Sorcerer Tim Posted August 2, 2019 #3151 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Great, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted August 2, 2019 Author #3152 Share Posted August 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, Sorcerer Tim said: Are the bid prices per person only applicable to the first two people or is it per person for the number of people in the cabin? Always two, even if you are solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 2, 2019 #3153 Share Posted August 2, 2019 21 minutes ago, Sorcerer Tim said: Are the bid prices per person only applicable to the first two people or is it per person for the number of people in the cabin? Only the first two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meaclasact2 Posted August 3, 2019 #3154 Share Posted August 3, 2019 We have sailed on RCI once before several years ago. We are booked on Explorer's 9 night Greek Isles cruise in August 2020. I see something new (to me at least) the Royal Up program - is this a bidding type system? Have not cruised in a few years - on NCL I was always contacted by the line directly for potential upgrade deals. Again, that was several years ago. Is this the way upgrades are now handled? We have a travel agent for this cruise - does that make a difference regarding the Royal Up program? Many thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 3, 2019 #3155 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Yes, RoyalUP is a bidding program. This seems to be the way upgrades are handled now. You can use the program with a travel agent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpostman Posted August 6, 2019 #3156 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Well John... I was wrong and you were right. My odds were apparently better than I had calculated. This afternoon I had just finished putting the luggage tags that I had printed a few weeks ago into our plastic sleeves as we were packing for our 12 day Baltic cruise departing next Sunday (one week from now), but we are flying out to Amsterdam on Thursday. I just happened to come downstairs to check my tablet for something and an RCI email had just come in announcing the good news. We had succeed with our upgrade bid from a deck 8 interior room to a deck 7 balcony. Here are the details for those interested. Booked an interior room for a 12 night Baltic on Brilliance on first day itinerary was available (607 days out). At the time, Basic Balcony rooms were just over $2000 CAD more than an interior. This was our first time booking an interior but we wanted to get the most out of our cruise with excursions and all so we decided to try an interior. I figured maybe I'll get lucky and be able to upgrade during a sale or something. As time went by, I kept checking and prices kept creeping higher and higher. About a year out, interior rooms were sold out and balconies were over $3000 CAD more so my hopes of a balcony were quashed. 85 days out, after final payment, I got the email with invite to Royal UP. They offered me a chance to bit on 2 rooms. An Ocean view, Ocean View Balcony and Spacious Ocean View Balcony. I waited a few days and about 83 or 82 days out, I placed a bid only on Balcony and spacious Balcony. I did not bid on Ocean view. So we got a regular Balcony, close the hump at the aft end of Brilliance but a slightly obstructed view I suppose is better than a 100% obstructed of the room we had booked. Both bids were just a few notches above the weakest bid. Total cost for upgrade was $800 CAD (About $605 USD). This cruise is for our 25th anniversary but we got the news today... the actual date of out anniversary. Extra reason to celebrate 🥂 . So John, if we get a chance to meet up one day, I owe you a drink. Cheers dp 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis#1 Posted August 6, 2019 #3157 Share Posted August 6, 2019 2 hours ago, dpostman said: Well John... I was wrong and you were right. My odds were apparently better than I had calculated. This afternoon I had just finished putting the luggage tags that I had printed a few weeks ago into our plastic sleeves as we were packing for our 12 day Baltic cruise departing next Sunday (one week from now), but we are flying out to Amsterdam on Thursday. I just happened to come downstairs to check my tablet for something and an RCI email had just come in announcing the good news. We had succeed with our upgrade bid from a deck 8 interior room to a deck 7 balcony. Here are the details for those interested. Booked an interior room for a 12 night Baltic on Brilliance on first day itinerary was available (607 days out). At the time, Basic Balcony rooms were just over $2000 CAD more than an interior. This was our first time booking an interior but we wanted to get the most out of our cruise with excursions and all so we decided to try an interior. I figured maybe I'll get lucky and be able to upgrade during a sale or something. As time went by, I kept checking and prices kept creeping higher and higher. About a year out, interior rooms were sold out and balconies were over $3000 CAD more so my hopes of a balcony were quashed. 