Bill-n-Bob Posted December 13, 2021 #301 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 5:24 PM, Bill-n-Bob said: Ship: EDGE Length of Cruise: 7 Nights Cruise Sail Date: Jan 2, 2022 Date email offer received: No email. Notified by others bidding opened Dec 5. Captain’s Club Tier: Elite Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: Sky Suite (S3) (price booked $2,469pp) Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Celebrity Suite (full price $4,713pp) Bid Offer: $1,155pp Notification Date: Dec 7, 2021 (credit card charged Dec 7; no email yet; new cabin in reservation) Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Comments: Iconic Suite: Bid Range: $10k-$20k Bid: No Bid Full Price: $17,279Penthouse Suite: Bid Range: $7k-$13k Bid: No Bid Full Price: $9,461(Sold Out)Edge Villa Bid Range: $3.5k-$7k Bid: $4,220 Full Price: $8,040 (bid expired Dec 7)Royal Suite Bid Range: $2.4k-$5k Bid: $2,535 Full Price: $6,958 (bid expired Dec 7)Celebrity Suite Bid Range: $1k-$2k Bid: $1,155 Full Price: $4,713 (bid accepted Dec 7)Note: - All prices/bids are per person - Remember we have already paid $2,469pp for our Sky Suite so add that to the bid when comparing to the full price of the cabin. We got the cabin at a 23.1% discount. - Surprised how quickly we were notified. Comfortable with our bids. One comment... After getting my upgrade $600 of my $1,145 onboard credit disappeared. The only reason I found out was that the remaining credit was not enough to pay for a private excursion I had booked and I got an automated email asking for the balance. The $600 was a standard perk from my original Sky Suite booking and should not have changed by my upgrade. After contacting the Retreat Concierge they apologized and corrected the problem but after 2 days it does not show up on my Cruise Planner so they have escalated it to their IT department. Something unexpected to check... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdrenth Posted December 14, 2021 #302 Share Posted December 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Bill-n-Bob said: One comment... After getting my upgrade $600 of my $1,145 onboard credit disappeared. The only reason I found out was that the remaining credit was not enough to pay for a private excursion I had booked and I got an automated email asking for the balance. The $600 was a standard perk from my original Sky Suite booking and should not have changed by my upgrade. After contacting the Retreat Concierge they apologized and corrected the problem but after 2 days it does not show up on my Cruise Planner so they have escalated it to their IT department. Something unexpected to check... Well that's slightly concerning.... 😕 Please update us once the OBC been returned to your account! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-n-Bob Posted December 18, 2021 #303 Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 6:38 PM, Bill-n-Bob said: One comment... After getting my upgrade $600 of my $1,145 onboard credit disappeared. The only reason I found out was that the remaining credit was not enough to pay for a private excursion I had booked and I got an automated email asking for the balance. The $600 was a standard perk from my original Sky Suite booking and should not have changed by my upgrade. After contacting the Retreat Concierge they apologized and corrected the problem but after 2 days it does not show up on my Cruise Planner so they have escalated it to their IT department. Something unexpected to check... It took 4 days, 3 calls to the Retreat Concierge and the involvement of the IT department but the $600 was put back in my onboard credit account. During those 4 days the private excursion we had booked was cancelled for nonpayment and it took another day to get it rebooked. A very strange case... More interesting was that our bid for the Celebrity Suite was accepted on December 7th saving us 23% but on December 15th they lowered the cost of Celebrity Suites by 25% so we ended up paying more for the suite through the Move-Up program than if we waited and booked it at the asking price. Not a big difference in cost but another unusual event. We have written to the Celebrity Move-Up desk about both issues but have not heard back. Still a believer in the program and will continue to participate on future cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverlaysup Posted December 18, 2021 #304 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Ship: Apex Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: Feb 12, 2021 Date email offer received: No offer, just logged into cruise and it was available this far in advance! Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Elite Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: S3 (Larger balcony on the Magic Carpet) Bid? Yes/No: No If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: place winning category, if accepted (all category offers, can be mentioned in comments) Bid Offer: Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected General Comments: Not going to bid because for us, not worth the extra cost but here are the min and max bids. CS- $1000-2000 RS- $2400-5000 EV- $3500-7000 All prices are per person Penthouse- $7000-13000 Iconic- $10000-20000 Did a mock booking and there is 1 CS, 3 EV and 1 Iconic available at this moment. We booked the S3 so cheaply that it cost less than a Concierge cabin does now. I will keep the current cabin and let someone else go crazy and bid on these suites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsypv Posted December 19, 2021 #305 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 9:58 PM, betsypv said: Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 day Cruise Sail Date: 12/26/21 Date email offer received: 12/4/21 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: 1C Balcony Bid? Yes/No: YES If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: place winning category, if accepted (all category offers, can be mentioned in comments) Bid Offer: bid on FV $125 now shows expired, bid on AQ $165 pp pending ( weak offers slightly above minimum) Notification Date: not yet Accepted / Rejected : waiting General Comments (offer details, etc.) I received the move up email but my other cabin did not. Found Moveup page and made offer for that cabin as well. Its only been 48 hours so hope to learn something soon. just got upgrade email and then credit card charged for Aqua class cabin, from 1c to A2! waiting on other cabin now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsypv Posted December 20, 2021 #306 Share Posted December 20, 2021 4 hours ago, betsypv said: just got upgrade email and then credit card charged for Aqua class cabin, from 1c to A2! waiting on other cabin now... and got the other cabin and my friend got hers as well - she was minimum weak bid and we were $10 more. SO excited to try Aqua for max relaxation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted December 20, 2021 #307 Share Posted December 20, 2021 9 hours ago, betsypv said: and got the other cabin and my friend got hers as well - she was minimum weak bid and we were $10 more. SO excited to try Aqua for max relaxation. Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizO830 Posted December 20, 2021 #308 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: 12/26/21 Date email offer received: 12/8/21 Captain’s Club Tier: Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: 3rd party booking website Current Cabin: Concierge 1058 Bid? Yes/No: Yes Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Aqua Bid Offer: $145 ($290 total) Notification Date: 12/20/21 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaco Posted December 22, 2021 #309 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: 12/26/21 Date email offer received: None received, accessed thru web portal Captain’s Club Tier: Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: Concierge C3 Bid? Yes/No: Yes Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Aqua Bid Offer: $150pp Notification Date: 12/20/21 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look4theLight Posted December 28, 2021 #310 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Ship: Edge Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: 2 JAN 2022 Date email offer received: Didn't receive a Move Up email. Saw an ad for Move Up while checking my reservation. Captain’s Club Tier: Classic (This will be my first Celebrity but was bumped up for being a Crown & Anchor member) Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: E2 Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: S1/S2 Bid Offer: $1,000 pp Notification Date: 27 DEC 2021 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted General Comments: The category on the deck plans says S1 but our edocs say S2 so I'm not entirely sure which one is correct. I didn't notice any S2s on the deck plans. I was mildly amused that our E2 was #8191 and the upgrade is to #9181 so for a second I thought the whole thing was some sort of mix up! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoshb Posted December 29, 2021 #311 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Ship: Equinox Length of Cruise: 12 nights Cruise Sail Date: 01/08/2022 Date email offer received: 12/8/21 Captain’s Club Tier: Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: Concierge 1405 Bid? Yes/No: Yes Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Sky Suite Bid Offer: $1440 ($2880 total) Notification Date: 12/29/21 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkcruiseky Posted December 29, 2021 #312 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Ship: Edge Length of Cruise: 7 Days Cruise Sail Date: 1/2/2022 Date email offer received: none - looked up online myself Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: IV Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Sky Suite S1 Bid Offer: $1,000 pP Notification Date: 12/28/21 Accepted / Rejected Accepted General Comments (offer details, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoflyers Posted December 31, 2021 #313 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: 01/12/22 Date email offer received: 12/8/21 Captain’s Club Tier: Elite Plus Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Onboard booking transferred to TA Current Cabin: Veranda 7318 Bid? Yes/No: Yes Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Aqua Bid Offer: $160 ($320 total) Notification Date: 12/31/21 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bboop51 Posted January 4, 2022 #314 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Ship: Apex Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: 22 JAN 2022 Date email offer received: December 23, 2021 Captain’s Club Tier: Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Current Cabin: Concierge Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Sky Suite 725 PP Aqua: 250 pp Notification Date: 1/3/2021 Sky Suite Accepted / Rejected: Accepted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toohoos Posted January 5, 2022 #315 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Ship: Equinox Length of Cruise: 9 days Cruise Sail Date: 1/21/2022 Date email offer received: N/A Captain’s Club Tier : Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: 2146, Aft Corner S1 Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: CS Bid Offer: $800 Notification Date: 1/3/2022 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted General Comments Bid just over minimum amount for both CS and RS. RS was almost immediately listed as expired. CS accepted. It is a good one on the back side of the hump, #1615. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluCruiser Posted January 5, 2022 #316 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 10 Nights Cruise Sail Date: 1/19/2022 Date email offer received: 12/20/2021 Captain’s Club Tier : Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Booked through Celebrity Direct Online Current Cabin: Veranda Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Aqua Class Bid Offer: $165 PP (Total $300) Notification Date: 1/3/2022 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Of note, we also bid on Concierge at $150 PP and it was "Expired" while the Aqua Class bid was "Pending." We ultimately won the Aqua Class bid! Happy Bidding all!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t18c97 Posted January 6, 2022 #317 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Ship: Apex Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: 1/15/22 Date email offer received:12/17/21 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin:10112 Bid? Yes/No:Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Celebrity Suite Bid Offer:$1,105/PP Notification Date:1/6/22 Accepted / Rejected Accepted General Comments (offer details, etc.) The minimum bid was $1,000. I had initially bid higher but modified the bid lower when I saw a bunch of CS's had become available when they were once only 1. I was going to lower it again but they had locked out any further changes before I could. