Rare craig01020 Posted November 15, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 15, 2022 This morning I called to move my balcony cabin on my Oct. 2024 Dawn sailing. I changed from BA to BF category, which is slightly cheaper. The agent expected a price drop of $50. She was shocked when it came out $532 cheaper! Nothing else changed, except for the cabin number. Not sure why, but I'll take it! 🤗 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted November 15, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, craig01020 said: This morning I called to move my balcony cabin on my Oct. 2024 Dawn sailing. I changed from BA to BF category, which is slightly cheaper. The agent expected a price drop of $50. She was shocked when it came out $532 cheaper! Nothing else changed, except for the cabin number. Not sure why, but I'll take it! 🤗 Is BF the sail away rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare craig01020 Posted November 15, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Is BF the sail away rate? Nope. I've still got all 4 perks of the Free at Sea rate. BF is just the category of cabin. Edited November 15, 2022 by craig01020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted November 15, 2022 #4 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Have you checked the history on CruisePlum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare craig01020 Posted November 15, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted November 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Have you checked the history on CruisePlum? Why would I need to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted November 15, 2022 #6 Share Posted November 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, craig01020 said: Why would I need to do that? Because your OP suggested that you might want to understand what changed and when? If it's more fun to just say "wow, look at this big surprise," then that's fine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare craig01020 Posted November 15, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted November 15, 2022 1 minute ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Because your OP suggested that you might want to understand what changed and when? If it's more fun to just say "wow, look at this big surprise," then that's fine too. I already said that nothing changed but the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare eileeshb Posted November 15, 2022 #8 Share Posted November 15, 2022 It may have changed from an angled balcony to a regular one, that info isn’t always clear in the deck plans. Usually I’d expect a cabin with F as the second letter to be the family version with pull out sofa bed and/or pull down bunk which should be more expensive than the standard version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julig22 Posted November 15, 2022 #9 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Location can easily affect price, depending on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare craig01020 Posted November 15, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted November 15, 2022 36 minutes ago, eileeshb said: It may have changed from an angled balcony to a regular one, that info isn’t always clear in the deck plans. Usually I’d expect a cabin with F as the second letter to be the family version with pull out sofa bed and/or pull down bunk which should be more expensive than the standard version. Nope. the difference is a hull balcony vs. standard one. The price difference is only about $50. Apparently this cruise recently had a price drop that took effect when I changed cabins. Ca-ching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted November 15, 2022 #11 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 hours ago, craig01020 said: I already said that nothing changed but the price. Yes, and CruisePlum provides the full price history. Are you just screwing with me now?🤡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare craig01020 Posted November 15, 2022 Author #12 Share Posted November 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Yes, and CruisePlum provides the full price history. Are you just screwing with me now?🤡 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reese15233 Posted November 16, 2022 #13 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I would check the confirmations. I recently upgraded and had a transfer disappear once before return air somehow went missing so now I check everything when a change is made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkacmom Posted November 16, 2022 #14 Share Posted November 16, 2022 17 hours ago, eileeshb said: It may have changed from an angled balcony to a regular one, that info isn’t always clear in the deck plans. Usually I’d expect a cabin with F as the second letter to be the family version with pull out sofa bed and/or pull down bunk which should be more expensive than the standard version. We always book family balconies because they are midship, the difference is they are close to the kids clubs (which we don’t care about, just like midship close to the elevators and not a low deck). The best locations are A, so an F might not be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandncruisers Posted November 16, 2022 #15 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I believe the bf on the dawn are forward cabins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare craig01020 Posted November 16, 2022 Author #16 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Reese15233 said: I would check the confirmations. I recently upgraded and had a transfer disappear once before return air somehow went missing so now I check everything when a change is made. I did. Nothing dropped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Seas2mountains Posted November 17, 2022 #17 Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, pandncruisers said: I believe the bf on the dawn are forward cabins They are. They tend to be less desirable than the BA category due to the location on the ship as most except deck 8 are the most forward balcony cabins. That’s why they are priced less than BA. Many of the deck 8 BF cabins are above the the theater. Location, Location, location may matter to some people! Edited November 17, 2022 by Seas2mountains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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