bigenna Posted September 2, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) We are sailing on a ten day Mexico cruise this October on Grand Princess in an aft mini. This category has been sold out for a while, in fact there has only been one mini available, mid ship on Aloha. This has been priced a bit over $2200. Suddenly, for around $1800 an aft mini guarantee has shown on their website. How can they do this when the only mini available is the one midship, and at a much higher price. Will someone (ME, ME, ME PLEASE) get upgraded or up sold to the only suite left, an aft Vista to accommodate this aft mini guarantee? Would a call to Princess help? p.s. The suite is showing more than double the price of the mini Edited September 2, 2014 by bigenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted September 2, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 2, 2014 We are sailing on a ten day Mexico cruise this October on Grand Princess in an aft mini. This category has been sold out for a while, in fact there has only been one mini available, mid ship on Aloha. This has been priced a bit over $2200. Suddenly, for around $1800 an aft mini guarantee has shown on their website. How can they do this when the only mini available is the one midship, and at a much higher price. Will someone (ME, ME, ME PLEASE) get upgraded or up sold to the only suite left, an aft Vista to accommodate this aft mini guarantee?Would a call to Princess help? p.s. The suite is showing more than double the price of the mini Just because you don't see it does not mean its not available. Princess has been doing this for many years and have it down to a science and its on every cruise to some degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satxdiver Posted September 2, 2014 #3 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Princess like all travel companies knows how many will likely not follow through on the reservation at final payment time. They use the "to be assigned" to fill those holes. If they guess incorrectly someone is getting a visit from the upgrade fairy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-mattox Posted September 2, 2014 #4 Share Posted September 2, 2014 An upgrade, or more likely an upsell to a suite is very possible. I've been in your exact situation and received upsell offers on my last two cruises. Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted September 2, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 2, 2014 We are sailing on a ten day Mexico cruise this October on Grand Princess in an aft mini. This category has been sold out for a while, in fact there has only been one mini available, mid ship on Aloha. This has been priced a bit over $2200. Suddenly, for around $1800 an aft mini guarantee has shown on their website. How can they do this when the only mini available is the one midship, and at a much higher price. Will someone (ME, ME, ME PLEASE) get upgraded or up sold to the only suite left, an aft Vista to accommodate this aft mini guarantee?Would a call to Princess help? p.s. The suite is showing more than double the price of the mini We booked a mini guarantee last year. All of the minis showed as sold out for several weeks before we sailed. We were hoping for an upgrade:D. Nope, we got what we paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted September 3, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 3, 2014 We booked a mini guarantee last year. All of the minis showed as sold out for several weeks before we sailed. We were hoping for an upgrade:D. Nope, we got what we paid for. Which category mini-suite did you get? LuLu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigenna Posted September 3, 2014 Author #7 Share Posted September 3, 2014 An upgrade, or more likely an upsell to a suite is very possible. I've been in your exact situation and received upsell offers on my last two cruises. Good Luck. Thank you so much. I have my fingers crossed but am not holding my breath. We have never travelled in a mini before and took some finagling to finally get an aft mini on Emerald after reading recommendations on this board. So we will be happy nevertheless but always fun to dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted September 3, 2014 #8 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thank you so much. I have my fingers crossed but am not holding my breath. We have never travelled in a mini before and took some finagling to finally get an aft mini on Emerald after reading recommendations on this board. So we will be happy nevertheless but always fun to dream. Better make sure your booking is marked correctly or they may upgrade you to a mini on Dolphin deck with no cover at all. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigenna Posted September 3, 2014 Author #9 Share Posted September 3, 2014 We booked a mini guarantee last year. All of the minis showed as sold out for several weeks before we sailed. We were hoping for an upgrade:D. Nope, we got what we paid for. We did not book as a guarantee and originally had our mini on Dolphin deck until an aft mini became available. I guess we will just wait and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigenna Posted September 3, 2014 Author #10 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Better make sure your booking is marked correctly or they may upgrade you to a mini on Dolphin deck with no cover at all. :eek: Yes, thank you, due to all the great information on this board we are marked for upgrade only to next type, which would be a suite. And since I am a little OCD when it comes to cruising I check every day to make sure I don't get moved where I don't want to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted September 3, 2014 #11 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Better make sure your booking is marked correctly or they may upgrade you to a mini on Dolphin deck with no cover at all. :eek: We LOVE having a mini-suite (MA) on Dolphin deck on Emerald/Crown/Ruby as close as possible to the mid-ship elevator lobby! :) LuLu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted September 3, 2014 #12 Share Posted September 3, 2014 We LOVE having a mini-suite (MA) on Dolphin deck on Emerald/Crown/Ruby as close as possible to the mid-ship elevator lobby! :)LuLu Oh I know, some like it, some don't, but the OP made a point to say their Emerald deck mini was tough to get. Have seen nightmare stories on CC about people losing their best cabin pick only to be moved to a higher cat in a bad location. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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