Celebrity MoveUp Offer Tracker - Please Do Not Post Questions Here!

[Mark.Jules]

This is an update to a past post. X cut the move up bid amounts in half. We will see what happens.

• Ship:  Apex

• Length of Cruise: 7-Nights

• Cruise Sail Date: June 18

• Date email offer received: April 5 original May 12 with offer reduced by 50% 

• Captain’s Club Tier Classic

• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Onboard transferred to TA

• Current Cabin: Edge Stateroom with Infinite Veranda

• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes

• If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: Edge Villa $2,000 pp 

• Royal $2,500 pp

• Celebrity Suite $1,500 pp

• Aqua Sky Suite 850 pp

• Sunset Sky $850 pp

• Sky Suite $850 pp 

• Aqua w/ I.V. $250 pp

• Concierge w/ I.V. $100 pp 

• Bid Offer: Sky Suite $900 pp

• Notification Date:

• Accepted / Rejected Pending

General Comments (offer details, etc.) With the prices being cut in half, we decided to make a low bid for a sky suite.

[DLWood]

On 3/16/2023 at 12:39 AM, DLWood said:

 

• Ship:  Beyond
• Length of Cruise: 9 nights
• Cruise Sail Date: 27 May 2023
• Date email offer received: 15 March 2023
• Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Classic
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA
• Current Cabin: AQ
• Bid?  Yes/No: not at these rates 

If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin:
• Bid Offer:
• Notification Date:
• Accepted / Rejected

General Comments (offer details, etc.)

 

EV. $4160 CDN

RS $5545 CDN

CS $3465 CDN

all Sky Suites $1800 CDN

 

 

Thanks to a post here I learned the minimum was dropped by 50%. We are booked in Aqua Class and I bid $880 for an upgrade to an Aqua Sky Suite. Min was $875. We’re two weeks out and there are 12 available. 

[Les43]

Ship:  Reflection

Length of Cruise:  10 days 

Cruise Sail Date:  July 17th 2023

Date email offer received:  12th May 2023

Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]:  Select

Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA:  TA

Current Cabin:  Sunset Sky Suite

Bid?  Yes/No:  Yes 

If YES -  Bidding Details:  Royal Suite - £1805pp.   Signature Suite - £1765pp

Accepted / Rejected:  pending 

General Comments - have already upgraded from a SV to a Sunset Sky suite. 

[AbbyCruiser45]

• Ship:  Equinox
• Length of Cruise: 8 nights
• Cruise Sail Date: June 24, 2023
• Date email offer received:April 10, 2023
• Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Blue Chip Club
• Current Cabin: Inside
• 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: Balcony, $120/person 
• Notification Date: 5/9/2023
• Accepted / Rejected: Accepted

General Comments (offer details, etc.): The ship looked to be mostly sold out (no balconies for 2 people when placing the bid). We went $20/person over the minimum bid. 

[scubarn1]

Ship: Apex

Length of Cruise: 9 night Norway

Date: July 31, 2023

Date Email received: May 18

Captain Club Tier: Elite

Booked: TA

Current Cabin: Sunset Veranda

Bid: No- we picked this cabin to enjoy watching the fjords from our veranda

Details of offer (minimum bid)

Edge IV: $175

Concierge: $100

Aqua: $540

Skysuite: $1705

Sunset Skysuite: $1825

Aqua Skysuite:$1800

Celebrity Suite: $3600

Royal Suite: $5425

Edge Villa: $4560

 

Was not sure why the starting bid was cheaper for concierge vs. IV and Edge Villa vs. Royal Suite.The cruise was sold out till final payment was due then only a handful of cabins did open up. 

[tennisdog]

• Ship:  Celebrity Silhoutte
• Length of Cruise: 7 nights, Norway Fjords
• Cruise Sail Date: Mon, May, 29 to Mon, June 5, 2023
• Date email offer received: March 29, 2023 went online and checked proactively 
• Captain’s Club Tier: Elite Plus
• Booked through Celebrity Direct
• Current Cabin: Celebrity Suite, 1619
• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes  $1,500 pp for PH: $850 pp for a Royal Suite

  If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: See above
• Notification Date: Pending
• Accepted / Rejected: Accepted
• Cabin Category: All is above & pending.
• Notification Date: Pending
• Accepted / Rejected: Expired Was expired as of 5/12/23, but reappeared. 

• General Comments (offer details, etc.) We transferred our Celebrity CC pts to OBC. Need to spend.

• This card sucks...Horrible Interest Rates & years of Bumbling/Missing/Pleading/Negotiating Pts

[thebutlerdidit]

14 hours ago, tennisdog said:

• Ship:  Celebrity Silhoutte
• Length of Cruise: 7 nights, Norway Fjords
• Cruise Sail Date: Mon, May, 29 to Mon, June 5, 2023
• Date email offer received: March 29, 2023 went online and checked proactively 
• Captain’s Club Tier: Elite Plus
• Booked through Celebrity Direct
• Current Cabin: Celebrity Suite, 1619
• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes  $1,500 pp for PH: $850 pp for a Royal Suite

  If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: See above
• Notification Date: Pending
• Accepted / Rejected: Accepted
• Cabin Category: All is above & pending.
• Notification Date: Pending
• Accepted / Rejected: Expired Was expired as of 5/12/23, but reappeared. 

