CATGUY7 Posted November 21, 2019 #1 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Just received an upsell offer after we made final payment - from Sky February sailing Club Class M6 to full suite for (just) $1699.00 p/p. Oh, well, I was slightly excited for a moment. 😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott4020 Posted November 21, 2019 #2 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Princess has been doing this a lot lately. We got an upsell for a mini that would have made our fair more expensive than booking the mini direct. I wonder how many people they are suckering with these emails? I sent them a pretty stern email about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antmaril Posted November 21, 2019 #3 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I got an upsell offer this afternoon from Princess to upgrade from a Mini-Suite to an Owner’s Suite for $1,999 per person. This is for the Sky Princess in January. Um, no thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sun&sea Posted November 22, 2019 #4 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Yep. We have M6 club class mini. Offer for Sky 7 day cruise to upsell to Penthouse suite...$999/pp. Crazy stuff. No thanks. Janet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATGUY7 Posted November 22, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted November 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, sun&sea said: Yep. We have M6 club class mini. Offer for Sky 7 day cruise to upsell to Penthouse suite...$999/pp. Crazy stuff. No thanks. Janet But you’d save 700 p/p over us! 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare azbirdmom Posted November 22, 2019 #6 Share Posted November 22, 2019 The upsells I've heard about lately have been crazy. Someone in another forum reported that they received an upsell offer to an owners suite for $4,999 for a 28 day cruise to Hawaii / Tahiti next year. That may make sense if they were in an inside cabin, but they booked a PH suite! Maybe they are seeing how far they can push the pricing and still get folks to buy. Methinks this experiment is doomed to failure and the sooner the better! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted November 22, 2019 #7 Share Posted November 22, 2019 2 hours ago, antmaril said: I got an upsell offer this afternoon from Princess to upgrade from a Mini-Suite to an Owner’s Suite for $1,999 per person. This is for the Sky Princess in January. Um, no thank you. I don’t suppose this was for a 28 day cruise ? We usually get an offer at about $1,000 pp for 20 day cruises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted November 22, 2019 #8 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I got one too recently for a cruise. I thought up sell offer was too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kywildcatfanone Posted November 22, 2019 #9 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I'm guessing they are getting takers, people love a "deal" even when it isn't a deal at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetp12 Posted November 22, 2019 #10 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Many on our roll call also got upgrade offers that are clearly about maximising the profit. Our offer (which was a common one) was just over $50pp per day for an upgrade from obstructed view to balcony. This was actually more than if we had booked a balcony cabin at time of booking so certainly not a bargain. The cruise is sold out so they must be trying to get the last penny possible before allocating the guarantee cabins - but no one in the roll call group were going to take them up on it. One person said they had a $1800pp offer for balcony to mini suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ceilidh1 Posted November 22, 2019 #11 Share Posted November 22, 2019 4 hours ago, sun&sea said: Yep. We have M6 club class mini. Offer for Sky 7 day cruise to upsell to Penthouse suite...$999/pp. Crazy stuff. No thanks. Janet I might be tempted if it was for the Sky Suites. I would love to check one of those out! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antmaril Posted November 22, 2019 #12 Share Posted November 22, 2019 7 hours ago, memoak said: I don’t suppose this was for a 28 day cruise ? We usually get an offer at about $1,000 pp for 20 day cruises I’m sorry. I should have mentioned that the upsell we received was for a seven day cruise. $1,999 per person- Mini-Suite to Owner’s Suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATGUY7 Posted November 22, 2019 Author #13 Share Posted November 22, 2019 1 hour ago, antmaril said: I’m sorry. I should have mentioned that the upsell we received was for a seven day cruise. $1,999 per person- Mini-Suite to Owner’s Suite. Ours was 7 day also. So, 243.00 p/p per day. A real bargain. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissP22 Posted November 22, 2019 #14 Share Posted November 22, 2019 We've seen many up-sell offers on all out trips and have yet to see anything tempting. I suppose if they keep sending them & lowering the price as needed someone will bite eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuy25 Posted November 22, 2019 #15 Share Posted November 22, 2019 We got the upsell from a mini to a full suite for a 14-day transatlantic last year. It was $900/ea. and we jumped at it. Great aft cabin (with huge wrap-around balcony) was great considering we had so many sea days. Loved all the perks that came with it. We also got the upsell offer for an 11-day Mediterranean voyage that we were on last month. However, with eight ports it just wasn’t worth the extra dollars since we’d be off of the ship most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCcruisecrazy Posted November 22, 2019 #16 Share Posted November 22, 2019 So, what is a good daily rate to add-on for an upsell? I was offered $799 pp from a mini-suite to a full-suite...7 day cruise...or $114 pp per