Guarantee assignment ?

[Cruisegirl6]

Hello, we booked the Beyond April 27 cruise, the only choice of cabin available was the most expensive suite or an oceanview guarantee cabin.  We chose the oceanview guarantee cabin and still do not have a cabin assignment.  For those who have previously booked a guarantee cabin when was your cabin assigned to you, how far in advanced from the sailing?  I wonder if anybody who booked guarantee cabin was not assigned a cabin and got bumped from the sailing?  I had no choice, it was the only cabin assignment available to us and I been watching it each day with no availability besides the most expensive suite.  I am getting worried and hate to take the time off from work to find out we can't get on this sailing.

[kaysha2004]

The description of the room is "guarantee" which means you are guaranteed to have at least an ocean view, or maybe even higher.  It'll be assigned at any time up until the day of sailing. No worries.  They don't oversell cabins like the airlines oversell flights.

[Arizona Wildcat]

Relax.  You could be assigned a cabin today or tomorrow or not until the day before your cruise departs.  The longer you wait the more likely it will be an upgrade to maybe a veranda.   Lots of veranda cabins.

You will absolutely positively be assigned a cabin. 

[gold1953]

once the move up bids have been processed lower cabins open up so you will be fine

[paulh84]

You have gotten feedback in the many other times the question has been asked. No one here can give you a definitive answer. You will get at minimum the oceanview cabin you booked. You may not know your assignment for another 45-46 days. 
 

 

[leaveitallbehind]

As you are not sailing for another 7 weeks you still have a few weeks until you are likely to hear of your assignment.  In our experience the GTY's were assigned anywhere from 30 days to 1 week prior to sailing.  But as others have indicated, it could be anytime between now and day of sailing.

 

Do not be concerned as you will be assigned a stateroom and you will not get "bumped".  And, once assigned, if you don't like the location, depending on who you booked through you can contact the cruise line or your travel agent and they can move your stateroom to another location based on availability within the assigned stateroom category and sub-category.

 

 

[Cruisegirl6]

36 minutes ago, paulh84 said:

You have gotten feedback in the many other times the question has been asked. No one here can give you a definitive answer. You will get at minimum the oceanview cabin you booked. You may not know your assignment for another 45-46 days. 
 

 

 

10 hours ago, kaysha2004 said:

The description of the room is "guarantee" which means you are guaranteed to have at least an ocean view, or maybe even higher.  It'll be assigned at any time up until the day of sailing. No worries.  They don't oversell cabins like the airlines oversell flights.

That is what I was worried about, whether they oversell like flights, thank you!!

[Cruisegirl6]

9 minutes ago, leaveitallbehind said:

As you are not sailing for another 7 weeks you still have a few weeks until you are likely to hear of your assignment.  In our experience the GTY's were assigned anywhere from 30 days to 1 week prior to sailing.  But as others have indicated, it could be anytime between now and day of sailing.

 

Do not be concerned as you will be assigned a stateroom and you will not get "bumped".  And, once assigned, if you don't like the location, depending on who you booked through you can contact the cruise line or your travel agent and they can move your stateroom to another location based on availability within the assigned stateroom category and sub-category.

 

 

Thank you, was afraid we arrive and not get on the ship, thanks for the reassurance.

[Cruisegirl6]

8 hours ago, Arizona Wildcat said:

Relax.  You could be assigned a cabin today or tomorrow or not until the day before your cruise departs.  The longer you wait the more likely it will be an upgrade to maybe a veranda.   Lots of veranda cabins.

You will absolutely positively be assigned a cabin. 

Thank you so much!!

[OrtonPark]

We must be the outliers - we were assigned our magic carpet suite two days after booking our guaranteed suite. I suppose it is the “lowliest” of the suites 🤣, but we are happy with our midship room and looking forward to our September sailing.  

