Did you sign up to be a member of the captains Club and if you have when did you?

[Karynanne]

I joined when you had to PAY to join. Celebrity returned the fee as a OBC when they converted it to a free program. Wonder how many would join now if they had to pay?

 

We also paid a fee. The initial classification was called "Founders".

[teajak]

I joined when you had to PAY to join. Celebrity returned the fee as a OBC when they converted it to a free program. Wonder how many would join now if they had to pay?

We did the same.

[Ex-Airbalancer]

Why does OP want to know ?

[PartyAllDaTyme]

Why does OP want to know ?

Answered in first post--

All the posts on the " You Are Elite. That's Nice. I Am a Regular Person." thread got me thinking... does everyone sign up for the Captains Club or is it too bourgeois or just of too few benefits?

[boulders]

I've been a Captain's Club member for a couple of years now. I got my number when I booked a Celebrity cruise. I'm elite because I'm diamond on RCCL. I still haven't cruised Celebrity.

[CRUZBUDS]

We were Founders also - the only perk that I can remember is they gave us priority boarding along with the Elites and Selects

[flyingv4me]

I just finished my first Celebrity cruise and if their site will ever let me join I'm going to. It isn't working at this time.

[Lsimon]

We signed up to join after our first X cruise in 2004.

[Lin336]

We joined way back when on our first Celebrity cruise! Paid the $35pp while on the cruise.

[emileg]

Emil:

 

How are you, good to see you on the board. How did you make out with the storm, I have a friend in Denville who still doesn't have power.

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[emileg]

That's news to me... you'd still at least have to register some info to make the Cptn Club kick in no?

 

from https://secure.celebritycruises.com/captainsclub/enrollment/myCelebrityRegLogin.do

 

Captain's Club Enrollment

Your Celebrity Cruises Captain's Club is a richly rewarding recognition program that's centered on one thing - making you the center of our attention. You'll quickly discover that the more you sail, the more rewarding your experience becomes. To access your members-only pages and exclusive offers, login is required.

 

To access exclusive Captain's Club pages, you'll need to create a My Celebrity account. Your username and password will be used to access everything Celebrity has to offer online, including booking a cruise, an exotic shore excursion, or scheduling a rejuvenating hot stone massage. Just follow the steps below to create an account or log in if you already have

Captains Club is still automatic after your first cruise. You get the privileges even if you don't have Internet. My Celebrity merely allows you to access the Captains Club pages to see your status and benefits, but you are in the Captains Club even if you don't do this.

[neverbeenhere]

As I remember it, founders were the only ones that qualified for the free upgrade. inside-inside and outside-outside.

[kat228]

I enrolled after the first cruise (I think it was automatic because I had to call and change my name on it.)

 

Any hotel or airline that offers a loyalty program I sign up for - so it makes sense to to it with cruising. I don't know if I had to pay for them that I would, but it's free and it gets you little perks. Why not do it?

 

I don't have any issue with people who are a higher status than me and get more perks either. I like it when company's reward their loyal customers. It keeps them loyal.

[newyorkray]

I read that "I am a regular Person too" and feel the overwhelming number of people who cruise Celebrity are very average people who don't look at "status". I joined the Captains Club on my first Celebrity cruise in 1997. I started with a ocean view cabin on the Meridiam (one of Celebrity's first ships) and then went to veranda and the last few to Concierge. I don't know why, nothing special about concierge. I also have "8 Points" or whatever they are called and am cruising on the Reflection in January. I have been "aiming" for the "Elite" but then keep asking myself why?? It really doesn't offer anything really special. It really isn't a status to have cruised that many times. Some people cruise all the time, some cruise occasionally and take other vacations. I would never go to cruise the Mediterranean. I want more time in each city than a few hours. I spent 3 days in Rome last year and it still wasn't enough. There are a few snobs on the boards. I don't understand the ones who list all their cruises but I guess that's their life. I do alot of other things. All in all I have only found nice down to earth folks on cruises.

[RodPat]

Joined when you had to pay $35 to become a member. We loved Celebrity right from the beginning. I hate to think how much younger we were back then. Oh well, I still love sailing Celebrity.

 

Pat

[A Sixth?]

Joined when you had to pay $35 to become a member. We loved Celebrity right from the beginning. I hate to think how much younger we were back then. Oh well, I still love sailing Celebrity.

 

Pat

 

Hi Pat!

