Free Upgrades?

[KCE]

How do you all get free upgrades on your staterooms all the time? This will be our 4th cruise and every time I ask our Carnival TA about an upgrade, he acts like he has no idea what I am talking about?

 

Just wondering what the trick is.

[poobears]

Do you mean within the same category? Like from a low OV room to a higher deck OV room? Best way to get those is to watch the carnival site. Like today I booked a 6c but it has a free upgrade to a 6E on the empress deck. Other times you can catch sales that have better upgrades and can book an even cheaper level and still get up high.

 

 

If you mean upgraded to a totally different category of room like from an ov to a suite. That is mostly luck. Every now and then they'll need your room and bump you up for free. Other times they will upsell you. Offer you a higher priced room at a discount rate because they are having trouble filling them and have people ready to book your room if you move up.

[cruisebie]

Most of the time when people are upgraded, they have booked a guarantee. That means they book at the lowest rate for the category they have chosen (inside, oceanview, etc) and Carnival chooses the cabin they get. So you would pay a price for a 4A cabin on the lowest deck, for instance, but Carnival may place you in a 4B or higher cabin and this is considered an upgrade. It's somewhat of a gamble,because you are guaranteed only the lowest grade in the category you have booked. Many are upgraded, though. Really, the only difference in cabins is that you are on a higher deck. I think upgrades from one category of cabins to the next (such as ov to balcony) are pretty rare.

 

Personally, I like to make sure I don't get a cabin that might be over or under a noisy area, like a casino or lounge, so I have never taken advantage of this.

[Frenchsnowhite]

You also need a very good PVP with a lot of experience!:rolleyes:

 

And a bit of luck;)

[firefly333]

How do you all get free upgrades on your staterooms all the time? This will be our 4th cruise and every time I ask our Carnival TA about an upgrade, he acts like he has no idea what I am talking about?

 

Just wondering what the trick is.

 

I dont think anyone gets upgrades all the time??? Maybe being on these boards and hearing some got them, you are assuming it always happens.

 

We got a small upgrade last time a few decks because we had a guarantee, but no upgrade the two times before that. It also depends on which category cabin you have booked. On the Conquest I had one of the special 1As booked, and the insides went down below what I paid. I could have saved money by giving up my cabin with windows to move to a inside, which technically according to Carnival is a upgrade, but decided no thanks.

[lizardhowson]

How do you all get free upgrades on your staterooms all the time? This will be our 4th cruise and every time I ask our Carnival TA about an upgrade, he acts like he has no idea what I am talking about?

 

Just wondering what the trick is.

 

From what I have read, Carnival is doing upsells now, and rarely free upgrades any longer.

 

Why give the better cabins away when folks will pay a reduced price to upgrade.

 

I believe by and far the free upgrades are mostly a thing of the past.