Asawi Posted Sunday at 03:13 PM #1 Share Posted Sunday at 03:13 PM I'm currently on Star on a 14 day cruise. I have read numerous posts here saying it's 2 free bags (Platinum) on a 2-week cruise. To be sure I asked the Cruise Next person and she was very adamant: One bag per cruise. No matter how long! I don't really need two, so no big deal, but a little bit interested in your thoughts on this. I have another two week cruise coming up later where there migh be a bigger need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted Sunday at 03:49 PM #2 Share Posted Sunday at 03:49 PM That's a question I would enjoy hearing the answer to as well. We are both Platinum and are currently set to board the Pearl in November on a 23-day B2B, where the second leg is 14 days. Back in Oct 2022 when we were on a Jade B2B where each leg was 19 days, each Platinum member got 2 free bags of laundry per leg. Unfortunately, we didn't make Platinum until after that cruise was over. However, that was then. We are also booked on a 22-day "single itinerary" cruise in Apr 2026 and are curious how many free bags of laundry we will each get on that 3-week cruise as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complawyer Posted Sunday at 03:52 PM #3 Share Posted Sunday at 03:52 PM go into your account, click latitude rewards, tier benefits. you get 1 free bag, regardless of cruise length. only time this changes is you take a b2b which is actually 2 separate cruises. but still only 1 free per cruise. most of the time there is a sale price reduction. by the way, my wife has an uncanny knack for stuffing as much laundry into the bag as humanly possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling2Some Posted Sunday at 03:52 PM #4 Share Posted Sunday at 03:52 PM We've always had one free bag each (husband and I are both Platinum) for each week, so a total of 4 free bags on a two week cruise. Never a problem. We travel very light and usually for about a month. We like to schedule a cruise with a week on land at either end. By the time we board we are already running out of clean clothes so we send laundry out right away and then again near the end of the cruise so we have enough clothes for the remainder of our trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakcruiser Posted Sunday at 04:08 PM #5 Share Posted Sunday at 04:08 PM I have always got an extra bag free on the second week. That said it wouldn't surprise me if they crack down on this. The extra $39.99 would greatly increase corporate profits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julig22 Posted Sunday at 04:28 PM #6 Share Posted Sunday at 04:28 PM I asked the CN manager on a 12-day cruise what the policy was. They said 1 bag/full week. Meaning 2 bags for 14 days or more. Past CN folks have basically said that it's up to each CN manager to determine which is why the answers probably vary. I guess worst case would be if you sent in a 2nd bag with your latitudes # on it they would either charge you nothing or give it to you for half-price (another latitudes benefit). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVILady Posted Sunday at 04:36 PM #7 Share Posted Sunday at 04:36 PM I have not seen any bookable laundry bags (I am not Platinum), usually prebooked laundry bags are cheaper then sending clothing to the laundry. Any insight to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemz1949 Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM #8 Share Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM 56 minutes ago, BVILady said: I have not seen any bookable laundry bags (I am not Platinum), usually prebooked laundry bags are cheaper then sending clothing to the laundry. Any insight to that? Never seen any such prebook for laundry bags..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare luv2kroooz Posted Sunday at 05:38 PM #9 Share Posted Sunday at 05:38 PM Unwritten rule in our experience is one bag for every 7 days cruised. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonvoyagie Posted Sunday at 06:21 PM #10 Share Posted Sunday at 06:21 PM On our 3 wk cruise in 2020 platinum and above were told in the CC M&G that they could have one bag each week. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transoceanic Posted Sunday at 06:33 PM #11 Share Posted Sunday at 06:33 PM Did an 18 day in May, got 1 bag free. Probably depends on the ship. Same with the free water. Sometimes I get 1, sometimes I get 2, once I even got 4. No rhyme nor reason why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling2Some Posted Sunday at 08:17 PM #12 Share Posted Sunday at 08:17 PM 3 hours ago, BVILady said: I have not seen any bookable laundry bags (I am not Platinum), usually prebooked laundry bags are cheaper then sending clothing to the laundry. Any insight to that? NCL doesn't do pre-booked laundry. I have only seen that be a thing on Celebrity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakelivin2 Posted Sunday at 08:41 PM #13 Share Posted Sunday at 08:41 PM We were on a 19 day cruise earlier this year and the Cruise Next desk told us we were only allowed 1 bag per person for the whole cruise. This was different from all the other times we've cruised, but, they were adamant that we could only have 1 bag each. This was on the Viva so I don't know if they have different rules for different ships....? Or different rules dependent on who you ask..