jerseysmom

They have quiche at the Int'l Cafe?? I hope there's one on the Golden...a week from today!

Thanks for the info. I called RC. They said that if they removed the airfare my cruise price would remain the same for the D1 cat. @ $2900 pp plus tax. :) I left the air on right now b/c @ $1099 it is still cheaper than anything out there. I can keep looking & decide before final payment Oct 29.

We were on a quick Bahamas cruise on the Monarch in May. They offered to book future cruises for a $200 deposit with a $300 onboard credit for cruises 14 days or longer. We'd already planned on booking the Oz-NZ cruise on the Rhapsody on Jan 7 2010 so we went ahead and took advantage of the offer. The future cruise consultant asked us if we wanted airfare included and that we could always take it off later. So he booked the cruise with the airfare alone pricing at $1799 each. We booked an outside cabin. Recently I called to change the cabin to a D1 and asked them also to remove the airfare. They lowered the price of the cruise for a D1 category to $2900 each and airfare of $1099 each. That sounded good to us...at least until I read this thread. I don't want to spend 2 days flying around the pacific ocean. That is my concern. We are flying LAX-SYD and flights right now are about $1300 w/tax.

I went to RCCL's website and picked a D1 Cat as if I were just purchasing it. It gave me $3499 each. Then I went back and added airfare and it showed $2900 each and airfare of $1099. So I'm wondering if I drop the airfare with RC will they raise the price of the cruise?

Sorry for the long post.

In addition to the above post, I notice on RCCI website that if I book without air the stateroom price goes up $600 a person.

Wow, all this sounds scary. We are booked on RCCL Rhapsody Sydney Jan 7. We're flying from LAX to SYD. We are offered air from RCCL at $1099 each rt. That is quite a bit less than what I find on Orbitz. We haven't paid yet and after reading this, perhaps we should cancel the air, pay a little more and find our own? What would you do?