85 days out, after final payment, I got the email with invite to Royal UP. They offered me a chance to bit on 2 rooms. An Ocean view, Ocean View Balcony and Spacious Ocean View Balcony. I waited a few days and about 83 or 82 days out, I placed a bid only on Balcony and spacious Balcony. I did not bid on Ocean view. So we got a regular Balcony, close the hump at the aft end of Brilliance but a slightly obstructed view I suppose is better than a 100% obstructed of the room we had booked. Both bids were just a few notches above the weakest bid. Total cost for upgrade was $800 CAD (About $605 USD). This cruise is for our 25th anniversary but we got the news today... the actual date of out anniversary. Extra reason to celebrate 🥂 . So John, if we get a chance to meet up one day, I owe you a drink. Cheers dp Congratulations on the upgrade. And Happy Anniversary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearsAhoy Posted August 6, 2019 #3158 Share Posted August 6, 2019 8 hours ago, dpostman said: Well John... I was wrong and you were right. My odds were apparently better than I had calculated. This afternoon I had just finished putting the luggage tags that I had printed a few weeks ago into our plastic sleeves as we were packing for our 12 day Baltic cruise departing next Sunday (one week from now), but we are flying out to Amsterdam on Thursday. I just happened to come downstairs to check my tablet for something and an RCI email had just come in announcing the good news. We had succeed with our upgrade bid from a deck 8 interior room to a deck 7 balcony. Here are the details for those interested. Booked an interior room for a 12 night Baltic on Brilliance on first day itinerary was available (607 days out). At the time, Basic Balcony rooms were just over $2000 CAD more than an interior. This was our first time booking an interior but we wanted to get the most out of our cruise with excursions and all so we decided to try an interior. I figured maybe I'll get lucky and be able to upgrade during a sale or something. As time went by, I kept checking and prices kept creeping higher and higher. About a year out, interior rooms were sold out and balconies were over $3000 CAD more so my hopes of a balcony were quashed. 85 days out, after final payment, I got the email with invite to Royal UP. They offered me a chance to bit on 2 rooms. An Ocean view, Ocean View Balcony and Spacious Ocean View Balcony. I waited a few days and about 83 or 82 days out, I placed a bid only on Balcony and spacious Balcony. I did not bid on Ocean view. So we got a regular Balcony, close the hump at the aft end of Brilliance but a slightly obstructed view I suppose is better than a 100% obstructed of the room we had booked. Both bids were just a few notches above the weakest bid. Total cost for upgrade was $800 CAD (About $605 USD). This cruise is for our 25th anniversary but we got the news today... the actual date of out anniversary. Extra reason to celebrate 🥂 . So John, if we get a chance to meet up one day, I owe you a drink. Cheers dp Congratulations! That’s excellent news! We haven’t heard anything about our bid (JS to GS). Although other categories have shown availability at times, the suites are stubbornly sold out. (We got the last available JS when we booked.) Not expecting success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpostman Posted August 6, 2019 #3159 Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 hour ago, BearsAhoy said: Congratulations! That’s excellent news! We haven’t heard anything about our bid (JS to GS). Although other categories have shown availability at times, the suites are stubbornly sold out. (We got the last available JS when we booked.) Not expecting success. We are both rooting for you guys 🤞🤞🤞 GOOD LUCK! Oh and BTW Nice puzzle on your other post... Looks like your itinerary but did not want to post the answer and ruin it for others... you know... NO SPOILERS 😉 dp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrib Posted August 6, 2019 #3160 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Just starting to look at this RoyalUP thing. Can I assume that you don't know the exact cabin # you are bidding on until it's accepted, with it then being too late to back out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruzin_for_a_cruizin Posted August 6, 2019 #3161 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Looks like the Aug 25th Freedom OTS sailing out of SJ is totally booked. Less than 20 days out, and still no bid offer. We were hoping to be able to upgrade to a JS, but it looks like we're gonna have to make do with the Balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted August 6, 2019 #3162 Share Posted August 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, jerrib said: Just starting to look at this RoyalUP thing. Can I assume that you don't know the exact cabin # you are bidding on until it's accepted, with it then being too late to back out? That's correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 6, 2019 #3163 Share Posted August 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, jerrib said: Just starting to look at this RoyalUP thing. Can I assume that you don't know the exact cabin # you are bidding on until it's accepted, with it then being too late to back out? Correct, when you bid, you are stuck with whatever they give you, unless you withdraw your bid before it's accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser_1977 Posted August 6, 2019 #3164 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) On the 3 Day Navigator departing 9/20. I am currently in a JS. We are at 45 days out and I just got the "Act now - Upgrade your stateroom before you sail" e-mail. Yesterday there were 7 OS and 1 GS available. No