frankp01 Posted January 11, 2022 #1 Share Posted January 11, 2022 We're on a waiting list for the QV Panama Canal transit in January 2023. That's one of the segments of QV's world cruise. Does anyone who's been on a Cunard waiting list have any tips or insights? I have to assume that sometime in the next year there will be cancellations. But will we have to wait until the final payment deadline to find out how many reservations have dropped out? Is there a way to see what our chances are of getting aboard? I'm pretty confident we'll be on the trip, but the waiting until we're confirmed is going to be excruciating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RJChatsworth Posted January 11, 2022 #2 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Be wary about waitlists, Twice in the last month we have been on upgrade waitlists for two different cruises. On both occasions upgraded cabins came up on the Cunard website so we moved quickly and rebooked into them. On neither occasion were we informed by Cunard. In the case of the first I understand we jumped from 14th place on the waitlist and we were concerned this was unfair to others higher up the waitlist. I asked how this could happen and was told it shouldn’t but it did twice. The message is keep checking the Cunard website. I was doing it about three times a day. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp01 Posted January 11, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, RJChatsworth said: The message is keep checking the Cunard website. Yeah, I've been doing that. But mostly out of shear impatience and thinking, maybe, one time cabins will have magically become available. I guess I need to keep checking and to jump on our travel agent if I see something's come open. Is there actually a place where one can see where one stands on a wait list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted January 11, 2022 #4 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Same here, I was supposed to on the wait list but noticed cabins available in the grade we wanted so rang to change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RJChatsworth Posted January 11, 2022 #5 Share Posted January 11, 2022 frankp01 - I don’t believe there is anyway of finding out where you are on the waitlist. I deal directly with Cunard and sometimes there seems to be a reluctance by agents to tell you even though the information must be readily available to them. I don’t know why there is a certain secrecy about it as no data protection rules can be in jeopardy. All I can suggest is that they are worried about objectionable people ringing up daily just to ask where they are on the list or to bombard customer services with unbelievable complaints of some kind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp01 Posted January 11, 2022 Author #6 Share Posted January 11, 2022 An interesting development... I revisited the Cunard website right after I posted my inquiry here. Sure enough, there are now balcony cabins available for my intended voyage. I've shot off an email to our travel agent asking him to jump on one of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp01 Posted January 11, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I wonder if posting my question here about waitlists was just the push our mojo needed to make a cabin magically appear. Our travel agent says that wait lists are supposed to clear automatically. But he said there was, in fact, one guarantee balcony cabin available, which he's booked for us. woohoo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RJChatsworth Posted January 11, 2022 #8 Share Posted January 11, 2022 What is an ‘undeposited reservation’ please? It sounds like a luxury we don’t enjoy in the UK as the deposit is paid to confirm the booking at the time the booking is made. If you mean at the time the final payment is made, who wants to wait perhaps several months before knowing whether you are to be offered anything on the waitlist? I wouldn’t want to be in limbo for so long which might muck up other holidays being planned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouchstoneFeste Posted January 12, 2022 #9 Share Posted January 12, 2022 19 hours ago, kohl1957 said: So, yes... the booking policies are all over the shop. In the U.S., if you book with a travel agent, you have 7 days to pay your deposit to make it a "real" reservation. After that, if you don't pay the deposit, what you reserved is gone and put back into general avail. I think if you book direct, they want their money upfront. Maybe in the U.S. or U.K. or... why in Canada. We booked by phone from the US - wow, a couple years ago now, what with cancellations and all - and we had to pony up the deposit during the call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp01 Posted January 12, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted January 12, 2022 19 hours ago, kohl1957 said: In the U.S., if you book with a travel agent, you have 7 days to pay your deposit to make it a "real" reservation. That was our experience. The agent had placed a 'Courtesy Hold' on the one remaining cabin, while he waited for our confirmation to go ahead and book it. I'm not sure we had 7 days, however. The Courtesy Reservation was made 1/11 and we had until 1/16 to pay the deposit. From the booking document: Deposit of 1,715.00 is due by January 16, 2022 . If the deposit due date falls on a weekend, booking will not cancel until the next business day. Total Amount Received: 0.00 . Final payment is due by September 22, 2022 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuhoftraveler Posted January 13, 2022 #11 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) On 1/11/2022 at 3:45 PM, kohl1957 said: the accessible QG suites on QM2. If you don't need it, those are pretty dismal. Mr/Ms Kohl, may I ask you to elaborate on this? I do need accessible facilties, and we are booked in an accessible QG suite for a Fall 2022 QM roundtrip crossing. We have previously been in a regular Q5 (I think it was). I'm aware the closet space is a bit more limited, but what else do you think makes them "pretty dismal"? Edited January 13, 2022 by Neuhoftraveler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RJChatsworth Posted January 13, 2022 #12 Share Posted January 13, 2022 We were upgraded from a PG cabin to an accessible QG cabin. The bathroom area was huge, some cupboards were at low level, there were emergency pull switches everywhere I was afraid of pulling and a ramp