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POLL RoyalUp How many have won and what was the bid strength


RoyalUp How many have actually won and at what bid strength  

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  1. 1. How many people have won their bids and at what bid strength

    • Won- Weak Bid offer
      32
    • Won- Medium Bid offer
      8
    • Won- Strong Bid offer
      4
    • Bid but did not win- Was Notified
      53
    • Bid but did not win- Was Not Notified
      22
    • Still have not received any offers to bid
      88


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53 minutes ago, CasinoCruzGirl said:

And this has what to do with you?  I changed our bid several times. What are you the cc police?  I’m flattered you watch my posts so closely

 

 

Last time I checked this was a public forum.

I guess you must have forgotten the reason everyone volunteered me to handle all the financials tracking on the Garden Villa cruise.

I am the numbers person & when numbers do not add up I will of course notice.

 

And we also both know I will always point out inconsistencies I come across, It’s just my nature.

  

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1 minute ago, Casino Comp Chick said:

 

Last time I checked this was a public forum.

I guess you must have forgotten the reason everyone volunteered me to handle all the financials tracking on the Garden Villa cruise.

I am the numbers person & when numbers do not add up I will of course notice.

 

And we also both know I will always point out inconsistencies I come across, It’s just my nature.

  

Smh

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4 hours ago, motheroftwocats814 said:

When do the bid offers usually come in? Closer to sailing?

We got ours maybe 75 + days out but chose to ignore.

 

I thought that should have been a choice in the poll.  "I received an offer but ignored it."

 

Does every booking get an offer?  I wonder what percentage reply.

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4 minutes ago, breezy_carol said:

We got ours maybe 75 + days out but chose to ignore.

 

I thought that should have been a choice in the poll.  "I received an offer but ignored it."

 

Does every booking get an offer?  I wonder what percentage reply.

 

No, I know that the big box retailers (BJ’s, Costco etc) have all opted out of the bidding system. There are others but those are the biggies.

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7 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Did you try toggling the RCI check box under Settings>Offers and Communications in your account?

I’ve done that with mine however in my case I’m thinking it might be because when I check our family in I have to provide an e mail for each of the kids and my wife so I use my e mail address for everyone but on their checkin I know in the past I have selected the do not send e mails as I assumed (probably mistakenly) that they used the persons name to generate their e mail lists and not the actual e mail itself. (Didn’t want to get 4 of the same e mails)

 

As the kids kids don’t have an account for me to go into to opt in I think I just need to change my e mail account and make sure that I’m opted in. 

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2 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

As the kids kids don’t have an account for me to go into to opt in I think I just need to change my e mail account and make sure that I’m opted in. 

^ This. Also, inside 30 days you can directly to the Royal Up page to check - though some reporting suggests that may not work.

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44 minutes ago, Casino Comp Chick said:

 

Last time I checked this was a public forum.

I guess you must have forgotten the reason everyone volunteered me to handle all the financials tracking on the Garden Villa cruise.

I am the numbers person & when numbers do not add up I will of course notice.

 

And we also both know I will always point out inconsistencies I come across, It’s just my nature.

  

Lol yes it’s a public forum but for you to go out of your way and research my posts and post them together and even pull a post I made on a completely different thread “pulling your leg comment” shows you had a desire to point out my “discrepancies”. Look we were and are excited about our upgrade and I changed our bid MULTIPLE times shoot me that I didn’t put the exact amounts in correct order. But you seemed to think I was lying about getting the upgrade which was proven that we did in a photo of our letter above in another post.  Why you felt the need to do what you did is beyond me. I make no comments on anything u post so please give me the respect and do the same for me. Thank you and have a nice weekend...I’ll be cruising 🤣

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Symphony of the Seas 3-day cruise. 

I received my bid email 45 days before sailing.

 

I was in a Central Park View for four people (interior)

bid on a Neighborhood Balcony for $100pp (considered a weak side on the scale).

 

My mom was in a regular interior for two people, bid on an oceanview balcony for $230pp (strong bid).

 

We both got an acceptance email 8 days before the cruise.  I was placed in a Boardwalk Balcony on deck 11, which is what I was hoping for, my kids will be excited- we had one on the Harmony and they loved watching below.  My mom got a good location oceanview balcony on deck 7. So it worked out nicely for us.

 

Interestingly, no one else in my roll call got an acceptance of their bid for the same cruise.  I guess it was luck that both my mom and I got ours!

