Next Cruise Open Booking Q

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

So I have a Next Cruise open booking deposit that needs to be applied to a specific booking some time in the next 3 weeks. It was a nonrefundable $100pp deposit. We're staying away from cruising for a bit, and I've asked RCI for an extension on the deposit application timeline to no avail. So I'm planning to apply it to a cruise in Europe in summer 2022 that just got released.

 

Here's my question: if we book a 7 day cruise, the typical deposit would be $500 total, but technically we'll be able to book it for just $200 because of the open booking deposit that has already been paid. If we need to cancel this cruise pre- final payment, we'll just lose out on the deposit we already paid (worth $200), and that's the end of it, right? I'm not going to find an outstanding amount of $300 due or anything like that?

Edited December 9, 2020 by OfTheSeasCruiser

[Ourusualbeach]

11 minutes ago, OfTheSeasCruiser said:

So I have a Next Cruise open booking deposit that needs to be applied to a specific booking some time in the next 3 weeks. It was a nonrefundable $100pp deposit. We're staying away from cruising for a bit, and I've asked RCI for an extension on the deposit application timeline to no avail. So I'm planning to apply it to a cruise in Europe in summer 2022 that just got released.

 

Here's my question: if we book a 7 day cruise, the typical deposit would be $500 total, but technically we'll be able to book it for just $200 because of the open booking deposit that has already been paid. If we need to cancel this cruise pre- final payment, we'll just lose out on the deposit we already paid (worth $200), and that's the end of it, right? I'm not going to find an outstanding amount of $300 due or anything like that?

You would only lose what you have paid. If you pay any more on the reservation then they will withhold the full deposit.