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  1. Maybe that's the reason for the new cards...do you know if an unused card (15 punches & no ship name/cruise #) could be exchanged for one of the new coffee cards?

     

    We've exchanged our elite minibar for 2 coffee cards on short cruises and could never use both of them in only a couple of days. I know that a card previously used on a cruise can only get brewed coffee by using a punch on another cruise. I've never done it but have read posts saying an unused card could be used for brewed coffee without using a punch on another cruise. However with the new cards you're saying that won't be possible to do with an unused old style coffee card, correct?

     

    If so, that will be a factor we'll consider when deciding our best exchange option for our elite minibar.

     

     

    We just returned from a 17 day cruise on the star a few days ago. Like you we had several unused cards (3) due to turning in our mini bar on shorter cruises. They did not have the cruise or date on them. We took one to the IC fully expecting to use punches for the brewed coffee for DH (I get specialty), however the woman in charge took the card and gave us one of the new ones. She first asked where/when we got it and we told her. The other barista looked shocked, but she told him it was ok because of our reason. I think we were lucky and this was not the norm, but hey we were good with it!

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    Sounding better all the time.....:) But then reading P's statement..again, I do wonder what it really means...... did you change your flight after final payment? and if you did then the rest of my comment has no value.

     

    However, if I am paying for my flight at final payment??? The statement just says no change fees so to me that could mean u could change your times but not necessarily get any refund for your cost, in fact you could pay more just not be accessed a change fee???? Set me straight......

     

    Our ez air flexible price went down ($300) after final payment in December, but just before the 45 days. Our TA contacted Princess and they credited our credit card. There was no change in the actual flights. We just returned from our trip two days ago and we are very happy with all the flight arrangements we had.

  3. In my experience it took 3 - 4 days to be applied. It will not show in your crusise personalizer. For me it only appeared on the travel summary under special requests. There has also always been a card with the amount in my stateroom upon boarding. I haven't ever booked it that close to a cruise however you should have recieved a confirmation email from the credit card company confirming the transaction.

  4. I just went to the booking for my upcoming Mexico cruise and checked this out to see if anything showed up. Even though I have purchased $100 OBC and a coffee card they still don't show up.

     

    Special Services

    Passenger purchased gifts and special service requests are listed below.

    ALL SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THIS BOOKING

    There are no Special Services for this booking

     

    I can't speak to direct purchases of OBC only what I get from redeeming points on the Princess credit card. Our credit has shown on rhe travel summary 100% of the time within a week of redemption (for at least 5 cruises in the last 2 years). There is also a card in the room at embarkation showing the credit. I don't have a crurrent summary to show what it actually says as on our last cruise a few weeks ago we redeemed the points as a "cruise discount" instead of onboard credit.

  5. Would Princess Credit Card credits show up in the same location? Thank you

     

    It has been my experience that the credits from the credit card show up only on the travel summary in the special services section. It has never appeared on the Personalizer.

     

    "Special Services:

    Passenger purchased gifts and special service requests are listed below."

  6. We refered two friends sailing with us on our AK cruise this past August. We received the full $25 for each of them off our final payment for that cruise. They did not have to complete the sailing first, just had to make the final payment. They also received $25 each. I don't know what would have happen had they cancelled.

  7. I forgot to add in my previous post that we were also able to view all of our pictures on the computer at the photo desk and then select the ones we wanted on the thumb drive. They were able to find them the same way you find them on the displays (i.e. What time were they taken, what dining room, what backdrop used for the formal shot...etc.)

  8. Finding your pictures on most princess ships is manual.

     

    My experience has been -- if you want to purchase a digital image

    -- you have to purchase the paper image, and then they will sell

    you the digital image as well.

     

    In the old days, they would burn the image on a cd.

     

    Then, they forced you to buy a wicked over-priced thumb drive

    (which could be used for all purchases during the cruise).

     

    The last time I bought an image, they put it on my thumb drive.

    This is not entirely true. On two of our cruises the most recent being early September on the Coral we were able to buy digital prints only and they WERE able to find our pictures without the printed copies. The thumb drive was a bit expensive ($14) but we were traveling with 8 people (4 couples) and they let us put everyones pictures on the same thumb drive so we shared the cost. One digital photo is free with the thumb drive purchase. The other pictures, for example a formal shot, were $20 for a printed copy and then an additional $10 (9.99) for a digital copy of the same print. Digital only (no print) was I believe only $24 (I don't remember if this is the exact amount, but I do know it was less). They still print all the pictures and put them on the boards, but you don't have to buy them and carry them home with you. This way each of us were able to have copies of everybody's pictures and not just our own.

  9. Here is yet another answer. First, we have only been asked when going to anytime dining. After several nights with different waiters I decided to ask one of them why. I was told that it was to keep a record of which waiters served which passengers on a given night in case there was a passenger complaint. With traditional dining it is not necessary as you have an assigned table and waiters. I thought this was a plausible explanation so I never asked anyone else. There are nights we don't get asked, but I assumed at that time that they forgot or were too busy.

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