Scrst Posted March 15, 2022 #1 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I got an offer today to move up. I have been following the tracker topic so I think I know a bit , but just a bit. The gauge started at at about $450 or so for the various categories. On the tracker topic I saw many comments of being able to bid $100 or so for some cabin categories. I don’t want to be too specific, but was mine higher because I have a pretty good deal on my current cabin? So I guess I’m asking if each passengers gauge could be different for the same cruise, depending on what they paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted March 15, 2022 #2 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I don't think it matters what you paid. I think it most depends on what category you are in and the length of the sailing. If you are in a suite and a short sailing 4/5 days I would think that would be a pretty normal offer for a CS. Usually AQ or CC is around $100 min for the next category up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted March 15, 2022 #3 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Pre pandemic we were cruising with friend and we were both in SS 2 when the move up bids came the minimums were different. We had booked our cruise over a year out and our price was lower than our friends who had booked about 5 months out. Our minimum bid for a CS was $250 higher, which led me to believe that there is a difference depending on what you paid. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moby Jones Posted March 15, 2022 #4 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Reflection May 13th 2022 sailing move up price MINIMUM bid from an S2 Sky Suite as of today. Prices are per person. The exchange rate is £1 = $1.3. Reflection Suite £6950 Penthouse Suite £5440 Royal Suite £3090 Signature Suite £1685 Celebrity Suite £930 Again,these are minimum upgrade bids that according to the site stand a weak chance of winning. Also this cruise was booked around 12 months ago at approximately £2900 per person. Today it is £6688 per person with Celebrity UK. Who on earth would pay £669 ($870) per night for a sky suite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talljules1 Posted March 15, 2022 #5 Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Moby Jones said: Reflection May 13th 2022 sailing move up price MINIMUM bid from an S2 Sky Suite as of today. Prices are per person. The exchange rate is £1 = $1.3. Reflection Suite £6950 Penthouse Suite £5440 Royal Suite £3090 Signature Suite £1685 Celebrity Suite £930 Again,these are minimum upgrade bids that according to the site stand a weak chance of winning. Also this cruise was booked around 12 months ago at approximately £2900 per person. Today it is £6688 per person with Celebrity UK. Who on earth would pay £669 ($870) per night for a sky suite? Wow. Those are crazy prices. We're in an aft corner sky suite for our next cruise, and the maximum bid for royal and penthouse suites (which, of course, I have bid) are less than those minimum bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising89143 Posted March 15, 2022 #6 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Received our move up bids today. We’re currently booked in a S1 corner aft on the Edge for May. The starting prices was crazy. By the way, we booked this cruise last July. CS = $1500.00 PP RS = $3500.00 PP Villa = $6000.00 PP We will stick with our original choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise kitty Posted March 16, 2022 #7 Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Moby Jones said: Reflection May 13th 2022 sailing move up price MINIMUM bid from an S2 Sky Suite as of today. Prices are per person. The exchange rate is £1 = $1.3. Reflection Suite £6950 Penthouse Suite £5440 Royal Suite £3090 Signature Suite £1685 Celebrity Suite £930 Again,these are minimum upgrade bids that according to the site stand a weak chance of winning. Also this cruise was booked around 12 months ago at approximately £2900 per person. Today it is £6688 per person with Celebrity UK. Who on earth would pay £669 ($870) per night for a sky suite? Yup, this is the cruise we are on.... the current price of our SS is 4.8 X what we paid.... I can't understand the pricing, but am glad I locked in an acceptable price months ago 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullyd Posted March 16, 2022 #8 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Made the minimum bid, fingers crossed !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moby Jones Posted March 16, 2022 #9 Share Posted March 16, 2022 8 hours ago, cruise kitty said: Yup, this is the cruise we are on.... the current price of our SS is 4.8 X what we paid.... I can't understand the pricing, but am glad I locked in an acceptable price months ago 🙂 You paid $1800 ish on a 10 day always included sky suite? Wow. That is a good deal. I’ve been tracking pricing and not seen them anywhere near that on this sailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise47 Posted March 16, 2022 #10 Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Moby Jones said: You paid $1800 ish on a 10 day always included sky suite? Wow. That is a good deal. I’ve been tracking pricing and not seen them anywhere near that on this sailing. You got an Excellent Deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrst Posted March 16, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted March 16, 2022 OP here. So why don’t I have any 100 or so minimum bids….? mine only start at $450 or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted March 16, 2022 #12 Share Posted March 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, Scrst said: OP here. So why don’t I have any 100 or so minimum bids….? mine only start at $450 or so What category are you currently in and what categories can you Move Up to? You have left out crucial details. If you are in an interior, you should have maybe $100 minimum bids to Move Up to an ocean view. You are never going to see something like an $100 minimum bid to go from a Veranda to a Sky Suite, if that's what you are looking