• General Comments (offer details, etc.) We transferred our Celebrity CC pts to OBC. Need to spend.

• This card sucks...Horrible Interest Rates & years of Bumbling/Missing/Pleading/Negotiating Pts

I'm not sure if I understand your last comments correctly, but if your Move Up bid gets accepted you won’t be able to pay for it with any OBC you have to use up. The Move Up fee will be charged against your CC. 

[tennisdog]

12 hours ago, thebutlerdidit said:

I'm not sure if I understand your last comments correctly, but if your Move Up bid gets accepted you won’t be able to pay for it with any OBC you have to use up. The Move Up fee will be charged against your CC. 

Tks for noticing my miscommunication. 

 

I meant to say that I transferred my CC points to OB credits, nearly, $1.5K, (which I used for shore excursions Health/Msg). This freed me for bidding opportunities.   tennisdog

[LINGBER]

Any updates for those sailing in June? early July? 

 

[CruiseKitten22]

5 hours ago, LINGBER said:

Any updates for those sailing in June? early July? 

 

All of my bids are expired now except for one pending that I cannot modify or cancel. But no email saying it was accepted and no charge on the credit card. Our sailing is June 17th so hopefully we hear soon.

[CeleryCruiser]

8 hours ago, CruiseKitten22 said:

All of my bids are expired now except for one pending that I cannot modify or cancel. But no email saying it was accepted and no charge on the credit card. Our sailing is June 17th so hopefully we hear soon.

On 4/20/2023 at 12:32 PM, CeleryCruiser said:

• Ship:  Edge
• Length of Cruise: 7
• Cruise Sail Date: July 1 , 2023
• Date email offer received:April 17, 2023

All still pending. Bid prices went down 50% about 2 weeks ago. There are still  S1 and AQ2 and C1 available.

[ben8r]

On 5/23/2023 at 11:06 AM, LINGBER said:

Any updates for those sailing in June? early July? 

 

I wish. I sail June 10th and everything is still pending. Cruises much later have either accepted or rejected by now. Not sure what is taking so long. I bid on 3 cabins.

[CruiseTy]

16 minutes ago, ben8r said:

I wish. I sail June 10th and everything is still pending. Cruises much later have either accepted or rejected by now. Not sure what is taking so long. I bid on 3 cabins.

I’m in the same boat (pardon the pun), except we leave June 4th. Sometimes when I check it’s sold out entirely, other times they have 1-3 of some cabin types, but then nothing hours later. All bids still pending. 

[ben8r]

14 minutes ago, CruiseTy said:

I’m in the same boat (pardon the pun), except we leave June 4th. Sometimes when I check it’s sold out entirely, other times they have 1-3 of some cabin types, but then nothing hours later. All bids still pending. 

Mine is not sold out at all. There's 2 Celebrity Suites, 2 royals and about 4 family verandas (I bid on those, originally booked sunset veranda). Oddly the bid price for the Celebrity suite is higher than the Royal even though the Royal is better all around. 

Edited May 25, 2023 by ben8r
updated info

[CruiseTy]

37 minutes ago, ben8r said:

Mine is not sold out at all. There's 2 Celebrity Suites, 2 royals and about 4 family verandas (I bid on those, originally booked sunset veranda). Oddly the bid price for the Celebrity suite is higher than the Royal even though the Royal is better all around. 

Oh sorry, I meant the “few days out but still all in pending” aspect. They’re probably holding out for an outright booking in both our cases, although I’m not sure why the bid for CS is more than for RS… (or why they’re still selling GTY rooms on my sold out cruise but also still accepting bids in all categories?).
 

Keep us posted on your outcome!

Edited May 25, 2023 by CruiseTy
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[ben8r]

43 minutes ago, CruiseTy said:

Oh sorry, I meant the “few days out but still all in pending” aspect. They’re probably holding out for an outright booking in both our cases, although I’m not sure why the bid for CS is more than for RS… (or why they’re still selling GTY rooms on my sold out cruise but also still accepting bids in all categories?).
 

Keep us posted on your outcome!

Probably so. But you'd think they'd lower the prices to sell the rooms outright. Nothing makes sense. A sunset veranda (which I initially bought for $1800pp) is now $4100pp and the family veranda (also aft and larger) sells for $2900pp. Royal suite is $7900pp but bids for min $1250pp moveup for me. Celebrity suite is $5800 but bid min is $1500pp. I originally bid $400 (maximum) for FV but after they cut the min by 50% I dropped to $250.  It is very odd. I hope I find out soon. Maybe after memorial day weekend. I'm rooting for the Royal Suite but I'll be happy with any of them. 

