kilndude Posted June 12 #1 Share Posted June 12 Just got an email from royal up. Was wondering if it is real or what? can you really bid on better cabins? any info would be helpfull.. thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 12 #2 Share Posted June 12 https://www.royalcaribbean.com/booked/cruise-room-upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted June 12 #3 Share Posted June 12 They are real, but, based on posts here, the success rate isn't great. But there are many who have benefited from this offer. We received a Royal Up email for our last cruise aboard Harmony. We put a bid in for a Junior Suite even though I checked online and none of the categories offered showed any availability. Sure enough, we didn't get upgraded. It's not always a fail. We recently sailed on a different cruise line that offers a similar program (MSC). I put a bid in as from oceanview to balcony and it was successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted June 12 #4 Share Posted June 12 1 hour ago, kilndude said: Just got an email from royal up. Was wondering if it is real or what? can you really bid on better cabins? any info would be helpfull.. thanks in advance. It's very real... I'm 1/9 in my success of bidding for upgrades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted June 12 #5 Share Posted June 12 Check the cost of the cabin you are bidding on before bidding and compare with your current cost plus bid times 2. You pay bid for first two people in cabin. Note that if you win, you have no choice of cabin and your credit card is charged immediately. Also, if you have a guarantee and get assigned a better cabin, change your bids immediately. For example, if you have a guaranteed inside and happen to be assigned a balcony but have bid on a balcony, the old active bid can give you a different balcony and charge you for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzlechest Posted June 13 #6 Share Posted June 13 Has anyone checked if the minimum bids are lower than if the room was purchased originally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepeka Posted June 13 #7 Share Posted June 13 1 hour ago, Sizzlechest said: Has anyone checked if the minimum bids are lower than if the room was purchased originally? I did that a few months ago when we were offered RU from our JS to GS (1 bedroom). I found the price we paid for the JS plus the minimum upgrade bid was about $1200 less than the going rate for the GS. We put in the minimum bid (plus a small bump up) but have heard nothing and probably will not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loman Posted June 13 #8 Share Posted June 13 Be aware that you may get a cabin in an undesirable location . I always book an ocean view balcony on Oasis class sandwiched between cabins above and below me and not across from service areas. I wouldnt consider it an upgrade to a suite on deck 14 under the pool deck with chairs being dragged around in the early morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grest Posted June 14 #9 Share Posted June 14 We were assigned an ocean view guarantee, then placed a Royal Up bet....will we still be considered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted June 14 #10 Share Posted June 14 2 minutes ago, grest said: We were assigned an ocean view guarantee, then placed a Royal Up bet....will we still be considered? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepeka Posted June 14 #11 Share Posted June 14 We're two days from sailing and noticed this A.M. that our slightly above minimum bid has disappeared from the cruise planner on the web site. No notification, no charge card billed so I guess our bid has been flushed. Oh well... not surprising. 😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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