Well, that was a surprise...

[DDemuth]

Our younger daughter will be graduating from college in May and our older daughter has been teaching middle school in London for the last 2 years.  With the prospect of having both girls working to establish their respective careers in both the US and UK, this summer seemed like the last time that we could vacation as a family in the foreseeable future.   So last summer we booked Allure out of Barcelona for a Mediterranean cruise as kind of a last hurrah.  

At the time of booking, it was evident that this would be a relatively expensive endeavor since Allure would be recently AMPed, we would need to arrange for three trans-Atlantic flights, hotels reservations in Barcelona for both pre- and post-cruise site seeing and we would be traveling at peak season in July 2020.  But bite the bullet and pay the fare.  We did.  Yesterday, I did a mock booking for our cruise and was surprised to see that current pricing was significantly below what we had paid.  In part, this was because a senior discount (yes, I'm old) and a Resident discount was available that had not been applied to our initial booking.

Bottom line, a call to RCI to inquire resulted in a re-calculation of our reservation.  Not only were the discounts applied but the current BOGO60 and several other current sale discounts were added that reduced our costs by almost $1500.00.  Excursions and drink packages, here we come.....!     My lucky day!  

Barca, here we come!!

[WAAAYTOOO]

That’s wonderful!  What a great cruise and saving $$ too !

[Ogilthorpe]

Excellent news!  We are talking our family on that itinerary in October and experienced similar savings this week. It was a good week for those booked on the Allure next year!

[Pattycruise]

That's awesome!  Congrats!

[Okgladgal]

That is great news @DDemuth! Have a great cruise with your family.

 

[Mike.s]

Ah the joy of repricing, excellent news for you and your family @DDemuth, shame it's not available worldwide. Enjoy those "free" drinks and excursions

[Sweety]

Oasis has great savings.

[PRebecca]

That's great news! Enjoy!!

[Flacruiser99]

17 hours ago, DDemuth said:

Our younger daughter will be graduating from college in May and our older daughter has been teaching middle school in London for the last 2 years.  With the prospect of having both girls working to establish their respective careers in both the US and UK, this summer seemed like the last time that we could vacation as a family in the foreseeable future.   So last summer we booked Allure out of Barcelona for a Mediterranean cruise as kind of a last hurrah.  

At the time of booking, it was evident that this would be a relatively expensive endeavor since Allure would be recently AMPed, we would need to arrange for three trans-Atlantic flights, hotels reservations in Barcelona for both pre- and post-cruise site seeing and we would be traveling at peak season in July 2020.  But bite the bullet and pay the fare.  We did.  Yesterday, I did a mock booking for our cruise and was surprised to see that current pricing was significantly below what we had paid.  In part, this was because a senior discount (yes, I'm old) and a Resident discount was available that had not been applied to our initial booking.

Bottom line, a call to RCI to inquire resulted in a re-calculation of our reservation.  Not only were the discounts applied but the current BOGO60 and several other current sale discounts were added that reduced our costs by almost $1500.00.  Excursions and drink packages, here we come.....!     My lucky day!  

Barca, here we come!!

I glad the current promotions pricing works both ways.

[berkeleykel]

I’m on the same itinerary different date and was able to rebook from Sky to Star class last week with minimal price difference. The resident discount alone was $1000.