Biker19 Posted December 20, 2018 #251 Share Posted December 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, boscobeans said: I would hope they notify those who get an upgrade at least enough in advance so when they drop off their luggage they have the correct stateroom numbers on their tags. No much different than a GTY booking, the porters will have your cabin number and put a new tag on if needed. Moral of the story, check your e-mail the day before sailing for the bid decline message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscobeans Posted December 20, 2018 #252 Share Posted December 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Biker19 said: No much different than a GTY booking, the porters will have your cabin number and put a new tag on if needed. Moral of the story, check your e-mail the day before sailing for the bid decline message. Never knew the porters had a list of passengers and stateroom numbers. Good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 20, 2018 #253 Share Posted December 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, boscobeans said: Never knew the porters had a list of passengers and stateroom numbers. Good to know. Same with the security people that let you into the terminal. They also need a manifest for those guests that do not complete the online check-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimiunb Posted December 20, 2018 #254 Share Posted December 20, 2018 21 minutes ago, boscobeans said: I would hope they notify those who get an upgrade at least enough in advance so when they drop off their luggage they have the correct stateroom numbers on their tags. The 48 hour statement sounds like a little close to me. Could be a problem for those who may not have access to their emails for a few days before sail date.. Murphy's Luggage Law. We got notified while we were travelling so did not get a chance to reprint our tags. The porter didn’t look at a list (not sure if he had one) we just told him our room number. When we got to our room though, the envelopes had the wrong names. I still opened the envelope and our correct seapass cards were in it. In the room, one page also had the wrong name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted December 20, 2018 #255 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Host Clarea said: Do you recall if your second solicitation had different minimum bids than the first? Bob - we have already received a few second offers. For one cruise we are in a balcony and the offers started at JS and went up. ( Mariner in late February) The second solicitation started at GS. I don't recall if the bids changed for the full suites. We have also received second solicitations for all three of our upcoming January B2B2B on Enchantment. Sorry - I do not recall any differences in the first and second solicitation. I was not interested in any upgrades so I never looked at the offers. We are in an aft JS for two of the legs and don't want an upgrade from that cabin. Further, not worth it for us ( we get many of the perks) especially on Enchantment. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 20, 2018 #256 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 minute ago, cruisegirl1 said: Bob - we have already received a few second offers. For one cruise we are in a balcony and the offers started at JS and went up. ( Mariner in late February) The second solicitation started at GS. I don't recall if the bids changed for the full suites. We have also received second solicitations for all three of our upcoming January B2B2B on Enchantment. Sorry - I do not recall any differences in the first and second solicitation. I was not interested in any upgrades so I never looked at the offers. We are in an aft JS for two of the legs and don't want an upgrade from that cabin. Further, not worth it for us ( we get many of the perks) especially on Enchantment. M Thanks Marci. Just curious about how much of these offers are real offers vs market research data gathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted December 20, 2018 #257 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Still miffed that we're not getting any offers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscobeans Posted December 20, 2018 #258 Share Posted December 20, 2018 22 minutes ago, Host Clarea said: Same with the security people that let you into the terminal. They also need a manifest for those guests that do not complete the online check-in. All well and good however if you arrive at the terminal with luggage that has the wrong stateroom number on it and you didn't, for any number of reasons, see a Royal Up confirmation your bags WILL go to the wrong room. This will be remedied without too much hassle but still will be a hassle. Just saying that Royal should have a better more reasonable cut off date for the bid program than the stated 48 hours. I am sure that by the time the cruise is seven days off they have milked the most out of the bid system and shouldn't expect to get any last minute mega bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted December 20, 2018 #259 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 minute ago, boscobeans said: All well and good however if you arrive at the terminal with luggage that has the wrong stateroom number on it and you didn't, for any number of reasons, see a Royal Up confirmation your bags WILL go to the wrong room. This will be remedied without too much hassle but still will be a hassle. Just saying that Royal should have a better more reasonable cut off date for the bid program than the stated 48 hours. I am sure that by the time the cruise is seven days off they have milked the most out of the bid system and shouldn't expect to get any last minute mega bids. I’m sure they are still trying to sell cabins on the website within the last few days. On our cruise leaving this Sunday they added a Star Loft suite to the website two weeks ago and it was available for sale until 6 or 7 days from sailing. It’s not just about whether people are still bidding, it’s how many cabins they are still able to sell at full price on the website before they start accepting the bids as in most cases the bids (original