may1021 Posted December 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Going on zuiderdam in February. Paid $1399 for veranda room. Price has dropped to $899. Final payment already made but anyone have experience with this. Worth it to contact TA to see if line would upgrade room or offer Obc or just forget it. Have cruised many times but never been in position of such a large price drop. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmayor Posted December 29, 2016 #2 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Once final payment has passed you are generally no longer eligible for price drops...however you may be able to upgrade to a better location or even a suite if available. Its certainly worth a phone call to your TA. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvertoGold Posted December 29, 2016 #3 Share Posted December 29, 2016 It is worth it. You probably won't be able to squeeze any OBC out of HAL, but your TA should be able to get you an upgrade: this is a HUGE price drop. Please come back and tell us what happens! Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymo Posted December 29, 2016 #4 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Was on Celebrity and was able to upgrade from Sky Suite to a Celebrity Suite when price dropped $800pp immediately after final payment . Had a great TA that was able to make that happen. Good Luck! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida_gal_50 Posted December 29, 2016 #5 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I find hal has been very stingy lately with offers of obcs or upgrades for price drops after final but it doesn't hurt to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted December 29, 2016 #6 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Interested to know if your TA have worked out an upgrade with HAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 29, 2016 #7 Share Posted December 29, 2016 That is a big drop in price. I would certainly call the TA and see what they can get for you. It never hurts to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesport Posted December 29, 2016 #8 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Happened to me once with a European cruise. Moved from a balcony to a signature suite for $150 per person. I always call!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted December 29, 2016 #9 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I would call your T.A Sent from my SM-G930T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groningen Posted December 29, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I would call your T.A Sent from my SM-G930T using Forums mobile app I immediately called my big box TA when the same thing happened, and she called HAL and came back with the offer of an upgrade from interior to full OV! Could even choose which one of the 2 available cabins I wanted. Fantastic service! Thank you HAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igraf Posted December 29, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Is the price drop for the same veranda category? Sometimes these low prices are only for a small number of staterooms in an undesirable location. igraf Going on zuiderdam in February. Paid $1399 for veranda room. Price has dropped to $899. Final payment already made but anyone have experience with this. Worth it to contact TA to see if line would upgrade room or offer Obc or just forget it. Have cruised many times but never been in position of such a large price drop. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
may1021 Posted December 29, 2016 Author #12 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Nothing....not particularly happy with HAL who I cruise with a lot. Would upgrade me to better Verandah room but I would loose some of my OBC. Would upgrade me to a suite for and extra $200 each...not happening. I tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom O. Posted December 29, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Nothing....not particularly happy with HAL who I cruise with a lot. Would upgrade me to better Verandah room but I would loose some of my OBC.Would upgrade me to a suite for and extra $200 each...not happening. I tried. I am not surprised. Once final payment is paid, their motive is to get whatever they can for unsold rooms. If they gave everybody the last minute sale price, they wouldn't be in business for long. The best way to get low prices like that, is to not purchase until the last minute, but then you won't have much choice on room location. If room location is not important, then you can save a lot of money. Of course, there is always the possibility that the ship is sold out and you don't get to cruise at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted December 29, 2016 #14 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) That is exactly what we do. We have a few itineraries in mind. We watch the prices and book inside the final payment window. Whichever itinerary hits on one of ships we are watching is one we book. We have never been disappointed in the balcony gty that we have been assigned...the opposite is true. We usually keep an eye on air as well. Both have to work for us. We have always been able to get our TA to put a hold on the cabin for a few hours until we can lock in air. Works for us. Three weeks ago we found ourselves sitting a home anticipating the snow. Six days later we found ourselves on a beach enjoying an AI for seven days. The right offer came by and we grabbed it. Edited December 29, 2016 by iancal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVgirl Posted December 29, 2016 #15 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) We called about our Nieuw Amsterdam cruise in February. They offered to move us from Oceanview to Verandah, but we would have to give up Explore4 promo and $100 OBC. It's always worth a phone call. Just keep in mind that some of these are Flash Sale pricing with no refund (unless you have insurance). Edited December 29, 2016 by OVgirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted December 29, 2016 #16 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Which cruise are you taking? We just booked the February 5 one today. I had been watching prices on six different cruises that fit our schedule. The Zuiderdam was the only one with such dramatic price drops. Three of the cruises were sold out as of this week--on the Royal Princess, Regal Princess, and Celebrity Silhouette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JandPB Posted December 29, 2016 #17 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I just booked the Zuiderdam for the Feb 15th sailing. It had a significant price drop as well, which is why we chose to book this. The price drop was not as drastic as the Feb 5th sailing, but it fit as far as timing goes and reasonable airfare from the cold Great Lakes. We obviously booked within the final payment window as well so if there were to be additional price drops I doubt we would take an upgrade as we have booked an aft cabin. I called my TA to see if there were any perks to transferring the booking to her as far as OBC or any other incentives we may not be otherwise afforded. She informed me that according to HAL we are not eligible for OBC since we booked within the final payment window. First time on HAL. Hopefully more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVgirl Posted December 29, 2016 #18 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Which cruise are you taking? We just booked the February 5 one today. I had been watching prices on six different cruises that fit our schedule. The Zuiderdam was the only one with such dramatic price drops. Three of the cruises were sold out as of this week--on the Royal Princess, Regal Princess, and Celebrity Silhouette. We're on NA. I just checked pricing and you're Zuiderdam cruise has really good pricing now. Much better than NA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyDenise Posted December 29, 2016 #19 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I'm on the Zuiderdam Feb 15th cruise too. My price went up ( well it went up since I booked to the tune of $400 per person ) and I also got Explore 4 . I'm pretty happy plus excited , I can't wait. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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