LCinPDX Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Hi, we have a 7/2/22 cruise on Symphony that I already re-priced once in December. I happened to check again today, and was able to save over $1700 for 2 connecting balcony rooms, plus get a $200 OBC. And I was only on hold for about 2 minutes. I call that a win for sure! KristiZ, PRebecca, SpeedNoodles and 11 others 11 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathbees Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, LCinPDX said: I call that a win for sure! Double win... discount AND OBC!! LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCinPDX Posted February 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Yes, for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 All my cruises went up a couple hundred dollars with this new "sale" LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 I try and check on a regular basis-you never know!. Congrats on the savings! LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkelBierJay Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 That's awesome...I have to give props to my MEI TA too, who saw the price reduction and rebooked for me saving almost $600... LCinPDX and VirtKitty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCinPDX Posted February 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, smokeybandit said: All my cruises went up a couple hundred dollars with this new "sale" Oh no! Are they really far in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCinPDX Posted February 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, DunkelBierJay said: That's awesome...I have to give props to my MEI TA too, who saw the price reduction rebooked for me saving almost $600... That is great! I hadn't looked for awhile--so glad I did! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCinPDX Posted February 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Pattycruise said: I try and check on a regular basis-you never know!. Congrats on the savings! So true! The prices had been the same for a long time, but this was a nice surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 It pays to check daily. A cruise I saved $700 last week is now up $400 from my new rate. If I hadn't checked last week I'd think today's $300 saving from my old price was awesome, not realizing I missed out on an additional $400 in savings last week. Check often. teddy, LCinPDX, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 Our 4 this year were booked very early and so far have gotten over $3,000 in reductions in 3 of the 4 (Alaska has never seen a reduction). The past several sales have yielded nothing but higher prices. It does pay to check often. Pattycruise and LCinPDX 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BesaidCruiser Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 16 hours ago, LCinPDX said: was able to save over $1700 That`s really a lot of bugs. In Europe you just can dream about it. Congrats. LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellyrich Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 How often do they change pricing? Do you watch the current sales end date and just check again? We booked our first cruise last night 2 hours before the sale ended, this morning it was cheaper by $140 (I'll take whatever savings I can get!) so I called and they made a change. Do they also make changes to the beverage packages and excursion rates?? LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Kellyrich said: How often do they change pricing? Do you watch the current sales end date and just check again? We booked our first cruise last night 2 hours before the sale ended, this morning it was cheaper by $140 (I'll take whatever savings I can get!) so I called and they made a change. Do they also make changes to the beverage packages and excursion rates?? I ignore all sales and promo announcements. I check prices daily, sometime twice daily. I've seen a price drop in the morning disappear a few hours later. Most things in cruising have a supply and demand factor applied to them. If there is a large inventory of one type of cabin the system may automatically lower the price for that specific category. People see a great deal on that type of cabin and people begin booking it. When enough people have booked it the inventory changes and the system increases the rate. It's not so much a matter of updates at specific times like noon and midnight, but the system is continually monitoring inventory and making adjustments as inventory changes. If rates go up it means other people booked it. That could take hours or days or weeks. That's not to say the sales and promos are fake. They certainly can introduce an opportunity for a price drop but since I am checking very frequently already, I don't pay any attention to the new sales and promo announcements. LoliMaui, Kellyrich, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity Cruiser Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Kellyrich said: How often do they change pricing? Do you watch the current sales end date and just check again? We booked our first cruise last night 2 hours before the sale ended, this morning it was cheaper by $140 (I'll take whatever savings I can get!) so I called and they made a change. Do they also make changes to the beverage packages and excursion rates?? That’s hilarious that it was cheaper after the ‘sale’ ended LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Kellyrich said: How often do they change pricing? Do you watch the current sales end date and just check again? Do they also make changes to the beverage packages and excursion rates?? I check at least every time a sale ends. Be sure to enter your Crown and Anchor number, if you have one (if you don't you should