Biker19 Posted August 28, 2021 #4951 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, djefferis said: 8p on embarkation day…so basically 2 hours plus after the ship leaves port and is underway ? Yea. Sounds about right for some of RCL customer service - telling you AFTER you are aboard, in your cabin and unpacking that you didn’t win the upgrade lottery. There must be some weird reason RCI is telling Plusgrade to send them that late - I assume they'll move up those denial message eventually - they used to come about 6PM on the day before sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted August 28, 2021 #4952 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Do we know if the timing of when you submit your bid has any bearing on whether you win? If you submit one earlier are you more likely to win? Seems like 3 days is the magic number when folks get notified. Right at the cutoff for CWC cancellations so thinking of just waiting and bidding about a week or two out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 28, 2021 #4953 Share Posted August 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, molly361 said: Right at the cutoff for CWC cancellations so thinking of just waiting and bidding about a week or two out If you are going to bid, might as well do it when available. Pre COVID, the min was sometimes raised so you don't want to miss that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted August 28, 2021 #4954 Share Posted August 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Biker19 said: If you are going to bid, might as well do it when available. Pre COVID, the min was sometimes raised so you don't want to miss that. If you win your bid and then cancel under CWC you get that refunded I think I read?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 28, 2021 #4955 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Just now, molly361 said: If you win your bid and then cancel under CWC you get that refunded I think I read?? Any/all fares should be refunded and/or FCCd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandebeach Posted August 28, 2021 #4956 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Biker19 said: There must be some weird reason RCI is telling Plusgrade to send them that late - I assume they'll move up those denial message eventually - they used to come about 6PM on the day before sailing. For our 8/8/21 Odyssey sailing, the denial email came in the night before sailing. Royal Caribbean - RoyalUp <royalup@rccl.com> Sat 8/7/2021 7:10 PM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkaczanowski Posted August 28, 2021 #4957 Share Posted August 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Biker19 said: There must be some weird reason RCI is telling Plusgrade to send them that late - I assume they'll move up those denial message eventually - they used to come about 6PM on the day before sailing. I think there’s still enough people being denied boarding at the last minute because of not testing or testing positive that they’re waiting to send out denials 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenna Posted August 29, 2021 #4958 Share Posted August 29, 2021 We’re doing a B2B and we have the same JS for each part. Would it be stupid to try to RoyalUp since if we did win the bid, then we would be in different rooms for each leg of our B2B? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra36 Posted August 29, 2021 #4959 Share Posted August 29, 2021 8 hours ago, Jenna said: We’re doing a B2B and we have the same JS for each part. Would it be stupid to try to RoyalUp since if we did win the bid, then we would be in different rooms for each leg of our B2B? Certainly not stupid but it would need to be a really great upgrade for me to make the hassle worth the trouble of moving IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted August 29, 2021 #4960 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Jenna said: We’re doing a B2B and we have the same JS for each part. Would it be stupid to try to RoyalUp since if we did win the bid, then we would be in different rooms for each leg of our B2B? Depends on how much you care about changing staterooms vs the benefit of having a full suite. A lot depends on the class of ship. If you are talking about the Enchantment I probably would not bother trying if Oasis class I would Edited August 29, 2021 by molly361 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lionesss Posted August 29, 2021 #4961 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) We only have one option we would like on our October cruise. That would be an Royal up from a CLS to a star suite. There are 2 star suites open on the 17th deck. I do not know if A1 is star or not. If it is then that is one more somewhere else. Once we were offered the chance, bid on it and did not win. Just waiting, and hoping. Take care Edited August 29, 2021 by Lionesss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdylady Posted August 29, 2021 #4962 Share Posted August 29, 2021 10 hours ago, Jenna said: We’re doing a B2B and we have the same JS for each part. Would it be stupid to try to RoyalUp since if we did win the bid, then we would be in different rooms for each leg of our B2B? From something I recently read on the boards, B2B passengers now have to disembark WITH luggage and rebrand at their scheduled time. If that is to continue, then why not bid since you will have to pack anyway. Just saying. Erika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 29, 2021 #4963 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, birdylady said: From something I recently read on the boards, B2B passengers now have to disembark WITH luggage and reboard at their scheduled time. You have to keep reading..... Edited August 29, 2021 by Biker19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted August 29, 2021 #4964 Share Posted