I recently booked a winter transatlantic crossing on QM2 in a Q5 direct through Cunard. The booking consultant suggested marking our booking as upgradable in case the upgrade gods smile on us, and we agreed, although we are happy with what we booked and not expecting anything.
It did get me thinking though, about the Q3s, which have no balcony and are far forward which is worse for motion. In this case we would think ourselves very lucky for any upgrade, including Q3 because we could sacrifice the balcony (reluctantly) on a cold winter crossing for the other benefits of these suites. However, what about for fair weather voyages? It strikes me that losing the balcony would be most undesirable, so in effect it makes marking a Q4/5/6/7 booking as upgradable would be risky. If the choice is this stark - and if you are upgraded to Q3 you have no choice but to accept - I personally would not mark my booking as upgradable.
Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Or indeed has it happened to anyone? Is there anything that can be done if you are 'lucky' enough to be upgraded to Q3 or is that the risk one takes? I imagine I am not the only one to have had this conundrum. Thanks all.