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We’ve been cruising with Princess for years (Elite) and have never had one of these offers. Is there a “magic” formula ... specific staterooms, specific voyages, number of cruises, etc.?

This is our first cruise with princess so no clue. Had no idea this happened. A good friend of mine has done nearly 2 dozen cruises with princess and has never received an offer like the one I did. So who knows?

We book through a travel agent....could we still get a move-over offer or do you have to book

directly through Princess to be offered one?

We booked with a travel agent 😊

did the original offer from Princess include moving you to an entirely different cruise on a different date - with a 100% refund as OBC - that's a move over...

 

it sounds like, it was changed to a 'move down' - which realistically could have been to a higher floor level..;p...but still on the same cruise - different cabin class - with a 50% refundable OBC...

 

you got an excellent deal in my opinion - and we would have jumped at it..:cool:

Yes originally it was the 100% refund and move to another sailing which I said no to

This is typically referred to as a "move down" offer rather than a move over--GREAT deal though. And nice that they'd toss in an extra $71 for mom.

 

There is nothing wrong with asking them to sweeten the pot a little. We got a move down offer on a B2B' date=' we'd been wait listed to have the same cabin for each leg for many months. They were able to work some magic and do it. No, I didn't love taking an inside cabin instead of the balcony I'd booked, but we got a full refund for that leg and still cruised! That bought lots of excursions and still got a nice check.[/quote']

 

Great deal. Princess called it a move over, but it definitely is a move down by several decks and going with the obstructed view, am glad the TA forwarded it on to me, as I said to him I wasn't willing to change cruises, but would consider a cabin downgrade -- I had a cat BD room A702 so I feel like I gave up little for quite a decent gain. Impressed - this is my first Princess Cruise (have done RC (x2), Celebrity, Carnival (x2), NCL, and Costa

congrats - you were certainly in the positive leverage position...

 

that being said - how would you have felt if they had never called you back about the extra specialty voucher (29) coffee card/package(35) water(7) = $ 71

 

and just moved onto another customer.

 

pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered

 

but at that last, last minute, Princess must have been pretty desperate for some reason to secure your room

 

again, super move over off - enjoy the OBC - we sure did...;p

nice -- I had already agreed to the change but mentioned my mom was travelling and so Princess offered for her. I asked if I could have 10min to call my mom and ask her and they said yes. So, we were moving to the obstructed cabin, when I got back to them, they had worked on getting the two cabins next door to each other. NO I wasn't going to turn away that deal for ourselves, just glad they extended the offer and were willing to wait the few minutes for me to call back. I had room A702 originally

UPDATE!!!! we leave for Europe tonight and got an offer sent at 1am -- SAME cruise, move to obstructed balcony -- refund for 1/2 of cruise fare as refundable ob credit, specialty dining voucher -- same room just several decks down now...

my mom is also on the cruise so I said I would do it if she and her friend could move close to us -- so they are now next door to us (originally a deck below us). They got the same moveover deal, plus I spoke of my mom's situation in caring for my dad, and it being the first trip since he died (I've been responsible for getting everything booked for her), and just the issues that go with that so I asked for an extra specialty voucher for her and a coffee card and water bottle package -- took some time to get back to me but they said yes!

Thanks again for the input on the board. Wanted to let you all know how it turned out. We are very happy we didn't have to move off the cruise and am delighted we now have rooms beside each other!

Please let us know what you decide.

my husband was willing to do it, but my mother is also travelling in another cabin with a retiree friend with us and she did not want to (we decided to base it on this). I'm the one who booked it all, and suggested we could do a cruise when I have my next vacation dates in December, but a no go.

It's her first cruise since my father died so I said no to the offer. Thought I could persuade her after the information you all provided, but no.

Thanks again everyone!

Thanks all so much

I received an email from my TA this morning about a moveover offer

My cruise leaves in 1 week - June 23, 2018 sailing!

First time sailing with Princess so completely unfamiliar with this. They offered 11 night anywhere in the world plus refund of hotel/air expenses, and refund in form of refundable OBC

Seems odd to me, but also hard to redeem as limited to 11 night

Thanks all for shedding any light or perspective on this!