August 29, 2021 22 hours ago, molly361 said: Do we know if the timing of when you submit your bid has any bearing on whether you win? If you submit one earlier are you more likely to win? Seems like 3 days is the magic number when folks get notified. Right at the cutoff for CWC cancellations so thinking of just waiting and bidding about a week or two out I just bid in same class but bigger room just a few days ago and we are 15 days out now. Still pending with ability to modify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted August 29, 2021 #4965 Share Posted August 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, Biker19 said: You have to keep reading..... Changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted August 29, 2021 #4966 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) On 8/27/2021 at 6:15 PM, Biker19 said: Others have reported getting the denial email around 8PM on embarkation day - so in about an hour. They better be a little more Johnny on the spot if they accept our bid! Or THEY will have to move us. I usually unpack and put away BEFORE muster. I'm not repacking because they are late. Edited August 29, 2021 by BecciBoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandebeach Posted August 29, 2021 #4967 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Just now, BecciBoo said: They better be a little more Johnny on the spot if the accept our bid! Or THEY will have to move us. I usually unpack and put away BEFORE muster. I'm not repacking because they are late. You can now go to your muster station as soon as you get on the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBSteelerfan Posted August 29, 2021 #4968 Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, sandebeach said: You can now go to your muster station as soon as you get on the ship. And that is the greatest thing to come out of all of this!! I don't understand why some still refuse to get this done immediately!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted August 29, 2021 #4969 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Lionesss said: I do not know if A1 is star or not. A1 is an ATS and they are Star Class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelife Posted August 29, 2021 #4970 Share Posted August 29, 2021 I boarded Ovation before noon Friday. Received upgrade loss notice for one bid at 5:08 pm that evening. Have not received notice for the second bid - still hope? 🤣 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimaldi Posted August 29, 2021 #4971 Share Posted August 29, 2021 If successful with RU, when do they inform you of the actual cabin number? Is it when you receive a "successful bid" email or not until you get to the dock? If so many aren't finding out until the night before or later, I'm curious about luggage tags et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 29, 2021 #4972 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 hours ago, grimaldi said: If successful with RU, when do they inform you of the actual cabin number? Is it when you receive a "successful bid" email or not until you get to the dock? The cabin assignment should come at the same time as the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimaldi Posted August 29, 2021 #4973 Share Posted August 29, 2021 44 minutes ago, Biker19 said: The cabin assignment should come at the same time as the upgrade. Got it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenna Posted August 30, 2021 #4974 Share Posted August 30, 2021 14 hours ago, molly361 said: Depends on how much you care about changing staterooms vs the benefit of having a full suite. A lot depends on the class of ship. If you are talking about the Enchantment I probably would not bother trying if Oasis class I would Thank you so much! We will be on Symphony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkytown83 Posted August 30, 2021 #4975 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Hello everyone, i just want to quickly share my experience with Royalup on our cruise last week. I found the other comments extremely helpful, so there it goes. We booked the 7 night western med cruise August 22, on Harmony of the seas about eight weeks ago. I am a ClubRoyale prime member and used my annual free cruise certificate for an inside stateroom to book the cruise. We upgraded that booking right away to an JS guarantee. Total cost was about 2.4 k Dollars. To book the JS guarantee without a certificate the cost would have been 4.4 k Dollars. For what it’s worth, to select a specific JS, it would have been an extra 2 k, so no thanks. We got a JS assigned on deck 12 in a good location, so all was well. Since i also was interested in the higher categories i peeked at availability for larger suites and found an amazing larger availability in all higher categories. So i called and asked for the price for an upgrade to GS or OS. The upgrade fee for the GS was 10.4 k and 15 k for the Owner!!! Lol! No, thanks! The GS was retailing with a wow sale for around 14 k, which i find to be a ridiculous price for a week! But it’s also high season August in the med… Luckily we got an email for the royalup! Upgrade for GS was from 300 to 1.1 k per person. Since a total of 2.2 k for the GS is waaaay cheaper then 10.4 k we went for the maximum and it worked! We paid a total of 2.2 k dollars an dgot the GS. The strange thing is, that we also bid the maximon other categories, but did only got the upgrade for one step up from JS to GS. For example we bid total of 5 k for ATS 2 Brd or StarLoft, but did not get it. Although i know that they we not all occupied!? Go figure… But we were still very happy with the upgrade and enjoyed every bit of it! Also the cruise was a total relaxed and great experience, only 900 passengers and 1.100 crew! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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