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare YVRteacher Posted Sunday at 09:39 PM #14 Share Posted Sunday at 09:39 PM (edited) I have always done one bag a week for free since becoming Platinum and above. You don’t need another coupon. Just write Platinum Latitudes on the bag. I was on the Star (with you!) last summer for 23 days and submitted laundry three times. This was a B2B so I had two coupons and just asked the room steward for another bag. Edited Sunday at 09:40 PM by YVRteacher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panhandle Couple Posted Monday at 01:37 AM #15 Share Posted Monday at 01:37 AM If it is any consolation, this summer on the Escape, the bag seemed to be about 30% larger than previous bags. Maybe just on Escape, who knows? For longer cruises, there seems to be a discount around day 3 or 4, you can use that, then the freebie later. From the free behind the scenes, daily laundry loading is bedding, towels, crew uniforms, then customer items. Early in the cruise customer items are easier to handle than later in the cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julig22 Posted Monday at 01:43 AM #16 Share Posted Monday at 01:43 AM 5 minutes ago, Panhandle Couple said: If it is any consolation, this summer on the Escape, the bag seemed to be about 30% larger than previous bags. Maybe just on Escape, who knows? For longer cruises, there seems to be a discount around day 3 or 4, you can use that, then the freebie later. From the free behind the scenes, daily laundry loading is bedding, towels, crew uniforms, then customer items. Early in the cruise customer items are easier to handle than later in the cruise. Yes, they went back to the larger bags, probably at the same time they upped the price to $34. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoopie17 Posted Tuesday at 09:10 AM #17 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:10 AM On 9/16/2024 at 3:37 AM, Panhandle Couple said: If it is any consolation, this summer on the Escape, the bag seemed to be about 30% larger than previous bags. Maybe just on Escape, who knows? On the Escape right now and submitted a bag of laundry today. I can verify that the bag was bigger than in the past. We still haven’t received a consistent answer to whether EACH of us can get a bag (Platinum). As usual, it’s confusing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready2cruzagain Posted Tuesday at 09:24 AM #18 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:24 AM It is one free bag per person per cruise. We often sail for 21 days or more but it is booked as 7 day cruises. We each get one bag for each Cruise. This was the case this past January still on the Epic. 21 days, 3 seven day cruises, 2 Platinum people, and had 6 bags of free laundry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asawi Posted Tuesday at 09:29 AM Author #19 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:29 AM 17 minutes ago, schmoopie17 said: We still haven’t received a consistent answer to whether EACH of us can get a bag (Platinum). As usual, it’s confusing. This part there shouldn't be any confusion about: it's per person! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middleager Posted Tuesday at 12:04 PM #20 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:04 PM We've cruised 13 days and got 2 bags each. After using the coupon, just write Platinum on the bag. Or don't need to use the coupon at all, just write Platinum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakcruiser Posted Tuesday at 04:10 PM #21 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:10 PM I will add that on my last cruise, I found the bags were much sturdier than the older smaller ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julig22 Posted Tuesday at 04:20 PM #22 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:20 PM 7 hours ago, schmoopie17 said: We still haven’t received a consistent answer to whether EACH of us can get a bag (Platinum). As usual, it’s confusing. Laundry benefit is, always has been, 1 bag per person, regardless of how often it repeats/cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat.D Posted Tuesday at 04:27 PM #23 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:27 PM A few years ago the latitudes desk on the Getaway told me the official policy is indeed one bag per cruise regardless of lenght for the Platinum+ benefit but they do not really keep track of it so he told me to just write "Platinum free laundry bag" on the slip the second week and it shouldn't be a problem. I've done that on many 2 week cruises on various ships without any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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