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New Princess 3 for Free Sale starts 9/1

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Free Stateroom Location Upgrade is applicable to voyages and cruise fares advertised in this promotion only, and applies to booking the stateroom location you wish to sail in for the price of the lowest category within that stateroom type during this promotion only. Offer is based on availability in like to like stateroom types (Interior to Interior, Oceanview to Oceanview, Balcony to Balcony). Upgrade offer excludes select categories, including but not limited to premium categories and suites. Offer does not apply to land packages.

†† Free Gratuities are based on the pre-payment by Princess Cruises of the suggested gratuities in the amounts of: $12.95 per guest per day for Interior, Oceanview, and Balcony staterooms, $13.95 per guest per day for Mini-suite and Suite staterooms. This amount is paid on the behalf of the first and second guest in a stateroom only. Free gratuities do not include gratuities added for bar charges, dining room wine accounts or Lotus Spa services. Offer is not transferable, has no cash value and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credit.

‡‡ Free Onboard Spending Money up to $300 Spending Money per stateroom is based on voyage length, stateroom type. For voyage s 6 -9 days, guests will receive $150 per stateroom; voyages 10-12 days, guests will receive $200 per stateroom; voyages 13+ days, guests will receive $ 300 per stateroom. Offer is applicable to first/second-berth guests only. Third/fourth-berth guests are not eligible. Guests with single occupancy will receive the per stateroom credit amount. Spending money may be used on a single voyage only, is not redeemable for cash, cannot be used in the casino and expires at the end of that voyage. Offer is not transferable and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credits. Onboard spending money is quoted in U.S. dollars.

* Fares apply to minimum lead-in categories on a space-available basis at time of booking. Fares for other categories may vary. Fares are per guest, non-air, cruise- or cruisetour-only, based on double occupancy and apply to the first two guests in a stateroom. These fares do not apply to singles or third/fourth-berth guests. Offer is available to residents of the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bermuda and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older and receive this offer. Offer has limited space regardless of cabin availability. Fares quoted in U.S. dollars.

Please refer to princess.com/sale for full terms, conditions and definitions that apply to all bookings in this promotion.

Note: For assistance reserving a wheelchair-accessible stateroom, please call 1-800-774-6237.

Offer valid: September 6 - November 16, 2016

Reference promo codes: Q9-

 

As usual does not apply to the whole cruising community :mad:

 

But thanks for letting us know what we are missing.

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3 for FREE (September 6 - November 16, 2016)

 

Your Cruise Specialist TA will have the sailings and details shortly .

 

 

 

 

 

Back by popular demand! Princess Cruises’ popular 3 For FREE Sale an incredible value for booking your cruise or Land & Sea vacation!

 

With 625 cruises – all destinations sailing Summer 2017 through Spring 2018 – on sale, the options are endless!

• FREE stateroom location upgrade†

• FREE gratuities††

• FREE onboard spending money‡‡

 

Thanks for sharing.

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"‡‡ Free Onboard Spending Money up to $300 Spending Money per stateroom is based on voyage length, stateroom type. For voyage s 6 -9 days, guests will receive $150 per stateroom; voyages 10-12 days, guests will receive $200 per stateroom; voyages 13+ days, guests will receive $ 300 per stateroom. Offer is applicable to first/second-berth guests only. Third/fourth-berth guests are not eligible. Guests with single occupancy will receive the per stateroom credit amount. Spending money may be used on a single voyage only, is not redeemable for cash, cannot be used in the casino and expires at the end of that voyage. Offer is not transferable and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credits. Onboard spending money is quoted in U.S. dollars."

 

Sure beats last year's 3 for free promotion which had $50 worth of specialty dining per stateroom instead of OBC.

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This could be good news.

The winter 2018 cruise fares are brutal with AIBP.

Hopefully the fares will come down substantially on this new promo.

 

 

 

Do not get your hopes up.

 

Princess (and RCCL and Carnival and....) are trying to maintain pricing levels to convince passengers that booking early will be the best deal they can get. This seems to be successful as Carnival Corp (which includes Princess) and RCCL report that future bookings are up and with higher pricing compared to last year.

 

So with a 7-day cruise that has (per person) $75 OBC and $90.65 gratuities ($7 more in a mini suite or full suite), the actual cost of the cruise is lowered by $165.65/person with no change in basic pricing other than getting a higher price cabin at a lower price cabin price, usually a difference of less than $50/person.

