When did Club Royale start repricing cruises?

[MaryL31]

Please forgive me if this has been discussed previously.  My husband and I have, in the past, earned certificates to be used to reduce our cruise fare.  We will never earn enough points for a free cruise.  The last 2 years, we simply had to apply the certificate within 2 weeks of earning it.  This past cruise, we earned $100 each and called Club Royale a few days after returning to apply the certificates to a cruise we had booked onboard.  Club Royale, for the first time, claimed they had to "reprice" the cruise (for the date I called) in order for us to use the certificate.    Needless to say, both cruises we booked onboard were now $186 more (literally 5 days later).  That made the certificates useless, as we would be saving a total of $14.  I would like to know when they started doing this?  Has anyone else had this experience?  I wrote to Club Royale, and their response was a bunch of corporate BS.          

[Sunshine3601]

I'm not sure when they started repricing to use a casino certificate but I know they have been doing for at least 18 months.

I have an upcoming cruise in january that I booked in 2018.  Couple months later I had a certificate that I wanted to apply and was explained they had to do reprice.  In that case I was saving something like $150 to use my $200 certificate so I did it.

Remember sometimes a reprice will change port and transfers fees too.

[MaryL31]

Thanks for they reply.  And I think I misquoted the length of time you need to book within, which is 30 days after earning and receiving the certificate.