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Cunard Adds New Benefits to World Club Programme

Tiers Based on Number of Voyages and Days at Sea

New "Diamond" Member Level Added

I wonder how this affects solo cruisers... I mean, I paid an extra 75%, so would I receive any 'top-up' days / benefits? Just curious, that's all.

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Cunard Adds New Benefits to World Club Programme

Tiers Based on Number of Voyages and Days at Sea

New "Diamond" Member Level Added

 

Valencia, CA - October 29, 2007 - The Cunard World Club® has introduced a range of new benefits and tiers tailored to frequent Cunard travellers. Among the enhancements is a new "Diamond" tier for the most loyal Cunard guests and a revised tier structure that better reflects the traveling patterns of the line's discerning travellers. Now, for example, Cunard guests can achieve higher tier levels based on their number of days at sea as well as their number of completed voyages.

"When it comes to acknowledging our guests' dedication and passion for Cunard, we seek to be the 'best in class' and these enhancements reflect the V.I.P. services and experiences that our loyal guests find most valuable," said Carol Marlow, Cunard's president and managing director.

Cunard World Club now has four tier levels: Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. Each tier has valuable benefits, which increase based on the number or voyages of days at sea.

World Club Silver guests are those who have completed one voyage and receive a tiered key card, onboard welcome back letter, World Club member savings, access to a dedicated World Club Desk (shoreside and aboard), quarterly Cunarder magazine and entrée to the members' section at cunard.com.

World Club Gold level is achieved on the third through seventh voyages (or 20th through 69th day at sea) and guests receive a World Club Gold pin and invitation to the Members' Cocktail Party, as well as a credit towards a complimentary Internet package (up to two hours, valued at $50 per person) and preferred reservations in Todd English.

Cunard World Club Platinum is earned on the eighth through fifteenth voyages (or 71st through 149th days at sea), which include all Gold member benefits and complimentary Internet package (up to 4 hours total, valued at $90 per person), discounts on dry cleaning, laundry services and White Star luggage service, a complimentary exclusive wine tasting onboard, and an invitation to the Senior Officers' Party, as well as the World Club Platinum pin, and priority check-in and disembarkation.

Representing the pinnacle of Cunard loyalty is the new World Club Diamond level - Cunarders who've completed at least 15 voyages or 150 days at sea receive all Platinum benefits in addition to a Diamond-level World Club pin, complimentary Internet package (up to eight hours total, valued at $170 per person), complimentary lunch in Todd English, a dedicated Diamond Member contact at the Shoreside World Club Desk, priority luggage delivery and priority reservations with the Voyage Sales Specialists.

For more information about Cunard World Club and the company's renowned ocean liners, call 1-800-7-CUNARD or go to www.cunard.com.

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About Cunard Line

Cunard Line, operator of the luxury ocean liners Queen Mary 2 and QE2, has long been synonymous with the quest for new discoveries and the epitome of British refinement since the company's first paddle-wheeled steamer, Britannia, crossed the Atlantic in 1840. Cunard voyages bring together like-minded travelers who relish the Cunard hallmarks of impeccable White Star ServiceTM, fine dining, sophisticated adventure, the legacy of historic voyages and transatlantic travel. Queen Victoria joins the fleet in December 2007.

Cunard Line is a proud member of World's Leading Cruise Lines. The exclusive alliance also includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn. Sharing a passion to please each guest, and a commitment to quality and value, member lines appeal to a wide range of lifestyles and budgets. Together they offer exciting and enriching cruise vacations to the world's most desirable destinations.

Waiting for my "Diamond" Package !!! :D

No Todd English on "QE2" !!!! :eek:

Gav :cool:

I wonder how this affects solo cruisers... I mean, I paid an extra 75%, so would I receive any 'top-up' days / benefits? Just curious, that's all.

It would be nice, but don't bet on it. You might ask if you get 75% of the benefits for the 'phantom passenger' sharing your cabin--75% extra internet minutes, 75% extra wine at the tasting (if you're in one of those levels), etc. Of course, this assumes that the 'phantom passenger' is at the same WC level as you. ;)

NBCNewsGuy, thanks for posting this.

