Bibblejw Posted June 8, 2023 #1051 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Ship: Silhouette Length of Cruise: 12 nights Cruise Sail Date: 01/07 Date email offer received: None Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Preview Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Aqua Class Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Royal - £375 Aqua Suite - £345 Cabin Category: Pending. Will update Bid Offer: Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected General Comments (offer details, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixlover71 Posted June 8, 2023 #1052 Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 4/11/2023 at 11:25 PM, phoenixlover71 said: Updating now 08/06/23: - We took advantage of the reduced bids offer a couple of weeks ago and put a bid of £425pp for Ultra Deluxe/Family Veranda and £365pp for Sunset. Had our bid for Ultra Deluxe accepted yesterday, very happy now! Ship: Constellation Length of Cruise: 10 Nights Cruise Sail Date: 12/6/23 Date email offer received: 10/4/23 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Classic Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Inside/I1 Bid? Yes/No: No If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: place winning category, if accepted (all category offers, can be mentioned in comments) Bid Offer: Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected General Comments (offer details, etc.) Bids were extortionately high, even coming from an inside cabin, not sure if minimum bids change as the date nears so will keep an eye out in case they do: Aqua - £1125pp Ultra Deluxe Concierge - £965pp Concierge - £725pp Family Veranda - £805pp Sunset Veranda - £805pp Veranda - £725pp Ocean View - £80pp (only reasonable offer we had) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulu_cruises Posted June 8, 2023 #1053 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Ship: Constellation Length of Cruise: 9 nights Cruise Sail Date: 6/22 Date email offer received: None, requested link via email 6/1, received 6/2 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Preview Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: UR Comped casino Current Cabin: Veranda Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Royal - $1325 Cabin Category: Royal Suite Bid Offer: $1250 min Notification Date: 6/8 Accepted / Rejected Accepted 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2023 #1054 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Ship: Beyond Length of Cruise: 10 nights Cruise Sail Date: 28/07 Date email offer received: About a month ago (mid May) Captain’s Club Tier: Elite/Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Inside Guarantee Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Oceanview: £80pp Deluxe Porthole Verandah: £160pp Infinite Verandah: £205pp Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected Accepted Notes: Minimums now at 50% off. Still a couple of Sunset Verandahs available. Somehow! Not going for those as we had one in February and have never felt movement like it!!! And its a hell of a walk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champagnecruiser Posted June 9, 2023 #1055 Share Posted June 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Glitterati said: Ship: Beyond Length of Cruise: 10 nights Cruise Sail Date: 28/07 Date email offer received: About a month ago (mid May) Captain’s Club Tier: Elite/Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Inside Guarantee Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Oceanview: £80pp Deluxe Porthole Verandah: £160pp Infinite Verandah: £205pp Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected Accepted Notes: Minimums now at 50% off. Still a couple of Sunset Verandahs available. Somehow! Not going for those as we had one in February and have never felt movement like it!!! And its a hell of a walk Thank you for posting this! Helpful as we are two cruises before you on Beyond and are still pending 🙄 If you don’t mind, which of your offers was accepted? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2023 #1056 Share Posted June 9, 2023 4 hours ago, champagnecruiser said: Thank you for posting this! Helpful as we are two cruises before you on Beyond and are still pending 🙄 If you don’t mind, which of your offers was accepted? Hi, All still pending I’m afraid! When I won a bid on the Silhouette last year I found out with 3 weeks to go. I guess it’s down to availability. For my sailing, there appears to be a lot of cabins available still. So I imagine I’ll hear by the end of the month/first week of July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeyK414 Posted June 9, 2023 #1057 Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, champagnecruiser said: Thank you for posting this! Helpful as we are two cruises before you on Beyond and are still pending 🙄 If you don’t mind, which of your offers was accepted? Agreed. 7/7 sailing with my wife. Received email about 2 months ago. Booked in Ocean View. Given offers of $150 porthole, $200 sunset, $200 edge balcony, $200 concierge. System would not process bids lower than $240 for sunset and $350 for concierge on the slider however. Placed bids originally at $150 and $210 only for Porthole and Edge respectively as we felt the concierge was a waste and the walk for the sunset rooms is undesirable. 3 days passed by. Both able to adjust. Adjusted both to $180 and $230. One week passed by. Still able to adjust both. Increased to $255 about 2 weeks ago for Edge Balcony cabin. 4-5 days later changed to PENDING at $255 Edge pp and $180 EXPIRED for Porthole Verandah. Currently STILL pending. No credit card charge. Edited June 9, 2023 by JakeyK414 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted June 9, 2023 #1058 Share Posted June 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, JakeyK414 said: Agreed. 