soak01 Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Hi all, I am after some help. Sorry about war and peace. My parents were due to join us on a cruise on Voyager leaving Sydney on 18th March 2020, but due to the developing COVID situation on Radiance and Voyager on cruises immediately before ours, they took the option being in their 70s to cancel as they were not going to meet the health protocols that Royal came out with and received a 100% FCC. Two days later the COVID situation all went down hill and the cruise was cancelled so we were able to get a refund, but they missed out. I have tried contacting Royal to see if they can get a refund as they are certainly not going to be able to cruise any time soon, certainly not before the FCC runs out and Aussie borders are closed so no cruises until end of 2022 at the earliest but Royal keep saying no can do. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, soak01 said: Hi all, I am after some help. Sorry about war and peace. My parents were due to join us on a cruise on Voyager leaving Sydney on 18th March 2020, but due to the developing COVID situation on Radiance and Voyager on cruises immediately before ours, they took the option being in their 70s to cancel as they were not going to meet the health protocols that Royal came out with and received a 100% FCC. Two days later the COVID situation all went down hill and the cruise was cancelled so we were able to get a refund, but they missed out. I have tried contacting Royal to see if they can get a refund as they are certainly not going to be able to cruise any time soon, certainly not before the FCC runs out and Aussie borders are closed so no cruises until end of 2022 at the earliest but Royal keep saying no can do. Any suggestions? I hope I am wrong but in the past Royal has been VERY strict about that rule....if you cancel, FCC only. If they cancel, FCC or refund. I would be very surprised if they allow your parents to convert their FCC to a cash refund....unfortunately. Neesa and PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Not an expert here (and this all happened almost a year and a half ago??) but I have read here of people over 70 being able to transfer FCC to someone else? I don’t think there is anything you can do this far down the line to get a refund for them but MAYBE they will be allowed to give you their FCC to use? WAAAYTOOO and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1guynz Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 My suggestion would be to book one of cruises scheduled out of Sydney in December 2021 (The new short itineraries) using the FCC as given the COVID situation it will likely be cancelled by Royal and then you will be eligible for a cash refund. In the unlikely event the cruise does go ahead you can cancel up to 2 days before hand using 5he cruise with confidence policy and get a new FCC which will have a new expiry date. Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soak01 Posted August 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 hours ago, F1guynz said: My suggestion would be to book one of cruises scheduled out of Sydney in December 2021 (The new short itineraries) using the FCC as given the COVID situation it will likely be cancelled by Royal and then you will be eligible for a cash refund. In the unlikely event the cruise does go ahead you can cancel up to 2 days before hand using 5he cruise with confidence policy and get a new FCC which will have a new expiry date. I'll suggest this to them I guess they would have to apply the full value of the FCC to the cruise for this to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted August 28, 2021 Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 when they cancelled they probably had discussed things and had a few ideas of what they would do with FCC, i would just stick to those plans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1guynz Posted August 29, 2021 Report Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 8/28/2021 at 10:29 AM, soak01 said: I guess they would have to apply the full value of the FCC to the cruise for this to work? Yes that is right, if it doesn’t cover the full cost of the cruise they will issue a new FCC for the remainder. I think it would be best to book over the phone so the FCC can be applied without paying a new deposit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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