How is the bidding system doing? Any comments?

[HBCcruiser]

27 minutes ago, kluv2cruz said:

Maybe someone will start this for Princess, but I follow a celebrity bid tracker feed and it asks folks to post in this format. Really helpful I find:

 

CELEBRITY MOVE UP TRACKER

• Ship:  
• Length of Cruise:
• Cruise Sail Date:
• Date email offer received:
• Captain’s Club Tier: 
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: 
• Current Cabin:
• Bid?  Yes/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.)

Start a new thread! 

[NownZen]

6 hours ago, wowzz said:

I'm just wondering how us poor Brits will manage the bidding process ?

The USD is so strong at present that we will never be able to compete with Americans bidding using their own currency.

You could emigrate?

[NownZen]

4 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

That’s great if they would accept the minimum.  If you’re looking for a mini suite.

The issue is the location. The open minisuites are all aft and starboard side and lower levels.  The minisuites are nice but I am not sure about the location. I will probably bid the minimum and see what happens as we have a very nice balcony location now. The extra room is nice but the walk is not so much. We last did this cruise in 2009 and the minisuite fare was not much more than the upgrade now..

[1cruiselvr]

4 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

After you make a bid, you get a confirmation email and within that email there is an option to cancel. Very easy.

Thank you. 

[Mara4166]

7 hours ago, wowzz said:

I'm just wondering how us poor Brits will manage the bidding process ?

The USD is so strong at present that we will never be able to compete with Americans bidding using their own currency.

Does not matter since the UK is excluded from bidding. Hopefully they will add us in later, but the initial information indicated UK was not included.😞

[caribill]

4 hours ago, suzyed said:

I get it...but he said he got the bid offer 2 days after putting a hold on a cruise.

 

Also said that he is fully paid up for a cabin on this cruise and this cabin was going to be for a relative.

 

Maybe, just ,maybe, the fabulous software involved in the bidding sees the person has already paid in full for a cabin and sends out the offer not realizing the offer is for a different cabin than the fully paid one.

[wowzz]

1 hour ago, Mara4166 said:

Does not matter since the UK is excluded from bidding. Hopefully they will add us in later, but the initial information indicated UK was not included.😞

Thanks - I missed that.

[cr8tiv1]

Skipped pages 14 and 15.  Still have not seen a single poster reporting that their bid has been accepted and what the results were.  

 

It is approaching the end of September.  Notices went out September 6.  I am not a patient person.  Hurry up Princess.

[HBCcruiser]

3 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

Skipped pages 14 and 15.  Still have not seen a single poster reporting that their bid has been accepted and what the results were.  

 

It is approaching the end of September.  Notices went out September 6.  I am not a patient person.  Hurry up Princess.

Some people may not be willing to share that info. I know on the NCL and RCI boards people do not often give hard numbers. I guess we shall see what happens here. 🤷‍♀️ 

[PacnGoNow]

18 minutes ago, HBCcruiser said:

Some people may not be willing to share that info. I know on the NCL and RCI boards people do not often give hard numbers. I guess we shall see what happens here. 🤷‍♀️ 

True.  It would just be nice to know if and when they are working them.  
Not that would really make a difference. Lol

Guess we are just curious. 🤔 

[caligirlfashionista]

26 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

Skipped pages 14 and 15.  Still have not seen a single poster reporting that their bid has been accepted and what the results were.  

 

It is approaching the end of September.  Notices went out September 6.  I am not a patient person.  Hurry up Princess.

Right!!! I wannnnnnaaaa know 🤣🤣🤣

[Rudy888]

A lot will depend on what is available. We are booked btb and of January, guaranteed balcony cabin,  I guess we will see what happens.

[wowzz]

Not sure if knowing what bids are successful actually helps that much.  Every cruise is different with varying occupancy levels.

Just because you know what a winning bid for a minisuite on Sky is in November 2022, that has no bearing whatsoever on a bid on Island in June 2023.

[caribill]

3 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

 

It is approaching the end of September.  Notices went out September 6.  I am not a patient person.  Hurry up Princess.

 

In most cases I would not expect bids to be successful until close to sail date.

 

Why would Princess accept a bid early when there is the possibility of a more acceptable bid coming in?

 

So, how many cruises that bids have been available to make are very close to to sail date (or have sailed already)?

[cr8tiv1]

17 minutes ago, caribill said:

 

In most cases I would not expect bids to be successful until close to sail date.

Why would Princess accept a bid early when there is the possibility of a more acceptable bid coming in?

So, how many cruises that bids have been available to make are very close to to sail date (or have sailed already)?

 

Bidding began on September 6.  There have been several ships that have sailed in Alaska, Mexico, New England, and down under since the start (don't have a count, but at least 10/maybe?).  Some of the ships may not qualify.  I am not keeping close track of this promotion.  Just really curious.  I am just surprised that not one single poster has come back to say they "won" the lottery.  