7/7 sailing with my wife. Received email about 2 months ago. Booked in Ocean View. Given offers of $150 porthole, $200 sunset, $200 edge balcony, $200 concierge. System would not process bids lower than $240 for sunset and $350 for concierge on the slider however. Placed bids originally at $150 and $210 only for Porthole and Edge respectively as we felt the concierge was a waste and the walk for the sunset rooms is undesirable. 3 days passed by. Both able to adjust. Adjusted both to $180 and $230. One week passed by. Still able to adjust both. Increased to $255 about 2 weeks ago for Edge Balcony cabin. 4-5 days later changed to PENDING at $255 Edge pp and $180 EXPIRED for Porthole Verandah. Currently STILL pending. No credit card charge. Actually concierge not a waste. You get extra points per day. Also a special lunch. The cabins are well located you get some upgrade cabin amenities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeyK414 Posted June 9, 2023 #1059 Share Posted June 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, Cruise a holic said: Actually concierge not a waste. You get extra points per day. Also a special lunch. The cabins are well located you get some upgrade cabin amenities I thought MoveUp doesn’t qualify you for more points per day? Also, aren’t gratuities higher as well? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted June 9, 2023 #1060 Share Posted June 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, JakeyK414 said: I thought MoveUp doesn’t qualify you for more points per day? Also, aren’t gratuities higher as well? Not sure about points. But all other perk apply. Including a better location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoBe2010 Posted June 9, 2023 #1061 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Points remain the same , gratuity is adjusted to the new cabin category. Both answered in their FAQs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvcrusn Posted June 9, 2023 #1062 Share Posted June 9, 2023 2 hours ago, JakeyK414 said: I thought MoveUp doesn’t qualify you for more points per day? Also, aren’t gratuities higher as well? Move Up doesn't give you the extra points, however if you already had gratuities included you won't be charged extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowandaUK Posted June 10, 2023 #1063 Share Posted June 10, 2023 12 hours ago, Luvcrusn said: Move Up doesn't give you the extra points, however if you already had gratuities included you won't be charged extra You will get charged extra for gratuities in a higher grade cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvcrusn Posted June 10, 2023 #1064 Share Posted June 10, 2023 7 hours ago, TowandaUK said: You will get charged extra for gratuities in a higher grade cabin. We moved up from verandah to Aqua. We had included gratuities and weren't charged anything extra for gratuities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINGBER Posted June 10, 2023 #1065 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/9/2023 at 12:28 PM, JakeyK414 said: Agreed. 7/7 sailing with my wife. Received email about 2 months ago. Booked in Ocean View. Given offers of $150 porthole, $200 sunset, $200 edge balcony, $200 concierge. System would not process bids lower than $240 for sunset and $350 for concierge on the slider however. Placed bids originally at $150 and $210 only for Porthole and Edge respectively as we felt the concierge was a waste and the walk for the sunset rooms is undesirable. 3 days passed by. Both able to adjust. Adjusted both to $180 and $230. One week passed by. Still able to adjust both. Increased to $255 about 2 weeks ago for Edge Balcony cabin. 4-5 days later changed to PENDING at $255 Edge pp and $180 EXPIRED for Porthole Verandah. Currently STILL pending. No credit card charge. I have a similar extended pending situation. All bids expired except one pending that can’t be modified. So locked in and at their mercy waiting to see if we get the upgrade. Please let us know if/when you get an email or they charge your card. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69_Starship_420 Posted June 11, 2023 #1066 Share Posted June 11, 2023 On 6/2/2023 at 6:33 AM, 69_Starship_420 said: Ship: Celebrity Beyond Length of Cruise: 11 nights/12 days Cruise Sail Date: June 5, 2023 Date email offer received: March 23, 2023 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Edge Stateroom w/ Infinite Veranda (E2, 7137) Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Sky Suite, AquaClass Sky Suite, Celebrity Suite, Royal Suite, Edge Villa Bid Offer: S1: $2600, AS: $2600, CS: $3500, RS: $5000, EV: $5325 Notification Date: Pending Accepted / Rejected: S1, AS, CS, RS, EV: Pending General Comments (offer details, etc.) Two days ago, they allowed modifications to our bids, but now, they are closed. This time, however, they all say pending, rather than the quoted text from a week ago. Ship: Celebrity Beyond Length of Cruise: 11 nights/12 days Cruise Sail Date: June 5, 2023 Date email offer received: March 23, 2023 Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Edge Stateroom w/ Infinite Veranda (E2, 7137) Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Sky Suite, AquaClass Sky Suite, Celebrity Suite, Royal Suite, Edge Villa Bid Offer: S1: $2600, AS: $2600, CS: $3500, RS: $5000, EV: $5325 Notification Date: June 3, 2023, 8:30 AM PDT Accepted / Rejected: Rejected General Comments (offer details, etc.) I am eight days late to this post because of my fun shore excursions in Sicily, Santorini, Mykonos, and Istanbul, but despite the five weak-to-fair (orange-to-yellow) bids I had, they were all given the big thumbs-down, unfortunately. The most likely reason for all five (yes, five) bids to be rejected was because of zero availability. The Celebrity Beyond is the newest ship in the fleet, and pretty much no one wants to cancel their vacation on the newest ship in the fleet, so may as well have to be stuck with an IV. The Edge-Class IV staterooms are narrow that in order to sleep four, you need to pull out the drawer under the sofa for a second