Rare Denmal Posted September 1, 2017 #1 Share Posted September 1, 2017 We are booked on the January 13th sailing on the Caribbean princess. With all the issues and changes in the schedule, the sailing is almost sold out. Only interior an oceanview cabins left. Is it possible we might get a move over offer for this sailing ? If so, when would it come ? December sometime ? - Just wondering, as this is a sailing that we could take advantage of that type of offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted September 1, 2017 #2 Share Posted September 1, 2017 We are also on that cruise. It is possible that Princess will make moveover offers, if the ship is overbooked. With all the problems with the ship and therefore the itinerary, there may be more cancelations than usual for the cruise. That would work against the need for freeing up cabins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Denmal Posted September 1, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted September 1, 2017 We are also on that cruise.It is possible that Princess will make moveover offers, if the ship is overbooked. With all the problems with the ship and therefore the itinerary, there may be more cancelations than usual for the cruise. That would work against the need for freeing up cabins. Paul you are probably right...maybe we will see you on the ship...we are from Charlotte , close to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailspintom Posted September 1, 2017 #4 Share Posted September 1, 2017 We are booked on the January 13th sailing on the Caribbean princess. With all the issues and changes in the schedule, the sailing is almost sold out. Only interior an oceanview cabins left. Is it possible we might get a move over offer for this sailing ? If so, when would it come ? December sometime ? - Just wondering, as this is a sailing that we could take advantage of that type of offer. Hello Denmal, Help me out here. How does "...all of the issues and changes in the schedule" play into an over booking situation? Are you referring to an upgrade offer from folks canceling their reservations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukesubsailor Posted September 1, 2017 #5 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I would think Princess would wait until after final payment date before knowing if they are over booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Denmal Posted September 2, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Hello Denmal,Help me out here. How does "...all of the issues and changes in the schedule" play into an over booking situation? Are you referring to an upgrade offer from folks canceling their reservations? Not sure it will..but it does look like it will be a full cruise. So I was just thinking we might get an offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted September 2, 2017 #7 Share Posted September 2, 2017 If an offer comes great, however...... I would not count on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted September 2, 2017 #8 Share Posted September 2, 2017 For our cruise last month on the CB, people reported getting move-over offers to go from balcony cabins to insides with cruise fare given back as refundable on-board credit about two weeks before sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted September 2, 2017 #9 Share Posted September 2, 2017 We are also on that cruise.It is possible that Princess will make moveover offers, if the ship is overbooked. With all the problems with the ship and therefore the itinerary, there may be more cancelations than usual for the cruise. That would work against the need for freeing up cabins. Your right about the cancellations. My friends from Scotland just did. They were booked for a B2B cruise and Princess cancelled 3 ports when it was going to the Panama Canal. So they cancelled. They booked a 23 day cruise with a different cruise line. :( Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted September 2, 2017 #10 Share Posted September 2, 2017 A move-over offer is only made if Princess has overbooked the category with GTYs and higher category cabins are also not available to fill a GTY booking. It is relatively rare for this to occur as sophisticated software based on historical data will limit the number of GTYs to what the expected number of cancellations will be so that the GTYs can be filled. Most of the time the this works and no move-over offer needs to be made. Now and then the historical number of cancellations do not occur and move-over offers come into play. It does not matter how booked up the ship is now as what matters is how many GTYs still need to be filled close in to the embarkation date. If a move-over (or move-down offer) is made, you cannot volunteer for it. Princess would need to decide who should get the offer. And if an offer is made, it will likely be made to several other booked passengers at the same time with the first one to respond they will take the offer will get it and the others contacted will not. So, to sum up the chances of getting a move-over offer are slim, but it could, possibly, might happen. Just know that if the offer comes, it will be very close to embarkation date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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