day. I guess that could be reasonable, but that's a lot of good times with that extra $1600 to spend on ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bemis12 Posted November 22, 2019 #17 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I value an upgrade from a mini to a full suite at $100-$150 per day. That's where I would consider the upgrade myself. Others would value it differently based on their own desires and financial positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matco Posted November 22, 2019 #18 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Back in October we revived a up-sell offer for out 5 day on the Royal to go from our Deluxe Balcony to a Mini Suite for $139pp not worth it to me at the time but after seeing some of these other offers maybe $139pp wasn't so bad, but from what I can remember at the time of booking a mini suite was only maybe 100-150 more than the deluxe balcony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexorg Posted November 22, 2019 #19 Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Matco said: Back in October we revived a up-sell offer for out 5 day on the Royal to go from our Deluxe Balcony to a Mini Suite for $139pp not worth it to me at the time but after seeing some of these other offers maybe $139pp wasn't so bad, but from what I can remember at the time of booking a mini suite was only maybe 100-150 more than the deluxe balcony I'm on the same sailing as you. At the beginning of October we got an upsell to move from our interior to a balcony for $99/pp ($149/pp for deluxe), and then we got another one at the beginning of November to move for $39/pp ($79/pp for deluxe). We haven't taken either one, but just out of curiosity I went and looked at the current fares, and, the price for an interior is actually lower than the price for a balcony on this particular sailing now (Mini-Suites and Full Suites are sold out.) Edited November 22, 2019 by Vexorg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matco Posted November 22, 2019 #20 Share Posted November 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, Vexorg said: I'm on the same sailing as you. At the beginning of October we got an upsell to move from our interior to a balcony for $99/pp ($149/pp for deluxe), and then we got another one at the beginning of November to move for $39/pp ($79/pp for deluxe). We haven't taken either one, but just out of curiosity I went and looked at the current fares, and, the price for an interior is actually lower than the price for a balcony on this particular sailing now (Mini-Suites and Full Suites are sold out.) I would move from a interior to a balcony for $39pp in a heartbeat, and welcome maybe we will see you around the ship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCcruisecrazy Posted November 22, 2019 #21 Share Posted November 22, 2019 1 hour ago, bemis12 said: I value an upgrade from a mini to a full suite at $100-$150 per day. That's where I would consider the upgrade myself. Others would value it differently based on their own desires and financial positions. We probably would have taken this deal, except we have all the kids and other family in mini's side by side to ours. It's kind of nice o open up the balconies and make it a big party. Maybe next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I object 2 Posted November 23, 2019 #22 Share Posted November 23, 2019 We received an upsell for our upcoming 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise - a mini to aft Penthouse suite on the Royal for $499 p/p and $149 for our 3rd passenger, plus we get to keep the premium beverage package we booked under the Sip and Sail promo. Can't wait!!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATGUY7 Posted November 23, 2019 Author #23 Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 hour ago, I object 2 said: We received an upsell for our upcoming 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise - a mini to aft Penthouse suite on the Royal for $499 p/p and $149 for our 3rd passenger, plus we get to keep the premium beverage package we booked under the Sip and Sail promo. Can't wait!!! Have a wonderful time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ceilidh1 Posted November 23, 2019 #24 Share Posted November 23, 2019 3 hours ago, I object 2 said: We received an upsell for our upcoming 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise - a mini to aft Penthouse suite on the Royal for $499 p/p and $149 for our 3rd passenger, plus we get to keep the premium beverage package we booked under the Sip and Sail promo. Can't wait!!! Charging for 3rd guest is new.....it's usually only guests one and two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrant1701 Posted November 23, 2019 #25 Share Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) We got a ridiculous one as well. We booked a Cat# D4 Rear-facing balcony, and this was sent to us: **INCREDIBLE UPGRADE OFFER *JUST FOR YOU!* Princess Cruises has selected you for this exclusive offer! Upgrade your BALCONY cabin to MINI SUITE on your November 30 2019 ROYAL PRINCESS SAILING! Enjoy a spacious mini suite. Including luxurious accommodations, a separate seating area with a sofa bed, bathroom with a combination tub and shower, 2 flat-panel televisions and a private balcony!! This special upgrade opportunity is available for just $139 USD/$201 CAD* per person additional ----- Our *Premium Deluxe* Balcony already has the extra couch. So we would lose our awesome rear-facing view on a balcony that's larger than the MiniSuite's, but gain another useless TV and a bathtub, AND have to pay $278 extra. Truly shameful. They'll hear about it after the cruise. I feel really bad for anyone that thinks they're getting a good deal with these 'exclusive offers'. Edited November 23, 2019 by jgrant1701 this is for a 5-day cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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