sofa bed. When the drawer is open, there are only around 6 inches between the second sofa bed and the work desk, so an upgrade would have been even better for a family of four. The upfront price even for the entry-level Sky Suite is unjustifiable for us, being worth 2.5x more than a standard Verandah. Pre-COVID, when the upgrade price from a balcony to an entry-level full suite was around 75-80% more, it was justifiable for us. Now, because of the return to cruising, people want to book suites because of the two-to-three-year hiatus of cruising, so they want to spend the money they did not use for those two-to-three years. Despite the ridiculous prices of suites right now, people are still booking them like hotcakes, which makes me even more mad. Hopefully, most people will soon find the ever-increasing suite prices to be not worth it, so the price bubble breaks, allowing us to get back to living the suite life. Even though you do not get the extra Captain's Club points, weak-to-fair MoveUp bids will be our way to earn suites for the time being at reasonable prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other granny Posted June 11, 2023 #1067 Share Posted June 11, 2023 On 4/25/2019 at 12:01 AM, hvbaskey said: Ship: Beyond Length of Cruise: 10 nights Cruise Sail Date: 7/7 Date email offer received: None received Captain’s Club Tier Elite Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: guaranteed veranda Bid? Yes/No: yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Concierge, Infinite Veranda Bid Offer: £200, £200 Notification Date: 8/6 Concierge expired, Veranda accepted Accepted / Rejected Accepted General Comments (offer details, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMHSRN Posted June 11, 2023 #1068 Share Posted June 11, 2023 43 minutes ago, Other granny said: Really, four years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other granny Posted June 11, 2023 #1069 Share Posted June 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, LMHSRN said: Really, four years ago? No just copied to save typing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other granny Posted June 11, 2023 #1070 Share Posted June 11, 2023 54 minutes ago, Other granny said: Ship: Beyond Length of Cruise: 10 nights Cruise Sail Date: 7/7 Date email offer received: None received Captain’s Club Tier Elite Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: guaranteed veranda Bid? Yes/No: yes If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: Concierge, Infinite Veranda Bid Offer: £200, £200 Notification Date: 8/6 Concierge expired, Veranda accepted Accepted / Rejected Accepted General Comments (offer details, etc.) just to make it clear this does refer to this year 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibblejw Posted June 12, 2023 #1071 Share Posted June 12, 2023 On 6/8/2023 at 3:14 PM, Bibblejw said: Ship: Silhouette Length of Cruise: 12 nights Cruise Sail Date: 01/07 Date email offer received: None Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Preview Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Aqua Class Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Royal - £375 Aqua Suite - £345 Cabin Category: Pending. Will update Bid Offer: Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected General Comments (offer details, etc.) Updating this. I updated the bids on Friday, and have just recieved an acceptance of the Horizon Suite for £990 total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champagnecruiser Posted June 12, 2023 #1072 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Congratulations! Great deal! Thank you for posting 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibblejw Posted June 12, 2023 #1073 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Just adding to the above (as I can't seem to edit the post), the offers I had in were: AquaClass Suite - £480 Celebrity Suite - £470 Sunset Sky Suite - £460 Horizon Suite - £495 Sky Suite - £120 Not sure if it's a coincidence that the highest offer was accepted, but worth keeping in mind. Also worth noting that, at the time of bidding, my previous cabin (aquaclass balcony) was completely sold out, indicating that they've got a lot of demand on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killarneylady Posted June 12, 2023 #1074 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) Ship: infinity Length of Cruise: 7 nights Cruise Sail 8/26/24 Date email offer received: 6/13/23 Captain’s Club Tier [Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: TA Current Cabin: OV Bid? Yes/No: no If YES - Bidding Details: Cabin Category: UDL concierge €420 Concierge €375 UDL veranda €375 Sunset v €420 veranda €375 Bid Offer: none Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected General Comments (offer details, etc.) Hoping to bid for veranda but too rich for me at the moment! Will keep an eye. Edited June 12, 2023 by killarneylady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killarneylady Posted June 13, 2023 #1075 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) On 6/9/2023 at 9:21 AM, Glitterati said: Ship: Beyond Length of Cruise: 10 nights Cruise Sail Date: 28/07 Date email offer received: About a month ago (mid May) Captain’s Club Tier: Elite/Select Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Direct Current Cabin: Inside Guarantee Bid? Yes/No: Yes If YES - Bidding Details: Oceanview: £80pp Deluxe Porthole Verandah: £160pp Infinite Verandah: £205pp Notification Date: Accepted / Rejected Accepted Notes: Minimums now at 50% off. Still a couple of Sunset Verandahs available. Somehow! Not going for those as we had one in February and have never felt movement like it!!! And its a hell of a walk When did they reduce the min bids? Do you just keep checking in? I just got first email yesterday and hoping for a drop! My sailing 8/26 Edited June 13, 2023 by killarneylady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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