Fuel charges suspended starting Dec 17

[Boytjie]

Just saw this on the HAL website (http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com/AboutUs/FuelSupplementUpdate.aspx):

MIAMI (December 4, 2008) - As fuel prices continue to decline, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced that it will suspend fuel supplements for its six North American brands effective for all voyages departing on or after December 17, 2008.

The fuel supplement suspension applies to the following brands: Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn.

A refund of the fuel supplement will be made in the form of a shipboard credit for all bookings within the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008. All bookings outside of the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008 will be adjusted to remove the fuel supplement and guests will be provided with a revised final payment amount.

[Boytjie]

Argh, the dreaded Thread Title Typo Error! :mad:

[ViolaSwamp]

Wooooooooooo hoo!!!!!!!!

Great news, $126 of OBC! :cool::D:)

[norcal2]

Just saw this on the HAL website (http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com/AboutUs/FuelSupplementUpdate.aspx):


MIAMI (December 4, 2008) - As fuel prices continue to decline, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced that it will suspend fuel supplements for its six North American brands effective for all voyages departing on or after December 17, 2008.


The fuel supplement suspension applies to the following brands: Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn.

A refund of the fuel supplement will be made in the form of a shipboard credit for all bookings within the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008. All bookings outside of the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008 will be adjusted to remove the fuel supplement and guests will be provided with a revised final payment amount.


WONDERFUL! Good news and a nice Christmas present surprise. Thank you for this information. We are sailing in February so hopefully it holds!

[hylasgirl]

Wonderful news! Bummer we sail on the 14th of December:( Good news for others though! Yay!!!

[InTheWASide]

Between the 3 cruises in my signature, we're talking about nearly $500...

Money that will no doubt end up paying for random onboard purchases :)

Thanks Carnival Corp. What a great present!!

[Boytjie]

Between the 3 cruises in my signature, we're talking about nearly $500...

Money that will no doubt end up paying for random onboard purchases :)

Thanks Carnival Corp. What a great present!!

By celebrating the suspension of the fuel charges! How many bottles of bubbly would that buy? :)
:D

[richnorto]

Yipee!!! That's $560 to help cover expenses on our Christmas cruise!!:D:D:D I was hoping to get the OBC, but now I won't have to keep watching and wondering!:)

[SeaMatesNYC]

Suggest we each place some more in the "red bucket" on the street (or collection plate, or food bank, etc.) since this is "found" money, IMHO.

[usha]

That IS good news!:)

[casavaha]

For those of us sailing on the 17 of Dec., I think we should thank HAL. They did not
have to do it for us. They got alot of flack before so a thank you is in order.

Greg

[norcal2]

One question:

If the final bill said "Fuel Supplement $100.00" is that the amount we are talking about?

I didn't know if it was listed under another title or if it applied to both of us so I am a little confused as to the amount. I originally thought it was $9 dollars a day for each of us.

[Comptech]

Yipppie.... $140.00 bucks for us on our December 21st Christmas - New Years cruise. I guess I can now afford to buy that special bottle of Tequilla... :)

[NetwrkEng]

Good news for others but I feel like Maxwell Smart....missed it by THAT much. :rolleyes:

[NevadaHiRoller]

But why are they still assessing them on new bookings?

[pinksand]

Well I'm not happy. We sail on 12/13. Its wrong and they should just drop it now. :mad:

[localady]

More margaritas on the Yummers cruise!! :D :D

Ole!! ;) :D

[InTheWASide]

By celebrating the suspension of the fuel charges! How many bottles of bubbly would that buy? :)
:D

Well, without factoring the 15% it would be 16.6 bottles if you figure 30 each...

Or...

At least 2-3 of the good stuff :)

[cruizn2escape]

On HAL's site, they do state they will reinstate it if the cost of fuel goes over $70 a barrel. So here's hoping it stays below that amount for all cruisers.

[InTheWASide]

On HAL's site, they do state they will reinstate it if the cost of fuel goes over $70 a barrel. So here's hoping it stays below that amount for all cruisers.

This is actually on the World's Leading Cruise Lines site... (Carnival Corp) so it's not an independent or line by line thing... If it goes over 70, Carnival Corp reserves this right...

[Boytjie]

Well I'm not happy. We sail on 12/13. Its wrong and they should just drop it now. :mad:

They have to draw a line somehwre, I guess and figure out when it can be implemented on their systems and get the word out to TAs etc. If they dropped it now then those currently ona cruise would be unhappy. :)

[Twickenham]

But why are they still assessing them on new bookings?

They're not...
http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com/AboutUs/FuelSupplementUpdate.aspx

A refund of the fuel supplement will be made in the form of a shipboard credit for all bookings within the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008. All bookings outside of the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008 will be adjusted to remove the fuel supplement and guests will be provided with a revised final payment amount.

[Ted&Molly]

Can this OBC be applied to the daily tip charge?

[Mary Ellen]

This is actually on the World's Leading Cruise Lines site... (Carnival Corp) so it's not an independent or line by line thing... If it goes over 70, Carnival Corp reserves this right...It IS on the HAL site (http://www.hollandamerica.com/news/Main.action?tabName=Advisories). It is probably on all of the sites of the affected cruise lines. But, as the other poster stated, it IS on the HAL site.

