Mr Princess Posted January 5, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 5, 2016 My wife and I just put an on-line booking hold on the Australian RCL site. We are both C&A Diamond+ members and entered our C&A member nos onto the site. We then did another booking hold without our C&A nos. Both bookings have been confirmed for 24 hrs. What surprised us was the fact that, although the second booking (without our membership nos) was 270AUD (about 190USD) dearer than the one with our C&A nos, we were entitled to 300USD as OBC, which we were not given with the first! We would like to book the second option (the one with the OBC) but are concerned that our membership may not be recognised for our D+ benefits. Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated. Regards, MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted January 5, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Unfortunately most of the promotions are not combinable with a C&A discount. So you get either the discount (by giving your C&A number) or the promo benefit. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 5, 2016 #3 Share Posted January 5, 2016 ... We would like to book the second option (the one with the OBC) but are concerned that our membership may not be recognised for our D+ benefits.... Book the second option, then call Royal and have them make sure your C&A numbers are on the booking and the price/OBC does not change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 5, 2016 #4 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The OBC is not combinable with your C&A discount. Pick which one you would like. If you choose the OBC you will still get all your other Diamond perks on board the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouhunter Posted January 5, 2016 #5 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Yes, essentially you get no discount whatsoever over a first time cruiser. RCCL's way of rewarding loyal customers :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelerThom Posted January 5, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 5, 2016 To reemphasize what Bob said. You can "pass up" your C&A discount in favo(u)r of a better price, AND still get your on-board benefits (eg free Happy Hour drinks, etc). Just get your price first, and then later give them your C&A number, emphasizing that you do NOT want to be repriced. Shouldn't be a problem. Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Princess Posted January 6, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thanks to all for your helpful replies. We are still wondering why RCCL will not recognise C&A membership as a financial reward to its members, when they, in fact, will not allow members to not have a price reduction together with an OBC, I understand their policy of not allowing extra RCL OBC's but a price discount is not an OBC! Anyhow, thanks again to everyone who replied. We'll see how we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 6, 2016 #8 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Yes, essentially you get no discount whatsoever over a first time cruiser. RCCL's way of rewarding loyal customers :rolleyes: First time customers are needed to grow the business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted January 6, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 6, 2016 My wife and I just put an on-line booking hold on the Australian RCL site. We are both C&A Diamond+ members and entered our C&A member nos onto the site. We then did another booking hold without our C&A nos. Both bookings have been confirmed for 24 hrs. What surprised us was the fact that, although the second booking (without our membership nos) was 270AUD (about 190USD) dearer than the one with our C&A nos, we were entitled to 300USD as OBC, which we were not given with the first! We would like to book the second option (the one with the OBC) but are concerned that our membership may not be recognised for our D+ benefits. Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated. Regards, MP. http://www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2295402 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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