Cruise line loyalty programs

[ksthommo]

Got Elite with Celebrity after 3 cruises in Aqua Class and Power Up Points during Covid.
Haven’t cruised since 2018.

 

[Pushka]

Thanks for that. My husband and I applied and both are now Grand Admiral…very handy should we ever cruise with Ponant again.

I love that title.

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Got Elite with Celebrity after 3 cruises in Aqua Class and Power Up Points during Covid.
Haven’t cruised since 2018.

We’ve done three with Celebrity in Aqua and another one next month and won’t make Elite. What am I doing wrong here…

 

[ksthommo]

44 nights plus the power up points got us over the line.

 

[Pushka]

44 nights plus the power up points got us over the line.

I just checked. We reach it the first night of the next cruise

 

[SYD]

44 nights plus the power up points got us over the line.

Over 20 years, I’ve done four Celebrity cruises, 36 nights - at least 2 in Aqua but still only “Select”. Although, I went from about 180 points to 285 just off “Power Ups”!

A cruise later this year will tip me over to Elite. There could be at least two more Power Ups before then but they won’t be enough.

 

[ksthommo]

We took one cruise Sydney-Hawaii in 2013
under the previous Celebrity Loyalty Program.
Conversion of previous points to the current Loyalty Program around 2014 helped.

 

[Pushka]

Over 20 years, I’ve done four Celebrity cruises, 36 nights - at least 2 in Aqua but still only “Select”. Although, I went from about 180 points to 285 just off “Power Ups”!

A cruise later this year will tip me over to Elite. There could be at least two more Power Ups before then but they won’t be enough.

I never received the power up points from a recent video promoted as one that earns them.

 

[VPS]

I did a celebrity cruise in 2015 so have emailed them to ask why my account isn't active and why it doesn't appear on there. They have been very good at emailing and said they will follow up

 

[SYD]

The free cruise on SS is only if you have done the time on SS. Number of nights on other lines that you have used to Status match doesn’t count.

Here’s an opportunity to build up your Silverseas VS nights. 149 day 2027 World Cruise!

The Three Oceans – World Cruise 2027

Explore the rhythms of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and unveil their secrets, sailing on Silver Dawn for an unforgettable world cruise.

www.silversea.com

Only A$150k pp (~A$1k pn).

 

[tgh]

We priced a silver suite next year WC segment Silver dawn FortLauderdale to Auckland @ $ 200k aud ptop….naaaahhhh….

 

[love_the_life]

I remember a Cunard QM world cruise - the most expensive suite came in at $500K but remember this was about 10 years ago. I passed on the opportunity,

 

[VPS]

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Here’s an opportunity to build up your Silverseas VS nights. 149 day 2027 World Cruise!

The Three Oceans – World Cruise 2027

Explore the rhythms of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and unveil their secrets, sailing on Silver Dawn for an unforgettable world cruise.

www.silversea.com

Only A$150k pp (~A$1k pn).

I don't find that itinerary that exciting though

 

[Seat0B]

Grand Admiral…

You should change your QF/VA FF count name to reflect this as your title . “Welcome back on board Grand Admiral @sanne .”

 

[straitman]

I/we look at cruise lines as we look at hotels. They are all pitched at a different level in the market as are the benefits and returns you get.

We have done two cruises (14 nights) with Norwegian. The first was our very first cruise ever (Pride of America around Hawaii) so we didn't know what to expect. The second was last year on Norwegian Jewel in Alaska. Great trip however a lot of weird and wonderful things so no real enticement to go bad. Norwegian were very dismissive of feedback so I suggest we won't hurry back there.

One cruise on Celebrity Solstice (12 nights) and that was actually pretty good with a few interesting oddities. eg no standardisation of drinks between bars. We just haven't been back there yet.

Two cruises (19 nights) on Royal Caribbean. Both pretty reasonable however the ships are just too big even though that's the trend these days for most lines.

