20% off drinks packages.... Where!

[mdj101]

So where is the discount applied for the drinks packages?

 

It says 20% off, but is trying to charge me £32.38 per day?

 

Unless RC are using a rediculous exchange rate of 1.2 dollars to the pound! I work out it should be around £28 per day.

 

If its worked out at the current dollar rate of approx 1.4 and RC are charging £32.38 then its really only a saving of 7% NOT 20%

[Clarea]

From reports I've read here, there does not seem to be a pattern to which ships and sailings have the 20% off.

[mdj101]

No it's advertised on the packages page in my cruise planner for our cruise on Indi 30th July.

[Clarea]

No it's advertised on the packages page in my cruise planner for our cruise on Indi 30th July.

Apologies, missed that. I don't have the undiscounted prices in GBP, so I can't tell what the sale prices should be.

Edited March 26, 2016 by clarea

[KimboJam]

So where is the discount applied for the drinks packages?

 

It says 20% off, but is trying to charge me £32.38 per day?

 

Unless RC are using a rediculous exchange rate of 1.2 dollars to the pound! I work out it should be around £28 per day.

 

If its worked out at the current dollar rate of approx 1.4 and RC are charging £32.38 then its really only a saving of 7% NOT 20%

 

 

Did you factor in the 18% gratuity if it applies?

[2 happy Cruisers]

I called RCI and asked and was told the discount should be on all cruises 9 days or longer.

[Clarea]

I called RCI and asked and was told the discount should be on all cruises 9 days or longer.

Thank-you!

[Caravan 37]

So where is the discount applied for the drinks packages?

 

It says 20% off, but is trying to charge me £32.38 per day?

 

Unless RC are using a rediculous exchange rate of 1.2 dollars to the pound! I work out it should be around £28 per day.

 

If its worked out at the current dollar rate of approx 1.4 and RC are charging £32.38 then its really only a saving of 7% NOT 20%

 

£32 is the cost with 20% already deducted. On Anthem in October we paid about £37 per day

[minn0315]

20% off Premium Package offered for our Allure sailing 5-15-16. On the cruise planning page now.

[Clarea]

20% off Premium Package offered for our Allure sailing 5-15-16. On the cruise planning page now.

This is a 7-day cruise, right?

[gatour]

Clarea,

 

Correct. I found about this early this week. For both of our 15 May and 22 May cruises, the package is discounted 20%. Since I had already purchased the packages, so had to cancel them, and the reorderd them for both cruise. Received email confirmation for 15 May for the new price

[Clarea]

Clarea,

 

Correct. I found about this early this week. For both of our 15 May and 22 May cruises, the package is discounted 20%. Since I had already purchased the packages, so had to cancel them, and the reorderd them for both cruise. Received email confirmation for 15 May for the new price

Thank-you for the feedback. We've been trying to discern a pattern in which cruises are getting the discounts. Someone had reported earlier that the cruise line told them discounts were on cruises of 9-days or longer. I guess we need to keep working on the pattern.

[KALCJ1]

The email we received indicates the following:

 

-20% off the Ultimate and Premium packages

 

Terms and conditions state:

 

Offer applies to select 9+ nights sailings departing between 5/13/16-12/12/16 (excludes holiday sailings)

 

We received the email and it states for your "upcoming cruise", but our cruise is 2/17/17, so it does not apply. I'm hoping that it will be offered for our cruise down the road.

[Clarea]

The email we received indicates the following:

 

-20% off the Ultimate and Premium packages

 

Terms and conditions state:

 

Offer applies to select 9+ nights sailings departing between 5/13/16-12/12/16 (excludes holiday sailings)

 

We received the email and it states for your "upcoming cruise", but our cruise is 2/17/17, so it does not apply. I'm hoping that it will be offered for our cruise down the road.

Thanks for this. Just shows that Royal still has a problem with accurate communications.

[YadaYadaJodi]

The pattern I found as reported on this board was 9+ day sailings with the exception of:

 

Allure of the Seas - 7 day cruises - April through May 22. The discount seemed to start after Spring Break then go away Memorial weekend, probably as a start to summer.

