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sk8erguy1978

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  1. I too have the Sapphire Reserve and love it. One of my favorite perks is that I can combine the points with my two Chase Freedom cards creating a trifecta (Freedom 5% categories, Freedom Unlimited 1.5% everything, Sapphire 3% travel & dining). I agree with @princevaliantus that your first travel rewards card should be something a bit generic. If you want cash back, there are cards that provide that too but Sapphire allows you to redeem for travel, cash, and more.

    However, I wouldn't call it "garbage" but apples to apples, you do get more back from Chase; however it can be a good supplemental card. My wife isn't into cards with yearly fees and doesn't care about messing around with rewards. She has her Discover card and uses it for its 5% categories and that's about it. So, for her everyday spend, she runs around with the RCL Card and gets her 1% that we can redeem on-board spending, plus we got the 10k points for nothing.

  2. 13 minutes ago, CrznTxn said:

    When charges are made on a credit card through Royal, the company generally places an additional percentage amount as a hold. I tried to use a pre-paid card for payment for one cruise and I did not have enough "buffer" so it was rejected. Had enough on another card and it was accepted. If  you are using one for purchase of shore excursions, etc. and it is for full payment AND you have enough buffer money on the card Royal will take it. For an open ended use like use on your Seapass card, they will not. Ended up using them on groceries at home, the only place that did not add the additional hold.

    I was just typing this out ... I think it's about 20%. I used a Visa Gift card to pay a portion of a cruise, subtracted 20% from balance and it worked perfectly.

    It's not Royal per se, just how the cards work with travel related (and other) items. You can call the number on the back of the card and ask, the right person will know the number and share.

  3. Login to the cruise planner to get the price for current sale.

    sale price / (100 - sale percentage) = non sale price.

    Non sale price x 2 x number of days + 18%.

    That price would be a great assumption of worst case.

    Example: $59 a day per person at 20% off for a week long cruise.

    $59 / .80 = $73.75.

    $73.75 x 2 x 7 = $1032.50 

    $1032.50 * .18 (18%) = $185.85 + $1032.50 = $1218.35. (That's for two).

    Hope this helps.

  4. 1 hour ago, roundabout said:

    Long-time lurker here, but just had to come out of the shadows for this one.  Was that the  flight from EWR to Las Vegas last August, by any chance?

    Nope. It was the 6:00PM flight on March 15th, 2019 flight UA 2216. Crazy flight, changed our gate a few times too, had us running around the terminal like sheep. We deplaned because the crew said they were about to "time out" and they never got another crew. Not sure if it was United, EWR, weather or a combination.

    Glad to see United, EWR and Vegas runs are consistently late lol.

  5. 33 minutes ago, JLMoran said:

    I'm even older, and appreciated the binary reference.

    Remember, there are 10 kinds of people: Those who get binary, and those who don't. ?

     

    And can I just say how great it is be able to be openly geeky / nerdy / dorky and feel no shame over it? ?

    I have that T-shirt (although a bit old now) 10 kinds of people. Nope, no shame here either! ?

  6. 3 hours ago, Ogilthorpe said:

    I would suggest taking  it step further ... say you're 30 .... in base 21 ??

    LOL. I was converting his bday, but yeah I tell people my hex number LOL... Maybe I need to use your base 21 suggestion! 20 sounds more believable than 2A! (Assume my screen name gives a hint to age ?)

  7. On 2/8/2020 at 12:19 PM, foxrunner said:

    When booking our latest cruise it was cheaper to pick your own room than go the GTY route. Have you folks ever seen it priced that way? Why?

    I've seen it too. Most recently on my upcoming September cruise. With all promos applied (except C&A status - Diamond) the "You pick your room" is slightly higher ($762 vs $755). I do everything the same again except plug in C&A number and it's now cheaper ($655 vs $680). This is for a balcony, starting price.

