SirWolf Posted Sunday at 05:15 PM #101 Share Posted Sunday at 05:15 PM 27 minutes ago, Ryan82 said: On board Splendida now. Asked the future cruise consultant and she said she's not heard anything confirmed about a new status level. I appreciate that she may not have been informed yet but i think this is a rumor still. Do you think the Blue Diamond level is a rumor ? 🤔 Forum users have posted links to publishings on MSC websites.. the new T&C look legit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stockjock Posted Sunday at 05:27 PM #102 Share Posted Sunday at 05:27 PM (edited) 19 minutes ago, SirWolf said: Do you think the Blue Diamond level is a rumor ? 🤔 Forum users have posted links to publishings on MSC websites.. the new T&C look legit. Certainly not a rumor, but not especially good change either. Not a lot of new benefits, particularly for YC cruisers, but there are some takeaways, which is no good. The GF does a fair amount of onboard spend (she likes to buy purses onboard), so I'm a bit annoyed that they removed that as a way to earn VC points. Not sure why they'd do that, as it encourages spending, which is obviously in MSC's best interest. It's not as if MSC is spending much on these benefits anyway, so why make it tougher to achieve status while simultaneously discouraging spending? If you look at the perks offered for Diamond or Blue Diamond, these are relatively inexpensive perks, from MSC's perspective. The only thing that I really like about this is extending the expiration of points from 3 years to 5 years. Edited Sunday at 05:35 PM by Stockjock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Best Cat Mom Posted Sunday at 05:55 PM #103 Share Posted Sunday at 05:55 PM 1 hour ago, Ryan82 said: On board Splendida now. Asked the future cruise consultant and she said she's not heard anything confirmed about a new status level. The Future Cruise Consultant in YC was who told us about Blue Diamond back in September. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ryan82 Posted Sunday at 06:14 PM #104 Share Posted Sunday at 06:14 PM 18 minutes ago, Best Cat Mom said: The Future Cruise Consultant in YC was who told us about Blue Diamond back in September. What on the Splendida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ryan82 Posted Sunday at 06:15 PM #105 Share Posted Sunday at 06:15 PM 47 minutes ago, Stockjock said: Certainly not a rumor, but not especially good change either. Not a lot of new benefits, particularly for YC cruisers, but there are some takeaways, which is no good. The GF does a fair amount of onboard spend (she likes to buy purses onboard), so I'm a bit annoyed that they removed that as a way to earn VC points. Not sure why they'd do that, as it encourages spending, which is obviously in MSC's best interest. It's not as if MSC is spending much on these benefits anyway, so why make it tougher to achieve status while simultaneously discouraging spending? If you look at the perks offered for Diamond or Blue Diamond, these are relatively inexpensive perks, from MSC's perspective. The only thing that I really like about this is extending the expiration of points from 3 years to 5 years. Unless I'm behind the curve all thats been published is a pdf from MSC israel domain? Thats otherwise orphaned and has no links pointing to it (checked Screaming frog). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Best Cat Mom Posted Sunday at 06:23 PM #106 Share Posted Sunday at 06:23 PM 6 minutes ago, Ryan82 said: What on the Splendida? We were on Seascape for a 14-night cruise that began 14 September. The FCC in YC told us about the Blue Diamond status beginning at 25K points at that time. I had mentioned it in my Live thread, but I guess many people missed it. My bad -- I should have started a new thread to call it out then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgwest Posted Sunday at 06:26 PM #107 Share Posted Sunday at 06:26 PM Odd that @morpheusoftheseahas yet to offer comment/observations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWolf Posted Sunday at 06:32 PM #108 Share Posted Sunday at 06:32 PM 8 minutes ago, Ryan82 said: Unless I'm behind the curve all thats been published is a pdf from MSC israel domain? Thats otherwise orphaned and has no links pointing to it (checked Screaming frog). The domain msccruises.co.il is registered by MSC CROCIERE SA 12/14 Chemin Rieu Geneve 1206 Switzerland phone: +4 1 22738888 fax-no: +4 1 22738787 The website is not orphaned .. it’s the official website of M.S.C. (Israel) Ltd. Why would someone fabricate VC Term & Conditions , hack the website and bury the document in the database of files ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ryan82 Posted Sunday at 06:32 PM #109 Share Posted Sunday at 06:32 PM 9 minutes ago, Best Cat Mom said: We were on Seascape for a 14-night cruise that began 14 September. The FCC in YC told us about the Blue Diamond status beginning at 25K points at that time. I had mentioned it in my Live thread, but I guess many people missed it. My bad -- I should have started a new thread to call it out then. Okay, its interesting but not unsurprising that the knowledge is inconsistent across their team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ryan82 Posted Sunday at 06:33 PM #110 Share Posted Sunday at 06:33 PM (edited) 1 minute ago, SirWolf said: The domain msccruises.co.il is registered by MSC CROCIERE SA 12/14 Chemin Rieu Geneve 1206 Switzerland phone: +4 1 22738888 fax-no: +4 1 22738787 The website is not orphaned .. it’s the official website of M.S.C. (Israel) Ltd. Why would someone fabricate VC Term & Conditions , hack the website and bury the document in the database of files ? Read what i said. The pdf terms url is an orphaned link not the entire Israel website....... Edited Sunday at 06:34 PM by Ryan82 Mistype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted Sunday at 06:51 PM Author #111 Share Posted Sunday at 06:51 PM 16 minutes ago, SirWolf said: The domain msccruises.co.il is registered by MSC CROCIERE SA 12/14 Chemin Rieu Geneve 1206 Switzerland phone: +4 1 22738888 fax-no: +4 1 22738787 The website is not orphaned .. it’s the official website of M.S.C. (Israel) Ltd. Why would someone fabricate VC Term & Conditions , hack the website and bury the document in the database of files ? If the info was false MSC would have put out a press release by now, I reckon