blacknj Posted November 21, 2021 #5851 Share Posted November 21, 2021 I am still waiting for a cabin update on one of my 2 cabins. My TA is out of office and RC will not talk to me so I am not sure what to do. I don't understand how one cabin could update and not the other is the TA had to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted November 21, 2021 #5852 Share Posted November 21, 2021 1 hour ago, blacknj said: I don't understand how one cabin could update and not the other if the TA had to do something. Not sure what you expect the TA to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacknj Posted November 21, 2021 #5853 Share Posted November 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Biker19 said: Not sure what you expect the TA to do? I'm not sure if they are involved in the process or not. RC is telling me they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 21, 2021 #5854 Share Posted November 21, 2021 42 minutes ago, blacknj said: I'm not sure if they are involved in the process or not. RC is telling me they are. They're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacknj Posted November 21, 2021 #5855 Share Posted November 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said: They're not. Ok. Good to know. I'll just play the waiting game, I'm happy with my original cabin as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelby2002 Posted November 22, 2021 #5856 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Our 11/28 cruise my Royal up now shows one Expired and the Other still pending hope that's a good sign for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MandyMooToo Posted November 22, 2021 #5857 Share Posted November 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, shelby2002 said: Our 11/28 cruise my Royal up now shows one Expired and the Other still pending hope that's a good sign for us. Just checked and our Ultra Spacious Ocean View bid is expired and the Ocean View Balcony is pending. No credit card charge yet though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted November 22, 2021 #5858 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Currently my two bedrooms grand suite is pending my two bathrooms aqua suite says I can cancel or modify. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrbag Posted November 23, 2021 #5859 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Booked a balcony cabin for a 3 day Ensenada cruise on Navigator for $230pp. Royal Up Bids: Junior Suite: $135pp ($130pp minimum bid) Grand Suite $355pp ($200pp minimum bid) 2 Bed Grand Suite $365 ($360pp minimum bid) Grand Suite successfully cleared this AM, 3 days before departure. To be honest, probably could have bid lower on this as even after the upgrade cleared there were 5 GS available. End of the day though, think paying $580pp for 3 nights in a GS is still a good deal! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjohncourt Posted November 23, 2021 #5860 Share Posted November 23, 2021 If you win one of these bids do you get all of the suite perks? For instance the free drinks in the lounge in the evening. I’m bidding on some suites on the Liberty. What’s your favorite suite perk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted November 23, 2021 #5861 Share Posted November 23, 2021 We were notified on celebrity two days before that we had the penthouse. We sail now in 4 days on allure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted November 23, 2021 #5862 Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Jenjohncourt said: If you win one of these bids do you get all of the suite perks? For instance the free drinks in the lounge in the evening. I’m bidding on some suites on the Liberty. What’s your favorite suite perk? Suite lounge happy hour and breakfast in specialty restaurant, did grand suite on Liberty a couple of times. ( in the past I liked the reserved seats for shows and concierge walking you off at end of the cruise, not sure if that is currently available) Edited November 23, 2021 by George C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjohncourt Posted November 23, 2021 #5863 Share Posted November 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, George C said: Suite lounge happy hour and breakfast in specialty restaurant, did grand suite on Liberty a couple of times. ( in the past I liked the reserved seats for shows and concierge walking you off at end of the cruise, not sure if that is currently available) Thanks George!! Sounds awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou33 Posted November 24, 2021 #5864 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Many people report that their bid is locked with no ability to cancel or modify before they win their bid. That may be a good sign, but I can report that it does not guarantee a winning bid. We booked a balcony cabin on Explorer, November 14, 7 day. Nine days before the cruise my bid for a JS became locked and pending, and bids for GS and GS 2-bdrm became "expired". I was sure that I was going to win the JS. But two days before the cruise, the bid for JS turned to "upgrade unavailable", and bids for GS and GS-2 turned back to "pending" and possible to cancel or modify. I received a rejection letter for all bids the night of the cruise. I bid $110pp for the JS and the minimum bid was $50. I think if I bid just a little higher, I would have won the JS. I'm curious what the winning bids were for that sailing. The ship was at 50% capacity and I'm guessing that with so many vacant cabins, most (all?) bids for OV or balcony were successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MandyMooToo Posted November 24, 2021 #5865 Share Posted November 24, 2021 24 minutes ago, Lou33 said: Many people report that their bid is locked with no ability to cancel or modify before they win their bid. That may be a good sign, but I can report that it does not guarantee a winning bid. We booked a balcony cabin on Explorer, November 14, 7 day. Nine days