Check cruise pricing, our AK for next May just dropped again

[barbeyg]

Our balcony cabins were booked for a May 2022 cruise last November at about $3300 each.  We have gotten multiple decreases on the price in the last year, most being in the past few months.  After calling about a $170 decrease on our cabin yesterday, we called again today on both cabins we have booked, saving an additional $601!  We are down to $2058 on our cabin (we get the Diamond discount), and just a bit more on the other.  This is including tips, and is mind-boggling for an AK cruise.

I suggest checking the pricing again today, since some of our sailings have gone down since yesterday.  Good luck!  

[smokeybandit]

No change to my June AK cruise.

[barbeyg]

3 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

No change to my June AK cruise.

Hope you get one soon.  Ours keeps going down, and it's blowing my mind.  This is the third year we have booked for May, had to cancel the last two for obvious reasons.  We are hoping the 3rd time is the charm as we are treating my older sister and aunt to AK.  It's their first, and probably last, AK cruise.  

[Jkaczano]

We’ve been seeing the same thing with pricing on our May 2022 5 night Canada out of New Jersey.  We only booked in July but have almost $500 of reductions so far.  

[CJS2766]

Yep, we are on the Ovation in May 2022 and the price REALLY dropped. Our TA emailed us yesterday and saved us a lot. I ended up upgrading our room for less than I had originally booked our cruise for. Have seen 2 price drops so far!

[Pattycruise]

My May Oasis dropped.

so did my February Anthem

 

[Jill]

My category for May Alaska is sold out so no price drop for me I shouldn’t gripe though because I’ve gotten almost $2400 on my other cruises. Just that Alaska is super more expensive. Even my 12 night Holy Land/Greece on Odyssey is way cheaper than my May Alaska 

[SpeedNoodles]

All of my cruises have gone up in price.  I've typically snagged them at a decent price to begin with, so I try not to get jealous when I read others getting price drops. 

[smokeybandit]

I did get a couple hundred off a Liberty cruise, even though my others didn't change price. So that's some victory for the day.

[Shari3]

6 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said:

All of my cruises have gone up in price.  I've typically snagged them at a decent price to begin with, so I try not to get jealous when I read others getting price drops. 

Same

[BrianB]

So far I was able to snag lower prices on several of my booked cruises. Most were prior to final payment date so the amount due was just decreased. One I had already paid in full, but because it was a couple weeks before final payment date, my credit card was refunded the difference. One was past final payment so I received the difference in OBC.

The big takeaway here is I found lower prices on several cruises twice! One cruise in November actually dropped three times. Each time I was able to get the lower price. The Best Price Guarantee is great! Keep checking!!

[WannaCruise]

Silly question but what is AK?

We just got a nice price drop on our Anthem March 2022 cruise....and never seen 2 connecting balcony rooms so low.  Only thing is the price drop is kind of useless for us.  If we keep our Dec Anthem cruise, then we will cancel Anthem March anyways (we also have Oasis booked for same week so would do that).  Or if we cancel December, our FCC exceeds even our current Anthem cost before the price adjustment.  Normally we do 2 cruises each year so we would have still used the remaining FCC in the summer, but next summer we are going to Disney as a special gift for our DD....so remaining FCC will be thrown out anyways (unless Royal extends use by past Sept).  Still, a very good price.  Anthem March 2023 is the opposite.  Paying much more for 2 interiors than 2 balcony rooms.

 

[Matt]

20 minutes ago, WannaCruise said:

Silly question but what is AK?

AK = Alaska

[lee1950]

We booked online at Royal Carribean.  How do I check to see if price of cruise has gone down?

[WannaCruise]

9 minutes ago, Matt said:

AK = Alaska

Right!  Thank you.

[Lovetocruise2002]

Curious minds are wondering, most of you who are seeing price drops, are they balcony cabins?  I have 8 future sailings (the majority of them I booked really far out upon release), and all my sailings have just gone up month by month.

[BrianB]

11 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Curious minds are wondering, most of you who are seeing price drops, are they balcony cabins?  I have 8 future sailings (the majority of them I booked really far out upon release), and all my sailings have just gone up month by month.

All of mine are either crown loft suites (Oasis) or JS (Anthem). Some of them I must have hit just right, as their prices just keep going up and up. Even after re-booking at lower prices…especially during the WOW sale…some of them starting trending upwards again. Supply and demand. I keep checking nearly everyday!

[Lovetocruise2002]

3 minutes ago, BrianB said:

All of mine are either crown loft suites (Oasis) or JS (Anthem). Some of them I must have hit just right, as their prices just keep going up and up. Even after re-booking at lower prices…especially during the WOW sale…some of them starting trending upwards again. Supply and demand. I keep checking nearly everyday!