 

** Our cruise went from having lots of availability (10+ in some categories) to completely closed and sold out about a week or two after Royal Up emails went out. I highly doubt a mass of people booked in those two weeks because the prices were sky high at that point.  So if your sailing shows sold out you can still potentially get upgraded!

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59 minutes ago, breezy_carol said:

We got ours maybe 75 + days out but chose to ignore.

 

I thought that should have been a choice in the poll.  "I received an offer but ignored it."

 

Does every booking get an offer?  I wonder what percentage reply.

 

No, I find that a lot of Med/European itineraries don't get the offers.

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48 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Did you try toggling the RCI check box under Settings>Offers and Communications in your account?

I am trying to do that but I am not sure it works.  I really would like to bid up.  I keep on getting, when trying to do it,  the 30 days pop up.😳

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1 hour ago, Casino Comp Chick said:

 

No, I know that the big box retailers (BJ’s, Costco etc) have all opted out of the bidding system. There are others but those are the biggies.

I didn't realize that, thanks for the info.

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54 minutes ago, CasinoCruzGirl said:

Lol yes it’s a public forum but for you to go out of your way and research my posts and post them together and even pull a post I made on a completely different thread “pulling your leg comment” shows you had a desire to point out my “discrepancies”. Look we were and are excited about our upgrade and I changed our bid MULTIPLE times shoot me that I didn’t put the exact amounts in correct order. But you seemed to think I was lying about getting the upgrade which was proven that we did in a photo of our letter above in another post.  Why you felt the need to do what you did is beyond me. I make no comments on anything u post so please give me the respect and do the same for me. Thank you and have a nice weekend...I’ll be cruising 🤣

 

You really should not be that flattered, I point out discrepancies in other posts, not just yours.

As far as looking up the posts, yes, because I knew the figures you tossed out did not match up to your previous posts,  I cannot help if I have a memory for numbers.

People question posts all the time, you have questioned other people’s posts, why would other people wanting clarification be any different from you wanting clarification? 

As far as quoting your one comment, well....you basically said someone else was fibbing but I guess that is ok as long as it’s not you. 

I do not understand your comment about not commenting on my posts because you do and there is one at the top of the NCL sticky thread right now and a few others prior to that one. It is a public forum and I have done nothing to disrespect you with my post but if you feel I have then you do have the option of blocking my posts if you so choose. It is the same as not reading threads you have no interest in. I do that all the time. 

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5 minutes ago, Casino Comp Chick said:

 

You really should not be that flattered, I point out discrepancies in other posts, not just yours.

As far as looking up the posts, yes, because I knew the figures you tossed out did not match up to your previous posts,  I cannot help if I have a memory for numbers.

People question posts all the time, you have questioned other people’s posts, why would other people wanting clarification be any different from you wanting clarification? 

I do not understand your comment about not commenting on my posts because you do and there is one at the top of the NCL sticky thread right now and a few others prior to that one. It is a public forum and I have done nothing to disrespect you with my post but if you feel I have then you do have the option of blocking my posts if you so choose. It is the same as not reading threads you have no interest in. I do that all the time. 

I rest my case your the cruise critic discrepancies police. Like I said have a wonderful weekend. I’m off to catch my flight 🍑

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On 5/25/2019 at 9:25 AM, CasinoCruzGirl said:

I rest my case your the cruise critic discrepancies police. Like I said have a wonderful weekend. I’m off to catch my flight 🍑

 

Since this thread is informational regarding people’s bids and acceptance rates yes I will point out “discrepancies” so that other members know who or what to believe about the figures that are truly being accepted.

When someone tosses out one figure on 1 thread and a different set of figures on another thread I will let the other members know they should question that poster and the figures so they can omit those amounts when calculating what they should bid when they RoyalUp themselves.

I would hate for people to lose out on a nice upgrade by basing their bids on unrealistic bid amounts that have zero chance of being accepted. based on another posters bad information.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Wanted to share our recent experience.  We booked a Guaranteed Room in which RC chooses the cabin.  There were only 12 cabins with obstructed views so we decided to take our chance.  As luck would have when we received our cabin notification we had an obstructed view.  A few days later we were invited to bid for an upgrade.  We did so.  Our bid was accepted and now we have payed $300 more for another obstructed view.  The only difference seems to be that instead of being on Deck 7 in the middle of the ship,  we are on Deck 9 at the back of the ship.  Never again!!!

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4 minutes ago, howdyi said:

Wanted to share our recent experience.   Never again!!!

This has already been reported in the Royal Up thread - don't bid on a balcony if already in one.

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