alwaysfrantic Posted September 25, 2018 #1 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Check your fares if you have a current booking. I saved quite a bit. I lost pre-paid gratuities from an earlier promotion but more than made up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARLEY225 Posted September 25, 2018 #2 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just checked my booking on the "Zuiderdam" - Dec. 16 - 26 - with the Endless Summer Promo - it's $358 less plus $75. on board credit for a like cabin on the opposite side of the ship from where I am currently. I booked on HAL's site during a Top 10 Sailing Promo and had to pay the full fare at the time of booking. I now have a call into my HAL personal consultant to see if I can get some sort of adjustment. We'll see - I am a four-star Mariner (better mean something)!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iflyrc5 Posted September 25, 2018 #3 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Interesting - I just checked my Koningsdam booking for Jan 2019 and the current rate for my outside cabin is $900 MORE if I booked it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinluvn Posted September 25, 2018 #4 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Mine is $1400 more than I paid Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VennDiagram Posted September 25, 2018 #5 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Our upcoming cruise is showing "Restricted" fare slightly lower than we paid, but we would lose some perks .... However, I am remaining hopeful :) Thanks for letting us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysfrantic Posted September 25, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Oh wow. I couldn’t tell online because my cabin category is sold out. I called and it was $840 less for New Statendem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaqn Posted September 26, 2018 #7 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Oh wow. I couldn’t tell online because my cabin category is sold out. I called and it was $840 less for New Statendem. So are you saying that after final payment HAL gave you the current promotional pricing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysfrantic Posted September 26, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted September 26, 2018 So are you saying that after final payment HAL gave you the current promotional pricing? No, I am before final payment but I phoned because I couldn’t really tell online. On the call she looked for me and it was $840 less in fare and we gained more in OBC as well. We lost pre-paid gratuities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARLEY225 Posted September 26, 2018 #9 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Just checked my booking on the "Zuiderdam" - Dec. 16 - 26 - with the Endless Summer Promo - it's $358 less plus $75. on board credit for a like cabin on the opposite side of the ship from where I am currently. I booked on HAL's site during a Top 10 Sailing Promo and had to pay the full fare at the time of booking. I now have a call into my HAL personal consultant to see if I can get some sort of adjustment. We'll see - I am a four-star Mariner (better mean something)!. Update - after calling HAL - I obtained a $300. credit on a future cruise. Since I cruise all the time now in my retirement years, this was fine with me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetAnOpenCourse Posted September 26, 2018 #10 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Update - after calling HAL - I obtained a $300. credit on a future cruise. Since I cruise all the time now in my retirement years, this was fine with me ! Did you book a non refundable fare? If so, I’m surprised they did that for you. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysfrantic Posted September 26, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Update - after calling HAL - I obtained a $300. credit on a future cruise. Since I cruise all the time now in my retirement years, this was fine with me ! Great. Glad it worked for someone else as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM1984 Posted September 29, 2018 #12 Share Posted September 29, 2018 We made final payment on Sept 11, then after seeing this Thread, I started pricing. The amount was $60.00 diff, but this morning we would save $330 overall. So I have an email in to our TA, but doesn't sound promising, since we have already made final payment. BUT it never hurts to ask, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted September 29, 2018 #13 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Exactly -- it never hurts to ask. If your TA is a good one, maybe he/she can get you some extra shipboard credit since you are past final payment. Let us know what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted September 29, 2018 #14 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I called about my Koningsdam cruise in March of next year, saved $1,600 per cabin, these are balcony cabins, we did lose some shipboard. credit but the savings for us more than made up for what we lose..we are a happy group..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.madruga Posted September 29, 2018 #15 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Check your fares if you have a current booking. I saved quite a bit. I lost pre-paid gratuities from an earlier promotion but more than made up for it. we booked with ready set sail after our NA cruise in April and have yet to find anything better with our Neptune cabin guarantee.....good luck to all and happy cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM1984 Posted September 29, 2018 #16 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Exactly -- it never hurts to ask.Let us know what happens. Just heard back from our TA: Best they could do was upgrade us from Verandah to a guaranteed Signature Suite, but we would lose our $100 OBC and $270 Prepaid Gratuities. We declined the offer (which in my mind, wasn't much, never wanted a Suite). So then I asked my TA to see if they would give us 2 dinners in the Pinnacle - HAL said no. Oh well! I wish the rest of you Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted September 29, 2018 #17 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Happy some of you got some decent benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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