Can someone explain to me how URCOMPED works on Celebrity?

[my kids mama]

I just signed up yesterday and I have sent them my offers.  I have cruised only carnival for 10 cruises and currently have 2 more booked.  Hitting Platinum as I board our next cruise to Alaska in May. I have never cruised another cruise line so I am wide open with their offers. We have been curious about trying Celebrity and this might be our chance to get a great deal. I always gamble on board and haven't paid full price for a cruise since after my first one. I usually allow to spend about $2,000 to $2,500 on a 7 day cruise.  Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, right? I used the gambling calculator on the urcomped website and it says I am worth $500 per day and that translates to $150 per day in comps.  For those of you that have done this before me, what can I expect as far as a free room?  Will it be a balcony like I am used to?  Any other perks for someone like me?  Free drinks?  Free whatever? 

 

Also, on the website, it asks you to claim this deal and says "your host will tell you the price after you claim this deal" What if I claim it and the "deal" is more than I want to spend?  How does that work? Thanks in advance. 

[AndyCapn]

Claiming the deal doesn't finalize anything. Your URComped agent will submit the request to Celebrity and then email you with the offer.

 

For my first cruise, I asked about an 11-night Vancouver to Hawaii cruise, with a gambling budget of $2,400. I got a balcony for only port fees and taxes! Cruise-only rate, so no wifi or drinks, but for $170 each we figured we could afford to pay for them on their own.

 

Once you've cruised with the line, you can't book another deal with Celebrity through URComped for one year, but you should start getting offers from the Blue Chip Club. You can also try another line through URComped, including Royal Caribbean. Even though they and Celebrity are in the same company, the casino departments are completely separate.

 

 

[my kids mama]

11 hours ago, AndyCapn said:

Claiming the deal doesn't finalize anything. Your URComped agent will submit the request to Celebrity and then email you with the offer.

 

For my first cruise, I asked about an 11-night Vancouver to Hawaii cruise, with a gambling budget of $2,400. I got a balcony for only port fees and taxes! Cruise-only rate, so no wifi or drinks, but for $170 each we figured we could afford to pay for them on their own.

 

Once you've cruised with the line, you can't book another deal with Celebrity through URComped for one year, but you should start getting offers from the Blue Chip Club. You can also try another line through URComped, including Royal Caribbean. Even though they and Celebrity are in the same company, the casino departments are completely separate.

 

 

Thank you so much.  So I need to pick the cruise I want and let them know first? 

[kwokpot]

12 hours ago, AndyCapn said:

Once you've cruised with the line, you can't book another deal with Celebrity through URComped for one year

That isn't correct.

[AndyCapn]

7 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

That isn't correct.

From https://urcomped.com/home/faq

 

An Active player or House Customer is somebody that HAS sailed on a cruise line in the last 12 months (period of time depends on the cruise line).

URComped can NOT book an Active Player or House Customer, because that player is not NEW to our Cruise line partner. The Cruise line already has a relationship with that player (House Customer). 

Players that are Active / House Customers will have to keep booking direct, until the 12-month window expires (period of time depends on the cruise line).

 

[kwokpot]

31 minutes ago, AndyCapn said:

From https://urcomped.com/home/faq

 

An Active player or House Customer is somebody that HAS sailed on a cruise line in the last 12 months (period of time depends on the cruise line).

URComped can NOT book an Active Player or House Customer, because that player is not NEW to our Cruise line partner. The Cruise line already has a relationship with that player (House Customer). 

Players that are Active / House Customers will have to keep booking direct, until the 12-month window expires (period of time depends on the cruise line).

 

That may be their rules but it didn't apply in our case. We have/had multiple Celebrity cruises booked through BCC & URComped simultaneously. Last year we had two Celebrity cruises through URcomped while also booked a MSC and Virgin with them. This year we had a Celebrity BCC cruise and a URcomped Celebrity cruise. We're already part of URcomped 50+ nights Club. 

Edited April 8, 2023 by kwokpot

[my kids mama]

On 4/8/2023 at 12:01 PM, kwokpot said:

That may be their rules but it didn't apply in our case. We have/had multiple Celebrity cruises booked through BCC & URComped simultaneously. Last year we had two Celebrity cruises through URcomped while also booked a MSC and Virgin with them. This year we had a Celebrity BCC cruise and a URcomped Celebrity cruise. We're already part of URcomped 50+ nights Club. 

So...I am a newbie.  Can you tell me what to expect as far as offers for someone that is offered a free suite, drink package for 2 and sometimes a little play money?  I also have an offer for a free balcony with everything mentioned before and more play money.  Usually $1,000. Thanks so much!  Just trying to figure out how this works. 

[kwokpot]

31 minutes ago, my kids mama said:

So...I am a newbie.  Can you tell me what to expect as far as offers for someone that is offered a free suite, drink package for 2 and sometimes a little play money?  I also have an offer for a free balcony with everything mentioned before and more play money.  Usually $1,000. Thanks so much!  Just trying to figure out how this works. 

So it seems UR Comped offers are on average less generous than say Carnival 's Elite offers. UR Comped main cruiseline offering are with Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, MSC, and Virgin.  You'll probably get a comped balcony cabin offerings from those cruiselines. How it works is that once you've been vetted you can go onto their website and see what cruises from those cruiseslines are being offered through URComped. You should scroll through what's being offered and if a cruise on a particular ship appeals to you see what they are offering and then if you're interested click on the book button. What happens then is they will confirm whether you qualify for that particular offer. You'll receive notification whether you qualified and at that point you can accept the offer or decline it. 

URComped offers usually doesn't include Freeplay. Sometimes it may include other freebies like drink package and wi-fi but not always and TBH usually not. Generally their offers are room only. The website will tell you if freebies are being offered on a particular cruise.

The main benefit of booking through URCOMPED is the amount of cruises offered. You can also try cruiselines you haven't been on before, like Virgin Voyages. URComped doesn't work with Carnival, Princess, NCl, Holland America. They used to work with Crystal before they went bankrupt ( they have been restarted but URComped doesn't work with them now) but don't currently work with any other 5* cruiseline. 

[my kids mama]

12 hours ago, kwokpot said:

So it seems UR Comped offers are on average less generous than say Carnival 's Elite offers. UR Comped main cruiseline offering are with Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, MSC, and Virgin.  You'll probably get a comped balcony cabin offerings from those cruiselines. How it works is that once you've been vetted you can go onto their website and see what cruises from those cruiseslines are being offered through URComped. You should scroll through what's being offered and if a cruise on a particular ship appeals to you see what they are offering and then if you're interested click on the book button. What happens then is they will confirm whether you qualify for that particular offer. You'll receive notification whether you qualified and at that point you can accept the offer or decline it. 

URComped offers usually doesn't include Freeplay. Sometimes it may include other freebies like drink package and wi-fi but not always and TBH usually not. Generally their offers are room only. The website will tell you if freebies are being offered on a particular cruise.

The main benefit of booking through URCOMPED is the amount of cruises offered. You can also try cruiselines you haven't been on before, like Virgin Voyages. URComped doesn't work with Carnival, Princess, NCl, Holland America. They used to work with Crystal before they went bankrupt ( they have been restarted but URComped doesn't work with them now) but don't currently work with any other 5* cruiseline. 

Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me.  That helps a lot.