it will be confirmed by the end of this week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWolf Posted Sunday at 07:00 PM #112 Share Posted Sunday at 07:00 PM 18 minutes ago, Ryan82 said: Read what i said. The pdf terms url is an orphaned link not the entire Israel website....... What’s wrong with an orphaned link ? As you probably know it’s common practice to upload webpages and files that are not linked yet while in development. The change of VC levels will be effective 07. November 2024 which leaves enough time to upload the PDF to every MSC country specific website and link the file to the VC main page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWolf Posted Sunday at 07:09 PM #113 Share Posted Sunday at 07:09 PM Do we have any CC member(s) who can confirm or disprove the changes to MSC Voyagers Club and the addition of Blue Diamond level ? Anyone with contacts to MSC directly or to reliable sources ? Thank you for helping to keep this thread on track and provide information for MSC passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank808 Posted Sunday at 07:13 PM #114 Share Posted Sunday at 07:13 PM 3 minutes ago, SirWolf said: Do we have any CC member(s) who can confirm or disprove the changes to MSC Voyagers Club and the addition of Blue Diamond level ? Anyone with contacts to MSC directly or to reliable sources ? Thank you for helping to keep this thread on track and provide information for MSC passengers. Just off Presioza and YC director Pepe told me about the new level Blue Diamond coming out. Also future cruise manager said the same thing when I was booking a other cruise. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWolf Posted Sunday at 07:18 PM #115 Share Posted Sunday at 07:18 PM 3 minutes ago, frank808 said: Just off Presioza and YC director Pepe told me about the new level Blue Diamond coming out. Also future cruise manager said the same thing when I was booking a other cruise. Thank you very much. .. that’s first hand information from MSC staff 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted Sunday at 07:18 PM #116 Share Posted Sunday at 07:18 PM (edited) 57 minutes ago, Bgwest said: Odd that @morpheusoftheseahas yet to offer comment/observations. He's been curiously MIA over the last week or so...hope he and the Mrs. are OK. Edited Sunday at 07:24 PM by Georgia_Peaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgp999 Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM #117 Share Posted Sunday at 07:19 PM Prior to the Blue Diamond on-board charges revisions, DW and I each would register a different credit card for on-board expenses. That way, she would earn points for her charges and me for my charges. Somehow her point totals were always a lot greater than mine. Guess there is no reason to do this any longer. I'm not sure MSC has thoroughly analyzed this new level thoroughly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostAtSeaForever Posted Sunday at 07:29 PM #118 Share Posted Sunday at 07:29 PM Some people have reported seeing the change on their online account to Blue Diamond. Mine does not, but mine does not, but I always have problems. I agree, no real benefits for people cruising Yacht Club to reach Blue Diamond but does make looking at AUREA now that we have reached it appealing. I was watching a video today on an aurea Grand cabin I was surprised at the perks Aurea has, and the cabin was very big at 2k less than YC. That included drink package and obc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted Sunday at 07:34 PM #119 Share Posted Sunday at 07:34 PM 4 minutes ago, LostAtSeaForever said: Some people have reported seeing the change on their online account to Blue Diamond. Mine does not, but mine does not, but I always have problems. Not showing on ours, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Best Cat Mom Posted Sunday at 07:40 PM #120 Share Posted Sunday at 07:40 PM 8 minutes ago, LostAtSeaForever said: Some people have reported seeing the change on their online account to Blue Diamond. This prompted me to check our VC status. Mine shows well over 25K points but lists me "Welcome Member" and the graphic makes it look like I only have a point or two: My spouse's VC balance is also not correctly displayed. Me thinks they are making changes right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted Sunday at 07:44 PM #121 Share Posted Sunday at 07:44 PM Can’t see them doing that until the rollout date of Nov 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Best Cat Mom Posted Sunday at 07:48 PM #122 Share Posted Sunday at 07:48 PM (edited) They are doing something as that looked totally different this morning when I was checking our excursions. PS: I did a screen shot of all my info, including the points details, in case my status remains at "Welcome." Edited Sunday at 07:49 PM by Best Cat Mom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted Sunday at 07:51 PM #123 Share Posted Sunday at 07:51 PM (edited) So - what if someone’s status gets changed and they sail before Nov 7th at a level that doesn’t exist yet??? No way they’re moving people to a level that doesn’t yet exist. Edited Sunday at 07:52 PM by Beamafar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Best Cat Mom Posted Sunday at 07:55 PM #124 Share Posted Sunday at 07:55 PM I think they might just be making some preparatory code changes in the background to get ready for 7 November and we are seeing some anomalies as they do it, like that orphaned page that someone found from the Israel country site. (IT organizations without a lot of budget might not have a fully mirrored testing environment like a good IT shop would have.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgp999 Posted Sunday at 08:06 PM #125 Share Posted Sunday at 08:06 PM 24 minutes ago, Best Cat Mom said: This prompted me to check our VC status. Mine shows well over 25K points but lists me "Welcome Member" and the graphic makes it look like I only have a point or two: My spouse's VC balance is also not correctly displayed. Me thinks they are making changes right now. Similar problem with DW and I. Point total on the left side of the screen shows our correct number of points, around 20K for each of us. Bar graph on the right side of the screen shows us at 4,300 points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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