BF Guaranteed Question

[Kattus]

I looked on the Princess website to see what cabins are still available for my upcoming cruise on 10/27 on Carribbean Princess, and both BF and BE cabins (the undesirable locations) are sold out with the exception of a guaranteed cabin. Is there anyone here who booked a guaranteed room and stayed within the category?

[Carolyn R]

With a guarantee cabin you will either get a cabin in that category or an upgrade at no additional charge.

[paul929207]

Sure people often get a cabin in the category they booked the guarentee.

[bigchid]

I booked a BG gty on Sapphire and got it. It didn't ruin our cruise at all, but don't book it if you won't be happy there.

[Kamloops50]

I looked on the Princess website to see what cabins are still available for my upcoming cruise on 10/27 on Carribbean Princess, and both BF and BE cabins (the undesirable locations) are sold out with the exception of a guaranteed cabin. Is there anyone here who booked a guaranteed room and stayed within the category?

 

I usually only book BD or higher as a guarantee cabin. I usually get an upgrade to a higher category but not all the time.

[Astro Flyer]

While we prefer a BA Caribe deck balcony sometimes when the price is less than half for a BG or BF GTY we'll take our chances. For a recent last minute booking our BF GTY resulted in a BB cabin. We know it could be the same category as booked & hope to win our gamble to get a higher category of cabin. :D

[molly2kit]

We also booked a BF guarantee for a cruise in January - have already been visited by upgrade fairy who has given us a BA Caribe - we are very, very happy.:)

[Astro Flyer]

We also booked a BF guarantee for a cruise in January - have already been visited by upgrade fairy who has given us a BA Caribe - we are very, very happy.:)

That's GREAT! :D. Larger half covered Caribe cabins are our favorite ones & we even prefer them to an uncovered mini-suite. ;)

[TracieABD]

I have always booked the lowest priced Balcony GTY. I have alway laned in a BC or higher, though I book with the belief that I will be happy with whatever cabin I am assigned. :)

[Earthworm Jim]

In my limited experience, we have twice booked the lowest balcony category (BF or BG depending on ship) and both times been upgraded to a BA Lido, which you can then call and switch to a BA Caribe (thanks for that tip to the folks on this board!).

 

Maybe I was just lucky twice, but it leads me to believe you have a good chance of being moved to a different category.

[geoherb]

There's a good chance you'll get upgraded to at least a BD, but there's always a chance you could end up in one of the BG or BF cabins if you book those categories. Never book a guarantee unless you'd be happy in that category and every cabin in a higher category. Sometimes the cabin assignments come too late to ask to be put back into the assignment pool. We did not receive our cabin assignment for last week's cruise until four days before it left.

[Times Prince]

I looked on the Princess website to see what cabins are still available for my upcoming cruise on 10/27 on Carribbean Princess, and both BF and BE cabins (the undesirable locations) are sold out with the exception of a guaranteed cabin. Is there anyone here who booked a guaranteed room and stayed within the category?

We've played the guarantee game and, for balconies have received 3 BA's, a BC, and a BD.

 

Our attitude is that any balcony on a Princess Cruise is great! Seeing as there are only 8 BF cabins the likelihood is that an assignment to a higher category is high.

 

Take a look at the deck plans - immediately below a BF is BB, and immediately above BF is a BD. I have no idea what makes these cabins more "undesirable" than those immediately above. Certainly they are towards the bow, but one can have a great cruise in a balcony cabin there. Of course if one were prone to motion sickness, a guarantee is not the way to go.

We also booked a BF guarantee for a cruise in January - have already been visited by upgrade fairy who has given us a BA Caribe - we are very, very happy.:)

Same here :D. Got the BF guarantee on a great sale too!

[SCFCRUISER]

We always do BF/BG balcony GY & so far have been given 2 BC & 1 BD. So we can't complain so far!

 

Steve

[Fragile-Beauty]

I booked Crown for October in the Med. Just found out today that my cabin was assigned. I had a BG guarantee..........I now have a BB, almost mid ship. YEA, YEA.

[Dorita]

Booked a BF guarantee for our upcoming cruise to Canada & New England & was upgraded to a Caribe balcony ..so happy :D.. but like others have said any balcony would do !!!

 

Angela :)

[poncho1965]

We booked a BF category on Sapphire and got upgraded to a Caribe BA :-)

[Kattus]

I'm checking on my Cruise Personalizer religiously for a cabin assignment. :rolleyes: