adam7392 Posted May 18, 2020 #1 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Looking at first time on P&O for Baltic in Aug 2021 on Azura. Just getting price on the P&O website and was surprised for both saver and select fares that 100% payment is required now. Is this just P&O trying to rake in as much cash as possible to cover the cancellation payments ? Given all the issues just now and for the forseeable future there's no way I'm paying 100% upfront so seems like a shot in the foot by P&O to me. They may be ATOL covered but I've no intention of waiting weeks/months for a potential refund. Princess who I've normally sailed on (also Carnival owned) only require what I think is a more reasonale £50pp for an Aug 2021 sailing with final payment 90 days before sailing. So my question is, is this normal for P&O for cruises with 1+ year to go and in normal times, closer to sailing, do they do no/low deposits ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete14 Posted May 18, 2020 #2 Share Posted May 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, adam7392 said: Looking at first time on P&O for Baltic in Aug 2021 on Azura. Just getting price on the P&O website and was surprised for both saver and select fares that 100% payment is required now. Is this just P&O trying to rake in as much cash as possible to cover the cancellation payments ? Given all the issues just now and for the forseeable future there's no way I'm paying 100% upfront so seems like a shot in the foot by P&O to me. They may be ATOL covered but I've no intention of waiting weeks/months for a potential refund. Princess who I've normally sailed on (also Carnival owned) only require what I think is a more reasonale £50pp for an Aug 2021 sailing with final payment 90 days before sailing. So my question is, is this normal for P&O for cruises with 1+ year to go and in normal times, closer to sailing, do they do no/low deposits ? Thanks I think you are looking at August 2020 for which full payment would be needed now. In 2021, Azura is in the Mediterranean throughout August and the deposit needed is 15%. My advice is strongly not to book for August 2020 for reasons that I hope are obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted May 18, 2020 #3 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, adam7392 said: Looking at first time on P&O for Baltic in Aug 2021 on Azura. Just getting price on the P&O website and was surprised for both saver and select fares that 100% payment is required now. Is this just P&O trying to rake in as much cash as possible to cover the cancellation payments ? Given all the issues just now and for the forseeable future there's no way I'm paying 100% upfront so seems like a shot in the foot by P&O to me. They may be ATOL covered but I've no intention of waiting weeks/months for a potential refund. Princess who I've normally sailed on (also Carnival owned) only require what I think is a more reasonale £50pp for an Aug 2021 sailing with final payment 90 days before sailing. So my question is, is this normal for P&O for cruises with 1+ year to go and in normal times, closer to sailing, do they do no/low deposits ? Thanks Azura isnt going to the Baltics in Aug 2021 so I would recheck your searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam7392 Posted May 18, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Doh - my fault. Thanks both. Not sure how I missed that. Checking the 2021 on Ventura still quite a high deposit required - £210 per person on inside, £322 balcony so still high compared to Princess but not the jaw dropping experience I thought. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticalmother Posted May 18, 2020 #5 Share Posted May 18, 2020 2 hours ago, adam7392 said: Doh - my fault. Thanks both. Not sure how I missed that. Checking the 2021 on Ventura still quite a high deposit required - £210 per person on inside, £322 balcony so still high compared to Princess but not the jaw dropping experience I thought. Thanks again The deposits have now gone back to the standard 15% I think...they were only 5% until recently, possibly up to 30 April. I rebooked on 27th and only had to pay 5%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 29, 2020 #6 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) On 5/18/2020 at 5:38 PM, adam7392 said: Doh - my fault. Thanks both. Not sure how I missed that. Checking the 2021 on Ventura still quite a high deposit required - £210 per person on inside, £322 balcony so still high compared to Princess but not the jaw dropping experience I thought. Thanks again Deposits now seem to be 5% again until 29 June Edited May 29, 2020 by Gettingwarmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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