How far out do they offer an up-grade (if they do)?

[kelbell]

This will be only our second cruise on Carnival, (we are loyal RCC).

We always book a balcony, but this cruise we booked an interior (deck 7)hoping for

an up grade. I'm thinking it like hitting the lottery.. The cruise is out of Tampa, Paradise

and not till Jan/20. SOOOO my question is , if they do offer when do they offer?

Still not sure if I will like an interior. could be my "one and done" lol

[SonOfSailor]

The fantasy class ships don't have many balconies. I'll be surprised if you're ever offered the upgrade. Paradise recently got the balconies.

 

That is my thought on this.

[joepeka]

If there is an upgrade/upsell offer, it will likely be from inside to ocean view. As to "when?", we've only received one previous upsell offer and it came about 10 days prior to sailing. We passed on it as the upcharge was a little too steep for us.

 

Edit: the OP asked how soon upgrades/upsells might be offered and I overlooked it. I mention our experience above but beyond that, I think it will vary: generally (given reports by people on this board) it will come well after final payment date and fairly close to sailing date as that's when they really want to fill unsold cabins. If your sailing is not until next January, I would not expect anything later this year.

Edited April 12, 2018 by joepeka

[CruisinCandace]

Hi all! We are booked on the Glory November 17th and only booked about a month ago. We had an ocean view room but received an email last night to upgrade to a balcony room for $156. Immediately jumped on that!

[rjl1977]

I just got an email for my cruise that is 6 months away. I didn't take it. It wasn't a good deal since it was almost full price and I'd move under the pizza pirate/ back pool area on the glory.

[kelbell]

Thank you everyone. I am going to embrace our interior....

We have a balcony in Feb on RCC Its all good whenever your on any ship!!!!!

[water4me]

Received an upsell today for the July 8 Vista sailing. Currently have a midship balcony on deck 8 offered a spa balcony on deck 14 for $150. Declined, prefer midship, lower deck as we use the stairs majority of the time. May try the spa in a future sailing, not a priority for us. :D

[chf1953]

I received an upgrade offer yesterday from an interior to a balcony for my November Conquest cruise

[wemjam]

I received an upgrade offer for inside to Balcon Deck 10 on Conquest August sailing yesterday too for $148. I jumped on it, BUT I will tell you this, don't hold your breath.... we have cruised 30 times with Carnival and that was our very first upgrade offer.

[candctroll]

Judging from the replies it looks like there is no rhyme or reason. We were offered an upsell on the Fantasy last November. It was from an ocean view to a balcony suite. It came about a week and a half before sailing.

[sanmarcosman]

I received an upsell/upgrade email yesterday for a cruise which is 312 days out. Good luck.

[Saint Greg]

I got offered an "upgrade" about 6-8 months out.

[grillinchillin]

The "Upgrade Fairy" emailed us Thursday for our cruise departing on December 1st. We had a Casino Deal Balcony that was under the Cucina de Capitano #8300's ($450 cheaper than a mock booking) and got offered a Spa Balcony for $60 and we took it!

[ParrotRob]

On my last cruise, we were offered an upgrade from a deck 6 balcony to a deck 7 suite ONE DAY before departure. In fact we were already in Miami and driving around in Everglades NP when they called us. Upcharge was $100pp for a 4-day.

[nhsails]

Upgrade is free.....a PRpromo from cruiseline to open up a lower catagory to sell. Upsell is a phone call or email and you psy to bump up catagory. Upgrade as rare as a unicorn these days, upsells common on slow selling cruises or if a consolidator turns back a block of cabins.

[chf1953]

I don't agree with that interpretation. If you move up a category that is an upgrade whether you paid for it or not.

[Saint Greg]

I don't agree with that interpretation. If you move up a category that is an upgrade whether you paid for it or not.

 

But if what you paid originally + the upgrade price = about what it would’ve costed to book that room to begin with...it’s an upsell in my opinion.

[txmom11]

I got our offer Tuesday. We sail Saturday. It was from a balcony to a suite. They had two cancellations that morning. I normally wouldn't have taken it (more money than I usually spend), but it's my husband's 50th birthday Sunday. ;) I took it. Our friends called and took the second one.

[kicia]

We have 58 Carnival cruises and have never had an upgrade or even an upsell. Don't hold your breath.

[setsail1975]

We are sailing in 35 days and haven’t received an up-sell email. I decided to just call and upgrade myself. What a fiasco that was! They were trying to charge me $100.00 to upgrade my cabin from an interior to 6A ocean view. I was willing to pay the difference in fares, but they wanted to charge me an additional $100.00 fee to do so. I spent 56 mins on the phone disputing with them! Finally got someone who was helpful and finally got me the paid upgrade at a better rate then I originally called on and minus the 100$ change fee!

 

 

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