Changed cabins on 2024 cruise, got a big surprise

[craig01020]

This morning I called to move my balcony cabin on my Oct. 2024 Dawn sailing. I changed from BA to BF category, which is slightly cheaper. The agent expected a price drop of $50. She was shocked when it came out $532 cheaper! Nothing else changed, except for the cabin number.

Not sure why, but I'll take it! 🤗

[ChiefMateJRK]

6 minutes ago, craig01020 said:

This morning I called to move my balcony cabin on my Oct. 2024 Dawn sailing. I changed from BA to BF category, which is slightly cheaper. The agent expected a price drop of $50. She was shocked when it came out $532 cheaper! Nothing else changed, except for the cabin number.

Not sure why, but I'll take it! 🤗

Is BF the sail away rate?

[craig01020]

27 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Is BF the sail away rate?

Nope. I've still got all 4 perks of the Free at Sea rate.

BF is just the category of cabin.

Edited November 15, 2022 by craig01020

[ChiefMateJRK]

Have you checked the history on CruisePlum?

[craig01020]

9 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Have you checked the history on CruisePlum?

Why would I need to do that?

[ChiefMateJRK]

12 minutes ago, craig01020 said:

Why would I need to do that?

Because your OP suggested that you might want to understand what changed and when?  If it's more fun to just say "wow, look at this big surprise," then that's fine too.

[craig01020]

1 minute ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Because your OP suggested that you might want to understand what changed and when?  If it's more fun to just say "wow, look at this big surprise," then that's fine too.

I already said that nothing changed but the price.

[eileeshb]

It may have changed from an angled balcony to a regular one, that info isn’t always clear in the deck plans. Usually I’d expect a cabin with F as the second letter to be the family version with pull out sofa bed and/or pull down bunk which should be more expensive than the standard version. 

[julig22]

Location can easily affect price, depending on the ship.

[craig01020]

36 minutes ago, eileeshb said:

It may have changed from an angled balcony to a regular one, that info isn’t always clear in the deck plans. Usually I’d expect a cabin with F as the second letter to be the family version with pull out sofa bed and/or pull down bunk which should be more expensive than the standard version. 

Nope. the difference is a hull balcony vs. standard one. The price difference is only about $50. Apparently this cruise recently had a price drop that took effect when I changed cabins. Ca-ching!

[ChiefMateJRK]

2 hours ago, craig01020 said:

I already said that nothing changed but the price.

Yes, and CruisePlum provides the full price history.  Are you just screwing with me now?🤡

[craig01020]

9 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Yes, and CruisePlum provides the full price history.  Are you just screwing with me now?🤡

😁

[Reese15233]

I would check the confirmations. I recently upgraded and had a transfer disappear once before return air somehow went missing so now I check everything when a change is made. 

[mjkacmom]

17 hours ago, eileeshb said:

It may have changed from an angled balcony to a regular one, that info isn’t always clear in the deck plans. Usually I’d expect a cabin with F as the second letter to be the family version with pull out sofa bed and/or pull down bunk which should be more expensive than the standard version. 

We always book family balconies because they are midship, the difference is they are close to the kids clubs (which we don’t care about, just like midship close to the elevators and not a low deck). The best locations are A, so an F might not be great 

[pandncruisers]

I believe the bf on the dawn are forward cabins

[craig01020]

1 hour ago, Reese15233 said:

I would check the confirmations. I recently upgraded and had a transfer disappear once before return air somehow went missing so now I check everything when a change is made. 

I did. Nothing dropped off.

[Seas2mountains]

11 hours ago, pandncruisers said:

I believe the bf on the dawn are forward cabins

They are. They tend to be less desirable than the BA category due to the location on the ship as most except deck 8 are the most forward balcony cabins. That’s why they are priced less than BA. Many of the deck 8 BF cabins are above the the theater. 
 

Location, Location, location may matter to some people!

Edited November 17, 2022 by Seas2mountains