"LeeNY" wrote:
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>Rosalie B. wrote:
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>> I did the internet with the internet person in the internet room - did
>> not use a card or sign anything. He just put my name into the
>> computer and authorized 100 minutes (or whatever it was)
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>Do you remember if he asked you your cabin number? I bet he did. Guess
>what? That's a charge to your sign & sail, regardless of whether you
>"signed" anything or not. The charging system varies from venue to
We played trivia with a couple who did drink and they HAD a card that
they showed to the barman to get drinks. We didn't.
I've got my card that I had on the last cruise right here. It is
called an Embarkation Card. It says "For your security, you will be
asked to show this card at the gangway each time when boarding the
ship.. keep this card with you throughout the cruise. If lost, notify
the Reception Desk immediately." There is no suggestion on the card
that it would be used for charging stuff to the onboard account.
>venue. Sometimes at Bingo, all you have to do is tell them your cabin
>num ber and they give you something to sign. Sometimes, they take your
>card, but you don't have to sign anything. The method might not
>necessitate that you actually sign, but it does go on what is
>generically called your "sign and sail". It's semantics, at this point.
I don't think it is semantics if you have an actual card that you give
to people to swipe or something or if you sign tickets.
>Call the open account you have, while on board, anything you want.
>Here, on rtc, it's generically referred to as a "sign & sail".
Not by me.
>cruiseline calls it something different, just as they call their daily
>newsletter something different. The point is that you DID have a sign &
>sail, regardless of whether you "signed" for anything or not. I don't
>think passengers are even given an option to NOT have an open
>account...
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>> But why call it a sign and sail card if I don't ever SIGN anything?
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>Generic, catch-all term used to describe an open account on a cruise
>ship.
Misleading. I am not going to call my embarkation card a 'sign and
sail' card when it isn't any such thing.
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>> Of course I had a shipboard account. But isn't that different from a
>> sign and sail card?
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>No. Same thing.
>
That was a rhetorical question. It is NOT the same thing.
> I mean if all I do is get tour tickets in the
>> cabin from the desk that I've booked in advance before I boarded,
>> that's on my account - yes. But it is NOT on a sign and sail card
>> unless the account and the sign and sail card are synonymous.
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>All these charges are dumped into the same account. Had you purchased
>photos, drinks, etc. during your cruise, they would have shown up on
>the same statement as your excursions, gratuities and internet charges.
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We had friends who had a card that they used to get drinks. We didn't
have such a card.
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