Tplanav1 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 My girlfriend and I booked our first cruise together about 8-9 months ago to leave the Saturday after thanksgiving. Being new to our careers we went the frugal inside stateroom option for the cheapest possible trip we could, on a whim today I looked online and noticed a balcony room was only $50-100 more for us based on the deals and what I had remembered paying. Get home from work and decided to call customer service to surprise my girlfriend with a balcony when we got there, after about a 15 min convo with the customer service rep going over my reservation she goes I think you can upgrade for $4. I may have blown out her ear drums on the other end of the phone yelling Yes so loud. I go through the process and pay my new remaining $4 balance. Then to make sure I hadn’t had my liquor package effected and her calculation be wrong I go check my account after some time had past, turns out they also gave me $125 in onboard credit as part of the deal. I had figured I wasn’t going to get it and with a $4 upgrade cost I wasn’t going to push my luck. Now November 25th can’t get here fast enough! Just figured I’d share with everyone Incase they have a reservation sitting out there to possibly check. JLMoran, Mirna, Lauren and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 That's awesome! Love it when good things happen like that! Enjoy your first cruise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Woohoo! Goes to show, it never hurts to ask. Enjoy your cruise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Great deal you got!!!..pays to still watch.....although with the non-refundable system now its a little more tricky. That being said...I was able to move my cruise 2 weeks earlier(same ship and ports) and save almost $500 and not have to put any extra down so I cant complain. The Jewel of the Seas on April 8th is going for around $350 for the week with an inside cabin..and if you visit some booking sites you can get some OBC with it that lowers it to around $275/person.....now that's a deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Congratulations ! That is a SWEET deal. So glad you checked and they made it so easy. monctonguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Well done Tplanav! Did you make your original booking directly with RC or through an agent? Thanks Barrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tplanav1 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 I booked it through RC. I'm newish to the Charlotte area (been here 3 years and have failed to actually settle roots to stay until the last 6 months to a year) and hasn't found anyone who knew of a good travel agent with cruise experience here. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Thanks. I booked through a cruise specialist here in UK and wondered if worth calling RC direct to talk about possible room change/upgrade options so was hoping you had done the same!! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcarney Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Way to go, Tplanav1! We're on the sailing right before yours - I'll leave the ship tidy for you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjac Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 14 hours ago, Sabrinaklai said: That's awesome! Love it when good things happen like that! Enjoy your first cruise! But, Sabrina, don't you see how spoiled they will be and NEVER ever even think about an interior cabin again. Next cruise will have to be JS or better! Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampaite Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 15 hours ago, Tplanav1 said: decided to call customer service to surprise my girlfriend with a balcony when we got there, after about a 15 min convo with the customer service rep going over my reservation she goes I think you can upgrade for $4. I may have blown out her ear drums on the other end of the phone yelling Yes so loud. I go through the process and pay my new remaining $4 balance. The question is: did you overpay when you made the initial booking? Did you go from paying $200 pp to $204 pp or from $700 pp to $704 pp(per person). a little context would help us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, rjac said: But, Sabrina, don't you see how spoiled they will be and NEVER ever even think about an interior cabin again. Next cruise will have to be JS or better! Very true...Lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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