Rare SuitesRbest Posted May 22, 2020 #1 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) Hi All, Royal Caribbean always gave Best Price Guarantee to non Australian cruiser's no matter when they booked cruise's up until (not sure on time frame) around the sail date . I received an email today from RCL with a new CRUISE WITH CONFIDENCE policy. Due to this (after a 20 minute phone call) I got a $550 reduction on our January cruise (that I predict my not happen anyhooo) off the $2700 original price due to the above. Anyone that has a cruise booked with RCL should check and make sure they take advantage of the CRUISE WITH CONFIDENCE policy. Some serious $$ to be saved which is coming anyway but, have a look... Edited May 22, 2020 by SuitesRbest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted May 22, 2020 #2 Share Posted May 22, 2020 thanks I will check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted May 22, 2020 #3 Share Posted May 22, 2020 11 hours ago, SuitesRbest said: Hi All, Royal Caribbean always gave Best Price Guarantee to non Australian cruiser's no matter when they booked cruise's up until (not sure on time frame) around the sail date . I received an email today from RCL with a new CRUISE WITH CONFIDENCE policy. Due to this (after a 20 minute phone call) I got a $550 reduction on our January cruise (that I predict my not happen anyhooo) off the $2700 original price due to the above. Anyone that has a cruise booked with RCL should check and make sure they take advantage of the CRUISE WITH CONFIDENCE policy. Some serious $$ to be saved which is coming anyway but, have a look... I didn’t think that was included in Australia? Did you book directly with Royal Caribbean? Very interesting,I wonder if the agents will carry the savings on like the US agents do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotpaws1 Posted May 22, 2020 #4 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Chiliburn said: I didn’t think that was included in Australia? Did you book directly with Royal Caribbean? Very interesting,I wonder if the agents will carry the savings on like the US agents do. Can confirm I have also had success with this, called the day after it was announced and got a $350 reduction on one of my cruises. I am now checking prices weekly in case any of the other 3 drop in price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted May 22, 2020 #5 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) Did you go through a agent? we usually go for suites and they only go up in price. Edited May 22, 2020 by Chiliburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SuitesRbest Posted May 23, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Chiliburn said: Did you go through a agent? we usually go for suites and they only go up in price. I always book direct, maybe talk agents also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairywren Posted May 23, 2020 #7 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I didn't get an email, can someone please point me to the new policy regarding price drops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted May 23, 2020 #8 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I didn’t get the email. From their website if you google cruise with confidence. It says they will price match a lower price up to 48 hours before sailing but as a non refundable onboard credit. That’s pretty good because I think it used to be up to final payment. I believe princess has been doing it for years,RC is just catching up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted May 23, 2020 #9 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Chiliburn said: Edited May 23, 2020 by Chiliburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted May 23, 2020 #10 Share Posted May 23, 2020 From RCL's Australian website https://www.royalcaribbean.com/aus/en?country=AUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted May 23, 2020 #11 Share Posted May 23, 2020 17 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: I believe princess has been doing it for years,RC is just catching up. Princess only does it up to final payment, and sometimes tgere are restrictions, but usually I've been able to get the fare reductions. Sometimes more than once on a booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairywren Posted May 23, 2020 #12 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Just got off the phone with them, getting a reduction of nearly $1300, that will pay for the drinks package which is down to $65 a day now. I wonder if it can be done more than once? Hopefully by next March we can sail again, need something to look forward to. We should have been on our Europe trip right now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted May 23, 2020 #13 Share Posted May 23, 2020 48 minutes ago, fairywren said: Just got off the phone with them, getting a reduction of nearly $1300, that will pay for the drinks package which is down to $65 a day now. I wonder if it can be done more than once? Hopefully by next March we can sail again, need something to look forward to. We should have been on our Europe trip right now..... Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted May 23, 2020 #14 Share Posted May 23, 2020 One more question, can the lower price be anywhere ? Such as a travel agent or it has to be on the RC website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted May 23, 2020 #15 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, fairywren said: Just got off the phone with them, getting a reduction of nearly $1300, that will pay for the drinks package which is down to $65 a day now. I wonder if it can be done more than once? Hopefully by next March we can sail again, need something to look forward to. We should have been on our Europe trip right now..... Looking at the details it can be done more than once. Before final payment date it’s a price adjustment and after final payment date it’s a none refundable OBC . And it appears ,any advertised price you see you can claim it. I wonder if a OBC can be included? I would suggest you get a price from a online agent and try again. Edited May 23, 2020 by Chiliburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixx Posted May 23, 2020 #16 Share Posted May 23, 2020 4 hours ago, fairywren said: Just got off the phone with them, getting a reduction of nearly $1300, that will pay for the drinks package which is down to $65 a day now. I wonder if it can be done more than once? Hopefully by next March we can sail again, need something to look forward to. We should have been on our Europe trip right now..... Did you find a better price elsewhere, or just call to see if there was a price drop? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairywren Posted May 23, 2020 #17 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I did a dummy booking for the same category on the website to see what the current pricing was and got it reduced over the phone. Will be watching with interest but I doubt it will go much lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SuitesRbest Posted May 24, 2020 Author #18 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Yes I believe it can be done more than once and I will be watching pricing very closely as I suspect it may even get cheaper. And also got enough discount to pay the $65 a day bev package. Chearin!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsam12 Posted May 24, 2020 #19 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 5/23/2020 at 6:27 AM, hotpaws1 said: I am now checking prices weekly in case any of the other 3 drop in price. Weekly? I check daily, along with Cruise Planner prices 🙂 Unfortunately, the price for our only booked RCL cruise hasn't dropped since they made this announcement 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotpaws1 Posted May 24, 2020 #20 Share Posted May 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Balsam12 said: Weekly? I check daily, along with Cruise Planner prices 🙂 Unfortunately, the price for our only booked RCL cruise hasn't dropped since they made this announcement 😞 OK, I'll come clean, I do check pretty much every day 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairywren Posted June 2, 2020 #21 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Update: Just got a second reduction today, so yes it can be done every time you see a lower price. Good hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsam12 Posted June 2, 2020 #22 Share Posted June 2, 2020 5 hours ago, fairywren said: Update: Just got a second reduction today, so yes it can be done every time you see a lower price. Good hunting! Did you book through a travel agent or direct with RC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted June 2, 2020 #23 Share Posted June 2, 2020 31 minutes ago, Balsam12 said: Did you book through a travel agent or direct with RC? I believe it has to be direct with Royal and the price has to be on Royal’s website. Things are moving fast???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SuitesRbest Posted June 20, 2020 Author #24 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) RCL Pricing Guarantee comes good again. Another $120 off final price today. This is the second price reduction in a month. Nearly $700 off original price as at today. Booked Directly through RCL. Edited June 20, 2020 by SuitesRbest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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