4774Papa Posted January 31, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 31, 2023 We love transatlantics and compared X with Royal C. prior to booking for April 2023 from FTL to Rome. Royal beat the heck out of X's price. Now, less than three months from our cruise X has drastically slashed it TA prices. Now they are a small bit lower than Royal, but we book early, like around a year ago. Celebrity, how about offering better prices up front instead of the last minute. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfred Posted January 31, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, 4774Papa said: We love transatlantics and compared X with Royal C. prior to booking for April 2023 from FTL to Rome. Royal beat the heck out of X's price. Now, less than three months from our cruise X has drastically slashed it TA prices. Now they are a small bit lower than Royal, but we book early, like around a year ago. Celebrity, how about offering better prices up front instead of the last minute. prices are run by revenue management based on bookings placed and time to sail. Why lower prices when you dont have to ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted January 31, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 31, 2023 No sure about about a price drop For the April Reflection TA , we are paying $135 pp, per night , to book now it is $265 pp, both price with Always included 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted January 31, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just looked at the prices and for Suites prices are from 40-200% more than we paid for our October TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natshala Posted January 31, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, tfred said: prices are run by revenue management based on bookings placed and time to sail. Why lower prices when you dont have to ? This is capitalism—the law of supply and demand. There is nothing wrong with it. Cruise prices are like a game. You need to watch them often if looking for a deal. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 31, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 31, 2023 If you have the luxury of being flexible with bookings, start paying attention about 90 days prior to the sailing. If there aren't a lot of bookings there could be some fire sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve3008 Posted January 31, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 31, 2023 It seems to me at least they don’t discount as much on the TA’s as they used to. Some have a lot of unsold inventory. Is there a latest date to book a TA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted January 31, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 31, 2023 45 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said: If you have the luxury of being flexible with bookings, start paying attention about 90 days prior to the sailing. If there aren't a lot of bookings there could be some fire sales My post shows the Reflection price at 81 days out , ship is less than 50% full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastdance Posted January 31, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Suite prices on Beyond are very high, but did drop a little. I booked when cabins/suites were first released so I could get a great cabin and price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 31, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 31, 2023 21 minutes ago, Ex-Airbalancer said: My post shows the Reflection price at 81 days out , ship is less than 50% full It isn't sailing-wide, it goes by category occupancy. I honestly do not know if X treats accessible rooms as it's own category or bundles non-accessible categories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted January 31, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 31, 2023 11 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said: It isn't sailing-wide, it goes by category occupancy. I honestly do not know if X treats accessible rooms as it's own category or bundles non-accessible categories A V3 is the same price if it is accessible or not , , this is the cabin beside the other one I priced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born2go Posted January 31, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said: My post shows the Reflection price at 81 days out , ship is less than 50% full How can you tell how full the ship is? Just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve3008 Posted January 31, 2023 #13 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just go to an online site where you can book a specific cabin. If they don’t offer guarantee then whatever is showing available probably is. When they have a guarantee rate then you don’t know how many of those may be sold but unassigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerunner Posted January 31, 2023 #14 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I have my first TA next April on the Beyond, got a great price on the Sunset Verandah room. Right now it's up over 1500 more than I paid for. The only room Id move to is a suite and I would think about that long since I love the SV rooms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusieAV8R Posted February 1, 2023 #15 Share Posted February 1, 2023 5 hours ago, jelayne said: Just looked at the prices and for Suites prices are from 40-200% more than we paid for our October TA. We've seen the same increase.......and we have only one word...insane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenp Posted February 1, 2023 #16 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I booked my CC Silhouette April 24, TA on December 22nd 2022, V2 Access Kabine ALL INC for EURO 3300 with $400 OBC. Today 1st Feb 23 the same costs Euros 5210 Prices are Just crazy. Happy cruising Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4774Papa Posted February 1, 2023 Author #17 Share Posted February 1, 2023 16 hours ago, tfred said: prices are run by revenue management based on bookings placed and time to sail. Why lower prices when you dont have to ? Yes, supply and demand is huge for pricing, but when your initial prices (until less than 90 days before) don't attract customers, a cruise line will loose customers that book other cruise lines. X should have been smarter and offered better prices early. When planning a TA cruise booking early is important, since I have to plan our European trip as well as our one-way flight back to the USA. Booking those flights get very expensive when booked closer to the flight date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted February 1, 2023 #18 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Given the reports from others on price _rises_ there's a reasonable basis to say they would have been crazy to have underpriced earlier, since prices in many cases are still rising. There appear to be fewer reports of last minute price falls, which suggests that prices were not too high to begin with, so their approach is financially sensible and correct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushkin Posted February 1, 2023 #19 Share Posted February 1, 2023 There was a huge price drop on our Oct, 22, 2023 TA - approx $1000! Plus an additional $200 OBC. Orig booking (Silhouette prime veranda - on the hump on deck 7) was approx $3,400 -- revised total price $2450! Did repricing about a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfkcruiser Posted February 1, 2023 #20 Share Posted February 1, 2023 As the cost of Transatlantic's have increased greatly post Covid, I ask why the onboard booking OBC is still only minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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