Langevin7 Posted February 11, 2022 #1 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I am hoping someone can help me. My husband and I were scheduled to cruise in March of 2020. We went ahead and canceled the cruise because things were starting to get crazy with Covid. We had travel insurance through Royal. We were issued a FCC. We scheduled another cruise for 2021 which was canceled by Royal. Again we were issued a FCC. At this point we have no interest in trying to book something and complete the cruise by the end of this year. Any hope of getting a refund at this point? Since we had travel insurance I feel like it is holding us back from getting a refund. Anyone else deal with this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted February 11, 2022 #2 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Having travel insurance has nothing to do with the reason you received Fccs. There are many of us with FCCs to use by end of dec 22. Unfortunately I do not know of a way to get a cash refund at this time. There have been some rare instances where people were able to get cash refunds. Not sure what they Royal to get it. If you are over 70 or 75 yrs old you can transfer the FCC to someone else. Anyone in your family that may want to cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KALCJ1 Posted February 11, 2022 #3 Share Posted February 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, Langevin7 said: I am hoping someone can help me. My husband and I were scheduled to cruise in March of 2020. We went ahead and canceled the cruise because things were starting to get crazy with Covid. We had travel insurance through Royal. We were issued a FCC. We scheduled another cruise for 2021 which was canceled by Royal. Again we were issued a FCC. At this point we have no interest in trying to book something and complete the cruise by the end of this year. Any hope of getting a refund at this point? Since we had travel insurance I feel like it is holding us back from getting a refund. Anyone else deal with this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If it helps, you no longer need to book/use your FCC by the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langevin7 Posted February 11, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thank you! I didn’t realize that I could hold my FCC for longer. Do you know what the new date is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted February 11, 2022 #5 Share Posted February 11, 2022 17 minutes ago, KALCJ1 said: If it helps, you no longer need to book/use your FCC by the end of the year. Yes. Please explain further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissMiss USA Posted February 11, 2022 #6 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Also, my sister abs family simply don’t want to travel. I had two agents say it is no longer an issue to transfer the FCC. Have to wait for the FCC to be issued and then she needs to send an email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KALCJ1 Posted February 11, 2022 #7 Share Posted February 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, Coralc said: Yes. Please explain further. RCCL has now removed the "book/redeem by" deadline. FCC's can now be redeemed anytime up until the expiration date listed on the certificate. They also indicated if you have multiple certificates, you can combine them to use on one cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingHogFan Posted February 11, 2022 #8 Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 hours ago, KALCJ1 said: If it helps, you no longer need to book/use your FCC by the end of the year. This isn’t entirely true. They ended the book by April date but most of the certificates still have to be used by the end of 2022 or one year from when your original cruise was canceled. I would confirm your certificate with RCCL just to make sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted February 11, 2022 #9 Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 hours ago, KALCJ1 said: RCCL has now removed the "book/redeem by" deadline. FCC's can now be redeemed anytime up until the expiration date listed on the certificate. They also indicated if you have multiple certificates, you can combine them to use on one cruise. 6 minutes ago, CruisingHogFan said: This isn’t entirely true. They ended the book by April date but most of the certificates still have to be used by the end of 2022 or one year from when your original cruise was canceled. I would confirm your certificate with RCCL just to make sure What CruisingHogFan said. The FCC"s have a sail by, and now expiration date of Dec. 31, 2022. As I understand it. The only way to extend that date, would be to have another cruise booked and the FCC applied, then cancel it, so the new FCC would have the new one-year expiration date. Perhaps I am missing something, because I don't understand how that is advantageous. And after Cruise with Confidence expires, I believe the $100 p/p penalties apply? I don't know. So many date and rule changes the past two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 11, 2022 #10 Share Posted February 11, 2022 3 hours ago, KALCJ1 said: If it helps, you no longer need to book/use your FCC by the end of the year. 3 hours ago, Langevin7 said: Thank you! I didn’t realize that I could hold my FCC for longer. Do you know what the new date is? 3 hours ago, Coralc said: Yes. Please explain further. 3 hours ago, KALCJ1 said: RCCL has now removed the "book/redeem by" deadline. FCC's can now be redeemed anytime up until the expiration date listed on the certificate. They also indicated if you have multiple certificates, you can combine them to use on one cruise. Royal removed the book by date of April 30, 2022. The sail by date of Dec 31, 2022 still applies to most certificates. The exception being is if you had n FCC issued For a sailing after Jan 1, 2022 the the expiry date is 12 months from the date if the cancelled sailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted February 14, 2022 #11 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 6:12 PM, Sunshine3601 said: Having travel insurance has nothing to do with the reason you received Fccs. There are many of us with FCCs to use by end of dec 22. Unfortunately I do not know of a way to get a cash refund at this time. There have been some rare instances where people were able to get cash refunds. Not sure what they Royal to get it. If you are over 70 or 75 yrs old you can transfer the FCC to someone else. Anyone in your family that may want to cruise? I am not able to find anything regarding the last sentence....."If you are over 70 or 75 years old you can transfer the FCC to someone else" -- is this correct? I was only able to find that you can give it to a person who was on the original booking, but was not able to find anything about transferring FCC to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted February 14, 2022 #12 Share Posted February 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Californian said: I am not able to find anything regarding the last sentence....."If you are over 70 or 75 years old you can transfer the FCC to someone else" -- is this correct? I was only able to find that you can give it to a person who was on the original booking, but was not able to find anything about transferring FCC to someone else. @Ourusualbeach Hi Ken, Was I correct in saying that someone 70 or 75 years old is able to transfer their FCC to someone else? See above question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 14, 2022 #13 Share Posted February 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said: @Ourusualbeach Hi Ken, Was I correct in saying that someone 70 or 75 years old is able to transfer their FCC to someone else? See above question. You were correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 14, 2022 #14 Share Posted February 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Californian said: I am not able to find anything regarding the last sentence....."If you are over 70 or 75 years old you can transfer the FCC to someone else" -- is this correct? I was only able to find that you can give it to a person who was on the original booking, but was not able to find anything about transferring FCC to someone else. Not sure it is actually written anywhere but it is allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted February 14, 2022 #15 Share Posted February 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said: Not sure it is actually written anywhere but it is allowed Ok. Thanks very much for your response. I don't know if we will cruise anytime soon. I think we would rather get a refund if we can; but knowing that we have the option to transfer our FCC to someone else because of our age will be helpful. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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