I put in a minimum upgrade bid because we would have been fine to stay in an interior. We apologize for the trouble, our team is aware of the outage and we are working on resolving the issue as quickly as possible. The only reason I even bid was because we knew from the bar code trick we were going to be assigned the only spot we really prefer to avoid. The program has recently changed terminology so some of these words may have changed but the meaning is essentially the same. If you win your bid, you will get an email notifying you that your card cannot be processed and it will direct you to a web page where you can put in the new credit card. If eligible, guests will receive an email that. I felt it was a pretty good deal as even with our C&A discount, the balcony was over $2K when we. For a given sailing do RoyalUP wins all occur at once on the same day, or can they be awarded at various times of the day or even over several days? We had several folks on our upcoming cruise receive confirmation of winning bids earlier today, yet my RoyalUp bids all still show Pending (not Expired) and are available to Modify or Cancel. But forgot to mention that not everyone will qualify for a RoyalUp. bidding on a JS you do not potentially truly cancels your bid for the GS you do want if they grant the JS RoyalUp. RoyalUp is definitely a program where categories above what you have show as open for bidding. 2. USA. Posted March 22, 2022. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the. The first bid I won was on Anthem from balcony to JS with a near min bid, maybe 10% over min (like 220 on a min 200pp). 00pp, but was considered a “weak” bid on the Royal Up scale. We have an ocean view balcony stateroom for our May, 2022 Symphony sailing. I had bid on a one bedroom grand suite and an owners suite. There were 4 separate offers, I am currently booked in an OS. When Royal first started RoyalUp, I imagined that it was in their best interest to sell all of the suites at their full “retail” price. Members. Link to comment Share on other sites. For example, if you select a $100 bid in the upgrade tool, your bid total for that room will be $200. " I've heard from others on the cruise that some of their bids show expired so trying to figure out if we still have a chance with all. In just a few simple steps, you could score a fantastic upgrade, from Ocean View and Balcony staterooms to the most expansive suites at sea. Only the 1 Bedroom GS had any real supply. Ports of Call Photos. I’m on the Freedom. Notaboat. First time I’ve ever won a bid. Royal up bid status missing. September 7, 2003. Royal Caribbean suggested I bid on multiple rooms to increase my chances of an upgrade. Yeah, the Voyager has been sailing about half full. Guests will receive an email if their sailing is eligible and they will have the opportunity to browse through staterooms available for upgrade on their sailing. Happy where we are in a Grand Suite. Like someone above posted, most of the benefits of The Key are included in the Sky Class of the GS. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Mariner of the Seas ®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. Well, it's six days to our cruise, and checking Royal Up, I see one of my bids is still able to be changed. Was the minimum bid and was floored when I got it! Booking a balcony room flat out was an extra $4000 ($2000/person) so we saved a boatload (pun intended). If it says pending…it’s still active. If you cancel your cruise booking and have a stateroom RoyalUp upgrade you will be refunded the money for your RoyalUp upgrade. We booked an interior stateroom, and put in what I'd consider fair bids for all the options, namely $150pp ($300 total) for a balcony to $50pp for a promenade view interior. I bid about $40 over each minimum. 2. Don’t forget to keep checking the prices. Whether you're a fi. We only went from an interior to a promenade view and the bid was something like $15pp. I received a rejection letter for all bids the night of the cruise. Just received my email today that I won my bid to upgrade from a balcony cabin to an Owner's Suite on Independence this weekend. Here’s my take: RoyalUp is considering your pending bid, and they’d rather you did not alter it while they do so. I placed a min bid 2 different 2-bedroom options. Royal Caribbean. It's anyone's guess. Posted November 15, 2022. About two weeks ago, all but the Owners Suite had expired, and I couldn't edit the Owners Suite Bid. Your offer can be accepted anytime from the moment it is submitted up until 2 days prior to voyage departure. Independence