Do away with honoring different fare schedules?

When I book airfare, the price I pay at the time of booking remains the price I have paid by the time I fly. If there is a fare drop, I can't call my airline and ask for credit.

With Carnival, I spend a lot of time researching fares, watching for price drops, filling out forms and phoning for credit. As I usually book cruises 9 months to a year out, and have 3 or 4 booked at a time, this means I spend quite a lot of time checking prices.

My question is would you be happier if Carnival adopted the airlines' policy of the price you book is the price you pay?

I certainly enjoy getting credit for fare drops, but I might also gain several weeks of my life back a year if I didn't have to check fares so often.

Yea or Nay?

Hi,

No one is forcing you to check fares all the time.

I much prefer being able to change to a lower fare or get OBC than having the price remain the same!

I wish that other airlines would adopt the policy that Southwest has which allows you to rebook at lower fares and use any left over credit to book another flight within a year!

If there is a fare drop, I can't call my airline and ask for credit.

 

Actually, with some airlines you can.

All airlines I deal with honor price drops. Either credit your account with miles or give you voucher. I want all price drops I can get.

I want the price drops.

No. Leave it the way it is. Those of us that know what we're doing don't complain about rates and restrictions. It's the people that jump into bookings without reading the fine print or don't ask questions of their TA or person with whom they book the cruise that feel the need to whine and complain about how Carnival is unfair, yadda, yadda, yadda when they have to change or cancel. I love Early Saver and book it every chance I get if the conditions are right.

If you don't want price drops, then book it and forget it.

when i book airfare, the price i pay at the time of booking remains the price i have paid by the time i fly. If there is a fare drop, i can't call my airline and ask for credit.

 

With carnival, i spend a lot of time researching fares, watching for price drops, filling out forms and phoning for credit. As i usually book cruises 9 months to a year out, and have 3 or 4 booked at a time, this means i spend quite a lot of time checking prices.

 

My question is would you be happier if carnival adopted the airlines' policy of the price you book is the price you pay?

 

I certainly enjoy getting credit for fare drops, but i might also gain several weeks of my life back a year if i didn't have to check fares so often.

 

Yea or nay?

All airlines I deal with honor price drops. Either credit your account with miles or give you voucher. I want all price drops I can get.

What airlines do you deal with? I was not aware that some still did this(other than Southwest).

I like the price drops, nothing worse than thinking you got a good deal on flights then to have the price drop a considerable ammount a cpl days later.

American and Delta do for sure

I certainly enjoy getting credit for fare drops, but I might also gain several weeks of my life back a year if I didn't have to check fares so often.

 

Yea or Nay?

Basic supply and demand make your premise quite unworkable.

If you book a Carnival cruise for $500. and say the ship is 1/2 full at that price....then Royal Caribbean or NCL prices a similar cruise at $400. and then sequentially lowering the price until their ship is full, who is losing money? After all, that's what it is all about. Money.

Full ships make money. Empty cabins generate no revenue.

Any cruise line is more than happy to take you on a cruise for the fare that you originally booked, thus freeing up your time to use in other pursuits.

Actually, not everybody knows about price drop policy of cruise ships. I never knew until I found cruise critics.

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as somebody else wrote , nobody is forcing you to check prices.

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also, I use a TA, She does not check prices for me, but when I think there is a price drop, I just send 1 mail and she takes care of the rest.

Southwest does as well. You receive a credit.

American and Delta do for sure

Never have gotten a price drop from either one of those airlines unless it's been within the 24 hour cancellation period.

Drops from the airlines are like cruise drops. It depends on the fare you book. Not all are eligible.

No one is forcing you to check for price drops. If it's a burden, takes up so much of your time just don't do it. Leave it at the rate your booked.

I usually book past guest rate in the past, but last cruise my pvp talked me into early saver. It did actually work out for me just a bit. I got about a 60.00 price drop on a 5 day cruise. I must admit though, I did not enjoy the constant, almost daily checking for price drops. I really do just prefer to book a cruise at an acceptable rate, and then just wait till cruise day. For me, the work involved for a saving of 60.00 was not really worth it.

However I think it is great for those who like it, and really, it is just an option. There are other price types, some are past guest rate, some casino rate, and resident rates...and so on. No one is forced to book early saver. If you do, go into it knowing that you will have to your homework. good for some and not so for others.