[Comptech]

It will be in the form of OBC so you can do with it what you will.

Can this OBC be applied to the daily tip charge?

[MadManOfBethesda]

I think that it is quite humorous that everyone is so ecstatic about this announcement and was so negative about the previous policy, when nothing much has really changed. The fuel supplement was going to go away as of December 17th anyway since oil has been below $70 since November 4th. No one sailing from that date on was going to have to pay the fuel supplement unless oil spiked above $70. Well guess what, people? CCL STILL reserves the right to charge a $9/day fuel surcharge if and when oil goes back above $70.

The only difference is that if you haven't made final payment it is being taken off now and will be added back later if oil goes up. Under the old policy, you paid the surcharge upfront and then got it refunded to you as an obc at sailing.

Admittedly, this is a more consumer-friendly way of presenting the issue. But monetarily, nothing has really changed. If you were going to pay it under the old policy, you're going to pay it under this new policy. If you weren't going to have to pay for it under the old policy, then you won't have to pay it under the new policy.

The key is still $70. Nothing has really changed that.

[ViolaSwamp]

I think that it is quite humorous that everyone is so ecstatic about this announcement and was so negative about the previous policy, when nothing much has really changed. The fuel supplement was going to go away as of December 17th anyway since oil has been below $70 since November 4th. No one sailing from that date on was going to have to pay the fuel supplement unless oil spiked above $70. Well guess what, people? CCL STILL reserves the right to charge a $9/day fuel surcharge if and when oil goes back above $70.

The only difference is that if you haven't made final payment it is being taken off now and will be added back later if oil goes up. Under the old policy, you paid the surcharge upfront and then got it refunded to you as an obc at sailing.

Admittedly, this is a more consumer-friendly way of presenting the issue. But monetarily, nothing has really changed. If you were going to pay it under the old policy, you're going to pay it under this new policy. If you weren't going to have to pay for it under the old policy, then you won't have to pay it under the new policy.

The key is still $70. Nothing has really changed that.

Consumer friendly, yes. That's the key. A more sensible business approach? Absolutely. Way to go, HAL...!

[Paulchili]

Well I'm not happy. We sail on 12/13. Its wrong and they should just drop it now. :mad:

I agree - we sail on the 11th. Too bad!

[InTheWASide]

It IS on the HAL site (http://www.hollandamerica.com/news/Main.action?tabName=Advisories). It is probably on all of the sites of the affected cruise lines. But, as the other poster stated, it IS on the HAL site.

I understand that, however, Carnival Corp is what makes this call. It won't be HAL's decision if it's reinstated, it will be HAL doing what Carnival Corp has told it to do.

That was my point. Sorry if I didn't make it clearly :o

[CaliforniaAC]

I agree - we sail on the 11th. Too bad!


My son and his wife sail on their honeymoon (and first cruise) on Saturday, 12/6.

I called HAL- tried to sweet talk them, even got one higher on their food chain.

They wouldn't budge.

It would have been nice if they had made just a teensy exception.

[swimsimcoe]

Carnival Corp. has just announced that "A refund of the fuel supplement will be made in the form of a shipboard credit for all bookings within the final payment period for departures on or after December 17, 2008."

http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines....entUpdate.aspx (http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines....entUpdate.aspx)


Hey guys,disappointed with you.Was on the Princess boards first.

[hammybee]

Here's the active thread that was started this morning:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=884336

[cherrypop]

Great news check it out just in case anyone missed it in the "Sticky" posts
http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com/AboutUs/FuelSupplementUpdate.aspx

[Ted&Molly]

It will be in the form of OBC so you can do with it what you will.

Some OBCs specifically exclude use for tips--they are for spending on board only. Some OBCs can be used for tips--some cannot. Depends on the terms. That is why I asked. Does anyone know for sure?

[MightyQuinn]

Some OBCs specifically exclude use for tips--they are for spending on board only. Some OBCs can be used for tips--some cannot. Depends on the terms. That is why I asked. Does anyone know for sure?
On previous HAL sailings we've used OBC to cover various on-board spending, including the daily hotel service charge. I'd expect the OBC for fuel rebates could be used likewise. :):)

[auntdana]

happy to hear and have some good news

every little bit helps :)

[Tahoe Boater]

For some of us, Christmas is coming early this year.

It was great news not to have to watch the oil futures every day. I already have enough to be concerned about.

[jschm27]

Hoo Rah! That's great news concerning the OBC. Sorry for all of you folks who just missed the 17th cut off.

John

[simplelife]

But why are they still assessing them on new bookings?
It appears to me that they will adjust final payments for those that have already been assessed.

[Boytjie]

Argh, the dreaded Thread Title Typo Error! :mad:

Thanks to Host Walt that typo was fixed! :)

[ViolaSwamp]

Thanks to Host Walt that typo was fixed! :)

But I liked seeing "fule", it made me think of yule, as in yuletide greetings. :p

[fireman845]

Do I have to tell my DW ???? :rolleyes:

[Boytjie]

Do I have to tell my DW ???? :rolleyes:

Yes, unless you like sleeping on the balcony. :D

[caltnl]

Wonderful surprise in my email this morning.
HAL sending an Important Notification showing that the fuel surcharge has been removed.

Hip Hip Hooray

[Kolleen]

I'm happy.