of the Seas, January 31, 2022. Join group. I cannot submit a bid without inputting a credit card. Email Your Questions. *. I bid very close to the minimum, but not the minimum dollar. Con unos sencillos pasos, los huéspedes pueden conseguir un cambio a categoría superior, pasando de camarotes con vista al mar y balcón a las suites más caras a bordo de nuestros cruceros. On top of it, you DO NOT get double points! If I am going to bid for a suite, the only way I am doing it is if I get double points. So they did. So I'm definitely hoping they accept our RoyalUp offer. Yes, by upgrading to a higher stateroom category, each guest in the booking may be subject to a higher gratuity amount. You will be able to modify or cancel your bid(s) up to 2 hours before departure on embarkation date. We placed a competitive bid for a 2BR Grand Suite on our upcoming cruise on Oasis. In that case, we had an interior, the balcony room was a $75pp minimum and spacious (literally 5 sq ft more) was a $80pp minimum. Dec 17, 2018 - Final payment due. It’s strange because I had bids on this already and once I bid higher I won it in a few days. Participate in mandatory advising each semester while enrolled at Central Piedmont. Find more information on what happens when you cancel your cruise booking. On my first cruise the Interior GTY has not been assigned so I gave a lower bid on a Standard OV and OV Balcony. Went back to check a couple of days later and it said not eligible for upgrades, checked again over the next. Posted December 14, 2022. To find out if you are eligible for the RoyalUp℠ upgrades program, click here and enter your last name and booking number. Quantum of the Seas Royal Loft Suite (Photo courtesy of Royal Caribbean) Royal Caribbean offers a pretty cool bid-based cabin upgrade program called RoyalUp. It took our D concierge about 20 minutes on the phone to straighten it out for us and. Royal Caribbean International. I. Paying for an Upgrade to Jr Suite without RoyalUp Since I would be earning crown and anchor points, I based on if it’s worth the upgrade based on price per point. Yay!Wonder of the Seas Thanksgiving 2023 RU from GS to CLS, OS, AT2BR, RLS. Forum Jump. The Program applies to cruises, sail dates, and stateroom categories selected by. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. Initially, my inside stateroom was on Deck 11. It allows passengers to bid on higher cabin categories before their cruise, offering the chance to “win” an upgraded stateroom. 58. We had the option to bid on the ATS 1 bedroom starting at $100 pp or 2 bedroom starting at $400 pp or Star Loft starting at $800 pp. From JS to Owner’s Suite. In these cases, I don’t consider Royalup an option. It certainly appears that this 12/31 sailing is at 50-60% capacity is my guess. Total Bid: $140 USD. Do you think my S$1,300 (Which is around US$1,000?) will go a long way if I wanna bid for Sky Class suites?A successful Royal Up bid means that with your new cabin, the perks of the new cabin should also be included. I have submitted RoyalUp bids and then watched as the price for the category I wanted dropped low enough over time for me to cancel the bid and just pay for the upgrade. That price was worth it for us. Usually an interior cabin is not able to bid on a suite. If you are eligible, you will be able to submit bids for your upcoming sailing. That went from "expired" and unable to change or modify bid to "pending" and I'm now able to modify my bid. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. SPS , Va4fam , HBCcruiser and 5 others. Just curious if anyone has actually won a RoyalUp bid from Sky Class to Star Class without bidding the full amount? Also, for newbies to RoyalUp, be aware that the room pictures are not always from the ship you are sailing on. Posted September 13, 2019. As an example, on a recent sailing I received a minisuite upgrade offer, but a quick call to the cruise line confirmed that I could move to the mini suite for free as the prices had dropped. Your offer can be accepted anytime from the moment it is submitted up until 2 days prior to voyage departure. And FYI I had checked that link the day before (at 60 days out) and got the "30 day" notice. It's always the risk you take when submitting for a Royal Up. For it to maximize potential revenue for RCCL, they will always need to have a much wider bucket of offers to choose from. Does anyone has any experience of RoyalUp for such a situation? Care to share please? Have booked Balcony room but I should have additional budget of S$1,300 to play with. Bid $550 per person ($1,100 