Rate reduced on cabin category

[lmb84]

My question is this....We booked under "Hot Streak" offer which came with a $500.00 OBC FOR THE CABIN....I noticed this morning that our room category that we booked has come down quite a bit in price.  If I apply for the difference....do I lose the $500.00 offer that I initially booked under.  (I don't have that offer anymore)....it's just the room category has dropped...Thanks for any help

[Bases5]

Normally Yes    If you rebook at a new price you usually only get what that new offer comes with. You don't  get to pick and choose what part of what offer you get. 

 It does not hurt to call, I have heard of them making exceptions but not normally.  You should look under your offers and see if the Hot streak offer is there for your sailing date, If it is check out the pricing to see if its changed there. 

[bakersdozen12]

Since the OBC was part of the rate that you booked under, you do not get to keep it if you change to a different rate.  You would get whatever OBC comes with that rate, and if it's $0, that's what you will get.  So you have to take into account not only the price of the cruise but also the OBC that is included.  Sometimes, it might actually work to your benefit to lose the OBC.  But in this case, that's a lot of OBC, so I doubt it.

[lmb84]

YES...You are right....when I weighed everything....it was almost the same ...little trickier for us Canadians as we have to do the rate conversion to Canadian dollars....ugh....I'll stay put....

 

[lmb84]

5 hours ago, Bases5 said:

Normally Yes    If you rebook at a new price you usually only get what that new offer comes with. You don't  get to pick and choose what part of what offer you get. 

 It does not hurt to call, I have heard of them making exceptions but not normally.  You should look under your offers and see if the Hot streak offer is there for your sailing date, If it is check out the pricing to see if its changed there. 

The Hot Streak offer is not there.  I do have the Premier offer in which case I would get $100.00 OBC, BUT save approx. $250.00 on the new room rate.  So all in all would still be up $100....both offers had the DOU in the casino....hmmm....decisions decisions....

 

[Bases5]

31 minutes ago, lmb84 said:

The Hot Streak offer is not there.  I do have the Premier offer in which case I would get $100.00 OBC, BUT save approx. $250.00 on the new room rate.  So all in all would still be up $100....both offers had the DOU in the casino....hmmm....decisions decisions....

 

Don’t forget. Most casino offers come with a non refundable deposit. So either you lose it or there is a cost to transfer bookings. 

since it’s the exact same cruise they might wave those charges.   Give the casino department a call and check you options 
Also premiere offers come with extra offers Perks thru the casino

 

Edited November 3, 2019 by Bases5

[lmb84]

58 minutes ago, Bases5 said:

Don’t forget. Most casino offers come with a non refundable deposit. So either you lose it or there is a cost to transfer bookings. 

since it’s the exact same cruise they might wave those charges.   Give the casino department a call and check you options 
Also premiere offers come with extra offers Perks thru the casino

 

spoke to my TA...After all was said and done....ended up transferring to "PREMIER" CRUISE RATE...saved approx 275.00 EACH!... AND $100.00 casino play money....and there were no fees, same cruise, same room......we saved more than the $500.00 OBC was worth.. We did a Premier back in May and got lots of goodies in the room from champagne to salted caramels, and all kinds of other stuff, it was fun! WINNER WINNER

 

 

 

Edited November 4, 2019 by lmb84

[Bases5]

23 minutes ago, lmb84 said:

spoke to my TA...After all was said and done....ended up transferring to "PREMIER" CRUISE RATE...saved approx 275.00 EACH!... AND $100.00 casino play money....and there were no fees, same cruise, same room......we saved more than the $500.00 OBC was worth.. We did a Premier back in May and got lots of goodies in the room from champagne to salted caramels, and all kinds of other stuff, it was fun! WINNER WINNER

 

 

 

That’s great. Good for you. Enjoy your cruise. 

[lmb84]

Thank you!  Have done 12 Caribbean cruises but never Alaska...Excited!

 

 

[tandemcruzr]

Good news. Enjoy,  🙂

[xitappers2bx]

On 11/3/2019 at 10:35 AM, lmb84 said:

My question is this....We booked under "Hot Streak" offer which came with a $500.00 OBC FOR THE CABIN....I noticed this morning that our room category that we booked has come down quite a bit in price.  If I apply for the difference....do I lose the $500.00 offer that I initially booked under.  (I don't have that offer anymore)....it's just the room category has dropped...Thanks for any help

 

The answer is probably no, BUT if you have a great TA they may be able to make it happen; I was able to hold onto a better rate with perks and the such on another line by having my TA call them and just ask for the reduced rate; saved me over $800 so far...