We have received several RoyalUp emails for each leg of our B2B on the Liberty. Royal up is one time upgrade from x to y. To opt-in, to receive emails guests can sign up on our website, opt-in through the online check in process or within My Reservations section of website. RoyalUp is definitely a program where categories above what you have show as open for bidding. “Great news! We also want to invite you to participate in our RoyalUp program, where you can bid on an upgraded stateroom for your sailing. Our Royal up bid was accepted!! Just as the title reads. 4 days til cruise day! I just checked my upcoming offers/bids and it works but it probably didn't yesterday. On my first cruise the Interior GTY has not been assigned so I gave a lower bid on a Standard OV and OV Balcony. Moderators. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. They were very specific, no Royal Up email, no upgrade bid capability. As you get closer to your sail date, the Royal Up status may change. People on Royalup Facebook are telling me no, I can’t get my Royalup money back if I cancel a refundable cruise. Some people will continue to get that message and be within the 30-day time frame. My sailing is tomorrow. {{alert. Thus is available to guests who have already booked a cruise with Royal Caribbean, but would like to potentially upgrade their accommodations to a higher category. On 7/7/2023 at 3:59 PM, Sandra Greaves said: How do I update my credit card on file with royal caribbean. The minimum bid was $850 we bid $1250 each person. Hmm. We bid on two categories for our Aug 15th Allure sailing. I never bid but a few in my facebook group did bid and won. Good luck with your bid if you choose to place one, and enjoy your cruise! Hello fellow Ausitnite. The RoyalUp℠ upgrade program provides booked guests with an opportunity to submit an offer (an “Offer”) to Royal Caribbean International® (RCI) to upgrade from the original RCI stateroom category purchased to a higher stateroom category (the “Program”). When a GS bids on a Star class they want people in balconies to bid on that GS. Posted December 22, 2019. I would guess there is a cost to travel agents for working with RoyalUp. A passenger in an inside paid $100 to upgrade to an ocean view. Congrats!!! Have a great cruise!The RoyalUp algorithm is more complex than just going with the highest bid. #8. . On 11/16/2021 at 4:18 AM, Snotarni said: We're trying to RoyalUP to Star Class on the Oasis sailing on 12/12. In January we bid (just over minimum) for a Crown Loft Suite on Oasis and got it. Balcony to JS; JS to GS; GS to OS. Posted January 15, 2022. Con unos sencillos pasos, los huéspedes pueden conseguir un cambio a categoría superior, pasando de camarotes con vista al mar y balcón a las suites más caras a bordo de nuestros cruceros. I also tried grand suite (1BR). While a RoyalUp bid could fall within the $250 limit and certainly enhance your cruise by moving up a nicer room, the reality is the chances of you winning the bid are pretty low. We're doing longer cruises later this year, but at the last minute, GF wanted to do a quickie weekend cruise for a few days. They emailed me Friday morning saying we had won our bid and that they would be sending us need guest ticket booklets. Good luck !! Quote;. Making a bid on multiple rooms will increase your chances of getting upgraded, but. Posted March 25, 2019. Suite. 2. one super good deal is the max bid for 2br aqua is thousands lower than sticker price. On 4/6/2019 at 12:55 PM, F1guynz said: We got an email about 3 months ago saying the Royal Up programme was available in Australia/New Zealand. We found an oceanview GUAR at a reasonable price and in 2 days got an assignment on the 2nd deck of a pretty standard oceanview room. Sometime those prices are less than the bid for RoyalUp and it’ll guarantee you getting the suite and qualify for the extra CAS points. These were the minimum bids: Royal Suite $395 USD per guest. We have experienced that previously with the Upgrade Fairy but expected Royal to have a better plan for the Royalup program. Lantana, FL, USA. Royal Caribbean’s RoyalUp bidding program involves the cruise line offering guests the chance to bid for an upgraded stateroom category by submitting a minimum bid. It's now three weeks out from the latest cruise I've bid on, a nine day Southern Caribbean aboard Explorer of the Seas. JS went from $150 to $50 and GS dropped from $250 to $150. In just a few simple steps, you could score a fantastic upgrade, from Ocean View and Balcony staterooms to the most expansive suites at sea. Well, it's six days to our cruise, and checking Royal Up, I see one of my bids is still able to be changed. We