total) for a junior suite. My bid for royal up will cost me 370. ) KLA , WAAAYTOOO , PPPJJ-GCVAB and 3 others. My bid was $105, a very weak bid according to their meter😂😂😂😂. Is it worth it to update to a spacious ocean view balcony for $325/pp or $450/pp for Ultra spacious ocean view w/large balcony?What happens with the promotions I already have if I am upgraded through RoyalUp℠? A. Got this via e-mail yesterday, 3 days before cruise. We did a RoyalUP bid from a JS to a CLS, and they put us in one dead center in the back of the ship with literally no view of the sea. A passenger in an inside paid $100 to upgrade to an ocean view. Received a Royal Up e-mail for our May 03, 2020 Harmony cruise. I placed a bid for $280 for each of us ($560) total, which was $10 above the minimum for what was considered a “strong” bid. 2k. . Just did a RoyalUp for two legs of a back to back in May. We are booked on Oasis for the 12/19-12/26 sailing next week, got another request to Royal Up bid, issue is we have 2 rooms, what happens if i bid on a 2 bedroom grand suite and we win, we no longer need the 2 rooms since the grand suite has 2 rooms, anyone have that experience?BID YOUR WAY TO A CRUISE UPGRADE. Bid for Grand Suite shows expired Bid for Junior Suite shows pending Called Royal and they have no idea what the expired term mean, Royal up is outsourced to an outside company which handles the upgrades. So anyone who booked under the double points offer and did royal up and lost. See full list on royalcaribbeanblog. Royal will look at the entire set of available cabins and RoyalUp bids and accept the combination of bids that will make them the most amount of money. Dont know if still true. chevron. Royal up is one time upgrade from x to y. link_label}}. The last cruise i was on, I purchased an OceanView balcony cabin(it was the minimum Cat. We both thought the interior balcony (above Central Park) was outstanding. What is the RoyalUp programme? A. Grand Suite - 2 Bedroom $155 USD per guest. Although we did bid a lot more on higher categories wich went out empty. They do take bids even if there are no actual suites available at the time of bidding. If you are eligible, you’ll be able to submit bids for your upcoming sailing. Initially booked bargain basement guaranteed interior stateroom on the 1/28 Nav, put in simultaneous bids of $30/$60 total for an Ocean View, $40/$80 total for a "Spacious" Panoramic Ocean View, Ocean View bid expired, got the Panoramic room, comparing rack rates seems to be about $80 savings from legit upgrade. Request was made 8 December 2021. {{alert. I purchased a Jr Suite GTY and was assigned a Jr. [email protected]. I didn't win any. There were 6 crown loft suites open on the 2/27 sailing when our bid was accepted (and a number of other suites). A. I originally put in our Royal Up bids on 9/8 for our 11/20 sailing on SOS, we originally booked a standard balcony room. If you bid the $50 minimum, it will be double that, so $100. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Paid my balance a couple of weeks early - again no idea if makes a difference - and had RoyalUp email 6 Jan. We did our first RoyalUp bid for our last cruise, Jr to a Grand. ago. I know my chances are slim. Check on the Royal Up website to determine if you are eligible for an upgrade. You can't go by current inventory to judge if you will win a bid. We have cancelled week-of-cruise 3 or 4 times due to other commitments. Now that sailings are at full capacity and inventory on the website often shows multiple stateroom categories as sold out, are there any recent success stories out there?Yeah. From Ocean View and Balcony staterooms to the most expansive suites at sea, the possibilities are endless. Welcome to Celebrity MoveUp - our new program that allows you to bid on a cruise stateroom upgrade after you purchase your cruise. Just kicking around the strategy involved in a RoyalUp bid. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the possibilities are endless. Upgrades are limited and subject to availability up to the day of sailing. They seemed to have “half” upgraded us leaving our cards unusable and the replacement cards we got from guest services unusable. I am leaving on the Oasis of the Seas on Jan 13th. Our new room is in the same corridor as our old room, deck 11 room 703. It's always the risk you take when submitting for a Royal Up. I just placed 2 RoyalUp bids for the 2nd half of our B2B Symphony Nov 2021 cruises. The $100 was for a upgrade (bid) from our balcony to a spacious balcony. All bids are per person, based on double occupancy -- regardless of how many people are sharing the cabin. This group is dedicated to discussing Royal Caribbean’s RoyalUp bidding program. When I log into the royal carribean web site, there was a link on my home page showing my bid status, but now that’s gone. I bid anyway. 