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We also did this tour using Tours by Locals guide and making our own flight arrangements. Our guide was Francis Almeida Barros. I highly recommend staying in the park at the Gran Meliá Iguazú. Of course you have to visit the Brazil side as well as I think those are the better overall views.

Nothing new here. It's been a program for almost 20 years. Yes in some years it was pretty useless as it wasn't combineable with the perk programs. Since June 2019 they have removed that limitation. I've probably received 2-3k in OBC from Shareholder Benefit.

Interesting. We are booked on the Sept 29 sailing and the following repo. The repo is on the website but not the prior sailing. I do wonder what's going on.

It does apply to aqua class but not suites. Here is a chart use the bottom blue chart. If the category you want to book isn't listed it's not part of the program.

That's a pretty good price for a Celebrity Veranda cruise only especially for Iceland.

I know someone that won the free cruise. It's really a casino comp'ed cruise so you have to pick from their limited list of sailings. I'm assuming you have to pay taxes/fees and anything you spend onboard like drinks wifi gratuities. Far from free. They ended up not taking it as none of the dates worked with their schedule.

Can I get a discount if I clean my own windows?

No. Basically they can attend any event with you like breakfast or backstage tour. But anything that's a discount attached to your card like the happy hour drinks or wine discount or Persion Gardens is for the member only.

I think you hit the nail on the head. You have to pay before the PIF date for the first cruise which is to their advantage.

Yes still works on Side by Side. It's either 2 or 3 days, not sure. Given what's gone on with rates in the last couple of years I think they really need to start raising some of these fixed discounts/perks like B2B discount and OBC for onboard booking.

For reference here is the flyer describing the B2B discount including T&C https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Celebrity/General_Info/Flyers/CEL_Back_to_Back_Offer_Flyer.pdf

So what did they say the "service charge" covers? This makes no sense to me. Did you use a TA? If so I would reach out to them to see if they think the gratuities are included.

I have heard it being rejected with 2 different TA's. But there is no requirement to book a the same time. Call again!

@Lastdance It seems each time you were given BS information which should have been challenged. I've never meet a shipboard employee that had a "day off", maybe part of a day. In any event everyone has a boss. B2B discount never keeps one from repricing and you never lose a B2B discount when repricing. It may drop off and have to be re-applied but not lost. A good TA should handle all these issues without causing you stress. Of course not the onboard one but that should have never been an issue.

You are correct that they have 2 gas turbine engines. The additional diesel generator was installed around 2010 when the ships were Solsticized. The fuel for the gas turbine engines is very expensive so they generally run on diesel and 1 turbine unless they need to make close to top speed when they will add the 2nd turbine. In port they use the diesel.