Comments on: Would you pay $200,576 for a 13-night cruise? http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beware the Fat-Finger Fare: Don’t Pay too Much for Cruises http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/comment-page-1/#comment-66332 Beware the Fat-Finger Fare: Don’t Pay too Much for Cruises Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:19:01 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/#comment-66332 [...] out Chris’s Would you pay $200,576 for a 13-night cruise? and Damned decimal point for everything you need to know about fat-finger fares…and ethics [...] [...] out Chris’s Would you pay $200,576 for a 13-night cruise? and Damned decimal point for everything you need to know about fat-finger fares…and ethics [...]

]]> By: Thomas Brenneman http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/comment-page-1/#comment-9893 Thomas Brenneman Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:40:21 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/#comment-9893 How about $152000.00 a night for a hotel room in Milan? Makes $200000 for 13 days sound cheap!!!!!!!!! Four Seasons Milan Guest Rating Hotel=April 16 to 20 No Reviews Yet from $152,091.23 Milan Hotel Info: 800-916-4507 + Show More Details How about $152000.00 a night for a hotel room in Milan? Makes $200000 for 13 days sound cheap!!!!!!!!!
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]]> By: Barbara K http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/comment-page-1/#comment-9882 Barbara K Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:12:44 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/#comment-9882 In reply to your question of do travel agents think cruise prices are too much. They are still a bargain when compared to a similar land package. I got a really great price for a client on Celebrity Century. On a quad guests 1 & 2 paid $540 and 3 & 4 paid $268. This was for a 5 night cruise from MIA. When you looked at the cruise fare (before taxes, port charges & fuel!) the 3rd & 4th guest pay only $80 for the 5 nights. Now that's a bargain. In reply to your question of do travel agents think cruise prices are too much. They are still a bargain when compared to a similar land package. I got a really great price for a client on Celebrity Century. On a quad guests 1 & 2 paid $540 and 3 & 4 paid $268. This was for a 5 night cruise from MIA. When you looked at the cruise fare (before taxes, port charges & fuel!) the 3rd & 4th guest pay only $80 for the 5 nights. Now that’s a bargain.

]]> By: TravelAgentGirl http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/comment-page-1/#comment-9768 TravelAgentGirl Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:34:08 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/would-you-pay-200576-for-a-13-night-cruise/#comment-9768 This isn't a fat fingered rate. Instead of pricing things on the back end like a normal human being would; 1st passenger $2,000 2nd Passenger $2,000, etc. They enter it in to their system so that on special rates that have a 2 person minimum they charge the first person $104,000 and the second person -$100,000 .. b/c after all it ends up the same right? However sometimes they forget to make the 2nd (3rd or 4th) a negitive number and that's how it shows up all weird. They usually don't worry about it however untill recently the system that takes down any rate over $100,000 has been buggy. This isn’t a fat fingered rate. Instead of pricing things on the back end like a normal human being would; 1st passenger $2,000 2nd Passenger $2,000, etc. They enter it in to their system so that on special rates that have a 2 person minimum they charge the first person $104,000 and the second person -$100,000 .. b/c after all it ends up the same right? However sometimes they forget to make the 2nd (3rd or 4th) a negitive number and that’s how it shows up all weird. They usually don’t worry about it however untill recently the system that takes down any rate over $100,000 has been buggy.

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