FAS gratuities ...Where am I miscalculating ?

[LobsterStalker]

I am currently doing mock bookings considering winter 2024 cruises . I thought I understood that Gratuities for the FAS beverage package would be calculated as follows ..... $109 per day for the package (X 20%) = $21.80 pp pd ...X2 people ($43.60) ... X7 days ($305.60). Maybe they charge for 8 days? ($349.20)?

Yet , in the mock booking It shows open bar gratuities at $402.58..?? 

Can someone please explain where I am going wrong .

Also as an aside , Govt. taxes , Fees and Port Expenses seem consistently and substantially higher than RCI..Odd

Thx

 

Cheers

[shof515]

i noticed on the booking page both the beverage package and the dinning package is automatically checked. did you uncheck the dinning package? 

[dbrown84]

17 minutes ago, LobsterStalker said:

I am currently doing mock bookings considering winter 2024 cruises . I thought I understood that Gratuities for the FAS beverage package would be calculated as follows ..... $109 per day for the package (X 20%) = $21.80 pp pd ...X2 people ($43.60) ... X7 days ($305.60). Maybe they charge for 8 days? ($349.20)?

Yet , in the mock booking It shows open bar gratuities at $402.58..?? 

Can someone please explain where I am going wrong .

Also as an aside , Govt. taxes , Fees and Port Expenses seem consistently and substantially higher than RCI..Odd

Thx

 

Cheers

are you being quoted in US $$$ or Canadian?

[Uff da]

Are you sure you are mock booking a 7 day cruise? It appears it's charging for 9 days. 
Our 7 day Alaska for 2024 shows $305.20 for the FAS beverage package for 2 people. 

[dbrown84]

15 minutes ago, Uff da said:

Are you sure you are mock booking a 7 day cruise? It appears it's charging for 9 days. 
Our 7 day Alaska for 2024 shows $305.20 for the FAS beverage package for 2 people. 

I wondered the same, but even a 9 day cruise doesn't equal the amount above.  

[LobsterStalker]

6 hours ago, Uff da said:

Are you sure you are mock booking a 7 day cruise? It appears it's charging for 9 days. 
Our 7 day Alaska for 2024 shows $305.20 for the FAS beverage package for 2 people. 

9 days would be $392.40 by my math...but yes it is a 7 day cruise

[LobsterStalker]

6 hours ago, dbrown84 said:

are you being quoted in US $$$ or Canadian?

Aaah , that must be it . It must be the canadian conversion

mystery solved , thx

 

[eileeshb]

46 minutes ago, LobsterStalker said:

Aaah , that must be it . It must be the canadian conversion

mystery solved , thx

 

I have deliberately held off on paying for certain excursions and upgrades until the exchange rate is more favourable as the pricing does change in line with currency fluctuations.  Thankfully I hit a reasonable exchange rate for that stuff before the euro started weakening again. I’m now waiting for it to strengthen again before I get my dollars for Alaska.