zanyw Posted November 25, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 25, 2022 We're booked for the Solstice on January 14th, 2023 in an interior room. I did a few mock bookings and see that there is a significant amount of veranda and AQ rooms available. Today I checked into my MoveUp offers and see that they want $300 PP minimum bid to go into AQ. Is there any chance that these MoveUp minimum bids will go lower as we get closer to departure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted November 25, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I have not seen the minimum change on any of the cruises we have taken. That doesn't mean it has never happened but it wouldn't be the norm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeless holiday booker Posted November 26, 2022 #3 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I also haven't seen the minimum change but $300 from interior to AQ is a bargain - well on my cruise anyway the difference in cost is an extra $3000 per person! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Wildcat Posted November 26, 2022 #4 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Remember the minimum bid is the minimum bid permitted. It does not guarantee acceptance. All higher bids would be accepted before yours would be considered. A $300 bid would be unlikely to be accepted from interior to Aqua. More likely from Veranda to Aqua. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanyw Posted November 26, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted November 26, 2022 It's interesting though that the minimum is set that high with this level of availbility 49 days from departure: Quantity Room Type 11/25/2022 Available 2 Penthouse 2 8 Royal 5 12 Celebrity 5 44 Sky 29 149 AQ 100 254 Concierge 116 24 Sunset Veranda 15 719 Veranda 329 70 Ocean View 45 140 Inside 125 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeless holiday booker Posted November 26, 2022 #6 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Even with that many available it's still cheap! I reckon that will go down after this weekend! Edited November 26, 2022 by hopeless holiday booker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietwo Posted November 26, 2022 #7 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Is $360 from B2 (6129) to a C3 (1029) on Eclipse a good offer? Are either of these cabins in bad locations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted November 26, 2022 #8 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Currently the difference between the price of a Inside cabin and the price of a Aqua cabin is about $1,100 per person. $300 sounds like very good deal, particularly if you enjoy dining in Blu and would use the Persian Gardens. If it were me I would bid slightly above minimum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthStarStateCruiser Posted November 26, 2022 #9 Share Posted November 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, jelayne said: Currently the difference between the price of a Inside cabin and the price of a Aqua cabin is about $1,100 per person. $300 sounds like very good deal, particularly if you enjoy dining in Blu and would use the Persian Gardens. If it were me I would bid slightly above minimum That $1100 price difference is between an inside cruise only fare and an Aqua AI fare. You're missing out on $500-600 of value without AI through a move up. $300 is still a good deal, but not as good as it may seem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted November 26, 2022 #10 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Just now, NorthStarStateCruiser said: That $1100 price difference is between an inside cruise only fare and an Aqua AI fare. You're missing out on $500-600 of value without AI through a move up. $300 is still a good deal, but not as good as it may seem. Your right, I forgot the Aqua is AI. Which is a good point because with Move Up you don’t get the perks of the new category, so OP wouldn’t get drinks, wi-fi, and prepaid gratuities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablaron Posted November 27, 2022 #11 Share Posted November 27, 2022 22 hours ago, zanyw said: It's interesting though that the minimum is set that high with this level of availbility 49 days from departure: Quantity Room Type 11/25/2022 Available 2 Penthouse 2 8 Royal 5 12 Celebrity 5 44 Sky 29 149 AQ 100 254 Concierge 116 24 Sunset Veranda 15 719 Veranda 329 70 Ocean View 45 140 Inside 125 How did you generate this chart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanyw Posted November 27, 2022 Author #12 Share Posted November 27, 2022 13 hours ago, pablaron said: How did you generate this chart? Using this PDF (https://www.celebritycorporatekit.com/content/uploads/2017/07/Solstice_Fact_Sheet-1.pdf) to determine how many of each room category are available and then some CTRL+F logic on the list view of each deck for each category to tally what was available. (https://www.celebritycruises.com/booking-cruise/selectRoom/stateroomCategory?pID=SL07X041&sDT=2023-01-14&sCD=SL&sCT=CO&roomQuantity=1). Took maybe ten minutes or so to tally up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted November 28, 2022 #13 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I've seen the minimum and Max both drop. Not normal but when I checked my bid had become over the max so I went back in and dropped it. In the past 6 cruises none of the cabins I was able to bid on changed after being released. