seekatz Posted October 26, 2008 #1 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Has anyone received a teacher union discount? I am CTA and NEA. I faxed in my card, and my request has been declined. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaja Posted October 26, 2008 #2 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Has anyone received a teacher union discount? I am CTA and NEA. I faxed in my card, and my request has been declined. Thanks for your help. I know I read here that someone had gotten it...I have not tried myself...(as I am a retired teacher..and no longer belong to teachers union) Did you try a search on this forum??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinwithkids Posted October 26, 2008 #3 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Has anyone received a teacher union discount? I am CTA and NEA. I faxed in my card, and my request has been declined. Thanks for your help. In order to qualify the union has to be part of AFL-CIO. I am not familiar with CTA and NEA, but if they are part of the other, you should qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seekatz Posted October 26, 2008 Author #4 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Thanks for the information. saw some teachers had received it, but must have been part of a different union. Anyone else able to clarify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiJaiW Posted October 26, 2008 #5 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Thanks for the information. saw some teachers had received it, but must have been part of a different union. Anyone else able to clarify. http://www.unionplus.org/norwegian-cruise-lines.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbCT605 Posted October 27, 2008 #6 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Thanks for the information. saw some teachers had received it, but must have been part of a different union. Anyone else able to clarify. Discounts are for AFL-CIO unions only. One of the teachers' unions is AFT, American Federation of Teachers. AFT is part of AFL-CIO, so these teachers would have been able to receive the discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msvacation Posted October 27, 2008 #7 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Check with your TA or another agent. My union was not listed and I still qualified for the union discount. It is the PSEA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKfanfromVA Posted October 31, 2008 #8 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I am a retired teacher and AFT (American Federation of Teachers) is not active in my area since we are not unionized. However to get the cruise discount, I discovered on the AFT site http://www.aft.org/about/join.htm I could join as a basic associate member for $30/school year or $50/two school years. I called AFT at 202/879-4400 and was able to enroll immediately. Then I contacted my TA and got around $700 off our 1/2009 cruise even though I had already gotten a nice OBC and reduction in fare just a couple of weeks ago with the CLIA sale. Our $50 investment yesterday really paid off for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seekatz Posted October 31, 2008 Author #9 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks for all of your help, we did get to the right person and got our 5% discount. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandytoes Posted January 25, 2009 #10 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Just did a check on my union. 5% Discounts apply to all AFL-CIO Union Members, including CSEA. What is nice, if the passenger is both a senior and an Union Member, he/she can apply the 5% discount on top of the Senior Rate if available. Nice perk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grammax3 Posted January 25, 2009 #11 Share Posted January 25, 2009 We recently booked on the Dawn, and received the union discount plus got our onboard credit!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&Dcruising Posted January 25, 2009 #12 Share Posted January 25, 2009 amyone know if a teamsters union member gets that discount?? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaOne Posted January 25, 2009 #13 Share Posted January 25, 2009 amyone know if a teamsters union member gets that discount?? Yes, they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMaterial Posted January 25, 2009 #14 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Teamsters Union does NOT get the discount. Teamsters split from the AFL-CIO a few years back. I get the discount because I'm SEIU but mom doesn't and she's a Teamster. We usually sail together but she doesn't qualify for the discount on her own. Just an FYI for the Teamster poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaOne Posted January 26, 2009 #15 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Teamsters Union does NOT get the discount. Teamsters split from the AFL-CIO a few years back. I get the discount because I'm SEIU but mom doesn't and she's a Teamster. We usually sail together but she doesn't qualify for the discount on her own. Just an FYI for the Teamster poster. Thanks for the clarification. I did a little research, the Teamsters broke away from the AFL-CIO in 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMaterial Posted January 26, 2009 #16 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks for the clarification. I did a little research, the Teamsters broke away from the AFL-CIO in 2005. Behind the AFL-CIO affiliated unions the second largest union is Teamsters. Really stinks that they broke away because it hurt quite a few perks for mom that I still get. I think the reason why it's AFL-CIO affiliated union is because of the seaman's union onboard the NCL America product but then again I could be wrong. :cool: You're welcome! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&Dcruising Posted January 26, 2009 #17 Share Posted January 26, 2009 thanks for the quick responce. figures my union ain't on the right list. I think the Murphys (murphys law) run my union lol:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carribeansol Posted January 26, 2009 #18 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Our CTA is part of the NEA and AFT. AFT is on the list and NEA is not. We got the discount and the OBC. Very happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjb415 Posted January 26, 2009 #19 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks everyone for the information provided on this thread, I was able to get a 25% discount off the base fare for my April 2009, sailing of the Norwegian Jewel. That was also combined with the current OBC promotion. CruiseCritic and its members are the BEST !! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msg12188 Posted January 26, 2009 #20 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Booked directly through NCL & were told any union card would qualify. I am AFL-CIO affiliated however and did not have a problem. Also, if you hold a military ID, past or present, they also grant the discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamolesky Posted January 28, 2009 #21 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Be careful if NCL told you your union or ship didn't qualify. I am part of the NY state teachers union. Union Plus has the deal with NCL and it says it also recognizes any labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO. I looked on NCL website and found the list of cruises with discounts and ours (Jewel 10/30/09) is 20%. I called my TA and they called back and said NCL said our cruise wasn't part of the deal. I told her that I had the website list in front of me from NCL that has our cruise right on the top. She said, let me call back and get a different person. She called back and said I spoke to someone else and no problem, you got the discount. We are four in an ocean view cabin (we have 2 kids) and it saved us about $252.00, that's not bad. The 20% applies to cruise fare only and on the first two people in the room. So call back and get someone else if you have a problem. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
out2pla Posted March 18, 2009 #22 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I received a discount for CSEA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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