bucfan2 Posted October 13, 2021 #5451 Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 7:10 PM, George C said: We did a owner’s suite on a oasis class it was great , enjoy, only problem is you won’t want to go back to normal cabins. That's a fact. Just came off Ovation in Alaska last week. Upgraded to a 2br grand suite. We're ruined. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted October 13, 2021 #5452 Share Posted October 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, bucfan2 said: That's a fact. Just came off Ovation in Alaska last week. Upgraded to a 2br grand suite. We're ruined. Lol! For sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ0ph Posted October 13, 2021 #5453 Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) How do I know I have successfully made a bid? Everytime I load the site, it asks me to make a bid, I do, it says that "you've made the bid." I'll leave, return to have it asking to make a bid again. Edit: nevermind, there is a continue button I didn't see Edited October 13, 2021 by christ0ph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csnarpy Posted October 13, 2021 #5454 Share Posted October 13, 2021 That’s the trap… you just keep outbidding yourself.. 😛 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinCruise Posted October 13, 2021 #5455 Share Posted October 13, 2021 18 hours ago, luckyinpa said: One day after boarding I got the news that I did not win my star loft suite. However this morning I read that a woman spent $69 for Bingo and won the crown loft suite A few doors down from me. She put the pictures of herself on the room and that's how I knew it was her room. And for any doubters that is proof that you can actually win a suite the ship Good to know those people that pay and win really do get the prize. I'd bet RCCL made more on bingo cards from all the folks that didn't win than the RoyalUp offers (well, perhaps except in covid times)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulagirl123 Posted October 14, 2021 #5456 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Allure of the Seas 10/17/21 Original Cabin Junior Suite Bid Won for Crown Loft Suite - $600pp Minimum Bid 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vera/Lee Posted October 14, 2021 #5457 Share Posted October 14, 2021 27 minutes ago, lulagirl123 said: Allure of the Seas 10/17/21 Original Cabin Junior Suite Bid Won for Crown Loft Suite - $600pp Minimum Bid Congratulations! That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flacruisers Posted October 15, 2021 #5458 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) On 10/11/2021 at 9:09 PM, brillohead said: I think the # just means "room number". When I look in my Cruise Planner, for a week where I have an assigned room, I see: But the next week I have a guarantee room, and I see: Update: my reservation now says SUITE #GTY.... Edited October 15, 2021 by 2flacruisers spelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted October 15, 2021 #5459 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 2:50 PM, bajathree said: The current cost difference between a GS to a CLS on my Dec Allure sailing is $508/pp ...so really not that different from what you bid. But the relative number isn't what it costs now but the difference between what he paid initially and the price now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted October 15, 2021 #5460 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Got our Royal up offer for Liberty of the Seas 12/12. I bid on the GS, 2BD GS, OS, VS and RS... for the GS and OS's I bid fair and the others I bid weak bids. We'd be lost in the mammoth space of a villa suite but it'd still be fun... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted October 15, 2021 #5461 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: Got our Royal up offer for Liberty of the Seas 12/12. I bid on the GS, 2BD GS, OS, VS and RS... for the GS and OS's I bid fair and the others I bid weak bids. We'd be lost in the mammoth space of a villa suite but it'd still be fun... Same for us in our celebrity penthouse, it was a amazing experience, we did bid for a star class suite for our allure cruise next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandc4e Posted October 15, 2021 #5462 Share Posted October 15, 2021 54 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: Got our Royal up offer for Liberty of the Seas 12/12. I bid on the GS, 2BD GS, OS, VS and RS... for the GS and OS's I bid fair and the others I bid weak bids. We'd be lost in the mammoth space of a villa suite but it'd still be fun... WOW! The fact that you found out this early is awesome! Most I'm seeing aren't finding out until a few days before cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted October 15, 2021 #5463 Share Posted October 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, sandc4e said: WOW! The fact that you found out this early is awesome! Most I'm seeing aren't finding out until a few days before cruise. I'm on the same one with tree skier, and we all got royal ups. I like interior view, I live alone, like to see action, so I'm good with a promenade but the royal ups wierd. No suites offered, but for $60 I can get a oceanview, but for $50, $10 less I can bid on a spacious ocean view, or for $60 same as regular, a panoramic spacious ocean view. Seems like a regular ocean view would be the lowest price. I'm a if it isnt a suite I'll keep my promenade. Ready to be around people. Yes more than a month ahead they sent out royal ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted October 15, 2021 #5464 Share Posted October 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, sandc4e said: WOW! The fact that you found out this early is awesome! Most I'm seeing aren't finding out until a few days before cruise. I think you misunderstood my post. I received the offer to Royalup not a winning bid. I don't expect to hear anything until December at the earliest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankLasVegas Posted October 15, 2021 #5465 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hello All: I sail on 10/23. My Royal Up bid has always said "Pending" from the moment I made the bid. It still says "Pending" but changed yesterday to where I cannot Modify or Cancel and a bid I did on another category now says "Expired". What (if anything) are those changes an indication of? Seems you should be able Modify or Cancel the bid up until your bid is accepted or you are notified you did not receive the upgrade. