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Princess Cruise shipboard account question
We've already paid for the cruise in full by cash. I just discovered
the price went down another $210. Yay. We are getting a refund check back, and I would love to just keep that cash aside to put on our shipboard account when we board. I can do that, right? If the tips and anything we might spend doesn't amount to that much, do they refund the balance? How does that work? Thanks. Marcia |
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Marcia R. wrote: We've already paid for the cruise in full by cash. I just discovered the price went down another $210. Yay. We are getting a refund check back, and I would love to just keep that cash aside to put on our shipboard account when we board. I can do that, right? If the tips and anything we might spend doesn't amount to that much, do they refund the balance? How does that work? Thanks. You can pay your shipboard account in cash, but it is much easier to put it on a credit card. You can either put the money aside to pay the credit card bill or take the cash for expenses ashore. If you want to pay your onboard account in cash, I hope someone here can tell you how it works. Whatever, enjoy the found money. sue |
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Lucky you! Alas, here in Australia no refund is offered and if there
is an unfavourable currency fluctuation, we pay extra - if it's favourable, the cruise line doesn't have to give credit! |
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Sue Mullen wrote:
Marcia R. wrote: We've already paid for the cruise in full by cash. I just discovered the price went down another $210. Yay. We are getting a refund check back, and I would love to just keep that cash aside to put on our shipboard account when we board. I can do that, right? If the tips and anything we might spend doesn't amount to that much, do they refund the balance? How does that work? Thanks. You can pay your shipboard account in cash, but it is much easier to put it on a credit card. You can either put the money aside to pay the credit card bill or take the cash for expenses ashore. If you want to pay your onboard account in cash, I hope someone here can tell you how it works. Whatever, enjoy the found money. sue I guess putting it aside to pay a credit card bill would work. I've had a "stash" put away for the cruise for so long, I'm juggling. LOL. Marcia |
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Marcia R. wrote:
I guess putting it aside to pay a credit card bill would work. I've had a "stash" put away for the cruise for so long, I'm juggling. LOL. Marcia Marcia, two ways you can do this. 1) Open your account on the ship with a credit card as usual. Then go to the Purser's Desk and ask them to place $XXX amount of cash on your account and give them the cash. When that is used up, the balance will be charged to your credit card. If you do not use all of it up, the remaining money will be refunded to you in a check the last morning of the cruise. 2) Open your account on the ship with cash at the beginning of the cruise. You deposit your money at the Purser's Desk. If you use it all up during the week, the Purser will call you and ask you to replenish your account with more money. If you do not spend everything, the balance will be refunded to you in a check. When you do your pre-cruise online registration, there will be information there about onboard accounts. -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster |
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George Leppla wrote:
Marcia R. wrote: I guess putting it aside to pay a credit card bill would work. I've had a "stash" put away for the cruise for so long, I'm juggling. LOL. Marcia Marcia, two ways you can do this. 1) Open your account on the ship with a credit card as usual. Then go to the Purser's Desk and ask them to place $XXX amount of cash on your account and give them the cash. When that is used up, the balance will be charged to your credit card. If you do not use all of it up, the remaining money will be refunded to you in a check the last morning of the cruise. 2) Open your account on the ship with cash at the beginning of the cruise. You deposit your money at the Purser's Desk. If you use it all up during the week, the Purser will call you and ask you to replenish your account with more money. If you do not spend everything, the balance will be refunded to you in a check. When you do your pre-cruise online registration, there will be information there about onboard accounts. If we use up the cash, can we then put stuff on a credit card or is it only cash at that point? Marcia |
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On 3/1/2010 9:05 PM, Marcia R. wrote:
George Leppla wrote: 1) Open your account on the ship with a credit card as usual. Then go to the Purser's Desk and ask them to place $XXX amount of cash on your account and give them the cash. When that is used up, the balance will be charged to your credit card. If you do not use all of it up, the remaining money will be refunded to you in a check the last morning of the cruise. If we use up the cash, can we then put stuff on a credit card or is it only cash at that point? Marcia Just do option 1 and they'll have your credit card to charge when you run out of money that you have deposited. Seems like a lot of work for something that can easily be accomplished by sending the money to your credit card and just charging your onboard stuff. Also, did you ask the cruise line if they would just apply the credit directly to your onboard account? I would have thought that would be the best thing for them. BTW, why would you pay for your cruise in cash? Presumably you did not give it to the cruise line so it had to go through a travel agent. You have absolutely no protection against fraud if you pay in cash. And you lose at least 1% in rebates you could get by using a credit, not to mention the protection in case anything goes wrong. Bill |
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Bill wrote:
On 3/1/2010 9:05 PM, Marcia R. wrote: George Leppla wrote: 1) Open your account on the ship with a credit card as usual. Then go to the Purser's Desk and ask them to place $XXX amount of cash on your account and give them the cash. When that is used up, the balance will be charged to your credit card. If you do not use all of it up, the remaining money will be refunded to you in a check the last morning of the cruise. If we use up the cash, can we then put stuff on a credit card or is it only cash at that point? Marcia Just do option 1 and they'll have your credit card to charge when you run out of money that you have deposited. Seems like a lot of work for something that can easily be accomplished by sending the money to your credit card and just charging your onboard stuff. Also, did you ask the cruise line if they would just apply the credit directly to your onboard account? I would have thought that would be the best thing for them. BTW, why would you pay for your cruise in cash? Presumably you did not give it to the cruise line so it had to go through a travel agent. You have absolutely no protection against fraud if you pay in cash. And you lose at least 1% in rebates you could get by using a credit, not to mention the protection in case anything goes wrong. Bill I had a bunch of cash saved up (there are advantages to living in Las Vegas. LOL) and didn't want to put it through my checking account. We paid through the Auto Club. We have the insurance, so I'm not sure what fraud you think might happen. I just wanted to pay for it and be done. Marcia |
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On 3/1/10 6:22 PM, Marcia R. wrote:
We've already paid for the cruise in full by cash. I just discovered the price went down another $210. Yay. We are getting a refund check back, and I would love to just keep that cash aside to put on our shipboard account when we board. I can do that, right? If the tips and anything we might spend doesn't amount to that much, do they refund the balance? How does that work? Thanks. Marcia Others can chime in with more info here, but IMO, next time use a credit card to pay for your cruise. Just in case. If something were to go terribly wrong (such as the cruise line or even the travel agent going bankrupt - both of which has happened) you want the power of the credit card company behind you to stop payment or do whatever they can to protect your investment. If you paid cash... you're out of luck. You'll never see money again. Never pay cash. --Tom |
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On 3/2/2010 12:56 AM, tathraman wrote:
Lucky you! Alas, here in Australia no refund is offered and if there is an unfavourable currency fluctuation, we pay extra - if it's favourable, the cruise line doesn't have to give credit! What cruise line and time frame are you talking about? Doesn't the cruise contract allow you to cancel up to about 70 days before departure without penalty, so that you can book again at the reduced price? Some travel agents will watch the price for you and arrange for a credit for any difference if the price for your category is reduced. Also, if he contract specifies a price US rather than Australian dollars, you are entitled to a refund if the US$ declines. Does your contract say "Heads we win, Tails you lose"? |
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