balconies available for the last 2 days. Today showing 7 OS available, No GS. OS still about $3k (total not pp). Options: Royal Suite - starting at $650pp Owner's Suite - starting at $180pp Grand Suite 2 BR - starting at $300pp Grand Suite - starting at $100pp I'm not going to post my offer until after it's been accepted or declined. Edited August 6, 2019 by JennyB1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawcochran Posted August 6, 2019 #3165 Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 hour ago, bruzin_for_a_cruizin said: Looks like the Aug 25th Freedom OTS sailing out of SJ is totally booked. Less than 20 days out, and still no bid offer. We were hoping to be able to upgrade to a JS, but it looks like we're gonna have to make do with the Balcony. I am booked on Freedom OTS for the 18th in a spacious balcony room. I submitted a weak offer for GS1/GS2 and OS that I would be comfortable paying. All suites appear to be booked. So not optimistic I will win my bid...worth a try. Starting bids are: JS $150/PP GS1 $300/PP GS2 $400/PP OS $500/PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambergirl202 Posted August 6, 2019 #3166 Share Posted August 6, 2019 We just got the email — our oceanview on a16-night transatlantic was upgraded to a balcony! None were available when we booked in January 2018, so we settled for an oceanview. We got the Royal Up offer in mid-June and bid $300 for a balcony. We also bid on a two-bedroom oceanview suite and a spacious balcony, but those two bids were labeled “expired” for the past couple of weeks. Considering that the balcony price lately was $1500/pp more than we paid, I think we did well! So excited to move from deck 3 to deck 8! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted August 6, 2019 #3167 Share Posted August 6, 2019 If a cruise is showing no suites (GS and above) available why is RCI still offering RoyalUp bids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 6, 2019 #3168 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Just now, Ashland said: If a cruise is showing no suites (GS and above) available why is RCI still offering RoyalUp bids? Survey info for them. Other reasons listed in the last 100 or so pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted August 6, 2019 #3169 Share Posted August 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Biker19 said: Survey info for them. Other reasons listed in the last 100 or so pages. Many, many times😇 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogbay Posted August 6, 2019 #3170 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Radiance 18 nights Hawaii to Sydney , Balcony # 7168 . D+ Royal up JS $ 590 AUD to $2,960 AUD Spacious OV B $ 150 AUD to $740 AUD Have Dec 2nd birthday booked and NYE too Might keep money 🙂 if you had a inside to balcony or balcony to Grand might look at that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpostman Posted August 6, 2019 #3171 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Ashland said: If a cruise is showing no suites (GS and above) available why is RCI still offering RoyalUp bids? This gives RCI options if any of those suites cancel at last minute. there will be extra revenue for them instead of a loss with an empty room. If no one cancels, then everyone gets a decline email, but if there is a cancellation, then there are several revenu streams created from 4 or 5 levels of rooms being upgraded from one suite cancellation. I won my bid from an interior room to a balcony, I assume the previous occupants of our balcony won a bid for a JS, and the previous occupants of that JS won a bid for a GS and so on, and so on... dp 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready2SailAway Posted August 6, 2019 #3172 Share Posted August 6, 2019 20 minutes ago, dpostman said: This gives RCI options if any of those suites cancel at last minute. there will be extra revenue for them instead of a loss with an empty room. If no one cancels, then everyone gets a decline email, but if there is a cancellation, then there are several revenu streams created from 4 or 5 levels of rooms being upgraded from one suite cancellation. I won my bid from an interior room to a balcony, I assume the previous occupants of our balcony won a bid for a JS, and the previous occupants of that JS won a bid for a GS and so on, and so on... dp The RoyalUP Avalanche Effect -well stated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mcatmcat Posted August 6, 2019 #3173 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Hi I just made an offer on RoyalUp, I have a suite( navigator) before making an offer but I was wondering if the offer gets accepted do I still get the suite benefits. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted August 6, 2019 #3174 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, mcatmcat said: Hi I just made an offer on RoyalUp, I have a suite( navigator) before making an offer but I was wondering if the offer gets accepted do I still get the suite benefits. Thank you You get the points from your original cabin booked and the benefits of the cabin you are sailing in Edited August 6, 2019 by Ourusualbeach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njkruzer Posted August 7, 2019 #3175 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Which is one of the reasons we didn't make a bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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