When I book airfare, the price I pay at the time of booking remains the price I have paid by the time I fly. If there is a fare drop, I can't call my airline and ask for credit.

 

With Carnival, I spend a lot of time researching fares, watching for price drops, filling out forms and phoning for credit. As I usually book cruises 9 months to a year out, and have 3 or 4 booked at a time, this means I spend quite a lot of time checking prices.

 

My question is would you be happier if Carnival adopted the airlines' policy of the price you book is the price you pay?

 

I certainly enjoy getting credit for fare drops, but I might also gain several weeks of my life back a year if I didn't have to check fares so often.

 

Yea or Nay?

Big time "NAY!"

You'd rather pay more and be stuck with it vs. being able to do some legwork to get a credit?

When I book airfare, the price I pay at the time of booking remains the price I have paid by the time I fly. If there is a fare drop, I can't call my airline and ask for credit.

 

With Carnival, I spend a lot of time researching fares, watching for price drops, filling out forms and phoning for credit. As I usually book cruises 9 months to a year out, and have 3 or 4 booked at a time, this means I spend quite a lot of time checking prices.

 

My question is would you be happier if Carnival adopted the airlines' policy of the price you book is the price you pay?

 

I certainly enjoy getting credit for fare drops, but I might also gain several weeks of my life back a year if I didn't have to check fares so often.

 

Yea or Nay?

not sure I understand your dillemna

if you want, when you book it, treat it like the final cost and never look at any drops. then you get the policy of no price drops

if you want, look for price drops and that means spending time and effort to get a discount

you can have the best of both worlds right now. no need to change. stop looking and get your life back now if you want

To the OP; if you want your life back buy some credits at cruise fish; for $1 per sail date their computers do the work of checking prices in your category - set it and forget it! Until the drop comes, then request the price drop.

Done.

 

My question is would you be happier if Carnival adopted the airlines' policy of the price you book is the price you pay?

 

If I book a cruise, I am happy with the fare. Simple enough.

When I book airfare, the price I pay at the time of booking remains the price I have paid by the time I fly. If there is a fare drop, I can't call my airline and ask for credit.

 

With Carnival, I spend a lot of time researching fares, watching for price drops, filling out forms and phoning for credit. As I usually book cruises 9 months to a year out, and have 3 or 4 booked at a time, this means I spend quite a lot of time checking prices.

 

My question is would you be happier if Carnival adopted the airlines' policy of the price you book is the price you pay?

 

I certainly enjoy getting credit for fare drops, but I might also gain several weeks of my life back a year if I didn't have to check fares so often.

 

Yea or Nay?

Couldn't you also get several weeks of your live back a year by just not checking and still let everyone else save money?

My question is would you be happier if Carnival adopted the airlines' policy of the price you book is the price you pay?

 

I certainly enjoy getting credit for fare drops, but I might also gain several weeks of my life back a year if I didn't have to check fares so often.

 

Yea or Nay?

I really wasn't into checking prices until about 6 cruises back. Every time I checked the price went up. However, on our next Princess cruise (I know you're talking about Carnival which owns Princess), I started looking really close at the price changes. They were in my favor but I had to give up $900 OBC. Not worth it. So I waited. My TA got in touch with me and gave me the best offer ever. $1,000 price reduction plus free gratuities. I jumped on that and got a nice refund on my CC. Checking fares is now a game with me. If I gain more than I lose, I'll fight for the price drop and win. Also, I'm getting 10% cash back on my Discover card. Best deal I've ever received in all the cruises we've taken. So, Nay.

BTW, an airline ticket isn't any where near what a cruise costs us.

When I book airfare, the price I pay at the time of booking remains the price I have paid by the time I fly. If there is a fare drop, I can't call my airline and ask for credit.

 

 

Mine doesn't. I can. So thanks, I will keep checking both airfare and cruisefare daily and get reductions. If you don't want to, don't.

American and Delta do for sure

I was not aware that Delta did that. How do I get credits back from them?

Stop checking fares , i book about a year in advance knowing if a better price comes up I will get the savings, it's better then waiting to book till a sale pops up like I do with air . I would hate to book a year out and the 6 months down the way find out I could have saved $200 if I just waited .