Royal bid up

[JOHN 57]

Just made a royal bid up from interior cabin to balcony, we sail 14 January 2023 on Adventure of the Seas, out of Galveston.  How does it take for Royal Caribbean to respond?  Thank you.

[neverbeenhere]

Could be on embarkation day. 

[JOHN 57]

thank you neverbeenhere.

[smokeybandit]

Between today and Jan 14.

[JOHN 57]

thank you smokeybandit.

[lcpagejr]

I received my declination after I had boarded lol...Came in my email that afternoon!!

[JOHN 57]

now that is sad, but thank you lcpagejr

[Biker19]

2 hours ago, JOHN 57 said:

now that is sad, but thank you lcpagejr

That is normal- the denial email usually comes by 8PM on embarkation day. 

[JOHN 57]

well it was a try

[jk04]

3 hours ago, JOHN 57 said:

Just made a royal bid up from interior cabin to balcony, we sail 14 January 2023 on Adventure of the Seas, out of Galveston.  How does it take for Royal Caribbean to respond?  Thank you.

We did a Royal Up in September, Indy out of Port Canaveral.  We were notified 3 days before sailing.  Earlier that week I had even lowered the bid to minimum. 🤷‍♀️

[LinRon3]

25 minutes ago, jk04 said:

We did a Royal Up in September, Indy out of Port Canaveral.  We were notified 3 days before sailing.  Earlier that week I had even lowered the bid to minimum. 🤷‍♀️

Interesting strategy.  Might scare 'em that you're withdrawing your next move [and no $$, ha].  Assume you like to bluff in poker too, LOL. Was your bid accepted..from what to what if so?  We see these royal up bids as just part of the fun; like playing the lottery or something.  You know you're going to lose, but heck, you get excited anyway, ha.  Just think what that Royal Suite is gonna be like, ha.      

[AspiringCindy]

4 hours ago, JOHN 57 said:

Just made a royal bid up from interior cabin to balcony, we sail 14 January 2023 on Adventure of the Seas, out of Galveston.  How does it take for Royal Caribbean to respond?  Thank you.

Out of all bids, Interiors have a higher bid acceptance than the other categories. Good luck!

[JOHN 57]

I am trying, so will see, where thebid goes

[jk04]

4 hours ago, LinRon3 said:

Interesting strategy.  Might scare 'em that you're withdrawing your next move [and no $$, ha].  Assume you like to bluff in poker too, LOL. Was your bid accepted..from what to what if so?  We see these royal up bids as just part of the fun; like playing the lottery or something.  You know you're going to lose, but heck, you get excited anyway, ha.  Just think what that Royal Suite is gonna be like, ha.      

We were in a junior and had bids on a Grand, Owner, and the Royal Suite.  JS is already pretty nice on Freedom class but enjoy breakfast in Chops, quiet place to sit and read in SL, and priority debark.  DH was over the excitement of a possible upgrade by that time and wanted me to cancel the bids.  I just lowered to minimum for what the heck.  Won the Grand Suite. 😁

[PWP-001]

15 hours ago, LinRon3 said:

Interesting strategy.  Might scare 'em that you're withdrawing your next move [and no $$, ha].  Assume you like to bluff in poker too, LOL. Was your bid accepted..from what to what if so?  We see these royal up bids as just part of the fun; like playing the lottery or something.  You know you're going to lose, but heck, you get excited anyway, ha.  Just think what that Royal Suite is gonna be like, ha.      

Royal Up is all about maximizing revenue.  It starts from the top down, looking at the highest bid, for the top category that has an available room, accepting that highest bid and freeing up a lower category cabin, repeating the process all the way down.  

 

If unfilled bids still remain, the process is repeated once the ship embarks accounting for no-shows/last minute cancellations.

 

Sailing on a lower occupancy ship or making a Royal Up bid when booked in an interior can yield better success even with a minimum bid.

[JOHN 57]

thank you Pwp=001