purchase price plus bid) is less than the current website price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted December 20, 2018 Author #260 Share Posted December 20, 2018 49 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: Still miffed that we're not getting any offers +1 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 20, 2018 #261 Share Posted December 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, molly361 said: +1 😎 Are you still cruising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted December 20, 2018 #262 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: Still miffed that we're not getting any offers Strange - we received 7 offers for 7 upcoming cruises. We received an offer and follow up offer for a recent Oasis cruise ( cruise now completed) and offers (and some follow up offers) for 4 Enchantment cruises in January/February, one Mariner cruise in February and one Symphony cruise in March. One Enchantment offer seemed like a good price, but we didn't bother to bid. The worst offer was $150 PP to upgrade FOR A TWO NIGHT CRUISE from a balcony to a JS. I think Bob is on to something with his comment about gathering data. I am interested in what benefits upgraded (full) suites really get. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticketsunlimited Posted December 20, 2018 #263 Share Posted December 20, 2018 14 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said: Strange - we received 7 offers for 7 upcoming cruises. We received an offer and follow up offer for a recent Oasis cruise ( cruise now completed) and offers (and some follow up offers) for 4 Enchantment cruises in January/February, one Mariner cruise in February and one Symphony cruise in March. One Enchantment offer seemed like a good price, but we didn't bother to bid. The worst offer was $150 PP to upgrade FOR A TWO NIGHT CRUISE from a balcony to a JS. I think Bob is on to something with his comment about gathering data. I am interested in what benefits upgraded (full) suites really get. M M, We will be on Anthem for the 12 day 1/6 cruise. We upgraded to Sky loft suite. I will report back with details when we get back. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted December 20, 2018 Author #264 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Host Clarea said: Are you still cruising? Yes til Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 20, 2018 #265 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, molly361 said: Yes til Sunday I noticed there was a deficit of halos on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted December 20, 2018 Author #266 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Host Clarea said: I noticed there was a deficit of halos on this forum. 📨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted December 20, 2018 #267 Share Posted December 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Host Clarea said: I noticed there was a deficit of halos on this forum. I’m sure she will make up for it once she’s back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted December 20, 2018 #268 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, cruisegirl1 said: Strange - we received 7 offers for 7 upcoming cruises. We received an offer and follow up offer for a recent Oasis cruise ( cruise now completed) and offers (and some follow up offers) for 4 Enchantment cruises in January/February, one Mariner cruise in February and one Symphony cruise in March. One Enchantment offer seemed like a good price, but we didn't bother to bid. The worst offer was $150 PP to upgrade FOR A TWO NIGHT CRUISE from a balcony to a JS. I think Bob is on to something with his comment about gathering data. I am interested in what benefits upgraded (full) suites really get. M Rhapsody December JS Oasis and Adventure January Inside Oasis February JS Serenade April Balcony Nada Edited December 20, 2018 by John&LaLa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted December 20, 2018 #269 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: Rhapsody December JS Oasis and Adventure January Inside Oasis February JS Serenade April Balcony Nada <sad face> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted December 20, 2018 #270 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Rhapsody December JS Oasis and Adventure January Inside Oasis February JS Serenade April Balcony Nada Makes me wonder if this is typical Royal IT incompetence (although they've outsourced) or if they have evil geniuses running this program. Since you often travel in a JS John, they may rather "hook" others with an upgrade. They often get you for full price anyway (even though you're a savvy shopper). Maybe, just maybe, they've linked CC screen names to C&A profiles and are choosing who to send emails to based on CC postings. Gotta go...I think I hear black helicopters outside my house. 😱 Edited December 20, 2018 by bobmacliberty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted December 20, 2018 #271 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Bob, almost time to change the name of the thread to offers and whiners.😁 Edited December 20, 2018 by Ourusualbeach 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 20, 2018 #272 Share Posted December 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Bob, almost time to change the name of the thread to offers and whiners.😁 Ellen will get mad at me again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted December 21, 2018 Author #273 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Host Clarea said: Ellen will get mad at me again. Never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted December 21, 2018 Author #274 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Bob, almost time to change the name of the thread to offers and whiners.😁 I was going to say that earlier today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 21, 2018 #275 Share Posted December 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, molly361 said: I was going to say that earlier today You created the thread, how would you like to change the title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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