Interestingly Virgin dropped MSC as a match partner on the new list. On the old Match List, you could get MSC Status without actually sailing on MSC, so maybe Virgin wanted to cut off that route to Sailing Club status.
I understand why they don’t, but I wish casino comp cruises counted. On Princess they do. My only sailing on Virgin was a comp cruise, so to them, I’ve never sailed on Virgin. I did get the DBE at that time since I’m Elite on Princess, but looks like I lost that too.
I'm Platinum on NCL and next April I will be Sapphire so Virgin Voyages is really making it unattractive to sail with them because they really should just say, hey other loyal to other cruise lines, come on over and we'll match what you have. None of this sailed with us or sailed with us in certain years. That's crazy. Too much jumping through hoops to get so little.
I really like the new program. I am about to sail on my 3rd Celebrity cruise and even though I have sailed VV once, I may try to status match and see if I can get the base blue extras!
Loving the transparency from Virgin, keeping us in the loop 👍
Wow...I'm feeling "Freshly Squeezed" after that worthy update! Thanks so much for another very informative video!
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Thanks for the information, very much appreciated. Happy Sailing!!
Thank you. My first Vv cruise coming up.
Have a great cruise!
it's a shame that they don't take into account status with the loyalty match programme
Appreciate the update! 👍🏾
Interestingly Virgin dropped MSC as a match partner on the new list. On the old Match List, you could get MSC Status without actually sailing on MSC, so maybe Virgin wanted to cut off that route to Sailing Club status.
Very interesting!
I understand why they don’t, but I wish casino comp cruises counted. On Princess they do. My only sailing on Virgin was a comp cruise, so to them, I’ve never sailed on Virgin. I did get the DBE at that time since I’m Elite on Princess, but looks like I lost that too.
I'm Platinum on NCL and next April I will be Sapphire so Virgin Voyages is really making it unattractive to sail with them because they really should just say, hey other loyal to other cruise lines, come on over and we'll match what you have. None of this sailed with us or sailed with us in certain years. That's crazy. Too much jumping through hoops to get so little.
I agree
Thank you for sharing.
So glad they cleared up the confusion about joining the Sailing Club, it was about time!
Right?!! 😁
I really like the new program. I am about to sail on my 3rd Celebrity cruise and even though I have sailed VV once, I may try to status match and see if I can get the base blue extras!
Why don't they just make it like casinos do it? Walk in with your players card of certain levels and get matched!
Interesting point!
I'm sold, Virgin really knows how to treat their sailors right 🛳