Deposits for a cruise have gone up!!!

[Happily@Sea]

When I booked a 24 day TA/Med cruise for this March, our HAL PCC used our two $100 FCDs and had us pay an additional $400 to essentially "upgrade" them to the $300 FCDs. We got the additional OBC as well.

 

You might be able to do the same.

 

 

Thank you for that, that is good to know.

 

I don't have a longer cruise planned right now, so an April FCD timeline should set me up for future, nicely.

[kazu]

When I booked a 24 day TA/Med cruise for this March, our HAL PCC used our two $100 FCDs and had us pay an additional $400 to essentially "upgrade" them to the $300 FCDs. We got the additional OBC as well.

 

You might be able to do the same.

 

We had the same done on our cruises. We just buy the $100 one and then "top up" if the cruise is longer than the 14 days. Like you, we also get the corresponding OBC.

[ithaca gal]

I haven't heard of $300 FCDs? Can anyone tell me more about these?

[Overhead Fred]

I haven't heard of $300 FCDs? Can anyone tell me more about these?

They are for cruises longer than 21 days or so. I think there are more expensive ones for cruises over 50 days or so. I can't remember if they are $500 or $1,000. I don't think you can use them for grand cruises. The info is somewhere on the HAL site.

 

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[Cruise Junky]

We just booked a 28 day cruise for Fall 2018. Cruise price right now for two total is $8,400 and we had to pay a deposit of $4,200, is refundable to July 2nd, 2018 but I was thinking the deposit amountsWe have gone higher as well.

 

Same thing happened to me yesterday. I was looking at two cruises. 28 day and a 21 day. Deposit for 28 day was $4,200 and $750 for the 21 day. Walked away immediately. No way they're getting 50% 18 months in advance.

[iancal]

We seldom book in advance. Our cruises are usually only 14-21 days max.

 

Larger deposits will not bother us. We don't book unless we plan to take the cruise. We have to pay in the end. The forgone interest is minor. Having said that, we never pay the balance on any bill until it is due.

[albingirl]

Just how large a deposit are you talking about - which can "easily" be invested and make "thousands"? Certainly not in bonds - for a 4% bond (very high rate) to make "thousands" ($2,000) in a year, you are talking about at least a $50,000 investment --- big down payment on a cruise. And any stock investment which can earn you thousands in a year can also lose you thousands - especially in today's market.

agree. Bonds mostly 3 percent if you are lucky and stocks, who knows. Too crazy to predict.

[ChinaShrek]

agree. Bonds mostly 3 percent if you are lucky and stocks, who knows. Too crazy to predict.

 

You could also take your money to a casino instead of letting the cruise line use it for a year or two before a cruise. It is easy to double or triple ones money in a single visit to the casino.

[freestyling]

Ohh how i wish i could do that! You must be winning my losses!