Syd2000 Posted December 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Hi everyone - I was going to book the January 13 Nieuw Amsterdam cruise for my family, but the Neptune Suites are showing as sold out. On Sunday night, there were 8 Neptune suites available, but by Monday night, there were none. Do you think it is possible for all 8 of these to go in 24 hours? Thanks! Syd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulders Posted December 18, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Yes, if HAL dropped the price for those suites or offered upsells to people who had already booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted December 18, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Or, they are offering upsells. When they do that, they close off the category. They may also have guarantees that they are assigning. It may open back up again. Considering Christmas and New Year's, I wouldn't be surprised if they are offering upsells early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tom O. Posted December 18, 2018 #4 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Like Kazu said, it could be that they were guarantees. When you go online and pretend to book so you can see what cabins are available, Cabins that are not assigned to guarantees yet look like they are unsold. For example, it could have been that 7 sets of passengers had purchased guarantees, and there was still one suite that hadn't been sold yet. If you were looking at these suites at that time while you were doing an incomplete booking, it would look like there were eight available, when actually only one was available. If you had booked it at that time, you could choose any of these 8 suites. But as soon as you did, they would all disappear because the other 7 would have to go to the 7 sets of passengers that booked guarantees. So if this is the case, since you last looked, the last remaining suite was sold. The same thing happens when looking at airline seating. I often look at the "change seats" option just before I fly. Sometimes it looks like there are lots of seats left. But, actually it is sold out. What looks like empty seats are actually held by people who have purchased tickets without the option to choose their own seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted December 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Most likely filling guarantee bookings. The on line listing of cabins shows unassigned cabins, not unbooked cabins. There is a significant difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted December 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted December 18, 2018 53 minutes ago, Tom O. said: Like Kazu said, it could be that they were guarantees. When you go online and pretend to book so you can see what cabins are available, Cabins that are not assigned to guarantees yet look like they are unsold. For example, it could have been that 7 sets of passengers had purchased guarantees, and there was still one suite that hadn't been sold yet. If you were looking at these suites at that time while you were doing an incomplete booking, it would look like there were eight available, when actually only one was available. If you had booked it at that time, you could choose any of these 8 suites. But as soon as you did, they would all disappear because the other 7 would have to go to the 7 sets of passengers that booked guarantees. So if this is the case, since you last looked, the last remaining suite was sold. The same thing happens when looking at airline seating. I often look at the "change seats" option just before I fly. Sometimes it looks like there are lots of seats left. But, actually it is sold out. What looks like empty seats are actually held by people who have purchased tickets without the option to choose their own seats. Exactly. Excellent explanation of how one available cabin can look like there is a lot more availability than there really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted December 18, 2018 #7 Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) Did you or your TA call HAL directly. We have done two late booking Xmas bookings in the past. Both showed our desired category on line as sold out. We kept checking. A cabin opened up two weeks prior to blast off. On the second, our TA contacted the cruise line even though it showed sold out on line. The cruise line agent got our TA a cabin for us... and at a great price. Don’t depend on what displays on line. Make the call or have your TA make it. You have nothing to loose by checking and by checking again. Edited December 18, 2018 by iancal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd2000 Posted December 19, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Thank you everyone! It all makes more sense now. I am going to call HAL in a few minutes and try to still book a room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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