Bogus 30% Off Sale?

I booked a cruise last night using the 30% off sale before it expired only to wake up this morning and realize that the price is now cheaper than during the sale. [emoji19]

I know that most of these sales don't offer substantial savings and are mostly gimmicky, but this is the first that I've actually paid MORE during a sale. Yes, I'm canceling the booking that I made.

Did anybody experience any savings with this sale?

Have a great day everyone! [emoji3]

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Prices can change -- it could have gone higher (would you have then thought of it as bogus). As long as you are not within your final payment you can get the price adjusted -- also I think they have a 48hr guarantee? I did a mock booking for my cruise -- exact same price -- hoping for a "better" sale (I have 11 more months to find out)

I did the same thing and have the same issue. The difference is not significant, it's about $15 a person, but that's not the point. I guess we are going to see how the price guarantee works.

... Did anybody experience any savings with this sale?

 

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Nope.

I I guess we are going to see how the price guarantee works.

The price guarantee is really only needed within the final payment period. Before then you can call for price adjustments at any time.

My price is exactly the same today as it was a few days ago when I booked my Allure cruise. The sale prices aren't really sale prices as far as I am concerned. Last year I booked during the no tax sale and that was the only one that seemed like it was a sale to me.

Yesterday's sale would have saved us maybe $25, this mornings is closer to $75, but with both we would've lost the $100 OBC we got when booking initially so it wasn't worth it. Each sale is a little different so you just have to keep checking. Don't forget to factor in any OBC and/or other promos you may already have or is being offered to tell if it's really a better deal or not.

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I booked a number of Adventure cruises for fall 2018 and winter 2019 when the opened - only my 6 night cruises dropped -nov 18 2018 - saved $89. Feb 24 2019 - saved $84.

The base price of the cabin for the other sailings have gone up.

I checked the price on my Allure cruise, and the difference was $25.00. I'm not calling for that, but I have a while to go, and I'll keep checking.

My Jewel sailing dropped $132 so I called to get the reduction. A very long wait on hold....

It seems they've settled into a constant "sale" that equates to about 30% off list.

30% off every guest or every 3rd night free. Over and over.

About 30% off always. About.

So that is in effect their actual list price.

Only something better than that is likely a real sale (like 60% of additional guests). Assuming you can get that price without them jacking up the base price right before they announce the 60% deal.

Book when you see a price you can deal with, and then hope you catch a real sale prior to final payment to sweeten the deal. But like Billy Bob said in Bad Santa, "Hope in one hand and **** in the other - tell me which one fills up first."

Received a few price drops this morning on Anthem's new sailings for a total savings of $254.

If your price has not gone up and your cruise is 3, 6 9 or 12 days you should be able to save 3% since yesterday's "sale" was 30% and this one is every 3rd day or 33% off

I priced a day MJ sailing yesterday and it is around $75 less today.

I booked my march anthem 2017 cruise over a year ago, and it has dropped almost $600 (family of 4) over that time...you just have to check back....

even with 2 days free and the instant savings we come out on the short end with this sale.

I'm sure there will be some new cruisers who don't know any better and fall for this bogus sale.

Bill

I checked on two different Rhapsody 2018 sailings. Although the promotion is supposedly combinable with CAS discounts, the delta between the cost with and without the discount was less than 100% of the usual $250 balcony discount. So, no savings.

My Jewel sailing dropped $132 so I called to get the reduction. A very long wait on hold....

Hi, Linda! I put that same cruise on hold a few days ago during the 30% off sale, but didn't pay the deposit yet. :cool: Today I saw the "Every Third Night Free" sale (33.33% off), so I emailed my travel agency to see if they could adjust the price without me having to cancel and rebook. They said they would check.

Meanwhile, my husband and I are booked on the Nov. 5 Jewel Transatlantic, with plans to travel around Italy first. However, he wasn't too keen about this cruise itinerary (I love it) - so it might not be a keeper.

Same thing happened to me -- checked the price for an Anthem NE cruise in 2018 last night under the 30% off sale and elected to wait to book. This morning there is another sale, every 3rd nite free or something, that resulted in about $30 per person less. I went ahead and booked but I'm sure there will be another "sale" eventually that might be better.

I booked a cruise last night using the 30% off sale before it expired only to wake up this morning and realize that the price is now cheaper than during the sale. [emoji19]

 

I know that most of these sales don't offer substantial savings and are mostly gimmicky, but this is the first that I've actually paid MORE during a sale. Yes, I'm canceling the booking that I made.

 

Did anybody experience any savings with this sale?

 

Have a great day everyone! [emoji3]

 

 

 

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I've got 4 booked cruises and most of them are much higher. Got an e-mail this AM advising of new promo of 4th night free, but when I did a mock booking on one of my cruises it still shows 30% sale, even though in red letters ad shows the new promo. Love their web site.

If your price has not gone up and your cruise is 3, 6 9 or 12 days you should be able to save 3% since yesterday's "sale" was 30% and this one is every 3rd day or 33% off

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Most of the cruises are 7 days so 2 free days out of 7 is only about 29% savings. I guess that's how RCL makes up for giving the extra 3% on cruises divisible by 3. Hmmm...... For them it's still probably about 30% overall.

Most of the cruises are 7 days so 2 free days out of 7 is only about 29% savings. I guess that's how RCL makes up for giving the extra 3% on cruises divisible by 3. Hmmm...... For them it's still probably about 30% overall.

Interesting news item. The "My Pillow" guy on TV had been advertising Buy One Get One sale since forever. I read an article where supposedly the Better Business Bureau gave him a grade of "F" because the reasoning is if it's always a sale, it isn't a sale. I noticed they changed their ad to say "two pillows for one great low price".

Disappointing with all these different fake sales seems like my C&A balcony discount is either eliminated or highly discounted, for example with one 11 night cruise I have booked my balcony discount comes out to $139 instead of $350. Another downgrade of C&A benefits.

Disappointing with all these different fake sales seems like my C&A balcony discount is either eliminated or highly discounted, for example with one 11 night cruise I have booked my balcony discount comes out to $139 instead of $350. Another downgrade of C&A benefits.

The C&A balcony discount is subtracted from the "original price" (that no one pays) before the percentage discount is applied to the balance.

Thank you for this thread. I booked last week. I just did mock bookings for Oasis for August 2018 and the savings for my four cabins came a little over $100. I emailed my TA and asked them to adjust.

Thank you.

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