加国华裔原定与妻共乘至尊号 获退款如释重负

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CORRECTS FROM COAST GUARD TO NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTER- In this photo provided by Michele Smith, passengers look on as a National Guard helicopter hovers above the Grand Princess cruise ship Thursday, March 5, 2020, off the California coast. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with about 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least two others became infected. A Coast Guard helicopter lowered test kits onto the 951-foot (290-meter) Grand Princess by rope as the vessel lay at anchor off Northern California, and authorities said the results would be available on Friday. Princess Cruise Lines said fewer than 100 people aboard had been identified for testing. (Michele Smith via AP)

(■邮轮上的乘客观看直升机行动。美联社)

居住在卑诗省列治文的周先生,也是饱受今次“至尊公主号”邮轮困扰的其中一个本国居民。
周先生在接受本报采访时说,他在数个月前与另一对夫妇朋友,决定参加“至尊公主号”在3月7日三藩市出发的夏威夷邮轮假期,当时疫情仍未爆发,但当他付清所有费用后,就传来不幸的消息,“钻石公主号”在日本变成“疫船”。

■周先生周三晚上接到船公司电邮,表示基于疫情,他们的行程将会取消,可取回全部款项。受访者提供

最坏打算损失数千元

他们吓了一跳,由于订的是内舱房,如果一旦在船上隔离,就变成不见天日,于是致电查询取消行程可能性,但船公司说由于已接近出发日期,加上北美疫情问题不严重,所以不会安排退款。周先生夫妇听后由于不想白白损失数千元,遂决定花多数百元改订外舱房,就算要隔离时也舒适一点,并且准备放开心情等上船。

岂料启程日子一日一日迫近时,美国疫情也日趋严重,除华盛顿州多人中招并出现死亡个案外,三藩市附近更爆出找不到源头的感染,周先生夫妇在听到接踵而来的坏消息后,于本周三决定再致电船公司,看看有没有其他可行方案,这时船公司有职员改口风说,自动取消可退回一半费用,夫妇二人收线商量后正想致电取消时宁损失约二千元时,就接到友人通知美国已有新闻报道,“至尊公主号”因出现疫情而要提早返回三藩市。

周先生听到立刻上网查察证实消息后,就决定静待船公司的安排,而在周三晚上接到船公司的电邮表示,基于疫情,他们的行程将会取消,除可取回全部款项外,另附送多一次同等价值的行程,以及可要求机票酒店等赔偿,对周先生来说,虽然担忧折腾了个多月,但事件总算圆满解决。本报记者

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