Turning Over a Direct Booking to TA
Well, I did the thing I usually advise against and booked directly with an SS Cruise Consultant. I have a wonderful TA and am planning to turn the booking over to her to receive hotel perks and OBC but the Cruise Consultant has been so helpful and responsive. I initially was just making an inquiry about the cruise but I’ve been very impressed with this individual and completed the booking. He has told me I can assign the booking to my TA but now I worry that after all the work the Cruise Cons
I was told I had to do the transfer within 30 days and it would be fine to transfer to a TA.
However, the SS "cruise consultant" (who consulted on nothing) failed to mentioned that you cannot do a transfer after final payment, even if within the 30 day period (so if you do a "short notice" booking, i.e., 90 or less days before sailing, or online on your own or with a "cruise consultant at a time when full payment is due), even if you try and transfer to your TA within 30 days it will be no-