sidvan

11 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

This was my first renewal 

Our first renewal also did not require an interview. 😁

On 8/8/2022 at 11:53 AM, sidvan said:

Can confirm the sim card arrived in an envelope with a Canadian stamp. So locally mailed.  Ordered on July 28th and arrived via Canada Post regular mail August 5th.  Put phone on airplane mode and then inserted the sim to check the phone number. It will be a UK phone number +44 1234 457890.

 

Worked well in Europe for me. Would use again. Italy/Greece/Spain - didn't try in Montenegro or Turkey.

On 8/27/2022 at 2:03 AM, beckntom said:

Thank you.  We do board in Civitavecchia.  

Super easy. We got ours at check-in counter in Civitavecchia in August 20. Check-in so smooth that only took 15 minutes from drop off pier side to champagne in the cabin. 

On 8/26/2022 at 9:38 AM, Steelers36 said:

 

Yes, it certainly seems like I need to eat my words.  No correction or change from Princess on Greece since last week.  It appears as though there are requirements for cruise ships that Greece does not publish publicly.  Now, whether these include mandatory in-person live testing and covers visiting Greece days after a test is done, may not be clear.  But so far, HAL's protocols are not as demanding as PCL and they share medical mgmt.  I guess I'll stop holding my breath waiting for Princess to change requirements for Greece. 

 

Just arrived Athens from Rome and will be continuing on to Barcelona. Athens is our 3rd Greek stop and we have Santorini tomorrow. Other than the last minute change from 3 days to 2 days pre-boarding in Rome for testing, there has been no further discussion or mention of testing. 😁

Got off the Regal Princess  in Heraklion, Crete, Greece today. No one was looking for any documents. Just get off and go. Local regs require masks on any transportation even private hires, but this is strictly not enforced. 

So boarding today in Civitavecchia - only looking for date of test not whether in person or not as the docs look the same. Who knows - cost me $80 extra to make sure just in case. 🤷‍♂️

1 minute ago, SimonTemplar850 said:

Our hotel has also told me they can arrange tests at a local pharmacy. We'll be in early enough to do so, but the thought of flying all that way only to possibly be denied boarding is incredibly disheartening.

40 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Well, hopefully they escalated it up.  That's what I had done, but no immediate response possible.  All a rep can do is read what is on the website and they don't really know.  Let's all hope this is just a bad boo-boo in a line of boo-boo's.

Able to make arangements for testing pre-flight. Still lost my $$ now for the proctored tests non-refundable. Going after Princess for the new testing cost.

I did ask if testing would be available at embarkation and was told no only take home tests. Clearly the chat agent has no idea of what's about to descend on the pier in Civitavecchia

47 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Who was the authoritative voice on the Chat?  I have raised this with Princess and it was referred to manager(s).  This protocol has to be worded wrong as there is no such requirement on Greece government site nor with any other cruise travel organization. 

 

ETA:  Sailing FROM Greece - yes, info is still good, but the rest of it has to be wrong - such as for port stops.

Just the chat agent who kept leaving to check with someone.  I pointed out the difference on the two pages for the testing requirements but ws told doesn't matter has to be within 2 days for antigen and they were wobbly on in person or not. Said you "should be ok". Not with a lot of confidence.  Hard to navigate all this while winding up work to be away for 3 weeks.

34 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said:

Recently, many posts have said there are testing sites all over Rome. Don’t know about Civitavecchia.  Reach out to your hotel to get a site nearby.

Have reached out to our hotel and got a response of no problem thy can help within 5 minutes.

57 minutes ago, kml246 said:

 

As of yesterday:

 

Yes, just off the line with CHAT and they are saying those that qualified to the old standard of three days but happen to be in the air at the moment will be required to retest. This is our situation with friends in the air for our cruise Saturday in Rome. Chat has said there is no dockside testing available only take home tests. Trying to find a place to get an in person test in the morning before my flight.

23 hours ago, Middleager said:

I'm also looking at their SIM cards as in late Oct. we'll be going to the Middle East, then NCL Epic cruise from Haifa to Rome.  Would love to hear people's actual experience with these SIM cards.

Can confirm the sim card arrived in an envelope with a Canadian stamp. So locally mailed.  Ordered on July 28th and arrived via Canada Post regular mail August 5th.  Put phone on airplane mode and then inserted the sim to check the phone number. It will be a UK phone number +44 1234 457890.

23 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

I have been look at the same one for Sept Copenhagen to Boston TA , it does not cover Greenland 

buy two or and get 5% off 

I will probably or a couple today 

Thought i would try this as well and just received my sim card in the mail. You will have to log in and register your sim upon receiving it along with providing the sim card # , order #, and activation date. You will then receive this email confirmation with personal info and info below:. Hoping it works when we go in a couple of weeks.

Here is a snip from the document provided by Lifecenters.ca it shows the different tests that can be used wih this service.

35 minutes ago, High C's said:

So, if we have the Princess Plus package that comes with wifi, there is no need to purchase additional internet, correct?  It is unlimited?

 

Also, I assume it is one internet account per passenger?  In other words, my husband and I (both purchased Plus package) will EACH be able to access one device at the same time?

 

Sorry if these answers seem obvious, but this is our first cruise since the introduction of the medallion.  We are used to our old 250 minutes each. LOL

If you want- you are able use one device for use on the ship for Medallion App and a separate device for internet connection uses. 

14 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

I don't think we know if they even review them pre-cruise at this point.