before the cruise my bid for a JS became locked and pending, and bids for GS and GS 2-bdrm became "expired". I was sure that I was going to win the JS. But two days before the cruise, the bid for JS turned to "upgrade unavailable", and bids for GS and GS-2 turned back to "pending" and possible to cancel or modify. I received a rejection letter for all bids the night of the cruise. I bid $110pp for the JS and the minimum bid was $50. I think if I bid just a little higher, I would have won the JS. I'm curious what the winning bids were for that sailing. The ship was at 50% capacity and I'm guessing that with so many vacant cabins, most (all?) bids for OV or balcony were successful. I wondered about this. I bid on two different cabins, we are four days out and one has gone to expired, one has gone to pending with no ability to modify. I was curious if it was possible for them to revert back to modifiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted November 24, 2021 #5866 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Lou33 said: Many people report that their bid is locked with no ability to cancel or modify before they win their bid. That may be a good sign, but I can report that it does not guarantee a winning bid. We booked a balcony cabin on Explorer, November 14, 7 day. Nine days before the cruise my bid for a JS became locked and pending, and bids for GS and GS 2-bdrm became "expired". I was sure that I was going to win the JS. But two days before the cruise, the bid for JS turned to "upgrade unavailable", and bids for GS and GS-2 turned back to "pending" and possible to cancel or modify. I received a rejection letter for all bids the night of the cruise. I bid $110pp for the JS and the minimum bid was $50. I think if I bid just a little higher, I would have won the JS. I'm curious what the winning bids were for that sailing. The ship was at 50% capacity and I'm guessing that with so many vacant cabins, most (all?) bids for OV or balcony were successful. I had the same experience on a recent weekend cruise. Originally booked a JS, bid on everything (GS1, GS2, OS, RS). a couple weeks before the OS was the only pending one, everything else locked and expired. 3 days before the OS changed to "upgrade unavailable" and the rest pending, and I could modify my bid on everything, including the unavailable OS. Ended up with the original JS, which we were totally fine with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted November 24, 2021 #5867 Share Posted November 24, 2021 If you win a bid and are upgraded to star class, will you get refunded for things you paid for on sky class? We purchased a drink package and dining package- they are included in Star class. Also if you did get a refund, how long did it take to receive? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilgrin72 Posted November 24, 2021 #5868 Share Posted November 24, 2021 25 1/2 hours from boarding and I have 4 bids out there - all still show pending and are able to be edited/deleted. Is this normal/common? I keep waiting for some movement either way and it's just stasis. Once I'm in the cabin I booked, I'm definitely not moving, so should I just wait until cabins are available tomorrow and then cancel them all? I believe our departure time is 5 PM and I'm pretty sure Royal Up said that bids are editable/cancellable up to 3 hours prior to departure if they haven't already shown accepted or expired. Please correct me if I am wrong on this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted November 24, 2021 #5869 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Just now, Evilgrin72 said: Is this normal/common? I keep waiting for some movement either way and it's just stasis. Yes, the denial email should come later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilgrin72 Posted November 24, 2021 #5870 Share Posted November 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Biker19 said: Yes, the denial email should come later tonight. OK, thanks. I made just minimum bids because I'm fine with the stateroom we have, so I didn't really expect to get any of them, just a shot in the dark. At this point, I'm just ready to remove any false hope for a miracle. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MandyMooToo Posted November 24, 2021 #5871 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Received the acceptance email a little bit ago for our 11/28 cruise on Explorer. Bid a bit over minimum (or what the minimum was to begin with, I believe it fluctuated some) for an Ocean View Balcony and an Ultra Spacious Ocean View. Thought we my need something bigger with covid concerns as we may actually spend more time in the cabin this go round. We originally booked this cruise roughly two years ago so a regular/direct upgrade was a ridiculous cost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammee Posted November 24, 2021 #5872 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Got my email alittle while ago for Sunday's cruise. I bid on 2 types of OV's and a balcony. The OV's were expired and balcony pending. I received the balcony, so happy. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelby2002 Posted November 24, 2021 #5873 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Me too got my email 1/2 hour ago for 11/28 we bid $10 over minimum and got Crown Loft Suite YIPEE. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted November 24, 2021 #5874 Share Posted November 24, 2021 You will love it!!! Hard to go back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted November 24, 2021 #5875 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, shelby2002 said: Me too got my email 1/2 hour ago for 11/28 we bid $10 over minimum and got Crown Loft Suite YIPEE. Congratulations suites are the only way to go ( if it is in your budget) , I sail 11/27 in grand suite but have two bids pending for larger suites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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