2. "We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Voyager of the Seas. I also bidded close to the minimum bid for the Grand Suite. Posted January 10, 2022. #7. 1k. Royal Up is a program offered by a Royal Caribbean third party, that allows guests to bid on upgrades to higher stateroom categories. check pricing on your cruise a lot. Royal Up is usually available once your final. I received the email for the 12/5 Allure sailing on October 6 and again on November 28. Good luck to both of us. Just got an email from RoyalUP for our 2/27 Harmony cruise, and they are apparently having a sale on bids. They allowed me to bid on 4 suite types all the way up to Royal Suite. Put in a maximum bid of $250 each to upgrade from a large outside room to a junior suite on odyssey in November and won that. I made a bit in a balcony, spacious ocean view, and some others (currently have an interior room). If your reservation includes multiple guests (between 2 and 5 passengers), the offer amount submitted will be per guest but only for the first and second guest on the reservation. We bid on upgrades any time we have a single cruise booked. We cancelled our royal up offers and now have a balcony. Unable to Modify/Cancel RoyalUP Bid. We originally had a Balcony room and the minimum bid for the upgrade was $500 each I think ($1000 total) and we did $600 each ($1200) total for our bid. The bid range for several categories have been dropped by 25%. Royal Up Bidding Questions. Author. You will be able to modify or cancel your bid(s) up to 2 hours before departure on embarkation date. With yesterday's announcement on change of protocol, a bunch opened up. The Offer Amount does not include the higher gratuity. It’s not a lot, but we were upgraded to a spacious balcony from an ocean view guarantee. I'm looking at Royal Up for our 5 day Adventure OS cruise & min bid prices are MUCH lower than on our Apex cruise last month, particularly for suites. The RoyalUp℠ upgrade program provides booked guests with an opportunity to submit an offer (an “Offer”) to Royal Caribbean International® (RCI) to upgrade from the original RCI stateroom category purchased to a higher stateroom category (the “Program”). You can also go to RoyalUp and check on the status of your bid. ago. We bid agressively, hsuband really wanted the room. one super good deal is the max bid for 2br aqua is thousands lower than sticker price. Husky1987. * *Eligible reservations on all Celebrity Cruise ships within 30 days of departure date. I also purchased The Key. New to CC, I'm sailing October 31 out of Barcelona and was looking to Royal Up. Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom $130 USD per guest. Good luck !! Quote;. Nov 28, 2018 - Received initial RoyalUp opportunity; returned same day. Not going to. If we bid on it and win it, could the. Prior to capacity increasing, I have been able to bid in Oct for a Jan cruise, which was more than 60 days. But there is probably no benefit to bid early. We went from a very well located mid-ship balcony to a rear facing, obstructed JS. Royal let’s you bid on these rooms just in case they come available last minute. The RoyalUp℠ upgrade program provides booked guests with an opportunity to submit an offer (an “Offer”) to Royal Caribbean International® (RCI) to upgrade from the original RCI stateroom category purchased to a higher stateroom category (the “Program”). Royal up suite combining rooms. Once cruising resumed and sailings were at low capacity, it seemed that a higher percentage of cruisers were winning their RoyalUp bids. Submitted two bids on Royal up, one for a junior suite, one for a grand suite. On 11/15/2022 at 7:35 AM, Gears said: Just notified we were upgraded (RoyalUp) on our Nov 26th, 5 night Mariner cruise from a deck 2 ocean view to a deck 12 panorama ocean view. Now its status its "upgrade unavailable" but I could modify my bid. