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Bermuda is technically not the carribean though (not trying to be a smart ass 😉 )

We have a similar setup. I have the following credit cards: - Sapphire Reserve for travel, including cruises - Amex Gold for restaurant and grocery stores - Delta Gold for free checked bags on Delta - Freedom unlimited for everything else This gives me the following: - I can move points between the Chase cards and use the Reserve to book flights (which I most of the time use my points for). Usually I book on Delta, and: - The Delta Gold gives me free checked bags among other perks. - The Amex Gold has 4% cash back on above categories, and I can transfer those points to Delta. Sometimes I use them for upgrades, or I book tickets directly. - The Reserve gives me airport lounge access - Amex also has GREAT offers, sometimes on RC How about annual fees? - Reserve: $550, offset by $300 travel credit, $60 doordash. So $190 "net" for lounge access and 1.5 point conversion (which is huge!) and 3% CB on travel - Delta (Amex) Gold: $99. I have a family of 5, so one flight a year with bags easily nullifies the fee - Amex Gold: $250. However, with $120 per year in dining credits and $120 per year in Uber Cash (can be used for Uber and Uber Eats), it's $10 in essence. I also get Uber Eats Pass, Grubhub+, Lyft Pink memberships with all of this.

Please look into other travel cards. The RCL card is terrible.

I am guessing the following changes: - Pre-cruise testing optional but recommended for everyone except non-vaccinated (at this point, children under 12) - Sign a waiver prior to boarding that you don't have any Covid symptoms and/or self-tested They might not drop the vaccine mandate yet, but if they do, they'll probably required testing for those people (fine by me).

It's amazing how all 3 cruise stocks move hand-in-hand. I guess WS assumes that RCL and NCL follows CCL?

Looks like testing will go. Maybe they'll leave it in place for unnvaccinated passenger (at this point, that's childeren under 12).

It looks like pretty much the same policies as before but instead of "must" they replaced all text with "should consider". I'm curious how RC will handle this one.

Royal!?!

A glorified yacht with crazy prices. I do believe it will impact Royal's finances. Maybe not enough to move the stock pricing, but still. I do believe we have found a bottom for the stock around $32, I won't be surprised if we test this bottom again but stay patient is key.

I am? You (and the CDC) are. The Delta data is irrelevant for Omicron. It's a totally different situation.

Cruise lines need to simply drop all testing and mandates with the caveat that any medical Covid emergencies on-board are at your own expense (isn't that the case already?). Someone here mentioned an 80 year old: well, the 80 year old has to take responsibility for his actions: is he vaccinated/recovered? Health problems? Should he go on a cruise?

That link has April 2021 data in it. That was the Delta strain: can't compare that with the Omicron variants.

We sailed Adventure out of Nassau in August and it wasn't that bad. Sure, Anthem is newer and Adventure showes its age but I don't agree with your ship condition statement.

Yes!

I have 2: - NCL Pride of America Hawaii 6/3/06, which was my honeymoon. Fantastic way to see 4 Hawaiian islands. - Crown Odyssey Australia 1/3/03, a 21 day cruise from Sydney along the Australian coast to Singapore. Absolutely fantastic cruise.

It's definitely more European, but I don't mind. I'll take that over the Carnival crowd any time. Give it a shot.

I don't think boosters will ever be required. No worries.

most if not all dropped that requirement

I assume you had to submit a brokerage statement?

You really think chapter 11 is in their future? If so, you think they would go down the route to void customer deposits? That would be an instant kill for the company.

I posted above a screenshot for my Rome 8/14 Odyssey sailing that did NOT have this testing. However, I just checked and the testing section is back. I guess someone in IT made a mistake (maybe release the update too early?). Curious if someone can check Wonder Barca sailings.

How do you applied this for 10 cruises in the future? I was under the impression you can only apply this a few weeks prior to cruising?

Easily double means a price around $60-$65. You don't think that's a possibility?

When Covid hit and all cruise lines were shutdown, RCL was hovering around $22. When everything re-opened and cruising restarted, RCL hit $80. All-time high is around $120 or so. Right now it's trading around $32. They have a ton of debt, but with all ships sailing they should be in a good position to pay off the debt relatively quickly. In my opinion RCL will stay between the $30-$40 bandwith this year until we know if inflation levels off. Next year I expect RCL to easily double. Anyway, my personal take.

If you read my math above, The Key would cost me $900 after deducting the internet package. $900 is a bit different compared to $250.