Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 26, 2017 #251 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Good thing we still have Oceania! Keep your eyes peeled for Virgin too. I think they're making a big reveal in a couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChucktownSteve Posted October 26, 2017 #252 Share Posted October 26, 2017 We all know those prices aren't the best price. That all depends upon perspective whether you're buying or selling. I wonder if this pricing scheme is Larry's idea or if it's being shoved from above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iata Posted October 26, 2017 #253 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Bonnie,not your fault, but big mistake from Azamara. I Was an Azamara groopie, i recommend your company to so many people, as they never heard of it. I have a bad taste in my mouth and loose confidence. Business is business, Azamara can do whatever they want and i can do whaterver i want. That,s my perogative as customer. ( i hope my english is understable) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbqoug Posted October 26, 2017 #254 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Dang. Count me as another person that is disappointed. Yesterday I followed the link in the LCV email to check out the Pursuit itineraries. I saw a great itinerary at what I thought was a good price so I talked to my wife about it. She said we should book, but today when I checked again the price was much higher than what was listed yesterday. The new price is more than we are willing to pay, and it just doesn't sit right having to pay so much more than was initially quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted October 26, 2017 #255 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Somebody is paying these higher Azamara prices. Larry told Cruise Critic that in the first half of 2017 they had a grand total of 1 unsold cabin: "We had one unsold stateroom in the first six months of 2017." https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellbon Posted October 26, 2017 #256 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Somebody is paying these higher Azamara prices. Larry told Cruise Critic that in the first half of 2017 they had a grand total of 1 unsold cabin: "We had one unsold stateroom in the first six months of 2017." https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8155 That is interesting as their were two emptynCC cabins this summer. They bingo one away.not sure of what happen with the other one. Guessing someone got sick and so bingo.i would not take that location as to far aft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugggs Posted October 26, 2017 #257 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I’m on Journey at the moment and have just booked the Antarctic voyage in an OV for a very good price and nearly half what an inside cabin is. Check out OV prices for your cruise. If you don’t mind just a window then promo code 5 attached to them is very attractive at the moment. Just to say I checked this on the UK website before I booked with Michelle, the LCV Manager. Phil Phil are you paying for 2 or do they have a reduced single supplement? Camielle Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted October 26, 2017 #258 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Phil are you paying for 2 or do they have a reduced single supplement? Camielle Sent from my iPhone using Forums Hi Camielle. That’s effectively double. No single supplement deal and there won’t be on that one I shouldn’t think. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mara01 Posted October 26, 2017 #259 Share Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) I’m on Journey at the moment and have just booked the Antarctic voyage in an OV for a very good price and nearly half what an inside cabin is. Check out OV prices for your cruise. If you don’t mind just a window then promo code 5 attached to them is very attractive at the moment. Just to say I checked this on the UK website before I booked with Michelle, the LCV Manager. Phil You were indeed very lucky Phil. The OV is now showing at £5662, Balcony at £5297 and Inside at £5272! Must be the Promo Code 5 that made a huge difference (we haven’t heard of that?) Rose Edited October 26, 2017 by mara01 spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procter Posted October 26, 2017 #260 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Bonnie , 2 Things. 1: Larry may have said they only had 1 cabin unsold but on our Indian Ocean cruise there were 70 Cabins dumped at final payment and you could have picked 1 up for a 24 day cruise for 3029 euros so whilst that statement may be correct it may be misleading if he thinks all cabins were sold at "normal" pricing. 2: If Aazamara is honouring the initial crazy pricing for those lucky enough to get it I do hope that whoever is responsible for this glitch has a bonus withheld as he appears to have lost Azamara quite a large amount of money and as a shareholder that stinks. Sorry to be harsh but this has been a fiasco of hype and poor delivery. As a Discovery Plus member I register approx 4 times a year to get emails but am STILL not receiving them to my primary account. Registered with Azamara since 2008 . A probable Oceania returner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidandjulia Posted October 26, 2017 #261 Share Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) We too only received our email from Azamara 15:52 UK time yesterday. After much time and frustration, we gave up attempting to locate details of both itineraries and pricing for discounted LCV members on their Web page at the time and date we were advised that we would be given the opportunity of booking at a special discounted rate. To further assist us, we were even provided with a “time to take off clock” to help us. It is obvious that the period for us to take advantage of this special offer was for far too short a period, poorly accessible via their web page, and added yet another episode in the failure to support their loyal customers. It was further noted that contained within our latest email it informed us that if we wished to book direct with Azamara the following charges would apply; “Calls cost 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge”. Now that really does invite us to contact our cruise line of choice doesn’t it? :) Edited October 26, 2017 by davidandjulia Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCruise Posted October 26, 2017 #262 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Not sure if anyone else is having the same issue as us. We booked the Nov. 18 TA, deposited (and accepted by AZ). Received invoice and booking ID. We then booked the lead up cruise (9 day Med) to make it a B2B. Deposited (and accepted by AZ). Received invoice and booking ID. Travel Agent was first told about the "webiste glitch" but they were going to honor the price for the 9 day Med sailing, even though it had risen. TA then got a call saying they are now refusing to honor the price for the 9 day. . I have an AZ invoice, booking ID and hammered deposit (that they are "willing to refund"). Don't want a refund of the deposit. Want AZ to honor what they gave me in writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted October 26, 2017 #263 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Not sure if anyone else is having the same issue as us. We booked the Nov. 18 TA, deposited (and accepted by AZ). Received invoice and booking ID. We then booked the lead up cruise (9 day Med) to make it a B2B. Deposited (and accepted by AZ). Received invoice and booking ID. Travel Agent was first told about the "webiste glitch" but they were going to honor the price for the 9 day Med sailing, even though it had risen. TA then got a call saying they are now refusing to honor the price for the 9 day. . I have an AZ invoice, booking ID and hammered deposit (that they are "willing to refund"). Don't want a refund of the deposit. Want AZ to honor what they gave me in writing. I would think hat legally you have a deal, but you may need to check their booking conditions. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 26, 2017 #264 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Somebody is paying these higher Azamara prices. Larry told Cruise Critic that in the first half of 2017 they had a grand total of 1 unsold cabin: "We had one unsold stateroom in the first six months of 2017." https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8155 But at what price? I've shown examples previously of cruises going for a quarter of their original price. Empty cabins aren't really an indication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 26, 2017 #265 Share Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) , 2: If Aazamara is honouring the initial crazy pricing for those lucky enough to get it I do hope that whoever is responsible for this glitch has a bonus withheld as he appears to have lost Azamara quite a large amount of money and as a shareholder that stinks. /quote] The Pricing wasn't that crazy. It was reasonable. Azamara are launching an old ship with no new bells and whistles in August 2018. A lot of cruisers already have their 2019 trips booked, never mind 2018. They need to fill that ship. Have fun with that with these prices. Sure the exotic itineraries will do well, but what about the Med? so much competition. I wouldn't have even considered them at the price they want now for a balcony on an 8 day med cruise in late October but at the initial price offered, they may have had an Azamara convert Edited October 26, 2017 by Cruise Junky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uktraveller Posted October 26, 2017 #266 Share Posted October 26, 2017 The Pricing wasn't that crazy. It was reasonable. Azamara are launching an old ship with no new bells and whistles in August 2018. A lot of cruisers already have their 2019 trips booked, never mind 2018. They need to fill that ship. Have fun with that with these prices. Sure the exotic itineraries will do well, but what about the Med? so much competition. I wouldn't have even considered them at the price they want now for a balcony on an 8 day med cruise in late October. Precisely! The original pricing was good, not amazing. It’s the ‘corrected’ pricing that’s crazy! We contemplated moving down to an OV but decided to wait and see if the prices drop to a more reasonable level. And if we see something else we like in the meantime, we’ll go with that instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCruise Posted October 26, 2017 #267 Share Posted October 26, 2017 , 2: If Aazamara is honouring the initial crazy pricing for those lucky enough to get it I do hope that whoever is responsible for this glitch has a bonus withheld as he appears to have lost Azamara quite a large amount of money and as a shareholder that stinks. /quote] The Pricing wasn't that crazy. It was reasonable. Azamara are launching an old ship with no new bells and whistles in August 2018. A lot of cruisers already have their 2019 trips booked, never mind 2018. They need to fill that ship. Have fun with that with these prices. Sure the exotic itineraries will do well, but what about the Med? so much competition. I wouldn't have even considered them at the price they want now for a balcony on an 8 day med cruise in late October but at the initial price offered, they may have had an Azamara convert Agreed. No way many would book at these idiotic prices. They would have ended up discounting them to move the inventory. The person responsible should probably GET a bonus because they would have sold out quickly at realistic prices and AZ would have a ton of $1100 deposits in their coffers for a year more or less. Good business sense trumps gouging the customer for stockholders every day of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBMacLaird Posted October 26, 2017 Author #268 Share Posted October 26, 2017 We too only received our email from Azamara 15:52 UK time yesterday. After much time and frustration, we gave up attempting to locate details of both itineraries and pricing for discounted LCV members on their Web page at the time and date we were advised that we would be given the opportunity of booking at a special discounted rate. To further assist us, we were even provided with a “time to take off clock” to help us. It is obvious that the period for us to take advantage of this special offer was for far too short a period, poorly accessible via their web page, and added yet another episode in the failure to support their loyal customers. It was further noted that contained within our latest email it informed us that if we wished to book direct with Azamara the following charges would apply; “Calls cost 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge”. Now that really does invite us to contact our cruise line of choice doesn’t it? :) Hi davidandjulia, I am sorry for the level of dissatisfaction. To be honest I'm not well-informed on what was publicized in the U.K., when and to whom. Our U.K. Managing Director Richard Twynam is available if you'd like to email him. His address is rtwynam@azamaraclubcruises.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburgher Posted October 26, 2017 #269 Share Posted October 26, 2017 As our e-mails from Azamara are always erratic we check on this forum for chatter about offers and promos.The only e-mail we received recently was Oct 24th, headed Le Sneak Peek. There was no mention of promo pricing on it, nor a countdown clock nor anything else, it was simply a list of itineraries with "prices from" and the pricing was high. Is this the same "offers" e-mail sent to others in the UK or was there an additional one we didn't receive? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted October 26, 2017 #270 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I had the above email, but when I looked into the pricing it was in USD and also had the phone numbers in USA. If I click on a Voyage it takes me to the UK site. It wasn’t until 15.50 yesterday (25 th October) that the UK email came into my in box. That has £ pricing and no toll free number! Call us at 0844 493 4016* (UK), visit us online or contact your Travel Agent. *Calls cost 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted October 26, 2017 #271 Share Posted October 26, 2017 You were indeed very lucky Phil. The OV is now showing at £5662, Balcony at £5297 and Inside at £5272! Must be the Promo Code 5 that made a huge difference (we haven’t heard of that?) Rose Hi Rose. It’s still showing the same price here. Notice the big difference in the OV price. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted October 26, 2017 #272 Share Posted October 26, 2017 The pricing for 2 is interesting- huge premium for a balcony. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted October 26, 2017 #273 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I would suggest that if you don’t mind the lack of balcony and to get you on the ship it’s a bargain. Less pp per day than a Med cruise. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 26, 2017 #274 Share Posted October 26, 2017 here's the US prices on that sailing. The UK is getting a steal. Club Interior: $6,499 USD Club Oceanview: $6,999 USD Club Veranda: $6,499 USD PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbqoug Posted October 26, 2017 #275 Share Posted October 26, 2017 here's the US prices on that sailing. The UK is getting a steal. Club Interior: $6,499 USD Club Oceanview: $6,999 USD Club Veranda: $6,499 USD PP I was just about to post this information. I would jump on this cruise for the Oceanview price listed on the UK site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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