MisterBill99

That's why I'd like to be able to have the new reservation in the system without having to cancel my existing one. Before I purchased my tickets, I had done a test purchase with free 24-hour cancellation to see what the upgrade prices were and then cancelled. I obviously should have called Celebrity before buying the tickets, and if there's no safe way to have double reservations to test the upgrade scenarios I'm probably better off just leaving things as they are and sucking it up on the added cost. At least it's $900pp less than the premium economy tickets I had booked on AA before they decide to stop flying non-stop JFK-ATH after Labor Day and cancelled my reservation. DL PE is over $4k pp and I'm not doing that.

Thanks. Do you know if I'll be able to purchase a seat upgrade on the Celebrity-booked flights before they've been ticketed? Or can I do it after they book and then wait to pay until final payment is due (which is in a month, so not a huge deal to pay now). I just want to make sure that I'll be able to upgrade before giving up my current reservation, which I booked in Comfort+ going over and an exit row with lots of leg room coming back. DL is currently showing C+ sold out on that first flight, but the exit rows are available so I could just get those instead.

Looking for information from someone who actually knows the answer to this question. I have flights booked on Delta that are cancellable (I paid extra for that). I just called Celebrity and can get the non-cancellable fare through them (their website had not been showing availability). If I have them book the flights for me without cancelling my Delta reservation how soon before Delta cancels the duplicates? I want to be able to verify that I can buy seat upgrades on their reservation (exit row or Comfort+) before cancelling my existing reservation. The Celebrity agent said that there have been cases where both reservations get cancelled, which is why I'm concerned.

I did not say that everyone who loves MSC does so because it's cheap. I said that some people put up with the issues because it's cheap (many will post "well, it's a cheap cruise line, what did you expect" when people complain after their cruise). Many others obviously have no problems. The OP here clearly did and so did we.

We sailed MSC back in 2017 and swore we'd never do it again. We went again last month in a Yacht Club inside cabin and it was a completely different experience. We'd definitely go back, but only in YC. It's a completely different experience. I know there are many people who love MSC, we ran into several of them in elevators on our cruise. Good for them. And there are many who accept the problems because it's cheap. That's fine, too. But not us.

Well, the agent actually got my seats assigned when I booked, so I avoided that problem (this time). There are benefits to doing it both ways. I will check prices close to final payment and decide whether to book on my own or stay with Celebrity. It's unfortunate that they're no longer the same price as the airline.

No, that's the thing -- they seem to be hiding it in the price of the ticket.

Given that it's not broken out, I can't see why it isn't refundable. They didn't make me pay it upfront when booking my flights that are not due until final payment. Maybe I'll file a low price guarantee claim and see what they tell me, whether they tell me that it's because of the fee.

As opposed to this page from 2019, which says Our Lowest Airfare Guarantee means your clients get the best value in air travel with 24 hours to find a lower price, with ABSOLUTELY NO BOOKING FEES. Benefits no other cruise line offers celebritycorporatekit.com/content/uploads/2019/06/AirCelebrity_Flyer_Corp_and_Incentive.pdf

I booked flights for my upcoming Celebrity cruise today, and the price was $20 more per person than what I was seeing on the airline's site. Since Celebrity has a low price guarantee, I figured that I would file a claim to get 110% of the difference back as OBC, as it their policy. In going through their FAQ to figure out how to file a claim, I came across this item, which is new to me. And it's definitely a change from how it used to work because their old promotional material said that there were no booking fees for using FBC. Does anyone know when this changed? They do not list it separately on the invoice so I guess it's part of the fare. So basically, since the price difference was $20 and their fee is $25 (international flight), I guess that they were $5 cheaper than the airline. I don't want to book it myself at this point because the cruise is not for another six months and I do not want to end up with $5k in nonrefundable tickets. It's on this page: FAQs: Booking a Cruise + Flight with Us | Celebrity Cruises and here's the item: Will there be a service fee for using Flights by Celebrity to book my air? Yes, a nominal service fee of $15 USD per person for travel within North America and $25 USD per person for International travel will be included within your airfare rate. Please visit http://www.celebritycruises.com/flights-by-celebrity or speak with one of our air travel experts at 1-800-533-7803 for the most up to date information.

I'm not sure when you last booked airfare with Celebrity, but that hasn't been the case for over a decade. Yes, if you had an airfare included fare where they picked your flights you were at their mercy, but as others have said, you select your own flights, and you pay whatever the price is for those flights.

Wow, how generous of them to allow you to get a $15 appetizer instead of a $40+ entrée. Hopefully you're just using your free Diamond meal and didn't actually pay for a dining package, since it would be very poor value if you did.

Huh?

Well, it's odd that the website said that the deposit was due by the 17th, and I had initially been holding a different date, and it lasted longer than 24 hours. Maybe TA courtesy holds are held longer than those made by sailors themselves. In any event. I paid the deposit, so I did not test out if the date was accurate.

My TA made a VV reservation for me today (Wednesday). The email says, "Your Puerto Rican Daze & Caribbean Nights booking is on hold for 24 hours" but when I look at the booking in the app, it says that the deposit is due by 3/17 at 11:59pm, which is Sunday night. So, which is the actual deadline for the deposit to be made and not have the booking cancelled, 24 hours (Thursday), or Sunday? The cruise is not until 2025 (nor is it the reduced-price balcony that requires full payment up front), so it doesn't fall under the must be paid in full at booking rule.