tiny260 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I couldn't decide to start a new thread our add too another thread, but decided on a new thread. It has to do with the new pricing strategy, refundable, non-refundable, etc, etc., and a lot of you may already know this, I had not seen it on RCCL web site yet so I wanted to post this information. I was researching a cruise that I want to take in either 2019 or 2020 (I know 2020 are not out yet, OCD ring a bell), so I was looking at the 2019 12 night South Pacific-Fiji cruise out of Sydney, so I picked the 3-17-19 cruise, clicked "Book now", number of cabins, number of people, type of cabin (Suite), (This is the new part), do I want refundable or non-refundable deposit? I pick refundable, because there is only $67pp difference between the two, go to the next page to select what type of suite, I'm only given the choice of Ocean View Panoramic or a Junior, well I really want a Grand or Owners, so I go back and pick non-refundable, I'm presented with Panoramic, Junior, Grand and Owners. Besides the differences of them limiting what room types you see there was also a difference of non-refundable having an instant $100 OBC, they both offered the current BOGO offer and the discounts for them looked similar, i didn't actually calculate them out, so not 100% confident that they were the same. I did use the Junior as a comparison since it was on both and the non-refundable was cheaper on the base rate by $71, the categories all looked the same they were both offering J3 and J4. I know a lot of you use TA, and so do I, I was just doing a little research and was surprised by the web page hiding room types depending on Refundable vs non-refundable. Now this is a pretty specific example and I didn't do this comparison for any other cruise destinations, IE. Caribbean, Alaska etc.. Please fill me in if I missed something... Bob_KY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTLH Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Grand Suites and better have become nonrefundable deposit only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocLC Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 @tiny260 Suite deposits are non-refundable, so that's probably why they're only showing when you pick the non-refundable deposit. Rumors are swirling that panoramic ocean view cabins will be reclassified as suites, so that may explain that category as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny260 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Makes sense, I knew you guys would know the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Tiny, have you contacted Club Royale to see if you qualify for a casino rate ? It's worth a call if you haven't. Thus my angst about the new non refundable deposit. NOT a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny260 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Raye, yes, I called and got rates, this was more of a fact gathering mission verses getting the best price, mainly because I'm leaning more towards the 2020 date, so I won't be able to actually book it until April'ish of next year. I wished I would have thought about what Doc pointed out, would have saved me a bunch of typing... Thanks all. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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