caddion Posted August 11, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I like to book early so I can choose the cabin that I want.Normally i book through a travel agent who is able to match the price when the fare drops and also keep the same cabin, unfortunately the agent is no longer around and the other ones that I have approached cannot guarantee the same cabin. I am after people's experiences when booking directly through Princess, my understanding is they will cancel and rebook at the lower fare but I don't know if you get to keep the same cabin. I have contacted Princess they said I'd keep the cabin but they were a bit vague about it which didn't inspire confidence. I realise I'd lose whaterever perks the original booking had. Thanks for any advise. Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted August 11, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, caddion said: I like to book early so I can choose the cabin that I want.Normally i book through a travel agent who is able to match the price when the fare drops and also keep the same cabin, unfortunately the agent is no longer around and the other ones that I have approached cannot guarantee the same cabin. I am after people's experiences when booking directly through Princess, my understanding is they will cancel and rebook at the lower fare but I don't know if you get to keep the same cabin. I have contacted Princess they said I'd keep the cabin but they were a bit vague about it which didn't inspire confidence. I realise I'd lose whaterever perks the original booking had. Thanks for any advise. Phil. IMO..........TA's are under the same refare rules that Princess would be if you booked direct. Thats a pretty vague answer. Sounds like the other agents don't want to deal with it. In my experience I have been able to keep the cabin when I have re-fared. If it requires a new booking only then you are at the mercy of availability when they cancel and rebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddion Posted August 11, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I probably should mention that I’m in Australia if that makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted August 11, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I've refared Australian-based Princess cruises a number of times and had no problems, and certainly no cabin changes. The cruises were booked directly through Princess, using Future Cruise Deposits, and when I noticed a fare reduction I just called them and they refared my booking. Sometimes I lost perks and you have to take the value of those into account when calculating whether the fare reduction really is a saving. Other times I gained perks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Hag Posted August 11, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I book directly through Princess, I've refared several cruises, and in each case I kept the same cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Denmal Posted August 12, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Ask princess to assign you a cruise consultant. Mine is great...she does everything including refairs when rhe price drops...all I do is call her...she refaired one cruise for me 5 times 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddion Posted August 12, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Thanks for the info everyone, booking direct with Princess sounds very positive so I might give that a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwfan22 Posted August 12, 2019 #8 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Just as an add on. I booked directly with Princess and refared a few times. When I made my final payment, I said offhandedly to the Princess agent that I guess I was done refaring if any last minute specials came up. She told me that since I booked direct and not with a travel agent that I could refare until departure and they would refund money. The price didn't go down any after I made the final payment, so I did not get to test what she told me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pris993 Posted August 12, 2019 #9 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I book with Princess directly all the time, refare when price drops, sometimes Princess then tells me the deposit will be non refundable after I refare. By that time, it is not an issue, I have gotten a good price and we are planning to go. How this works in Australia, have not idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Cruiser Posted August 12, 2019 #10 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I've cancelled and rebooked when the lower fare is for new reservations only or I booked the cabin I wanted but didn't have a future cruise credit, so had to rebook once I got the future cruise credit. I've been told there is a slight risk when you cancel and then rebook, someone might grab "my" cabin in those few seconds/minutes between the cancellation and rebooking. Although that is a risk, it has never happened to me. When I simply refare because of a lower price or better incentives, there's never been a risk with losing the cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted August 12, 2019 #11 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I just did a refare this morning. Only thing that changed was the perks that came with the original promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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