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeless holiday booker Posted November 28, 2022 #14 Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 9:00 AM, hopeless holiday booker said: Even with that many available it's still cheap! I reckon that will go down after this weekend! When I said I reckon that will go down after this weekend I meant the amount of rooms available. Not the cost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoogedae Posted December 14, 2022 #15 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Are the minnimum and maximum bids relative to your booking? Or are they standard regardless of original booking? For example: Passenger A booked an inside cabin and has min/max bid of 200-1000 Passenger B booked an ocean view cabin. Would their min/max bid range be the same? I love a good deal and don't mind an inside cabin, so thinking of how to strategize for max value of potential upgrades. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted December 14, 2022 #16 Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 1:02 AM, zanyw said: It's interesting though that the minimum is set that high with this level of availbility 49 days from departure: Quantity Room Type 11/25/2022 Available 2 Penthouse 2 8 Royal 5 12 Celebrity 5 44 Sky 29 149 AQ 100 254 Concierge 116 24 Sunset Veranda 15 719 Veranda 329 70 Ocean View 45 140 Inside 125 I was recently on the Edge TA, the ship sailed with the Iconic suite empty although it was an option to bid for a MoveUp...they'd rather it sail empty than lower the bid I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjay Posted December 14, 2022 #17 Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 1:02 AM, zanyw said: It's interesting though that the minimum is set that high with this level of availbility 49 days from departure: Quantity Room Type 11/25/2022 Available 2 Penthouse 2 8 Royal 5 12 Celebrity 5 44 Sky 29 149 AQ 100 254 Concierge 116 24 Sunset Veranda 15 719 Veranda 329 70 Ocean View 45 140 Inside 125 how are you able to see this data? i would love to see Reflection on March 19 2023 sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaught Posted December 14, 2022 #18 Share Posted December 14, 2022 ^ I'm interested in that too for when my sailing is eligible for a moveup offer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanyw Posted December 14, 2022 Author #19 Share Posted December 14, 2022 32 minutes ago, scaught said: ^ I'm interested in that too for when my sailing is eligible for a moveup offer... 38 minutes ago, sanjay said: how are you able to see this data? i would love to see Reflection on March 19 2023 sailing Using this PDF (https://www.celebritycorporatekit.com/content/uploads/2017/07/Solstice_Fact_Sheet-1.pdf) to determine how many of each room category are available and then some CTRL+F logic on the list view of each deck for each category to tally what was available. (https://www.celebritycruises.com/booking-cruise/selectRoom/stateroomCategory?pID=SL07X041&sDT=2023-01-14&sCD=SL&sCT=CO&roomQuantity=1). Took maybe ten minutes or so to tally up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbertera Posted December 14, 2022 #20 Share Posted December 14, 2022 We are on the Summit on the 17th. We originally had concierge class non-AI. We bid on Aqua Class and were lucky enough to be upgraded. Since we are in Aqua class now are we AI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanyw Posted December 14, 2022 Author #21 Share Posted December 14, 2022 57 minutes ago, lbertera said: We are on the Summit on the 17th. We originally had concierge class non-AI. We bid on Aqua Class and were lucky enough to be upgraded. Since we are in Aqua class now are we AI? Nope, you don't get the drink package, wifi, or tips included part of AQ. Everything else is though, so you'll get Blu and Persian Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon stingray Posted December 14, 2022 #22 Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 3:34 PM, jelayne said: Your right, I forgot the Aqua is AI. Which is a good point because with Move Up you don’t get the perks of the new category, so OP wouldn’t get drinks, wi-fi, and prepaid gratuities. Could someone please explain this. We are currently booked in Aqua and our booking includes drinks, wi-if and gratuities. So if we bid to upgrade to a sky suite, does this mean we wouldn’t get the perks of the new category and then loose these perks which we already had in Aqua? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted December 15, 2022 #23 Share Posted December 15, 2022 1 hour ago, simon stingray said: Could someone please explain this. We are currently booked in Aqua and our booking includes drinks, wi-if and gratuities. So if we bid to upgrade to a sky suite, does this mean we wouldn’t get the perks of the new category and then loose these perks which we already had in Aqua? No you keep those but instead of Blu you gain access to Luminae and you get access The Retreat. You will only get CC points for your original Acqua booking and not the points for a Sky Suite. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon stingray Posted December 15, 2022 #24 Share Posted December 15, 2022 5 hours ago, DaKahuna said: No you keep those but instead of Blu you gain access to Luminae and you get access The Retreat. You will only get CC points for your original Acqua booking and not the points for a Sky Suite. OK great. Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortunatefew Posted December 15, 2022 #25 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 10:22 AM, zanyw said: We're booked for the Solstice on January 14th, 2023 in an interior room. I did a few mock bookings and see that there is a significant amount of veranda and AQ rooms available. Today I checked into my MoveUp offers and see that they want $300 PP minimum bid to go into AQ. Is there any chance that these MoveUp minimum bids will go lower as we get closer to departure? We are booked on Eclipse 14 January. How were you able to see what the price is for Move up offers? We are only 32 days from sailing but can’t find anything regarding move up pricing. Any information would be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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