Rare steve4031 Posted January 7, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) I called to find out the cost of upgrading to a balcony on my 8/1/2020 cruise on the Konigsdam. I paid additional 500 to upgrade from OO to a balcony, 6171, on the Mozart deck. I get 200 shipboard credit too. So I’m pretty happy. Edited January 7, 2020 by steve4031 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted January 7, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Glad you're happy. Hope you have a wonderful cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeniEncinitas Posted January 7, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 7, 2020 That is great👍👍 Was it through your TA or with HAL’s PCC? Denise😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted January 7, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Sounds wonderful!! Glad you decided to call and see if there were any deals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steve4031 Posted January 7, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted January 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, DeeniEncinitas said: That is great👍👍 Was it through your TA or with HAL’s PCC? Denise😊 It was through my travel agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeniEncinitas Posted January 7, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, steve4031 said: It was through my travel agent. Your lucky! We have a wonderful PCC we have had for years but she could never do what your TA did for you! Good job! Denise😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted January 7, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 7, 2020 ⛴️ vs. 🧚♀️ 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steve4031 Posted January 7, 2020 Author #8 Share Posted January 7, 2020 This particular travel agent has been consistently good. This is the best I’ve gotten. Usually they get a competitive rate and select a good cabin for me which is great imho. They excelled with my cruise on the NCL sun. Great inside cabin I. That small hallway where we were located was quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted January 7, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Enjoy your balcony & the OBC should help off set the cost a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steve4031 Posted January 7, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I’m excited. A balcony on an Alaska cruise will be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loreto Posted January 7, 2020 #11 Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 hours ago, steve4031 said: I called to find out the cost of upgrading to a balcony on my 8/1/2020 cruise on the Konigsdam. I paid additional 500 to upgrade from OO to a balcony, 6171, on the Mozart deck. I get 200 shipboard credit too. So I’m pretty happy. Congratulations! It doesn't hurt to ask about an upsell, all they can do is say no. Ship board credit is a big plus in Alaska. I have found you can negotiate. There were many unsold Neptune Suites on our last cruise, the 30 day Amazon Explorer. As 5* in a cat A verandah suite I felt we would get an upgrade, but there was a suite I wanted, I didn't want to leave it to chance, so I called the TA and made an offer well below the published price. HAL's pricing department accepted and refunded what I paid to upgrade in the form of a future cruise credit. I was pleasantly surprised. We loved the very quiet suite I chose! Have a wonderful Alaska cruise! Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steve4031 Posted January 8, 2020 Author #12 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Update: I forgot that I booked my cruise with a non-refundable deposit. The TA would have to cancel original booking and rebook this. I started out with an OO guarantee because I was originally traveling by myself. At the time the balcony rate was higher than I wanted to pay. Recently I decided to bring someone and the more I thought about it the more I wanted a balcony. So I called in asked. My thinking now is that the 200 obc cancels out the list 175 lost deposit. I might still go ahead and switch. I would be paying approximately 3500 for a category VC on the Mozart deck. Im absolutely NOT upset with the travel agent or Holland America. Both did what I asked them to do at the booking. And the non-refundable deposit was clearly explained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted January 8, 2020 #13 Share Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 10:36 AM, steve4031 said: I called to find out the cost of upgrading to a balcony on my 8/1/2020 cruise on the Konigsdam. I paid additional 500 to upgrade from OO to a balcony, 6171, on the Mozart deck. I get 200 shipboard credit too. So I’m pretty happy. I will be on the same cruise as you and then the next one down to San Diego. Doing B2B and got same room for both. I usually don't do balconies so I have more money for other stuff. But congrats to you on your upgrade I have gotten a cruise reduction for N Statendam from Amsterdam recently. I mainly concentrate on price reductions than the up grade fairy. Next I will look to see if this cruise has Roll call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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