Big brother is watching again

[bandgbasset]

Was just on the Oceania website to check availability on a cruise we have booked on marina in April.  Not 15 minutes later I got a call from a ta who does overflow calls from them.  Geesh lol.  I haven’t been on the website in months, maybe just a coincidence.

 

[bandgbasset]

I just went out for awhile and I have 1 voicemail from Oceania, and 3 emails, 2 from Oceania and 1 from the ta.

 

[DeanoNorthPerth]

Hardly surprising in this environment. I imagine it would be like a scene from Glengarry Glen Ross when a lead comes in.

[LHT28]

How did they know it was you?

 

If you log in to check cruises then of course you will get calls/emails

 

[1985rz1]

39 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

How did they know it was you?

 

If you log in to check cruises then of course you will get calls/emails

 

The Oceania reps almost always call if you "Save" a cruise from your account..

[LHT28]

12 minutes ago, 1985rz1 said:

The Oceania reps almost always call if you "Save" a cruise from your account..

I never log in  so they do not know who is looking

 

I have other ways I can check cabin availability 😉

[Queen of DaNile]

Not true. I log in, save cruises and have NEVER gotten a call.

[Glenndale]

3 hours ago, LHT28 said:

I never log in  so they do not know who is looking

 

I have other ways I can check cabin availability 😉

Do tell 🤨

[LHT28]

9 hours ago, Queen of DaNile said:

Not true. I log in, save cruises and have NEVER gotten a call.

you  are lucky then 😎

[LHT28]

6 hours ago, Glenndale said:

Do tell 🤨

just ask your TA 

[Glenndale]

I spoke quite frankly to the Oceania agent who rang me after I'd been browsing and told her not to ring me again, and that, should I need assistance I would ring her.

That seems to have worked.

 

[1985rz1]

12 hours ago, Queen of DaNile said:

Not true. I log in, save cruises and have NEVER gotten a call.

You must be an exception to the "almost always call."   I'm envious 🥴 .

[Ladys Mom]

I log in almost daily to check if the cruise we are booked on is cancelled or whether we can get a better cabin and have never got a call.

[LHT28]

1 minute ago, Ladys Mom said:

I log in almost daily to check if the cruise we are booked on is cancelled or whether we can get a better cabin and have never got a call.

probably because you are looking at a cruise you are already booked on

 

 Try saving another cruise for later  😉

[Queen of DaNile]

I have two that I saved last month that I did not book. No phone calls. Lucky me 😂

[edgee]

5 hours ago, LHT28 said:

just ask your TA 

Another great source of info about availability is to go the website of most any major on line cruise agency and check availability for the cruise in which you are interested. You will get a deckplan showing available cabins in any particular category you want to search. Cannot give examples of these websites here, but they are not hard to figure out.

[clo]

1 minute ago, edgee said:

Cannot give examples of these websites here,

Why not?

 

[edgee]

Just now, clo said:

Why not?

 

It is against cruise critic rules to name travel agencies on the boards. Been that way for quite a while.

[clo]

Just now, edgee said:

It is against cruise critic rules to name travel agencies on the boards. Been that way for quite a while.

Oh sorry I thought you said to go to the cruise ship's site.

[StanandJim]

1 hour ago, edgee said:

It is against cruise critic rules to name travel agencies on the boards. Been that way for quite a while.

True enough, yet 

[pinotlover]

I have never had a call from an O sales rep. I’m guessing if one did, and I told my TA, she’d be in their hair like a baney rooster!  😂 It wouldn’t be a pretty sight!  🥴. She probably won’t actually waste much time on the lowly phone rep, it would be their boss trying to hide under the desk she’d be coming after!
 

They know who your TA is, and have more respect for some than others! 

Edited July 25, 2020 by pinotlover

[Redtravel]

All cruise lines know when you look.  Cookies!  If you ever used your device to log in, they know who you are.  When agents have time, they troll for bookings. Even when you don’t log on or look at a website, you may get phone calls or emails. Just another way to sell. If you are not interested, delete the emails or say no thank you.  Not a big problem.

[LHT28]

2 hours ago, Redtravel said:

All cruise lines know when you look.  Cookies!

How do they get your phone number   don't think the cookies on my laptop have  my phone number?

[LHT28]

I have not checked any cruises lately  but  when they did  call I told them I have  a TA that I was perfectly happy with .

They looked at my file & said "oh yes i see you have a TA  sorry for  the call "

 

i was about to tell them to check next time before they call people  but they hung up

[Redtravel]

41 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

How do they get your phone number   don't think the cookies on my laptop have  my phone number?

 

41 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

How do they get your phone number   don't think the cookies on my laptop have  my phone number?

If you have ever booked on a cruise line, they have your phone number, email, etc.  if you haven’t booked, they can tell where you are. Those cookies can pick up on lots of info on your device. It’s easy to get phone numbers. There are lots of good sources. If I get a phone call from unwanted party don’t answer it.