Not able to add premier/premier plus when booking on website now?

[YYZnewbieCruiser]

I was trying to finalize and book my winter Antarctica 17 day cruise on the Sapphire, and noticed that I am not able to add either the Premier or Premier Plus when doing the booking on their website.   Before when I was browsing, when I selected the room, the screen will advise me if I want to do standard or one of the Premier package.   Now when I am done selecting the room,  it goes straight into the passenger names.

Any way to add the Premier package to the booking?

[Rick&Jeannie]

You *should* be able to add either Plus or Premier after the fact by going to your cruise personalizer...

[billco]

We always wait until we have boarded before adding Plus or Premier. We use our OBC to help pay for it.

[Aggie83]

For some reason that itinerary has had that "bug" for some time. I just tweeted the issue to Princess. You could call directly and have them do the booking with the package added.

[dreams_of_travel]

On 5/20/2024 at 4:58 PM, billco said:

We always wait until we have boarded before adding Plus or Premier. We use our OBC to help pay for it.

Question about adding once onboard:  Is it the same price as it shows on your personalizer before sailing as it is once on the ship?  I have a sailing I'm looking at adding it, and the current price online is not showing the full 18% gratuity for the package.  I do have OBC I would like to use to purchase it onboard, but if they add the full 18% fee I would have to plan on that.

[reedprincess]

44 minutes ago, dreams_of_travel said:

Question about adding once onboard:  Is it the same price as it shows on your personalizer before sailing as it is once on the ship?  I have a sailing I'm looking at adding it, and the current price online is not showing the full 18% gratuity for the package.  I do have OBC I would like to use to purchase it onboard, but if they add the full 18% fee I would have to plan on that.

The Plus or Premier Cruise Package is the same price in advance or aboard. And there is no 18% gratuity charged on it.  (Or any gratuity amount charged on the respective bundled Cruise Package). Flat $60/80 per night respectively.

 

The Plus or Premier Beverage Package is the same price in advance or aboard and yes, the 18% will be charged on the price whether in advance or aboard. ($64.99/84.99 per night, plus 18%).

[dreams_of_travel]

20 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

The Plus or Premier Cruise Package is the same price in advance or aboard. And there is no 18% gratuity charged on it.  (Or any gratuity amount charged on the respective bundled Cruise Package). Flat $60/80 per night respectively.

 

The Plus or Premier Beverage Package is the same price in advance or aboard and yes, the 18% will be charged on the price whether in advance or aboard. ($64.99/84.99 per night, plus 18%).

Thank you! I was clearly mixing the package pricing. Your answer explained what I had gotten wrong. This is why I shouldn’t be posting, or doing math late at night. LOL! 
 

ETA: there is some charge tacked onto the Plus package b/c in my personalizer on the website, for a 10-day cruise, the cost shows 632.xx. I’ll look again tomorrow to make sure something else wasn’t in my shopping cart. 

Edited May 30 by dreams_of_travel

[reedprincess]

42 minutes ago, dreams_of_travel said:

Thank you! I was clearly mixing the package pricing. Your answer explained what I had gotten wrong. This is why I shouldn’t be posting, or doing math late at night. LOL! 
 

ETA: there is some charge tacked onto the Plus package b/c in my personalizer on the website, for a 10-day cruise, the cost shows 632.xx. I’ll look again tomorrow to make sure something else wasn’t in my shopping cart. 

It may be making a change to your insurance costs, if you're purchasing Princess insurance - as pre-purchasing the bundled Cruise Packages is considered a Fare - thus affecting entire cruise cost ,and raising the insurance cost. If it's around 8 or 9% - it's insurance, not package pricing.. 

 

Hence why waiting makes sense in a lot of cases.