I met two girls on the Sun who cruised in an inside for less than $500. My half of our suite (AC) was nine times that. And after excursions, spa, casino and specialty dining I added another $6.000 at least (Antartica was expensive but worth it). So, I am grateful NCL is recognizing that. This is informational, not bragging. I live a modest life and save. I actually am the only person I know who doesn't have cable or internet (except on my iphone). It is my preference to travel less but in suites since I travel with my mother who is wonderful, fun and funny but occasionally cranky. And we have VERY DIFFERENT sleeping schedules. Probably TMO, but just wanted to include.[/quote]

When NCL decided to change the program they had a reason. So now everyone gets into "What are the changes and what WILL I GET OUT OF THEM" OK yesterday I was gold today I'm gold" (Thats Me) Some went from one level to another I'm happy for them. Then others feel like the new system now gives people with less cruise credits/points than them the same status and thats just not fair in their eyes. Lets all be happy and thank God (Yes I said God) we can cruise and enjoy new places make new friends. Hug your spouse, and children, grand children and be happy.:):):):):)

[Uniall]

[quote name='DMH15']I am going against my rule of reading through the entire thread to comment. But I will make an exception.

First, let me state that in the past there has been a lot of chit chat regarding the old latitudes point system. My answer was "whatever". Was not that concerned. Especially since I felt my 2 night cruise for which I got one point was offset by the fact I took 2 long cruises (15 and 14 nighters).

But I get tge impression that you feel people like me are invading your precious platinum territory on a fast track. It's like this IMHO. NCL has given us many ways and options to gain points now. The person who cruises (4) times a year in an inside can rack up points based on nights, or booking a special. It is a win-win for NCL to offer points for people booking 9 months in advance to get cash infusion. And lastly, yes as a suite cruiser it does seem equitable that a suite should accrue more points. As I have stated before, I met two girls on the Sun who cruised in an inside for less than $500. My half of our suite (AC) was nine times that. And after excursions, spa, casino and specialty dining I added another $6.000 at least (Antartica was expensive but worth it). So, I am grateful NCL is recognizing that. This is informational, not bragging. I live a modest life and save. I actually am the only person I know who doesn't have cable or internet (except on my iphone). It is my preference to travel less but in suites since I travel with my mother who is wonderful, fun and funny but occasionally cranky. And we have VERY DIFFERENT sleeping schedules. Probably TMO, but just wanted to include.[/quote]

Donna

To be completely candid, I'm not sure I agree with your "impression that ...people like me are invading your precious platinum territory on a fast track."

It may be true or it may not be but I can't read the minds of other posters. I will say that I thought some of the posters were a little "testy" with each other and I couldn't understand why. I re-read several exchanges to see if I was missing something.

I started serious cruising six years ago. I made a concious decision to reach NCL Platinum as soon as possible. The required number of cruises when I started was 12 and eventually 14. I saw some of the perks cancelled and new ones added. I don't think it had to do with the number of new Platinums. I think it was the marketing department tweaking the system.

I do think the new system is fairer because it tries to provide an array of ways for different styles of cruisers to advance on a fast track. (e.g. short vs extended, early booker vs last minute, suites vs non suites)

I for one, welcome any new Platinums.

The only constructive criticism I have of the new program is there are other perks which I think NCL would be wise to consider with any future tweaking.

They fall into 2 catagories. First, perks which I think should be offered all Platinums, providing them more options without added expense to NCL (e.g. using the dinner & wine at all specialty restaurants) The second catagory are perks which would increase NCL costs and could be offered to another tier above Platinum (e.g. daily free Happy Hours ala RCCL Diamond/Diamond Plus)

John

[DMH15]

[quote name='Beaver1975']...and watch all of these "perks" be modified (or eliminated) as time goes on after they realize so many more people are eating for free in LeBistro (twice!!), and the Behind the Scenes tours are filled with freebies, and all of that free laundry.[/QUOTE]

And all those people clamoring to cruise more to enjoy their new and improved perks. Don't you know I am looking at my budget. Let's see, checking the latitude specials, which are nine months out? Yes, I want a suite of course! I can't wait to give NCL more of my money.

I think the timing is PERFECT for NCL to generate sales.

There are plenty of ships/sailings to handle the new Clampetts, er I mean platinums... And yes, that was a lame attempt at humor!!!

[Fishbait17]

[quote name='wallygator']Garden Villa WOW how special. Wish I was rich but I'm not but I am tall and good looking with a fine lady at my side and a great family. So I'm counting my blessings for that. :D:D:D:D[/QUOTE]

Certainly not rich here.. Took a year to save for it and another year to finish paying it off, but it was a big celebration - 25th Anniversary, two college graduations. One of the BEST vacations we have ever had as a family, and probably the last one for a long while - schedules may never align like that again.. If you have the means, I highly recommend it! :D

I will appeal that and the other cruises that NCL has miscalculated on my history. In the meantime, if you book through CAS you should check your cruise history!!!!

Robin

[DMH15]

[quote name='time2cruise1']halos you don't get it. I feel exactly the same as cubechick. It is not about the rewards but rather the recognition of perhaps extreme loyalty. When I turned Platium some 20 crushes ago the old fashion way I was one of perhaps 6 other platinum guests onboard. We had a platinum only reception with more staff from the ship then guests. They sincerely thanked us for our business.

They have so diluted the top tier that people with 6 cruises and 60 cruises are in the same bucket. That makes no sense. Don't get me wrong the new way of calculating levels is fair. I am very happy for the 1000s of new platinum cruisers. They really missed the boat not adding additional levels when they had the chance. The only people that did not benefit from the changes are NCL's very best guests. Not sure what the NCL chicken was thinking as it laid out this program. :D[/QUOTE]
I voted on the poll that there should be a tier over platinum.

I just look at it that loyalty can be described in more than one way. There is someone who chose to cruise NCL 20 times and that is truly loyalty to keep going back and there is someone who cruises 5 times, let's say in owner suites or villas. They show their loyalty with dollars.

Let's all just hope all this loyalty proves beneficial to NCL with $$$ in the coffers. Those of us who choose NCL do not want to see them go the way of AMR (American Airlines) do we?

[wallygator]

[quote name='DMH15']And all those people clamoring to cruise more to enjoy their new and improved perks. Don't you know I am looking at my budget. Let's see, checking the latitude specials, which are nine months out? Yes, I want a suite of course! I can't wait to give NCL more of my money.

I think the timing is PERFECT for NCL to generate sales.

There are plenty of ships/sailings to handle the new Clampetts, er I mean platinums... And yes, that was a lame attempt at humor!!![/quote]


Explain please

[DMH15]

[quote name='Seanote']Well, the 99-percenters have won. The Platinum perks have been re-distributed to the masses. You can all pick up your tents and go home now. Occupy NCL is over. ;)[/QUOTE]

This has to be the post of the day! It is hilarious.