get one) and my state and senior ...each time I check a different sailing as the system seems to conveniently forget that info when I use the back button. As for beverage and excursion rates. Be aware of what you initially paid on the base price. Beverage package ^68, $65, $54. per day because Royal Math might say it is a 40% off on board price but somehow that onboard price was now higher, so 40% off might look like a steal, but the "per day" cost is higher. Sneaky. Black Friday tend to have great sales. If you find a better deal you can cancel what you have (go into order history) and repurchase it at the better price. Kellyrich and LCinPDX 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenline627 Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 I have gotten several price drops since I first booked my cruise on Nov 2020. I have saved 481.00 and just last week added 175.00 OBC. It pays to keep checking the price. LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/15/2022 at 3:28 PM, smokeybandit said: All my cruises went up a couple hundred dollars with this new "sale" CLS went up by $2200 on our Allure sailing in September. RCI must be feeling optimistic. LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCinPDX Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 4:13 AM, BesaidCruiser said: That`s really a lot of bugs. In Europe you just can dream about it. Congrats. Thanks! I think we bought when prices were pretty high ("post" Delta and pre Omicron). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCinPDX Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 15 hours ago, barbeyg said: CLS went up by $2200 on our Allure sailing in September. RCI must be feeling optimistic. Wow, they certainly must! barbeyg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingNewb Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Is finding lower prices common? I mean, using a sliding scale, is it like finding an overwhelming number of brown M&Ms in a bag or more like find 2 green M&Ms in a bag? I have looked weekly since booking and the price we paid is considerably lower than any price I have seen in the last 2 months. Just don't want to get my hopes up and stop trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 29 minutes ago, CruisingNewb said: Is finding lower prices common? I mean, using a sliding scale, is it like finding an overwhelming number of brown M&Ms in a bag or more like find 2 green M&Ms in a bag? I have looked weekly since booking and the price we paid is considerably lower than any price I have seen in the last 2 months. Just don't want to get my hopes up and stop trying. We have 4 cruises booked….5 if you count the one we booked for our oldest son and his fiancé. None of them have dropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 4 hours ago, CruisingNewb said: Is finding lower prices common? I mean, using a sliding scale, is it like finding an overwhelming number of brown M&Ms in a bag or more like find 2 green M&Ms in a bag? I have looked weekly since booking and the price we paid is considerably lower than any price I have seen in the last 2 months. Just don't want to get my hopes up and stop trying. I think it depends on when you booked. I agree these past 2 months have not seen any dramatic price decreases, but I likely scooped all of those up in the mid/late-fall when checking. Additionally I have to wonder if Royal is slowly raising prices because now they know they are capturing more interested cruisers. With the reduction of mask usage, the reduction of Omicron and the Canadian riddance of a required PCR test to go home I am thinking their bookings will be better. No need to reduce pricing. All of my cruises were booked in September for October and on forward. I've scored some great savings (hundreds) and some that are "only" $25 (but that's $25 back to me!) Some of my other cruises-which are the more popular cruise months or itinerary-have only gone up. I was admittedly spoiled this year with the reduced costs for a solo traveler. I've been looking for next fall and the prices are almost doubled for identical sailings from this past year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 With this new sale, my cruises are all back to the (lower) prices they were before the WOW sale LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmdaisy Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Don't get discouraged and quit looking. I call them EVERY week! I don't care what the sale shows on line..call them and get re-priced. Sometimes they will give you a discount for the state you live in. When I booked my cruise, I lived in Vegas. I moved to OK in September. When I called in Nov for a a re-pricing, Oklahoma had a resident that saved me $400.00. Another time I called, they gave $50 OBC that was not advertised. I booked the cruise in April 2021. It is scheduled to sale on May 2 2022 for 11 days transatlantic. When I booked it, I had an obstructed balcony for me an my husband that cost $3,668.00. As of today, I am in a Junior Suite. I have 175 OBC and my final cost paid in full with gratuity included is $1,980.00. My daughter is in a inside cabin with a virtual balcony and her original amount was $1,400.00. Today she is still in the same type of room. She had $75.00 OBC and her total cost, gratuity included is $971.00. Keep calling! Every dollar counts. Good luck LCinPDX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoliMaui Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 I booked with a travel agent. Must I do everything through her, or can I call RC directly to make some adjustments to my plans? I'm super-new to cruising, this will be my first time on RC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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