Have not seen this mentioned before but I believe one of the issues with the system is that only cruise nights are included and the pre and post cruise nights are not included. I could be wrong but it has been my impression that the pre and post cruise tours that are tied to a cruise are a fairly profitable venture for Regent. I think these nights should be included in the count for cruise nights.

All in all having such a program is probably viewed as a necessary evil by Regent just to be somewhat competitive to other programs. I can not believe any one and I really mean any one would book a cruise because of the benefits. They just are not that meaningfull in terms of financial value. In contrast the airline programs which started this entire trend do have significant benefits for the very high volume passenger or long time user of the airline. I have and do go out of my way to continue to use American because of the benefits of being a long time user of American. Mostly from my working life but makes the retirement life easier.

Looking forward to our cruise on PUBS in September 2007.