Worth it to rebook for a $20 difference?

[tofubeast]

Just curious if you guys bother rebooking when there's a XXXXX amount of $ drop difference. My cruise isn't until February, and we've already rebooked once. At what point do I start annoying the TA? haha

 

What's your price point that you don't bother or would you rebook for a small price drop? (And yes, I know this is subjective). *and this is for those before final payment*

[alfaeric]

That's up to you and your relationship with the TA.

 

Not sure if I would call for $20, but we have called more than once in a day for the same cruise to get two different price drops in a day.

 

Which may have changed our cruise choices a lot.

[Paul65]

It should not require "rebooking." It's only requesting the price drop, if you're outside the final payment window.

[Clarea]

I'd for sure call if the drop was $50 or more. Less than that, it depends how much I've bothered the TA lately. However, if I was calling Royal direct, I'd call if the drop was $1.

[bouhunter]

It should not require "rebooking." It's only requesting the price drop, if you're outside the final payment window.

 

Correct. I called this morning and got a 35.00 price drop. But it was booked thru RCCL so I could just call them direct. They immediately emailed me an updated invoice with the new amount due. :)

Edited May 5, 2016 by bouhunter

[marci22]

I'd for sure call if the drop was $50 or more. Less than that, it depends how much I've bothered the TA lately. However, if I was calling Royal direct, I'd call if the drop was $1.

 

Same here.

[molly361]

I'd for sure call if the drop was $50 or more. Less than that, it depends how much I've bothered the TA lately. However, if I was calling Royal direct, I'd call if the drop was $1.

 

Same here.

 

Count me in as well. And I DO book direct- some of the agents and I are on a first name basis:D:p

 

Waiting for your reply Bob :)

Edited May 5, 2016 by molly361

[Clarea]

Count me in as well. And I DO book direct- some of the agents and I are on a first name basis:D:p

 

Waiting for your reply Bob :)

What could I possibly have to say???:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Edited May 5, 2016 by clarea
Added more rolling eyes

[dbcrac]

Yes if you don't lose other benifits

[MommaBear55]

Yes if you don't lose other benifits

 

Often you lose OBC, so it may not be worth your while. If it is an easy change, I agree that $50 would be my lowest price. I gauge savings by the amount of time and effort it takes.

[John&LaLa]

I'd for sure call if the drop was $50 or more. Less than that, it depends how much I've bothered the TA lately. However, if I was calling Royal direct, I'd call if the drop was $1.

 

Lowest I've done is $78. I guess it also depends how far away they are.

[cruisnpat]

I would call for the $20.00 I think that money is better in my pocket than theirs.

[John&LaLa]

I would call for the $20.00 I think that money is better in my pocket than theirs.

 

Two hands of Blackjack. It will be back in their pocket soon enough. :eek:

[ColoradoGurl]

I think it depends how much time it takes out of your day. If it's a quick call and you get right through, you may as well do it. But if you have to sit on hold and go through a whole process to rebook, $20 wouldn't be worth my time for that. Id wait for a bigger price drop, $100 at least.

 

My cruise right now is $2 cheaper and there's no way I'd waste time for even 5 minutes to make a fuss over $2. I make too much money per hour and I work for myself, so I look at my time in terms of how much I could be making if I were working on a project vs how much im saving by rebooking a cruise. So, my advice is to look at it that way. How much is your time worth, and how long does it take to call and rebook?

[ladysummermoon]

I say go for it...im new to this game, but yesterday i had it adjusted 52 bucks and today had it adjusted another 70. money is money even if its just 20$....i did book straight through the website and luckily havent had to spend much time at all on hold this far. My cruise isnt until Sept of 2017, so i guess i know what my new part time job will be for the next year and a half...price watching!

[John&LaLa]

I say go for it...im new to this game, but yesterday i had it adjusted 52 bucks and today had it adjusted another 70. money is money even if its just 20$....i did book straight through the website and luckily havent had to spend much time at all on hold this far. My cruise isnt until Sept of 2017, so i guess i know what my new part time job will be for the next year and a half...price watching!

 

But if you waited until today you would have a $122 reduction. ;)

[awestover89]

I personally reprice for any savings, but I also tend to book direct with Royal. Personally I doubt if my opinion would change if I used a TA. From my POV it's their job to be bothered by me when it comes to a vacation ;)

[ladysummermoon]

But if you waited until today you would have a $122 reduction. ;)

 

lol 122$ split into two payments is just as exciting as one big one. I got to do the happy dance two days in a row :D

[shukapaw]

But if you waited until today you would have a $122 reduction. ;)

Not necessarily true. I saw a decent price drop on my upcoming Allure sailing combined with 2-step cabin category upgrade and called my TA right away. He made the change pronto. That deal vanished almost as fast as it appeared. It was available for such a short window that it never even registered on that site which tracks cruise prices. I don't know if this was a glitch, an error or whatever but if I'd have waited I'd have missed out.

 

So, if any price drop you see is worth your time requesting it, I'd say "go for it"

 

~Brian

[FloatMe]

I'd for sure call if the drop was $50 or more. Less than that, it depends how much I've bothered the TA lately. However, if I was calling Royal direct, I'd call if the drop was $1.

 

Agreed. Our TA usually gives us a substantial OBC when we do initial booking, however he sometimes knocks $25 off of his offer when we get a price drop. So I weigh his effort in my decision.

[marci22]

Agreed. Our TA usually gives us a substantial OBC when we do initial booking, however he sometimes knocks $25 off of his offer when we get a price drop. So I weigh his effort in my decision.

 

In my experience, they tend to knock off $25 for every $200 or so of price reduction, which is fine by me.

[FloatMe]

In my experience, they tend to knock off $25 for every $200 or so of price reduction, which is fine by me.

Exactly my experience. We generally book a JS and I don't see a price drops very often.

[Ourusualbeach]

Count me in as well. And I DO book direct- some of the agents and I are on a first name basis:D:p

 

Waiting for your reply Bob :)

 

Just some of them.:D

[Clarea]

Just some of them.:D

Killing me.:D

[Bound4Bermuda]

The last price adjustment that I COULD have gotten was $12.58. And so I had the same thoughts as you that it was too measly to call in, but if it was double--a whopping $25--I would. So you're right there on my baseless adjustment threshold.

 

 

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