Wintersun48 Posted January 24, 2022 #801 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 6:35 PM, SplashOfWater said: We're still waiting. All of our bids are still Pending. I'm not expecting to hear until Monday or Tuesday. That seems to be the pattern for the Sat/Sun cruises. I'm not sure why some of the other cruises are awarding upgrades early. Are you still waiting? Saw some accepted on same day sailing but I’ve not heard anything for 30/02 encore - still pending… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linbobky Posted January 24, 2022 #802 Share Posted January 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, Wintersun48 said: Are you still waiting? Saw some accepted on same day sailing but I’ve not heard anything for 30/02 encore - still pending… we got our upgrade 2 days ago and we are sailing on the 29th on the dawn. it is a 11 day cruise and we bid 120 each for the balcony. we were in an inside. we got the middle of the ship on deck 9. very happy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplashOfWater Posted January 24, 2022 #803 Share Posted January 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Wintersun48 said: Are you still waiting? Saw some accepted on same day sailing but I’ve not heard anything for 30/02 encore - still pending… No email yet. I just checked my bids...they are still Pending. We may hear tomorrow. When I sailed on Royal Caribbean last month, I received my upgrade 4 days before sailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leithbones Posted January 24, 2022 #804 Share Posted January 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, linbobky said: we got our upgrade 2 days ago and we are sailing on the 29th on the dawn. it is a 11 day cruise and we bid 120 each for the balcony. we were in an inside. we got the middle of the ship on deck 9. very happy. This is very helpful info. We sail Dawn 2/27, 14day Caribbean. I bid $230pp for similar Inside>>Balcony = mid-fair bid. Where did your $120pp fall on the meter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linbobky Posted January 24, 2022 #805 Share Posted January 24, 2022 2 hours ago, leithbones said: This is very helpful info. We sail Dawn 2/27, 14day Caribbean. I bid $230pp for similar Inside>>Balcony = mid-fair bid. Where did your $120pp fall on the meter? the lowest was $100. i did not think i would get the upgrade. i am happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersun48 Posted January 25, 2022 #806 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just got our bid accepted for the encore 30/01/2020. from balcony to haven aft penthouse with large balcony! £745 x2. a real treat! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplashOfWater Posted January 25, 2022 #807 Share Posted January 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, Wintersun48 said: Just got our bid accepted for the encore 30/01/2020. from balcony to haven aft penthouse with large balcony! £745 x2. a real treat! Congrats! No email yet for me. Worried that our bids might be too low. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersun48 Posted January 25, 2022 #808 Share Posted January 25, 2022 28 minutes ago, SplashOfWater said: Congrats! No email yet for me. Worried that our bids might be too low. Our bid was literally £100 more than the lowest it would go. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhtravels Posted January 25, 2022 #809 Share Posted January 25, 2022 42 minutes ago, Wintersun48 said: Just got our bid accepted for the encore 30/01/2020. from balcony to haven aft penthouse with large balcony! £745 x2. a real treat! Congratulations! Do you know how many cabins were available for that cabin class? We are hoping to upgrade from the HB to a Haven 2 Br. on the 2/4 Bliss, so expect to hear this week too. Where you in the Poor/Fair/Good range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvrgrownold Posted January 25, 2022 #810 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just recv'd our upgrade for the Encore on 1/30. Went from Balcony to Haven Penthouse (HF). Bid was considered as poor so I guess we're lucky. Our first time in the Haven. Should be fun. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hutcha Posted January 25, 2022 #811 Share Posted January 25, 2022 57 minutes ago, nvrgrownold said: Just recv'd our upgrade for the Encore on 1/30. Went from Balcony to Haven Penthouse (HF). Bid was considered as poor so I guess we're lucky. Our first time in the Haven. Should be fun. Mind sharing the bid and where it fell on the meter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare wil e coyote Posted January 25, 2022 #812 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 hours ago, nvrgrownold said: Bid was considered as poor so I guess we're lucky. Sounds like it was a great bid, not a poor one... 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monl765 Posted January 26, 2022 #813 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 2:49 PM, leithbones said: This is very helpful info. We sail Dawn 2/27, 14day Caribbean. I bid $230pp for similar Inside>>Balcony = mid-fair bid. Where did your $120pp fall on the meter? Check my post earlier, I bid $175 pp ($100 was min) and got a BA on deck 10. Do a phantom booking for balconys on your date and see how many are available. If they have a lot, you could probably lower your bid as @linbobky got a balcony on my cruise 1-2 days later for $120 pp. We had lots available when I looked a week before. FYI: They locked my bid as pending (i.e. can't change it) 3 days before accepting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usahawk1 Posted January 26, 2022 #814 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 2:09 PM, Wintersun48 said: We submitted multiple bids but all just about the lowest the meter would go, hoping we will get lucky. Hang in there. I bid the lowest for several bids and was awarded a Haven penthouse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvrgrownold Posted January 26, 2022 #815 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Our successful bid was +$70 per person over the minimum for the Haven Penthouse (HF). Hope this helps. As cruises start to fill up I'm sure the successful bids may be much higher, but for us it was the right bid at the right time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed12345 Posted January 26, 2022 #816 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) We went from a BA Balcony to an H6 Aft Penthouse for a mid-poor bid.