on to the balcony which pushed the furniture up one end. If you don’t require an accessible cabin it wasn’t very attractive. We were upgraded about two weeks before sailing. I wasn’t very happy about this because I felt I was occupying a cabin others might have required with a late booking. The response was that generally disabled passengers didn’t want accessible cabins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electra 7 Posted January 14, 2022 #13 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 4:34 PM, frankp01 said: We're on a waiting list for the QV Panama Canal transit in January 2023. That's one of the segments of QV's world cruise. Does anyone who's been on a Cunard waiting list have any tips or insights? I have to assume that sometime in the next year there will be cancellations. But will we have to wait until the final payment deadline to find out how many reservations have dropped out? Is there a way to see what our chances are of getting aboard? I'm pretty confident we'll be on the trip, but the waiting until we're confirmed is going to be excruciating. In my experience your best bet is to keep looking at Cunard website yourself as I was on a waitlist for October they never contacted me to say there had been a cancellation however I just happened to notice a cabin on the cruise I wanted so booked it straight away myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp01 Posted January 14, 2022 Author #14 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Thanks. We did discover on our own that a cabin had become available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electra 7 Posted January 16, 2022 #15 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 7:52 PM, frankp01 said: Thanks. We did discover on our own that a cabin had become available. I am so glad that you got a cabin we loved Panama Canal hope you enjoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted January 18, 2022 #16 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 2:12 PM, Electra 7 said: In my experience your best bet is to keep looking at Cunard website yourself as I was on a waitlist for October they never contacted me to say there had been a cancellation however I just happened to notice a cabin on the cruise I wanted so booked it straight away myself I agree, just keep checking. I checked my Alaska cruise every day for a few weeks, and when a PG cabin became available, I grabbed it. A nice splurge to make up for deciding to cancel QM2 in Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Lesley Posted June 24 #17 Share Posted June 24 When will the crew disembark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted June 24 #18 Share Posted June 24 Welcome to Cruise Critic @Lesley Lesley. Your question has been posted on an old thread but doesn't seem related to the subject. If you can explain what you mean we can try and answer in a new thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNW_Travlr Posted July 21 #19 Share Posted July 21 I know it's been a few years, but I was really rooting for you @frankp01! I'm so glad to see you got your cabin. We have a cruise booked on the QE and my parents decided to join us. Just 8 hours after we booked, their attempt got them on the waitlist. We're hoping against all hope that they'll get a cabin before we sail in a month. I'll let them know to check the site often. They have a confirmation code, but no cabin assigned. As is protocol in the US, they haven't paid anyting yet. Can someone tell me where they should look to snag a cabin if Cunard "forgets" to alert them? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp01 Posted July 21 Author #20 Share Posted July 21 31 minutes ago, PNW_Travlr said: where they should look to snag a cabin if Cunard "forgets" to alert them? I simply logged into the Cunard website and tried to make dummy reservations, using the cabin grade we wanted. When the site allowed me to pick a cabin, I quickly called our travel agent to book one for us. In our case, after we had booked a cabin, a few days later I did get an alert from Cunard letting us know that a cabin had come available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNW_Travlr Posted July 21 #21 Share Posted July 21 3 minutes ago, frankp01 said: When the site allowed me to pick a cabin, I quickly called our travel agent to book one for us. Thank you so much! I'm crossing my fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winifred 22 Posted July 21 #22 Share Posted July 21 If I really want a booking I check the website at least once a day. I would not wait to see if I got the email. I book from UK and don’t use a travel agent. Here you just get an email no phone call. I have been lucky previously doing it myself and have had an email once offering me a cabin but I had already booked a different Cunard cruise so someone else would have been lucky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNW_Travlr Posted July 21 #23 Share Posted July 21 1 hour ago, Winifred 22 said: If I really want a booking I check the website at least once a day. Thank you @Winifred22! We aren't using a travel agent either. Yes, I'll be watching the website closely for my mom. We've been on Cunard before, but this will be my parent's first time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted July 21 #24 Share Posted July 21 2 hours ago, Winifred 22 said: If I really want a booking I check the website at least once a day. I would not wait to see if I got the email. I book from UK and don’t use a travel agent. Here you just get an email no phone call. I have been lucky previously doing it myself and have had an email once offering me a cabin but I had already booked a different Cunard cruise so someone else would have been lucky. My tip too, and through experience. Pay no attention to waitlists. Check online each day and twice a day if it’s important enough to really want a cabin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted July 21 #25 Share Posted July 21 2 hours ago, PNW_Travlr said: Thank you @Winifred22! We aren't using a travel agent either. Yes, I'll be watching the website closely for my mom. We've been on Cunard before, but this will be my parent's first time. If you are in PG or QG and your parents get a berth in Britannia, just remember that they will not be able to dine with you, but you can downgrade your dining. Hope you are lucky in securing the cruise for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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