It’s evident that given current Government guidance and global travel restrictions our revised date of November 2020 to resume sailing is not feasible. We have always maintained that we will not return our fleet to sea until it is safe for our guests and crew, and we are able to offer our guests the cruise vacation they expect from us. As we work through the evolving guidelines and restrictions put into place across the world, future itineraries may be subject to change and so to give you further reassurance, we have put in place a policy to provide flexibility over the coming months. Details of this, along with the latest updates, are posted on our website.

Newly paused voyages:

Queen Elizabeth
Q010N-Q109F

Queen Mary 2 up to including April 18, 2021
M009- M109A

Queen Victoria up to including May 16, 2021
V010 – V110

In March, we paused all operations across our ships, and are currently reviewing every aspect of the Cunard experience. This has also prompted us to assess future itineraries and whether any should be replaced by some of the more popular voyages that have been impacted. We have taken the decision to cancel voyages on Queen Mary 2 departing between January 3, 2022, and April 3, 2022, and on Queen Elizabeth due to depart between March 26, 2021, and December 13, 2021.

Queen Elizabeth
Q110 - Q134E

Queen Mary 2
M202A – M209

Your booking will be canceled and you will automatically receive a 125% Future Cruise Credit on monies paid to date on your booking. The Future Cruise Credit will be set up as 2 amounts, one for 100% and one for 25%. This will be applied to your guest account in the coming weeks and can be used for any new sailing that is booked before December 31, 2021.

You can use your Future Cruise Credit on a new booking for any voyages on sale now, or on new voyages that we introduce in the future. For full details on how to book using your Future Cruise Credit, please see our helpful guide.

If you’ve already made a future booking, you may wish to use your Future Cruise Credit for a second stateroom to bring friends or family with you. You can also use your Future Cruise Credit to upgrade your stateroom or fare type on an existing booking. To use your Future Cruise Credit to amend an existing booking you will need to contact your Travel Advisor. If you booked directly with Cunard, please call our Customer Service department at (800) 728-6273.

We very much hope that you will accept the 125% Future Cruise Credit and enjoy a cruise vacation on board with us. However, if this does not meet your needs and you prefer a refund to the amount of monies paid on your booking, we ask that you use the online form within 60 days of this notice of cancelation.

Please note, we are setting up a large number of Future Cruise Credits for guests. Please bear with us while these are created. 

Guests who canceled recently will still be entitled to the Future Cruise Credit offer that they took at point of cancelation.

We are working to process all new and outstanding refund requests as quickly as possible. Due to the extraordinary circumstances associated with Covid-19, we are dealing with an unprecedented level of refunds at this time so please bear with us. We appreciate your patience.

We will not be giving loyalty points for the canceled voyages, but you will get the loyalty points for the new voyage you book.

We apologize that our automated system in some cases has issued an invoice that references cancelation fees. Please disregard this and rest assured that any fees will not be incurred as a result of this cancelation.

Please contact your Travel Insurance provider in the first instance, however, if you are unsuccessful, please send details of your claim with appropriate receipts and confirmation from your Travel Insurance provider that they have denied your claim to Cunard Guest Relations for their consideration.  

Guest Relations Cunard, Email: guestrelations@cunard.com. Mail: Attention Cunard Line Guest Relations, 24305 Town Center Drive, Santa Clarita, CA 91355

We have reduced our final payment due date for sailings through April 30, 2021. Voyages up to 30 nights, final payment is now due 60 days prior to sailing and voyages 31 nights or longer, final payment is now due 90 days prior to sailing. For sailings after April 30, 2021, the standard cancelation policy in our Booking Conditions applies and Cunard shall be entitled to levy a cancelation charge as a percentage of the fare paid.

To provide our guests with the best possible service, our systems will automatically generate your 125% Future Cruise Credit 60 days from the date of the cancelation of your voyage to each individual named on the booking. Once your Future Cruise Credit is set up you have until December 31, 2021 to use it in full, for any voyage on sale at that time.

You can use your Future Cruise Credit to make a new booking for any voyage on sale now, or on new voyages that we introduce in the future. You may also use your Future Cruise Credit for a second stateroom to bring friends or family with you or to upgrade your Cunard fare type or stateroom on an existing booking.

Your Future Cruise Credit must be redeemed before December 31, 2021.

For new bookings, you can redeem your Future Cruise Credit online at Cunard.com: full details can be found in our guide. Alternatively, contact either your Travel Advisor or our Customer Service department.

To amend an existing booking, for example, to add an additional stateroom to an existing booking, or to upgrade an existing booking, please contact either your Travel Advisor or our Customer Service department if you booked directly with us.

Please note the Future Cruise Credit cannot be used to upgrade any flights connected to your booking. 

The Future Cruise Credit can be redeemed against any booking made by December 31, 2021, on any sailing on sale at the time you make your booking.

Your available Future Cruise Credit balance is linked to your unique Cunard World Club (CWC) membership number. When booking online, please input your CWC membership number where indicated and the Future Cruise Credit will automatically be applied to any new booking made by December 31, 2021.

If your Future Cruise Credit is not yet showing online at the time you wish to book your voyage, please contact your Travel Advisor or call our Customer Service department at (800) 728-6273  and they will be able to make the booking on your behalf using any Future Cruise Credit you are due to receive.

For help during the online booking process,  refer to our Future Cruise guide.

Unfortunately, we cannot offer this at present. 

Where the cost of the new cruise is more than the Future Cruise Credit, guests can simply pay the difference between the value of the Future Cruise Credit and the deposit or balance payment (if within final payment of voyage departure date).

