rocklinmom Posted April 5, 2019 #1 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I was surprised to get an "exclusive upgrade offer" email yesterday from Princess. Our British Isles cruise is in mid-June. We have two interior cabins booked (there are five of us) and it was an offer to upgrade to balcony cabins for $269pp. This is for a 12 day cruise. With the higher insurance price (only about $21pp) that still made it only $290pp. Not to mention they only charge for four of us, the fifth person stays the same price as before and I only paid $149 fare for him with the 3 day Europe sale in February. And best of all, since it's an upgrade from them, not me trying to upgrade us to balcony cabins on my own, we keep our perks - and I wasn't going to give those up (from the same sale: total of $675 OBC, free gratuities for four of us, and specialty restaurant dinner for all of us). When I called the special upgrade number and left a message I didn't know if I would hear back and I knew from checking the website that there was only one pair of balcony cabins next to each other available on our cruise. Two hours later I got the call and it all worked out. I'm still surprised as our cruise is about 75 days out. But definitely happy to move us to balcony cabins for what I consider a great deal! So you never know when the upgrade fairy will show up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 5, 2019 #2 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Good deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marden1970 Posted April 5, 2019 #3 Share Posted April 5, 2019 WOW! Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmik1 Posted April 5, 2019 #4 Share Posted April 5, 2019 The offer you received was an upsell offer not an upgrade. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted April 5, 2019 #5 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Have you already made the final payment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnd crsr Posted April 5, 2019 #6 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Congrats! That's a great upsell. Have a super cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted April 5, 2019 #7 Share Posted April 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, oskidunker said: Have you already made the final payment? what difference would that make on an upsell offer from Princess ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann141 Posted April 5, 2019 #8 Share Posted April 5, 2019 We booked an inside cabin on this cruise on Tuesday.Fingers crossed for an upgrade!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasbo49 Posted April 5, 2019 #9 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) I'm guessing this offer came right after final payment. We got one for the cruise before this (June 6 out of Southampton) right after the 75-day mark. We've had three such offers in the past and they were always right around one month before sailing, so maybe they're acting sooner these days. By the way, our offer was called both an upgrade offer and an upsell offer in the Princess email, so it seems to me it doesn't matter what people call it as long as it's clear it's paid, not free, when discussing it. P.S.: That does seem like a mighty good deal. Well worth the extra money. Jim Edited April 5, 2019 by jasbo49 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare oskidunker Posted April 5, 2019 #10 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Generally 25% dont make the final payment so availability goes up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzsnooze Posted April 5, 2019 #11 Share Posted April 5, 2019 21 minutes ago, jasbo49 said: By the way, our offer was called both an upgrade offer and an upsell offer in the Princess email, so it seems to me it doesn't matter what people call it as long as it's clear it's paid, not free, when discussing it. It's a very big difference because (upgrade) is complimentary and upsell is for a fee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocklinmom Posted April 5, 2019 Author #12 Share Posted April 5, 2019 The email is entitled "Exclusive Upgrade Offer". So that's why I called it an upgrade. And yes I did just pay our final payment on April 2nd (two days before the offer came). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted April 5, 2019 #13 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Glad you're happy with your upsell. Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted April 5, 2019 #14 Share Posted April 5, 2019 24 minutes ago, rocklinmom said: The email is entitled "Exclusive Upgrade Offer". So that's why I called it an upgrade. And yes I did just pay our final payment on April 2nd (two days before the offer came). our final was due on 3/15 and we received/accepted our offer on 3/20 for a sailing mid-May 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted April 5, 2019 #15 Share Posted April 5, 2019 52 minutes ago, rocklinmom said: The email is entitled "Exclusive Upgrade Offer". So that's why I called it an upgrade. And yes I did just pay our final payment on April 2nd (two days before the offer came). just looked back at our offer - in the heading of the email - Upsell Offer once the email was opened - "Exclusive Upgrade Offer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser113 Posted April 5, 2019 #16 Share Posted April 5, 2019 originally last year we had booked the TA plus the British Isles cruise , with a balcony for the TA and an aft balcony for the British Isles. We then decided to switch to obstructed Oceanview cabins saving us $4000 total (not really obstructed, but aft part of deck 8)). Many different promotions for this B2B cruise happened before final payment. Some with more OBC and some with free gratuities. Many cabin changes to finally get us the some obstructed ocean view for the 27 days just before final payment. Then we received the email offer to take an upsell to a balcony. Willing to change cabins for the British Isles part. Called and left message. Received call back and discussed that we were doing a B2B. Took offer for TA and about an hour later received second call that the offer was also being applied to our British Isles cruise as well. We were able to get the same aft balcony for the full 27 days. Best deal in our opinion, total cost was less than $700 extra for both of us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisequeen4ever Posted April 6, 2019 #17 Share Posted April 6, 2019 That’s great; enjoy! We didn’t know how much use we’d get on a balcony in that region, but it was fabulous! The scenery is gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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