    I've attached a screenshot, two different browsers: Chromium on left with C&A plugged in & Chrome on right without C&A.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Curt From Canada said:

    I have only done the "Apple Hack" once.  You need to have your Sea Pass (preliminary) that does not show a room number (I think it shows either "REPRINT" or "GTY").  There is an option to transfer the Seas Pass to Apple Wallet.  Take that option and underneath the bar code in Apple Wallet the last 5 digits could be the room that they had tentatively placed you in.

    I have seen others explain that due to Royal Up, other upgrades, and new reservations they must reserve a spot, but have the option to move you (probably if they can make more money).

    I have only done the GTY option once, but is was definitely much cheaper (in my case), kinda' fun to track the "progress" and a little scary that we would end up somewhere far from where we wanted to be.

    We will continue to decide cruise by cruise if we GTY or choose our room.

    Curt from Canada

    Interesting. Assuming the same would be true with Google Pay. We enjoy picking out our room but curious enough to follow along.

  9. Lots to do in Bermuda besides beaches. The Crystal Caves are fun. Hamilton is great for walking, shopping and history. St. George's has lots of history. There is also museums, lighthouse and more. If you're motorcycle friendly, and comfortable with British driving, rent a scooter and explore. If not, the bus and ferry system is great. Stop and talk to a local, friendliest people on the planet. 

    Just start googling what you're into and Bermuda will have something similar. 

    Bermuda is our favorite island.

    Weather looks decent, in the 70s.

  10. 3 hours ago, Curt From Canada said:

    @WAAAYTOOO... There is a Broadway show about people stranded waiting for their trip to continue.  They have no idea when or where they will be going next.  

    3PM show tomorrow on Broadway.  (Maybe only premium sheets)

    The only problem it is about being stranded in the middle of nowhere Newfoundland (Come From Away) ... my Canadian is showing.

    Still a great show.

    Curt from Canada

    My wife and I loved that play.

  11. 2 minutes ago, emsff02 said:

    Thankfully I wouldn't have to worry about this because this is also covered in the airlines contract of carriage. If they have a flight that is messed up, they have to get me to that destination, which has happened to me. I got put on a flight,  to funny enough to Paris, and made it to my destination.

    YEP! And the airline doesn't care how awful the reroute is to get you from origin to destination. I remember SW cancelled a flight out of New Orleans about 3 minutes before boarding. Our reroute was the next day, with a 3 hour layover in MCO before the flight back to ALB (Albany, NY). Know what we got for that delay ... Hotel, food, Ubers, easy $500 cost to us .... $0.

    LOL. 

  12. 21 minutes ago, groovybee said:

    honestly I can’t comprehend how delusional someone can be. more than fair? pro rated refund is the bare minimum.  If you booked tickets to travel abroad and you were taken only half way and the airline said we will give you half your money back as a refund. would you think that was also more than fair and roll with those punches. talk more sense next time...

    I once took a flight delayed by TWELVE hours. United screwed around from 6PM until 11PM with repeated delays, then finally pushed the flight until 6AM. At one point we boarded the plane and after sitting at the gate for about 30 minutes had to deplane (in the middle of the 6P to 11P nonsense).

    In the end, after an hour on the phone I received a 100 dollar credit. The letter they wrote for me to submit to insurance put blame on themselves (United) so Chase wouldn't refund me (travel delay expenses). I spent $150 or so for a last minute hotel in Newark ... For basically 3 hours. Two Ubers to and from EWR. As well as meals.

    So, the delay cost me probably $300 bucks and United gave me $100 and I couldn't claim the rest via travel insurance.

    Know what.... I wasn't mad. I still fly United. They owed me one thing. A flight to Vegas which they provided.

    I was happy to finally make it to Vegas for my guys weekend and obnoxiously wake up my friends.

    Royal only owes these passengers an apology and a refund of a service they didn't receive (a day or so missed), expecting more is exactly what's wrong with society today.

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