My Upgrade

As a Captain's Club member, apparently I'm entitled to an upgrade.
When do they let you know your new cabin number? Maybe I don't like the new cabin. What then?

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Flavia 1961
Arcadia 1965
Arcadia 1966
Arcadia 1967
Ocean Monarch 1971
Royal Viking Sea 1973
Nieuw Holland (?) 1973
Royal Viking Star 1975
Royal Viking Sky 1975
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Royal Viking Star 1979
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Royal Viking Sea 1982
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Royal Viking Star 1982
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Royal Viking Sun 1989
Island Princess 1992
Constellation 2003
Millennium 2004

Usually when you book you request say a cat 6, they charge you for a cat 7 and that is the upgrade. It's just a price thing, not an actual cabin change.

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Not sure I understand. Hubby and I are in a suite but, as loving caring parents do, have put our teenage kids in the lowest possible inside category cabin available. They're hoping for a little upgrade perhaps to a higher deck. "Subject to availability" (of course, the magic words) do you think that is poss?

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Flavia 1961
Arcadia 1965
Arcadia 1966
Arcadia 1967
Ocean Monarch 1971
Royal Viking Sea 1973
Nieuw Holland (?) 1973
Royal Viking Star 1975
Royal Viking Sky 1975
until
Royal Viking Star 1979
until
Royal Viking Sea 1982
until
Royal Viking Star 1982
until 1984
Royal Viking Sun 1989
Island Princess 1992
Constellation 2003
Millennium 2004

If you are in a suite, the Captain's Club upgrade does not apply. It is simply a one-category upgrade inside to inside or outside to outside. Balcony cabins, "family cabins" and suites are not included.

tuggers example is a good illustration. You either book an inside at whatever level and they move you up one category at time of booking, or you pay for one level less. If you book the highest inside (or outside), there won't be an upgrade unless you hit the upgrade fairy bingo jackpot.

I don't think the kids' cabin will qualify unless celebrity thinks a C Club member is staying in the room. I think they'll have to rely on pure luck. If you were booking for yourself in a category below any of the balcony cabins, you should be told about the upgrade at time of booking, if you've identified yourself as a Club member and provided your number.