Cunard has put up the new levels on the US website. No mention of diamond-studded luggage tags. Did we make that up, or was that on the first draft mistakenly posted a month ago?

Kathy

Do World Club benefits apply to both people in a cabin, ie. what happens if passengers are at different WC levels. In February I will be travelling with a friend for whom it will be her first voyage with Cunard, but I am a Platinum WC member. Will this mean that she will be unable to attend the Senior Officers' reception?

Do World Club benefits apply to both people in a cabin, ie. what happens if passengers are at different WC levels. In February I will be travelling with a friend for whom it will be her first voyage with Cunard, but I am a Platinum WC member. Will this mean that she will be unable to attend the Senior Officers' reception?

According to http://www.cunard.com/CWC she can attend parties with you and use disembarkation lounge but that's it...

-Michael

Speaking of Press releases, this, too was on the News section of Cunard's web site:

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Michael Sheen Hosting the 16th Annual 2007 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards on Thursday, November 1, 2007

 

Kathy Bates, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Fielding, Jodie Foster, Famke Janssen, Bill Nighy, Reese Witherspoon Are Presenting Awards To Honorees

 

Darn.

It goes on to say that the presentations are in Valencia, California, not on the QM2, like one year,

Shucks, I was really fancying a close encounter with Pierce Brosnan!

Oh well.

His loss!

Cunard and Princess Cruise Lines are really One..

Being in the same building same floors same US Postal Code but alas it does have two different names of the Municipality..:eek:

They do share so many things as keeping the cost basis down is always a must and never a fuss.:cool:

Shucks, I was really fancying a close encounter with Pierce Brosnan!

 

Oh well.

His loss!

LOL, so you are 'fierce for Pierce," as a colleague of mine used to say back in the days for Remington Steele????

How cool that they held the BAFTAs on QM2. I assume they did this in port, or did all those nominees get a cruise out of that?

Kathy

Cunard and Princess Cruise Lines are really One..

 

Being in the same building same floors same US Postal Code but alas it does have two different names of the Municipality..:eek:

 

They do share so many things as keeping the cost basis down is always a must and never a fuss.:cool:

In the past I have taken a bus to the dock provided by the cruise line. At the time it was Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines that provided the buses that transported its passengers from major northeast cities to the Manhattan pier. I have learned that Princess Cruise Lines provides the same service to its passengers in the northeast. This service, I understand begins in May and ends in October. Now if Princess and Cunard are really one would it not follow that Cunard would afford its passengers the same service, but as far as I know it does not.

With CCL/CUK NYSE:LSE having so many lines now.. it would make perfect sense to consolidate things as they have in AK. Even the IT which is coming to a new contract time used to be done when Cunard was part in Miami, Fl with them.

By Calling and asking the Motor Coach assignments should benefit your arrival in Manhattan Borough, NYC, NY too.:cool:

Holland American Line has them, Princess does too .. I find having our driver take us into MidTown (Manhattan) is best for those Piers... and in the Borough of Brooklyn it is really better I drive in and park. Cost basis is alway in most things helping in the final answer...eh...

In the past I have taken a bus to the dock provided by the cruise line. At the time it was Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines that provided the buses that transported its passengers from major northeast cities to the Manhattan pier. I have learned that Princess Cruise Lines provides the same service to its passengers in the northeast. This service, I understand begins in May and ends in October. Now if Princess and Cunard are really one would it not follow that Cunard would afford its passengers the same service, but as far as I know it does not.

I wonder how this affects solo cruisers... I mean, I paid an extra 75%, so would I receive any 'top-up' days / benefits? Just curious, that's all.

I would doubt it. When my brother could not accompany me in the Queens Grill cabin I had booked, I was told by Cunard that I could only get the $150 on board credit for one person, even though I was paying for two. They are chiselers that way.