bigpete47uk Posted August 8, 2008 #1 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Hi all, Just had an offer from P and O to downgrade from Balcony Stateroom on 'C' Deck to outside stateroom with obstructed view on 'E' Deck. Very good offer has it happens - 75% refund on original cost. They must be desperate. Trouble is we are on back-to-back and cabin change was only for first cruise so I turned it down. What would you have done? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supered Posted August 8, 2008 #2 Share Posted August 8, 2008 P&O seem to have been doing that a lot lately! As to what I would do. It all depends where you are cruising to and for how long. In the Baltics, Norway or in cooler climes I'd be more likely to accept than if it was the Caribbean. Not a bad offer though. Enjoy your back to back! Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrym Posted August 8, 2008 #3 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Wow, 75%, I'd have bitten there arms, legs, neck, etc. off and accepted! I guess that would have been worth a few grand which would have nearly paid my bar bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpete47uk Posted August 8, 2008 Author #4 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Yeah Gerry I know what you mean but have been looking forward to it for so long now it wouldn't feel the same. Mind you the wife will probably kill me when I tell her. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_uk Posted August 8, 2008 #5 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Hmm... that would be a hard one for me to take. Especially giving up a C-deck balcony - possibly the best balconies on the ship; double-depth & partly-shaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janem2 Posted August 8, 2008 #6 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Thats what I booked..did I make a boo boo? TIA J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrym Posted August 8, 2008 #7 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Yeah Gerry I know what you mean but have been looking forward to it for so long now it wouldn't feel the same. Mind you the wife will probably kill me when I tell her.Pete LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyW Posted August 8, 2008 #8 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Funnily enough, while we were shopping at Tesco's at 5.30 p.m. today my daughter took a call from P&O and said that they would ring back. How interesting!! KathyW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itbestuk Posted August 8, 2008 #9 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Wow 75% off that is amazing. I am booked on this cruise and that would be a very tempting offer, but would I regret it when sitting on the balcony in the shade and looking at a funnel or whatever is blocking the view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpete47uk Posted August 9, 2008 Author #10 Share Posted August 9, 2008 The downgrade was to a stateroom with no balcony and probably a lifeboat in front of the window. Not that tempting when you have been looking forward to a 'c' deck balcony for approx 13 months. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_uk Posted August 9, 2008 #11 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Very good offer has it happens - 75% refund on original cost. Pete: just as a matter of interest, what were the terms of the refund? Was it actual cash (or credit card refund), or a 'credit against a future cruise'? Or didn't you give them the chance to explain that much? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ5 Posted August 9, 2008 #12 Share Posted August 9, 2008 This all seems to be getting a little worrying. We are booked on 17/8 also. Normally I do lots of research before booking but for a variety of reasons I just booked this quickly only a few weeks ago. My ' research' since then has , even ignoring the normal moaners, been around Ventura problems - Freedom dining, inability to get seats in bars, sunlounger problems etc. Now seems to be potential overbooking issues. Me thinks this lesurely, relaxing 2 weeks from Southampton may not be as should be....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorvik Posted August 9, 2008 #13 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Funnily enough, while we were shopping at Tesco's at 5.30 p.m. today my daughter took a call from P&O and said that they would ring back. How interesting!! KathyW Hi Kathy we were contacted too,but they are ringing back,its for a customer survey though,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CASPALL Posted August 9, 2008 #14 Share Posted August 9, 2008 The lovely big balcony on C deck has spoilt me for other cruises. I loved it! Just couldnt understand why the deck below had a big square table when we only had a little square coffee table - their balconies were so much smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEESRE Posted August 9, 2008 #15 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Please remember that D deck cabins have smaller balconies because the cabin is that much bigger than other decks. These are classed as mini suites I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpete47uk Posted August 10, 2008 Author #16 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Hi Tom, Didn't ask for specifics as offer came via my TA Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrym Posted August 10, 2008 #17 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I would suggest that unless you really need the larger sapce of a mini suite on D deck, thendo not pay the extra over and above a C deck balcony. The C deck balconies are fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob linda Posted August 12, 2008 #18 Share Posted August 12, 2008 75% What a fantastic offer. I think thatI would have accepted and then booked another cruise. We have booked a C deck balcony at the stern. Does anyone have any knowledge of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce62 Posted August 12, 2008 #19 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Going off on a slight tangent here - How do they manage to overbook? Every cruise I have been on, especially in the last 10 years or so, when you book you are given/choose a cabin, end of story. I know how and why airlines overbook, but I can't get my head aound this one:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmaduke Posted August 13, 2008 #20 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Going off on a slight tangent here - How do they manage to overbook? Every cruise I have been on, especially in the last 10 years or so, when you book you are given/choose a cabin, end of story. I know how and why airlines overbook, but I can't get my head aound this one:confused: I wondered about this also. Like you, when I book, I usually ask for a specific cabin number, but judging by the posts on the Princess forum a lot of Americans just book a grade (and probably hope for an upgrade). So maybe this is the way thing are going at P & O, particularly with newcomers to cruising who probably haven't the faintest idea which cabin to choose. I maybe wrong, but if they overbook in a grade then they can always upgrade (or downgrade as some of our members have recently been given the opiton) to the grades that haven't sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinvegas Posted August 13, 2008 #21 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I have just booked on a guarenteed grade. we have never been on Ventura before so don't have a clue which will be good and bad cabins, it saved us a lot of money not being assigned an actual cabin. The 2 cruises we have previously been on were booked last minute and we only had the choice between 2 cabins then anyway. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ5 Posted August 13, 2008 #22 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Chris We booked about a month ago and was assigned a 'guarnteed cabin'. Today got through cabin no. details which didn't match up with deck ie cabin no. started with a D, yet was on C deck. Phoned P&O who confirmed that we were on D Deck and are sending us new luggage labels. So guess you will get your cabin no before we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontius Navigator Posted August 15, 2008 #23 Share Posted August 15, 2008 My TA said that if you book a grade you are more likely to get an upgrade was people who book a specific cabin may well have a purpose in mind - noise, sea motion, location etc. Why offer a change? Well my SinLaw was offered an 'upgrade' probably because a back-to-back passenger was booked but would have had to move half-way through. In Pete's case the same may have applied with the other b2b asking for the same cabin. Maybe the other b2ber was paying full wack? Maybe a simple charlie uniform? May be simple greed? The other person flatly refusing the E-deck cabin but offering full wack for a C-deck? That way they get 8 quarters from the new passenger and one quarter from Pete whereas not selling the E deck means they would lose 5 quarters of the fares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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