I just made $140 in 10 minutes

[kujobie]

Sailing Glory in 10 days. Price dropped $70 per person. I called my online TA, they called carnival, poof! $140 shipboard credit. Easy as that. Carnival doesn't have to do this, but they do. I love Carnival.

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[thebird]

CONGRATULATIONS, Kujobie!!! I hope mine's that easy-if the time comes!

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[almitra]

Kujobie, great news! Even more reasons to enjoy your cruise now!


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[halos]

AWESOME!!!!

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[CCLNCLRCICRUISER]

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[rudreamin84]

Kujobie, you just inspired me to check out my reservation and I made $200 in 20 minutes!! I didn't want a cabin upgrade as I didn't like the choices so we decided to stay put and accept the $200 shipboard credit!

Thanks for the inspiration!

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[teedee]

Congratulations to those of you getting the credits. Unfortunately my July cruise on the Inspiration has gone up in price since we booked. I was happy with the price so it's all ok, but I will keep checking to see if the price drops!

Terri

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[mrsbooger]

Why is it easy for some and a struggle for others? Carnival would only give me half the current savings on shipboard credit. I never had this problem with NCL, Holland America, or RCCL.

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[stlrboo]

'rud': You should have opted for the suite next to ours.
You probably could have had it for $50 AND $150 on your S & S card..!
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[gwells]

it sure does pay to check on prices. I did, and was refunded $854 (not on-board credit) and was upgraded to 8c from 8a !!! There are 4 of us, so the pp savings is $214 !!

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[imatarb]

I'd love for this to happen, but I was told my my TA that once I book at a certain price, I was 'locked in', so I'm not sure if they would credit me in any way.

Lesson learned...

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[rudreamin84]

Dave, you crack me up! They offered us that cabin but we thought we'd give you guys some privacy. Afterall, this IS your Honeymoon isn't it???? Plus, we've got kids. Don't want to expose them to anything they don't need to be exposed to!! http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

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[gwells]

imatarb, it doesn't hurt to ask (it actually might pay). I would tell your TA of what you've seen on this board and ask that they try also. My TA was very persistant, but it definately paid off for me!

Good luck!

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[rudreamin84]

imatarb, The first time I asked someone at my TA, they said I couldn't get anything because we had paid in full. Today, I called my TA location and got the answering machine. It said that we could call the main # at the corp office. I did and said I saw a price reduction. The woman told me it didn't hurt to ask. She put me on hold and called Carnival and came back to me with my $200 shipboard credit. I don't know why the branch office would tell me I couldn't get anything and the corp office of the very same TA offering to try for me. Just plain laziness I guess.....
My advice, call back and try again. All they have to do is call Carnival. Carnival takes care of everything. No work to be done on the TA's side other than a phone call I believe.
Good luck!

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[Stephany]

Ok all, kujobie thanks for the info. However, my TA just told me that Carnival said they couldn't price compare since I have an 8A Guarantee and there are no more of those cabins left.....can someone tell me if they were in a guarantee or assigned cabin? Not sure why this would make a difference but apparently it does. Can I call Carnival directly? I want onboard credit.....more drinks!! Need more input...http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Thanks
Stephany
First Timer Glory 4/17

[Stephany]

Me again....how do you check the price to see if its gone down from what you paid??

Thanks
Stephany
First Timer Glory 4/17

[magmcclure]

What your guarantee means is that you will not get a reduction in price but beacuse there are no more cabins left in your current category, you will be upgraded. If you had a confirmed cabn assignment, you would have received no upgrade but the credit.

Hope that makes sense.

[Stephany]

Thanks - can you or someone tell me before I call my TA back - what is the difference between an 8A and an 8C?? I see someone turned their upgrade down and I'm trying to figure out why?

Thanks
Stephany
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[gwells]

I was in a cat 8a gty. Keep trying..

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[rudreamin84]

I had an assigned cabin.

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[Stephany]

Well, it was worth a try. After pissing off my TA, I found out that I actually got a cheaper rate then what they are offering right now for a 8A balcony....unless she was fibbing! So thanks everyone for the input and congrats on your credits....use them wisely.....drinks, drinks and more drunks! http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Everyone enjoy!

