mrlevin Posted March 27 #1 Share Posted March 27 I haven't made any new bookings in a while so this new option snuck in on me. I checked today and it "seemed" to apply to all bookings and said all other discounts applied; so my questions: Is this in fact on all bookings? Even onboard bookings where the deposit is just $500 per person per segment? Can this be added retroactively to existing bookings? New Grand Voyages and segments of WC should be available soon; has Regent announced an end date for this promotion? thanks, Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GMIAC Posted March 27 #2 Share Posted March 27 There are some sailings that require a truly non-refundable deposit (i.e., the recently published 2027 World Cruise), as opposed to the refund which keeps some money earmarked towards a future cruise. For the World Cruise, that amount is $500 for A-H cabins, 10% of the fare (which is, coincidentally, the initial deposit) for the named suites, and 25% for the Regent Suite. It's my understanding, reading the fine print, that this discount promo only applies to itineraries of 60 days or fewer. Which sucks, because even 5% of a $350,000 cabin is still some serious coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol From California Posted March 28 #3 Share Posted March 28 I had my TA reprice my booked cruises and in every case my price was lower than the price I would have to pay for this promotion. If you are booking something new it may be worth it. If you have travel insurance and you had a non-refundable deposit I suppose you would collect on that, so it may be worth it for some to do this. I always book when the itineraries first come out, and I've found that has usually been the best price. However, when they had the 2-category upgrade on all cruises, I was able to reprice one of my already booked cruises and it turned out to be a little less, so I did do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlevin Posted March 28 Author #4 Share Posted March 28 Carol, thanks. When I learned of the fine print that said applicable to cruises of less than 60 nights I knew this wouldn't help me as I have three GV booked. There is also something in terms and conditions that says this doesn't apply with reduced deposits which I would think refers to the onboard booking reduced deposits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusieQft Posted March 28 #5 Share Posted March 28 10 hours ago, mrlevin said: Carol, thanks. When I learned of the fine print that said applicable to cruises of less than 60 nights I knew this wouldn't help me as I have three GV booked. There is also something in terms and conditions that says this doesn't apply with reduced deposits which I would think refers to the onboard booking reduced deposits. That is pretty sneaky, IMO, since they promote the onboard bookings to have a lowest price guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlevin Posted March 28 Author #6 Share Posted March 28 7 minutes ago, SusieQft said: That is pretty sneaky, IMO, since they promote the onboard bookings to have a lowest price guarantee. Onboard booking lowest price guarantee has never been worth the paper it is printed on given they regularly dump inventory overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD-iva Posted March 31 #7 Share Posted March 31 On 3/28/2024 at 12:47 PM, mrlevin said: Onboard booking lowest price guarantee has never been worth the paper it is printed on given they regularly dump inventory overseas. Interesting! Please explain/describe this in more detail. Thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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