Good to know.  I've been seeing so many posts of price drops lately and I cannot figure out if it's just bad luck on my part, the types of cabins I booked, the times of year that I am booked (most during high seasons because of work/school schedules), or because I booked most of them upon release.

[WAAAYTOOO]

5 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Good to know.  I've been seeing so many posts of price drops lately and I cannot figure out if it's just bad luck on my part, the types of cabins I booked, the times of year that I am booked (most during high seasons because of work/school schedules), or because I booked most of them upon release.

The only cruise for which I have seen price drops is the one for Christmas 2022 (12-22-22 on OA).  I have had 4 drops on that one.  All of the rest are nowhere near the price I paid originally.  Granted, a great number of the cruises for the remainder of this year and early next year are Empress L&S but even those that I booked straight up are more expensive now than when I originally booked.  The OA Christmas cruise is a balcony (2C).

[BrianB]

I’m guessing…and hoping I’m right…that after I pass 340+ C&A points in November that I can re-price the remaining cruises to take advantage of the single fare supplement decrease. I’m wondering if I would be able to re-price the one cruise that I have booked which is beyond the Best Price Guarantee promotion in Dec 2022. Appreciate any insight.

[WannaCruise]

28 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Good to know.  I've been seeing so many posts of price drops lately and I cannot figure out if it's just bad luck on my part, the types of cabins I booked, the times of year that I am booked (most during high seasons because of work/school schedules), or because I booked most of them upon release.

Or maybe you just grabbed a great price to begin with.

Our one that dropped is connecting balcony rooms for next year at March break (on Anthem...not Oasis).  Xmas is quite a bit more so no price drop, but that was a L&S with a good price to begin with.

[Jkaczano]

The 2 I’ve had price drops on are a 5 night May 2022 Adventure Canada in a JS and a Feb 2022 3 night Independence in a GS.  We just booked this spring, so prices were probably a little high when we bought.  Although prices are significantly up on my 9/26 Oasis 2BR aquatheater and slightly up on my 11/22 Anthem JS which were booked around the same time 

[barbeyg]

2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Curious minds are wondering, most of you who are seeing price drops, are they balcony cabins?  I have 8 future sailings (the majority of them I booked really far out upon release), and all my sailings have just gone up month by month.

This cruise is a balcony cabin for us and our family. We like to travel in at least JS, but since we are treating, we needed more affordable. We are booking some great tours too, so every time the price goes down, I yell ‘cha-ching!”

That said, our GS for next year hasn’t budged at all. I keep checking on that and a CL on the same cruise to surprise my hubby, but the CLs aren’t budging either. I think RCI is not going to decrease the price on the suites until they have to (if they aren’t selling, etc). JMO.

[barbeyg]

1 hour ago, BrianB said:

I’m guessing…and hoping I’m right…that after I pass 340+ C&A points in November that I can re-price the remaining cruises to take advantage of the single fare supplement decrease. I’m wondering if I would be able to re-price the one cruise that I have booked which is beyond the Best Price Guarantee promotion in Dec 2022. Appreciate any insight.

Brian, I’ve always been able to reprice cruises to the current price before this when our cabin price went down, as long as we hadn’t made final payment.  Never turned down when I called, as long as before final payment, and been doing it for years. I would think that even with the single fare supplement, if the price is lower, it’s lower.  
 

If I’m wrong, I’m sure someone will let us know. Hope you can reprice for the single supplement.  

[barbeyg]

21 hours ago, Jill said:

My category for May Alaska is sold out so no price drop for me I shouldn’t gripe though because I’ve gotten almost $2400 on my other cruises. Just that Alaska is super more expensive. Even my 12 night Holy Land/Greece on Odyssey is way cheaper than my May Alaska 

Jill, I think I read here before that you can still request them to check the price on a sold out category, and if it has decreased, get the new price. I think it may have been @Lovetocruise2002 who shared that tidbit. 
 

Of course, I may have just been dreaming….

[BrianB]

1 minute ago, barbeyg said:

Brian, I’ve always been able to reprice cruises to the current price before this when our cabin price went down, as long as we hadn’t made final payment.  Never turned down when I called, as long as before final payment, and been doing it for years. I would think that even with the single fare supplement, if the price is lower, it’s lower.  
 

If I’m wrong, I’m sure someone will let us know. Hope you can reprice for the single supplement.  

Thanks! I guess the Best Price Guarantee benefit is primarily for re-pricing after final payment date…resulting in OBC. That makes sense. Appreciate the info!

