Sooo, I noticed a big price drop on my balcony cabin for my upcoming 16-day Hawaii to Alaska on the Spirit. I’m traveling with a dear friend from professional school and we haven’t seen each other in five years! Exciting girls trip!!
I really really wanted to give my friend the suite experience, since she has only been on one other cruise on another cruise line. We put in bids for suites.
however, I noticed that suite availability through mock bookings suddenly decreased dramatically. My friend and I talked, and we agreed we could spend a certain amount to upgrade outright as long as we were able to get a decent future cruise credit on the price drop of our balcony.
Long story short, when I called a week ago, there was only ONE suite left in inventory. It was apparently booked while I was on hold with the cruise consultant and disappeared. He sent an email to the appropriate department about the FCC and told us we should hear back via email within 7 days.
Meanwhile, we kept stalking suite availability. Two more phone calls and I finally snagged the last suite available—while still waiting to hear back about our FCC. It’s a forward-facing, which I am not too excited about, but the other perks make it worth it. (Surprisingly, we did not receive any additional specialty dining or internet minutes with the upgrade from BA to SE, either-and our sailing is 16 days.)
Anyways, it’s been 7 days and I am still waiting to hear about a FCC. I hope I did not screw this up and that we get one. From what I have read here, I think the FCC is an independent decision—but couldn’t find much on a similar scenario.
I will post here if/when I hear about the decision regarding FCC to hopefully help other people in the future. 🙂
