LuCruise Posted February 28, 2016 #2551 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Called for a on board credit today exchange 1.50 for every US $ - ouch :( 1.5? I thought they were offering at 1.4? They bumped it up again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hancogran Posted February 28, 2016 #2552 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Called for a on board credit today exchange 1.50 for every US $ - ouch :( Buy it at the bank..Today it was 13875 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karysa Posted February 28, 2016 #2553 Share Posted February 28, 2016 You should be able to choose which discount you want. We were able to get a $300 OBC by giving up our balcony discount. I wouldn't ask her to do the paper work for $7.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karysa Posted February 28, 2016 #2554 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Thanks. I just tried but since my Crown and Anchor status gave me a $43 discount I was not eligible for the $50 on board credit. The rep was very, very nice though which took the sting away. :) I guess I should have said that I was not allowed the $50 OBC on top of the $43 discount for the Crown and Anchor program I got. I didn't ask her to switch it. It was not worth $7 or the time.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomko2 Posted February 28, 2016 #2555 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Called for a on board credit today exchange 1.50 for every US $ - ouch :( Not good at all. Our dollar strengthened this week and yet RCL upped the ante. UGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVU Posted February 28, 2016 #2556 Share Posted February 28, 2016 We had an issue on the first of our B2Bs and they supposedly caught it before it went through to Miami. The rest of the cruises were OK after that. We book in US$-- do a CASH account. Give them our CC later in the cruise which is a US$ account. Usually it is fine and they don't convert it back to CAN$, DH also tells them specifically to NOT convert it. It is US$ to pay for a US$ booking. Makes NO difference where we live or have a Canadian Bank account. They converted it on cruise #1 - they had a new accounting staff we were told......but was reversed by Guest Services and fixed supposedly. The rest of the b2b bills were correct. Just got our Bank Statement and they converted it to CAN$! So, now tomorrow it is back on the phone to RCL to get it fixed! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVU Posted February 28, 2016 #2557 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Not good at all. Our dollar strengthened this week and yet RCL upped the ante. UGH. They set the rate for a few months and it can take months then with their system to change it. We had this problem years ago when we booked in CAN$ and our $ went Higher than the US$ but they would nothing about it. We should have had an adjustment but it was not happening!! Sent off a letter to the RCL Pres. etc. and got a phone call from his office but the assistant was not getting what DH was telling her about the Exchange Rate. She gave us some OBC for a dinner.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVU Posted February 28, 2016 #2558 Share Posted February 28, 2016 1.5? I thought they were offering at 1.4? They bumped it up again? Don't doubt they are reading these posts with people buying OBC...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising_chow Posted February 29, 2016 #2559 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Called Celebrity yesterday and I believe they quoted me 1.42. I can get it cheaper here in Windsor. Got some for 1. 36. Edited February 29, 2016 by cruising_chow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moopetguy Posted March 1, 2016 #2560 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Based on the reports from various CC members, it would seem that RCI is changing the OBC exchange rate very frequently; a departure from past practice of setting it and leaving it for a long time before adjusting it again. Lately though it seems the rate is worse than you could get from a bank or local currency exchange counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted March 1, 2016 #2561 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I am going to screen shot of a cruise I am watching tonight, to see if it drops tomorrow when the sale for Canadians starts tomorrow. I'm not holding my breath. Anyone else doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2016 #2562 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I am going to screen shot of a cruise I am watching tonight, to see if it drops tomorrow when the sale for Canadians starts tomorrow. I'm not holding my breath. Anyone else doing this? I will join you in NOT holding my breath.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Tyler Posted March 1, 2016 #2563 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I'm not too optimistic with only 5 percent off but we will see what happens tomorrow. Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkertwo Posted March 1, 2016 #2564 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I am going to screen shot of a cruise I am watching tonight, to see if it drops tomorrow when the sale for Canadians starts tomorrow. I'm not holding my breath. Anyone else doing this? me. i'll join you. looking at april 2017 so will wait and see what happens tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retird Posted March 1, 2016 #2565 Share Posted March 1, 2016 me. i'll join you. looking at april 2017 so will wait and see what happens tomorrow. where do you see that there is a sale for Canadians tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtopia Posted March 1, 2016 #2566 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Looking forward to hearing the difference in price come tomorrow. I have my parents booked on a surprise 5 night sailing in February. If I can change it to a 7 night sailing for less than $300, I will consider it a deal :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2016 #2567 Share Posted March 1, 2016 This sale might save you an additional 5%....if you booked recently and if you did not get any OBC. The only problem right now is that the website is not functioning properly:eek: You need to put in a province to get the new rates to appear and they are 5% lower than yesterday (on the main page that shows the rates for all 4 super categories) After you select a category the rates jump back up to the old prices only showing the 30% discount):( Looks like I need to call to get one of mine repriced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted March 1, 2016 #2568 Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) I just read someone on another site that says the sale is March 1 - 5, 2016 only. I just checked on line and a CLS on Allure we were tracking dropped about $370. A far cry from 35%, the ad shows. I will have to call them today to see if the price changes are not accurately reflected on-line. We all know how good their online product is. ;):rolleyes: I figure it must wrong (when is it right:p) as the SLS actually increased by $5000 when you drilled down on it. The only way I saw the discount on the cabin I was looking at was by changing the cabin and that is when the price dropped. Logged in or not the results were the same for me. Edited March 1, 2016 by A&L_Ont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 1, 2016 #2569 Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) I just checked on line and a CLS on Allure we were tracking dropped about $370. A far cry from 35%, the ad shows. I will have to call them today to see if the price changes are not accurately reflected on-line. We all know how good their online product is. ;):rolleyes: I figure it must wrong (when is it right:p) as the SLS actually increased by $5000 when you drilled down on it. The only way I saw the discount on the cabin I was looking at was by changing the cabin and that is when the price dropped. Logged in or not the results were the same for me. Andrew, I think they are replacing the 30% off sale with the 35% off sale for Canadians. Net result is only a 5% savings. They are playing with words in their ad....again. I didn't see the free upgrades either. Edited March 1, 2016 by Ourusualbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hancogran Posted March 1, 2016 #2570 Share Posted March 1, 2016 :( No price drops for the cruise we're watching... 16 day Transatlantic from Tampa to Rome. It's still showing SOLD OUT !! Hard to believe a cruise that doesn't sail until April of 2017 is sold out but it has been like that for two or three weeks now. We're hoping that when they release the new 2017 European schedule (hopefully this week), we'll know what's going on with this cruise. If they plan on canceling it, they need to let us know soon so we can book something else! :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuCruise Posted March 1, 2016 #2571 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Just checked for the fun of it on my April cruise, and exact same price it was showing last night. At payment summary, it displays 30% savings even though I entered Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabric Posted March 1, 2016 #2572 Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) The Canadian special is showing for my Dec 2016 cruise with no OBC, checked under "view price details". It is good price today if booking. My cruise is still cheaper with 30% when I booked it awhile ago. Edited March 1, 2016 by phabric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hancogran Posted March 1, 2016 #2573 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I checked a couple of 7 day Caribbean cruises for October this year and basically, from what I'm coming up with, is that the special Canadian discount is only 5% more than what the "30% off" price would be. Basically they're giving us an extra 5% which is what Ken mentioned in a previous post. Not a huge savings as far as I'm concerned. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkertwo Posted March 1, 2016 #2574 Share Posted March 1, 2016 where do you see that there is a sale for Canadians tomorrow? post 2541 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkertwo Posted March 1, 2016 #2575 Share Posted March 1, 2016 i'm not sure where you are supposed to put the 'ontario' in. I can't get it to work but I don't think I really care either. their system is sometimes to complicated for me. just say Canadians get an additional 5% and be done with it. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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