Platinum dining vouchers

[fstuff1]

On 7/6/2023 at 1:45 PM, Russiamomm said:

They are tightening up on it.  Same thing happened to us at Cagneys on the Breakaway in April.  1-1-1.

 

Another tip.  I would not use the Platinum voucher at the sushi bar or Food Republic.  At least for us, eight items was simply too much food!  Use your dining packages and split four items between the two of you, and go twice. 😃

for my cagneys on joy this month, it was 2 apps/1 entree/1 side dish.

thats the 1st about only 1 side dish.

 

the old vouchers used to say 1 appetizer.

what do the new ones say? (sailed over a dozen times since new vouchers and  never read it 🥴)

 

Edited July 9, 2023 by fstuff1

[Russiamomm]

5 minutes ago, fstuff1 said:

for my cagneys on joy this month, it was 2 apps/1 entree/1 side dish.

thats the 1st about only 1 side dish.

 

the old vouchers used to say 1 appetizer.

what do the new ones say? (sailed over a dozen times since new vouchers and  never read it 🥴)

 

I really think they need to be more consistent in the rules.  Seems to be all over the place.  April was the first time we could not get both a soup and a salad (or other appetizer.  In April we got one app, one entree and dessert.  I think they allowed us two side dishes, but honestly I don’t remember for sure.

[blutfort]

On 7/6/2023 at 2:26 PM, Dorhead1230 said:

Does anyone know if they’ll let you take the bottle of wine with you unopened? We will likely use the vouchers at the places where we don’t care if they don’t allow 4 courses (specifically Q and FR). Those aren’t places where I’d want wine with my meal, though. DH and I will both have vouchers as there’s a cabin in each name. Can we get our bottles in those restaurants and take them unopened for other nights in other restaurants?

Yes they will.  We just don't like wine and always decline it.  It's a struggle.  The waiter insists, twists our arms, slaps our hands, and really really tries to get us to take it.  One of the suggestions is to bring it on deck or back to our room.
Technically we haven't done it, but it seems to be a permitted thing.

 

[fstuff1]

1 hour ago, blutfort said:

Yes they will.  We just don't like wine and always decline it.  It's a struggle.  The waiter insists, twists our arms, slaps our hands, and really really tries to get us to take it.  One of the suggestions is to bring it on deck or back to our room.
Technically we haven't done it, but it seems to be a permitted thing.

 

take the free wine, and leave it for your cabin steward.

 

i did a 7day b2b and i get 3 bottles of wine from the casino for EACH leg plus 1 bottle per leg from Platinum dinners.

so 8 bottles for 14days. 😲

 

i left my cabin steward 3 bottles:

- 2 east/west red blend ($17/glass)

- 1 Gerald cabernet (platinum dinner wine choice) 

[ChiefMateJRK]

1 hour ago, blutfort said:

Yes they will.  We just don't like wine and always decline it.  It's a struggle.  The waiter insists, twists our arms, slaps our hands, and really really tries to get us to take it.

That's funny.  On the Bliss in April, one of my (many) new bar staff friends stopped by where I was sitting and asked if I wanted another cocktail.  Although I was not quite finished with my previous libation, I told him with a smile "okay, you twisted my arm."  When he brought me my drink, he asked about the reference, having never heard it before.  I demonstrated by grabbing my arm and twisting it, telling him that it's like somebody doing this until you surrender.  He thought that was very funny.  The next day he saw another bartender at the bar offering me a drink and suggested that he might be twisting my arm.  🤣  Sometimes it's the simple fun on a cruise that you take home with you.  😎  I can't wait to be back on the ship, making many new friends!

Edited July 9, 2023 by ChiefMateJRK

[insidecabin]

Had a latitude gets 1,1,1 on current cruise at one restaurant the other one was fine with any 2 from the app/soup/salad side.

 

 

[Andoria]

On 7/6/2023 at 3:44 PM, GORDONCHICK said:

Yes.  That much I know!

Thank you!

[lsfla]

On 7/6/2023 at 1:45 PM, Russiamomm said:

They are tightening up on it.  Same thing happened to us at Cagneys on the Breakaway in April.  1-1-1.

 

Another tip.  I would not use the Platinum voucher at the sushi bar or Food Republic.  At least for us, eight items was simply too much food!  Use your dining packages and split four items between the two of you, and go twice. 😃

I'm confused on this.. so you have to use the platinum voucher for 2 people but the dining packages can be split and you can use them one at a time? Even if you're both in the same cabin? Seems like it would be the other way around since both people in the cabin might not be platinum...

[dbrown84]

6 hours ago, lsfla said:

I'm confused on this.. so you have to use the platinum voucher for 2 people but the dining packages can be split and you can use them one at a time? Even if you're both in the same cabin? Seems like it would be the other way around since both people in the cabin might not be platinum...