were kinda counting on a royalup win 😅 So we are moving two categories up to a JuniorSuite. I bid on Jr Suite and Grand suite at a reasonable price. One interesting note is that yesterday the cruise was showing as completely sold out except for one junior suite. You'll get an email for royal before sailing (around 30 days) with the royalup bid systems. Royal Caribbean suggested I bid on multiple rooms to increase my chances of an upgrade. (1 euro is about 1,08 USD right now. Royal Caribbean Discussion. The Offer Amount does not include the higher gratuity. So I quickly went online to cancel The Key. The difference between what I purchased and a Jr suite was $3000. Bid what you’re willing to pay, what it’s worth to you. 240. Posted June 23, 2021. Accepted Bid Tree. I bid anyway. If the OS goes to RoyalUp, the whole cascade of winning bids is collected, so that would be my interpretation of the stand-by price. Did not win royalup. Find more information on what happens when you cancel your cruise booking. I wanted). Hoping for a victory after many failed attempts lately. I just wish they would deny my offer or counter so I can bid on an OV room if they're going to deny me a balcony. Royal Caribbean Discussion. The program has recently changed terminology so some of these words may have changed but the meaning is essentially the same. Suite GoldenBalconyROYAL UP - YOUR UPGRADE IS A BID AWAY Welcome to RoyalUp. About a week and a half ago the status on the owners suite bid changed to expired and the 1 bedroom was still pending but could not be changed or cancelled. We had a balcony and won a Grand Suite. From an interior room this is what I offered. I would have. Last week my cabin was assigned, an OV as expected. I was happy with my room category and location is important to me. Bid whatever YOU feel the cost is worth to YOU. Whether you're a fi. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Odyssey of the Seas ®. And, with the Royal Up, everyone moves up. Husky1987. Posted July 13. Starboard side, just forward of the "bulge". ) Be happy with what you have now. I can't say I've seen many people win their bids doing Royal Up, but it's definitely worth a shot if you're willing to spend extra for an upgraded room. Originally booked a guaranteed interior, offered to bid on several categories up to Ocean View Balcony, which was our highest bid at $150. You can access your bids on the Royal Up website until your cruise begins. How much do I bid through RoyalUp if my reservation includes more than 2 guests? A. ” Depends on capacity, how bad you want the upgrade, and how much you’re willing to spend. Your Offer: $70 USD per guest. . The email said I could. Prior to capacity increasing, I have been able to bid in Oct for a Jan cruise, which was more than 60 days. Royal let’s you bid on these rooms just in case they come available last minute. The RoyalUp program seems to state quite clearly that I can cancel or modify my bid up to 2 days prior to the sailing. Then Balcony RU to > JR Suite $400. Dont know if still true. Suite. On 7/29/2022 at 1:21 PM, rritter25 said: I found out earlier today that I won a RoyalUp from an interior promenade view room to a junior suite! The bid was $320 which was around the minimum bid required. And I can’t even bid on. Pricing we’d be willing to bid depends entirely on the delta between the price you paid for your JS and the price of the suite you want to bid for had you booked it the day you booked the JS. The bid amount is per person for the entire duration of the cruise. Bid for Grand Suite shows expired Bid for Junior Suite shows pending Called Royal and they have no idea what the expired term mean, Royal up is outsourced to an outside company which handles the upgrades. I'm wondering if they've changed the terminology to avoid issues with guests thinking their bids are being accepted when they have not. For example, if you select a $100 bid in the upgrade tool, your bid total for that room will be $200. If it’s off season or not a holiday just bid what you are comfortable with understanding what the actual cost of a balcony pp was when you originally booked. virtual balcony min 25$ pp I offered 70$ pp and is willing to pay more. Edited February 16 by Ready2SailAwayWe submitted RoyalUp bids for a Owner Suite and a Loft Suite. In all likelihood, the third party that runs the RoyalUp program wants to have bids in the queue for all of the higher end staterooms. Yesterday there were 5 of the one bedrooms showing as. Oklahoma City. Know what the inventory is now and what it’s going for now. Directly from Royal Up: We appreciate your interest in taking part of this wonderful opportunity and It is our pleasure to assist you with your question on your RoyalUp bid. We are booked on Oasis for the 12/19-12/26 sailing next week, got another request to Royal Up bid, issue is we have 2 rooms, what happens if i bid on a 2 bedroom grand suite and we win, we no longer need the 2 rooms since the grand suite has 2 rooms, anyone have that experience?BID YOUR WAY TO A CRUISE UPGRADE. Now if only my COVID test is negative. We never book on any B2B cruises. My husband always bids on RoyalUP whenever he has the opportunity. