Originally Posted by
alenguy
A related question - what's the best way to verbalize what happened without making it sound too suspicious like it was planned (it wasn't)? Would something general like "He had some work stuff come up at the last minute that's preventing him from joining me" do the trick? This is the truth, but other people have advised me that it sounds too general and suspicious. Advice?
No need to say anything beyond "He couldn't make it". I have done this on Celebrity, although it was many years ago. If you wish, you can call (or have your TA call) Celebrity ahead of time.