wrelliott Posted September 14, 2019 #451 Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/10/2019 at 11:58 PM, Host Grandma Cruising said: If you post the following information, I’ll add it to the spreadsheet. Date bid offer received -- August 26, 2019 Date of cruise, -- September 18, 2019 length of cruise -- 16 nights LCV level -- Adventurer Cabin type booked -- Exterior Stateroom Cabin type bid for -- Exterior Verandah minimum bid bid made -- $400 ’strength’ of bid (weak etc) - weak success or otherwise. - successful... took two weeks to hear back from submission of bid Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted September 14, 2019 #452 Share Posted September 14, 2019 6 hours ago, hamrag said: Ditto, did not bid.....although I am UK, booked via USA website hence dollars is the currency!! No email received here - booked direct with Azamara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 14, 2019 Author #453 Share Posted September 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Fatfish said: Date bid offer received....Checked myself 9/13 Date of cruise,11/21/2020 Journey length of cruise... 9 night LCV level Discoverer Cabin type booked Inside Cabin type bid for Oceanview Verandah minimum bid bid made none $200 pp $1000pp ’strength’ of bid (weak etc) weak success or otherwise. Did not bid Can I just check the date of the cruise? Do you really mean 2020? If so I’m surprised you were eligible to bid as they don’t usually set up the bidding process any earlier than 90 days before the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 14, 2019 Author #454 Share Posted September 14, 2019 4 hours ago, wrelliott said: Thanks wrelliott. I’ve added your information to the spreadsheet. Here’s the PDF version https://www.dropbox.com/s/son43omwewk9ujl/Azamara Upgrade Bids.pdf?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatfish Posted September 14, 2019 #455 Share Posted September 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: Can I just check the date of the cruise? Do you really mean 2020? If so I’m surprised you were eligible to bid as they don’t usually set up the bidding process any earlier than 90 days before the cruise. Ooops....Sorry 2019🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 14, 2019 Author #456 Share Posted September 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Fatfish said: Ooops....Sorry 2019🙄 No worries. That’s what I guessed as it seemed to be 3 B2B cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatfish Posted September 14, 2019 #457 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Just now, Host Grandma Cruising said: No worries. That’s what I guessed as it seemed to be 3 B2B cruises. 2 B2B Nov 21 and Nov 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 14, 2019 Author #458 Share Posted September 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Fatfish said: 2 B2B Nov 21 and Nov 30 Sorry, yes I was mixing you up with the next poster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamrag Posted September 14, 2019 #459 Share Posted September 14, 2019 15 hours ago, hamrag said: Ditto, did not bid.....although I am UK, booked via USA website hence dollars is the currency!! To clarify....I did not receive any email, but accessed the upgrade bid 'system' via the Azamara website. This was for 30th November, but our following cruise on 7th December is not yet showing for upgrade bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 14, 2019 Author #460 Share Posted September 14, 2019 35 minutes ago, hamrag said: To clarify....I did not receive any email, but accessed the upgrade bid 'system' via the Azamara website. This was for 30th November, but our following cruise on 7th December is not yet showing for upgrade bids. Thanks - I’ve added your information, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwestchick Posted September 15, 2019 #461 Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) I booked a cruise last week and made final payment. Received an offer on Friday to bid for an upgrade. To me the bidding is confusing. I was shown all levels of suites since I booked a V2 (like the location best). I put in a weak bid so I’ll wait and see what happens. I can’t see a lot of difference between a V1 or 2 and a club continent suite other than the specialty restaurants. What am I missing? I like the old way of requesting an upgrade and was fortunate enough to actually get upgraded. Edited September 15, 2019 by midwestchick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 15, 2019 Author #462 Share Posted September 15, 2019 CC Suite is quite a lot bigger than a Verandah and so is the bathroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 15, 2019 Author #463 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I received the email invitation to bid email for our November cruise on 3 August. When I looked then the minimum bid from our Oceanview to a Verandah was £200 pp. No other cabin was available to bid for - I know that all the suites are sold out. I’ve just had a look and the minimum bid has gone down to £160 pp. I had assumed the minimum was set for any particular cruise but it looks as if the algorithm used takes account of some other factors - possibly the length of time before the cruise, how many cabins are left (and of what type), the number of upgrade bids made etc. There are still a lot of Verandah cabins available, so that may be why the minimum bid has gone down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwestchick Posted September 15, 2019 #464 Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: 1 hour ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: CC Suite is quite a lot bigger than a Verandah and so is the bathroom. I did see that the bathroom is bigger and I saw a video but the room itself didn’t look that much bigger. I’ll have to take another look. Edited September 15, 2019 by midwestchick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookyboy Posted September 15, 2019 #465 Share Posted September 15, 2019 52 minutes ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: I received the email invitation to bid email for our November