 

Jewel of the Seas - 7 day cruise - 7/17/2016 (I haven't caught if any other Jewel dates have been reported).

[Clarea]

The pattern I found as reported on this board was 9+ day sailings with the exception of:

 

Allure of the Seas - 7 day cruises - April through May 22. The discount seemed to start after Spring Break then go away Memorial weekend, probably as a start to summer.

 

Jewel of the Seas - 7 day cruise - 7/17/2016 (I haven't caught if any other Jewel dates have been reported).

Thank-you!

[Badgertr]

The email we received indicates the following:

 

 

-20% off the Ultimate and Premium packages

 

 

Terms and conditions state:

 

 

Offer applies to select 9+ nights sailings departing between 5/13/16-12/12/16 (excludes holiday sailings)

 

 

 

We received the email and it states for your "upcoming cruise", but our

cruise is 2/17/17, so it does not apply. I'm hoping that it will be offered for our cruise down the road.

 

 

The key word here is "select" so they are still picking and choosing.

[motif]

I'm on the same cruise as the OP. My Premium package is pre-paid but is showing as £460 on the invoice (before it is removed later with a line for -£460) and I booked back in March 2015, well before the 20% discount. On a 14 night sailing that is £32.86 per person per day, which means that the OP's £32.38 is a whopping saving of 1.46%. Not quite 20%. Someone tell me if I'm missing something? :confused:

[Thoie]

I'm on the same cruise as the OP. My Premium package is pre-paid but is showing as £460 on the invoice (before it is removed later with a line for -£460) and I booked back in March 2015, well before the 20% discount. On a 14 night sailing that is £32.86 per person per day, which means that the OP's £32.38 is a whopping saving of 1.46%. Not quite 20%. Someone tell me if I'm missing something? :confused:

 

That sounds like a gratuities/no gratuities difference.

 

So the OPs saving of 1.46% could be roughly the base price discounted by 20%, then 18% gratuities added back on to the discounted price. Your premium package may have been ex-gratuities, which they seem to offer sometimes.

[cloud_nine]

The pattern I found as reported on this board was 9+ day sailings with the exception of:

 

Allure of the Seas - 7 day cruises - April through May 22. The discount seemed to start after Spring Break then go away Memorial weekend, probably as a start to summer.

 

Jewel of the Seas - 7 day cruise - 7/17/2016 (I haven't caught if any other Jewel dates have been reported).

 

It's also offered on my Jewel 7 night sailing on 28th of August 2016.

[motif]

That sounds like a gratuities/no gratuities difference.

 

So the OPs saving of 1.46% could be roughly the base price discounted by 20%, then 18% gratuities added back on to the discounted price. Your premium package may have been ex-gratuities, which they seem to offer sometimes.

 

Maybe, although the line code on my invoice reads 'YAC1-PREMBEVWGRAT", which I take to mean 'Premium beverage with gratuities'. Even so, £32.86 with 20% off and then 18% back on is £31.02. Still not £32.38. Now I'm just confused even more! :confused::rolleyes:

[2 happy Cruisers]

I purchased the premium package for a 12 night Hawaii cruise in 2017 that is on sale for the 20% off. The total came to $470.40 They never added the 18% gratuities. It was $39.20 per night. I thought that should have been $39.20 plus the 18% but when I paid it said service charge $0. Will they add the 18% later?

[Clarea]

I purchased the premium package for a 12 night Hawaii cruise in 2017 that is on sale for the 20% off. The total came to $470.40 They never added the 18% gratuities. It was $39.20 per night. I thought that should have been $39.20 plus the 18% but when I paid it said service charge $0. Will they add the 18% later?

No, you should not have any amount added later.

[pharaoh]

Nevermind, my info was inaccurate!

Edited March 27, 2016 by pharaoh

[Redrobo]

Got in early, paid £28.28 for the premier package, including grats. Following day up to £32 + 18% grats. Seems to be normal Royal Caribbean sales.