marci22 Posted March 21, 2019 #1776 Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 minute ago, nelblu said: Sorry, I thought it was for a cabin upgrade and not the benefits accrued with the "Key" program. oh that was my bad I was just reading The Key thread and that was on my mind. I was referring to the cabin upgrade meaning I'd pay for escorted debarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDgirl1052 Posted March 22, 2019 #1777 Share Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) Ugh. Was so happy when I got Royalup email 2 months ago. Its been two months of anticipation and hoping we get a suite. We sail in 36 hours....no word yet. I put the max bid in on grand. I feel like if we were going to get it we would have heard by now. I was so happy with my balcony when I booked, but having suite dangled in front of me made me want it. Especially after I read about all the perks. Mainly I wanted the full tub for the baby. Oh well. Going to try to still enjoy cruise. Wish I never got upgrade email to begin with! Its been 2 months of mental angst to be let down. Il just book a GS next time. Edited March 22, 2019 by MDgirl1052 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HodgeNNicole Posted March 22, 2019 #1778 Share Posted March 22, 2019 We are sailing May 12 on the Allure and got the e-mail last week. We are in a ocean view large balcony love the room but bid on both the JS and the GS. We got such a great deal on our price even if we win the GS Bid it will be less than what we could get our current cabin for. That was how I rationalized the bid. Would love to get the congrats e-mail but the ship appears to be very full so probably not likely. Either way we are cruising in 50 days so it just doesn't matter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerallamvuut Posted March 22, 2019 #1779 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On the Oasis Apr 7 booked in a Ocean View Balcony for 4 pax Originally paid $2450 USD. received the Royal UP email about 6 weeks ago. These were the starting bids: Owner Suite - $800 pp Grand Suite - $500 pp Junior Suite - $200 pp Ultra Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony (I believet this is the room for 6 pax with bunk beds) - $150 pp Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony - $100 pp Entered a bid for GS/JS/Ultra Spacious Ocean View. Fingers crossed. GS for a total of $3400 on a 7 days Oasis for 4 people does not seem too bad. Considering I already purchased the Key for $280 total - and would refund it if I can get GS since it will have many of the perks as the Key. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casone Posted March 23, 2019 #1780 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Has anyone bid the lowest amount and the bid was accepted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted March 23, 2019 #1781 Share Posted March 23, 2019 9 hours ago, casone said: Has anyone bid the lowest amount and the bid was accepted? There have been several people in this thread (or the other) that reported bidding the lowest and winning. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw311 Posted March 23, 2019 #1782 Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 11/26/2018 at 11:05 AM, smplybcause said: Guess they've decided it worked well for NCL. On 3/15/2019 at 11:39 AM, LBumb said: I’ve bid to upgrade on upcoming cruise havent heard if I get great if not no biggie Did not get the royal up, it would have been awesome, but the cruise was amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabalab Posted March 23, 2019 #1783 Share Posted March 23, 2019 11 hours ago, casone said: Has anyone bid the lowest amount and the bid was accepted? I've seen people posting about getting their bids accepted on Insides to OV or OV to Balcony - but haven't seen posts about minimum bids accepted for suites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryEBS Posted March 23, 2019 #1784 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Nabalab said: I've seen people posting about getting their bids accepted on Insides to OV or OV to Balcony - but haven't seen posts about minimum bids accepted for suites. I had my bid of $720. per person accepted for a CL Suite from a JS in January. The minimum bid was $700. per person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabalab Posted March 23, 2019 #1785 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I had my bid of $720. per person accepted for a CL Suite from a JS in January. The minimum bid was $700. per person.Wow, that’s great... and very good to know :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandebeach Posted March 23, 2019 #1786 Share Posted March 23, 2019 46 minutes ago, MaryEBS said: I had my bid of $720. per person accepted for a CL Suite from a JS in January. The minimum bid was $700. per person. That is a fantastic upgrade for that bid! Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted March 23, 2019 #1787 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I’m at 75 days out and I just received my First email from Royal Caribbean since I booked in April of 2018. Here is my Royal up offer. We are on the Anthem in a 4D unobstructed balcony on deck 6. The only one I would consider would be the Jr Suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted March 23, 2019 #1788 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Iamcruzin said: I’m at 75 days out and I just received my First email from Royal Caribbean since I booked in April of 2018. Here is my Royal up offer. Just in case you didn't know, that message looks a bit different is you look at it in a desktop browser (you get the strength meter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenj888 Posted March 25, 2019 #1789 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I leave on the symphony on Saturday and I just received a congratulations email that my bid was accepted! Moved from Junior suite to grand suite! I also had a weak bid so I am soooo excited! Can I make coastal kitchen reservations on my cruise planner? I don't see it as an option. I can cancel my internet package now right? We get free Voom with our cabin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrod1229 Posted March 25, 2019 #1790 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Just got our notification that our bid was accepted. Leaving Sunday on Allure. Moved from a JS to a OS. Already canceled internet package, big question now is whether to cancel the drink package and just continue to raid the suite lounge or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted March 25, 2019 Author #1791 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, greenj888 said: I leave on the symphony on Saturday and I just received a congratulations email that my bid was accepted! Moved from Junior suite to grand suite! I also had a weak bid so I am soooo excited! Can I make coastal kitchen reservations on my cruise planner? I don't see it as an option. I can cancel my internet package now right? We get free Voom with our cabin? Free Voom, yes. No option to book CK online for Oasis ships that I know of. Need to contact concierge, which may be a challenge this late. Board early and head straight to SL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar1068 Posted March 25, 2019 #1792 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Guess I'm a bit bemused by this offering. We booked back in January on the Anthem for May...2019. We booked an interior, but as things have come along, changed that to a balcony GTY due to price drops, so the balcony GTY is at a lower fare than the inside cabin....a good thing, and we knew "what we were getting into", so far at least, with the GTY" A couple of weeks ago I got an email with the RoyalUP offer to "bid" on a GS, JS or...."Spacious Ocean View Balcony". So we're not interested right now in paying probably at least $400 for a JS and who knows what for a GS....just not something we want to chase for this cruise. However, and this is where my bemusement comes in, we COULD bid on a "Spacious Ocean View Balcony", something RCI told me we COULD get with the GTY, without bidding or paying more. What really cracks me up is, we're just under 60 days out, and have not been assigned a cabin, yet the UP offer states we're in an Ocean View Balcony, just of course no idea, which one right now. I suppose if we were interested in a suite, the UP offer could make a little more sense. I just focused on the balcony bid in the offer....like how do we now if what we get assigned we'll like or not like, just to give up the unknown for another, unknown, which we could get anyway, maybe. Thats the part that I'm bemused by. Anyway, apologies for rambling....May 23 just not coming fast enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted March 25, 2019 #1793 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Just a guess, but I suspect that the GTY bookings will rarely see any upgrade now that RoyalUp is going. I would suspect that the GTY will get the minimum category since they could "sell" the higher categories to people who are willing to bid. I'm sure we'll see the occasional person who will get a higher than minimum category with a GTY but I would expect those surprises to be few and far between now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kldt Posted March 25, 2019 #1794 Share Posted March 25, 2019 We leave Sunday on Allure and just received an email that our bid was accepted. Moving from a JS to a GS with the minimum bid. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chikinyellow Posted March 26, 2019 #1795 Share Posted March 26, 2019 12 hours ago, kldt said: We leave Sunday on Allure and just received an email that our bid was accepted. Moving from a JS to a GS with the minimum bid. This gives me hope! We are also going on Sunday on Allure and bid up on a JS from a balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GetToLivin Posted March 26, 2019 #1796 Share Posted March 26, 2019 15 hours ago, kldt said: We leave Sunday on Allure and just received an email that our bid was accepted. Moving from a JS to a GS with the minimum bid. We leave on Allure on the 7th - this gives me hope as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandebeach Posted March 26, 2019 #1797 Share Posted March 26, 2019 16 hours ago, kldt said: We leave Sunday on Allure and just received an email that our bid was accepted. Moving from a JS to a GS with the minimum bid. Congratulations and great to know that a minimum bid does work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeker28 Posted March 26, 2019 #1798 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Once you place your bid can you go back and change it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted March 26, 2019 #1799 Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Peeker28 said: Once you place your bid can you go back and change it? I know you can withdraw the bid, but I don't know if you can modify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC Help Jenn Posted March 26, 2019 #1800 Share Posted March 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, Host Clarea said: I know you can withdraw the bid, but I don't know if you can modify it. You can raise / lower withdraw as long as it hasn't been accepted/charged/assigned a new room. I keep changing my mind on my own so I play with it quite a bit 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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