WAAAYTOOO Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 As of a few minutes ago, there is still a remarkable price glitch on the second of our B2B cruises on Anthem in Feb. 2019. The cruise for 23 Feb - 3 March (8 day) is showing the same inside price for inside, OV and OV balcony rooms - $918. Michelle (the miracle worker) managed to get our cruise repriced at this rate for only $40 TOTAL....so we were able to go from an inside room to an OV balcony for $40. This room was already a casino comp so this upgrade was incredible for us ! Even though the first half of the B2B did not have this price glitch, I went ahead and had her upgrade that one too so that we could stay in the same room for both parts of the B2B. Also, since this was a casino comp, we will now get cruise points for both segments. If we had remained in the "free" inside room, we would not have received any cruise points (casino comp rule) but by upgrading, we will. So...if anyone is already on this cruise and wants to upgrade from an inside or OV room to a balcony for next to nothing, I recommend you call or have your TA call immediately. I suspect this price is a glitch and when they catch it, it will be gone forever. Even if you are already in an OV balcony you should be able to have the price adjusted as long as it's showing this low price. See, sometimes Royal Caribbean's IT incompetence pays off !! ellcee, JohnUK, AGSLC5 and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princevaliantus Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 I hope there isn't a big ole snowstorm!! We've been hit the past few years!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Well....them's the tradeoffs for cruising out of NJ in the winter ! Keep your fingers crossed for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 @WAAAYTOOO Great news! Just curious...did you catch the price glitch by random checking or did Michelle catch it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Babe Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: See, sometimes Royal Caribbean's IT incompetence pays off !! That is so fabulous Raye! I'm so happy for you! I guess we just need to keep checking if there are any other "cliches" too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: @WAAAYTOOO Great news! Just curious...did you catch the price glitch by random checking or did Michelle catch it? I found it myself. I check these things incessantly. She responded immediately though and snagged it for us. Actually, the prices are all still there. It shows the inside price for all 3 categories so maybe it's not a glitch but I don't see how that is possible. $918 has been the price for the inside for as long as we have had this cruise booked but today it showed that price for all 3 categories. Hopefully others that are on this cruise can take advantage before RC wakes up. I posted the info on the roll call at CC. So far, no one has responded. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Boston Babe said: That is so fabulous Raye! I'm so happy for you! I guess we just need to keep checking if there are any other "cliches" too! Thanks !! As I said, perhaps RC's IT incompetence will work in our favor for once ! Boston Babe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason.H. Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Thanks for the heads up! For our september cruise on Oasis an ocean view balcony was over 100 dollars cheaper than a normal ocean view room. Go figure WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Great deal!!!....was this a error right on Royals site? I don't even check that anymore as the prices are so high compared to other sites.....but maybe I should be just in case I find as error like that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonemanbob Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 All 3 categories have gone down. The 3 balcony rooms are $831, $861, and $ 884. Very tempting as we are doing anthem in Sept.2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonemanbob Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 I just finished pricing out the $884.oo balcony room and the cost became $2800 total for 2 . My Sept cruise is posted at $1100 PP but when you total it out it went way up also. IT GLITCH strikes again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Yeah, I noticed that the prices had all gone down. Weird. I just did a mock booking for the $884 extended balcony and it came out to $2056.52 including taxes and port fees (this figure does not include grats). Are you sure you were looking at the correct number ? The $2802 was before the BOGO was applied. This was a for a category 2C amidships (+$20). If you do the regular balcony amidships (category 2D) it comes to $2008.52 with taxes and port fees. We went with the regular balcony (cat 2D) b/c the room is actually larger in this category than with the extended balcony and being Feb from NJ I don't think we'll be spending THAT much time out on the balcony. I'd rather have the extra space in the cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Anthem has often exhibited some pricing anomalies. This is one reason why I did a total of 27 nights on her between December and January. It's not every sailing but my last cruise on Anthem in January was in a balcony because it was cheaper than an OV or Interior and that was before I had a decent C&A balcony rate option. accio7 and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accio7 Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hey @WAAAYTOOO, I just did a mock booking and am still seeing the $918 price you quoted two and a half weeks ago WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaullram Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 I just did a mock booking and a balcony is even cheaper with my Emerald discount than the Oceanview or Interior cabin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted July 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 14 hours ago, jaullram said: I just did a mock booking and a balcony is even cheaper with my Emerald discount than the Oceanview or Interior cabin!!! YIPPEE !! Hard to believe ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaullram Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 WAAAYTOOO....too bad we are already going in March and can't swing February too. We are worried about snow in CT and have a house sitter so don't like to cruise until mid-March. Crazy deal though!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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