crusinpeg Posted January 8, 2011 #1 Share Posted January 8, 2011 How do you think she works her magic? Is it purely the luck of the draw or is there some kind of logic involved??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted January 8, 2011 #2 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Supposedly people are randomly selected by the computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted January 8, 2011 #3 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Totally agree. There are many posts about the theories if you want to do a search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laraja Posted January 8, 2011 #4 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I think there is both logic and randomness (is that a word?) involved. Take my upcoming Hawaii cruise as an example. Right now, every Oceanview category is waitlisted, meaning that although there are no more oceanviews available, there are still people who have put down deposits and are willing to pay for them should one become available. The only other waitlisted categories are E Obstructed Oceanview and PS and VS Suites. With two months left till sailing, Princess has now raised Oceanview prices and reduced balcony prices, obviously trying to encourage folks to buy those balconies. As we get even closer to sailing, if those higher categories don't start filling up, Princess will move the Oceanview folks into the undersold higher categories and resell their cabins to the people lined up and waiting for them. In order to make a profit (and sometimes just to break even) Princess needs to sail with as full a ship as possible. That's the logic part. The random part comes in with exactly who, and how many, are upgraded. There may be one person on a particular category waitlist, or there may be ten. On my Alaska cruise last year, every single category on the ship was waitlisted and had been since before final payment date. The day before sailing I was plucked out of my E Obstructed Oceanview and landed in a BB Balcony. Obviously a last minute cancellation as his excursion tickets were on the desk along with mine and I got balloons on his birthday. So, the Upgrade Fairy is real and has a good reason for doing what she does, but she sometimes has a really whacky way of doing it!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hop_along Posted January 8, 2011 #5 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I would assume the likelihood of an upgrade depends largely on the number of cabins available in the guaranteed category. On the Star, I took the low-cost BF and saw that it consisted of only four cabins (as I recall) so I figured that many people choosing that guarantee would be upgraded. That's what happened about four months from departure date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill B Posted January 8, 2011 #6 Share Posted January 8, 2011 'Fairy dust' - a revenue maximization algorithm programmed into the booking mainframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinpeg Posted January 9, 2011 Author #7 Share Posted January 9, 2011 In English???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill B Posted January 9, 2011 #8 Share Posted January 9, 2011 In English???????? You'll get 'sprinkled' if the computer figures Princess can make more money by selling the room (or cat.) you booked to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted January 9, 2011 #9 Share Posted January 9, 2011 So, the Upgrade Fairy is real She sure is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted January 9, 2011 #10 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Upgrade Fairy must be a North American (no offence intended !) she does not visit Aussies, in 10 Princess cruises never had an upgrade yet, nor do I expect one, you get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in Markham Posted February 21, 2011 #11 Share Posted February 21, 2011 'Fairy dust' - a revenue maximization algorithm programmed into the booking mainframe. I'll have to remember this one! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARGIN Posted February 21, 2011 #12 Share Posted February 21, 2011 She sure is I heard that the true Upgrade Fairy looks like this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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