Upgrade bid experiences

[excitedofharpenden]

10 hours ago, Xcelsior said:

I know originally you were supposed to get priority for bids based on status, but do we know if they are still doing that?  

I guess we will never really know, but on my last cruise which was very sold right up to sailing I put in near the minimum bid on a Plus Verandah as Platinum and was successful. So perhaps they are applying some kind of matrix. 

 

Phil 

[nordski]

17 hours ago, tgg said:

Neither did I.

Nor I. The old system was certainly not transparent about that.

[Hi-ho-silver]

 bid date:  20 May 2024

- cruise date: 1 July 2024

- cruise length: 13

- loyalty level: newby

- minimum bid required for upgrade (in US$)

- total amount bid (in US$): 1800

- cabin type initially booked: Veranda plus

- cabin type bid for: CC suite

- final bid cost per night (in US$): 150

- bid strength: strong

- outcome (successful or not)

- cruise region: Iceland

- any other useful information (E.g when told about outcome)

 

[Grandma Cruising]

Thanks Hi-Ho-silver, I’ve added the information, good luck and do come back & tell us how you got on.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pEoojQ5-EPmD4cI3gw1dVcYfYTXfZePdDXxU09l0H3M/edit

 

[tonyl1956]

Hi,

 

We received an offer to bid for upgrades on our cruise recently:

 

Bid Offer date - 15/05/24

Cruise Date - 13/07/24

Cruise Length - 9 nights

Loyalty Level - Explorer*

Minimum bid required - £160 (Veranda Plus)

Amount Bid - No bid

Cabin Booked - Veranda (V1)

Cruise Region - Mediterranean

 

*Our adult children are new to Azamara and received identical numbers in their offers.

 

For info, a minimum bid for a CC Suite would have been £790, which we could have been tempted by, now that you aren't forced to take an upgrade to an unsuitable (for us) bath cabin, but not this time as we are travelling as a group. All the other options were way out of our comfort zone!

[Grandma Cruising]

Thanks tonyl1956 - all added.

[amyhphoto]

Here are the details of my upgrade offer:

 

 

- bid date   May 15, 2024

- cruise date   June 15, 2024

- cruise length   11 nights

- loyalty level   New to Azamara

- minimum bid   Club Veranda 900$ PP    Club Veranda Plus 1000$pp

- total amount bid (in US$)   Club Veranda 1800$  Club Veranda Plus 2200$

- cabin type initially booked  Club Oceanview 06 GTY

- cabin type bid for  Veranda

- final bid cost per night (in US$)   TBD

- bid strength   WEAK

- outcome (successful or not)   TBD

- cruise region Greece

- any other useful information 

[MrToblerone]

Has anyone been successful lately?

It sounds like everyone is getting the email regardless of how full the cruise is.

[Grandma Cruising]

Thanks Amy h photo, all added - good luck & let us know how it goes.

[Grandma Cruising]

2 hours ago, MrToblerone said:

Has anyone been successful lately?

It sounds like everyone is getting the email regardless of how full the cruise is.

Too early to know for anyone who’s posted here.

[DreamingOfSunnyDays]

Hi. Loving this. I’m cruising with another line and find this info really useful. Is this upgrade programme run by plus grade?