DDemuth Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 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!! RWDW1204, Sweety, Lovetocruise2002 and 19 others 13 1 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 That’s wonderful! What a great cruise and saving $$ too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogilthorpe Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 That's awesome! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okgladgal Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 That is great news @DDemuth! Have a great cruise with your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.s Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 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 DaiC01 and Big Tule 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Oasis has great savings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRebecca Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 That's great news! Enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flacruiser99 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkeleykel Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 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. Ogilthorpe and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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