Premium Point

A Premium Point is a calculation that calculates the premium work hour deductible in the Hotel Service Charge calculation. There are two types of premiums payable in the Hotel Service Charge; those that are scheduled and approved in the T&A module, and those manually booked in Service Charge module. The Premium Points approved in the T&A module has a default point-value per hour in Payroll module, Interface Pay codes. After the Manager approves the premiums points, then only those points appear in the Service Charge Overview, Premium Points section. This function is controlled by the “Hotel Service Charge” and “Show Premium Points Calculation” parameter.

1. Login to the Service Charge module and click Premium Points.

   Figure 25-11 Premium Points

   
   
   

   Table 25-3 Premium Points Field Definition

   Field Name	Description
   Date	Actual work date entitled to premium rate recorded in T&A module.
   External ID	Crew ID.
   Name	Crew name.
   Position	Crew operational position.
   Premium Point	Premium work hour (approved in T&A module) x the pay rate. The pay rate refers to the premium work hour in Payroll, Interface Paycode.
   Per Point Value	Point value as of last Calculate Total. If Calculate Total has not been process after new premium points appears, then the point value and amount will be zero until the next voyage recalculation.
   Amount	(Points x point value) based on latest Calculate Total.
   Paid	Payment indicator. Indicates premium point is paid through Payroll for repatriating crew.
   Mid Voyage/Home Port Repat	Indicates crew member is repatriating during or at end of voyage; Flag a “YES” when system date = crewmembers’ eligibility-end date.

2. In the Premium Booking window, select the Select Cruise from the drop-down list. The default view is the current voyage and all premiums approved in the T&A module.

3. To locate the specific crew from the list, enter the Crew ID in the Search Crew field and press Enter.

4. If no premium work hours is approved in T&A module or Pay Rate defined in the Payroll module, a Crew officer can manually book the premium through Manual Booking of Premium.

5. To perform Manual booking of HSC Premium point, go to the Manual Booking of Premiums section. Enter the Crew ID or a name in Search Checked-In Crew and press the Tab key.

6. Click the Add Premium button at the ribbon bar. Enter the point quantity and select the Premium code from the drop-down list. Premium codes displayed in the drop-down list are for manual entry and they are different from those approved in the T&A module.

7. When a message prompts “Are you sure you want to manually book these premium points for the selected crew?”, click Yes to proceed. The booking displays in the Premium Points window. After the next Calculate Total is processed, the premium pay amount appears.

8. Manual booking of premium point(s) are added into the current cruise.

9. Inclusion of the Premium Point into the main pool for initial point ratio calculation must be define in Pool Distribution setup, Add Premium Point to Main Pool for Points Ratio Calculation.

10. Adjustment to manually booked points is allowed using the above steps. Deleting a manually booked premium entry is possible as long as the cruise status is “Open”. Select the manual booked premiums and click Delete Premium at the ribbon bar.

11. Click Yes at the message prompt “Are you sure you want to delete this Premium record?” to confirm the exclusion.

12. Re-run the calculation process.