Megan_Strick Posted May 13, 2022 #1 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) I am now booked under FFY on my Sept cruise. I have applied for a lower rate a few times and I have been told that doesn't apply to my rate code so no reduction in fare. Ok fine. Now, I'm looking at booking for next year. The early saver rate is $80 more than the FFY BUT I can get price reductions. Is it worth the extra $80 to get early saver to MAYBE get a price reduction or is it better to just go with the lower FFY rate? FFY also have a $100 OBC and early saver doesn't. Edited May 13, 2022 by sthrnbll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooooze Posted May 13, 2022 #2 Share Posted May 13, 2022 for me, it's a no-brainer... go with the definite. save $80 now and get the $100 obc. you don't know what tomorrow will bring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan_Strick Posted May 13, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, crooooze said: for me, it's a no-brainer... go with the definite. save $80 now and get the $100 obc. you don't know what tomorrow will bring. Very well said. Thank you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted May 13, 2022 #4 Share Posted May 13, 2022 We always, always get early saver. So far we have $2300 OBC for our cruise in 2 weeks. While a lot of that is FCC perk and some promo, a lot of it is price drops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80sGal Posted May 13, 2022 #5 Share Posted May 13, 2022 The new policy in the post-Covid Era is once you use your Early Saver price drop feature and lower to new rate, you no longer get future price drops unless the new rate code has that feature. Many people found that out after accepting a lower rate, posted about it here on CC, often a Resident Rate. So if you go with Early Saver, use your price drop wisely when you've decided it's truly worth it. We just got 503 OBC by switching codes, and I'm not even going to look between now and my cruise to see if it drops more. I don't want to know! I was happy with the 503. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted May 13, 2022 #6 Share Posted May 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, 80sGal said: The new policy in the post-Covid Era is once you use your Early Saver price drop feature and lower to new rate, you no longer get future price drops unless the new rate code has that feature. Many people found that out after accepting a lower rate, posted about it here on CC, often a Resident Rate. So if you go with Early Saver, use your price drop wisely when you've decided it's truly worth it. We just got 503 OBC by switching codes, and I'm not even going to look between now and my cruise to see if it drops more. I don't want to know! I was happy with the 503. Indeed - "once early saver always early saver" is not true anymore. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan_Strick Posted May 13, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, mz-s said: Indeed - "once early saver always early saver" is not true anymore. Thanks. Years ago I got several price reductions. Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted May 13, 2022 #8 Share Posted May 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, sthrnbll said: Thanks. Years ago I got several price reductions. Thanks for the info You can still as long as the rate you are matching allows for price reductions. But many times the new lower rate (resident rates, casino rates, etc) do not. So once you match to one of these rates, you're off the early saver train and not eligible for further rate reductions. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooooze Posted May 14, 2022 #9 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Imagine how cool it would be if airlines had early saver price protection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted May 14, 2022 #10 Share Posted May 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, crooooze said: Imagine how cool it would be if airlines had early saver price protection? They do. 🙂 (At least, Southwest does) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgo39 Posted May 17, 2022 #11 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 5/13/2022 at 1:32 PM, mz-s said: You can still as long as the rate you are matching allows for price reductions. But many times the new lower rate (resident rates, casino rates, etc) do not. So once you match to one of these rates, you're off the early saver train and not eligible for further rate reductions. Thank you for clarifying that. For sure it used to be that no matter where you found the cheaper rate you could match to it even if it was on a different web site then Carnival like VTG or Travelocity. I guess the good old days are over. lol. Does anyone know how noisy Deck 8 is on Pride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeni99 Posted May 17, 2022 #12 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 5/14/2022 at 8:28 AM, teknoge3k said: They do. 🙂 (At least, Southwest does) I was going to say I price match south west and Delta 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80sGal Posted May 18, 2022 #13 Share Posted May 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Jeni99 said: I was going to say I price match south west and Delta 🙂 Way off topic BUT WHAT??? Delta price matches now? Or do you mean you can just cancel and rebook using a credit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeni99 Posted May 23, 2022 #14 Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 11:09 PM, 80sGal said: Way off topic BUT WHAT??? Delta price matches now? Or do you mean you can just cancel and rebook using a credit? you dont have to cancel... you can modify flight and if there is a cheaper flight you rebook it and get an ecredit:) If they change our flight more than an hour you can modify and get the difference back to form of payment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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