On Board Booking

[mike0035]

Does anyone know what the current on board booking offer is??

 

[Calantha]

Does anyone know what the current on board booking offer is??

No recent changes, just:

• 10% off of the fare.
• 10% deposit, instead of the normal 20%, on cruises of 7 nights or longer

 

[Cheburashka]

Same as always, as the prior poster said.

 

[JWG]

Not good on concierge.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

No recent changes, just:

• 10% off of the fare.
• 10% deposit, instead of the normal 20%, on cruises of 7 nights or longer

I recently put a hold for a future booking and got a confirmation email, but I don't see any mention of it in my DCL account. Can I use that future 10% discount online or do I need to call to do it?

 

[Calantha]

do I need to call to do it?

Pretty sure you need to call. I always use a TA so not 100% sure.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I recently put a hold for a future booking and got a confirmation email, but I don't see any mention of it in my DCL account. Can I use that future 10% discount online or do I need to call to do it?

You need to call to assign the placeholder to an actual cruise.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

You need to call to assign the placeholder to an actual cruise.

Thank you—one of my least favorite things about DCL is how many things require calling. Might be time to start using a TA.

 

[RedHead0186]

Thank you—one of my least favorite things about DCL is how many things require calling. Might be time to start using a TA.

I've used a TA for three DCL cruises now (one previous and two upcoming) and I love her! I was a little skeptical of using a TA because I usually like to just do things myself, but she's been super helpful/knowledgeable. She was great sorting out things with DCL when there were minor issues (and I liked not having to sit on hold with DCL!).

 

[beldred]

Thank you—one of my least favorite things about DCL is how many things require calling. Might be time to start using a TA.

I've used a TA for three DCL cruises now (one previous and two upcoming) and I love her! I was a little skeptical of using a TA because I usually like to just do things myself, but she's been super helpful/knowledgeable. She was great sorting out things with DCL when there were minor issues (and I liked not having to sit on hold with DCL!).

I just wanted to comment and say you both gave me a giggle because of this idea... I should change my business motto to be: "I spend all day on hold so you don't have to!"

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Same as always, as the prior poster said.

It hasn't always been what it is now. It does change. When we booked our first DCL cruise in 2005, each cabin also received $200 OBC for 7+ nights and $100 OBC for 3-6 night cruises. Once they created the tiers of the Castaway Club, on the 7+ night sailings you'd get $200 for silver, $250 for gold, and $350 for platinum.

These could be stacked in addition to any OBC you'd get from a TA, which ours gives us $200/cabin for a 7-night. So for our AK and Med cruises, we booked 2 cabins since our kids were getting older, so we got $700 OBC from DCL and $400 from our TA for a grand total of $1100 OBC.
Ah, the good ol days... when we'd sail 3-4x/year because the deals/perks were so good.

Then they dropped it back to $200 for all tiers. Then just dropped it completely.

 

[Kwami]

It hasn't always been what it is now. It does change. When we booked our first DCL cruise in 2005, each cabin also received $200 OBC for 7+ nights and $100 OBC for 3-6 night cruises. Once they created the tiers of the Castaway Club, on the 7+ night sailings you'd get $200 for silver, $250 for gold, and $350 for platinum.

These could be stacked in addition to any OBC you'd get from a TA, which ours gives us $200/cabin for a 7-night. So for our AK and Med cruises, we booked 2 cabins since our kids were getting older, so we got $700 OBC from DCL and $400 from our TA for a grand total of $1100 OBC.
Ah, the good ol days... when we'd sail 3-4x/year because the deals/perks were so good.

Then they dropped it back to $200 for all tiers. Then just dropped it completely.

And then they made it more difficult and annoying for TAs to give onboard credit, too. Some still do, but it's not almost automatic like it used to be.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

And then they made it more difficult and annoying for TAs to give onboard credit, too. Some still do, but it's not almost automatic like it used to be.

Yes! How could I forget that? They cut the TA's commission way down if a reservation was transferred to a TA.
Now in the post-covid cruising world, I don't think we'll see $200 OBC from a TA unless it's a suite perhaps. Considering a TA gets paid by commission once a cruise is completed, and no cruises were completed for 1.5 years, that's a lot of work changing dates, moving reservations, etc. without getting paid all that time.

Once we felt it was ok to travel, we book a trip to WDW in March 2021 and asked her to make our resort reservation just so she could get paid for it. I don't really need her to do it for us, but sheesh, that's a long time of working but with no income.

 

[happycamper47]

Then they dropped it back to $200 for all tiers. Then just dropped it completely.

They probably don't need the incentives to fill the ships anymore, at least that's what the passenger numbers show.

 

[auntlynne]

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

They probably don't need the incentives to fill the ships anymore, at least that's what the passenger numbers show.

Oh I understand. They are merely incentives to book/buy. If people will buy without incentives, why bother?
For the same reason that Amazon purchases will never be rewarded through Rakuten/E-Bates, they don't need to.