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtappend Posted October 15, 2021 #5466 Share Posted October 15, 2021 My Royal Up bid also says pending and I'm locked out from modifying or cancelling it or bidding on any other category. I emailed to see what this means but haven't heard back. It seems that this means the bid is accepted because otherwise why can't I modify/cancel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankLasVegas Posted October 15, 2021 #5467 Share Posted October 15, 2021 jtappend - kind of what I was thinking - seems logical but not sure exactly what logic the Royal Up program operates on. 😆 And if that is an indication of an accepted bid, how long before they would notify us I wonder? When is your sail date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espn Posted October 15, 2021 #5468 Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, FrankLasVegas said: jtappend - kind of what I was thinking - seems logical but not sure exactly what logic the Royal Up program operates on. 😆 And if that is an indication of an accepted bid, how long before they would notify us I wonder? When is your sail date? I have a theory of what they do based on my 40 years of experience as a systems analyst and programmer, purely from the anecdotal posts I have read over the last few months. I could be completely wrong of course. It seems like a couple of weeks from sail day they run their program to do an initial mock upgrade. Some people have a bid stay pending and others become expired, and all their bids are locked. I think this means at that time they would accept your pending bid, but not yet. I think the bids are locked so you cannot cancel or lower your bid. Others do not have any bids locked or changed to expired and this enables them to up their bids if inclined. I have read posts where people say their bids were locked and then a few days later they are able to change them again. I think that happens because someone out bids the previously locked bid and that new bid becomes the most likely winner at that moment. At some point they are probably running their program daily and updating locked and unlocked constantly until several days before the cruise when they start awarding upgrades. It seems to be a good sign when you have a pending bid that is locked but you will not know for sure until 2 to 3 days before your cruise. We have 2 bids that are pending and not locked for our 10/24 cruise and at this point I don’t expect those to change. I know some people on our cruise already have locked bids. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankLasVegas Posted October 15, 2021 #5469 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Espn: Sounds very much like a logical theory. Yesterday one bid expired and the other stayed pending and was locked - that was at 9 days out from my sail date. Time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espn Posted October 15, 2021 #5470 Share Posted October 15, 2021 My wife thought so, LOL. I am driving her crazy with RoyalUp stuff and she says we are not going to get Star Class and I need to forget it. With a pending locked bid I would say you are sitting good. I think human nature is to wait it out and not feel like you are bidding against yourself and up the bid. I am sure not going to bid more now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted October 15, 2021 #5471 Share Posted October 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, Espn said: My wife thought so, LOL. I am driving her crazy with RoyalUp stuff and she says we are not going to get Star Class and I need to forget it. With a pending locked bid I would say you are sitting good. I think human nature is to wait it out and not feel like you are bidding against yourself and up the bid. I am sure not going to bid more now. On celebrity I actually lowered my penthouse bid and then it was accepted, as soon as it was I got notified that my credit card was charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espn Posted October 16, 2021 #5472 Share Posted October 16, 2021 2 hours ago, George C said: On celebrity I actually lowered my penthouse bid and then it was accepted, as soon as it was I got notified that my credit card was charged. Funny but interesting. Maybe I should lower my SC bid. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted October 16, 2021 #5473 Share Posted October 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, Espn said: Funny but interesting. Maybe I should lower my SC bid. 🤔 What I find interesting is most of the suites up for bid didn’t appear when you look to see what suites are available, at least this is the case on my allure cruise next month, I saved a thousand by lowering my bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted October 16, 2021 #5474 Share Posted October 16, 2021 6 hours ago, FrankLasVegas said: What (if anything) are those changes an indication of? Seems you should be able Modify or Cancel the bid up until your bid is accepted or you are notified you did not receive the upgrade Nothing. You can but you need to call them to try to unlock it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandc4e Posted October 16, 2021 #5475 Share Posted October 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Tree_skier said: I think you misunderstood my post. I received the offer to Royalup not a winning bid. I don't expect to hear anything until December at the earliest. Yes I did misread your post. Good luck on your bid! S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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