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Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

Long story short, my family missed embarkation in Barcelona due to a missed flight connection and were not permitted to join the cruise in progress.
Has anyone ever still asked for & received Crown & Anchor points after paying in full, but not sailing?

The crew that I have talked to tell me they do not get anything for serving a C&A drink, it's explained to them that this is expected and goes with the job.   That's why I always tip per drink.  If I have unused C&A vouchers I'll often ask for bottles of water near bedtime and even those I tip $1 per drink minimum, i.e 3 water = $3.
Drink package and regularly charged drinks are the only drinks that automatically reward the server.  
I also tend to come back towards the end of the cruise and give something extra to those that have earned it through great service.  I typically get shareholder OBC on my cruises which I cash out in the casino and use for extra tipping purposes.

I have been making it a point to talk with my bartenders a lot since the re-start and the exclusive use of the "All Day" vouchers.   After I get to know them, especially so on my 3 b2b cruises, I have started to talk about the vouchers with them, although about half just smile and say they can't comment some have opened up.  They told me most of the bar staff dislike those with vouchers as opposed to those with the UBP, because at least with the UBP they know they have at least contributed to the "Gratuity Pool" 
Those of you that say they tip are apparently a large minority according to my sources.  We always gave a $1 a drink in the lounge before Covid, but after Covid, last August we started tipping on out voucher drinks usually $5 for both of us are getting a drink or $2 individually.  I came up with these figures based on the daily drink specials are $10+18% or $1.80 grat and $13+18% is a $2.34 gratuity, so my figures at least in my mind are relatively close.
All JMHO,  I hope all of you are able to enjoy your cruise.

I doubt it as they don't print out a receipt for signature.  I always tip $1 per free drink to make sure they are recognized.

Wow….just learned something…I’ve been signing my unvaccinated kids up for the PCR for the past several cruises not realizing they could take the rapid NAAT. Thanks blog!

Wow….just learned something…I’ve been signing my unvaccinated kids up for the PCR for the past several cruises not realizing they could take the rapid NAAT. Thanks blog!

Wow….just learned something…I’ve been signing my unvaccinated kids up for the PCR for the past several cruises not realizing they could take the rapid NAAT. Thanks blog!