Lilcruiser

You do not have to put a deposit down. 5 night cruise charging limit is $300 before they suspend charging privileges. We always do a cash account and have never had to put down money ahead of time. We usually go to guest services sometime the last day of the cruise and pay whatever the bill is. We also don't charge enough to go over their limit for cash accounts.

Symphony of the Seas Apr. 17, 2021 out of Miami does. We are on that cruise next year.

The names will have to match those listed on the reservation.

They could have just made the overall change effective for cruises starting in May 2021 since those itineraries aren't even available to book yet and avoided this whole debacle. I am assuming I will have an email tonight or tomorrow showing that they are giving me an option for my BW balcony on Symphony in April 2021.

I managed to get enough points in about three and half weeks for $100 obc. My husband already had the points on his. We both cashed in and was able to add to our cruise we had just booked. We were still within the 30 day new booking window so they didn't even have to do anything other than add this on to the booking. $200 obc total for basically playing something we would play whether there were rewards or not. Now, we are just going to let points accumulate until we plan the next trip and see what they have to offer.

If your cruise is 5 nights or less, you can charge up to $300 before having to put cash on your account if going the cash route. $500 is the amount you can charge on sailings longer than 5 nights. If you put a card on your account instead, use an actual credit card. If it is a debit card, they will put a hold on it that can take up to 2 weeks after the cruise ends to be released. We did cash on our cruise last month. Charged what we wanted to seapass and then just went to guest services the final night and paid it in cash. We will be doing the same on our cruise next May.