Shari3 Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 I received my new invoice from Royal today for a cruise I lifted and shifted. I was told that my original cruise planner items would be refunded to my original form of payment. Instead they credited them to the balance owed on my cruise over a year away. Final payment on this cruise isn’t due until next June. Now Royal has over $1000 of my money I was expecting to be refunded to my credit card. Has this happened to anyone else?? Baked Alaska and CGTLH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Do you have confirmation of the cruise planner cancellations (email) that shows your original form of payment? Near the bottom it should say that it will be refunded to your original form of payment. You NEED that email to go farther with this. When I Lifted and Shifted I received an email where all my Cruise Planner purchases were automatically cancelled. Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Shari3 said: I received my new invoice from Royal today for a cruise I lifted and shifted. I was told that my original cruise planner items would be refunded to my original form of payment. Instead they credited them to the balance owed on my cruise over a year away. Final payment on this cruise isn’t due until next June. Now Royal has over $1000 of my money I was expecting to be refunded to my credit card. Has this happened to anyone else?? The same occurred to me also. I received a credit towards the amount owed on my future cruise, which I was okay with. I did receive emails also showing cruise planner purchases were automatically cancelled also. Since I did not mind the credit towards my future cruise, especially since it was money already spent, I didn’t follow up any further. Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, Kathleen said: The same occurred to me also. I received a credit towards the amount owed on my future cruise, which I was okay with. I did receive emails also showing cruise planner purchases were automatically cancelled also. Since I did not mind the credit towards my future cruise, especially since it was money already spent, I didn’t follow up any further. I am curious, did your cancellation say that your CP purchases would be credited back to your original form of payment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shari3 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 48 minutes ago, Baked Alaska said: Do you have confirmation of the cruise planner cancellations (email) that shows your original form of payment? Near the bottom it should say that it will be refunded to your original form of payment. You NEED that email to go farther with this. When I Lifted and Shifted I received an email where all my Cruise Planner purchases were automatically cancelled. Yes I have that confirmation email. I called them and they are going to fix it and refund my credit card. Smooth move on their part trying to hold onto my money! Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shari3 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, Kathleen said: The same occurred to me also. I received a credit towards the amount owed on my future cruise, which I was okay with. I did receive emails also showing cruise planner purchases were automatically cancelled also. Since I did not mind the credit towards my future cruise, especially since it was money already spent, I didn’t follow up any further. I did mind that they did this because it interfered with me using a full FCC toward my balance. And I really didn’t want them to hold my money for another year. Baked Alaska and Kathleen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 39 minutes ago, Baked Alaska said: I am curious, did your cancellation say that your CP purchases would be credited back to your original form of payment? Yes. But figured it was a form email generated and instead in my case they just credited my future cruise. On my confirmation on the new cruise it shows as a payment. Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, Shari3 said: I did mind that they did this because it interfered with me using a full FCC toward my balance. And I really didn’t want them to hold my money for another year. I totally understand, especially since you were using a FCC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, Shari3 said: I received my new invoice from Royal today for a cruise I lifted and shifted. I was told that my original cruise planner items would be refunded to my original form of payment. Instead they credited them to the balance owed on my cruise over a year away. Final payment on this cruise isn’t due until next June. Now Royal has over $1000 of my money I was expecting to be refunded to my credit card. Has this happened to anyone else?? 17 hours ago, Kathleen said: The same occurred to me also. I received a credit towards the amount owed on my future cruise, which I was okay with. I did receive emails also showing cruise planner purchases were automatically cancelled also. Since I did not mind the credit towards my future cruise, especially since it was money already spent, I didn’t follow up any further. While the cruise I want to change isn't eligible for 'lift & shift' (because of the cruise I'd replace it with) this is the reason I cancelled my Cruise Planner purchases first, once that's processed, I'll discuss options with my Travel Agent. I was concerned how it might be handled if we cancelled, or became one of the lucky ones who lifted & shifted to something completely different. While I do consider it money spent and paid my CC already ... but, I'd rather earn some (quickly declining) interest from Ally :). Edited June 10, 2020 by sk8erguy1978 typo Baked Alaska and Kathleen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shari3 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 4 hours ago, sk8erguy1978 said: While the cruise I want to change isn't eligible for 'lift & shift' (because of the cruise I'd replace it with) this is the reason I cancelled my Cruise Planner purchases first, once that's processed, I'll discuss options with my Travel Agent. I was concerned how it might be handled if we cancelled, or became one of the lucky ones who lifted & shifted to something completely different. While I do consider it money spent and paid my CC already ... but, I'd rather earn some (quickly declining) interest from Ally :). In hindsight I totally agree with you. I should have cancelled my planner purchases first. But that doesn’t excuse Royal for trying to be slick and holding onto my money. Baked Alaska and sk8erguy1978 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, Shari3 said: In hindsight I totally agree with you. I should have cancelled my planner purchases first. But that doesn’t excuse Royal for trying to be slick and holding onto my money. Not in the least. You should have been presented with options. Heck even United Airlines gave me options. Shari3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTLH Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Thank you all for the insight on this. Looks like I'll be reaching out to my TA and see if this happened with my Lift and Shift as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, CGTLH said: Thank you all for the insight on this. Looks like I'll be reaching out to my TA and see if this happened with my Lift and Shift as well. If it happened it will appear on your confirmation as PAID monies. Normally all that appears there is your deposit monies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTLH Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 6/10/2020 at 7:48 PM, CGTLH said: Thank you all for the insight on this. Looks like I'll be reaching out to my TA and see if this happened with my Lift and Shift as well. Just an update. Spoke with my TA today and after some digging she saw my cruise planner purchases being refunded a few days ago. The LnS for the sailing had occurred 4 weeks ago, same day I got the "Cruise Planner Cancellation Summary" email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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