Help and Advice
Here's your one-stop shop to any questions you may have about cruising with us. Explore our most popular FAQs.
Most popular questions
The P&O Cruises Upgrade programme allows you to add even more luxury to your holiday by making an offer to upgrade your cabin. For more information, please see our upgrades page here.
One of these transactions is classed as a pre-authorisation, and for most banks will drop off within 24 hours and will not be claimed. Please contact your card issuer and advise that we will only claim the final transaction and ask for the other funds to be released.
Linking two or more bookings (also known as TWID)
Travel with ID (A 3 digit code which can be a mixture of numbers and letters e.g AB5) should be applied to bookings where the guests are family and/or friends and they wish to travel and dine together. TWID enables us to seat the party together at the same table, in the same restaurant at the same dining time.*
Examples where you would TWID bookings include:
· Friends and family in separate cabins wishing to dine together
· A family where the parents are in one cabin and the children are booked in the other
Please note: TWID should not be used to cross-reference bookings if the guests do not know each other.
*Please note we cannot guarantee that linked bookings will be allocated the same dining choice and/or time or that cabins are in close proximity of each other. Bookings made under the P&O Cruises Select Fare will be given priority when tables are allocated.
Change booking:
Please see Can I transfer my booking?
Cancel Booking:
Yes, you may cancel your booking at any time. If you have booked with a Travel Agent you must call them to discuss changes and cancellations. Please visit our booking conditions page on our website.
If you have made your booking directly with P&O Cruises please call our Customer Contact Centre on 0345 355 5111 (calls charged at local rate). Please note that this is for direct bookings only, and any booking that has been made through a travel agent you will be asked to contact them to discuss any changes or cancellations.
As per our Booking Conditions, P&O Cruises shall be entitled to levy a cancellation charge as a percentage of the price paid in accordance with the following scales.
P&O Select Fare and Early Saver:
Period before departure within which notice of cancellation is received by P&O Cruises | Cancellation Charges (% of price) |
From date of booking until 91 days before departure | Loss of Deposit |
90 to 57 days | 50% |
56 to 42 days | 60% |
41 to 16 days | 75% |
15 to 6 days | 90% |
Less than 6 days before departure or failure to embark. For fly cruises, departure day is the date of the flight departure. | 100% |
Late Saver:
Period before departure within which notice of cancellation is received by P&O Cruises | Cancellation Charges (% of price) |
From the date of booking until departure, including failure to embark. | 100% |
Transfer
Yes, you can. As long as your cruise is prior to your balance due date (90 days) and is a Select fare booking, you can transfer to any cruise equal or higher value.
Flights
Any amendment or cancellation made more than 61 days prior to departure will incur a charge of £20 per person.
Changes made within 61 days of departure will incur both a £20 charge per person and the full cost of the amended ticket.
Should you incur cancellation charges, you may be able to claim these back from your travel insurance company depending on your circumstances and your level of cover. Please check with your insurer for full details. You should always ensure that you have adequate travel insurance when you have made your booking so that you are covered for such eventualities.
Please do not be concerned at this. As long as your name is correct on the actual booking, this will have no impact on your check in and embarkation.
Cabin allocation can take place right up to the day of departure, although typically most allocations are done at least two weeks prior to sailing. If this has not happened on your booking, please do not be concerned and arrive at the terminal has planned on the day of embarkation.
Prices and promotions can vary from time to time, in line with the rest of the travel industry. However, we are not able to honour these changes retrospectively.
Before you leave home for your holiday, remember to have the following items with you:
- Evidence of COVID-19 vaccination status and photo proof of a negative test result if travelling on a cruise with additional requirements.
(The record card that is given out at the time of vaccination will not be accepted)
- Evidence of valid travel insurance
- Passport
- Boarding pass downloaded from My P&O Cruises
- Any documents required for the countries you are visiting
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