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Bot, timing is everything!
Bot, interesting what you say about combining discounts. I will be on QV two weeks today for 18 nights, a 14 and a 4 night cruise.
I booked the 14 night whilst on board. At the time they were offering 700$ per person plus 400$ pp for booking on board. Plus I have shareholder 300$ OBS (As this is technically two cruises I have 250$ for the first and 50$ for the second). Total OBS 2500$.
In addition I have 3000$ casino spend.
So, definitely all combinable with Cunard and I have had the same experience with P&O in the past.
Bot, hope it all works out for you. I saw a 50k sale go through at, I believe, 1099 and wondered if it was you. I sold the balance of my CCL (except 100 for OBS) this morning and will now sit and watch. Also reduced TUI down to a couple of hundred this morning but keeping with JET2 for the moment - currently only 3% down on this one.
I hope you will continue to post as we all find your contributions very informative.
ATB
Bhants, the other way of looking at it for us LTH’s is it’s up over 30% in 3 months. I would have taken that 3 months ago.
Similar story with me Bot. Just one blue for me - 888 (+1.5%).
They did have a potential buyer at one stage. It did drag on for quite a time. Not sure if we have ever been told that they are no longer interested.
Now seen a second ad - more like trying to get new customers on board.
Quite an interesting approach running both ads - almost like good cop, bad cop.
Just saw an 888 ad on ITVX.
Very bright colours which drew you in but it was more like an ad from the regulator pointing out all the negatives of gambling.
They must be trying reverse psychology!
AParky, remember it well. The problem in those days was the black box was quite thin and was regularly prized open for the cash then the phone was out of order for a few weeks until it was repaired.
Sorry, should read H1 (Q2)
Only a few days to wait for the news!
Totally agree with you Dave. It just doesn’t feel right.
Humpy, as you say, not particularly good for retaining occasional players. Maybe you should join the presentation tomorrow and raise that as a question.
Topo, I topped up Tui this morning in the £5.50’s. Just about got my head above water there - let’s see what happens!
Topo, sorry my mistake, it was BOTs, not you - obviously my age!!
Topo, your comment on TUI earlier made me smile. As you are so much younger than me I would be surprised if you get any issues!
I quite like the chicken pies as well. Usually leave the casino about 11:45, just before the buffet closes, have up to 6 of the mini pies (no mash) then back to the casino. On my last cruise I took about a dozen pies back to the casino for fellow gamblers and dealers only to be told the dealers aren’t allowed to eat them on duty. There were a couple of pies left which one of the dealers took back to the crew quarters. She told me the next day that it was one of the better midnight snacks she had had!
I was thinking the same thing earlier today. Hope there aren’t bigger issues which we don’t know about.
A lot of people thought we were about 5. We were both actually all of 18 years old - so 68 at the moment. Nowhere near needing a rocking chair at the moment. The alcohol normally gets me to sleep especially the free ones in the casino!
Our first cruise was 1999 (our 25th wedding anniversary), two weeks Caribbean on Dawn Princess. Then Oriana/Sea Princess/Arcadia/ QM2 about 10/12 in total until 2008. Then moved to Spain until 2016 and only did one cruise in that time, that was our only Celebrity cruise. Since returning we have done/ got booked around 20 more mainly on Cunard. As I said earlier, we are on Ventura next Feb/March when we will be celebrating our 50th. Where did that time go? I usually do better in P&O casinos so hoping to cover some of the costs, or at least our bar bill!