Upgrade Bid

[BarneyCat]

Hello!

 

First Princess cruise booked for July, and while we’ve been on more than a dozen with other lines, it was all pre-Covid. 
 

So we’ve had the email this morning offering the upgrade bid. We’re currently in a suite, and the offers are the Grand Suite or the Owner’s Suite. 
 

1) Does this mean there are spaces at those levels? And whoever bids highest may be moved? Or is it a just-in-case thing?

2) Am I  right to assume that if someone booked and paid for one of those larger suites today, that we could offer a bid (as well as other passengers) and it would go to the new booking as they’re paying full fare?

3) Does everyone with a booking have access to bid for those upgrades? 
4) I’ve seen mention of only paying for two people max - we will be a cabin of four people. Does this mean we need to bid the amount and pay it twice instead of four times?

 

Many thanks for any help - it’s a curve ball we weren’t expecting. 

[candy4040]

You may want to check and see if the rooms you are bidding on can accommodate 4 people.  We did it once and the 4th person had to sleep on a cot.  Check the deck plans and that (hopefully) will show the max in a room.  Have a wonderful cruise.  

[BarneyCat]

Thanks @candy4040  yes, both the offered upgrades to bid on can take four - both being bigger than the Vista Suite we’ve currently got booked. 

[Cruise Raider]

The offers to bid up are sent out regardless of the higher cabin is already booked.  However, in the rare event that someone in one of these cabins has to cancel last minute, they already have your commitment on what you are willing to pay for your upgrade.  The highest bid will usually be the one accepted.  
Only 2-4 category upgrades are offered through the bidding process.  Thus, someone with an inside cabin doesn’t have the chance to bid on a full suite or even a mini suite.  
 

 

[cynbar]

To answer question 4 ---- yes, you pay twice the bid if accepted, not four times. It's also twice the bid for a solo cruiser, in case anyone reading this wonders.

[Senga]

We have received numerous offers to bid for an upgrade on our May 31st Caribbean Princess cruise BUT....we like the cabin/location we now have and I've read that you have no choice of location once your bid was accepted.  It's a big no for us.

[DallasGuy75219]

On 5/5/2024 at 1:08 PM, Cruise Raider said:

The highest bid will usually be the one accepted.

 

Not necessarily. The algorithms maximize total revenue from the series upgrades from the lowest cabin to the highest cabin, so just because someone has the highest bid for a particular category doesn't mean that some else's lower bid isn't part of a different series of bids that better maximizes total revenue.