yitao Posted February 12, 2015 #1 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I booked two cabins this month with RCL sales rep for March 2015 sailing on FOS with Canadian $, as they had the Ontario Residential Rate. I asked 2 invoices at that time, as one cabin is for my sister in law's family. Yesterday, I found they charged me on cabin in Canadian $ and one in US dollar with the same amount as I should pay for Canadian $, that means I need to pay $800 more with current exchange rate. It is very clear that the RCL Sale Rep made that mistake, I called RCL and they said they cannot change the currency, and I need to cancel it and rebook it. At the beginning they said I need to pay the penalty as it passed the final payment time and rebook it. I told them it is not acceptable, I did nothing wrong and told the RCL rep clearly that I want book the Canadian Res Special ( in the web site, the price was listed as Canadian $ as well ) , why I need to suffer RCL’s mistake. BTW, this is my third cruise with RCL. Later, they got back to me said I don’t need to pay the penalty but need to rebook it, but the current price is much higher ( over $1000 ) than the price that I booked, I still could not accept it. My dearest cruise critic friends, please give me some suggestion, what I should do now, who should I talk to. We have already bought the tickets , it is a family and friend trip, we have 10 families go together to this sailing. Thanks million in advance for your help. Rachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PORT ROYAL Posted February 12, 2015 #2 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I booked two cabins this month with RCL sales rep for March 2015 sailing on FOS with Canadian $, as they had the Ontario Residential Rate. I asked 2 invoices at that time, as one cabin is for my sister in law's family. Yesterday, I found they charged me on cabin in Canadian $ and one in US dollar with the same amount as I should pay for Canadian $, that means I need to pay $800 more with current exchange rate. It is very clear that the RCL Sale Rep made that mistake, I called RCL and they said they cannot change the currency, and I need to cancel it and rebook it. At the beginning they said I need to pay the penalty as it passed the final payment time and rebook it. I told them it is not acceptable, I did nothing wrong and told the RCL rep clearly that I want book the Canadian Res Special ( in the web site, the price was listed as Canadian $ as well ) , why I need to suffer RCL’s mistake. BTW, this is my third cruise with RCL. Later, they got back to me said I don’t need to pay the penalty but need to rebook it, but the current price is much higher ( over $1000 ) than the price that I booked, I still could not accept it. My dearest cruise critic friends, please give me some suggestion, what I should do now, who should I talk to. We have already bought the tickets , it is a family and friend trip, we have 10 families go together to this sailing. Thanks million in advance for your help. Rachel Pay "under protest - all rights reserved" then bombard all high ranking executives with missives and complaints. Make it a war of otrission - Your friends will supply all the required E-mail addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsail Posted February 12, 2015 #3 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Didn't you get a confirm e mail within minutes of finishing the booking which would have been a signal that one of the bookings was in the wrong currency? Clearly I would call back and ask for the resolution dept. After calling crown and anchor to see if they could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 12, 2015 #4 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Call again and ask to speak with someone in resolutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevea36 Posted February 12, 2015 #5 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Call RCI and ask for the resolutions department. They have come to bat for many of your fellow CC members. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 12, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Pay "under protest - all rights reserved" then bombard all high ranking executives with missives and complaints. Make it a war of otrission - Your friends will supply all the required E-mail addresses. I only checked the amount when I got the invoice, the currency shows on different place in the invoice, I thought everything should be ok since I double confirmed with the sale rep on the phone that it is Canadian dollar. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 12, 2015 Author #7 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Call again and ask to speak with someone in resolutions. The second offer is from the resolution team, as first offer to pay the penalty is the customer service's, and I said I can accept it, then they transferred me to resolution team, the person I talked to said that he could only make that offer now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 12, 2015 #8 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) The second offer is from the resolution team, as first offer to pay the penalty is the customer service's, and I said I can accept it, then they transferred me to resolution team, the person I talked to said that he could only make that offer now :( Send an e mail to mbayley@rccl.com with all the details. Your e mail will end up in the hands of the executive guest relations team who is able to fix things that even resolutions cannot. This is not acceptable. Keep trying. They usually respond within a day. Edit. Please let us know the outcome. Edited February 12, 2015 by Ourusualbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 12, 2015 Author #9 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Send an e mail to mbayley@rccl.com with all the details. Your e mail will end up in the hands of the executive guest relations team who is able to fix things that even resolutions cannot. This is not acceptable. Keep trying. They usually respond within a day. Edit. Please let us know the outcome. Thank you very much, will send them email and let you know the outcome. BTW, do you think it is possible to keep the current booking with the same price that I suppose to pay in Canadian $ ( e.g, the total price should be $3500 CAD, not $3500 USD) Thanks Rachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 12, 2015 #10 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Thank you very much, will send them email and let you know the outcome. BTW, do you think it is possible to keep the current booking with the same price that I suppose to pay in Canadian $ ( e.g, the total price should be $3500 CAD, not $3500 USD) Thanks Rachel That is what I would expect and nothing less than that. It was clearly an operator error as you have one of the 2 cruises you booked at