dcrambler

Did HAL offer you some consideration without your asking? They should have.

Business decision to not separate the charges to increase revenue. The way around having to refund when a port is missed. As long as one knows up front this is the case all is good. Seems most if not all mid to luxury lines follow this practice. All about expectations.

We too are NCL onlys. About to become platinum so expect it will be even harder to move away with the free laundry, embark preference and 2 additional dinners. However we do have a MSC Yacht Club cruise in N. Europe next year. Want to try it out as have heard good things about YC experience and price point looked good.

Yes. Loved it. Better for warmer weather ports though as so much is outside.

If YC, the only true benefit worth discussing is the 5% to 10% discount but that applies to any member. Would not sweat at all in moving up the MSC status chain if booking YC. Just become a member and work to get the 5/10% pricing discounts.

Dress matters as does etiquette and both of these are slowly being eroded - especially in the US. It's all about comfort and ease - bordering on laziness. Personally, I don't want to dress up for a nice dinner with my DW and see a grown man's feet and pot belly bursting out from a t-shirt. Have some respect for yourself and others.

Agreed - service has been excellent sans having to wait a bit for a table to open on a few occasions when we were dining in the Manhattan Room without a reservation.