One (7 nights) on Cunard's Queen Mary from New York to Southhampton. Great trip though typically British and rather formal. Interesting watching the Poms out 'sun baking' on a grey windy day.

One (19 nights) on P&O International Aurora which was actually a great cruise.

Three cruises (maybe 15 nights) on P&O Australia. First two were typical P&O bogan cruises and the third was a 4 night experiment to see what they had done to the former Golden Princess now that it had become Pacific Adventure. (nothing)

One cruise (about 8 nights) on Carnival Splendor which was fortunately cut short by a cyclone and the start of Covid. No further comment!

The balance of our cruises have all been on Princess ships including part of the maiden voyage of Majestic Princess. The figures here include the P&O, Carnival and Cunard totals. My Captain Circle accounts says 33 cruises and 387 nights.

We met someone recently who actually lives on Crown Princess. The husband and wife have been on Princess ships for 2247 nights.

 

[RooFlyer]

I see Ponant has changed the timing of qualification for their Yacht Club tiers (2, 4, 7 20 cruises). Previously cruises were counted at the time of booking; now after they have been taken.

Just booked 2 more back-to-back (Greek Isls Athens to Athens. then Sthn Italy, Tunisia, Algeria, Melilla (Spain on Moroccan coast) and Spain.

 

[AuSammy]

Travelled cruised with RCI, Princess, Holland America, P&O, Avalon etc. Status with Princess. Being budget conscious, while I am not keen on really big ships, I have not travelled with any of the smaller up market cruise lines so far.

To finish up what we knew was a busy schedule of recent travel on a Europe touring/holiday we decided to book a cruise to wind down at the end.

Because of circumstance budget and schedule requirements and partially curiosity we booked a 7day MSC med cruise (which we undertook recently). 6,800passengers 2,200crew

On this cruise booking as we do on all cruise bookings, deliberately paid that little bit more to select and lock in a specific cabin number roughly midships to provide the most comfortable ride but not too close to the elevators/foot traffic.

We hold Platinum with Princess and applied online for a status match with MSC. This happened seamlessly very quickly with Voyager Gold granted which would grant a some small benefits.

As usual we received several emails inviting us to pay an extra $1-7k for a better cabin class which we ignored.

We set off in our travels around Europe and arrived at the day before we are due to board, checked through our documents and boarding instructions to find annoyingly our cabin number appears to have been changed . Maybe a mixup

Arrived at the port to be greeted and escorted to a priority lounge and asked to wait as someone relabelled our bags and a waiter served us drinks and snacks - turns out we had been upgraded to the Voyagers Club “5* enclave within a ship” environment.

A butler, a much larger cabin. Walk-in rain shower. Unlimited drinks. Free full minibar in cabin. Unlimited internet. Private restaurant dining. Daily access 1hr to the thermal suite. Priority lifts. Priority escorted disembarking at each port. Impeccable service by multilingual very well trained staff throughout the “hotel enclave”.

Can’t be sure why we got the upgrade. Low season? Enticement to first time travellers? Princess Status?

An incredible experience. Not sure we could go back to “normal” cruising again.

 

[SYD]

Over 20 years, I’ve done four Celebrity cruises, 36 nights - at least 2 in Aqua but still only “Select”. Although, I went from about 180 points to 285 just off “Power Ups”!

A cruise later this year will tip me over to Elite. There could be at least two more Power Ups before then but they won’t be enough.

Looks like I’m going to be 3pts short of “Elite” status with Celebrity prior to our next cruise in a few weeks time….. One night of many booked would be enough to to tip me over…

I wonder if they’d comp me if I ask?

Meanwhile, RCCL Group are introducing “Points choice” which should allow a cruise on any of the lines (RCCL, Celebrity or Silverseas) be credited to a preferred program.

Learn More about Royal Caribbean Group’s Latest Announcements

Learn More about Royal Caribbean Group’s Latest Announcements

www.royalcaribbeangroup.com

Currently you only earn points in each of program (Crown & Anchor, Captains Club or Venetian Society) for sailings on ships within each line.

But they do have the auto status match.

