Rare LHT28 Posted May 20, 2020 #1 Share Posted May 20, 2020 First time I have seen this type of sale advertised Have they done this before ? https://www.oceaniacruises.com/special-offers/oceania-club-sale/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arima22 Posted May 20, 2020 #2 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Yes, fairly regularly over at least the past 2 years. Edited May 20, 2020 by arima22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 20, 2020 #3 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Yes- we get these e-mails often. Usually regards those cruises with significant cabin availability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 20, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted May 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, arima22 said: Yes, fairly regularly over at least the past 2 years. I guess I never noticed them online before I know TAs get the sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 20, 2020 #5 Share Posted May 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, LHT28 said: I guess I never noticed them online before I know TAs get the sales Not online. Emails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 20, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted May 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Flatbush Flyer said: Not online. Emails I asked if they had been posted ONLINE before Yes I know people get emails with the specials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted May 21, 2020 #7 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Lyn, I too never have seen this online, only in an email from my TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 21, 2020 Author #8 Share Posted May 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, CintiPam said: Lyn, I too never have seen this online, only in an email from my TA. Thanks Pam I am usually aware of things like that but getting old so starting to doubt my own usually great memory LOL 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 21, 2020 #9 Share Posted May 21, 2020 20 minutes ago, CintiPam said: Lyn, I too never have seen this online, only in an email from my TA. Like "extended journeys" vs "custom cruises," there are some subtle differences in O "sales." I too get from TAs what are informally called Oceania's "quiet sales," which are a rotating (usually a month long) sale among Connoisseur Club travel agencies. The cruises will include anything scheduled at an approximate 5% discount (not unlike "book onboard") and the cruises with bigger discounts 10-15%+ due to empty cabins, which all the TA's get. The O Club emails are direct from O to O Club members whether or not they use a TA and they apply only to cruises that aren't selling well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 21, 2020 #10 Share Posted May 21, 2020 39 minutes ago, LHT28 said: doubt my own usually great memory I'll be 73 in a few weeks so let me warn you: it doesn't get better 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger b Posted May 21, 2020 #11 Share Posted May 21, 2020 5 hours ago, Flatbush Flyer said: Like "extended journeys" vs "custom cruises," there are some subtle differences in O "sales." I too get from TAs what are informally called Oceania's "quiet sales," which are a rotating (usually a month long) sale among Connoisseur Club travel agencies. The cruises will include anything scheduled at an approximate 5% discount (not unlike "book onboard") and the cruises with bigger discounts 10-15%+ due to empty cabins, which all the TA's get. The O Club emails are direct from O to O Club members whether or not they use a TA and they apply only to cruises that aren't selling well. Before anyone thinks about booking if your passport needs renewing think about this it might take many months to get one !! even into next year. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/passport-covid-19.html?fbclid=IwAR06LRV0ScQhaK0JAP2URj-gyjwW4qjTMT59dJd3mJnttENGwPaQMv5h1LI#.XsV-lQhlrC4.facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacmom Posted May 21, 2020 #12 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Glad I got mine renewed for a May barge trip that was cancelled. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 21, 2020 Author #13 Share Posted May 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Flatbush Flyer said: The O Club emails are direct from O to O Club members whether or not they use a TA and they apply only to cruises that aren't selling well. Well not ALL club members get the emails We have been sailing with O since 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 21, 2020 #14 Share Posted May 21, 2020 17 minutes ago, LHT28 said: Well not ALL club members get the emails We have been sailing with O since 2004 Of course not ALL O Club members get the emails. As with the mailed brochures, anyone with an "account" on the O website can change their "marketing communications preferences" in the settings under Guest Services. Whether you were on the "get emails" list to begin with depends on a variety of obvious circumstances. The mini-conundrum is that among the many marketing emails you may not want to get, there is the occasional special for select cruises that offers "Ultimate O Life" AND the O Club discount. However, I've yet to see, among the available cruises, one that would interest us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted May 21, 2020 #15 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I got the email, plus the fancy brochure. Some interesting cruises on there, I’m just already booked up! Maybe for another year. Currently I have three O cruises booked and one river cruise over the next couple of years. Regardless of price, I have neither the time nor the money to book anything else currently. If a really attractive “ quiet sale “ comes along from by TA, that’s a different story! 😋 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted May 21, 2020 #16 Share Posted May 21, 2020 18 hours ago, CintiPam said: Lyn, I too never have seen this online, only in an email from my TA. correct......invitation only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 21, 2020 #17 Share Posted May 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, Hawaiidan said: correct......invitation only Sort of. As aforementioned, while there are the exclusive TA invite emails for "quiet sales" with or without the more frequent list of close-in-to-cruise-date price drops, there is the occasional email with a selection of cruises having an O Club discount that comes directly from Oceania to all O Club members who have chosen to receive Oceania marketing emails. To the best of my recollection this O direct ad campaign started within the last two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 21, 2020 Author #18 Share Posted May 21, 2020 the point of my post seems to be lost on some 🙄 This was the first time I have seen it listed in the Special offers page on the Oceania website Yes people do get special sales from their TA's Yes people get the emails from Oceania on the Club Members sales But again I have not noticed the Members Club sale online on their website if you did good I just missed it then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 21, 2020 #19 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Interesting little footnote on the O website right now: Pricing online reflects Memorial Day Sale Upgrades. Additional Past Guest discounts are not combinable with the Memorial Day Sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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