Midnight 15 Minute Price Drop

[rolaur]

Last night I was following another thread about price drops around MIDNIGHT and decided to check for our New Years cruise (most popular time and never expecting to see a drop). I have been checking daily since we booked 2 months ago and nothing till last night.

 

I saw that our fare had gone down $70 per person on our 8K extended balcony Verandah cabins (there are 6 of us so 3 cabins). I quickly took a screen shot and got on the phone with Carnival knowing full well that my PVP wasn't going to answer and I was just getting whoever got the short straw for night shift. As I was on the phone and having the fare adjusted, the rep said the fare was down $100 pp not the $70 that I had called for and she made the adjustment accordingly. I checked the website while on the phone and she was right, it had dropped another $30 while I was on the phone for a total of $100.

 

That call saved me $600 and took all of 10 minutes but the strange thing is, 15 minutes after this call, I checked the fare again and it was back up.

 

It was a 15 minute sale :eek:! Lesson learned to check at weird hours. This price drop just paid for 2 ports excursions!!!!

[Jeafl]

That's awesome! Congratulations! I am going to check at midnight too and see if I can get some OBC. Can't hurt to try anyway.

[fofita01]

Yes! Most of the price drops I found for my upcoming Breeze cruise were around 10pm - 3am. It became a habit of checking Fare Viewer late night/wee hours of the morning because a lot of times by the time 8-9am came around prices were back up. The same was true for my cruise in May on the Imagination.

[crusinpsychRN]

Wow! You've done really well!

[Lovefuninthesun]

Wow! Good for you!

I guess I am going to start checking before I go to bed

[halos]

Last night I was following another thread about price drops around MIDNIGHT and decided to check for our New Years cruise (most popular time and never expecting to see a drop). I have been checking daily since we booked 2 months ago and nothing till last night.

 

I saw that our fare had gone down $70 per person on our 8K extended balcony Verandah cabins (there are 6 of us so 3 cabins). I quickly took a screen shot and got on the phone with Carnival knowing full well that my PVP wasn't going to answer and I was just getting whoever got the short straw for night shift. As I was on the phone and having the fare adjusted, the rep said the fare was down $100 pp not the $70 that I had called for and she made the adjustment accordingly. I checked the website while on the phone and she was right, it had dropped another $30 while I was on the phone for a total of $100.

 

That call saved me $600 and took all of 10 minutes but the strange thing is, 15 minutes after this call, I checked the fare again and it was back up.

 

It was a 15 minute sale :eek:! Lesson learned to check at weird hours. This price drop just paid for 2 ports excursions!!!!

 

That's flippin' awesome!! Right place @ the right time!!!

[kangaand2roos]

Last night I was following another thread about price drops around MIDNIGHT and decided to check for our New Years cruise (most popular time and never expecting to see a drop). I have been checking daily since we booked 2 months ago and nothing till last night.

 

I saw that our fare had gone down $70 per person on our 8K extended balcony Verandah cabins (there are 6 of us so 3 cabins). I quickly took a screen shot and got on the phone with Carnival knowing full well that my PVP wasn't going to answer and I was just getting whoever got the short straw for night shift. As I was on the phone and having the fare adjusted, the rep said the fare was down $100 pp not the $70 that I had called for and she made the adjustment accordingly. I checked the website while on the phone and she was right, it had dropped another $30 while I was on the phone for a total of $100.

 

That call saved me $600 and took all of 10 minutes but the strange thing is, 15 minutes after this call, I checked the fare again and it was back up.

 

It was a 15 minute sale :eek:! Lesson learned to check at weird hours. This price drop just paid for 2 ports excursions!!!!

 

 

Awesome! Congrats!

[golfadj]

Last night I was following another thread about price drops around MIDNIGHT and decided to check for our New Years cruise (most popular time and never expecting to see a drop). I have been checking daily since we booked 2 months ago and nothing till last night.

 

I saw that our fare had gone down $70 per person on our 8K extended balcony Verandah cabins (there are 6 of us so 3 cabins). I quickly took a screen shot and got on the phone with Carnival knowing full well that my PVP wasn't going to answer and I was just getting whoever got the short straw for night shift. As I was on the phone and having the fare adjusted, the rep said the fare was down $100 pp not the $70 that I had called for and she made the adjustment accordingly. I checked the website while on the phone and she was right, it had dropped another $30 while I was on the phone for a total of $100.

 

That call saved me $600 and took all of 10 minutes but the strange thing is, 15 minutes after this call, I checked the fare again and it was back up.

 

It was a 15 minute sale :eek:! Lesson learned to check at weird hours. This price drop just paid for 2 ports excursions!!!!

 

They have what they consider a very sophisticated computer program to automatically adjust fares to max revenues.

 

Guessing you caught it just right.

[rolaur]

I keep watching this fare for entertainment. 3am the 8K is $789 and by 6am it's $1249. I know they have some system but really crazy swings the last few days. Maybe they are fishing for suckers on a holiday weekend?

 

By the way I do really have a life. :D This has just become interesting to watch.

[golfadj]

I keep watching this fare for entertainment. 3am the 8K is $789 and by 6am it's $1249. I know they have some system but really crazy swings the last few days. Maybe they are fishing for suckers on a holiday weekend?

 

By the way I do really have a life. :D This has just become interesting to watch.

 

Wow that is a huge change

[jbhcw]

Good info:) I have been checking in the early am...but will start checking at night too:):)