Depending on the details (due next year), I might start directing future sailing days to VS in expectation of doing some trips on their metal in due course.

 

[VPS]

Travelled cruised with RCI, Princess, Holland America, P&O, Avalon etc. Status with Princess. Being budget conscious, while I am not keen on really big ships, I have not travelled with any of the smaller up market cruise lines so far.

To finish up what we knew was a busy schedule of recent travel on a Europe touring/holiday we decided to book a cruise to wind down at the end.

Because of circumstance budget and schedule requirements and partially curiosity we booked a 7day MSC med cruise (which we undertook recently). 6,800passengers 2,200crew

On this cruise booking as we do on all cruise bookings, deliberately paid that little bit more to select and lock in a specific cabin number roughly midships to provide the most comfortable ride but not too close to the elevators/foot traffic.

We hold Platinum with Princess and applied online for a status match with MSC. This happened seamlessly very quickly with Voyager Gold granted which would grant a some small benefits.

As usual we received several emails inviting us to pay an extra $1-7k for a better cabin class which we ignored.

We set off in our travels around Europe and arrived at the day before we are due to board, checked through our documents and boarding instructions to find annoyingly our cabin number appears to have been changed . Maybe a mixup

Arrived at the port to be greeted and escorted to a priority lounge and asked to wait as someone relabelled our bags and a waiter served us drinks and snacks - turns out we had been upgraded to the Voyagers Club “5* enclave within a ship” environment.

A butler, a much larger cabin. Walk-in rain shower. Unlimited drinks. Free full minibar in cabin. Unlimited internet. Private restaurant dining. Daily access 1hr to the thermal suite. Priority lifts. Priority escorted disembarking at each port. Impeccable service by multilingual very well trained staff throughout the “hotel enclave”.

Can’t be sure why we got the upgrade. Low season? Enticement to first time travellers? Princess Status?

An incredible experience. Not sure we could go back to “normal” cruising again.

Excellent - well done

 

[drron]

Looks like I’m going to be 3pts short of “Elite” status with Celebrity prior to our next cruise in a few weeks time….. One night of many booked would be enough to to tip me over…

I wonder if they’d comp me if I ask?

Meanwhile, RCCL Group are introducing “Points choice” which should allow a cruise on any of the lines (RCCL, Celebrity or Silverseas) be credited to a preferred program.

Learn More about Royal Caribbean Group’s Latest Announcements

Learn More about Royal Caribbean Group’s Latest Announcements

www.royalcaribbeangroup.com

Currently you only earn points in each of program (Crown & Anchor, Captains Club or Venetian Society) for sailings on ships within each line.

But they do have the auto status match.

Depending on the details (due next year), I might start directing future sailing days to VS in expectation of doing some trips on their metal in due course.

Read a bit about VS benefits before you make the plunge.
SS do treat singles well once aboard but it has become dearer for singles. They used to have quite a few voyages with a 25% single supplement Now talking to the singles we met on the last cruise the vast majority are 75% supplementthe benefits are here.

Venetian Society Program – Cruise Loyalty Program

Join our international group of travelers! A special circle of friends, exclusive privileges and luxury cruise rewards.

www.silversea.com

The major benefits are the 7 day complimentary cruise at 350 days and 14 days after 500 days. But any status match does not include these benefits. They are strictly SS days only that count.

 

[SYD]

Read a bit about VS benefits before you make the plunge.

Yeah, I think I said up thread a while ago that there’s not a lot of room to move with extra perks on an already higher class ships and service. Better champagne was one.

But with Celebrity Captains Club, it’s a huge step from soon to be “Elite” (=RCCL “Diamond” and “250 VS”) to “Elite Plus” (let alone “Zenith”)!

The major benefits are the 7 day complimentary cruise at 350 days and 14 days after 500 days. But any status match does not include these benefits. They are strictly SS days only that count.

Hence the earlier comment about directing future sailings (including one booked for next year) to VS.

Anyway, the devil will be in the detail when it gets published.