Upsell offer

[mrsihopes]

When is the latest before a cruise have you received an upsell offer. We are currently booked in an interior on a cruise leaving on the 25th of this month. There are a lot of balconies still available and we were hoping to get an upsell as we have gotten them in the past. It is getting close to the cruise and was wondering if people received upsells the week before the cruise...

[azbirdmom]

Our last upsell offer in October happened 6 days before sailing. The one before that in February was 4 weeks before sailing. It's anyone's guess what formula they use to determine who gets these offers.

[jennybenny]

This last December it was two days before sailing, not us, but someone who was traveling with us.

[Dudleydog73]

Just curious, but are those getting these upsell offers in mini suites at a minimum?

[lv2cruiseanywhere]

Just curious, but are those getting these upsell offers in mini suites at a minimum?

 

We were in a Balcony cabin and received an upsell offer to a Mini-Suite a couple of weeks ago for our coastal B2B beginning on January 22. Since they were able to give us the same cabin for both cruises, we took it.

 

We received an upsell last October about a month out, but did not take it then.

[Working 2 Cruise]

Just curious, but are those getting these upsell offers in mini suites at a minimum?

 

No, those can happen with any type of cabin... I've had 2 upsell offers - both ocean view to balcony.

[Grego]

As you can see there is no real formula for what will happen. Depends on the individual voyage, it's fill rate and categories, what makes financial sense and a little luck from the "Upsell Fairy". We have had offers anywhere from 1 week to 3 weeks out - taken some and passed on others that didn't make financial sense. MDW will always give a hard look at any offer that includes a bathtub.

[Colo Cruiser]

The day before.

[geoherb]

The last upsell offer I received was three weeks before our cruise. It was from a balcony guarantee (Cat. BF) to a penthouse suite for $199 per person for a three-day cruise. I turned it down. We ended up getting assigned to a Cat. BB accessible cabin on the Baja Deck.

[Tedferg]

Though it might appear that there are 'many balconies available' might not this be masked by Guarantee balconies ? Are Guarantees a hidden pool of Sold cabins ?

[Colo Cruiser]

Though it might appear that there are 'many balconies available' might not this be masked by Guarantee balconies ? Are Guarantees a hidden pool of Sold cabins ?

 

 

Not necessarily, Princess holds unsold cabins that are not in the public view as well.

[Tedferg]

Not necessarily, Princess holds unsold cabins that are not in the public view as well.

 

Interesting. Does this mean cabins shown as 'Sold' might just be in reserve ? Similarly might big TAs have reserved blocks that become available if unsold at Final Payment ?

[wen_c82]

We were offered an upsell for our 2/7 cruise from ov to balcony a few days ago so 4 weeks in advance. While waiting for call back I went on Princess site to check available cabins and sure enough we were offered one that showed available on the web site (Aloha deck). As I was prepared I asked for another cabin that I saw available on Baja and was given to this cabin instead. It seems their web site is fairly accurate for cabin availability.

 

Of course that's not to say they won't move people around at the last minute. A few years ago we were 'upgraded' to another cabin location and didn't realize it until a few days later. Called and got our cabin back without any issue. We booked directly with Princess.

Edited January 15, 2016 by wen_c82
sp correction

[mamaboss]

A couple years ago we were upgraded from a midship balcony to a midship mini 3 days prior to cruise. Nobody asked us, they just switched it. My TA called me to see if I knew.

[mrsihopes]

I just counted on princess website and there are still 167 Balcony staterooms available for the cruise we are going on. We are leaving on the 25th of this month, just a short 4 day cruise to Mexico. Just seemed weird to me that there are so many balconies still available.

Edited January 16, 2016 by mrsihopes

[bartelbee]

In case it helps . . .

We were just offered an upsell on the Crown this morning for the 2/1 sailing--from a balcony to min for 79 and to a suite for 209.

[Highwaydude]

We just got our confirmation on our up-sell from a Mini-Suite to a Suite on the Royal Princess this morning. Our sail day is Feb 8th. can't wait!

[mrswallace2012]

We got an offer this am for balcony from an interior for 159 for a 7 night cruise on the Ruby in Feb! We're hoping were gonna get it