Jump to content
Cruise Critic Community

Upgrade (upsell) Fairy does exist!!

hapytobehr

By hapytobehr,
in Carnival Cruise Lines

 Share

Recommended Posts

hapytobehr

hapytobehr

Posted
Posted

After sailing on  Carnival for over 17 years, I received my first upsell/upgrade call yesterday.

 

We are sailing NYE on the Celebration and had an inside cabin (because it was really really cheap) and for $150 pp we were offered a balcony.  YAY!!

 

I immediately said yes and made my DH very happy!

 

28 more days....but who's counting??  

  • Like 18
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mouche

mouche

Posted
Posted

I got the call and missed it for our Mardi Gras sailing last month, heard it on voice mail two weeks after we got back. I never keep up with my voice mail and do not answer unknown numbers, I may need to change that.😁

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mic101680

Mic101680

Posted
Posted

I didn't get a call, but I noticed an upgrade offer available to me when I was reviewing some info for an upcoming cruise. $40 from the cheapest and smallest interior room on the ship that barely sleeps 2 (can't complain - it was a freebie where I was just paying the port fees and taxes to go solo anyway) to go to a much larger interior room on a more desirable deck in a much more desirable location. It pays to check to see if an upgrade button is available when looking at the Booking and Order Details page 🙂

  • Like 2
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
jemrtt

jemrtt

Posted
Posted
50 minutes ago, Mic101680 said:

It pays to check to see if an upgrade button is available when looking at the Booking and Order Details page 🙂

Yep, I keep checking our Booking and Order Details page as well as the To Do list in the planner, but nothing yet. Other posters on CC have seen their upsell off there as well. Been cruising since ‘95, and never once got a upsell call/email, etc. If we don’t get an offer, my feelings won’t be hurt. (I think 🙃 🙂 😂)  

 

Happy for all those who received an offer that was worth the money!  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jamericannn

Jamericannn

Posted
Posted
On 11/29/2022 at 12:32 PM, hapytobehr said:

After sailing on  Carnival for over 17 years, I received my first upsell/upgrade call yesterday.

 

We are sailing NYE on the Celebration and had an inside cabin (because it was really really cheap) and for $150 pp we were offered a balcony.  YAY!!

 

I immediately said yes and made my DH very happy!

 

28 more days....but who's counting??  


I got the call on my last two cruises and got great offers that I could not resist. Last cruise I was finally going to try an interior cabin by the called and offered me upgrades for both for less than $100. I was like yes yes yes, I’ll take it. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
opensaysme

opensaysme

Posted
Posted

Congratulations! That’s a great deal! I have to say, for me, having only ever sailed in a cove balcony, I’ve gotten the “upgrade” fairy every single time and I have not taken the offer once because if I would have wanted a regular balcony I would have booked a regular balcony 😂. That’s not an upgrade for me. I love the cove. But that’s all I’m ever offered and my guess is because the cove balconies start selling out. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
camijo

camijo

Posted
Posted

I'm cruising on the Breeze in February and received the upgrade/upsell offer.  My friend and I booked in inside interior (box room) with the CHEERS rate code.  I wanted a balcony, she wanted the CHEERS rate code, so I said okay.  First we received an upsell to a balcony for $80, we took (got to keep the CHEERS rate code).  Win, win.. I get my balcony, she gets to keep CHEERS.  About 3 weeks, I received another upsell.  This time for $100 to go a spa balcony of course I took it. So now we have spa amenities with CHEERS..  I'm excited!

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Elaine5715

Elaine5715

Posted
Posted
41 minutes ago, havanadaydreaming said:

we have never had an upgrade offer.  not so big for me, i'm fairly new to cruising.  but my wife is platinum and has sailed for decades.  

These are upsell offers where you can pay for a different stateroom.  It has to do with needing your assigned stateroom to be resold or to upsell you to a slow moving category. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
LindyWebb

LindyWebb

Posted
Posted
On 11/29/2022 at 12:32 PM, hapytobehr said:

After sailing on  Carnival for over 17 years, I received my first upsell/upgrade call yesterday.

 

We are sailing NYE on the Celebration and had an inside cabin (because it was really really cheap) and for $150 pp we were offered a balcony.  YAY!!

 

I immediately said yes and made my DH very happy!

 

28 more days....but who's counting??  

That is awesome - we are on that cruise too and have a balcony - we were thinking of maybe trying to grab an inside for the kids but when i looked online you couldn't even see the cruise (which made me think it was sold out).  I may have to call to ask?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Elaine5715

Elaine5715

Posted
Posted
39 minutes ago, mom2tcdx2 said:

Congrats, I didn't think our offers for February to move up were all that great. Though I feel like once we decline an offer we don't get another. 

It does not matter if you accept or decline prior offers.  The only things that matter is assigned room location and type.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Forum Jump
    • Categories
      • Welcome to Cruise Critic
      • New Cruisers
      • Cruise Lines “A – O”
      • Cruise Lines “P – Z”
      • River Cruising
      • ROLL CALLS
      • Cruise Critic News & Features
      • Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
      • Special Interest Cruising
      • Cruise Discussion Topics
      • UK Cruising
      • Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
      • Canadian Cruisers
      • North American Homeports
      • Ports of Call
      • Cruise Conversations
×
×
  • Create New...