Booked cruise price reduction

[JimmyTheSaint]

A cruise we have booked and paid the deposit on for 2025 has recently been reduced in price, by $40 per person. I think I might have read sometime ago about Carnival having a policy of refunding the price difference. Does anyone have any experience of this or am I just making up something I wished would happen?

[PaulieG13]

If your booking is eligible, fill out the form at the link below. Bookings done under casino offers or some of the other "sales" will generally not be granted a price reduction approval. 

 

https://www.carnival.com/core/requestforms/priceprotection.aspx

 

If for some reason the mods remove the link to the Carnival form, just do a google search for "Carnival price protection".

 

Consider yourself fortunate if they give you credit/refund for the difference in price. Prices dropping is mostly a thing of the past. A lot of us on here miss the days where booking 1+ years out almost guaranteed a price drop before sailing date.

 

 

[Elaine5715]

26 minutes ago, JimmyTheSaint said:

A cruise we have booked and paid the deposit on for 2025 has recently been reduced in price, by $40 per person. I think I might have read sometime ago about Carnival having a policy of refunding the price difference. Does anyone have any experience of this or am I just making up something I wished would happen?

Only for "Early Saver" fares which I haven't seen in forever.  

[mz-s]

8 minutes ago, Elaine5715 said:

Only for "Early Saver" fares which I haven't seen in forever.  

 

They're still there, I have early saver available in my offers now.

[n6uqqq]

I see early saver all the time, it is the past guest that has been lost to history. I would call for the price reduction. I have filled out the form twice and received zero response back. 

[PaulieG13]

46 minutes ago, n6uqqq said:

I see early saver all the time, it is the past guest that has been lost to history. I would call for the price reduction. I have filled out the form twice and received zero response back. 

 

I need to get a better PVP! The one I have used in the past always told me to fill out the form. I have also read on here about how much attention some of y'all get from your PVP. Guess they are all not cut from the same cloth!

[n6uqqq]

2 minutes ago, PaulieG13 said:

 

I need to get a better PVP! The one I have used in the past always told me to fill out the form. I have also read on here about how much attention some of y'all get from your PVP. Guess they are all not cut from the same cloth!

I don't have a PVP, I just call the regular 800 number or my big box travel agent if I have moved the booking there.

[bowen9475]

I would also call. I’ve recently seen two small price reductions for our cruise this coming June. I filled out the price protection form after the first one and got denied. I called Guest Services to ask for more information and the person I spoke to was able to change the price. A couple days later, when I saw the second reduction, I called again and they were able to apply the lower price. 

[Elaine5715]

1 hour ago, mz-s said:

 

They're still there, I have early saver available in my offers now.

I have "Bonus Early Savers" and when I read the T&C, I do still see the price protection.  

[Illbcruzn4life]

3 hours ago, PaulieG13 said:

If your booking is eligible, fill out the form at the link below. Bookings done under casino offers or some of the other "sales" will generally not be granted a price reduction approval. 

 

https://www.carnival.com/core/requestforms/priceprotection.aspx

 

If for some reason the mods remove the link to the Carnival form, just do a google search for "Carnival price protection".

 

Consider yourself fortunate if they give you credit/refund for the difference in price. Prices dropping is mostly a thing of the past. A lot of us on here miss the days where booking 1+ years out almost guaranteed a price drop before sailing date.

 

 

I got $100 off last week when I called my PVP and it has gone down another $60 since. I was a shocked as the next guy to see not 1 but 2 reductions. This is for the Mardi Gras.