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventures — the possibilities are endless. August 29, 2022. We just won a Junior Suite RoyalUp bid on the Odyssey of the Seas departing Nov. #8. Minimum bid was about $20 for Junior (bid $20), $50 for GS (bid $100), GS2B $100 (bid $105) Did not win but as it got closer the minimum bids do go down on some categories. When a GS bids on a Star class they want people in balconies to bid on that GS. We put it a $100pp on a balcony and a $110pp on the ultra spacious, we won the spacious. I called C&A and ask to switch to deck 8 as it is a personal favorite; when rep commented about late switch, I told her it was a RoyalUp assignment…it created no issue swapping cabins. The RoyalUp℠ offer amount is per person for the entire duration of the cruise. RCI cannot guarantee that both reservations will be upgraded. We always note the price (do a dummy booking) of potential suite upgrades when we book. RoyalUp, as it's called, enables cruisers to place bids for upgrades into any higher level room. On 6/9/2022 at 8:29 PM, Pattycruise said: I just did an attempt at a Royal Up on an upcoming cruise. Our bid for the Junior Suite was 180 euros PP so all in all we paid less than 1. LocationNear Southampton, UK. If your bid plus whoever is bidding on your cabin type, and the bid from their cabin type and so on down the line, will net them the highest, they're could. Basically I get excited when I see it's. So for a very overly simplistic example, if there are 2 bids for a RS, and a GS bid $600 and a JS bid $500. So you should always look at the deck plans for your ship to see where the rooms are located for the type you are bidding on, and find the one that is the absolute worst location for you--and if you can live with that you bid, if you. It was actually less money that we were paying for the Grand Suite. My current Royal Up bids have also changed from "Pending" to "Submitted". 2 bids. I got the bid offer Tuesday 2/12 and the email saying it was accepted Friday 2/15, for the April 13 sailing on Anthem of the seas. I bid £50 for a large balcony and up to. RoyalUp Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. I’m here to share my recent experience with RoyalUp, a program that allows people with existing reservations to bid for an upgrade to a higher room category. We bid on upgrades any time we have a single cruise booked. Michelle Couch-Friedman. Today I received a RoyalUp offer which had a suggested bid of $155 to upgrade to a one-bedroom Grand Suite. LocationMontana. 2. Posted July 8. Got an email from RCCL about RoyalUp and asked me to bid on larger rooms than the category I have (oceanview balcony) I put bids on the 2 bedroom suite (a dream at $2k) and larger oceanview balcony rooms for much less. RoyalUp is a stateroom bidding program offered by Royal Caribbean. We got one of these from Celebrity and the starting bid was $500 pp! Not happening. You'd get double points if you did a bid from a JS or above. The minimum bid is $50 per adult; the max is $400. I had also bid $200 on a "Ultra Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony", and that was not accepted. access to the Suite lounge with free cocktails in the evening, room service from the Main Dining Room, allllllll the extra space/storage in a suite, having access to the Suite Concierge, and I truly love the Suite sundeck (not. Solariati • 1 yr. But there was a balcony that bid $200 on a JS (but not a GS), then the JS would get the RS because RC would net $100 more. It likely won't go through, but after a week with his parents, our son would probably benefit with his own bedroom. The min bid was only $15 and we bid a tiny bit more. I am booked through a travel agent however I did the Royal Up process directly with Royal Caribbean. We bid on three rooms, Grand Suite 2 bedroom, Grand Suite one bedroom, and a Junior suite. This is your one-stop-shop for all things Icon of the Seas. In the past, there were two ways to make a bid or. The word "Pending" may tend to imply that your bid is accepted and you're waiting for a. This way I got to choose. When you are at the “Select a Payment Method” section, you will have an option to change the default card under “Change. To find out if you are eligible for the RoyalUp℠ upgrades program, click here and enter your Last name and Booking number. Hmm. Up until yesterday, the status showed as pending which I thought was the default status until either accepted our. I purchased a Jr Suite GTY and was assigned a Jr. . We never book on any B2B cruises. The next day I received an email like your indicating my bids had been canceled. NJ. I would have. ) Be happy with what you have now. Upon receiving an invitation to bid, passengers head to the Royal Up website and enter specific money amounts for each type of cabin they want to bid on. My husband and I (we're in our late 20s) are trying to decide if the RoyalUp bid program (min bid of $225 per person for the Grand Suite) is worth it. Cruise was fully paid 3 months in advan. At first I couldn't modify my bids and it was pending. Congrats!!! Have a great cruise!The RoyalUp algorithm is more complex than just going with the highest bid. The Loyalty Ambassador and Concierge and Hotel Floor Supervisor worked. Bid what you’re willing to pay, what it’s worth to you. Royal Caribbean Discussion. 