Dog, if you remember correctly what you paid for your trip, on the Big Mat from Prince Rupert to Haines, with a 4 berth cabin and I am guessing 4 passengers, plus a 41 ft long rig, you over paid.
I just went to the official state site for the AMHS and ran your given data through their program, with a June 3 departure out of Prince Rupert.
I came up with the same figure using the info in the back of the 2013 Milepost.
Vehicle 41 ft at $29.60 a ft = $1213.60 for the trip
4 berth cabin +$238 for the trip (not by the night)
4 adult passengers, estimate of # and ages, $160 each, so 4 X $160 = $640 for the trip
Total cost of the trip, not counting food = $2091.60
If you do remember correctly, what you paid and still have the receipts, you may be able to get some reimbursement, as you were over charged. Now if you bought your tickets from a travel agent, and not from the AMHS directly, you are probably out of luck.
Run your trip through this site, as it is the official AMHS and should be current. Never hurts to give them a call either as they are good people to work with on any questions you or anyone may have.
http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/There is still room on the first June sailing of the Big Mat, out of Prince Rupert for passengers, vehicles and cabins still available, if anyone is interested. The ferry trips are enjoyable to us, even though they are not cheap, neither is a trip to Alaska. The ferry isn't something we do every trip but it is worth it to us to do occasionally. To see what the cost would be to you, get on the AMHS site and plug in you information. The AMHS web site becomes friendlier every year and easier to use, IMHO.
