HiCCCs

And Marvin, too!!!

They could give you any upgraded cabin regardless of what the Cruise Personalizer is showing (or not showing) as being available. Don't presume anything....the biding program involves risk.

Enjoy the cruise....no matter which "direction" you might be going!! I can't wait to be out on the high seas in a month and 10 days!!!

IF it's the Princess "Bid To Upgrade" Program (third party)....then it should be written somewhere that Princess reserves the right to send out upgrade notices independent of the program. Otherwise, who is to say Princess isn't sending private emails to passengers likely to pay more to upgrade or giving first dibs to upgrades to their favorite customers?? The sleuths are on it!!!

Dear jagoffee... When you say ".....because Princess (third party) making counter offers is not part of the written bidding process" are you referring to the same concern I raised in an earlier post trying to get clarification about why Princess is sending out offers but not through the "Bid To Upgrade" Program which is being run/managed by a third party? I hadn't read that anywhere in the "Bid To Upgrade" Program and was wondering how these individual email offers were taking place....

It's news that I either hadn't understood or haven't come across. Other posts mentioned something similar....I thought they were talking about "special offers" that were coming from their travel agent or Princess. What was throwing me was that a "third party" is running the "Bid to Upgrade" program....and I thought that meant Princess was completely out of the equation. So, I wonder how Princess decides who gets a counter offer and who doesn't.

Quick question.....I thought on the Bid to Upgrade program that you bid and if they accept the bid your credit card is automatically charged. You indicate being able to make a counter offer for a Premium Balcony -- which wasn't part of your initial bid from Balcony to a Mini Suite. How does that work in the Bid to Upgrade program? Thanks for whatever information you can share on this. Cheers! Happy New Years!

Congratulations!!!

Thanks for sharing your experience! And, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Congratulations! Enjoy your cruise - and the great upgrade!!!!

Agreed.

....and you probably could have afforded the upgrade price if you hadn't lost that money backing Ohio State last week!! M-Go-Blue!! See you again next year!!! 🥰

Relevancy, my dear! One MUST HAVE an app in the 21st century to be relevant. Thus, I long for the good old days when we were app free...and far more relevant then than we'll ever be.

You BOTH get my vote!!! And that's how it's done here in Chicago!!!

That's correct...glitchy app. Once you're onboard it all works like it should and your proper package will show up.