cruise on 3 August. When I looked then the minimum bid from our Oceanview to a Verandah was £200 pp. No other cabin was available to bid for - I know that all the suites are sold out. I’ve just had a look and the minimum bid has gone down to £160 pp. I had assumed the minimum was set for any particular cruise but it looks as if the algorithm used takes account of some other factors - possibly the length of time before the cruise, how many cabins are left (and of what type), the number of upgrade bids made etc. There are still a lot of Verandah cabins available, so that may be why the minimum bid has gone down. But you still need to be able to receive that e-mail in order to be able to bid...am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 15, 2019 Author #466 Share Posted September 15, 2019 37 minutes ago, midwestchick said: I did see that the bathroom is bigger and I saw a video but the room itself didn’t look that much bigger. I’ll have to take another look. The room is 50% bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 15, 2019 Author #467 Share Posted September 15, 2019 26 minutes ago, Lookyboy said: But you still need to be able to receive that e-mail in order to be able to bid...am I right? You can go on the website and check your eligibility if you don’t get an email https://www.azamara.co.uk/azamara-upgrade-programme If it says your booking is not eligible it could be because your travel agent has not agreed to take part or because your cruise has not yet been ‘loaded’ into the system (somewhere between 90 and 60 days before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookyboy Posted September 15, 2019 #468 Share Posted September 15, 2019 20 minutes ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: You can go on the website and check your eligibility if you don’t get an email https://www.azamara.co.uk/azamara-upgrade-programme If it says your booking is not eligible it could be because your travel agent has not agreed to take part or because your cruise has not yet been ‘loaded’ into the system (somewhere between 90 and 60 days before) Erm....when Azamara is your travel agent.....and you know you are within the window... and it's happened twice already this year.....it's a wee bit harder every time. 😁😁😁 but thank you for trying to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 15, 2019 Author #469 Share Posted September 15, 2019 35 minutes ago, Lookyboy said: Erm....when Azamara is your travel agent.....and you know you are within the window... and it's happened twice already this year.....it's a wee bit harder every time. 😁😁😁 but thank you for trying to help. I presume you have emailed LCV. Have you tried emailing Richard Twynam (UK MD) at RTwynam@azamaraclubcruises.com. I’ve always found him very responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamrag Posted September 15, 2019 #470 Share Posted September 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: I received the email invitation to bid email for our November cruise on 3 August. When I looked then the minimum bid from our Oceanview to a Verandah was £200 pp. No other cabin was available to bid for - I know that all the suites are sold out. I’ve just had a look and the minimum bid has gone down to £160 pp. I had assumed the minimum was set for any particular cruise but it looks as if the algorithm used takes account of some other factors - possibly the length of time before the cruise, how many cabins are left (and of what type), the number of upgrade bids made etc. There are still a lot of Verandah cabins available, so that may be why the minimum bid has gone down. Interesting that minimum bid prices are fluid, at least to some degree, so I will keep checking....thanks for pointing that out. Right now, for us currently booked inside, it is just not worth bidding....for a V it is a minimum (weak) $500pp, and for OV it is a minimum $200pp. With the OV, you could end up with a smaller cabin i.e. category 08 on deck 6 which are 143 sq ft....who in their right mind is going to take the risk of your upgrade from an inside (158 sq ft) getting you a window but with even less space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted September 15, 2019 #471 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Well we get all their marketing stuff but no email about our upcoming cruises others are bidding on. You cannot defend their system Oh and as they are direct books it’s not a travel agent issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamrag Posted September 15, 2019 #472 Share Posted September 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, uktog said: Well we get all their marketing stuff but no email about our upcoming cruises others are bidding on. You cannot defend their system Oh and as they are direct books it’s not a travel agent issue. No email for us, I went into the Az website and found the option to bid there for 30 November on Friday past. Not worth it for us, this trip is much more about assessing everything else Az offers for future cruise options and decisions....and enjoying some Caribbean sunshine during winter, at an incredibly low price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwestchick Posted September 15, 2019 #473 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Evidentially I must have ignored the information when the bidding was rolled out. Is there a link where I can read how the bidding works? I think I’m even more confused after reading the posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted September 16, 2019 Author #474 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Here’s a link to the Azamara UK web page about it https://www.azamara.co.uk/azamara-upgrade-programme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted September 16, 2019 #475 Share Posted September 16, 2019 21 minutes ago, Host Grandma Cruising said: Here’s a link to the Azamara UK web page about it https://www.azamara.co.uk/azamara-upgrade-programme Fine but most guests have no contact with cruise Critic so how are they told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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