Rare kernow Posted April 10, 2019 #1 Share Posted April 10, 2019 My parents booked a W suite guarantee on Explorer 31st Aug 2019 cruise while on Indy last Sept. I've been keeping an eye on prices for them and today noticed a big price drop. They have just called and saved over £1000. Obviously I don't know prices for other cruises but if you are booked on any Southampton sailings this summer it may be worth checking. Hope someone else is lucky, Julie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezzie62 Posted April 10, 2019 #2 Share Posted April 10, 2019 35 minutes ago, kernow said: My parents booked a W suite guarantee on Explorer 31st Aug 2019 cruise while on Indy last Sept. I've been keeping an eye on prices for them and today noticed a big price drop. They have just called and saved over £1000. Obviously I don't know prices for other cruises but if you are booked on any Southampton sailings this summer it may be worth checking. Hope someone else is lucky, Julie So did they have to cancel and rebook to save money as they wont allow you just to get the lower rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livylotte Posted April 10, 2019 #3 Share Posted April 10, 2019 You just need to ring and ask. No need to cancel anything they will just adjust the price. As long as you are comparing like for like ie same cabin class/same deal they will give you the price drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kernow Posted April 10, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted April 10, 2019 No, they allowed them to get the lower rate with the same booking, just adjusted the price. They did book onboard and I think they say that you are allowed one change with that. However they sometimes bend the rules even if this is not the case. I was able to get a price drop a couple of months ago on a cruise that I had booked direct with the UK office. They said that as all the conditions were the same as what I had booked they would allow it, someone else on our roll call was also able to get the same drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezzie62 Posted April 10, 2019 #5 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Wow they were lucky! never been able to get price drops without having to rebook. Only ever been able to get it went booked in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livylotte Posted April 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted April 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, kernow said: They said that as all the conditions were the same as what I had booked they would allow it, someone else on our roll call was also able to get the same drop. Same for us - we were allowed a price drop but only because all the conditions were the same. In my case, It took a bit of persuading to get them to do it and the operator had to go and check with a supervisor first. No harm in asking though especially if there's a lot of money to be saved. Our original booking was online direct with RC. We are UK cruisers but not sailing from UK - it is Barcelona 7 day med on Oasis. Good look op 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie33 Posted April 10, 2019 #7 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just checked our cruise on the 18th Aug it's £500 cheaper but no UDP so works out more expensive but thanks for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minikiss Posted April 11, 2019 #8 Share Posted April 11, 2019 not seen a price drop on ours so far. But booked with Tesco vouchers, anyone on here had any past experience getting a price drop when booked this way? Good to see it's worked for others though....... Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardedladies Posted April 11, 2019 #9 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Just saw a good suite guarantee price pop up for our 14th May Explorer trip from Southampton, so have phoned and upgraded to that.... it went from online immediately though so was the only one available, and there's currently two suites available - a panoramic, and a grand. Finger crossed! But what is the betting they'll upgrade someone in a junior and we'll get their old cabin? 😉 But does seem to be a little flurry of reasonably priced suite guarantees just recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted April 11, 2019 #10 Share Posted April 11, 2019 57 minutes ago, beardedladies said: Just saw a good suite guarantee price pop up for our 14th May Explorer trip from Southampton, so have phoned and upgraded to that.... it went from online immediately though so was the only one available, and there's currently two suites available - a panoramic, and a grand. Finger crossed! But what is the betting they'll upgrade someone in a junior and we'll get their old cabin? 😉 But does seem to be a little flurry of reasonably priced suite guarantees just recently. Upgraded from an inside to a suite gty for very reasonable price a few weeks ago! On the sailing before you so we miss each other again......!!!! Still no movement on the Anthem TA in Nov20.... the one in Apr20 dropped like a stone for a few hours last week. Fingers crossed LBxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardedladies Posted April 11, 2019 #11 Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, little britain said: Upgraded from an inside to a suite gty for very reasonable price a few weeks ago! On the sailing before you so we miss each other again......!!!! Still no movement on the Anthem TA in Nov20.... the one in Apr20 dropped like a stone for a few hours last week. Fingers crossed LBxx So near yet so far! Seems like a lot of prices are falling at the moment, but then we did think the UK prices overly high so perhaps the adjustment is overdue. We're on Anthem for the Apr20 TA, in a JS on that one and as all sold out no price drop for us :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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