El Cheapo Cruises Thread

[NSWP]

Thanks young Sarah....Cheap as chips !!

Edited August 29, 2022 by NSWP

[SinbadThePorter]

13 minutes ago, icat2000 said:

There some real baragins for Carnival if you live out of Brisbane.

 

I think my computer must be broken. 🥴

 

I just noticed it's VIFP Club pricing.

Edited August 29, 2022 by SinbadThePorter

[icat2000]

35 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Thanks young Sarah....Cheap as chips !!

There a few other sailings too that as cheap as chips.

[icat2000]

31 minutes ago, SinbadThePorter said:

 

I think my computer must be broken. 🥴

 

I just noticed it's VIFP Club pricing.

 

Try plugging that code in to see if you get any baragins.

 

 

[Tripmode33]

Just put my VIFP number in and came up with VIFP Club symbol but can't see cheap pricing. Still $1242 interior on that NZ sailing. Can I ask where you'd be able to enter the (ELO) code suggested? Thanks for any advice. Been a long time since cruised Carnival.

[Cruisers47]

Can I suggest something.

 

I took my family on a carnival cruise and used my email address to book them in.

 

I kept getting these terrific offers and when I click in they didn’t come up with my number!

 

somebody on CC gave me the phone number of a person to ring from Carnival.  I rang him and he said that the offer was for my daughter!   And the reason she got the offers was because she had used the casino!   When I asked her how much she had used the casino she said they used to buy their drinks there but never bet anything.

 

she is not interested in a cruise at this point and I can’t use the offers as they are in her name 😩.

 

a bit silly as I have used Carnival more than she has and am more likely to take up the offers!!

 

eileen

 

[Tripmode33]

Thanks for to that. I suspected not all VIFP may be eligible. We're probably neither 'important' nor 'fun' enough!

[icat2000]

Yeah we use the casino quite a bit. So maybe that why. I got so many codes in my profile at the moment. Not really sure what they all mean. 

 

My partner gets tons more offers (sometimes better than me) but he doesn't have a online profile with them. I think he must have spent more in the Casino than me.

 

If Carnival cruised out of Melbourne I would be booking them. But cause its Brisbane you have to factor in flights then hotel so not really cheap cheap.

[arxcards]

Making mental note - cycle a few dollars through the pokies and buy some drinks at the casino bar. Looks to be a winner.

 

I thought a lot of those deals used to come through Southern Cross players club, and were also linked to casino activity at Crown or Star.

[icat2000]

2 minutes ago, arxcards said:

Making mental note - cycle a few dollars through the pokies and buy some drinks at the casino bar. Looks to be a winner.

 

I thought a lot of those deals used to come through Southern Cross players club, and were also linked to casino activity at Crown or Star.

We only do casino on the ships. Not on land 🙂  Sometimes quicker to get your drink from Casino bar too than other bars.

Edited August 29, 2022 by icat2000

[Tripmode33]

2 hours ago, arxcards said:

Making mental note - cycle a few dollars through the pokies and buy some drinks at the casino bar. Looks to be a winner.

 

I thought a lot of those deals used to come through Southern Cross players club, and were also linked to casino activity at Crown or Star.

Good point. Before my next cruise, I may have to ask how to use casinos, pokies etc. Can't be that hard for first timer. If it can score offers like that, I'd better learn fast...,

[MMDown Under]

11 hours ago, Tripmode33 said:

Good point. Before my next cruise, I may have to ask how to use casinos, pokies etc. Can't be that hard for first timer. If it can score offers like that, I'd better learn fast...,

Just remember the aim is for you to loose at the Casino.  

[NSWP]

6 hours ago, MMDown Under said:

Just remember the aim is for you to loose at the Casino.  

I call it a 'Donation.' lol.

[GUT2407]

Some great drop and go on Coral Princess for this month, as little as just over $100 pppd for balcony

 

[NSWP]

47 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

Some great drop and go on Coral Princess for this month, as little as just over $100 pppd for balcony

 

Certainly are mate. I got a reasonable deal on Coral, albeit still paying solo prices. I think the ships are still not sailing full and they want them FULL !!! $$$$$$$

[MMDown Under]

2 hours ago, NSWP said:

Certainly are mate. I got a reasonable deal on Coral, albeit still paying solo prices. I think the ships are still not sailing full and they want them FULL !!! $$$$$$$

What is extra % for solo?  Maybe cruise lines will realise they will get more money from a solo passenger than an empty cabin.  Small ships offer no single supplement on remaining cabins.  

[NSWP]

1 hour ago, MMDown Under said:

What is extra % for solo?  Maybe cruise lines will realise they will get more money from a solo passenger than an empty cabin.  Small ships offer no single supplement on remaining cabins.  

On the Coral one it was about 70% loading for solo. But more often it is double the twin share price.  The one I cancelled on Westerdam in Nov was double bubble, $4800 for solo 13 days domestic. The one I just booked on Coral - Balcony - was half that, albeit only 9 days. Shortest cruise I have ever done, it was always 2 weeks to 7 weeks. But such is life on the ocean waves.

[By The Bay]

They don't get any cheaper than this.

[By The Bay]

With these fares, it's cheaper than staying at home.🤩

[jspqld]

Interesting, I'm not seeing these cheap prices when I jump onto carnival's page. If I log in with my vifp, the whole booking page seems to freeze, and I cannot see any sailings at all or click on anything.

[Aus Traveller]

On the Carnival page I get quite good prices, but nowhere near as good as those shown above. Anyway, the dates conflict with their a cruise we have booked or with our beach holiday. (I would put a 'sad face' emoji if I could find one!)

[By The Bay]

[icat2000]

Yeah I got that too. Problem is I have to add in airfares to Brisbane then probably overnight accommodation and who knows if my luggage would arrive.  But if I lived in Brisbane I would never get off the ship at those prices 🙂

 

I'm just concentrating finding baragins out Melbourne at the moment.

[arxcards]

There isn't much point sharing targeted "Exclusive Offer" bargains, as they aren't transferable.

 

I have been contacted with a different offer - a very sweet suite deal for Luminosa, but I can't even pass it onto our daughter who has cruised Carnival more than we have.

[MMDown Under]

55 minutes ago, arxcards said:

There isn't much point sharing targeted "Exclusive Offer" bargains, as they aren't transferable.

 

I have been contacted with a different offer - a very sweet suite deal for Luminosa, but I can't even pass it onto our daughter who has cruised Carnival more than we have.

I understand but it is interesting seeing what offers are available locally, even if they are not available to everyone.  I regularly receive good deals from a US TA and wonder what is available locally to special clients.  Maybe Covid has tipped the balance for more equity between countries.