Does the Best Price Guarantee still exist for 2024?

[cruisingaussies]

Thanks to anyone who can answer this, particularly from Australia.  Booked a May cruise last week and yesterday the price went down!

[laurieb]

Yes!

Friends just saved over 1000.00 on a 2024 cruise because of the price drop  witht he  new promotion.

Contact your TA

 

Edited September 11, 2023 by laurieb

[ChucktownSteve]

28 minutes ago, laurieb said:

Yes!

Friends just saved over 1000.00 on a 2024 cruise because of the price drop  witht he  new promotion.

Contact your TA

 

My 12/2024 suite would be $3,850 more than when I booked it.

[AnnaNicole]

Does this Best Price Guarantee apply to price drops after final payment?   My cruise dropped two weeks after I booked.   They dropped two ports from the itinerary and prices went down.

[laurieb]

2 hours ago, ChucktownSteve said:

My 12/2024 suite would be $3,850 more than when I booked it.

Our cruises in May/June 2024 have also gone up; doesn't work for everyone, but certainly worth looking at.

[ChucktownSteve]

14 minutes ago, laurieb said:

Our cruises in May/June 2024 have also gone up; doesn't work for everyone, but certainly worth looking at

made me look

[Leo_On_Geo]

4 hours ago, AnnaNicole said:

Does this Best Price Guarantee apply to price drops after final payment?   My cruise dropped two weeks after I booked.   They dropped two ports from the itinerary and prices went down.

It doesn't hurt to ask.  I have gotten some additional OBC in such a case, or an upgrade with a much lower cost.

[cruisingaussies]

Thanks so much for all the replies, am running this past our TA.  It isn't a big drop in price but a dollar is a dollar these days!

[uktog]

32 minutes ago, cruisingaussies said:

Thanks so much for all the replies, am running this past our TA.  It isn't a big drop in price but a dollar is a dollar these days!

Depends what country you are from. Better to check with TA than here as responses might not be valid for you unfortunately 

[LoveChops]

Does the best price guarantee apply to the UK? My cruise has dropped in price by £1400!

[IgKh]

My TA has been explicitly refused it.

[Scots Caz]

1 hour ago, LoveChops said:

Does the best price guarantee apply to the UK? My cruise has dropped in price by £1400!

with a UK booking you would cancel, lose your deposit (which is higher than some other countries) and rebook at the lower price...annoying but sounds like there is still a decent saving to be had...just need to watch out for any additional benefits with the original booking that will be lost and change to current benefits

 

There was a period of time that UK bookings could get Best Price Guarantee under Cruise with Confidence (which I used twice) once the final balance was adjusted and the second time, as full payment had been made, I received a refund to my card of the difference...this ended (unfortunately) at the end of 2022 and was more to encourage bookings during times of Covid uncertainty.

Edited September 15, 2023 by Scots Caz

[AnnaNicole]

On 9/15/2023 at 8:23 AM, IgKh said:

My TA has been explicitly refused it.

Same.   My TA said luxury lines do not reprice after final payment.   Also, no refund of port charges for the two ports they removed from the itinerary after final payment.  

Edited September 17, 2023 by AnnaNicole

[cruisingaussies]

As we all know, there are different conditions for different countries and you need to check with your TA for the definitive answer.

 

Final payment is not yet due, however I didn't get round to contacting my TA previously and when checking again today, the price has gone up by almost $1,000.  Maybe the price drop/rise that I've seen have been fluctuating for a while, as prices do.  I don't bother checking very often once booked.  In any case, we're happy with what we have, although it could have been an interesting exercise for the Australian market. 

[roberts2005]

Do you need to pay the cancel sti on penalty, in U.S., when rebooking at a lower late?