New Plus vs Old Plus

[Stokie33]

I phoned my cruise specialist the other day and was quoted £700 to change to premier from the old plus, it’s a 14 night cruise.

She said we would now be at $15 max per drink but wouldn’t get the juice bar or premier desserts, she also said you can’t upgrade to new plus only premier, obviously I didn’t do it 

[DallasGuy75219]

2 hours ago, Stokie33 said:

she also said you can’t upgrade to new plus only premier, obviously I didn’t do it 

Unless the rules are different for bookings from the UK, that's not correct.  One of the FAQs published when the higher price points and new features were announced was that you could upgrade from old Plus to either new Plus or new Premier. 

[wowzz]

On 4/27/2023 at 1:19 PM, Eglesbrech said:

@wowzz I know you have been onboard recently. Can I ask what $ limit did you get if you had the “old” package. We bought it when it was still only £30pppd.

$15 limit. There is no differential depending on what price you paid for the Plus package. Everyone gets the $15 limit.

If you bought at the old price you get all the benefits, except the new items such as keep fit classes,  ice cream desserts etc 

[wowzz]

On 4/27/2023 at 2:15 PM, suekel said:

I got off the Sapphire 21 days ago.  We had the old plus package and we were limited to $12

You should have challenged that. It is a wrong interpretation of the package.

[Eglesbrech]

Just now, wowzz said:

You should have challenged that. It is a wrong interpretation of the package.

I may have to challenge it as my app is now showing a $12 limit which cuts out a lot that we have enjoyed on plus before.

[wowzz]

Just now, Eglesbrech said:

I may have to challenge it as my app is now showing a $12 limit which cuts out a lot that we have enjoyed on plus before.

Ignore what the app says.

Go to your cruise personaliser for your cruise on the Princess web page.  Then select Onboard Services. Select Beverage Packages. You should then get a message in red, as shown. Then you can review your confirmed packages, and it should show that you have the Plus drinks package.

 

[voljeep]

15 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said:

I may have to challenge it as my app is now showing a $12 limit which cuts out a lot that we have enjoyed on plus before.

ours also - PLUS50 and showing $12 limit - we'll just pay the difference to get a 'better' wine if needed - which it will be ... cruise over Thanksgiving and I had more than a few $1.18 charges from Vines - with plenty of OBC to cover it

[gah_cruise]

6 minutes ago, wowzz said:

Ignore what the app says.

Go to your cruise personaliser for your cruise on the Princess web page.  Then select Onboard Services. Select Beverage Packages. You should then get a message in red, as shown. Then you can review your confirmed packages, and it should show that you have the Plus drinks package.

 

 so what does 75/85 mean  ( We are on Premier)  does not show drink limits?

[wowzz]

Just now, voljeep said:

ours also - PLUS50 and showing $12 limit - we'll just pay the difference to get a 'better' wine if needed - which it will be ... cruise over Thanksgiving and I had more than a few $1.18 charges from Vines - with plenty of OBC to cover it

Ignore the app. Plus50 means that you have the Plus drinks package with a $15 cap.

[wowzz]

1 minute ago, gah_cruise said:

 so what does 75/85 mean  ( We are on Premier)  does not show drink limits?

Sorry,  where are you seeing that ?

[gah_cruise]

1 minute ago, wowzz said:

Sorry,  where are you seeing that ?

[Eglesbrech]

Just now, gah_cruise said:

 so what does 75/85 mean  ( We are on Premier)  does not show drink limits?

We have the same on the personaliser as well for the holiday after next for the premier “75/85”. Nothing as yet on the app as it is too far out to show it.
 

The $12 limit is showing for our next holiday on the app for plus package.

 

The whole thing is a cluster boorach!

[wowzz]

4 minutes ago, gah_cruise said:

No, sorry, I have nothing like that on my personaliser. Just shows that I have the Plus drinks package.

[gah_cruise]

no worries...App says drinks max $20   which is what I would have expected (up from $18).
Princess IT...SNAFU 🙂

 

[voljeep]

2 minutes ago, wowzz said:

No, sorry, I have nothing like that on my personaliser. Just shows that I have the Plus drinks package.

on your 'personaliser' - Princess website?- - does it show the $15 limit for PLUS?

[ClydeKilgore]

23 minutes ago, gah_cruise said:

 so what does 75/85 mean  ( We are on Premier)  does not show drink limits?

This means you have the old Premier package. You get everything you were promised, you do not get the new special additions on the New Premier package.  I had that and upgraded to the New package for $5 pp/pd.

[gah_cruise]

3 minutes ago, ClydeKilgore said:

This means you have the old Premier package. You get everything you were promised, you do not get the new special additions on the New Premier package.  I had that and upgraded to the New package for $5 pp/pd.

Yup... that is what I thought...with the increase to $20/drink limit
shant upgrade....no interest in what has been added to the package

Edited April 28, 2023 by gah_cruise

[wowzz]

15 minutes ago, voljeep said:

on your 'personaliser' - Princess website?- - does it show the $15 limit for PLUS?

It shows that I have the Plus drinks package. The Plus drinks package allows alcoholic drinks up to $15 in value. QED, I can order drinks up to $15.

[voljeep]

7 minutes ago, wowzz said:

It shows that I have the Plus drinks package. The Plus drinks package allows alcoholic drinks up to $15 in value. QED, I can order drinks up to $15.

well, QED or not, I'll just use what some of the 'live' threads are actually getting now

[wowzz]

11 minutes ago, voljeep said:

well, QED or not, I'll just use what some of the 'live' threads are actually getting now

Well, all I can say is that three weeks ago, I had the old package, and drinks up to $15 were included. 

How  much more proof do you need? 

[memoak]

1 hour ago, Eglesbrech said:

I may have to challenge it as my app is now showing a $12 limit which cuts out a lot that we have enjoyed on plus before.

Don’t trust the app

[voljeep]

13 minutes ago, wowzz said:

Well, all I can say is that three weeks ago, I had the old package, and drinks up to $15 were included. 

How  much more proof do you need? 

more posters stating the same thing ... you know, since Princess is so consistent and all that.

[nasa1974]

8 hours ago, gah_cruise said:

App is now back...and showing the revised price limit (Premier) of $20  (was $18 when purchased)

I posted a link to the bar prices ...here it is again  (OceanReady menu...not all bars)
https://profcruise.com/princess-oceannow-beverage-menu/?fbclid=IwAR1l3M1J98SorGOCc32WWjfgBUEvJteI5ewTUswISiKMwq-vKnzqiybRv5E

 

Thanks for the link. It looks like Grolsch beer isn't available anymore.

[gah_cruise]

3 minutes ago, nasa1974 said:

Thanks for the link. It looks like Grolsch beer isn't available anymore.

word to the wise...what is shown on this generic menu is not necessarily what is available on board.
Last year on Enchanted, Peroni...although shown on the menu was only available for the last 3 days of a 7 day cruise   (always replaced with Heinekin sadly)

[DallasGuy75219]

3 hours ago, nasa1974 said:

Thanks for the link. It looks like Grolsch beer isn't available anymore.

That's just the room service menu, which is somewhat limited in selection. Check at actual bars on the ship.