[leaveitallbehind]

5 minutes ago, OrtonPark said:

We must be the outliers - we were assigned our magic carpet suite two days after booking our guaranteed suite. I suppose it is the “lowliest” of the suites 🤣, but we are happy with our midship room and looking forward to our September sailing.  

It can range anywhere from when you book to day of sailing. And I have heard of both. In our experience, as mentioned, that has been from 30 days to 1 week prior.  But everyone's experience can certainly vary.  Don't think your timing has anything to do with it being the "lowliest" of the suites.  More likely triggered by a booking algorithm. 

Edited March 11 by leaveitallbehind

[dreamer321]

16 hours ago, Cruisegirl6 said:

... For those who have previously booked a guarantee cabin when was your cabin assigned to you, how far in advanced from the sailing?...

I booked an Inside Guarantee last minute a few weeks ago after the Final Payment due date so I paid in full and was assigned a cabin immediately in my Booking Confirmation documents.

[Cruisegirl6]

Actually this cabin was booked as a comp with blue chip.  My other half got aqua class and concierge offers but we wanted this particular sailing so they created a new offer while on the phone for an oceanview comp.

[Rabblefish]

DH and I booked a guaranteed infinite verandah on the Beyond last month for our cruise in October and we received our room assignment a week ago. 

[holidaylover10]

I had a guarantee cabin assigned the day I booked, 13 months before cruise.

[High on the Seas]

I was browsing the website and they had a sky suite guarantee for a 7 day cruise out of Port Canaveral next February for just a bit more than Aqua class. I booked with my TA and about 2 weeks later got my room assignment.  Wasn’t expecting that quick but pleasantly surprised. 

[brennanavery]

We booked a suite guarantee this past July for a February 2025 cruise. I was surprised to see two weeks later when opening the app that we had a room number assigned. We were assigned an Aqua Class suite. I never would have thought to have a room assigned that early.

[High on the Seas]

3 minutes ago, brennanavery said:

We booked a suite guarantee this past July for a February 2025 cruise. I was surprised to see two weeks later when opening the app that we had a room number assigned. We were assigned an Aqua Class suite. I never would have thought to have a room assigned that early.

I wish I knew how Celebrity determined when they put rooms up in the “Guarantee” status. Our suite price was almost the same as Prime Aqua class factoring in premium drinks and wi-fi which we normally do. And the Aqua suite has some additional benefits the normal Sky Suite doesn’t have. I didn’t think our room would be assigned for quite a while since our cruise isn’t till The end of February. I understand there is a risk on room location but in this class of ship I don’t see any horrible sky suite locations. 

[justcrusn]

Just to add to the data, we booked a concierge guarantee for a cruise about a month away. It was a last minute decision to add a back to back cruise.

We received our cabin number within a week after booking, 3 weeks before the cruise.

[Woody14]

15 hours ago, High on the Seas said:

I wish I knew how Celebrity determined when they put rooms up in the “Guarantee” status. 

It is different on different ships, dates & itineraries.  So much of it has to do with what is selling and what is not for any given cruise.   I have met people who have done back to backs with a guarantee who got different cabins on each leg and the what they got and when they got it was very different.  

 

[High on the Seas]

53 minutes ago, Woody14 said:

It is different on different ships, dates & itineraries.  So much of it has to do with what is selling and what is not for any given cruise.   I have met people who have done back to backs with a guarantee who got different cabins on each leg and the what they got and when they got it was very different.  

 

I’m sure they have some type of algorithm that tells them when they need to do this. I was just surprised that on our cruise there have been suites (GTY) multiple times show up. With 5 months until sailing seems like they are pushing hard to fill cabins. 

[High on the Seas]

Just now, High on the Seas said:

I’m sure they have some type of algorithm that tells them when they need to do this. I was just surprised that on our cruise there have been suites (GTY) multiple times show up. With 5 months until sailing seems like they are pushing hard to fill cabins. 

Also, they gave us an upgrade and assigned our room. First time I tried this and the research that I did led me to believe room assignment would be slow, after final payments and move up bids.