Kenton210

2 hours ago, ajf830 said:

Going on the Mariner of the Seas for a 4 day cruise on March 2nd and booked an interior promenade view at a fairly good price.  I put in low ball offers for a  ($150)Balcony Stateroom and Spacious View Balcony. ($200). On their website the cruise was showing fully booked so I had no expectation of receiving an upgrade. Received the email today that they accepted my Balcony Stateroom offer and gave me a 6D category on the 9th deck!

 

Fairly happy with the outcome as this definitely saved me some money! We have been spoiled by staying in a Haven Courtyard Penthouse Suite on the NCL Epic on a med cruise and a Havana Cabana Suite on Carnival. Talked myself into the inside stateroom with a view but probably would of regretted it...glad everything worked out! 

We are on the same cruise and bid minimum on all of the upgrade options the day of the e-mail.  A friend of ours on the same cruise called me two days later and their minimum bid on Royal Up was already over ours, so I can only guess we are SOL.  No loss, but would have REALLY enjoyed a 2 BR :)

We got our offer this morning and jumped at the opportunity to upgrade! We sail in two weeks and were going to purchase the Premium package anyway, so it's kind of a win-win for us. I haven't heard back from the other couples going with us to see if they received the e-mail as well. Like everyone else, the confirmation e-mail we received did NOT show the Ultimate package upgrade. If it turns out we don't get the upgrade, nothing was lost :)