2. But here you see that the website doesn't allow me to do that, the agents on the phone won't let me do that, and the RoyalUp team says I can't change my bid. Oklahoma City. e. Had you bid on both a JS and a GS?So, apparently the minimums have been changed for the bids, and the old bids were eliminated. maynardd1 • 3 yr. Location-Michigan. Royal Caribbean Discussion. The minimum bid was $850 we bid $1250 each person. ” Depends on capacity, how bad you want the upgrade, and how much you’re willing to spend. (I’m leaning more towards it won’t be). The last time I was notified of a successful bid was on Nov 5th for the Anthem sailing on Nov 8th…so, three days out. OUR LARGEST SHIPS. I threw down 2 bids, a $15 bid for the Promenade View ($5 more than the minimum) and a $40 bid for the Panoramic Ocean View ($10 more than the minimum). Royal Caribbean’s RoyalUp Bid is a bidding program that allows you to upgrade your cabin to a higher cabin category at a lower cost than a traditional cabin upgrade. One is a large ocean balcony and one is a Central Park balcony. I looked up suite perks and the suite-only perks do sound cool - like the hors d'oeuvre and cocktail hour with drinks, how does that work? We don't drink enough to justify the $850 for us to get. Most commonly 5-7 days before sail date. Meanwhile, if I had placed a bid on a Guarantee Ocean View through RoyalUp, I would have had to bid a minimum of $30 per person for the weakest bid possible. Royal Up (loss) (bid options) Just for stats. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Adventure of the Seas®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at. I think the vague wording in RoyalUp website understandable confuses some people. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. Our Royal up bid was accepted two days ago. Won both bids at thirty days out. Florida. Four weeks ago we were on Harmony. April 8, 2015. Hey guys! So I just snagged a Suite Guarantee, I am assuming its a Junior Suite, and today I can see the following categories that I can bid on: Grand Suite $0 - $700 Grand Suite - 2 Bedroom $0 - $910 Owner’s Suite $0 - $980 Royal Suite $0 - $700 I have never done a. First time sailing in a long time. My original bid range was $650 at the lowest, $900 at the maximum. When entering your information below, please make sure to use the first / primary guest last name and valid booking number for. Monitoring the status of your bid: You can monitor the status of your bids by going to the confirmation email you received when you placed them initially and click on "Modify/cancel bid". Cruise Lines “P – Z”. We bid and received a RoyalUp on our first return voyage last August out of Nassau. In my research regarding Royal Up i didnt come across a response like this. Royal Up website shows individuals a selection of cabin types that they can choose to bid on for the chance at an upgrade. Browse through the stateroom options below and select the amount you're willing to pay for an upgrade to each. That's great! We are also going to be on Oasis (3/6). If I wanted to bid on that the. Posted July 24. Oh well but it would have been nice. The original cost of our balcony room was around $1,100 for two people, then we offered $1,200 per person and won the Grand Suite. 1. The higher one does not necessarily take priority, no. 1k. We have an OV Large Balcony right now. If you bid $200, you are committing to $400. A week before sailing we received notice that our bid was accepted. Towel Animal Photos. We bid $220 pp, which was about 15% above minimum. But two days before the cruise, the bid for JS turned to "upgrade unavailable", and bids for GS and GS-2 turned back to "pending" and possible to cancel or modify. All reasonable approaches that suit different people (or maybe even the same person at different times). Now, two days later, I received another email with a “Promo” offer; the ocean view balcony was reduced $10 pp. 25. Even if your bid was 20 grand, you might not get it because someone else had already booked the room. What is the RoyalUp programme? Royal Caribbean is excited to introduce RoyalUp - an all-new programme inviting guests to bid for an upgrade to a higher category stateroom on selected domestic and international sailings with just a few simple clicks. 6th.