Catagory FV Guarantee

[stinsowm]

Hello everyone!

 

Anyone ever book a catagory FV Guarantee type cabin? I have sailed these type of cabins before and love them, but I would be afraid that I would be upgraded to a Sky Suite and be disappointed. : ) Looking specifically at the April 2nd 2006 sailing of the Infinity.

 

Thanks,

Walter

[Moeve]

There are so few of them that they are never given out as a garentee. You have to book very early (like 12 - 15 months out) and then you still have to be very lucky to get one.

[ahoymatey3]

Not true, sorry. There's a FV gaur on my transatlantic, and we only have 15 days until sailing.

[flashdog_1]

I see that Century has NS (Century Suite) category in the same position as the FV on Millenium ships, but it looks like a tiny balcony. Just as the deck plans say the FV have a standard size balcony, what can I expect on Century? The description is a mini suite with small balcony, so I'm guessing it does not extend like those on Millenium class. I need to book soon, so please let me know. Thanks

[hifred]

Celebrity is offering a Verandah Stateroom Guarantee for the 12/24/2005 Millenium sailing at the price of $2,000 on Cruises.com. We paid the same amount for an inside guarantee more than a month ago. With the Verandah Stateroom Guarantee you will not be given any stateroom in a lower category. Does Celebrity offer any price matches? I have a call into my travel agent to see if they will meet or beat the offer. However, since I am paid in full I doubt they will. Any suggestions..:confused:

[Moeve]

Now that you have said they have come up shortly before sailing as a garantee - well that explains it. That is probably a last minute cancellation that has come up as available again. The other possiblity is these cabins are no longer sold on the regular market - you need to fullfil a certain pax no. to get them. However Transatlantic cruises don't often have many kids. So you might find that these cabins only become available for double bookings very late now

[davis0056]

We've been offered an FV guarantee and were told that if we couldn't get an FV we'd get the low end suite. I'd never give give up an aft cabin for a suite-unless it was the Penthouse of course.

[greydog]

Today I saw rare Cat FV guarantee on our June 3 Summit Alaska sailing. I pulled it up after entering 2 pax and it appeared at X's website APPARENTLY available for booking. I called my TA right away to upgrade our Cat 2C cabin to the FV guarantee, but the X agent said "minimum 4 pax" to get FV booking. When aprised of the website opportunity, the agent told my TA it was a 'ongoing website glitch" that it appeared available for 2.

 

My wife and I have had an FV before as just two, and last year as group of 3. I know X's rules can change, but they seem to causing a 'runaround' with this website discrepancy(?). Any suggestions - can one fight City Hall? Anyhow, I'm providing the webpage printout showing the availability to my TA who is due for an X regional sales manager visit soon - at least I can 'vent' a little about the situation.;)

 

I think past CC board comments have indicated a VARIETY of experiences on the headcount for an FV booking. I'm ok with X setting their rules, but at least don't string us along with the apparent website availability.

[greydog]

Today I saw rare Cat FV guarantee on our June 3 Summit Alaska sailing. I pulled it up after entering 2 pax and it appeared at X's website APPARENTLY available for booking. I called my TA right away to upgrade our Cat 2C cabin to the FV guarantee, but the X agent said "minimum 4 pax" to get FV booking. When aprised of the website opportunity, the agent told my TA it was a 'ongoing website glitch" that it appeared available for 2.

 

My wife and I have had an FV before as just two, and last year as group of 3. I know X's rules can change, but they seem to causing a 'runaround' with this website discrepancy(?). Any suggestions - can one fight City Hall? Anyhow, I'm providing the webpage printout showing the availability to my TA who is due for an X regional sales manager visit soon - at least I can 'vent' a little about the situation.;)

 

I think past CC board comments have indicated a VARIETY of experiences on the headcount for an FV booking. I'm ok with X setting their rules, but at least don't string us along with the apparent website availability.