Update (2:40 pm ET, Sept. 21): This sale has been extended for bookings through Tuesday, Sept. 25. 

Plan to change latitude next year with a 15-night South America and Panama Canal cruise on a top-rated ship for $2199 per person -- including airfare and all taxes and fees.

This early-bird 2013 package cuts $2000 off the cost of booking the air and cruise separately.

Plus book by Friday, Sept. 21, and receive a $150 onboard credit per cabin and a reduced deposit.

This deal includes: 

• A 15-night cruise on the Celebrity Infinity (voted one of the top ships by Conde Nast Traveler magazine)
• Dec. 7, 2013 departure from Miami
• Ports of call in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Chile, with transit through the Panama Canal
• Flight back from Santiago, Chile, to Miami at the end of the cruise

For $50-$350 more per person, fly roundtrip (to Miami and back from South America) from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York (JFK), Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa or Washington, D.C.

Click here for more information, including discounts on oceanview and balcony cabins.