Jackpot v/s Premier deals

[lubedobedo]

Booked a Jackpot deal in March for Carnival Dream next May 8 day. Paid $405 ($200 back as obc) for lido balcony with free drinks for him everywhere on the ship. Then it turned into a Premier cruise and husband has that offer. When I check out price difference for premier it is about $2200 more for Premier? Can that be right? We would have to pay the difference if you wanted to be part of the Premier group? TIA

[cyrrwa]

I was in the same situation with those offers and was told I'd have to pay the difference to change to Premier. I stuck with the Jackpot bookings as I couldn't justify the price difference for the Premier activities, especially with the obc factored in.

[IntrepidFromDC]

Within the past year or so, the FJ5 jackpot deal has beaten out the Premier offer every time by ~ $900 - $1,800, weighing everything included.  The wildcard would be if I could roll a 6 playing Matilda the Cash Cow and somehow pick ~$1,500 in spots.  I always start at Matilda's butt because, well - I cannot lie.  😁 🏴‍☠️