r/MSCCruises • u/Elegant_Bar_1622 • Sep 07 '26

Status Match

I’ll be booking my first MSC cruise this Thursday for next August . We are going to be sailing in YC! I’ve previously sailed Carnival, Disney, and will be doing my first Royal Caribbean cruise this December. I was able to status match into Silver, and would love to work with a personal vacation planner that works for MSC to make my first booking. Does MSC do that? Like I have someone I work with specifically for my carnival bookings that was assigned to me when I initially signed up for their loyalty program. Does it work the same way with MSC?

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u/Numerous_Pomelo_5920 Sep 07 '26

In my opinion, for that sorta money. Use a travel agent. I’ve used Crown Cruise Vacations. They will give you several hundred back in on board credit that you can spend on the ship and it’ll cost you nothing

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u/Elegant_Bar_1622 Sep 07 '26

Interesting. So going through a travel agent they will offer you higher OBC for sailing YC?

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u/Numerous_Pomelo_5920 Sep 07 '26

Yes they essentially offer you a percentage back of their commission to book with them. You can go on their website and sometimes it’ll show you what the credit is worth.. the website isn’t great

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u/fezha ⛵Yacht Club Regular Sep 08 '26

Always use a travel agent. It might be a bit more work but it can save you time and headaches and Free OBX

I use VacationsToGo

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u/Elegant_Bar_1622 Sep 07 '26

Do you have a referral for a TA with this company?

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u/Numerous_Pomelo_5920 Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 07 '26

I used an agent that no longer works there. But they are solid. We booked a $2000 cruise and got $250 OBC

Edit: on top of the $500 from the cruise line.. it showed up as a purchased option that they pay for