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I also wonder about the safety of attaching your stock broker and all that to Stockperks app. Just one more place for thieves to hack and take all my stock? Has anybody checked out the safety of this type of thing? Charlotte

Chat worked. Princess is having a sale, but only for new bookings. I re-booked on a 3-day hold, and saved $3600 for the two of us. Chat is available on Sunday, and it worked perfectly for cancelling the previously-booked cruise and at the same time switching the FCD to the new one. Thank you for your help, Charlotte

Thank you, Ombud! That's how I did it before; I always forget about Chat. Charlotte

I did it once before, but can't remember how. That was only for cruises booked online, not for those booked through a travel agent. Charlotte

I booked a cruise online and need to cancel, but cannot for the life of me figure out how to cancel online. The telephone wait is horrendous and I'd like to just cancel online, just as I booked it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Charlotte

I'm going to blame it on the accountants. They figured that they could fill every cabin that holds 3 or 4 people with 3 or 4 people. That is not realistic. Thank you, Wishing on a Star, for figuring out a work-around. I've come upon this for the last three bookings, and just realized that there was something wrong. Slow me. For airlines I can book the seat I want and pay more. I have no problem for selecting my cabin and paying more, but to not allow me to select a cabin that they will later just deal out to whoever on a guarantee is also not what the accountants want. They didn't think this one out all the way. Again, thank you for figuring out the work-around. BTW, I booked a Celebrity cruise. They kinda did the same thing, but told me that I could book any of those 3-passenger cabins for $500 more per cabin. Princess wants $699 for the passenger that I will cancel. Those accountants might try harder to figure out how to fill out with fewer people to wait on for almost the same price. Charlotte Charlotte

I had been looking at a 10 day Sea of Cortez cruise out of LA on the Grand for 2025. The interesting thing is that, if you go to a general deck plan of the Grand, there is a place to click for the number of guests. When one clicks on 2 passengers, all of the cabins for 2, 3, or 4 passengers show up. If you go farther and try to actually book with 2 passengers, however, it will not allow a person to book most of them. Thanks to whoever recommended to book with a third person; it worked and I got the aft balcony I wanted. Will cancel the third person in a few days. This thread was very helpful and insightful.

Thank you; that was very helpful, Charlotte

Believe me. There are many times of the year when there are no children aboard and only a handful of cabins with 3 adults. If they are holding all cabins with sofas for 3 passenger bookings, when there are only a few months a year when people travel with kids, they are losing a lot of money by not allowing people to book those cabins for 2.

I'm at a loss. Have read all this thread and didn't find what I was looking for. I have about 30 Princess cruises under my belt, and have successfully booked a lot of cruises online since my TA retired a few years ago. However, I am having a hard time meshing together what I've been reading on this thread and what I currently see on the Princess website for a specific cruise I have in mind. We do like to select our own cabins; we love aft balconies where we can sit, watch the wake in peace all day, and not have a care in the world. I'm willing to pay extra for those cabins, but the vast majority of them on any of the sailings I've checked out are now guarantee only; on a cruise that opened up this morning, only two aft balconies are available to choose--and they are the smallest of all aft balconies on the ship. People on this thread say that they can pay a lot more to select their own cabin. How do you do that? That's my question? Is that available only through a TA and not online? That's my second question. Charlotte

We have tried and tried. Android; NFWhatever is ON. Flash is OFF. Must have both on one phone. After a frustrating 20 minutes or so it recognized my chip. Cannot get the same phone to recognize my husband's chip. Did them the same way. Any suggestions? Charlotte

They did mine. Charlotte

Thank you! This is very helpful, Charlotte

Thank you both. It had not occurred to me to click on the arrow. You saved me $400! These threads are extremely helpful for people like me who are computer illiterate. Charlotte

I booked a full day Istanbul tour through the Princess website. Now I have a similar tour with a friend for $400 less for our family. Have searched and searched my account, and all the places to click on, but cannot find anything that would allow me to cancel the Princess excursion. Other cruise lines I've used make it simple. Please tell me what I'm missing and how to cancel an excursion booked through Princess' website. Charlotte