Rare cruisestitch Posted November 30, 2017 #1 Share Posted November 30, 2017 so for the next few days if you book Choice Air (Flights by Celebrity) you get one whole night's worth of bonus Captain's Club points. So underwhelmed. Inside cabin gets a big 2 points. That'll get to Zenith so much quicker. Who thought up that promotion? Ebeneezer Scrooge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceangoer2 Posted November 30, 2017 #2 Share Posted November 30, 2017 so for the next few days if you book Choice Air (Flights by Celebrity) you get one whole night's worth of bonus Captain's Club points. So underwhelmed. Inside cabin gets a big 2 points. That'll get to Zenith so much quicker. Who thought up that promotion? Ebeneezer Scrooge? Really....my thoughts exactly. Your comment re Zenith was a laugh though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISABELLA Posted November 30, 2017 #3 Share Posted November 30, 2017 When I read it - seriously? My cruise is a week away and X is offering me to book air now. They must have had a liquid lunch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted November 30, 2017 #4 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Doesn't sound like much, but it's better than the zero you get on Royal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted November 30, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Such generous T & C.....each of us can only do it once, and you singles, don't expect to get double points ... that would cost the company (grinches) way too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenboys Posted November 30, 2017 #6 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Well, I was thinking of booking airfare today Seattle/Hong Kong, Shanghai/Seattle. Why not check on the price with Celebrity air. Where is the down side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
If only Posted November 30, 2017 #7 Share Posted November 30, 2017 When I read it - seriously? My cruise is a week away and X is offering me to book air now.They must have had a liquid lunch..[/quote My thoughts exactly, we received the same email & our cruise is about a week away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICCruisers Posted November 30, 2017 #8 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Hey- we are 1 point away from Elite. I wonder if we book air, do we get it before the cruise and then are Elite for the cruise we are booking the air for?? That would be a sweet deal for us. Sometimes 1 point can mean a lot just like 1 vote in an election. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted November 30, 2017 Author #9 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Nope, you get it after....up to 30 days after.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo1953 Posted December 1, 2017 #10 Share Posted December 1, 2017 so for the next few days if you book Choice Air (Flights by Celebrity) you get one whole night's worth of bonus Captain's Club points. So underwhelmed. Inside cabin gets a big 2 points. That'll get to Zenith so much quicker. Who thought up that promotion? Ebeneezer Scrooge? Well, the upside is you can let CA know you are not interested in the extra points... then tell them how many you want to make it worth it.. bon voyage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenboys Posted December 1, 2017 #11 Share Posted December 1, 2017 My TA talked to Celebrity Air. We are disembarking in Shanghai. Our flight leaving Shanghai has to be after 2pm. Our flight will be 12:30pm. So no info to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted December 1, 2017 #12 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Yesterday you got no points. Today you get from 2 to 18. After all the threads about cutbacks, people are now complaining about an added benefit? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted December 1, 2017 #13 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Unfortunately this offer comes too late for me as I have already booked my Choice Air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterkevin Posted December 1, 2017 #14 Share Posted December 1, 2017 It's too late for this offer. I cruise in January out of San Juan. Waiting this late to book costs more than double my fare. I wonder if they're sending it to all booked guests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaBag Posted December 1, 2017 #15 Share Posted December 1, 2017 so for the next few days if you book Choice Air (Flights by Celebrity) you get one whole night's worth of bonus Captain's Club points. So underwhelmed. Inside cabin gets a big 2 points. That'll get to Zenith so much quicker. Who thought up that promotion? Ebeneezer Scrooge? It IS the season, cruisestitch! Thanks for the laugh. What I want to know is, if it's a B2B, do you get points for two nights?;p Yes, I know the answer.....that would be waaaay too much. BTW, on the heading of my email, they didn't even get my tier points number right. It is right on my profile for the cruise just finished this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted December 1, 2017 #16 Share Posted December 1, 2017 So many grinches. Sure, it's not HUGE... but it's more than you'd otherwise get, so what's the problem? I'd take that extra any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poffles Posted December 1, 2017 #17 Share Posted December 1, 2017 They will never have any points promo that will get me to Zenith in my lifetime LOL. A girl can dream though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublej Posted December 1, 2017 #18 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Question- currently 2 points away from Diamond on RCCL and a short cruise (rccl) in January will get us to that level. I could possibly book the airfare now for our Celebrity cruise in Sept. 2018. Would the 2 points from booking airfare transfer over RCCL so we'd actually be diamond for our January cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted December 1, 2017 Author #19 Share Posted December 1, 2017 The points don't accrue until after you take the flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted December 1, 2017 #20 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I have yet to ever see a price with choice air through Royal or Celebrity that is even close in price to what I can book on my own with the same carrier and flights....I don't get it. ZERO incentive to pay triple(for my current cruise flights).......the flights are more than the cruise and drink package combined...like really??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISABELLA Posted December 1, 2017 #21 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Yesterday you got no points. Today you get from 2 to 18. After all the threads about cutbacks, people are now complaining about an added benefit? :confused: It is a benefit only if you can BENEFIT from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo1953 Posted December 1, 2017 #22 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I have yet to ever see a price with choice air through Royal or Celebrity that is even close in price to what I can book on my own with the same carrier and flights....I don't get it. ZERO incentive to pay triple(for my current cruise flights).......the flights are more than the cruise and drink package combined...like really??! m - sorry to hear that you have found no value in using CA, yet many others have, mainly those flying either one way or return to Europe or the Far East from the US. A few, very few who have posted to CC, have found good deals between points in the U.S. for sailings. I have not found a 'good' deal on most of my flights, all to date have been domestic so far. Besides, the airport of choice for us is not a major or international airport, so I do not expect to find 'great deals'. Not sure where you are flying from, yet that may be the issue, maybe thinking outside the box if you are not flying from a major airport may help get that pricing down. I have direct flights to the port where most of my sailings take place and living less than 15 minutes from that airport is my goal, so paying upwards of $100 p/p more for our flights is not an issue over convenience. I get the fact that they cannot always meet or beat every quote as alternative methods of booking will. I do plan on checking them out for a Med sailing we are thinking about and compare to booking alternatively. CA is a way for X and RC to make it convenient for their passengers and a few bucks too. If it works for you, great, if not, thank goodness there are alternatives. bon voyage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted December 1, 2017 #23 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I have yet to ever see a price with choice air through Royal or Celebrity that is even close in price to what I can book on my own with the same carrier and flights....I don't get it. ZERO incentive to pay triple(for my current cruise flights).......the flights are more than the cruise and drink package combined...like really??! Agreed. I would use them for a one way but I can do better for a return trip on my own plus I would never give them control of my flights. I've seen to many posts about people not getting what they picked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkroad Posted December 2, 2017 #24 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I have yet to ever see a price with choice air through Royal or Celebrity that is even close in price to what I can book on my own with the same carrier and flights....I don't get it. They were invaluable to me when booking air for a TA. Booking on my own would have cost several times the fare I obtained from Choice Air. Otherwise, I haven’t personally seen an advantage to booking through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sginva Posted December 2, 2017 #25 Share Posted December 2, 2017 They were invaluable to me when booking air for a TA. Booking on my own would have cost several times the fare I obtained from Choice Air. Otherwise, I haven’t personally seen an advantage to booking through them. I called Choise Air and Celebrity and no one knew what I was asking about. Choice Air said I needed a promo code from Celebrity so I called Celebrity. After waiting over 20 minutes twice a nice gal tried to help me but she was unaware of the promotion. She finally got me through to Celebrity Captain's Club. I had tried the CC numbers but was always transferred to the general number. CC after a considerable wait came back and said if we booked it would show up after our sailing when our points are added. This was clearly a works in progress at Celebrity. I saw a posting on Facebook and hit the ' book now' tab which took you to nowhere on the Celebrity website. Not sure why Celebrity advertises these promotions without company wide notifications? I was frustrated but soon realized the Celebrity folks were in the dark. Oh well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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