Celebrity Announces Enhanced Captains Club Benefits Feature Article Discussion Forum

Today, Celebrity announced enhancements to their Captains Club. The new enhancements offer a few significant improvements to the program, mostly in the way of laundry service, internet packages, and an exclusive lounge. The Captains Club is Celebrity's passenger loyalty program with three levels: Classic with 1-4 Celebrity Cruises, Select with 5-9 cruises, and Elite with 10+ cruises.

In today's announcement and on the Celebrity Captains Club web pages, Celebrity provided the details of the new program. I'd like to comment on the features that I feel l will offer the most benefits to passengers.

Laundry:

Celebrity ships do not have self service laundry, thus packing light has always been a bit difficult on for a longer Celebrity cruise. I have always felt that paying for laundry was and expense with which I'd rather not be burdened. Towards the end of a long cruise they have sometimes offered a full bag of laundry for $20, but it was usually offered too late to make a significant impact on the need for clean clothes, and not reliable enough to provide for lighter packing . The new benefit offers Select members a single full bag at the $20 rate at anytime on a voyage of 12 days or more. Elite members will get one free bag of laundry and one discounted bag during a voyage of 12 days or more. Being able to rely and budget for this service should …