The dining package is really split.  Each dining credit is for one person only.  The first two passengers on a reservation both get a set each from free at sea.  If you buy additional, it's only for the person who purchased it.  So, you can present one credit (from your room card) and say "it's for the both of us".  the platinum vouchers, on the other hand, are for two people

[Russiamomm]

6 hours ago, lsfla said:

I'm confused on this.. so you have to use the platinum voucher for 2 people but the dining packages can be split and you can use them one at a time? Even if you're both in the same cabin? Seems like it would be the other way around since both people in the cabin might not be platinum...

The platinum vouchers are physical pieces of paper left in your cabin.  They’re good for two people, one with a bottle of wine.  You have to give them the voucher for it to be applied. The FAS is tied to your account and both in the cabin get them.  When you use them you tell the server that you’re using them.  If you use the platinum couches, it’s done.  Therefore, it makes more sense to use the FAS in the sushi restaurants where you get four “things”.  The sushi bar, Food Republic, the Raw Bar, etc.  that way one of you can use the FAS and share those four things.  If you use the platinum voucher you would each get four “things”.  We found it to be way too much food.  If we had used one FAS meal, we could have done it twice - sharing four “things” over two meals.

 

hope that made sense.

[lsfla]

2 hours ago, Russiamomm said:

The platinum vouchers are physical pieces of paper left in your cabin.  They’re good for two people, one with a bottle of wine.  You have to give them the voucher for it to be applied. The FAS is tied to your account and both in the cabin get them.  When you use them you tell the server that you’re using them.  If you use the platinum couches, it’s done.  Therefore, it makes more sense to use the FAS in the sushi restaurants where you get four “things”.  The sushi bar, Food Republic, the Raw Bar, etc.  that way one of you can use the FAS and share those four things.  If you use the platinum voucher you would each get four “things”.  We found it to be way too much food.  If we had used one FAS meal, we could have done it twice - sharing four “things” over two meals.

 

hope that made sense.

 

Thank you so much! This does make sense now and I appreciate your explanation. FAS at Food Republic it is 🙂 

 

Although to be honest I still don't understand why they would make the Platinum voucher for 2 people if only one in cabin is Platinum. Actually just spoke to Norwegian who said that even though we are both Platinum we only get one of the vouchers per cabin so essentially we are getting no more of a benefit than if one of us was Platinum which doesn't really seem quite right.

[lsfla]

3 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

The dining package is really split.  Each dining credit is for one person only.  The first two passengers on a reservation both get a set each from free at sea.  If you buy additional, it's only for the person who purchased it.  So, you can present one credit (from your room card) and say "it's for the both of us".  the platinum vouchers, on the other hand, are for two people

 

I guess that's the part that confuses me - "platinum vouchers are for 2 people". Yet only one can be given per cabin. So if there's one platinum member in the cabin you get one voucher for 2 people and if there's two platinum members in the cabin you get the same one voucher for 2 people? If so, essentially the 2nd platinum member in the cabin is getting no additional benefit for being platinum...

 

Edited July 11, 2023 by lsfla

[dbrown84]

4 minutes ago, lsfla said:

 

I guess that's the part that confuses me - "platinum vouchers are for 2 people". Yet only one can be given per cabin. So if there's one platinum member in the cabin you get one voucher for 2 people and if there's two platinum members in the cabin you get the same one voucher for 2 people? If so, essentially the 2nd platinum member in the cabin is getting no additional benefit for being platinum...

 

yep, that's it.  Some have split the platinum members up if they are cruising in multiple cabins (like put one each with a child), and I've seen some suggest even booking a 2nd cabin if there is no solo supplement 

[UKstages]

19 minutes ago, lsfla said:

So if there's one platinum member in the cabin you get one voucher for 2 people and if there's two platinum members in the cabin you get the same one voucher for 2 people?

you have the basic concept down, but just to clarify… there are two “vouchers.” that’s the platinum benefit. so there are two vouchers, each good for a dinner for two people. if there are two platinum latitudes members in the same cabin you will get one set of two vouchers.

[Russiamomm]

6 hours ago, lsfla said:

 

Thank you so much! This does make sense now and I appreciate your explanation. FAS at Food Republic it is 🙂 

 

Although to be honest I still don't understand why they would make the Platinum voucher for 2 people if only one in cabin is Platinum. Actually just spoke to Norwegian who said that even though we are both Platinum we only get one of the vouchers per cabin so essentially we are getting no more of a benefit than if one of us was Platinum which doesn't really seem quite right.

This is true.  It kind of annoys me too.  I’m doing a 16 night TA in December in the Haven.  I’m Sapphire and she’s Platinum.  I was disappointed to hear that we only get one set of vouchers between us.  But those are the rules.

[ChiefMateJRK]

8 hours ago, UKstages said:

you have the basic concept down, but just to clarify… there are two “vouchers.” that’s the platinum benefit. so there are two vouchers, each good for a dinner for two people. if there are two platinum latitudes members in the same cabin you will get one set of two vouchers.

