Contacting your TA - how often is too often?
 

Booked a cruise last fall on a standard fare. I've been checking the rates for our cruise on the Celebrity website every so often and sometimes it gives me a "resident" fare, sometimes not. Yesterday a resident fare came up, but it's the first time the resident fare is cheaper than the rate I booked at last year. I sent an email yesterday afternoon to my TA, asking if I would be eligible for the fare reduction.

Also posted my question on Cruise Critic, where I got responses indicating that I may be eligible and to contact my TA ASAP before the resident rate disappeared.

I am about 5-6 hours behind my TA, so I knew I wasn't going to get a response yesterday. This morning, no response yet so I called and left a VM. Still haven't received a response and her office will be closing for business in an hour or so.

I hate feeling like I'm being a pest, but I'm wondering if I should try to call her again before they close for the day. If I am eligible for the fare reduction, it looks to be around $300 per person - which is something I definitely don't want to miss out on.

Anyone ever taken advantage of a price drop and have any advice on whether I should call again (and possibly be a pest) or if waiting another day would be ok?

$300pp? I would call immediately! Don't worry about being a pest if it can save you money. :)

Update:

I did call again (and felt like a pest :) ) but I did score a price drop. It wasn't the straight price drop, though -

I upgraded from an inside to an ocean view cabin, got $200 per person discounted, but my onboard credit was reduced by $200.

Shucks to some of my OBC being reduced, but I've come out ahead and am very pleased - especially with the upgrade to the ocean view cabin. I've had one before and love having the natural light, but for this cruise I didn't want to spend the money for the outside cabin. Now I get one PLUS some of the cruise being discounted even more.

I did get a price reduction, not even as a cabin credit (as I was afraid), but as a credit on my credit card!

I made reservation with the cruise company directly, and was checking rates weekly. Twice the price went down, twice I called the cruise line, twice got credits posted to my credit card.

Hiya, chepar. I'm one of the CC members who urged you to phone your TA ASAP So glad it worked out!