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. Suites that are assigned via Royal Up receive all onboard suite perks and get C&A points based on the original stateroom category. There's no going back if you don't like what they give you. It doesn't cost them anything, and that it leads you on unnecessarily is the furthest things from their minds. I just placed 2 RoyalUp bids for the 2nd half of our B2B Symphony Nov 2021 cruises. title}} {{notification. Oh yes 100% worth it. The category of cabins included a Royal Suite, Owner’s Suite (2-bedroom), Owner’s Suite (1-bedroom), Grand Suite, Junior Suite, Ocean View Suite, or a slightly larger balcony cabin. #8. Don't feel it's worth any bid to upgrade. In my experience trying out RoyalUp myself and talking with many other cruise fans, it's quite clear that there is no consistent strategy to actually winning a bid. Got this via e-mail yesterday, 3 days before cruise. If I wanted to bid on that the. so there is hope for bids. Posted July 20, 2022. We found an oceanview GUAR at a reasonable price and in 2 days got an assignment on the 2nd deck of a pretty standard oceanview room. Your offer can be accepted anytime from the moment it is submitted up until 2 days prior to voyage departure. 4 days til cruise day! Just in time!RoyalUp to Jr Suite If the starting bid is under $75 per person day, I would put in a bid for $75-100 depending on where that starting bid is. So, while the room you bid on may be sold out today, if someone in that class wins a bid for a better room, those rooms will be available to be. Yay!Wonder of the Seas Thanksgiving 2023 RU from GS to CLS, OS, AT2BR, RLS. The word "Pending" may tend to imply that your bid is accepted and you're waiting for a. When entering your information below, please make sure to use the first / primary guest last name and valid booking number for. 3 yr. For my 2ndcruise on the B2B I bid in the high range for an OV and Spacious OV from a standard OV. Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) I received 3 Royal Up offers for the same cruise. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. Our royal up bid was accepted thirteen days before our sailing; my brother in law was accepted just a couple days before sailing. Posted November 15, 2022. It was actually less money that we were paying for the Grand Suite. About a week before our bid was accepted, all of our bids became expired and our winning bid became uneditable despite still being pending. (4night) we were in a “free“ guaranteed balcony casino comp. We received the Royal Up email and one option for our Large ocean balcony is a two bedroom aqua theater room. So, thinking of using this S$1,300 to bid for suites. Si cambio a categoría superior con RoyalUp℠, ¿tendré que pagar propinas basadas en la nueva categoría superior? Sí, al cambiar a categoría superior, cada huésped en la reserva puede estar sujeto a un monto por concepto de propinas más alto. August 14, 2008. Right now we have another Harmony sailing for September. However, our pending status resulted in an email stating that our offer would be “reviewed onboard. "We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Voyager of the Seas. 1k. At one point select ships were testing RoyalUp for onboard upgrades. Royal Caribbean Makes RoyalUp Bids Easier. The reason why I’m sharing my experience is because prior to and after the upgrade, I had a ton of questions that I’ve been trying to look. This is how my prior two successful bids behaved. Looking yesterday prices had gone back down on our cruise and we got a guaranteed balcony for $209. Hello! I know there are many threads on here relating to Royal up bids but I was unable to find any information on the status changes of a royal up bid. Royal will look at the entire set of available cabins and RoyalUp bids and accept the combination of bids that will make them the most amount of money. Four weeks ago we were on Harmony. When I log into the royal carribean web site, there was a link on my home page showing my bid status, but now that’s gone. Posted November 20, 2021. Notaboat. Two days later I had a Royal Up invitation in my email my TA advised Royal still had 12 grand suites unsold so I bid $1,800 dollars and yesterday morning bam bid accepted. At some point closer to the sailing (sometimes as late as the DAY OF. