This week, Royal Caribbean introduced adjustments to 2 of the perks that the upper degree members of its Crown & Anchor Society loyalty program get pleasure from throughout their cruises.
Drink Voucher Changes
In an e mail to Diamond, Diamond Plus, and Pinnacle Club members, Royal Caribbean detailed a change to the way it handles the each day drink vouchers that members of these ranges obtain every day of the voyage.
Currently, Diamond company obtain 4 vouchers per day, Diamond plus obtain 5, and Pinnacle Club will get six. The lively window for voucher redemption every day is from 12 am (midnight) to 11:59 pm. This signifies that those that are up late and need to use their vouchers on drinks previous midnight can be utilizing the vouchers allotted for the next day.
Now, Royal Caribbean is altering the time interval that denotes every drink voucher “day.” In the e-mail, the cruise line stated “We’re excited to share that we’re changing the daily schedule so that these vouchers are now redeemable from 5:00 AM to 4:59 AM the next day. What does this mean? It means that your daily complimentary vouchers will now reset at 5:00 AM every morning allowing you to get more out of this benefit during prime hours of each day, including your after-midnight drinks.”
Royal Caribbean can also be including a tracker on the printed receipt that company obtain after they order their complimentary drinks, permitting them to extra simply hold observe of what number of vouchers they’ve used in direction of their each day steadiness.
This change is being rolled out throughout the fleet beginning immediately, December sixteenth.
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Concierge Lounge Access
Also this week, Royal Caribbean introduced that Diamond Plus members will now not have entry to the Concierge Lounge.
One of the advantages of being a Diamond Plus and Pinnacle Club member is entry to the Concierge Lounge on ships that don’t have a Suite Lounge. Royal Caribbean has all the time reserved the fitting to disclaim entry to the lounge to loyalty members relying on what number of members had been crusing on board. Now, the road is ditching the perk for Diamond Plus company utterly.
In an e mail to Diamond Plus company, Royal stated “While we are excited for the growth of our program, we must remain mindful of our onboard operations to ensure that we continue to delivery the award-winning experience you know and love.”
“Access has been largely based on guest count and lounge capacity levels, which are assessed on a voyage-by-voyage basis. Due to high counts of top-tier members on most sailings, we have had to limit access to the Concierge Lounge altogether. As a result, we have made the decision to standardize Concierge and Suite Lounge access across the fleet. This means that… both Concierge and Suite Lounge access on all ships will be limited to eligible Suite guests and Pinnacle Club members only.”
Diamond Plus members will, in fact, nonetheless have entry to the Diamond Lounge areas.
This change goes into impact for all cruises departing on or after immediately, December sixteenth.
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