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    Costa Concordia survivors offered 30% off next cruise

    By Adam Parris-Long | Yahoo! News – Mon, Jan 23, 2012

    Outrage has spread amongst survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster as the ship’s owners offered them 30% off their next cruise.

    Carnival Corporation, which runs Costa Cruises, made the offer to passengers of the Costa Concordia who endured a horrific ordeal when the ship ran aground on 13 January.

    The number of confirmed deaths in the wreck rose to 13 on Sunday, with 20 more missing. Divers are continuing to search the shipwreck in order to search for others who may have died in the tragedy.

    [Gallery: Costa Concordia tragedy in photos]

    Passengers have been offered a full refund on the original voyage, as well as this recent discount off their next trip with the cruise company. The offer has been met with derision by Concordia survivors with one passenger telling ‘The Telegraph’ that it was “insulting”.

    “The company is trying to do everything they can for those passengers directly affected,” a Costa Cruises spokesperson said.

    “The company is not only going to refund everybody but they will offer a 30% discount on future cruises if they want to stay loyal to the company.”

    Some 4,200 passengers were forced to flee the Costa Concordia as it ran aground off the coast of Isola del Giglio on 13 January. The ship’s captain Francesco Schettino has claimed that his “sail-by” of the island was arranged by Costa Cruises “for publicity reasons”.  

     
     
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    638 comments

    • Judge Dredd
      Judge Dredd  •  1 month 1 day ago
      ... this is some sort of drokking joke, right? Either that or the meatheads are deliberately attempting to be as offensive as possible to the survivors and their immediate families, to say nothing of the ones who DIED. Do the relatives of the deceased get 30% off a cruise?
    • IAN
      IAN  •  Reading, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      When Celebrity ( Millenium) cancelled a cruise ( engine failure) we got money back PLUS a free replacement cruise to the same value.
      I thinks Costa / Carnival is way out of touch given the grief / trauma they have caused to thousands. - all for that " cazzo" of a Captain .
    • Webster
      Webster  •  Cardiff, Wales  •  1 month 1 day ago
      yeah cause after this they are gonna be rushing towards another cruise.
    • madashell
      madashell  •  London, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      Some firms just don't have any shame I hope all the survivors take them to court and get a damn good payday, shame on you carnival corporation.
    • meggy
      meggy  •  Manchester, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      that sounds about right for costa,i have been with them on one cruise and got ripped off on the drinks package £500 each +unsociable crew GIVE THEM A MISS.
    • Anon
      Anon  •  1 month 1 day ago
      Breathtaking! Wow.
      Are Costa Cruises completely insensitive, incompetent and insane ??
    • A Yahoo! User  •  1 month 1 day ago
      They should have spoken to Max Clifford before they did anything. Even he may not want to take them on as clients
    • Workers of the World Unite
      Workers of the World Unit ...  •  Rossendale, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      Outrageous! No wonder they have accidents given the attitude of this company. They should be paying compensation. Why on earth would anyone want to go again anyway, even with 30% off.
    • JEFFREY
      JEFFREY  •  London, England  •  1 month 0 days ago
      What do they have to go through to get 50%?
    • LINDA
      LINDA  •  1 month 1 day ago
      This is disgusting but I am not surprised as holiday companies are not regulated and the should be. We lost £2000.00 from a Saga river cruise that we missed due to an air traffic controllers strike and we were just abandoned by Saga at the airport but Saga does not think that they could have done anything differently so we only got one third of our money back and are supposed to be grateful. Unfortunately we bought our travel insurance through Saga and now they cannot find the policy that we have paid for. We will not be going on holiday with Saga ever again.
    • GREG
      GREG  •  Manchester, England  •  1 month 0 days ago
      We were on a Carnival cruise when hurricane Andrew headed for Miami. They turned the ship and ran for Miami. They put all the 'aliens' (non Americans) on the top deck and left us there without any food or water for 5 hours and we had two children with us. It was chaotic. They disembarked the Americans first and then told us they couldn't find us any transport. Eventually sent us to Orlando in a wreck of a coach. When we arrived at the airport we were told we couldn't fly as our plane was being used to evacuate Americans. The whole thing was a joke. We have never been back to America.
    • JOHN
      JOHN  •  London, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      They are only protecting their SHARES valuation. the passengers should find a very intelligent lawer, and sue the campany,and there are alot of issues with this accident.
    • Bryan
      Bryan  •  Bradford, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      You couldn't make it up
    • JV
      JV  •  London, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      Jeez, this cruise operator must think their customers have a short memory span!
    • Stephanie
      Stephanie  •  Oxford, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      So...we'll give you your money back AND 30% off your next trip with us...don't be put off by our captains, it's not that often that they sink the ships and then run off with people still on it...it's perfectly safe..perfectly safe...
    • beth
      beth  •  Sharjah, United Arab Emirates  •  1 month 1 day ago
      I hope everyone of those passengers get good lawyers and let that company know what to do with their 30% discount!!!!!!!
    • Lynn
      Lynn  •  London, England  •  1 month 1 day ago
      THAT MUST BE THE BIGGEST PISS TAKE OF THE CENTURY
    • bramble
      bramble  •  Glasgow, Scotland  •  1 month 1 day ago
      Insult.
    • A
      A  •  Birmingham, England  •  1 month 0 days ago
      seems the captain is also in charge of the compensation
    • Bernadette Higgins
      Bernadette Higgins  •  Dublin, Ireland  •  1 month 1 day ago
      discusting WHAT ABOUT THE POOR PEOPLE WHO FROZE TO THERE DEATHS, LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN FOR THEM, ITS TOTALLY DISCRASEFUL ....%&*@ BSTER..S
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