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the. Offers are based on two occupants per stateroom - only the first and second guest will be charged. But forgot to mention that not everyone will qualify for a RoyalUp. I received my Royal Up bid opportunity 9/26/19 for my 11/24/19 7 night sailing on the Harmony. I don’t think the max bid is needed if you’re going up one or two categories. If the Offer is accepted, the difference between the original and upgraded stateroom gratuities (if applicable) will be automatically applied to all guests (the. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos. I’m sailing Dec 31 in an OV gty and submitted RoyalUp bid weeks ago. We bid and received a RoyalUp on our first return voyage last August out of Nassau. With a few simple steps, guests can score a fantastic stateroom upgrade from ocean views and balcony rooms to the most expansive suites onboard our cruise ships. UHHH. Going to be interesting to compare this experience with my two latest cruises, which were in a Haven Courtyard Penthouse Suite on NCL Getaway in September 2018 and a Yacht Club Deluxe Suite on. In just a few steps, you can submit a bid to upgrade your stateroom for your upcoming sailing. I bid £50 for a large balcony and up to. SPS , Va4fam , HBCcruiser and 5 others. Had you bid on both a JS and a GS?So, apparently the minimums have been changed for the bids, and the old bids were eliminated. I just used her last name and our reservation to put in a very very small bid just to see if it may work even though we already have been randomly upgraded from interior to a. In just a few simple steps, you could score a fantastic upgrade. I've bid on a JS and a 1BR GS. We are cruising on Independence of the seas on Monday Nov 15th. These were the only options we were given, and as I recall, we bid the minimum on each. We bid on upgrades any time we have a single cruise booked. I'm looking at Royal Up for our 5 day Adventure OS cruise & min bid prices are MUCH lower than on our Apex cruise last month, particularly for suites. I have a 100% upgrade success rate (2/2). A lot of people on my cruise are already getting notified of their winning bids, but mine says “pending” and I can’t edit or cancel it. We were put in room 8294. We booked on OV cabin and bid on balcony and all suite categories except the Royal Suite. If your bid gets accepted 2 months in advance, you probably bid way more than you. 2/4 Bids successful from recollection, all 4 bids were $5 above minimum. On 3/4/2020 at 9:00 PM, RWDW1204 said: Just got our RoyalUp email today, 59 days out. Florida. More sharing options. For those of you that got upgraded, how much more did you bid over the minimum amount? Was the location of the room at the lower decks? I am traveling with my husband and 3 kids and need more room. In the closing days a few cabin are for sale, probably due the flight cancellations. Got an email from RCCL about RoyalUp and asked me to bid on larger rooms than the category I have (oceanview balcony) I put bids on the 2 bedroom suite (a dream at $2k) and larger oceanview balcony rooms for much less. I purchased a Jr Suite GTY and was assigned a Jr. I have used Royal Up twice and won bids both times. In that case, we had an interior, the balcony room was a $75pp minimum and spacious (literally 5 sq ft more) was a $80pp minimum. That still has me scratching my head… I believe they limited the upgrades to one step up 🤷♂️Or did you get an invitation to participate in RoyalUp, and those are the minimum bids? You have a great cabin, but for $90pp, I would switch to a grand suite in a heart beat, with all of the additional perks. 🤷🏻♀️ Yes , I was one of those. My wife is a TA and we were watching availability pretty close. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the possibilities are endless. . How much do I bid through RoyalUp℠ if my reservation includes more than two guests? If your reservation includes multiple guests (between two and five passengers), the offer amount submitted will be per guest but only for the first and second guest on the reservation. 