JeffM1

Definitely

We did not get upgraded on our last cruise and they did not let us know until literally the day before sailing.

It really doesn't matter. They are trying to make the most money for Princess they can. They don't accept the first bid that comes in, they wait to see what comes in over time, and even then they sometimes counter offer trying to get it up more. My last cruise we did not hear back on our bid until 24 hours before the cruise.

Don't know for sure, but our best guess is that they have cancellations, right up to the day of sailing, and they are just sitting on some bids in case someone cancels. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it 🙂

We were just on the Discovery, and during that bidding the Club Class Mini suites were broken into different bidding categories, so you could bid on mid ship minis without bidding on forward facing minis.

As I mentioned previously, we did not get our bid rejection letter until just one day before sailing. We just got home from completing the trip last night. But unless you think Princess might be just a little slow with their emails, this morning I received an email telling me that the excursions on the cruise (we just completed) are filling up fast, but there is still time for me to book a tour if I hurry!! LOL LOL

On our cruise leaving today you could not buy anything above a balcony for the last month or two, yet on the bidding you could bid on every category up to and including the Sky Suite. So my guess is that they are covering themselves for last minute cancellations.

We are OK too. We normally don't bid as we usually travel with another couple (family) so if one got upgraded and the other did not, we'd have a problem. They had to cancel so we thought we would give it a try. Oh well... drinks on Princess (I have plenty of OBC)!

So it is one day out from sailing and my bid on the bidding site always said pending even 30 minutes ago. Just now got emails saying our bid was not accepted 😞 😞 . Did your bid get accepted?

Well you are correct. I went back and reread the post by "I object 2" and he did say the cabin number in his app was showing pending, not his original purchased cabin. That IS different from my case. I went to the bidding site and my two bids are still showing as pending. But in the app it is showing my original purchased cabin. My app is not showing pending. So maybe "I object 2" is getting lucky.

We felt exactly the same when we bid. I hope you are right!!!!

LOL we are in the same category, same cruise as you, and placed bids on the same two types of cabins. We have been "pending" for a month, and still haven't heard anything more.

So we are 1 week out from our CA coast cruise on the Discovery. Ship appears to be virtually sold out. We are in a mini suite and I placed two bids for cabins above ours about a month ago, and as of today I have heard nothing. My bids still show as pending, and all cabin types above ours are still available to bid on, up to and including the Sky Suite. Each day I check a couple of times (OK maybe more) and still nothing. Pretty sure when the cruise is over I will still be checking and I will have to go to Princess Bidding Rehab to get clean!

Welcome to my world, LOL. Pretty sure it is part of their master plan!!

And we will be on the same ship as you two weeks earlier and we've heard nothing. Oh well, I'll tell them to make sure your room is clean! 🙂