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RandyinDEN

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We booked the Oosterdam Alaska cruise for June 2, 2013 2 weeks ago to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. I surprised my wife with this bucket list item, and got huge brownie points in return. I had booked a D window view cabin for $650 per person with $50 obc person. Today I got the email upgrade offer and moved to the aft facing VA cabin for $99 per person upgrade.

 

We are very happy.

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We booked the Oosterdam Alaska cruise for June 2, 2013 2 weeks ago to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. I surprised my wife with this bucket list item, and got huge brownie points in return. I had booked a D window view cabin for $650 per person with $50 obc person. Today I got the email upgrade offer and moved to the aft facing VA cabin for $99 per person upgrade.

 

We are very happy.

Congrats. Enjoy your upsell to an aft facing cabin with balcony. Happy anniversary and enjoy your cruise.:)

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So next important item:

 

Does she know, or is this a Surprise? If surprise, how are you going to tell her?

 

:D

 

I told her last week when we had 4 weeks to plan and pack. She was crying at first because she always wanted to go to Alaska and then she started to cry because she only had 4 weeks to plan. I just talked to her about the upgrade and she started to cry again at work. They are good tears, not the bad kind.

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I told her last week when we had 4 weeks to plan and pack. She was crying at first because she always wanted to go to Alaska and then she started to cry because she only had 4 weeks to plan. I just talked to her about the upgrade and she started to cry again at work. They are good tears, not the bad kind.

 

That's so sweet!

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We booked the Oosterdam Alaska cruise for June 2, 2013 2 weeks ago to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. I surprised my wife with this bucket list item, and got huge brownie points in return. I had booked a D window view cabin for $650 per person with $50 obc person. Today I got the email upgrade offer and moved to the aft facing VA cabin for $99 per person upgrade.

 

We are very happy.

 

I'm happy for you!

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Yes, we booked directly with HAL and did mention it was our Anniversary. I think the upgrade email I got was a mass mailing, but not certain. Here it is in a nutshell:

 

Upgrade at a fraction of the regular cost!

Upgrade from category C-HH to SS-SZ for an additional $199pp US/CAD

Upgrade from category C-HH to VA-VH for an additional $99pp US/CAD

*Quads not available in SS-SZ

Contact 1-888-628-8107 between 8am and 5pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday

*By accepting this offer, guests who have purchased CPP/P are responsible for

any increase in the cost of the coverage in addition to the upgrade price

*Fares are per person based on double occupancy, singles are 200% of double

*PLUS offers will not qualify for the double cruise day credits under the HAL

LOYALTY PROGRAM **This offer is on a first come, first served basis**

 

 

Hope that answers your question.

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We are on the same cruise. I got a call from our TA last night that she had a message from HAL that for $129.00pp they would upgrade us from an inside cabin to a balcony. She didn't know the location of the upgrade. It was too late for her to call HAL yesterday and she will call on Monday. Although your ocean view cabin was a better category than ours, we booked earlier than you did and paid more for our cabin. I have forward her this thread and have asked her to find out why we are paying more for the upgrade then you did.

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