gwbaker Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Going on Oasis of the Seas Feb 9, 2020. Just about convinced to purchase The Key, but other couple going with us has not fully paid Costco Travel and cannot make purchase through Royal until the reservation is fully paid and forwarded from Costco to Royal. I think they are interested in The Key, but for various reasons we do not want to buy it if they do not. With the price fluctuations I would like to buy now at $24.99 to avoid the 30 plus prices I have seen. But, when they pay off, they may decide not to buy it. If I purchase now, can I decline, get a refund, and not pay any penalty? Thanks, p.s. veteran cruiser, but new to royal Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra614 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 If you like the price available, lock it in now!! You can always cancel up to 3 days before sailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 59 minutes ago, gwbaker said: other couple going with us has not fully paid Costco Travel and cannot make purchase through Royal until the reservation is fully paid and forwarded from Costco to Royal. Ok, reason enough to NOT book through Costco. That's insane. Baked Alaska and Momof4crazytocruise 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbaker Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 32 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said: Ok, reason enough to NOT book through Costco. That's insane. Beg to differ for a variety of reasons, but not interested in the debate., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbaker Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, cobra614 said: If you like the price available, lock it in now!! You can always cancel up to 3 days before sailing. Thanks for the helpful reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 12 hours ago, gwbaker said: Just about convinced to purchase The Key, but other couple going with us has not fully paid Costco Travel and cannot make purchase through Royal until the reservation is fully paid and forwarded from Costco to Royal. They put a deposit down, correct? Once you have a deposit down with RC, anyone can book the key (or any other Cruise Planner purchase) before making final payment. So not sure why they said that. Momof4crazytocruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaAirplane Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 If they provide you with their RCCL reservation number (not the Costco booking number - they will need to ask Costco for it), in your own Cruise Planner, you can add them to your basket and score that price for all of you. You would be paying for all four, and then get your friends to pay you back. You still would have the ability to cancel it later, esp. if the price drops and/or your friends can pick it up on their own CP eventually. Edit to add: thinking out loud, I suspect that the problem is that Costco has not yet given your friends their actual RCCL reservation number - your friends really should push to get it from Costco now, allowing them to get into their Cruise Planner. Hoski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SassMaster Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 We are traveling on that cruise also! Our first cruise and we are purchasing The Key. Maybe we will see you in the special time slots for the activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Crush Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 15 hours ago, gwbaker said: Going on Oasis of the Seas Feb 9, 2020. Just about convinced to purchase The Key, but other couple going with us has not fully paid Costco Travel and cannot make purchase through Royal until the reservation is fully paid and forwarded from Costco to Royal I book with Costco all the time and I have gotten a similar error message before. I think it's just a timing issue with the system when the booking is very new. Ask your friends to wait until the booking is at least a day old, and then try the cruise planner again. It should let them pre-book whatever they want and they DON'T have to pay the full cruise balance in advance. Hoski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 My current booking for January 2020 is through Costco and I have had full access to Cruise Planner since we booked and have not made final payment yet. They should be able to resove this quickly enough to purchase the Key before any price changes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbaker Posted October 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Okay, thanks for the additional replies!!! Sassmaster, (loving the name)… Catch you at the embarkation lunch maybe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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