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Point Richmond CA
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Travel, Food, Wine, Sailing.
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Oceania
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The Pacific Ocean
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Flatbush Flyer started following Simply More Excursion Credit Process , Free onboard wifi - it's long overdue , "Dream Cruises" on tv and 2 others
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Free onboard wifi - it's long overdue
Flatbush Flyer replied to Canuker's topic in Ask a Cruise Question
Actually, they are included if you choose to cruise on premium (or even luxury) cruise lines. One of the biggest âahaâ experiences a cruiser can have is when they finally use ânet daily rateâ of a cruise (based on all required and optionally desired amenities) instead of basic cabin costs in determining the âbottom line.â. That mass market ânickle/dimingâ adds up quickly (including everything from beverages and internet to air fare). And thatâs before you even look at the quality of what you get for your hard earned money. We learned long ago that true âvalueâ (price AND quality) in cruising has a âsweet spotâ for us in the industryâs âpremiumâ segment. Do the real math folks and you may be pleasantly surprised - particularly when you experience what premium/luxury cruising provides. -
Wasnât me. Tour SM is tour SBC in SM. Yes, even with a TA on your account, you can book tours with an O rep. Both get recognition for the tour purchase. BTW: even with a great TA, establishing a good relationship with a long-serving knowledgeable O phone rep (and a few O Club Ambassadors) is a smart move for all sorts of reasons.
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Itâs not 30 days after. As for a month prior, that was/is(?) the case. But since O changed the TA transfer window from 30 to 14 days, Iâd suggest calling O for the latest time limits for BoB pre-cruise.
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Yes
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And hopefully, those adult, frequent cruisers who watch walk away with more evidence why they should abandon mass market cruise lines in favor of the more value laden Premier industry segment.
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Correct. The BoB discount is approx. 5%+\-. The value of BoB is the price drop match guarantee and the cabin-dependent bonus SBC on current or future cruise.
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Thankfully, Orv, you are one of the few O regulars who are on top of the whole Oceania discombobulation. Thanks for your eagle eye since you save me a lot of corrective posts.đ
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You may have just hit the wrong changeover place/date. We do mostly multi-segment cruises (sometimes three annually) and I canât remember not having available tours on changeover day.
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Simply More Excursion Credit Process
Flatbush Flyer replied to IWantToLiveOverTheSea's topic in Oceania Cruises
NEVER book O excursions on their website. As aforementioned, PDF, website and phone rep usually have different info because each resource is a different department and tour info changes throughout the 365 days prior to cruise. The web is particularly glitchy re: tour availability for multi-segment cruises!!! USE THE O PHONE REP. -
There are excursions on changeover day. Several days prior to that segmentâs disembark, multi-segment cruisers will get a list of available tours.
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Simply More Excursion Credit Process
Flatbush Flyer replied to IWantToLiveOverTheSea's topic in Oceania Cruises
I recently posted an extensive explanation of the order in which SM tour use various sources of SBC (tour, general and even cash). If you use the search feature here, itâs a good place to start. -
Any waitlist movement on excursions after final payment deadline?
Flatbush Flyer replied to MomC's topic in Oceania Cruises
Over the past decade we have purchased hundreds of O tours. For the zillionth time: NEVER use the O web cart to buy tours!!! It is extremely glitchy (as confirmed by my O contacts on numerous occasions). In particular, if you are on a multi-segment cruise, there may be tour availability showing on individual segment bookings but not on yours (at least until enough people call O to tell them someone forgot to âturn it onâ for the multi-segment cruises). The only value of the O web cart is to compare your search for tours there with the most RECENT âshore excursionsâ PDF as well as what the O phone rep can confirm is actually available in the accounting system. SELDOM will all three sources agree on what exists and whatâs available!!! All that said: someone will now post: ânever have had a problem with booking tours on line.â Sure, if youâre doing a single short segment with less than 10 tours once every few years. But, even then, whatâs shoeing for availability may be incorrect and you have zero chance of knowing that if you donât cross check the different listing resources. Moreover, note that, on the web, you canât book two tours on the same day (even though itâs allowable if thereâs a 90 minute buffer between your choices). You have to call to do that. You have to also call to cancel. And ALWAYS make sure to get a copy of the Prepurchased Shore Excursions PDF - the one with all the O Life or SM math. This is the Bible when it comes to straightening out any onboard disagreement about your tour situation (including âwait list,â refunds, et al.). -
For future reference: when you first book your O cruise, and regularly thereafter, call O and get the most recent (up-to-date) Shore Excursions PDF (which will be adjusted for extended journeys as well as single segments). On page 1, youâll find the minimum tour purchase requirements to get the 25% SM deal (formerly YWYW under O Life). And, as I always mention: NEVER use the O web cart to purchase your tours! Itâs extremely glitchy - particularly if your cruise is a multi-segment one (Iâve explained this in numerous earlier posts over several years- worth searching for). And always get the prepurchased shore excursions PDF, which has all the math showing for your tour purchases and use of O Life or SM SBC.
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Whack-a-Waiter is a classic!