luvs cruising Posted April 9, 2020 #1 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I've never tried to get a price drop before, but, we have a July cruise out of Mobile on the Fantasy. Purchased online Early saver for $1159, now the price for the same cruise is $783.28. Final payment is not scheduled until April 23. Any chance I can get a reduced final payment? Thanks for any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted April 9, 2020 #2 Share Posted April 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, luvs cruising said: I've never tried to get a price drop before, but, we have a July cruise out of Mobile on the Fantasy. Purchased online Early saver for $1159, now the price for the same cruise is $783.28. Final payment is not scheduled until April 23. Any chance I can get a reduced final payment? Thanks for any info. It's always worth a try. We have a cruise coming up in Sept.(which was paid in full in Jan.) and wife noticed a price drop. She called and got the price reduction in the form of OBC. $240.00. I'd say go for it and call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaxsMama Posted April 9, 2020 #3 Share Posted April 9, 2020 My call wait time was less than 5 minutes earlier, I'd call in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crzndeb Posted April 9, 2020 #4 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Of course you can. Just call. In fact, since you purchased Early Saver, you can get price drops up to 2 days before sailing. However, if those drops come after final payment, you will get as OBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted April 9, 2020 #5 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, crzndeb said: Of course you can. Just call. In fact, since you purchased Early Saver, you can get price drops up to 2 days before sailing. However, if those drops come after final payment, you will get as OBC. This is my belief too. Phone Carnival and do mock bookings often. Prices are fluctuating often. Edited April 9, 2020 by bury me at sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrufy Posted April 9, 2020 #6 Share Posted April 9, 2020 51 minutes ago, bury me at sea said: This is my belief too. Phone Carnival and do mock bookings often. Prices are fluctuating often. As long as you are looking at the same category as you booked you will get the price reduction. Call Carnival. I got a small reduction yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvs cruising Posted April 9, 2020 Author #7 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Thanks everyone for your advice. I just saved $548.00 on this cruise. Now, hopefully, cruising will be back to normal in July. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladyvdr Posted April 9, 2020 #8 Share Posted April 9, 2020 We are scheduled to cruise for 3 of us in a balcony cabin for a 7 day cruise to Mexico. Original booking was $3,386.56. Price drop brought our total down to $1,787.92. Since I had already paid $1,886.56, we now have our cruise paid off and have some on board credit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAlaska Posted April 9, 2020 #9 Share Posted April 9, 2020 You can always use this form https://www.carnival.com/core/requestforms/priceprotection.aspx I usually get a response withing 20 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTR 21-0 Posted April 9, 2020 #10 Share Posted April 9, 2020 5 hours ago, crzndeb said: Of course you can. Just call. In fact, since you purchased Early Saver, you can get price drops up to 2 days before sailing. However, if those drops come after final payment, you will get as OBC. Never knew you could get an OBC if price drops after final payment is made. Thx for this info I've watched prices after bookings but stopped after they were paid off. Does that apply only to the Early Saver rate or all rates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted April 9, 2020 #11 Share Posted April 9, 2020 36 minutes ago, RTR 21-0 said: Does that apply only to the Early Saver rate or all rates? As far as I know, only Early Saver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH29 Posted April 10, 2020 #12 Share Posted April 10, 2020 8 hours ago, FLAlaska said: You can always use this form https://www.carnival.com/core/requestforms/priceprotection.aspx I usually get a response withing 20 minutes I used the form last night, my approval came within 5 minutes. The form is super easy to use and saves you time from doing a phone call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted April 10, 2020 #13 Share Posted April 10, 2020 We've got one booked for January, but no price drops for us. 😔 Ours has gone up about $130. Carnival's dropping prices to all these cruises to attract people back, but it looks like January is just out side that window of opportunity. The bright side is, we did catch it during one of their big sales last month, so got it for a pretty good rate. 15 hours ago, FLAlaska said: You can always use this form https://www.carnival.com/core/requestforms/priceprotection.aspx I usually get a response withing 20 minutes I usually get a response within 5-10 minutes after using the form, but I will say this. If you use the form and get denied, don't give up...call them. You can't always trust that system. I used it one time last year and it came back denied. I knew it was a legit claim, so I emailed our PVP and within 45 minutes, our balance was adjusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory2020 Posted April 11, 2020 #14 Share Posted April 11, 2020 10 hours ago, Organized Chaos said: We've got one booked for January, but no price drops for us. 😔 Ours has gone up about $130. Carnival's dropping prices to all these cruises to attract people back, but it looks like January is just out side that window of opportunity. The bright side is, we did catch it during one of their big sales last month, so got it for a pretty good rate. I usually get a response within 5-10 minutes after using the form, but I will say this. If you use the form and get denied, don't give up...call them. You can't always trust that system. I used it one time last year and it came back denied. I knew it was a legit claim, so I emailed our PVP and within 45 minutes, our balance was adjusted. What phone number do you use? I booked directly through Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol1560 Posted April 11, 2020 #15 Share Posted April 11, 2020 You must be very careful when booking to get these price drops after final payment due. You have to book one that has price guarantee with it and that is usually early saver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted April 12, 2020 #16 Share Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/10/2020 at 8:06 PM, victory2020 said: What phone number do you use? I booked directly through Carnival. Do you mean when doing a price match? We use our PVP, but you could call their regular 800 number and do it through a customer service rep. I've used the form many times and it worked just fine, but that one time I was referring to, I knew the reason they gave for denying it was wrong, so I contacted our PVP and got it approved. I've been denied using the form a time or two before then, but never questioned it. Who knows, maybe I could've gotten the match then too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory2020 Posted April 12, 2020 #17 Share Posted April 12, 2020 13 hours ago, Organized Chaos said: Do you mean when doing a price match? We use our PVP, but you could call their regular 800 number and do it through a customer service rep. I've used the form many times and it worked just fine, but that one time I was referring to, I knew the reason they gave for denying it was wrong, so I contacted our PVP and got it approved. I've been denied using the form a time or two before then, but never questioned it. Who knows, maybe I could've gotten the match then too. Yes, thank you. Is the OBC you get refundable or non? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfaaborg Posted April 14, 2020 #18 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I have a price drop on a booking that was thru the casino OWV ($200 OBC and DOU). Do you I need to call the casino line, or is there a form to adjust the booking? Been on the phone for over 2Hrs now. must have been alot of people calling in for price adjustments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfaaborg Posted April 15, 2020 #19 Share Posted April 15, 2020 almost on hold for 3 hours, but I made it! The Agent was very accommodating (ended up having to switch the room to get the same room at the new price). Looks like rate recently dropped for a lot of Cruises, best to check it out. I saved $100 on a 4 day cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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