41. Location-Michigan. RoyalUp is a stateroom bidding program offered by Royal Caribbean. In the closing days a few cabin are for sale, probably due the flight cancellations. It's always the risk you take when submitting for a Royal Up. The minimum bids had been reduced $35 to $90 pp. We booked an interior stateroom, and put in what I'd consider fair bids for all the options, namely $150pp ($300 total) for a balcony to $50pp for a promenade view interior. Nov 28, 2018 - Received initial RoyalUp opportunity; returned same day. Happy where we are in a Grand Suite. The RoyalUp system is based around paying for two passengers. We always note the price (do a dummy booking) of potential suite upgrades when we book. 1. Again we are in a Grand Suite and have. Hope it helps. Can I modify or cancel my RoyalUp offer after I submit it? A. I had bid on a one bedroom grand suite and an owners suite. Related:. With more than 2, it is nice to have space to spread out. If a cabin in one of your chosen categories is available and your bid is "right", only one of the bids will be. So you never know. You get to keep the promotions you already have based on the stateroom category originally booked. That went from "expired" and unable to change or modify bid to "pending" and I'm now able to modify my bid. They allowed me to bid on 4 suite types all the way up to Royal Suite. access to the Suite lounge with free cocktails in the evening, room service from the Main Dining Room, allllllll the extra space/storage in a suite, having access to the Suite Concierge, and I truly love the Suite sundeck (not. #8. Another thing is once you are given a room, and if you dont like the area, you can call and switch to any open cabin of the same class. From marketing materials to ship information, begin exploring how you can become an expert on Icon! This is the Icon of Vacations℠ — arriving January 2024. It allows passengers to bid on higher cabin categories before their cruise, offering the chance to “win” an upgraded stateroom. Posted January 10, 2022. On 6/9/2022 at 8:29 PM, Pattycruise said: I just did an attempt at a Royal Up on an upcoming cruise. OUR LARGEST SHIPS. 55 minutes ago, SouthShore 5 said: Good Morning, I received an email that we are eligible to bid on an upgrade. If I have two reservations can I bid only once through RoyalUp℠and if accepted, cancel the second reservation and move the guests into the upgraded cabin? A. Called RCL to see if I could and they told me no unless I received the Royal Up email. We apologize for the trouble, our team is aware of the outage and we are working on resolving the issue as quickly as possible. I've noticed they tend to issue royalup offers 3 days before sailing right now, I'm sailing in two weeks and have tracked previous sailing that have a bunch of suites until 2-3 days before sailing and then suddenly they are all gone. *. The first time I got the email on 11/28, the minimum bids were much. So if a Junior Suite cancels, rather than that cabin be empty, Royal Caribbean's got $300 lined up because they just bumped everybody up one cabin category due to that Royal Up. We’re on the Harmony 01/30-02/06. If eligible, guests will receive an email that. I looked up suite perks and the suite-only perks do sound cool - like the hors d'oeuvre and cocktail hour with drinks, how does that work? We don't drink enough to justify the $850 for us to get. The cruise is on the Anthem from Bayonne NJ on December 12…so, five days from embarkation day. SnooKiwis1151 • 2 yr. If your bid is successful, you’ll win better accommodations at a lower price than direct booking. Introducing RoyalUp — a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. I bid about $40 over each minimum. On 9/12/2021 at 1:48 PM, Wilson said: We were not going to bid, but the minimum dropped last week for our 10/01 Indy sailing. A week before sailing we received notice that our bid was accepted. If you cancel your cruise booking and have a stateroom RoyalUp upgrade you will be refunded the money for your RoyalUp upgrade. For more details about RoyalUp℠, click here. Pattycruise , USCG Teacher and Carlos A. so we actually saw a decrease in bid price. I am in Ocean large Balcony and i bid for Jr. We just received our Royal Up. In a GS. Hi guys. Posted July 24. Just sharing. Went back to check a couple of days later and it said not eligible for upgrades, checked again over the next. My bid for royal up will cost me 370. It’s strange because I had bids on this already and once I bid higher I won it in a few days. Upgrades are limited and subject to availability up to the day of sailing. Most of the time we are upgrading from Junior Suites. ROYAL SERVICE. 2. You can share experiences and ask questions. But there was a balcony that bid $200 on a JS (but not a GS), then the JS would get the RS because RC would net $100 more. We just won a Junior Suite RoyalUp bid on the Odyssey of the Seas departing Nov. Dec 17, 2018 - Final payment due. Eight days out my RoyalUp bid for a previously sold out category was granted 😀. Sarasota, Florida. We got one of these from Celebrity and the starting bid was $500 pp! Not happening. I put a bid for a Junior suite and Grand suite. Good luck to both of us. Ports of Call Photos. The website says check back when we’re 30 days from sailing. 