One last postscript on the cruise-ship accident that nobody wants to read about any more…
This wasn’t supposed to be the Costa Concordia’s final cruise, so there are passengers 
booked on future trips that won’t happen. What happens to them?
In addition to probably millions paying in liability to those on the ship, Costa will compensate booked customers who were booked on the Concordia, or who simply don’t want to sail Costa — any ship — for obvious reasons.
According to Cruise Critic, here is what Costa is offering:
• No fees for either re-booking on another ship or just canceling
• A $150 per-person supplement for booking an 11-night cruise on the Serena or neoRomantica by mid-March
• Price protection for booking on another ship after mid-March
• Up to $200 in airline change fees resulting from re-booking
It’s trivial compared to what Concordia passengers have gone through, but it’s just one more complication from such a tragedy.
DAILY DEAL:
Norwegian Jewel
7 nights
February 25, 2012
New York (return): Port Canaveral, Great Stirrup Cay, Nassau
Inside $499
www.ncl.com