nptss Posted August 10, 2022 #1 Share Posted August 10, 2022 We are booked on Nieuw Amsterdam on Aug28 to Sep4, sailing from Vancouver to Whittier. For the last two weeks our sailing is shown as sold out for all classes and cabins. The sailing before ours is still available, so why can't I see our dates? I would like to preview the number of empty cabins for possible upgrades and capacity. Is it really Sold Out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted August 10, 2022 #2 Share Posted August 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, nptss said: We are booked on Nieuw Amsterdam on Aug28 to Sep4, sailing from Vancouver to Whittier. For the last two weeks our sailing is shown as sold out for all classes and cabins. The sailing before ours is still available, so why can't I see our dates? I would like to preview the number of empty cabins for possible upgrades and capacity. Is it really Sold Out? How about calling them and pretend you are interested in the cruise without saying you are already booked. See what they say and let us know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted August 10, 2022 #3 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Considering the needs to hold cabins for quarantining, and perhaps not filling some due to staffing, yes, it could be booked solid. They could also be assigning guarantee bookings, which sometimes sort of gums up what is visible to the public for a day our two. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nptss Posted August 10, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Finally connected with an agent at HAL's online chat. She claimed she could not do an upgrade or sell me a new reservation. She repeatedly stated that she sees all cabins are sold out. It seems odd, but the world also seems odd these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 10, 2022 #5 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Rotterdam next week is full as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted August 10, 2022 #6 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Also, very often HAL will block ALL cabins for a few days or even a week while they conduct their upsell operations (so that they do not double book a cabin). Two weeks seems like alot for this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vswan Posted August 10, 2022 #7 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I had booked a guarantee cabin on this weeks Westerdam. When I got an upsell offer I called and booked, asked about the sold out sailing. I had been watching what was available for close to a month and there were a lot of cabins open. I know that some of these will be filled by guarentee bookings, but there were nearly half of what I looked at on many decks. I asked the sales rep and they said that they had been told me that had reached the capacity for that sailing - so they are setting capacity on each sailing. Could be lack of staff, quarentined cabins, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare *Miss G* Posted August 11, 2022 #8 Share Posted August 11, 2022 7 hours ago, nptss said: We are booked on Nieuw Amsterdam on Aug28 to Sep4, sailing from Vancouver to Whittier. For the last two weeks our sailing is shown as sold out for all classes and cabins. The sailing before ours is still available, so why can't I see our dates? I would like to preview the number of empty cabins for possible upgrades and capacity. Is it really Sold Out? Your sailing is probably more popular as it’s a long weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nptss Posted August 11, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Thanks good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKJonesy Posted August 11, 2022 #10 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I just went out and look on the site I use for booking and it said I needed to select a different sailing date because the Aug 28 was sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retird Posted August 12, 2022 #11 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I just did a mock booking and only category marked sold out is signature suite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLivermore Posted August 12, 2022 #12 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) I did see a sellout on the Westerdam the week b/f mine. 7/31 AK. Mine seemed half full. Funny thing is they still had a sign out saying no free upgrades 😉 Edited August 12, 2022 by JesseLivermore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetsugarNL Posted August 12, 2022 #13 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On 8/10/2022 at 11:14 PM, Gail & Marty sailing away said: Rotterdam next week is full as well. Do you know how full it is? What capicity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nptss Posted August 12, 2022 Author #14 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Nieuw Amsterdam is still showing as sold out for all levels. Last time I was able to see available cabins, 3- 4 wks ago, there were over 50 verandah level avail. I'm guessing this a capacity control for a holiday week (Labor Day). Capacity of the full ship is 2106 passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nptss Posted August 14, 2022 Author #15 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Still showing online as sold out. Interesting that I called to ask about upgrading and was again told the ship is sold out. The next day I was upgraded from VB to V, but never notified by HAL. I am in a state of mind that I will be sailing with the wind.⛵ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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