the same time in CDN. Why should you have to pay any more because they made the mistake. It's also not your problem that their new computer system makes it very difficult to do any kind of manual overrides to correct issues like this. Edited February 12, 2015 by Ourusualbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 12, 2015 Author #11 Share Posted February 12, 2015 That is what I would expect and nothing less than that. It was clearly an operator error as you have one of the 2 cruises you booked at the same time in CDN. Why should you have to pay any more because they made the mistake. It's also not your problem that their new computer system makes it very difficult to do any kind of manual overrides to correct issues like this. Thank you very much Ken, Just finished another phone with the resolution team they said the best offer they can do is to let me cancel with out penalty and rebook it with the current rate which is $1000 more that what I currently paying or keep my booking as it is , so dis pointed with them. I am now writing the email to the address you told me, I am coming with other 10 families for this trip and I convinced them to come to RCL and Now I get punished ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 12, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted February 12, 2015 That is what I would expect and nothing less than that. It was clearly an operator error as you have one of the 2 cruises you booked at the same time in CDN. Why should you have to pay any more because they made the mistake. It's also not your problem that their new computer system makes it very difficult to do any kind of manual overrides to correct issues like this. Hi Ken, Could you give me some suggestion re the email, thanks a lot. Rachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 12, 2015 #13 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Hi Ken, Could you give me some suggestion re the email, thanks a lot. Rachel I would just present it as facts, much like you did in your first post. Let them know what date you originally booked them, that they were both booked at the same time, you had asked that they be booked in CDN$. Later when checking you discovered that 1 was in US funds. You could let them know that you have contacted C&A and that there solutions were going to cost you a lot more for what was originally their mistake and hat you are reaching out to the executive offices for help in arriving at a satisfactory solution. Edited February 12, 2015 by Ourusualbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 15, 2015 Author #14 Share Posted February 15, 2015 That is what I would expect and nothing less than that. It was clearly an operator error as you have one of the 2 cruises you booked at the same time in CDN. Why should you have to pay any more because they made the mistake. It's also not your problem that their new computer system makes it very difficult to do any kind of manual overrides to correct issues like this. Sent the email to mbabley@rccl.com on Friday, have not heard back anything yet, worse to worse I will cancel the trip and post my experience to their face book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzerci Posted February 15, 2015 #15 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sent the email to mbabley@rccl.com on Friday, have not heard back anything yet, worse to worse I will cancel the trip and post my experience to their face book. Yeah that'll show 'em...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted February 15, 2015 #16 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sent the email to mbabley@rccl.com on Friday, have not heard back anything yet, worse to worse I will cancel the trip and post my experience to their face book. Try mbayley@rccl.com :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 15, 2015 Author #17 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Try mbayley@rccl.com :) Thanks, I sent to mbayley@rccl.com, it was my typo in my post:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marci22 Posted February 15, 2015 #18 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I would also persist in trying to resolve this. I wouldn't be happy that I had to pay for their mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 15, 2015 #19 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sent the email to mbabley@rccl.com on Friday, have not heard back anything yet, worse to worse I will cancel the trip and post my experience to their face book. Give it a few days. I would be surprised if you have not heard back by mid week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackamama Posted February 15, 2015 #20 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Email Enquiries to Mr Bayley's office aren't being dealt with very quickly just now. You could wait up to a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruising sister Posted February 15, 2015 #21 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I would resend yor email and also post on the Royal Caribbean Facebook page. I did that about a problem I had and had amost immediate response. I was factual and respectful and things were resolved to my satisfaction. Good luck to you and keep trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yitao Posted February 16, 2015 Author #22 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Email Enquiries to Mr Bayley's office aren't being dealt with very quickly just now. You could wait up to a couple of weeks. Our Cruise is next month. Can't wait several weeks for their reply. We come to this cruise with other 8 families, except my family, they are all first time RCI cruiser, I actually suggested them to try RCI, and now I am the one may not be able to go with them :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted February 16, 2015 #23 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Assuming you charged this to a credit card, simply dispute the overage amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackamama Posted February 16, 2015 #24 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Our Cruise is next month. Can't wait several weeks for their reply. We come to this cruise with other 8 families, except my family, they are all first time RCI cruiser, I actually suggested them to try RCI, and now I am the one may not be able to go with them :( In that case, I hope that they will prioritise your enquiry and give you a quick response. Perhaps mine took so long because we're not cruising for a few months yet. I hope you get it sorted. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GongZuoKuang Posted February 16, 2015 #25 Share Posted February 16, 2015 By chance, did you book using Amex Platinum? They do a very good job at helping with disputes like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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