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Cruise Line Loyalty: Pros and Cons Of Being Loyal To A Cruise Line? - YouTube
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you're about to discover the best things
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and the worst things about staying loyal
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to a cruise line
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I'm Gary beverage this is another of my
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cruise tips for travelers I'll take a
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look at Lottie programs with Cruise
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Lines and look at the pros and the cons
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of staying loyal to one particular
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Cruise Line well what is a cruise line
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log program they're free to join you you
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normally get signed up when you go on
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your very first cruise on a cruise that
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often you need that to be able to get in
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to manage your cruise booking for
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example you then earn points based on
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the number of cruises you do now most
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cruise lines it's based on the number of
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nights you do so most of the different
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tiers that you hit and move up depend on
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the number of nights the great thing
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about that is they not like many loyalty
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programs say on Airlines they don't wipe
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the nights free and you have to reset
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every year so basically all nights keep
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building up so as you get to a new tier
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you keep it that tier and you keep
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working your way up the tiers that then
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enables you to redeem those various
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points for either three benefits or at
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certain tier levels it unlocks a whole
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range of benefits so all of the cruise
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lines have loyalty programs I thought I
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might just mentioned five of them for
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the five biggest based on the number of
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passengers cruising on them so Carnival
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Cruise Line for example their loyalty
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program is called the VI FP the very
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important fun person the chrono anchor
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Society is rock Caribbeans loyalty
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program Norwegian Cruise has their
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latitudes rewards program MSC has the
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MSC voyagers Club and princess which is
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the fifth biggest cruise line in terms
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of number of passengers in the world
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they have the captain's circle so what
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are the worst things about staying loyal
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to one particular line before we look at
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the upsides of those worth talking
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little bit about some of the downsides
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there's two kind of worst sides or two
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key watch outs the first of those is
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that for most cruise lines as you earn
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status and tear points on one Cruise
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Line it's strictly for that cruise line
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only
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unlike airline law to programs where
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airlines tend to be part of bigger
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groups so you have for example one world
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you have Star Alliance you have the sky
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team so groups of Airlines belong to
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those
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and as you build up status with those
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you can use that status on other
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airlines and you can often move the
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points between them this is not
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necessary the case on cruises for
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example Carnival group I have very high
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status on Cunard so I have platinum
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status kind of which i think is the top
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of status but if I go on other Carnival
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Corporation brands like carnival Seaborn
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Holland America Costa i铆'd for each
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individual program have to build up a
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status the same I think is also true of
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Norwegian cruise lines the other part of
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the Norwegian loyalty program or your
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part of Oceania launch program or your
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part of region 7c loyalty program the
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key difference for those is as follows
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so if you actually cruise with Royal
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Caribbean group you find that your
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status moves between their different
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brands so if you cruise Royal Caribbean
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and you build up status on their Crown
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and Anchor Society you're fine if you go
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for example on Celebrity or you're going
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as a mara you'll find that your status
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actually keeps building and adding and
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your status applies across the different
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cruise lines so that's a little bit more
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similar to the Airlines situation
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the other great thing to understand is
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with MSC Cruises they do a status match
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so if before you go on a cruise you are
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perhaps very high status like I am sound
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Khun audio very high status on Royal
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Caribbean they will match that status if
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you apply in advance so you then unlock
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all the benefits on MSC so as you look
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to choose who you're gonna be loyal to
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you want to bear in mind do you want to
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be loyal to one particular cruise line
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where you can't transfer that loyalty or
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do you want to be lured to one cruise
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line that's part of a group that will
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let you move stuff around that is the
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kind of the worst side of being a lotta
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club but interview cruise lots of from
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Cruise Lines like I do you kind of don't
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have status on many of them because
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you're chopping and changing so often
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and you can't transfer that across the
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other kind of worst thing and or risk
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and watch out is you should never let
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status get in the way of a great deal so
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you shouldn't only look at that cruise
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line because you might find you get
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great other experiences or you get
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phenomenal deals to cruise the Caribbean
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cruise the Mediterranean go to Alaska on
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another cruise line don't just turn down
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because of the perks that you might get
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because in practices you'll see in a
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little while whilst
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some great perks they're not necessarily
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so magnificent that it should stop you
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chasing a great deal so this is probably
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the two worst things about cruise
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loyalty programs so what are the six
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best things about staying loyal to a
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cruise line and building up status so
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the best thing of all is you get
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discounts upgrades and potentially even
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free cruises by staying law now the
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different perks differ by cruise line so
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you need to check into the detail so for
