On Hold with P&O

Just been on hold for 1hr 34mins!!!

Is this normal? Or is it a regular occurrence, absolutely shocking. When someone did answer, they couldn't help!!!

Just been on hold for 1hr 34mins!!!

 

Is this normal? Or is it a regular occurrence, absolutely shocking. When someone did answer, they couldn't help!!!

I would send an e-mail to customerservices@pocruises.com stating what you have written above asking for someone to phone you ( give them a time and phone number when they can contact you) Hope you get a better response and answer .

Phone them on their free phone number, shown at the top of this forum.

Quite normal unfortunately, but on a positive note they are keeping the base cost of cruising with them as low as the service standards....we pay our money and make our choice ☹️

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Phone them on their free phone number, shown at the top of this forum.

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I would send an e-mail to customerservices@pocruises.com stating what you have written above asking for someone to phone you ( give them a time and phone number when they can contact you) Hope you get a better response and answer .

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An advantage of using a travel agent - any problems, they have to contact P&O. Either they have a quick answer direct line or are the ones on hold. I had a couple of issues with my current booking, the agent sorted them out (turned out to be a boo-boo by P&O)

An advantage of using a travel agent - any problems, they have to contact P&O. Either they have a quick answer direct line or are the ones on hold. I had a couple of issues with my current booking, the agent sorted them out (turned out to be a boo-boo by P&O)

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Just been on hold for 1hr 34mins!!!

 

Is this normal? Or is it a regular occurrence, absolutely shocking. When someone did answer, they couldn't help!!!

I think I replied to your post on P and o social media page as I was on hold for 1 hour and 16 minutes before putting the phone down on saturday.I too book through a TA but I had booked The Limelight Club for our cruise on Britannia and had been charged twice.As I had booked through cruise personaliser i wanted to speak to someone at P and O as I had not booked via the TA. In the end I sent a personal message via their social media page who said they would sort it out.I have sent an e mail to the CEO (although things probably won t change)to say it would really help to be told where you are in the queue.I also phoned the freephone number but I think its terrible that otherwise people are paying to hold on!:(

I think I replied to your post on P and o social media page as I was on hold for 1 hour and 16 minutes before putting the phone down on saturday.I too book through a TA but I had booked The Limelight Club for our cruise on Britannia and had been charged twice.As I had booked through cruise personaliser i wanted to speak to someone at P and O as I had not booked via the TA. In the end I sent a personal message via their social media page who said they would sort it out.I have sent an e mail to the CEO (although things probably won t change)to say it would really help to be told where you are in the queue.I also phoned the freephone number but I think its terrible that otherwise people are paying to hold on!:(

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I have today received an email apologising for time on hold on phone. Apparently, staff training plus high volume of calls but they did say they are working out how to lessen the problem so here's hoping??

They have had the same problem for way over a year now. High call volumes is a dressed up way of saying ‘not enough staff to deal with demand’.

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They have had the same problem for way over a year now. High call volumes is a dressed up way of saying ‘not enough staff to deal with demand’.

 

 

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i'm sure you are correct.However I did suggest having a system to know where you are in the queue (to help know whether its worth holding on or phoning back)so i'm hoping they will consider something similar.Plenty of other companies do.I think its a case of P and O not being organised when there are not enough staff to deal with demand.

I rang them twice last week in the morning's around 9am and got right through sounds like I was lucky

I rang them twice last week in the morning's around 9am and got right through sounds like I was lucky

I think your experience is the norm and not lucky. Whenever I ring them, I get answered fairly promptly, never more than a 5 minute wait. We just don’t read about things going right because we don’t ‘report’ them on forums such as this. Obviously things sometimes go wrong but never in my experience.

I rang them twice last week in the morning's around 9am and got right through sounds like I was lucky

A time 9am many of us will be at work and not be able to call so possibly a quieter time to call

I rang them a couple of times last week on the Freephone number and got through in a few minutes both times. About to ring again this morning so watch this space. Not complaints just trying to arrange our meet and greet

Ive rang then twice since the new year. One time I got straight through. The other time spent over 2 hours on the line before connected to a advisor gave up twice after about 45 mins.

I agree with previous poster a “ you are ** number in the queue “ would be helpful. Then would people could choose whether to hang on or try later.

Ive rang then twice since the new year. One time I got straight through. The other time spent over 2 hours on the line before connected to a advisor gave up twice after about 45 mins.

I agree with previous poster a “ you are ** number in the queue “ would be helpful. Then would people could choose whether to hang on or try later.

Though number in the queue is only half the story

You are number 50 in the queue but we have 30 operators working today

Or

You are number 8 in the queue but we only have one operator today

Though number in the queue is only half the story

 

You are number 50 in the queue but we have 30 operators working today

Or

You are number 8 in the queue but we only have one operator today

I think its partly that sometimes you get through quickly is part of the problem.I too have been put through fairly quickly at times but that means that you(well me!) tends to think 'It won t be much longer, then it gets to 20 mins etc and you are torn between holding on even longer or giving up.I agree that number 50 in the queue with 30 operators is preferable to 1 with 8th in the queue but often with a queuing system you have some idea by how quickly the numbers in the queue go down.It probably didn t help that when i had the problem it was just after Christmas at the weekend.Hopefully I will have better luck next time i need to phone!