for. The mins are different for every sailing, depending on a number of factors. For example, I was initially booked in a Veranda for my March 19 5-day Summit sailing. I had a minimum bid of just $35 to Move Up to an Aqua Class. My March 24 40-day Summit sailing has a minimum bid of $50. But my Summit sailings still have a lot of Aqua Class cabins available, so it makes sense the bids are low. I have heard that people in Verandas on the March 19 Apex sailing have higher minimum bids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrst Posted March 16, 2022 Author #13 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I am in an ocean view. The next category is veranda, at $450minimum. And it goes up, of course, for other categories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted March 16, 2022 #14 Share Posted March 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, Scrst said: I am in an ocean view. The next category is veranda, at $450minimum. And it goes up, of course, for other categories. Which sailing are you on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrst Posted March 16, 2022 Author #15 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I don’t want to share too much info! I will say there are many unsold cabins in most categories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted March 16, 2022 #16 Share Posted March 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Scrst said: I don’t want to share too much info! I will say there are many unsold cabins in most categories Ah, well I was going to check inventory, but without more info, I am out of ideas as to why the minimums are so high. I do not believe the bid amounts have anything to do with what you initially paid. From a business standpoint, that wouldn't make any sense. They already have the money from your initial booking and everyone else's. All that should matter to them now is home much more they can get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrst Posted March 16, 2022 Author #17 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Thanks, Jamie for your help. I can say inventory is very “large” and hasn’t changed much in the last few weeks. Maybe there will be another move up offer closer to sail date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewomb Posted March 16, 2022 #18 Share Posted March 16, 2022 46 minutes ago, JamieLogical said: Ah, well I was going to check inventory, but without more info, I am out of ideas as to why the minimums are so high. I do not believe the bid amounts have anything to do with what you initially paid. From a business standpoint, that wouldn't make any sense. They already have the money from your initial booking and everyone else's. All that should matter to them now is home much more they can get. How do you check real time inventory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted March 16, 2022 #19 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Others can jump in, but I've never seen a subsequent Move Up email after the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted March 16, 2022 #20 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 minute ago, mikewomb said: How do you check real time inventory? Start to book online, select a category, and see how many cabins in each category are showing as 'open'. That process really only works to tell you a minimum of cabins available. It can't be used to determine bookings (occupancy) since cabins can show as unavailable for a variety of reasons other than that they are actually booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewomb Posted March 16, 2022 #21 Share Posted March 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, canderson said: Start to book online, select a category, and see how many cabins in each category are showing as 'open'. That process really only works to tell you a minimum of cabins available. It can't be used to determine bookings (occupancy) since cabins can show as unavailable for a variety of reasons other than that they are actually booked. That doesn’t work, because the cruise lines hold back cabins, and what you see is what they want you to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaynors Posted March 16, 2022 #22 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, canderson said: Others can jump in, but I've never seen a subsequent Move Up email after the first one. I received a second move up offer with reduced prices about 10 days out.. Equinox Mar 4 sailing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted March 16, 2022 #23 Share Posted March 16, 2022 44 minutes ago, mikewomb said: That doesn’t work, because the cruise lines hold back cabins, and what you see is what they want you to see. That is why I carefully noted that it only works in one direction. It allows a view of the minimum number of available cabins, but can't be used to estimate the number of booked cabins since cabins may show as unavailable for a number of reasons. Hoped I had made that clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted March 16, 2022 #24 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, mikewomb said: How do you check real time inventory? I use a TA site that lets me click into each category and see the total number of available rooms in that category. I enter that info into a spreadsheet and total it up. As others have said, it may not be entirely accurate for figuring out how many rooms are booked, because there may be some blocked off for quarantine or other purposes. But it can give a rough idea of availability at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sippican Posted March 16, 2022 #25 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) FWIW, there is absolutely no need whatsoever to wait for a move up e-mail offer. Anyone booked can check for themselves anytime they want to. You will also see there an e-mail address. Don't hold your breath - I've used it with poor results. https://www.celebritycruises.com/bid-on-cruise-room-upgrade Edited March 16, 2022 by sippican Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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