Cabin upgrades?

[sunlover41]

Does anyone know of anytime type of way to receive a cabin upgrade or a way to earn one? I have cruised Princess before and was curious if they offer any upgrades? Thanks!! Greg

[srphnx]

Well there is rubbing a lucky unicorn...

 

Yes, you can get an upgrade by being in the right place at the right time.

 

Let's say you are Princess Corp. you have a ship that has 40 good, unsold, upgradeable cabins near the top of the ladder, you can move 20 cabins to minisuites from balconies, 10 from outsides to balconies and 40 from insides to outsides.

 

It is a trickle down concept, a suite can cause up to 3 upgrades by itself. Bottom line you need to be on a not sold-out sailing and one of the % that gets a gift.

 

Princess says it has something to do with being a loyal past passenger but I have personal experience with new sailors being moved while 12 timers not.

 

So... back to the Unicorn.

 

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[LARGIN]

https://book.princess.com/html/tapres/auto_upgrade_content.html

 

9/5 Coral Princess Alaska

[BJS]

Book a gurantee and there is a high probability that you will get a category upgrade. Some same only "true" upgrade is from inside to outside or balcony to minisuite but Princess calls a BD to a BC an upgrade.

 

Future cruises:

9/04 Star Princess x2- Med. Venice to Barcelona/ Barcelona to Rome

11/04 Dawn Princess-Southern Caribbean

1/05 Diamond Princess-Mexican Riviera

7&8/05Star Princess x2-Baltics

 

Past cruises:

04 HAL-Amsterdam-Alaska

04 Dawn Princess x2- Southern Caribbean

03Grand Princess x2- W.Caribbean

03 Sun Princess-Mexico

03Tahitian Princess-Tahiti/ Cook Islands

03 Royal Princess x2-British Isles & Norwegian Fjords/ Iceland

03 Island Princess-Panama Canal

01 HAL Ryndam x 2-S. America San Diego to Valpariso/ & around Cape Horn to Rio

00 Sky Princess-China/Orient

79 Sitmar's Fairwind x2- Caribbean/Panama Canal

[srphnx]

Depends on how you define "high" probability BJS, I have been on ships where it was nearly 0% but I agree that a cat guarentee is the best approach.

 

Princess will upgrade when they can but it is always a supply demand issue, demand is constant (gimme,gimme,gimme) but supply is not constant, popular times of year can mean zero open cabins.

 

Life is at it's best when your address floats

One MORE open Booking(s).

<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Sapphire Princess 09/04

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 12/04

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

[BJS]

Agree and think when the ship fills has a great deal to do with it also.

 

Future cruises:

9/04 Star Princess x2- Med. Venice to Barcelona/ Barcelona to Rome

11/04 Dawn Princess-Southern Caribbean

1/05 Diamond Princess-Mexican Riviera

7&8/05Star Princess x2-Baltics

 

Past cruises:

04 HAL-Amsterdam-Alaska

04 Dawn Princess x2- Southern Caribbean

03Grand Princess x2- W.Caribbean

03 Sun Princess-Mexico

03Tahitian Princess-Tahiti/ Cook Islands

03 Royal Princess x2-British Isles & Norwegian Fjords/ Iceland

03 Island Princess-Panama Canal

01 HAL Ryndam x 2-S. America San Diego to Valpariso/ & around Cape Horn to Rio

00 Sky Princess-China/Orient

79 Sitmar's Fairwind x2- Caribbean/Panama Canal

[spongerob]

A note on guarantee upgrades: If you book a guarantee, there are very few cabins in the lowest category, i.e. on the Grand there are a total of 8 BE/BF balcony cabins. You have a very high probability of getting a higher category balcony cabin. The same goes with mini-suites; there are only two AE's (Grand Princess). As happened to us, you might be asssigned the lowest cabin category, then get an "Upgrade Notice" from Princess or your TA when you are bumped out of that cabin.

 

The more impressive upgrades are just luck of the draw, IMO. I don't really know that you can do anything to influence upgrades, except perhaps the probability that receiving such an upgrade will cause you to move up in the future. Even then, the numbers of passengers that Princess deals with on an annual basis would make such a marketing exercise very difficult.

 

Completed:

Sea Princess, Royal Princess, Grand Princess (3X), Caribbean Princess, Golden Princess

 

[srphnx]

Any upgrade thread should also carry the notion that not all "upgrades" have much impact. An inside to inside or same type but different "category", is usually just the same cabin in a "better" location. I don't really see that much difference untill you get moved from type to type.

 

Life is at it's best when your address floats

One MORE open Booking(s).

<FONT color=red>Alaska</FONT>

Sapphire Princess 09/04

Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02

Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95

<FONT color=red>Mexican Riviera</FONT>

Diamond Princess 12/04

Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04

Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02<FONT color=red>

West Coast-Baja Mexico</FONT>

Ecstacy 09/01

<FONT color=red>Eastern Carribean</FONT>

Century 12/97

<FONT color=red>Western Carribean</FONT>

Century 9/96

 

[Ms. Jill]

Being single and traveling alone I book and inside with guarantee......I just knew what I would get if I received an upgrade, and I was not to be dissapointed!!! outside cabin with a big ole life boat smack dab in the middle of the window!!!!! But I just got a big kick out of it and glad I did get the upgrade....really doesn't bother me...I'm just thankful that I can cruise