Perfect explanation!  Now, about that laundry "coupon" that is the third thing in that packet..... 🤣

[insidecabin]

5 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Perfect explanation!  Now, about that laundry "coupon" that is the third thing in that packet..... 🤣

Its not a coupon or a voucher anyone that has actually read one know that.

[ChiefMateJRK]

23 minutes ago, insidecabin said:

Its not a coupon or a voucher anyone that has actually read one know that.

Ahem.  Yes, that was the joke.  Did you miss the quotes?

[lsfla]

10 hours ago, UKstages said:

you have the basic concept down, but just to clarify… there are two “vouchers.” that’s the platinum benefit. so there are two vouchers, each good for a dinner for two people. if there are two platinum latitudes members in the same cabin you will get one set of two vouchers.

 

Yes, that is what I said... and I used the term "Voucher" because that is how it was referred to earlier in this thread when SpainAlien was kind enough to post the one they received in June and it's also the term that was used by the Norwegian rep I spoke to on the phone today. Obviously it's a set as the platinum member is entitled to one for a dinner for 2 + a bottle of wine and another for a dinner for two without a bottle of wine.

 

My point was that both platinum members in the cabin earned that status and yet only one platinum member in the cabin gets the platinum benefit. They get it regardless of whether they are the only platinum member in the cabin or not. So essentially the 2nd platinum member is not getting a benefit that their status entitles them to receive. It's definitely an odd rule.

[UKstages]

11 minutes ago, lsfla said:

Yes, that is what I said…

most people refer to the “voucher” as the tearable coupon that comes in your benefit packet.  you get one platinum (or above) benefit packet printed on lightweight card stock, which is folded. contained within that benefit packet are two vouchers… each is good for one meal for two people. (one of those meals can include a bottle of wine, should you so desire.)

 

what you said was that that “if there's one platinum member in the cabin you get one voucher for 2 people.” if you think that means you get two dinner vouchers good for two dinners for two, no harm, no foul… but it doesn’t actually mean that. “one voucher for two people” means, well, that you’d get one voucher to be used for one meal for two people. 

[lsfla]

53 minutes ago, UKstages said:

most people refer to the “voucher” as the tearable coupon that comes in your benefit packet.  you get one platinum (or above) benefit packet printed on lightweight card stock, which is folded. contained within that benefit packet are two vouchers… each is good for one meal for two people. (one of those meals can include a bottle of wine, should you so desire.)

 

what you said was that that “if there's one platinum member in the cabin you get one voucher for 2 people.” if you think that means you get two dinner vouchers good for two dinners for two, no harm, no foul… but it doesn’t actually mean that. “one voucher for two people” means, well, that you’d get one voucher to be used for one meal for two people. 

If you read all of the comments and not just singled in on one word it is quite clear exactly what I meant and at no time did I ever insinuate that it's just one meal for 2 people as a Platinum benefit.

 

As I stated it's quite obvious that it's a set. At no time was it ever in dispute that the platinum member is entitled to dining benefit and for the benefit he/she receives the paper in their cabin for one dinner for 2 + a bottle of wine and one dinner for two without a bottle of wine." My point was that both platinum members in the cabin earned that status and yet only one platinum member in the cabin gets that platinum benefit. They get it regardless of whether they are the only platinum member in the cabin or not. So essentially the 2nd platinum member is not getting a benefit that their status entitles them to receive if they are traveling in the same cabin as Platinum member #1 and that it's an odd rule.

 

You are obviously looking for a fight and I'm not going to give you one. I'm done here.

[ChiefMateJRK]

1 hour ago, lsfla said:

So essentially the 2nd platinum member is not getting a benefit that their status entitles them to receive.

Yep.  But they do get more laundry!!

[BirdTravels]

8 hours ago, Russiamomm said:

This is true.  It kind of annoys me too.  I’m doing a 16 night TA in December in the Haven.  I’m Sapphire and she’s Platinum.  I was disappointed to hear that we only get one set of vouchers between us.  But those are the rules.

It is really no different that before when each person got their own voucher for 1. 

 

1 voucher for 2 persons = 2 dinners

2 vouchers for 1 person = 2 dinners

 

Why are you disappointed???

 

The difference is that if there is a Platinum and non-platinum in a room, you can still go to dinner together, whereas before, you would only have a voucher for 1 person and the second person would be stuck paying cash. 

[Russiamomm]

6 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

It is really no different that before when each person got their own voucher for 1. 

 

1 voucher for 2 persons = 2 dinners

2 vouchers for 1 person = 2 dinners

 

Why are you disappointed???

 

The difference is that if there is a Platinum and non-platinum in a room, you can still go to dinner together, whereas before, you would only have a voucher for 1 person and the second person would be stuck paying cash. 

I wasn’t aware that the vouchers used to only be for one meal.  It’s been 2 for 2 for at least the last few years.  We were so excited when my travel mate reached Platinum, thinking we’d each get vouchers in our own rights, getting four specialty meals to share.  But obviously we were wrong.