[69_Starship_420]

• Ship:  Celebrity Beyond
• Length of Cruise: 11 nights/12 days
• Cruise Sail Date: June 5, 2023
• Date email offer received: March 23, 2023
• Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct
• Current Cabin: Edge Stateroom w/ Infinite Veranda (E2, 7137)
• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes

If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: Sky Suite, AquaClass Sky Suite, Celebrity Suite, Royal Suite, Edge Villa
• Bid Offer: S1: $2600, AS: $2600, CS: $3500, RS: $5000, EV: $5325
• Notification Date: Pending
• Accepted / Rejected: S1, CS, RS, EV: Expired; AS: Pending

General Comments (offer details, etc.) Others on this forum have talked about how having one bid pending means that your bid will be accepted, so I am pretty sure we have scored the upgrade.

[Naptonboy]

Starship, you seem to be "up to speed" with this "Move up". We have a cruise on the same day but a different ship, all our bids are "Pending". Is that good or bad?

[CruiseTy]

11 minutes ago, Naptonboy said:

Starship, you seem to be "up to speed" with this "Move up". We have a cruise on the same day but a different ship, all our bids are "Pending". Is that good or bad?

It’s more neutral than anything. If the rest of the bids expire and one is pending and locked (as in you can’t change or cancel it) typically that bid is going to be successful. 
 

Tyler

[HWC_Mom]

On 5/23/2023 at 11:06 AM, LINGBER said:

Any updates for those sailing in June? early July? 

 

Sailing June 22 and my bids on a Celebrity Suite and Royal Suite are still pending.  So tempted to bid on the penthouse suite but it seems a little too extravagant and really what are the odds of getting one of those!  😂🤣😂

Edited May 29, 2023 by HWC_Mom

[ben8r]

6 hours ago, Naptonboy said:

Starship, you seem to be "up to speed" with this "Move up". We have a cruise on the same day but a different ship, all our bids are "Pending". Is that good or bad?

My ship sails June 10th and also everything is still pending. 

[Cruise a holic]

15 hours ago, HWC_Mom said:

Sailing June 22 and my bids on a Celebrity Suite and Royal Suite are still pending.  So tempted to bid on the penthouse suite but it seems a little too extravagant and really what are the odds of getting one of those!  😂🤣😂

Slim odds- but people do get sick or have to cancel.  If you give a good bid, you might be lucky.  If this is on your bucket list, and you can afford it- go for it!  Enjoy your cruise.  We have sailed in Celebrity Suites and Royal Suites.  Love the Royal suite on the S class with a bath and a half.

[Naptonboy]

Another question from this "first timer"...

 

We are in an Aqua cabin and are bidding to move into a suite. If one of our bids was successful then that would throw up our cabin for some other bidder (from a lower cabin than Aqua) the chance to "move up". A win win for Celebrity with the monies from two upgrades coming in.

 

So the question... Is the "offer" (the figures on the slider) the same for everybody and are all bidders offered the same upgrade list that we received (all the way to the royal suite)?

[ben8r]

Update from a prior post:

• Ship:  Celebrity Infinity
• Length of Cruise: 7 days
• Cruise Sail Date: June 10, 2023
• Date email offer received: Never, but I searched moveup and was able to sign up
• Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA
• Current Cabin: Sunset Veranda
• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes

If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: Family Veranda, Celebrity Suite, Royal Suite
• Bid Offer: S1: $250, $1520, $1750
• Notification Date: None, I just check the moveup website and the status changed today 5/30
• Accepted / Rejected: FV and CS: Expired; RS: Pending

General Comments (offer details, etc.) I changed my bids A LOT. I wanted a Celebrity Suite or higher as my adult-ish son was a late add on to the trip and wanted some privacy. At minimum a FV would be OK but preferred a suite with separate bedroom. The Celebrity Suite was a higher minimum bid than the Royal Suite, which was weird. And at first I bid $2500pp for RS and $400pp for FV only. But then they had the 50% off minimum bid deal so I lowered the FV bid to $250, bid on CS for $1520 ($1500 was minimum now) and lowered RS to $1750. As of my last check, there were 3 RS rooms, 2 CS and 4 FV. 

[ben8r]

7 hours ago, Naptonboy said:

Another question from this "first timer"...

 

We are in an Aqua cabin and are bidding to move into a suite. If one of our bids was successful then that would throw up our cabin for some other bidder (from a lower cabin than Aqua) the chance to "move up". A win win for Celebrity with the monies from two upgrades coming in.

 

So the question... Is the "offer" (the figures on the slider) the same for everybody and are all bidders offered the same upgrade list that we received (all the way to the royal suite)?

I think the list and cost changes depending on what level you originally booked. Like if you had an inside cabin, you might not be offered anything higher than a veranda or concierge. And the cost of the concierge would be higher than someone who already has a veranda. Not sure if Captain's Club status makes a difference.