Lift and Shift to end. Will you be affected? Cruise With Confidence extended: Celebrity Cruise Blog
Updated: Feb 10, 2021
The latest shift in Celebrity’s policy called Cruise With Confidence may lift some cruisers hopes that cruises will begin to resume soon; or at least that we will not see too many more cancellations. However those who want the option to lift and shift will have to do so soon or lose that option.
According to Celebrity’s website as of the day this article was written is as follows “Existing bookings and new bookings made between May 6, 2020 and January 31, 2021 are eligible to be rescheduled to the following cruise year up through May 4, 2022 at the original price and/or promotion when selecting an alternative sailing of the same itinerary type, ship series, stateroom category, and voyage length within four weeks of the original sail date. The ship series must be the same for Edge Series, Flora and Xpedition; however, Millennium Series and Solstice Series are interchangeable. Only guests originally booked on a Christmas or New Year’s Holiday sailing may move to a Christmas or New Year’s Holiday sailing the following year.” The decision to move a booking to the following year must be made by January 31, 2021, unless the booking meets certain criteria. Please see the end of this article for Lift and Shift fine print.
Effective Feb. 1, 2021 for all bookings created by April 30, 2021, on sailings on or before April 30, 2022, guests will have the flexibility to cancel their cruise up to 48 hours prior to sailing and receive a full credit of the cruise fare paid. The future cruise credit can be used for a cruise on or before Sep. 30, 2022.
““Best Price Guarantee,” where guests can choose to change the price and promotional offer on their reservation up to 48 hours before their cruise. The ability to “Lift and Shift” reservations will be available through Jan. 31, 2021.”
Lift & Shift fine print
“The decision to move a booking to the following year must be made by January 31, 2021, unless the booking: (i) was on an Australia/New Zealand November 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 sailing cancelled by Celebrity Cruises as part of global suspension, in which case guests have until September 28, 2020; (ii) was on a September 16, 2020 to September 30, 2020 cruise cancelled by us as part of global suspension, in which case guests have until August 5, 2020; (iii) was on an October 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020 Australia/New Zealand cruise cancelled by us as part of global suspension, in which case guests have until September 9, 2020; or (iv) was on an October 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020 (excluding Australia/New Zealand and Celebrity Solstice 10/16/20, 10/18/20, 10/28/20) or Celebrity Silhouette 11/8/20, 11/20/20 and Celebrity Infinity 11/16/20, in which case guests had until August 20, 2020; or (v) was on a November 1 - 30, 2020 sailings (with the exception of any previously canceled sailings) as well as our remaining 2020/21 Winter Season in Asia and Australia sailings cancelled by us as part of global suspension, in which case guests have until October 16, 2020; (vi) was on a December 1 - 31, 2020 sailings (with the exception of any previously canceled sailings) cancelled by us as part of global suspension, in which case guests have until November 13, 2020; (vii) on a Celebrity Summit 5/6/2021, 5/15/2021, 5/25/2021, 6/4/2021 or Celebrity Equinox 5/2/2021, 5/14/2021 suspension, in which case guests have until December 8, 2020; (viii) was on January 1 – February 28, 2021 sailing or a Winter 2020/21 South America sailing (with the exception of any previously canceled sailings) cancelled by us as part of global suspension, in which case guests have until December 16, 2020; (ix) was on a Celebrity Solstice 5/14/2021, 5/21/2021, Celebrity Eclipse 5/2/2021 through 6/6/2021 sailing (with the exception of any previously canceled sailings), ; (x) was on a March 1, 2021 – April 30, 2021 sailing, (with the exception of any previously canceled sailings) cancelled by us as part of global suspension, in which case guests have until January 26, 2021 . This includes rescheduling a 2021 sailing to a 2022 sailing through May 4, 2022.
Bookings on March 14, 2020 - September 15, 2020 sailings cancelled by Celebrity Cruises as part of global suspension are eligible to be “Lifted & Shifted” under our Cruise With Confidence program. If a guest chooses to “Lift & Shift” a reservation on a cruise we cancelled to a future sailing, the 125% FCC or refund options will no longer be available.
If the original sailing was subject to cancellation charges, the cancellation charges incurred based on the prior cancellation schedule will follow the booking to the new sailing. If the guest subsequently cancels his or her booking on the later sailing, the cancellation charges to be assessed will be the cancellation charges incurred: (i) under the original booking’s cancellation schedule; or (ii) under the cancellation schedule for the later sailing, whichever is greater.
A guest may reschedule a sailing under “Lift & Shift” only once. Once the Lift & Shift option has been applied, the guest may not change the ship or sail date again without losing the original price and promotion.”
https://www.celebritycruises.com/travel-alert/frequently-asked-questions
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