Cruise Lines

Cruise Critic's editor in chief Carolyn Spencer Brown must have been reading Cruise Thomas Cook's latest press release when making her 2010 prediction that cruise lines will carry on discounting into 2010.

Last week the cruise retailer hit the high streets fighting, promising a 2010 campaign where "we won't be beaten on price".

Specifically, it guarantees to match any quotation from another ABTA travel agent within 24 hours of booking or receiving a quote. It is also offering up to £500 more discount per booking and giving away a cruise a week with Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises via an in-store scratch card promotion.

Here are a few of the deals available until January 31:

* P&O Cruises - save up to £800 per stateroom and get up to £200 on-board credit. Oceana special --- on board credit on every 2010 sailing.

* Princess Cruises - save up to £1,000 per stateroom and get $200 on-board credit on Alaska 2010 sailings and selected Exotic 2010/11 sailings.

* Cunard - save up to £300 per person on all transatlantic crossings and get $10 per person per day to spend on board if you book by February 28.

* Royal Caribbean International - save up to £400 per stateroom and receive up to $200 per cabin on-board credit on selected Oasis of the Seas sailings.

* Costa - receive £400 on-board spend on selected Far East sailings on Costa Allegra and Costa Classica.