What am I missing?

[vandalayceo]

Looking at South American cruises.

Prices for the following- (Cnd$ Pricing)

Ruby Feb. 18 Rio to LA,31 days, $4317 (taxes etc. inc.)

Ruby Feb. 21 Buenos Aires to LA, 28 days (obviously same cruise as above, first port after Rio.)-$4949.

So if I board in Rio, get 3 extra days, I save $632?

Damn, might even pay for my bar bill!!

[ar1950]

Looking at South American cruises.

Prices for the following- (Cnd$ Pricing)

Ruby Feb. 18 Rio to LA,31 days, $4317 (taxes etc. inc.)

Ruby Feb. 21 Buenos Aires to LA, 28 days (obviously same cruise as above, first port after Rio.)-$4949.

So if I board in Rio, get 3 extra days, I save $632?

Damn, might even pay for my bar bill!!

 

Inconsistencies seem the norm for the Princess pricing these days......:cool:

We have seen things like this a lot lately (like in the last few months) as we keep checking what will work for our next cruise.

[SoCal Cruiser78]

What is the difference in airfares between LA to Rio vs. LA to Buenos Aires, assuming you are flying one-way to the ship? That might be the "gotcha".

Edited December 29, 2014 by Ryndam2002

[shredie]

What is the difference in airfares between LA to Rio vs. LA to Buenos Aires, assuming you are flying one-way to the ship? That might be the "gotcha".

 

Brazil requires a visa for US citizens. I'm not sure about Canadians. Argentina also requires a fee to enter. The total is $320.00. Not going to Brazil would save $160. The pricing on the two cruises makes no sense to me, but Princess stumps me rather often.

[Disconnections]

Fewer staterooms may be available for the shorter segment.

[RickEk]

Cabins are allocated for each voyage. Apparently the 31-day voyage isn't selling as well as the 28-day (folks are probably taking into account the visa situation, etc.) so it is cheaper... at the moment.

[Cuizer2]

Looking at South American cruises.

Prices for the following- (Cnd$ Pricing)

Ruby Feb. 18 Rio to LA,31 days, $4317 (taxes etc. inc.)

Ruby Feb. 21 Buenos Aires to LA, 28 days (obviously same cruise as above, first port after Rio.)-$4949.

So if I board in Rio, get 3 extra days, I save $632?

Damn, might even pay for my bar bill!!

 

See if you can start in Florida. Perhaps you will be able to get the price down to $3,500.

[SoCal Cruiser78]

Brazil requires a visa for US citizens...

 

Ah, I'd forgotten about that!

[Love.II.Cruise]

see if you can start in florida. Perhaps you will be able to get the price down to $3,500.

 

lol!

[CruisingJs]

We took a cruise that could either be booked as 14 or 17 days. They offered better prices and more cabins on the longer cruise to encourage people to book the longer itinerary.

[Hawaiidan]

The hidden city fare is well known to many travelers. As an example if you fly SFO to Tokyo is would be $850 pp However flying to INC korea is only $595.... you have a free stop over in on direction... so fly to Korea spend the night and hop to Tokyo for $250 cheaper

Then there are the route sales....United was offering rt Business/first tickets to Buenos aires for $1850rt... and Coach was selling for $2350rt

 

Pays to ro research on see where the sales/deals are