 

You guys in your 40's :rolleyes: going on about your age cracks me up!:D

 

Hope all is well and Joni was reminding me that if we had taken every cruise we ever did on Just Celebrity we would have been sipping free Captains Club party champagne on a number of cruises.. (number of cruise days)

 

Back to the reason for this poll:

 

"On the " You Are Elite. That's Nice. I Am a Regular Person." thread ... does everyone sign up for the Captains Club or is it too bourgeois or just of too few benefits?"

 

The ONLY people who have responded to this survey who would never lower themselves to join the Captains Club are two people who have in fact, never set foot on a Celebrity ship.... :rolleyes:

[miched]

Why bother anymore, it seems as if they are constantly changing the perks and for the most part they don't amount to anything. They eliminate the real stuff and keep the fluff.

 

What do you get, a free drink or priorities that are rarely in effect? Sail in a suite and you get all of that included. Or have the same benefits for sale as some cruise lines are doing. :D

[A Sixth?]

Why bother anymore, it seems as if they are constantly changing the perks and for the most part they don't amount to anything. They eliminate the real stuff and keep the fluff.

 

What do you get, a free drink or priorities that are rarely in effect? Sail in a suite and you get all of that included. Or have the same benefits for sale as some cruise lines are doing. :D

 

I think the best thing is that even the lowest category interior guest gets treated like a Royal suite passenger Awhen they reach Elite. In fact they get treated to many more pluses then the suite guest

 

Free drinks are in addition to priority tendering, free IntrerWebbing, laundry, dry cleaning, ship tours, free money in the casino (I'm serious) tips on the secret handshakes, access to the Elite only dining room and cabaret, turns at steering the ship and a golden apple to name but a few :D

 

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

I don't understand the ones who list all their cruises but I guess that's their life. I do alot of other things. All in all I have only found nice down to earth folks on cruises.

 

Well, I don't know about others, but I can tell you why I list my cruises. It's in a place where I can find it! I always know where Cruise Critic is. If I need to know when I was last in Alaska, I know right where to go. So I do it for me and you can feel free to ignore it. :D

[RodPat]

Hi Pat!

 

You guys in your 40's :rolleyes: going on about your age cracks me up!:D

 

Hope all is well and Joni was reminding me that if we had taken every cruise we ever did on Just Celebrity we would have been sipping free Captains Club party champagne on a number of cruises.. (number of cruise days)

 

Back to the reason for this poll:

 

"On the " You Are Elite. That's Nice. I Am a Regular Person." thread ... does everyone sign up for the Captains Club or is it too bourgeois or just of too few benefits?"

 

The ONLY people who have responded to this survey who would never lower themselves to join the Captains Club are two people who have in fact, never set foot on a Celebrity ship.... :rolleyes:

 

Rod and I love Celebrity and are very glad we have elite status. Nothing bourgeois about it. Just regular people like us who love cruising. We used to camp and felt the same way about our fellow campers. They were people who loved to travel, just like us. We used to sail a Hobie Cat and enjoyed the company of fellow sailors. We all tend to enjoy certain things in life and we all enjoy being with people who like the same things. I really don't care about most of the perks. We enjoy the social hours in the lounge, not for the booze which I think stinks but so that we can socialize with other cruisers.

Those who don't want to be my friend, I say it is a free country and they can sail elsewhere but I will stick with Celebrity.

 

Pat

[A Sixth?]

183 responses and only one says that they would NEVER join the Captains club... two who haven't sailed say that they likely won't either.

 

Wonder why one would never join? Bad cruise experience?

 

[Ma Bell]

183 responses and only one says that they would NEVER join the Captains club... two who haven't sailed say that they likely won't either.

 

Wonder why one would never join? Bad cruise experience?

 

 

 

Who cares...we won't miss them if they're that grumpy.;)

[UpcountryTravelers]

Our first Celebrity cruise is coming up, and of course we will join. The perks aren't as nice as Princess, for our habits, but why not? It's free. I can't think of any reasons to forgo the benefits, even if we don't wind up cruising Celebrity enough to get them.

 

One more cruise on RCL will get us to a level to enjoy upgrades on Celebrity. It's nice that the sister lines recognize each other's programs, unlike Carnival Corporation.

[PatC]

We joined way back 1992 when they first started the CC. Paid $35.00 and it was cheap for 2. My sons also joined and now they have wives and kids who were "grandfathered" in, since my grandson has been sailing since he was 8 months old!

[A Sixth?]

...

One more cruise on RCL will get us to a level to enjoy upgrades on Celebrity. It's nice that the sister lines recognize each other's programs, unlike Carnival Corporation.

 

Ya, it is too bad CCL doesn't offer benefits between it's brands... Seems like a no brainer...