Although our upcoming cruise in August is our first on Royal, we have been on 11 prior cruises, like 1 per year. Probably not many compared to a lot of folks but enough for our tastes. At any rate, we have never sailed in anything but a suite. On our very first cruise we got upgraded by the cruise line and suites is where we've been ever since. It seems that a lot of the suite perks somewhat mirror loyalty program perks. For us, chasing points would just not be reasonable. I guess we just don't cruise enough for it to make sense.
Thanks to all for the information.