Could well be-- I have no insight into why the pricing was different, nor do I much care. As a consumer I am looking for the lowest price on identical goods. I have consistently found that, for whatever reason, online TAs quote me a lower price than the cruiseline for the identical trip and that, even between online TA's there are significant price differences.

Because that is my personal, repeated experience, I find the repeated statement in this thread that "discounting" no longer takes place to be inaccurate.

Maybe it is just a semantic game in which lower prices are called "group incentives" or "promotions", but to me--If I am paying less than I would have to pay the cruiseline directly for the same product, it is a discount.