Place holder

[Garyjames220]

Hey

got a cruise booked for next for Feb and sept next year

If come Feb it works out better to put a place holder on my sept cruise can they transfer it from the money I have already paid or do I need to cancel and do refunds and pay again which can take about a week or so time the banks refund my card

Or will I not need to give any money for place holder and they will just transfer it ?

 

[lanejudy]

A "placeholder" is for an unspecified date; it can be used for any cruise within 24 months. It requires a $250 deposit (US$). I don't believe they'll "transfer" any current monies held to a "placeholder."

If you already have a specific date in mind, you can do an OBB for it. The deposit amount will depend on the cost of the cruise; 10% deposit for cruises of 7+ nights and 20% deposit for shorter cruises. If you used a TA, you will need to make a separate OBB and have the TA handle "reconciling" the 2 reservations. If you booked directly with DCL, there have been varied reports as to whether the future cruise bookings CM is able to shift a deposit and cancel the first reservation, or if you will need to do that from home.

Enjoy your cruise!

 

[Hundredacre]

Hey

got a cruise booked for next for Feb and sept next year

If come Feb it works out better to put a place holder on my sept cruise can they transfer it from the money I have already paid or do I need to cancel and do refunds and pay again which can take about a week or so time the banks refund my card

Or will I not need to give any money for place holder and they will just transfer it ?

In our experience they cancel and refund the booking (unfortunately) and make a new booking with a new deposit. You will get your original deposit back but have to wait for it to process to your card- for us 3 days.

 

[Hundredacre]

Another thing to think about is that you might not be able to get the same room/s- if that matters. We didn't care, but the cm told us the rooms we had on the other reservation would not show up as open right away after we cancelled.

 

[Garyjames220]

So if I no the date. Can they not just give me the benfits with a booking I already have paid for, so saves refunds etc I booked direct with dcl

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So if I no the date. Can they not just give me the benfits with a booking I already have paid for, so save refunds etc

Correct.

 

[Garyjames220]

So I don't need to budget any money for the place holder when I go as they will transfer it ?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So I don't need to budget any money for the place holder when I go as they will transfer it ?

I mean, it's correct that they won't just transfer any monies paid to another reservation to a placeholder. You'd have to cancel the actual reservation, get a refund, and make a new, placeholder, reservation.

 

[Garyjames220]

Ok bit of a pain but oh well