Please note, deposits are calculated against the remaining balance after your Future Cruise Credit has been applied. The Future Cruise Credit cannot be used against the cost of this deposit. 

If you would like to use your Future Cruise Credit as payment across multiple Cunard voyages, please contact your Travel Advisor or call our Customer Service Department.

If booking online, your total Future Cruise Credit balance will be applied against the cost of the new voyage you are booking online. If your Future Cruise Credit balance is greater than the cost of your chosen voyage, your remaining Future Cruise Credit balance will be retained for use towards the payment of another voyage.

Future Cruise Credits will be created for all guests on the booking.

The original Future Cruise Credit value will be returned to you. You will then receive a further 125% Future Cruise Credit for the additional funds paid on the booking (if the booking was partially paid) or the difference between the cruise fare less the Future Cruise Credit on the booking (if the booking was paid in full).

Any shore experiences, dining, gifts, or drinks packages you purchased for your voyage via My Cunard or via our Customer Service department will be automatically refunded back to the credit card you used to make these purchases and there is no need to contact us.

We aim to process these refunds as quickly as possible and kindly ask that you refrain from calling or emailing our Customer Service department at this time unless your inquiry is urgent.

Please note: if you had pre-purchased any experiences for a voyage that was due to depart on or before November 1, 2020, on Queen Mary 2 or Queen Victoria and on or before November 23, 2020, for Queen Elizabeth, we are applying an On Board Credit to the value of 110%. This can be used on your next voyage with us, or indeed, can be used across multiple sailings. You have until November 30, 2022, to use your On Board Credit. If you would prefer to receive 100% cash refund please fill out this web form.

Any On Board Credit you are due to receive will be set-up for you, and will then be applied automatically to any new booking you make. Please note:

• The On Board Credit will be applied to the guest’s account who made the purchase (except for gifts which will go on the lead guest’s account).
  
  
• On Board Credit is valid until November 30, 2022 and can be used on an existing voyage booking.
  
  
• On Board Credit can be used across multiple sailings (expiration date of November 30, 2022).
  
  
• On Board Credit can only be used on board.

Any purchases made via My Cunard or our Customer Service Department will automatically be refunded back to the credit card you used to make these purchases and there is no need to contact us.

Please note: If you had pre-purchased any experiences for a voyage that was due to depart on or before November 1, 2020, on Queen Mary 2 or Queen Victoria and on or before November 23, 2020, for Queen Elizabeth and you would prefer a 100% refund to the On Board Credit offered, please fill out this web form.

As a result of our extended pause in operations, we have been reviewing our future itineraries to understand if any should be replaced by some of those popular itineraries impacted.

Consequently, we have made the difficult decision to cancel voyages on Queen Mary 2 departing between January 3, 2022, and April 3, 2022, including the 55-night South America voyage, our Norway & Northern Lights voyage and some Transatlantic Crossings.

The cancelation of these 2022 Queen Mary 2 voyages enables us to operate her most popular World Voyage from New York to Australia, via the Suez Canal. This is based on Queen Mary 2’s disrupted itinerary from this year as well as the now canceled equivalent that was due to sail in 2021.

Queen Mary 2 will embark on a classic 118-night World Voyage roundtrip New York from January 3 to May 1, 2022. Sailing through the Suez Canal and back, she will journey to ports including Dubai, Sri Lanka, and Singapore before reaching southeast Australia. The itinerary features overnight stays in Haifa, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Sydney, plus a late-night departure from Colombo.

Click here for further details.

The new voyages are on sale now.

Click here for further details.

If you have sailed with Cunard before, you qualify to receive up to $4,000 per stateroom* off our Launch Fares on 2022 Queen Mary 2 World voyages when booked by December 6, 2020.

*Restrictions apply. Click here for Terms & Conditions.

With Queen Elizabeth having returned to the United Kingdom during our pause in operations, and with ongoing uncertainty over the re-opening of ports and countries on her intended routes next year, it is sadly not practical to continue as planned.  

We have therefore made the difficult decision to cancel Queen Elizabeth’s voyages due to depart between March 26, 2021 and December 13, 2021. 

Queen Elizabeth will make her return to the United Kingdom and European waters in March 2021, before returning to Australia in December.

Across her 2021 season, she’ll call at 101 ports in 20 countries over ten months, with a selection of voyages ranging from 3 to 23 nights there’s sure to be a voyage to appeal to all.  This includes the introduction of all-new scenic cruising around the magnificent coasts of England, Ireland, and Scotland, as well as a unique city break voyage, with an overnight call in Amsterdam.  With further departures from Southampton covering destinations from the tip of Norway to the Iberian Coast, Queen Elizabeth will – for the first time since 2014 - then embark on a series of cruises in the Mediterranean, departing from Barcelona.  Her European season then closes as she returns to Australia, on a grand voyage with calls to Singapore and Sri Lanka and lastly Melbourne.  Click here for further details.

Yes. Queen Elizabeth will be returning to Australia at the end of 2021 and Japan in early 2022. We’re also extremely excited to announce that later this year we will be publishing new itineraries on sale for all ships through to the end of 2022.  This will include Queen Elizabeth visiting Alaska and Australia once again.

All new itineraries on board Queen Elizabeth will go on sale on September 29, 2020, on Cunard.com at 2am PT / 5am ET, or via our Customer Service department at 6am PT / 9an ET or with your preferred Travel Advisor. Click here for further details.

If you have sailed with Cunard before, you qualify to receive  $200 Onboard Credit per stateroom† on 2021 Queen Elizabeth voyages when booked by November 18, 2020.

†Restrictions apply. Click here for Terms & Conditions.