Carrie22 Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Has anyone else been receiving emails that they are past due on their final payment, but all documents say the outstanding balance is $0? I've gotten three of these emails at this point, one shortly before the 30 day deadline, one on the 30 day deadline, and one at about 25 days. When I received the second notice (on the 30 day deadline) I called customer service and the rep seemed confused, but told me I had a balance due of $0. I'll probably be calling again this weekend, but wanted to see if anyone else here had experienced the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChessE4 Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Negative, no such emails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho and Barb Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 We have a GREAT TA who takes care of everything so we have never received payment notification. If its due, he uses our CC on record to make the payment, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakejosa Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 44 minutes ago, Psycho and Barb said: We have a GREAT TA who takes care of everything so we have never received payment notification. If its due, he uses our CC on record to make the payment, Would you mind sharing who this great TA is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Forlenza Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 MEI Travel is the recommended one. I'm a little biased, though. I've seen several reports on here of people seeing strange things with their bookings. I will also say I have seen a lot more scams out there about past due balances. For example I was getting one from Verizon, but they assured me it was a scam. So I'm wondering if there has been some data breach somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moby Dick Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Carrie22 said: Has anyone else been receiving emails that they are past due on their final payment, but all documents say the outstanding balance is $0? I've gotten three of these emails at this point, one shortly before the 30 day deadline, one on the 30 day deadline, and one at about 25 days. When I received the second notice (on the 30 day deadline) I called customer service and the rep seemed confused, but told me I had a balance due of $0. I'll probably be calling again this weekend, but wanted to see if anyone else here had experienced the same thing. THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT I've got a few kinda similar emails from other sources. It's nerve racking, for sure. But, the closer I look at the email I find that they weren't sent (looking at the "from" line) from the business they supposedly represent. It turned out to be a hack. Usually the emails have a from something like: [email protected] as an example. Since I've gotten a VPN and I use DuckDuckGo (no, I'm not affiliated in any way) as my search engine and an add killer, the B.S. has subsided to an almost stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie22 Posted May 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, 10-42 said: Usually the emails have a from something like: [email protected] as an example. Oh interesting, thanks! I just took another look and my emails have been from [email protected] and the links and phone numbers all seem to be real (no one is asking for my passwords or credit card info or anything). I just called again - and got lucky with a 1 minute wait time - and was once again told that I do not have a balance due so I'm just going to try to relax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 53 minutes ago, Jakejosa said: Would you mind sharing who this great TA is? TA - Travel Agent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho and Barb Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Jakejosa said: Would you mind sharing who this great TA is? PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Have to wonder if the mysterious emails going to some with a zero balance are related to the mysterious refund and lack of notification about a balance due on other accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelivable12 Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Paid cruise off 5/16. Received cancellation email on Saturday 5/21 showing zero balance. Called Royal Caribbean on Saturday 5/21 and told to disregard. Received email this morning that cruise was cancelled. On phone now and have to transfer to resolutions department and wait could be up to one hour. This is an international cruise with cruise, flights, hotel, transfers, and travel insurance. I have never had such a terrible experience with Royal Caribbean. Update: Spent 5 hours on phone yesterday between various departments and on hold. Cruise is still not restored to original paid invoice. Still missing the precruise hotel and transfers and travel insurance. Being told those will be refunded in 30-45 days and I will need to rebook through another department. Unfortunately, I did not book through a travel agent and am having to deal with this myself. If there is a next time, I will book through a travel agent. Update 06/03 Cruise, Flight, hotel are rebooked. Fingers crossed no more issues. Thank you to the Miami team. Edited June 7, 2022 by Unbelivable12 Follow-up info Allen2, Pattycruise and FireFishII 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammygd Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Unbelivable12 said: Paid cruise off 5/16. Received cancellation email on Saturday 5/21 showing zero balance. Called Royal Caribbean on Saturday 5/21 and told to disregard. Received email this morning that cruise was cancelled. On phone now and have to transfer to resolutions department and wait could be up to one hour. This is an international cruise with cruise, flights, hotel, transfers, and travel insurance. I have never had such a terrible experience with Royal Caribbean. That’s so frustrating… please update with their resolution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 That's exactly what happened to me. Luckily my travel agent, @michelle, was on it like me on sushi and had it resolved the next day (which was a Sunday, and Mother's Day, and she's so fantastic. I'm sorry you have to do all of the leg work yourself, but I'm confident that they'll get it figured out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid4c4 Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 Our TA takes care of all RCCL bills and payments. About a week from our cruise she will send us the cruise contract, receipt paid in full, insurance coverage and depending on the cruise luggage tags. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 27 minutes ago, Paid4c4 said: Our TA takes care of all RCCL bills and payments. About a week from our cruise she will send us the cruise contract, receipt paid in full, insurance coverage and depending on the cruise luggage tags. Bill Even with my TA taking care of things, it was a cruise planner glitch (I book Cruise Planner things myself, as do most people) that caused it. It said no money was due, but then due to the glitch, and even though it said zero balance, they canceled the cruise for a balance due (which wasn't real). So this 0 balance due email is very concerning. Paid4c4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantix2000 Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 My guess is there's a rounding issue in the software behind the scenes. Due to some sort of glitch with currency conversion or something else, the customer ends up owing a fraction of a cent ($0.0001). But when they display the bill and send the email, it auto-formats to the standard 2 digit dollar amount ($0.00) which makes it appear you are paid in full. The people on the phone say everything is fine because they probably see the same thing. But the system knows the customer owes a "balance" and cancels the cruise because they aren't looking at the amount just whether it is zero. It's a rookie coding error, but that seems par for the course with Royal's IT. Spang1974 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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