 

So instead of having sales with pricing going down and then up after the sale, basic pricing stays about the same and the amenities bring the actual cost of the cruise down.

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Free Stateroom Location Upgrade is applicable to voyages and cruise fares advertised in this promotion only, and applies to booking the stateroom location you wish to sail in for the price of the lowest category within that stateroom type during this promotion only. Offer is based on availability in like to like stateroom types (Interior to Interior, Oceanview to Oceanview, Balcony to Balcony). Upgrade offer excludes select categories, including but not limited to premium categories and suites. Offer does not apply to land packages.

†† Free Gratuities are based on the pre-payment by Princess Cruises of the suggested gratuities in the amounts of: $12.95 per guest per day for Interior, Oceanview, and Balcony staterooms, $13.95 per guest per day for Mini-suite and Suite staterooms. This amount is paid on the behalf of the first and second guest in a stateroom only. Free gratuities do not include gratuities added for bar charges, dining room wine accounts or Lotus Spa services. Offer is not transferable, has no cash value and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credit.

‡‡ Free Onboard Spending Money up to $300 Spending Money per stateroom is based on voyage length, stateroom type. For voyage s 6 -9 days, guests will receive $150 per stateroom; voyages 10-12 days, guests will receive $200 per stateroom; voyages 13+ days, guests will receive $ 300 per stateroom. Offer is applicable to first/second-berth guests only. Third/fourth-berth guests are not eligible. Guests with single occupancy will receive the per stateroom credit amount. Spending money may be used on a single voyage only, is not redeemable for cash, cannot be used in the casino and expires at the end of that voyage. Offer is not transferable and may not be combinable with other select offers or other onboard credits. Onboard spending money is quoted in U.S. dollars.

* Fares apply to minimum lead-in categories on a space-available basis at time of booking. Fares for other categories may vary. Fares are per guest, non-air, cruise- or cruisetour-only, based on double occupancy and apply to the first two guests in a stateroom. These fares do not apply to singles or third/fourth-berth guests. Offer is available to residents of the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bermuda and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older and receive this offer. Offer has limited space regardless of cabin availability. Fares quoted in U.S. dollars.

Please refer to princess.com/sale for full terms, conditions and definitions that apply to all bookings in this promotion.

Note: For assistance reserving a wheelchair-accessible stateroom, please call 1-800-774-6237.

Offer valid: September 6 - November 16, 2016

Reference promo codes: Q9-

 

 

I take it the above is the 3-for-Free promo that takes effect in September?

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We are booked Oct 2017 for a 10 night repo.

With the words, not transferable, does this mean my TA can not get me this offer?

 

I don't think it means that. I certainly plan on rebooking a cruise or two if the overall financial package is better this way than through the Sip & Sail. The OBC and grats add up to pretty good money. Just have to see what the fares look like.

 

Jim

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We are booked Oct 2017 for a 10 night repo.

With the words, not transferable, does this mean my TA can not get me this offer?

 

No, that just means that you can't transfer your booking to different people (at least 1 original name must always remain on that booking).

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What about solo cruisers? Would consider re-booking my summer solstice cruise which was quite expensive - it states that single cruisers would get the OB credit amt for the cabin but then below that it says the fares are not applicable for singles? Which is it?

 

The other thing I've noticed lately is that they have a sale and fares go up????

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I don't think it means that. I certainly plan on rebooking a cruise or two if the overall financial package is better this way than through the Sip & Sail. The OBC and grats add up to pretty good money. Just have to see what the fares look like.

 

Jim

 

That is what we plan on doing too.

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It says the OBC is not combinable. If I traded my drink packages from the Sip and Sail in to OBC, does this mean I cant claim this OBC too?

 

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I believe you will need to decide if you want to keep Sip 'n Sail or replace that promo and benefits with the new 3 for Free promo ... you can't stack unlimited promos.

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So instead of having sales with pricing going down and then up after the sale, basic pricing stays about the same and the amenities bring the actual cost of the cruise down.

 

A common merchandising ploy, especially with cosmetics, is 'Gift With Purchase'. The customer feels they are getting a $50 reward; the Gift costs manufacturer $10; better for manufacturer than giving $25 off list price.

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