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example on Celebrity you can often get
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cabin upgrades you can get discounts on
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voyages on pretty much all lines silver
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sea as you build up and get a free
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sailing you can get free specialty
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dining on MSC get discounts on future
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sailings with most cruise lines
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especially Seaborn Fred Olson you can
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get saving on shore excursions on Fred
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Olson you can get fares at special rates
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for third and fourth passengers in
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Holland America so a whole mishmash of
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discounts upgrades and benefits you can
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get through status the second big plus
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of staying loyal is services and
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amenities are often bundled in so you'll
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find all sorts of things will come as
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you hit the different status levels so
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you'll get things like photos internet
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access you might get alternative dining
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included you might get a champagne
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breakfast so all the different lines
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offer different benefits so for example
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on Cunard you'll get things like Wi-Fi
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which builds up you'll get some free
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laundry services and all sorts of
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different little features are built in
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as you build up including things like
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special dining so again on ca帽ada
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different states you get especially
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dining for free
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the third perk which i think is a really
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great one is you get faster invocation
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and disembarkation and this is
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particularly great if you're on a cruise
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line which is really big so you don't
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necessarily traveling in a suite so
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obviously if you travel in a suite you
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get fast invocation but as you go up the
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priority you get to get on the ship and
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get off the ship quicker so that's a
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real big plus and you'll find often
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those little special lounges for
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different cardholder levels where you
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can have teas and coffees and
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refreshments before you go you might be
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sitting in a nicer lounge and different
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facilities we get off so definitely fast
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invocation just some vocation I think
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it's a real big classic it just makes
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the whole cruising experience much
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smoother the
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big plus and this appeals to a lot of
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people is they have different events
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they have different parties and
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different activities available for
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people as they go up tiers most of the
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cruise lines will have some sort of
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cocktail party or captain's or officers
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party for members of their different
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loyalty programs and sometimes depending
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on your level of I didn't have the
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smaller much more intimate and special
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ones often you're fighting you've got
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status you'll get invited or the chance
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to do some of the things like behind the
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scene tours or go on the bridge which is
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increasing difficult to do and they
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offer those often first to people who
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have status you also find often people
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with status are more likely to get
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invited to the captain's table or to be
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hosted by officers and member of the
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crew if that is something that your
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Cruise Line does so activities parties
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and events is a real big plus and often
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bundled in the fifth big plus is often
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the cruise line will give you little
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gifts and various bits and pieces as you
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build up status so it could be as simple
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as for example again using our example
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you get different little pins to
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indicate your level of status some of
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the cruise lines will give you luggage
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tags some of the cruise lines will give
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you special bags which you can use to go
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off on excursions you know nice little
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canvas bags and so different little
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gifts are bundling again a difference a
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lot by cruise line the other big plus is
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as you build up status you'll also often
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be given access to concierge services
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it's often that's only available for
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people traveling in Suites but you'll
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often find they will have special
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services available people with status
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and it's normally hosted by the person
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who manages the actual club on board so
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you can go to them and they'll help sort
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out excursions or dining or bookings
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they'll give lots of tips and advice
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you've got any problems that help solve
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it so you actually have somebody other
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than just guest services or your
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chemistry's you can go to to help sort
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out problems and that can be a real big
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plus obviously most cruise lines will
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have some sort of service like that for
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sweet members but you'll find it pretty
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much on every single cruise there'll be
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one person allocated who looks after
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people who members of the loyalty
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program and particular people with
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status and they're often the ones that
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will organize the special treats and
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bits and pieces so it's always good to
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build a relationship with them because
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they can often organize lots of bits and
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pieces that could be added to improve
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your cruise experience with this and
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a bottle of wine some champagne some
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chocolate-covered strawberries whatever
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that may be
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those are my view are the best things
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and the worst things about staying loyal
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to one Cruise Line bear in mind no
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matter how loyal you are don't let it
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get in the way of constant looking for
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new experiences new destinations and of
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course make sure you don't lose out on
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great deals because you're sticking
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loyal to just one Cruise Line in my view
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there's great perks as great benefits
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however they they don't always outweigh
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that savings you could make by finding a
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better deal on another cruise line and
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also you might get a different
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experience I have many more tips and
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