We uploaded our docs for our July 2nd cruise but brought hard copies. They asked to see both Vax and test docs at check in.

No problem. We had an 11:15 flight on July 9th and from signing off the ship to waiting at the gate was maybe 45 minutes. We only had carryon so no luggage to pick up but walk off with first group and straight into a cab.

On 7/24/2022 at 4:48 PM, ScottieM said:

I was filling in the one outstanding piece on my Medallion App - payment method - and as with Queen B, it won't let me put in a postal code (even though it actually says "postal code" not "zip code").  So I called Princess and they're "working on it".  I've checked in several places with the actual experts (here on CC) and apparently Princess has been working on this very issue since 2019.  I've tried both the web version and the app on my iPhone XR with no success.  Has anybody actually found a solution because the 12300 thing does nothing.  This will be our first Princess cruise and with some of these headaches, could very well be the last. 

I didn't have a problem when I condensed the postal code with no spaces.

18 hours ago, jccruiser said:

it only seems to accept numbers, not letters- so I used the 3 digits from postal code followed by 00 and it accepted that no problem (which is also what I use when paying by ccard at gas pumps in the US!)

A colleague gave me that tip some years ago and it has worked well for example A1B 2C3 - 12300 works great

1 hour ago, Steelers36 said:

Hmm.  took me about 10-15 seconds to find 1-877-872-6728  (1-877-TRANSAT).

ok then - Thanks will give it a try. Appreciate it. I had been trying to look for it on their websigte and evrytime you go to contact us it wouldn't provide a phone number just a chatbot.

12 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Gotcha.  Then I would call Air Transat and give them the booking number and ask what the problem is.

 

Surely their reps can block you into a seat.  Just two rows, so if you are used to them and have a face location, you might want to pursue this as best you can.  It look more like Premium Economy to me and they call it Club Class I gather.  Good luck.

Yeah it's been tough to find a number to call.  It's more like a premium economy - what they call business class - only 12 seats at front of aircraft. Very comfortable. Have used it before just not throgh EZ Air.  Just don't want to be left with me and the wife on opposite sides of the aircraft.

2 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

I do not fly Air Transat.  But, I suspect they are not going to allow seat selection until you are ticketed?  (Air Canada is that way - except for Signature Business Class and Premium Economy which can be selected in EZ-Air). 

 

You do mention ticket numbers, so it seems you are ticketed now.  Of course by this time you should be, but there have been reports of EZ-Air not ticketing until "the last minute" so to speak. 

 

You need to talk to Air Transat as you should be able to pull up your flight there.  Are you sure you are using the Air Transit booking code from EZ-Air and not the EZ-Air master file booking code?  You need the airline-specific booking code which is shown in the flight information area, whereas the EZ-Air code is prominent at the top of the screens.

 

Been using 

Business class

not the Air Booking Number: ABCDEF

On 7/15/2022 at 5:16 PM, Steelers36 said:

I have Business booked thru EZ-Air for FCO-LHR-YYZ.  Both legs are operated by BA.  I elected to book it as with BA for first leg and AA code-share for second leg.  I was able to select Business seats on first leg thru EZ-Air when booking.  Whether I booked second leg as BA direct or AA code-share, in neither case can seats be selected.  I chose to go with AA code-share as I am worried BA will charge a seat selection fee.  I believe I will not be able to select seats until ticketed and do plan to request early ticketing shortly after FP Date.

 

We have booked "Business" flights through EZ Air for August 20 sailing of Regal. YYZ-FCO and BCN-YYZ with Air Transat. Have flight confirmation #s and eTicket #s, yet still unable to select seats.

On PCL site it says no seat maps available and to go to airline. Airline won't let us in as it keeps coming up with "booking not found". Spoken to PCL CVP and customer relations. They just resend me the flight confirmation summaries. CVP suggested that many airlines don't allow 3rd party resellers like EZ Air access for seat selection. Suggested this was the case with AT. We are a month away from flying and would like to select seats.  Anyone have any experience with this?

Fortunate not to have been affected. Flight on July 2 YYZ-FLL delayed 2 hours due to bad weather for inbound aircraft. Return trip July 9 was on time departure and 20 minutes early arrival. Only had carry on luggage so had no baggage experience. We have NEXUS and we're through ready for pickup curbside within 10 minutes of entering the customs hall.

On 7/6/2022 at 7:28 PM, sidvan said:

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Ship  Caribbean Princess

 

Class   Grand Class

 

Deck  Emerald (8)

 

Stateroom #  E307

 

Category OW

 

Port/Starboard/Bow/Stern Starboard Mid Forward

 

Connects With Cabin # n/a

 

Accessible No

 

Quiet  Generally quiet. A little noisy from letting their doors slam up and down the corridor in the morning.

 

Balcony Size  N/A

 

View Obstructed view - between two life boats but does have a stanchion there. Still can see the seas and not bad.

 

Privacy Issues  None ithe area outside of windown really - on port days there is a possibility that workmen may be painting outside window.

 

Wind N/A

 

Soot N/A

 

Problems none

 

Comments 120 V outlets are at a premium. 2 skinny type on outside wall at desk. Unable to plug laptop and USB 2 position multiport side by side. Behind TV has one outlet available if your cable is long enough. Generally aging decor but was perfectly comfortable and spacious enough. Miss the extra seating. Only 1 chair for desk.

With regard to noise. Door noise in morning is from corridor crew door for service elevator across from stateroom. Obstructed Window view added.