 

[dreaminofcruisin]

9 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

 

Bidding began on September 6.  There have been several ships that have sailed in Alaska, Mexico, New England, and down under since the start (don't have a count, but at least 10/maybe?).  Some of the ships may not qualify.  I am not keeping close track of this promotion.  Just really curious.  I am just surprised that not one single poster has come back to say they "won" the lottery.  

 

 

I can't find the original verbiage, but as I recall the bidding was only effective starting with cruises sailing (about) October 1st or later. So, none of those have sailed yet.

 

[kiwimum]

10 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

 

Bidding began on September 6.  There have been several ships that have sailed in Alaska, Mexico, New England, and down under since the start (don't have a count, but at least 10/maybe?).  Some of the ships may not qualify.  I am not keeping close track of this promotion.  Just really curious.  I am just surprised that not one single poster has come back to say they "won" the lottery.  

 

I may be wrong, but I thought it was for sailings commencing October.   Winners could be notified at any time of winning bids.

[cr8tiv1]

I guess I should have read the fine print.  Thanks.

 

Maybe I'll check back after another 10 pages.

 

4 minutes ago, dreaminofcruisin said:

 

I can't find the original verbiage, but as I recall the bidding was only effective starting with cruises sailing (about) October 1st or later. So, none of those have sailed yet.

 

 

3 minutes ago, kiwimum said:

I may be wrong, but I thought it was for sailings commencing October.   Winners could be notified at any time of winning bids.

 

[PacnGoNow]

On 9/9/2022 at 7:32 PM, cruzin4us said:

I was on one of the cancelled Diamond cruises out of San Diego.   I rebooked on Discovery Oct 8th.   I booked on a casino promotion (should have been a balcony, but they were all sold out so I took an inside room).   

 

I bid on the ocean view and a balcony.   Bid the lowest amount.   

 

I'm glad someone mentioned the casino issue above so if I randomly get selected with my lowball bid, I know what to do.    Not expecting to win the bid as it appears the cruise is sold out.

 

 

 

 

Did you bid on all 3 of your cruises?  Maybe you’ll get it and in the same cabin!!

 

[PacnGoNow]

2 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

I guess I should have read the fine print.  Thanks.

 

Maybe I'll check back after another 10 pages.

 

 

 

Looks like the first cruises are October sailings and most of those that reported they received the email, said they aren’t going to bid.  Only noticed a couple of bidders.  So, it may be a while before we hear anything.

 

 

 

[lodinayr]

I bid for an upgrade on my Enchanted Princess October 1 sailing.  I got upgraded!  Bid $210/pp for upgrade from balcony to mini-suite.  Paid for upgrade as directed.  Was pretty seamless.

[mina]

31 minutes ago, lodinayr said:

I bid for an upgrade on my Enchanted Princess October 1 sailing.  I got upgraded!  Bid $210/pp for upgrade from balcony to mini-suite.  Paid for upgrade as directed.  Was pretty seamless.

Thank you.  Do you remember what the bid range was? Did you bid the minimum or more?  

[AZjohn]

2 hours ago, lodinayr said:

I bid for an upgrade on my Enchanted Princess October 1 sailing.  I got upgraded!  Bid $210/pp for upgrade from balcony to mini-suite.  Paid for upgrade as directed.  Was pretty seamless.

Congratulations!!
 

Im on the same cruise (first date cruises starting the bid process, Oct 1)

 

Unfortunately, I have not won our bids that we placed (yet).

 

The interesting thing I wanted to share is I have been able to modify our different bids until this evening (9 days before embarkation). Now that web site (from link on email) has “bid received” where I use to be able to change amount with the sliding bar. There is no way to change the bid amount or cancel the bid.

 

Just sharing that info to everyone that has been curious 🙂

 

Cheers,

John

 

 

[suzyed]

3 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

Looks like the first cruises are October sailings and most of those that reported they received the email, said they aren’t going to bid.  Only noticed a couple of bidders.  So, it may be a while before we hear anything.

 

 

 

It also said we would hear up to 3 days before our sailing.  So most likely next week those who bid will hear some news for their Oct. 1st. sailing.

 

[suzyed]

55 minutes ago, AZjohn said:

Congratulations!!
 

Im on the same cruise (first date cruises starting the bid process, Oct 1)

 

Unfortunately, I have not won our bids that we placed (yet).

 

The interesting thing I wanted to share is I have been able to modify our different bids until this evening (9 days before embarkation). Now that web site (from link on email) has “bid received” where I use to be able to change amount with the sliding bar. There is no way to change the bid amount or cancel the bid.

 

Just sharing that info to everyone that has been curious 🙂

 

Cheers,

John

 

 

Good news...we should hear some more shortly, I hope!

 

 

Edited September 23, 2022 by suzyed