[BrianB]

10 minutes ago, barbeyg said:

Jill, I think I read here before that you can still request them to check the price on a sold out category, and if it has decreased, get the new price. I think it may have been @Lovetocruise2002 who shared that tidbit. 
 

Of course, I may have just been dreaming….

 

21 hours ago, Jill said:

My category for May Alaska is sold out so no price drop for me I shouldn’t gripe though because I’ve gotten almost $2400 on my other cruises. Just that Alaska is super more expensive. Even my 12 night Holy Land/Greece on Odyssey is way cheaper than my May Alaska 

My Sept cruise suite category showed sold out months ago…but when I had an agent on the line doing a re-price on a Nov cruise, she checked the one in Sept and the price had dropped nicely. Even though it showed sold out. 

[barbeyg]

21 minutes ago, BrianB said:

 

My Sept cruise suite category showed sold out months ago…but when I had an agent on the line doing a re-price on a Nov cruise, she checked the one in Sept and the price had dropped nicely. Even though it showed sold out. 

Thanks for the confirmation, @BrianB. The accountant in me is over all the ones I never checked because they were sold out in the past. I will def be checking going forward.

[Lovetocruise2002]

1 hour ago, barbeyg said:

Jill, I think I read here before that you can still request them to check the price on a sold out category, and if it has decreased, get the new price. I think it may have been @Lovetocruise2002 who shared that tidbit. 
 

Of course, I may have just been dreaming….

Yes, I have re-priced a sold out category many times.  It works.

[Dicey]

Does re-pricing and best price guarantee program apply to the upgrade prices on casino bookings?  

[WAAAYTOOO]

 

Does re-pricing and best price guarantee program apply to the upgrade prices on casino bookings?  

That's a really good question.

In the past, I have had a casino booking repriced but it's pretty rare to get one to work out.  If you think regular cruise pricing is voodoo, just try and figure out how they price a casino comp upgrade !!  So to answer your question, in the past, it WAS possible, but highly unlikely to get a casino comp upgrade repricing.  I wouldn't go so far as to say that the "best price guarantee" applies (my guess is that it does not) but if the upgrade portion of your casino comp happens to price down, they will adjust it.  The trick, of course, is to find an agent that both understands how to reprice a casino comp upgrade and is also WILLING to reprice a casino comp upgrade.  It's not easy.

It is definitely worth a try though.  I have found that step 1 of this complex process is to compare ONLY the base price of your cruise to see whether the price has actually gone down.  So, ignore ALL of the "discounts" - just look at the base, per-person price and if that price is lower than what your upgrade is based on, then you can proceed to think about possibly, maybe, perhaps discovering a price reduction.  From there, it will all depend on what discounts they (the casino) is willing to apply.  THAT is what is so completely arbitrary with casino pricing.  Sometimes they will allow discounts in addition to the casino upgrade but mostly, they do not.  Anyway, you are completely at the mercy of the agent that you work with and I have been disappointed FAR more often than I have been successful.  Bottom line....if you really believe that the cost of your cruise fare has gone down and you do not get the answer you are looking for the first time, hang up and call back.  That is true, of course, for all cruise fares, not just casino cruise fares, but it's worth your time to keep trying if the base price has actually gone down.

Good luck !!

[CrznTxn]

We have never had luck with a Casino Upgrade price reduction. In fact the upgrade price they usually quote is higher than if we had booked the cruise without going through the casino. So the only upgrade we have gotten on the cheap is by Royal Up.

[foxrunner]

We are sailing with two other couples on Allure in April 2022.  The other couples are in Ocean View Balcony rooms and have had price drops of about $700, so their price is about $1600 for an 8 night cruise.  When we booked in October 2020, a Junior Suite was less expensive than an Ocean View Balcony, so we booked the Junior Suite.  We have only seen a $49 price reduction and are now paying 2X what the Ocean View Balcony friends are paying.  We are on the phone right now with Royal checking our price again.  No change in price for us, the JR and all suites are sold out. Keep checking folks it's like Christmas when the rebate fairy smiles on you!

[smokeybandit]

On 9/3/2021 at 8:00 AM, smokeybandit said:

No change to my June AK cruise.

But today I got a significant price drop for that cruise, courtesy of the watchful eyes of MEI

[Marlena]

What happens if they reprice after final payment, you get OBC but then the cruise gets cancelled lets say. When you get your refund will you be out the difference.

Example. Paid 2700

Drops to 2400.

300 OBC then cancelled.

Do you only get 2400$ refund?

[Eggbert]

We are sailing Allure on Dec. 30 of this year. We started with a GTY Oceanview and over the past two months have had 7 price drops along with the move to a GTY Balcony. Keep checking!!!!