Thanks
Stephany
First Timer Glory 4/17

[dickinson]

Stephany- the diff between 8a and 8c is the deck your on. 8c is 2 decks higher. Many people like being higher up and feel it is worth the money. Others don't. Even though I have never had a balcony I think an 8b is preferable to 8a because you are sandwiched between decks with cabins instead of having some noisy public areas right below you.

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[lephysteria]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by teedee:
Congratulations to those of you getting the credits. Unfortunately my July cruise on the Inspiration has gone up in price since we booked. I was happy with the price so it's all ok, but I will keep checking to see if the price drops! Terri<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm with you, Terri. Our Star Honeymoon has gone up in price for our category by $1000 per person. I'm really glad we booked when we did! Our airfaire also hasn't ever gone down. It's currently at $1400 if anyone wants to join us on the Star Princess! I'm glad we got it for under $1000 a person. But like you, I will be checking. After all, shipboard credit = champagne for the honeymooners!

:-D
Mrs. T

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[lephysteria]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dickinson:
Even though I have never had a balcony I think an 8b is preferable to 8a because you are sandwiched between decks with cabins instead of having some noisy public areas right below you.
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I have to confess that I emphatically agree with Dickinson. I have been on the Empress Deck on the Ecstasy (directly underneath the dining room), and at 6am there was stomping on my head. That got old really fast.

While sailing on the Ecstasy on Feb 6th, some friends of mine were in a Cat 11 on the Verandah deck. That's all the way up front and all the way at the top. It's the second highest expensive cabins available. While napping in her cabin, we had runners jogging on the track above our heads. Every minute or so, our air conditioner vent would shake.

Sigh.

So I like to stay between two decks. Our Star Honeymoon cruise (5/16) is on the Baja deck - between the Aloha and the Caribe decks. Yep, sandwiched. That's where I like to be!

Mrs. T

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[jima53]

Concerning refunds or ship credits, heres my story.....My wife and I booked our first ever cruise last year for this coming fall on another cruise line, in a deluxe verandah suite, through the cruise line, not a travel agent. Well we got listed at the regular price, and put our deposit down. Well I checked our suite price on the Cruise line website this past weekend and saw the suite had dropped over $500 per person, so I called the cruise line, and within about 45 seconds, they told me my new price was almost $1200 less than what we thought, the lady sent me an email showing our account balance etc, and we are ecstatic over this bit of good news. It does pay to contact them, they didn't argue, deny, or beat around the bush....so, keep checking those prices and call. She did ask me where I saw the price reduction and I told her it was on her cruise company website.

Jim

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[kujobie]

Here's the in's and out's as I have experienced it. I have always booked 6-8 months in advance, as I did this time. Paid in full at time of booking. I have always got a good rate booking that early. I originally paid $599 for a 7-day 4A guarantee on the Glory on 4/17. Not a bad deal. I then check prices at least once a day on Travelocity, who I booked with, and on Carnival's site. The prices have been up for a long time, almost from the time I booked, sometimes as much as $150 more per person. Then they went back down to what I paid, then plummetted today. It's a crap shoot, you don't know in advance how well it's gonna sell. On my sailing, balconies and outsides are sold out but there is a ton of insides available. I wasn't gonna score a balcony upgrade anyways so I specifically asked for the credit. 4a to 4E is worthless to me. I still don't have a window to look out of. Best bet is to book well in advance or last minute, if you can be flexible.

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[landshark]

kujobie,

So you can get a ship credit even if you've paid in full?

[kujobie]

I did. Paid in full six months ago and got a credit this morning. Depends on if your TA wants to call Carnival or not. 2 out of 3 times I've done it. The last time, I was offerred, and accepted, an upgrade to an OV from an inside.

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[gwells]

i had paid in full in January and just received an $854 refund last week. So being paid in full shouldn't hinder you if you have a good TA

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[imatarb]

We paid our cruise in full in Feb. for our 5/9 sailing. We just upgraded from gty. inside to gty. balcony.

If I happen to see the price drop in my category on the carnival website, then I can call my TA and ask for credit? Would this credit affect their commission, and how likely are they to do this for me? I don't want to take money from her, but at the same time, I'd like to get the most for my dollar.

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