Rare MISTER 67 Posted November 15, 2018 #1 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) Received an upgrade offer for our Nov. 24 seven day cruise on the Oosterdam, 69 dollars for each of us from an obstucted view to a Veranda. What do you think? Sounds pretty good but we liked it better when there was no charges for upgrades. We did get a nice no charge upgrade on the MSC Seaside back in Sept. from an inside cabin to a Veranda. Edited November 15, 2018 by MISTER 67 Add on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimnKaren Posted November 15, 2018 #2 Share Posted November 15, 2018 They are just trying to make people happy (those in the accounting office, not the passengers). Stay with what you have! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted November 15, 2018 #3 Share Posted November 15, 2018 HAL has figured out that they can charge for an upgrade nowadays, so they do. While free upgrades are still possible, there now will be fewer of them, as some people will willingly pay the $69. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted November 15, 2018 #4 Share Posted November 15, 2018 One is an upgrade, one is an upsell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsnovi Posted November 15, 2018 #5 Share Posted November 15, 2018 As CruiserBruce said: there is a difference between an upgrade and an upsell. On an early season Alaska cruise several years ago we had booked early because the rates were less. We live in Portland and would drive to Seattle. HAL makes money if they sell an airfare. They had a lot of people who wanted the early season fare but who wanted to fly in - we were asked if we could sail on a later sailing and offered a QUITE nice upgrade - that cost us nothing AND that put money in our pockets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 15, 2018 #6 Share Posted November 15, 2018 $69 per person for an upsell from an obstructed view to a verandah sounds like a good deal to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvertoGold Posted November 15, 2018 #7 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Excellent price! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MISTER 67 Posted November 15, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said: $69 per person for an upsell from an obstructed view to a verandah sounds like a good deal to me. The first thing we checked was to see if it beat the price on the website and it did by 39 dollars plus we got a good deal to begin when we booked on board the Eurodam back in March, bottom line is we took the offer. We had an upsell offer last year on another line and the price was MORE than the website price, what a joke. Edited November 15, 2018 by MISTER 67 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djptcp Posted November 16, 2018 #9 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Great price - I would definitely take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted November 16, 2018 #10 Share Posted November 16, 2018 The cruise lines are doing what the airlines are doing . Example when flying there are 3 price levels now for economy .One is bare bones ,then there are the next steps up where you can select your seat ;but ,at a additional cost ,then there is still another where you can get more leg room ,at a additional cost . It will never end because the carriers have now found more ways than Carter has pills to fleece the public Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorenceItaly Posted November 16, 2018 #11 Share Posted November 16, 2018 We are currently on the Oosterdam at a cruise stop in Key West. We are having a fabulous time! Great price for an upsell. We are currently in an obstructed view and very happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailawayWI Posted November 16, 2018 #12 Share Posted November 16, 2018 $69 isn't bad to get a full on verandah, not a lanai. Can you pick/approve location? If you prefer aft and they place you forward or across from the elevators.... not worth it. HAL offered us an upgrade to a suite for $399/for pax 1&2 nothing additional for kids (other than a higher upgrade cost). Significant savings over the rack rate posted, but not incredible; kept our verandah we had selected at booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb008 Posted November 16, 2018 #13 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I've had experience on another line where once you're assigned a cabin through an gty/upgrade/upsell my TA had no problem switching me "laterally" to another room within the same category. YMMV, but worth checking out what room they assigned you and then deciding whether it's worth the legwork to try to switch the room (or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MISTER 67 Posted November 17, 2018 Author #14 Share Posted November 17, 2018 5 hours ago, SailawayWI said: $69 isn't bad to get a full on verandah, not a lanai. Can you pick/approve location? If you prefer aft and they place you forward or across from the elevators.... not worth it. HAL offered us an upgrade to a suite for $399/for pax 1&2 nothing additional for kids (other than a higher upgrade cost). Significant savings over the rack rate posted, but not incredible; kept our verandah we had selected at booking. We were able to choose our cabin in what was left in the VA category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 17, 2018 #15 Share Posted November 17, 2018 On 11/15/2018 at 4:29 PM, MISTER 67 said: The first thing we checked was to see if it beat the price on the website and it did by 39 dollars plus we got a good deal to begin when we booked on board the Eurodam back in March, bottom line is we took the offer. We had an upsell offer last year on another line and the price was MORE than the website price, what a joke. Glad you took the upsell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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