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolivas Posted January 6, 2022 #318 Share Posted January 6, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 Cruise Sail Date: February 5 Date email offer received: No email, looked up offer Bid-December 29 Captain’s Club Tier: Preview- 1st Celebrity Cruise Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Celebrity Website Current Cabin: 1B veranda stateroom Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Concierge/Aqua Bid Offer: Concierge ($120/pp- minimum) (Aqua-$150/pp- minimum) Notification Date: 1/4: concierge-expired aqua-pending Accepted / Rejected: NA General Comments (offer details, etc.) My concierge bid was changed to expired and I can no longer change or cancel my bid for Aqua which says pending. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flviking Posted January 11, 2022 #319 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Ship: Edge Length of Cruise: 7 Cruise Sail Date: February 13 Date email offer received: 1/6 Captain’s Club Tier: Elite Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: S2 Sky Suite Bid? Yes/No: No General Comments (offer details, etc.) Minimum Bids CS $1000pp RS $2400pp EV $3500pp PH $7000pp IS $10000pp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh/tigger Posted January 13, 2022 #320 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 Nights Cruise Sail Date: Feb 5th, 2022 Date email offer received: No email. Just checked and it was open for offers on Dec 18th Captain’s Club Tier: Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Celebrity Current Cabin: Veranda Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Aqua Bid Offer: $100 pp Notification Date: Jan 7th, 2022 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBKL Posted January 14, 2022 #321 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Ship: Equinox Length of Cruise: 12 Cruise Sail Date: March 13, 2022 Date email offer received: Jan 13, 2022 Captain’s Club Tier: Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Veranda (1A) Bid? Yes/No: No (probably not) General Comments (offer details, etc.) Minimum Bids RS $2800 PP CS $2100 PP SS $1500 PP AQ $250 PP CON $150 PP Family Veranda $140 PP Was surprised to received the email a full two months prior to our sailing; just a day after final payments were due. Would love to bid on a suite however, the minimum bids are too high for us. Not sure if they ever modify the minimum bids but if they do we will reconsider. The Aqua and Concierge minimum bids seem reasonable however, we like our cabin location. Might still bid on the Aqua just to gain the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look4theLight Posted January 17, 2022 #322 Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 12/28/2021 at 12:09 PM, Look4theLight said: Ship: Edge Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: 2 JAN 2022 Date email offer received: Didn't receive a Move Up email. Saw an ad for Move Up while checking my reservation. Captain’s Club Tier: Classic (This will be my first Celebrity but was bumped up for being a Crown & Anchor member) Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: E2 Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: S1/S2 Bid Offer: $1,000 pp Notification Date: 27 DEC 2021 Accepted / Rejected: Accepted General Comments: The category on the deck plans says S1 but our edocs say S2 so I'm not entirely sure which one is correct. I didn't notice any S2s on the deck plans. I was mildly amused that our E2 was #8191 and the upgrade is to #9181 so for a second I thought the whole thing was some sort of mix up! POST CRUISE UPDATE - Because we got the suite through Move Up, the Streaming Wi-Fi and Onboard/ShoreX Credit that's normally included with suites was instead applied as a dollar value to the "discounted" cost of the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8lyx Posted January 17, 2022 #323 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Ship: Equinox Length of Cruise: 12 Cruise Sail Date: March 13, 2022 Date email offer received: Jan 13, 2022 Captain’s Club Tier: Preview Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Inside Bid? Yes/No: Yes. Waiting. General Comments (offer details, etc.) Minimum Bids AQ £400 PP CON £290PP Family Veranda £290 PP Veranda £185 PP Ocean V £35 PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda W. Posted January 17, 2022 #324 Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 6/2/2019 at 7:23 AM, hvbaskey said: Last Revision: June 02, 2019 (up to and including Post #24) Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: Feb 12, 2022 Date email offer received: Jan 7, 2022 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Preview Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: C2 Bid? Yes/No: YES If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: place winning category, if accepted (all category offers, can be mentioned in comments). Aqua Class Bid Offer: $140/pp Notification Date: Jan 17, 2022 Accepted / Rejected ACCEPTED General Comments (offer details, etc.). Originally bid $100/pp but really wanted to upgrade so I went up to $140/pp. I tried to go back and bid more but my upgrade options were not there anymore. Happy with what we got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare garyl62 Posted January 19, 2022 #325 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Ship: Reflection Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail Date: March 19, 2022 Date email offer received: January 19, 2022 (day after final payment) Captain’s Club Tier Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Booked onboard, transferred to TA Current Cabin: PH Suite Bid? Yes/No: No If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Bid Offer: Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected General Comments (offer details, etc.) Only cabin available to bid on for us is a Reflection Suite since we are in the PH. Opening bid was $1,000, and max bid was $2,500 PP. Price to purchase was $3,988 PP more than we paid for PH so bid range did represent a discount from current price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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