Rare Peewee14 Posted September 6, 2018 #1 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just thought I would share our good fortune and also having searched the forums a lot about Guarantee suites and took some good information thought it would be good to give some back We are booked on a 14 night Cruise in October on IOS in a 2 bedroom GS. following this cruise is a 5 nighter so after much deliberation we decided to book that also and extend our cruise and do a back to back , had to be careful with the funds though so booked a W Guarantee suite, and after much searching on here resigned ourselves to getting a Junior suite. Now I dont want to sound ungrateful, we are lucky to be adding to our cruise but naturally I worried about going from a 2 bed GS to a JS with 2 young kids ! and of course losing our suite perks! I checked the cruise planner every hour, and 24 hours after booking I was completely shocked to find we had been allocated a 2 bed GS right next door to the one we have for the first leg! I am only guessing here that they took our first leg into account when allocating the room, I thought maybe it was all done automatically , but it cant be coincidence can it? Makes me wonder if its worth booking a Guarantee for the second leg of any B2B if they do take this into account. Anyway, needles to say we are completely over the moon and I am very pleased with RCI and thought we would share our good news and experience of booking a Guarantee W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopy2110 Posted September 6, 2018 #2 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I doubt they took it into account as the booking aren't linked. Congratulations anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peewee14 Posted September 6, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I doubt they took it into account as the booking aren't linked. Congratulations anyway. They where linked, when I booked the second leg I called them up and asked them to link them , following advice on here about check in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted September 6, 2018 #4 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I doubt they took it into account as the booking aren't linked. Congratulations anyway. The bookings CAN be linked. Peewee, did you link your cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted September 6, 2018 #5 Share Posted September 6, 2018 They where linked, when I booked the second leg I called them up and asked them to link them , following advice on here about check in We were posting simultaneously! Yes, I think that they love you and rewarded you! What are the two itineraries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peewee14 Posted September 6, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted September 6, 2018 The bookings CAN be linked. Peewee, did you link your cruises? Yes, when I booked the W I called them and linked them straight away, as I asked about check in for the second leg on here and someone told me to link them, I then got an email with one invoice showing both cruise 1 and 2 , at this point cruise 2 was still a W , 24 hours later cabin assigned.. total shock! Just thought it worth knowing that I believe it cant be coincidence , and that manual allocation must be done for cabins, I thought it might have been automated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peewee14 Posted September 6, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted September 6, 2018 We were posting simultaneously! Yes, I think that they love you and rewarded you! What are the two itineraries? 6th October 14 Night Canaries 20th October dutch and French adventure 5 nights After the 14 nighter we are 2 points off diamond, so we intended to do a short cruise anyway before our next 14 nighter in 2019, this way we added the short cruise while we are already there if that makes sense ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted September 6, 2018 #8 Share Posted September 6, 2018 6th October 14 Night Canaries 20th October dutch and French adventure 5 nights After the 14 nighter we are 2 points off diamond, so we intended to do a short cruise anyway before our next 14 nighter in 2019, this way we added the short cruise while we are already there if that makes sense ? That makes PERFECT sense. 😜 We did the Canaries itinerary 7 years ago and LOVED it. Have a wonderful time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted September 6, 2018 #9 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just thought I would share our good fortune and also having searched the forums a lot about Guarantee suites and took some good information thought it would be good to give some back We are booked on a 14 night Cruise in October on IOS in a 2 bedroom GS. following this cruise is a 5 nighter so after much deliberation we decided to book that also and extend our cruise and do a back to back , had to be careful with the funds though so booked a W Guarantee suite, and after much searching on here resigned ourselves to getting a Junior suite. Now I dont want to sound ungrateful, we are lucky to be adding to our cruise but naturally I worried about going from a 2 bed GS to a JS with 2 young kids ! and of course losing our suite perks! I checked the cruise planner every hour, and 24 hours after booking I was completely shocked to find we had been allocated a 2 bed GS right next door to the one we have for the first leg! I am only guessing here that they took our first leg into account when allocating the room, I thought maybe it was all done automatically , but it cant be coincidence can it? Makes me wonder if its worth booking a Guarantee for the second leg of any B2B if they do take this into account. Anyway, needles to say we are completely over the moon and I am very pleased with RCI and thought we would share our good news and experience of booking a Guarantee W Congrats!! :D Though a big part of that could be due to having more than 2 people booked into your cabin. They take that into account quite often. Enjoy your cruise! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lazydayz Posted September 6, 2018 #10 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Congrats on a great outcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixCruiser Posted September 7, 2018 #11 Share Posted September 7, 2018 That is awesome, congratulations! Sent from my SM-T820 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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