Looking at cruises per diem is the smart way to look at things. Some of the higher priced cruises Greg is probably looking at are those where the bookings got so high that they took off the best early booking incentives. These prices are controlled by capacity and once they sell a certain percentage of the ship they remove the incentives such as free air or $1000 off or reduce the early booking discount and rates go higher. I am sure that is why there is such a variance in pricing. EARLY booking is the key to Radisson best values.

Things such as gold points discounts, AMX on board credit, onboard bookings discounts (everyone who is a frequent RSSC should have an onboard booking) etc need to be calculated in also when making comparisions to other lines or land. That is what you actually pay. If comparing to another line you must also take all the other lines discounts into consideration. Many have repeat passengers benefits. Of course Greg cannot do that as not everyone has an onboad booking or an AMX card so he did it correctly to compare apples to apples.

As I have always said - get to the bottom line to compare pricing. All the figures above that really dont count. So many ways to get to the bottom line but it is the bottom line that counts.