PAY for a category 12 balcony suite on a seven-night Western Mediterranean cruise aboard MSC Splendida, and you will be upgraded to a deluxe suite in the ship’s MSC Yacht Club.

The hot offer applies to bookings before September 30, 2012, for cruises until November this year, the price for such a cruise a bargain $1219 per person, twin share.

“That’s a saving of $1280 per person,” said Lynne Clarke, managing director of MSC Cruises Australia and New Zealand.

“By taking the free upgrade to our exclusive ship-within-a-ship, you will be rewarded with such MSC Yacht Club features as 24-hour butler service, priority check-in and complimentary refreshments in its venues and your suite’s mini bar,” she said. “A private lift also takes you to the lavish MSC Aurea Spa, where massage and treatments rooms are reserved for MSC Yacht Club guests.”

The week-long Western Mediterranean cruise from Genoa calls in on famous ports such as Barcelona, Tunis, Malta’s Valetta, Sicily’s Messina and Civitavecchia (Rome).

Further upgrades to the MSC Yacht Club apply to seven-night cruises aboard:

• MSC Divina, Eastern Mediterranean, $2259pp, twin share – saving of $550pp.
• MSC Fantasia, Western Mediterranean, $2309pp, twin share – saving of $360pp.

Book a 14-night Grand Mediterranean cruise which merges a seven-night MSC Divina Eastern Mediterranean cruise from Venice with seven nights aboard MSC Splendida in the Western Mediterranean from Genoa and price for the package in an upgraded MSC Yacht Club deluxe suite is $4568pp twin share - a saving of $910pp.