👍 1/30 sailing on the Encore. Edited January 26, 2022 by Jed12345 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplashOfWater Posted January 26, 2022 #817 Share Posted January 26, 2022 We received our upgrade this morning for Jan 30 Encore! We are going from an Balcony (BA) to a Haven Courtyard Penthouse with Large Balcony (HE). Minimum bid was $400pp. Our winning bid was $650pp, and was in the mid-to-upper Poor range. We're very excited to try out the Haven for the first time! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhtravels Posted January 26, 2022 #818 Share Posted January 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, SplashOfWater said: We received our upgrade this morning for Jan 30 Encore! We are going from an Balcony (BA) to a Haven Courtyard Penthouse with Large Balcony (HE). Minimum bid was $400pp. Our winning bid was $650pp, and was in the mid-to-upper Poor range. We're very excited to try out the Haven for the first time! Congratulations! The Haven is amazing on the Encore. (We just sailed her at the beginning of January in the Haven). Warning: Once you've sailed in the Haven, it's very hard to cruise any other way! 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare wil e coyote Posted January 26, 2022 #819 Share Posted January 26, 2022 We got upgraded this afternoon for 2/2 Getaway! Going from a balcony to Haven Froward-Facing Balcony. We bid $1020 pp, which was on the low end of Fair. This will also be our first Haven experience. We're very excited! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachinginhawaii Posted January 26, 2022 #820 Share Posted January 26, 2022 This is my first time bidding so I just wanted to get some advice...we already have a Haven stateroom (courtyard with a large balcony). I was offered the opportunity to bid on the Deluxe Owner's Suite (minimum bid of $800) and it looks like there is only 1 that is still not booked and the opportunity to bid on the 2 Bedroom Family with large balcony (minimum bid of $600) and it looks like there are still 13 of these staterooms still available. With it being so few rooms still available, I bid into the Fair range on both of them...just barely into the fair zone. Our cruise is 3/13, so still a ways away. Would you bid higher or do you think either of these stand a chance? Do you all keep adjusting your bid as you watch the inventory on the rooms and it gets closer or do you just leave it? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hutcha Posted January 27, 2022 #821 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I think the standard answer is bid as much as you're comfortable with and be very happy if you get it. I know, not a lot of help, but it's hard. If you're comfortable bidding $1000pp and you don't get it, will you be upset to find out that a person that bid $1150 got it? Or would you be glad you didn't lay out the extra $300? I'm fighting with the same problem on a DOS in Feb now. They are the only two rooms left. Wife is telling me to up our bid. I'm not sure it's worth it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad60 Posted January 27, 2022 #822 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Where do you see rooms that are available on a sailing? I started to do a booking but didn't see where you can see what rooms are left? the page I was on went to complete booking. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucinarei Posted January 27, 2022 #823 Share Posted January 27, 2022 38 minutes ago, Rad60 said: Where do you see rooms that are available on a sailing? I started to do a booking but didn't see where you can see what rooms are left? the page I was on went to complete booking. Thanks! The website has been updated since I last booked, so it took me a little while to figure it out. When I've gone in, when I get to the page where it has assigned me a stateroom, I click the link to see other available rooms. That lets me see the rest of the staterooms available in that particular category. I hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad60 Posted January 27, 2022 #824 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Lucinarei said: The website has been updated since I last booked, so it took me a little while to figure it out. When I've gone in, when I get to the page where it has assigned me a stateroom, I click the link to see other available rooms. That lets me see the rest of the staterooms available in that particular category. I hope that helps! Thanks for replying! I had gotten to the page where I put in all my personal info so I'm guessing you keep going? I don't want to wind up booking lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucinarei Posted January 27, 2022 #825 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Just now, Rad60 said: Thanks for replying! I had gotten to the page where I put in all my personal info so I'm guessing you keep going? I don't want to wind up booking lol! It's before that. I definitely didn't enter any information. Once you choose the category, it should assign you a room. Once you see the room it has assigned, look for the teeny link that lets you choose a different room. That should let you in to see the rest of the available rooms in that category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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