Cancelling Cruise tickets

Hey All
Ive booked and put a $900 deposit down on 2 cabins, I also bought cancellation insurance. Our plans unfortunatly changed and now we are not going. I called sixthman to see what my options are. The Lady there told me that normally I could pay $299.00 to have the tickets transferred into someonelse's name, but that doesn't apply on a cruise that is sold out. She said call the insurance company and see if they will refund my money, she figured at the best they would give me 75 % back but not the insurance premium. So basically they want me to cancel and they would sell my tickets to someone on the waiting list for full price and I'm S.O.L. for my $900.00. I cant even give these tickets away according to them. I see people posting on here to buy tickets. How is that possible? ans if so mine are for sale.
Jack

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Permalink Reply by Connie Jo on November 7, 2009 at 5:40pm: The main reason you can't just give them away or sell them to someone else while still in your name...is due to travel security restrictions & regulations, which have become even more strict since 9-11 of course. I did read where they say the tickets are non transferrable for the $300 once a cruise is sold out...which makes no sense. They don't lose out, so why should it matter if it's sold out or not if you transfer?

All deposits and payments made to Sixtman are non-refundable...so yeah, you're out, unless the insurance reimburses you of course. Did you buy the 'Cancel for any reason' insurance? That's the coverage that might reimburse you partially.

The people you see posting...aren't aware of the stipulations and regulations. They're posting they want to buy tickets, or that their tickets are for sale out right prior to doing their research of facts first with Sixthman. :(; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Action on November 7, 2009 at 5:45pm: I did buy the cancel for any reason insurance. I will call them Monday and see whats up. I will assume some penaltys for cancelling but hopefully I can recover some of my funds.
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Permalink Reply by Connie Jo on November 7, 2009 at 5:43pm: Sixthman definitely comes out ahead on the profit margin side when people cancel and they pass those tickets on full price to the highest up on the waiting list...no doubt about it! I'm sure they have their reasons, but they still gain financially...seems unfairly taking advantage for sure.

I'm sorry you can't go now action, must be a bummer no doubt. :(; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by PKL on November 7, 2009 at 5:58pm: Sorry to hear about that action...but i gotta say it kept someone fully intending on going alot of hoops to now jump through getting on the waiting list they are out money...I knew ahead of time I would not be able such a extravagance...im not higher class lower middle class so the cruise was out of the question...I hope that the insurance will only keep you 200 dollars or so in the hole...if I would be losing money I would find a way to go...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Action on November 7, 2009 at 6:02pm: It was a good Idea at the time., so I booked the tickets. We have a 7 month old and a 5 yr old. My wife got cold feet and we agreed we weren't ready to leave the baby behind.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KidRockAngel on November 7, 2009 at 7:29pm: i'LL KEEP THE BABIES... yOU ALL NEED TO GO.....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Connie Jo on November 7, 2009 at 7:43pm: Well, ya gotta follow what you feel is right in your hearts. That said, keep in mind the cruise is still 6 months away, the baby will be well over a year old by then. Chidren of course should be a first priority, but...couples need to devote some time to themselves also in order to be the best they can be for their children emotionally and physically. It takes alot of energy to be a parent...you need some time once in a while to reccover the energy lost. It's no different really than taking a vacation from any other life responsibility and/or job. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Action on November 7, 2009 at 7:51pm: I agree. Hopefully the cruise will happen again. Trust me, I struggled with this decision, It wasn't easy.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Greggoes on November 9, 2009 at 12:37pm: If you are selling your spots on the cruise,then I would be intrested in one of them as long as I can pay just for myself.I have no problem with that but when sixthman wants to charge one person and have them pay for two people when two people DO NOT EXIST,I have a big problem with that.Please either leave me a message or send me an e-mail to (grego11743@hotmail.com)and lets talk before we do anything.If it's gone,it's gone and if you need 2 or 3 people,myself included to take over your cabin,you can easily find them here.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Connie Jo on November 9, 2009 at 2:10pm: Won't work Greg...Sixthman won't allow Action to transfer their reservation into someone elses name based upon their sold out policy. The only option Action has is to cancel his resevation, then Sixthman will sell his spot to the first available person on the waiting list.

I would imagine the reason they don't allow transfers on a sold out cruise...is to avoid scalping attempts.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by PKL on November 9, 2009 at 6:25pm: well the cancel tickets will go to the first people in line I bet there are alot of names on that list.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by wanda bryant on November 10, 2009 at 12:10pm: hey i thought you could change the names of the people in the cabin if do it before december,so couldnt you sell them to someone else before then and them not even know. ill check with our contact mate and let you know cause we were having problems with one of our cabin mates and thats what she found out.; ▶ Reply to This