Booking Question - Help Needed Please

[Tinkerjane]

I was wondering if I book my room now for October and pay for it or most of it and they come up with a special, would I be able to get the better deal if I have already booked and paid at regular rate?
Thanks

 

[maryliz]

Provided that the availability you want with the "deal" is there, there's no problem in transferring over $$$ from one ressie to another. Sometimes you have to ask for someone to do this for you, as I'm not sure all CMs are fluent in this process. And as Cdn's, you don't want them to cancel and credit your CC and then re-charge the new because we lose out a few percentage points on the exchange ... ie. you pay a higher exchange/fee for purchases than you are credited on a refund. And if you're booking a room only, you can cancel up until 5 days prior to your check-in with no penalty.

My DSis has even been able to transfer her deposit from her room ressie over to mine when she had to cancel a trip, so it certainly CAN be done. You just need to make sure you have a competent CM on the line.

HTH

 

[mtmbyck]

Firstly, I would call and ask. October is prime time for deals!! But usually only until 2nd week of October. I know that last year we had booked and I found out that they had upgraded the passed to include hopper and plau options for free and we had only bought basic. They upgraded them no questions asked when I called. Usually Sept/early Oct is dining for free so you might want to ask a CM now what their policy is. Anywasy, for a deal like that, you cancel your exisitng and book another - who cares about the few dollars you lose on exchange!

 

[Tinkerjane]

Thanks so much.
I actually use my Paypal Mastercard/debit card which is in U.S dollars so wouldn't end up losing
I pay for my trip from all the goodies I sell on Ebay and pay it off a little bit at a time.