Canadian_J Posted September 11, 2013 #1 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Received an e-mail from Carnival yesterday morning offering me an upgrade from my Panorama deck balcony (8E) to an Ocean Suite. E-mail instructed me to click the link and book if interested or to call in for more information. Well I ran the numbers and the price they offered me for upgrade ($230pp) is the exact cost if I were to simply call Carnival and request an upgrade. Meaning the "special" offer the e-mail was promoting was no special offer at all. Has anyone else received an e-mail like this only to find they aren't actually getting a deal? I know I'm a little peeved and feel like Carnival was trying to deceive me and make me think I was getting a deal. I'm glad I checked the prices before I got too excited. I'm very happy with a balcony on the Panorama deck and will be platinum on this sailing, so it really isn't worth the price for just some extra space, considering we're already paying a premium for our deck. Oh and we're on a B2B and the upgrade was $262pp for the 2 night cruise...yeah no thanks, I can put that to much better use at the Alchemy Bar ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofytoo Posted September 11, 2013 #2 Share Posted September 11, 2013 My upsell e-mail did not seem much of a deal either. I had an ocean view on Main deck and they wanted $30 to move up to an ocean view on Empress deck. I also checked the price as if I booked that same room today I would have paid $110.00 more dollars so I took it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyz Posted September 11, 2013 #3 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I got the email yesterday too and took them up on the offer, moved from a 7A obstructed view balcony on deck 5 to an 8E regular balcony on deck 7 for $40 for the 2 of us. And we booked the 7A so long ago we got quite a deal at the time, $700 less than they're going for right now, so I think we did good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srb2cruise Posted September 12, 2013 #4 Share Posted September 12, 2013 We received the upsell email also. It was the exact same price as if I were going to upgrade myself. Not much of a deal for me either. Still waiting on the upsell fairy to call and offer me a deal I can't refuse!!! Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadieN Posted September 12, 2013 #5 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I got the email yesterday too and took them up on the offer, moved from a 7A obstructed view balcony on deck 5 to an 8E regular balcony on deck 7 for $40 for the 2 of us. And we booked the 7A so long ago we got quite a deal at the time, $700 less than they're going for right now, so I think we did good. Nice to here that somebody on the West Coast gets these offers. Always feel a bit left out of the price drops etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiting4acruise Posted September 12, 2013 #6 Share Posted September 12, 2013 We got an upgrade email also. We upgraded from a cove balcony to a Lido deck balcony on the Magic for only $40. When I priced it myself it would have cost me $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiagolfer Posted September 12, 2013 #7 Share Posted September 12, 2013 OP, seems you did the right thing for you. Glad some of you are getting the upsell calls/emails. 17 cruises with CCL and not a single upgrade and/or upsell offer.:( Oh well, maybe one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2trvlnow Posted September 12, 2013 #8 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I have never received an upsell email, but did receive an upsell phone call once. They were trying to upsell us from a balcony on the Lido to a grand suite. I happened to be on the computer when they called. The price offered was $15 more than what I could have upgraded to right then. When I told him that he said he would throw in a bottle of their champagne (read cheap champagne). Needless to say we turned that offer down flat. Sharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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