What's the reasoning? May 2022 through October 2022 Allure of the Seas , not selling any cabins higher then Junior Suite's

[Jimbo]

What could be Royal's reasoning as to why not selling any cabins higher then a Junior Suite's..................There is no way all those higher Suites are sold out this early?

What does this mean? Have other's seen this for Europe cruise's before?

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, Jimbo said:

What does this mean?

RCI IT hates you.

[ampurp85]

Why do you think the higher suite haven't been sold out? Especially considering those books have been available for almost a year?

[Biker19]

6 minutes ago, ampurp85 said:

Why do you think the higher suite haven't been sold out?

Because historically, other than single very unique sailings, that (a whole season's worth of suites) just doesn't happen. 

[ampurp85]

@Biker19 I get that but there is absolutely no reason to not sell the higher suites. Unless Royal IT really does hate @Jimbo

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, ampurp85 said:

I get that but there is absolutely no reason to not sell the higher suites.

RCI seems to have a good enough reason.

[ampurp85]

So I just checked and yes, all the suites above jr. don't show up. I also noticed that on a lot of sailings OV category says sold out. 

[Jimbo]

Does anyone think maybe they are moving this itinerary to a smaller ship where there are some larger suites that are on Allure and not on the smaller ship making it much harder to move people over to the smaller ship in like category you were in?

[Biker19]

7 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Does anyone think maybe they are moving this itinerary to a smaller ship where there are some larger suites that are on Allure and not on the smaller ship making it much harder to move people over to the smaller ship in like category you were in?

A switch to another ship would have likely had all cabin categories listed as sold out.

[Jimbo]

25 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

A switch to another ship would have likely had all cabin categories listed as sold out.

Not if it isn't set in stone yet they are actually going to change this itinerary to another ship. Is there any ships currently that don't have cruise dates set for those months yet? It could be switched to one of those ships?

 

Maybe the change is just starting to be talked about, easy to transfer people from insides and outside cabins to like cabins on another ship. Suites not so easy.

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by Jimbo

[dasi11]

We look to book suites and they are frequently sold out.  People want the double points along with a larger room and all the extra perks.  With more than double point promotions, I am not surprised the suites are sold out.

[Jimbo]

2 minutes ago, dasi11 said:

We look to book suites and they are frequently sold out.  People want the double points along with a larger room and all the extra perks.  With more than double point promotions, I am not surprised the suites are sold out.

But not on every sailing for the entire season..........Just doesn't happen this early.

[Biker19]

2 minutes ago, dasi11 said:

With more than double point promotions, I am not surprised the suites are sold out.

Again, that may happen for some single popular sailing, but not for a whole season 9 months out.

[HicksRA]

Also consider that upper level suites are very limited compared to other cabins and there are lots of Lift & Shifts that have accumulated.  Doesn’t really seem that odd to me that they’re sold out. 

[theotherchad]

The thing is, cruising has been shut down for over a year. It doesn't surprise me at all that all the suites would be sold out almost immediately as soon as cruising opens back up. 

 

These aren't normal times. 

[chucknmarilyn]

For Allure next summer there haven't been any suites for quite a while out of Rome. There have been some out of Barcelona so you might look at that.

[Jimbo]

18 minutes ago, chucknmarilyn said:

For Allure next summer there haven't been any suites for quite a while out of Rome. There have been some out of Barcelona so you might look at that.

Nothing showing from Barcelona now either.

Edited September 3, 2021 by Jimbo

[pcur]

I'm envisioning some really wealthy people that are sick of staying home, booking suites b2b into infinity for 9 months next year.  

[chucknmarilyn]

1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

Nothing showing from Barcelona now either.

Well, bummer. I booked the last full suite (2 bdrm) for a client in June 22. It was the same price as a JS. Craziness!!

I would imagine more will open up at some point. 

Edited September 3, 2021 by chucknmarilyn

[Jimbo]

49 minutes ago, chucknmarilyn said:

Well, bummer. I booked the last full suite (2 bdrm) for a client in June 22. It was the same price as a JS. Craziness!!

I would imagine more will open up at some point. 

Sounds like an Royal IT mess up if you got a 2 Bedroom Suite for same price as a JS. So all the pricing may be messed up on the Suites higher then a JS. May be the reason all those Suites are not available for booking. Royal pulled all those categories before people booked them.

If you see that again come on back here and post so we can have a frenzy booking here for all the Cruise Critic Members 🙂

 

Just how crazy of a price did you get? Care to share?

Edited September 3, 2021 by Jimbo

[chucknmarilyn]

42 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Sounds like an Royal IT mess up if you got a 2 Bedroom Suite for same price as a JS. So all the pricing may be messed up on the Suites higher then a JS. May be the reason all those Suites are not available for booking. Royal pulled all those categories before people booked them.

If you see that again come on back here and post so we can have a frenzy booking here for all the Cruise Critic Members 🙂

 

Just how crazy of a price did you get? Care to share?

Can't remember. I'll check. I think it was more because the JS was so high!!

We are on Odyssey in October and the jump from Balcony to JS was enormous. Fingers crossed for Royal Up.

[Jimbo]

Update: Still nothing from either Barcelona or Rome higher then a Junior Suite, entire season on Allure?

 

What could be the reason?

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, Jimbo said:

What could be the reason?

RCI likes messing with you.

[Jimbo]

1 minute ago, Biker19 said:

RCI likes messing with you.

For 2 weeks ?

 

[Biker19]

Just now, Jimbo said:

For 2 weeks ?

 

In the COVID era, anything seems possible.