mintsugarcube Posted November 2, 2014 #1 Share Posted November 2, 2014 We booked ES and had to change ships. We didn't cancel the booking completely though. I was told that out of our $250 deposit pp that $200 would transfer over to the new booking and $50 would be forfeited. Is this the standard policy? We went from one ship to a b2b that was more money. We did change the booking and hoped the PVP would not charge us as we are giving Carnival more money. No luck! Anyone else have experience with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
put me on a ship Posted November 2, 2014 #2 Share Posted November 2, 2014 With ES, that is the policy...ANY changes cost $50 per person. And yes, that happened to us, too, but I knew it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion3 Posted November 2, 2014 #3 Share Posted November 2, 2014 You changed the booking. Legally that is a change of the contract you both agreed to. You formed a new contract and they still have to sell you previous cabin on the other cruise. So there it is. Should they given the circumstances...? But they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted November 2, 2014 #4 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Your PVP had nothing to do with it. It is corporate rules that made it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snc_cam Posted November 2, 2014 #5 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I did this too a few months ago due to a family issue and had to pay the $50/person fee. This is part of ES and when you agree to the booking, you agree to this condition of it. Yes, my booking# stayed the same and everything else transferred over to it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthlessBoss Posted November 2, 2014 #6 Share Posted November 2, 2014 We booked ES and had to change ships. We didn't cancel the booking completely though. I was told that out of our $250 deposit pp that $200 would transfer over to the new booking and $50 would be forfeited. Is this the standard policy? We went from one ship to a b2b that was more money. We did change the booking and hoped the PVP would not charge us as we are giving Carnival more money. No luck! Anyone else have experience with this? I would call switching ships to be quite a change. One had to be cancelled and another needed to be booked.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallas52 Posted November 2, 2014 #7 Share Posted November 2, 2014 yes it is a change and it cost to redo paper work no matter if you are changed for two instead of one. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beamqueen Posted November 2, 2014 #8 Share Posted November 2, 2014 We had to switch ships/dates too and had to pay the $50PP change fee. It stinks but that is what happens with early saver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorN Posted November 2, 2014 #9 Share Posted November 2, 2014 That is correct. You cancelled one booking and made another. $50pp "penalty" for cancelling regardless if you re-reserve or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted November 2, 2014 #10 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Happened to us when we switched from a cruise on Dream to Liberty. And the Liberty cruise was WAY more money. We knew it would happen, but we figured a S. Caribbean cruise was better than Western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusing48/51 Posted November 2, 2014 #11 Share Posted November 2, 2014 We booked early saver for a cruise departing October 4th, 2014. Due to needing surgery, had to cancel and rebook for February 7th, 2015. Same itinerary, same ship, same booking number. We were charged $50 per person to switch. Knew it was going to happen because we booked early saver. Unfortunately, that is one rule that is never broken! OP, sounds like you got a deal, if they only charged you $50 total, and not per person. Happy sailing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintsugarcube Posted November 2, 2014 Author #12 Share Posted November 2, 2014 We booked early saver for a cruise departing October 4th, 2014. Due to needing surgery, had to cancel and rebook for February 7th, 2015. Same itinerary, same ship, same booking number. We were charged $50 per person to switch. Knew it was going to happen because we booked early saver. Unfortunately, that is one rule that is never broken! OP, sounds like you got a deal, if they only charged you $50 total, and not per person. Happy sailing! Yes, I guess it would have been a deal at fifty total, but nope, it was fifty pp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissach Posted November 2, 2014 #13 Share Posted November 2, 2014 We booked ES and had to change ships. We didn't cancel the booking completely though. I was told that out of our $250 deposit pp that $200 would transfer over to the new booking and $50 would be forfeited. Is this the standard policy? We went from one ship to a b2b that was more money. We did change the booking and hoped the PVP would not charge us as we are giving Carnival more money. No luck! Anyone else have experience with this? Sounds right. We needed to not cancel but change our cruise to an earlier sailing date and I knew I would likely be charged the $50pp to do this....and was charged. Essentially, you are cancelling/changing the original booking, so they do charge the fee to do that. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.Oceanlover Posted November 2, 2014 #14 Share Posted November 2, 2014 We booked early saver for a cruise departing October 4th, 2014. Due to needing surgery, had to cancel and rebook for February 7th, 2015. Same itinerary, same ship, same booking number. We were charged $50 per person to switch. Knew it was going to happen because we booked early saver. Unfortunately, that is one rule that is never broken! OP, sounds like you got a deal, if they only charged you $50 total, and not per person. Happy sailing! http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2121077 Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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