Princess Captain's Circle

What the source covers

The Princess page used for this profile is the Passage Contract page, which sets out the contract governing dealings between the passenger and Princess Cruises. [3] It presents two documents: the Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd Passage Contract, which generally applies to most voyages except select itineraries departing from Australia, Japan, Singapore, China and Korea, and a second contract that applies to select voyages from ports within those five countries. [3] Booked passengers are told to sign in to Manage Booking to reach the version that applies to their own booking. [3] The same page links a standard policy for cancellations, refunds and final payment, and separate cruise deals terms and conditions. [3] It does not describe any of these documents as governing Captain's Circle membership, and it gives no tier, threshold or benefit detail for the programme. [3]

What the page does establish is narrower: Princess Cruises operates cruise ships and sells cruises to a range of destinations, and it maintains a loyalty programme called Captain's Circle with a tiers page of its own. [3] Readers who need the actual tier rules, cruise-day counting or onboard benefits will not find them in this source, and this profile does not supply them from anywhere else. [3]

Where Captain's Circle sits on the site

In the site navigation, the Loyalty group lists Casino, Captain's Circle, Create an Account, Military and the Princess Rewards Visa Card. [3] In the footer, Captain's Circle Loyalty Tiers appears under "Learn About Cruising" and "Loyalty Program" appears under "Why Princess". [3] The tier information is therefore presented as a separate page rather than as part of the passage contract page used here. [3]

Princess also links its own terms and pages for cruise deals, a Military Benefit Program, a Refer-a-Friend scheme and a Standby Program. [3] The page used here does not say whether any of those interact with Captain's Circle, and it does not say whether a Captain's Circle tier changes the terms of a cruise deal or of any other offer. [3] A Create an Account link appears in the same Loyalty menu as the Captain's Circle link, but the enrolment conditions are not described. [3]

Regional versions and the country selector

The page carries a country selector offering Australia, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom, and a notice referring to terms and conditions specific to the United States. [3] Which passage contract applies is determined by the voyage departure port rather than by the reader's country selection: the general contract covers most voyages except select itineraries from Australia, Japan, Singapore, China and Korea, and the other version covers select voyages from ports in those countries. [3] Because the site presents four country versions, the wording a reader sees can differ between those country pages. [3] The source used here does not state whether Captain's Circle tier rules, benefits or exclusions also vary by country or by departure region. [3]

Not published, and what that means

• Membership levels.
• Cruise-day qualification.
• Exclusions.
• Contract carve-outs for context only. The one clear exception on the page concerns the passage contract itself: select itineraries departing from Australia, Japan, Singapore, China and Korea fall under the separate contract version instead of the general one. [3] That carve-out is about the passenger contract, not about loyalty tier eligibility. [3]

Related pages

Background: cruise loyalty programmes guide and cruises. Other lines' schemes: Cunard World Club and Holland America Mariner Society. Definitions: glossary of terms.

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026. This profile covers Princess Cruises' Captain's Circle only; the loyalty schemes of other cruise lines, including Cunard World Club and Holland America's Mariner Society, are not covered here, and no airline, hotel or credit card programme is covered.

1. Princess Cruises Passage Contract page, checked 18 October 2026