2. Last month, I made a couple of royal up bids for my upcoming cruise on Ovation. In response to an email from Royal, i placed a bid on a junior suite for my April, 2020 sailing on the Harmony. February 27, 2007. I received 2 emails. Posted September 11, 2019. Just go to the RoyalUp site and enter your last name and reservation number. Bid whatever YOU feel the cost is worth to YOU. , Grand suite 2 BR, Owner's suite, Sky Loft, Grand Loft, Owner's Loft and Royal Loft) (not sure if I misspelled a. We are considering placing a bid through Royal Up for our upcoming cruise on Oasis, and I'm wondering if anyone won a bid and ended up regretting it? It seems like you might end up with the lesser desired rooms in a higher category, like those with noise issues or an. You can't go by current inventory to judge if you will win a bid. I did put one bid in for GS but the other suites were way to expensive for my budget “Spacious OV balcony” on RoyalUp seems like sort of a mishmash, making it difficult to know just what one might win. The last one that we won was the GS to OS on Jewel in December. We are cruising on Sunday and submitted a bid that was a bit more than I might normally bid, hoping that the low capacity might help. Thank you so much for passing this along. For example, an upgrade from an interior room to a grand suite might have a minimum bid of $2,000 whereas an upgrade from a junior suite to a grand suite might only have a minimum bid of $500. So I quickly went online to cancel The Key. com In trying to answer the question of how to increase your chances of winning a Royal Up bid, the answer is simply luck. The cabin attendants don’t care who sleeps where. One of mine progressed to the "expired and pending" stage before becoming unavailable, and I only now 3 hours after departure got the decline email. If it says pending…it’s still active. For our first cruise in 2019 we booked an Ocean View. For any questions regarding the RoyalUp process or your bid, please stop by our NextCruise desk onboard. 28, 2018. Unable to Modify/Cancel RoyalUP Bid. One example is the big box TA that rhymes with Frostco. 00pp, but was considered a “weak” bid on the Royal Up scale. ago. ago. So far my successes on Royalup have been basically every time except when I was already in a star class room on Harmony. As an example, we could could have upgraded (not RoyalUp, straight upgrade) to a balcony for a steal of a total price recently but we never use our balcony when we have one so we just kept our interior and used the money for things we do value. . ”. we did not bid on the 1 bed ATS because there are 4 of us and we would be giving up a bathroom so didn’t make sense and didn’t bid on the Star loft seemed to expensive so just bid on. I cannot submit a bid without inputting a credit card. Then last month, got a $200 per person upgrade from a 1 bedroom grand suite to a 2-bedroom. Bids are usually good until 48hrs before sailing. But there is probably no benefit to bid early. •. Just got confirmation that my Royal Up Bid was accepted. The offers were for $100 pp and up. fid you check your bids. Browse through the stateroom options below and select the amount you're willing to pay for an upgrade to each. Thank you! I can't say for certain but my guess, based on my own experience, is that they award them highest to lowest bids starting a couple weeks out and do a few every day to leave room for any new bookings. The minimum bid is $50 per adult; the max is $400. RoyalUp from Jr Suite to Grand Suite, on 9 night sailing in 13 days on Anthem. Sailing on Independence of the Seas for 4 nights on Monday, and she's completely booked. It didn’t seem to make sense to me that they would hold. Get support by Phone or Email. Keep in mind the bids seem to reflect what the original fare paid was - so let’s say your minimum was $150 a person and you bid $300 ($600) total. I know my chances are slim. Though I have not actually heard of anybody getting a RoyalUp bid acceptance after they checked into their original cabin, if you would consider it more trouble than it is worth canceling your bid now would preclude it…. First time sailing in a long time. RoyalUp. WAAAYTOOO , Neesa , KristiZ and 2 others 4Costco Travel does not participate in any bid-to-upgrade programs, such as: RoyalUp with Royal Caribbean® or MoveUp with Celebrity Cruises. I put a minimum bid in for a suite last week and I sail on Sunday, still no word on whether it’s been accepted or not.