Royal up bidding not offered on every upgrade?

[Sungurl]

I received the offer to Royal Up bid on an upgrade for a cruise in 3 weeks on Oasis class ship. I am in a L2 Loft suite already but my options to bid are on a  2 bedroom suite aqua theater or Royal Loft suite.  I called and ask why I couldn’t bid on an L1 Loft suite? (There are lots of them available on this sailing).  First the Royal Caribbean agent told me the L1 is equivalent to L2. That would be an ocean view for me instead of overlooking the back of the ship. Then she told me to just call my travel agent to ask how much to upgrade ($1,700 per my travel agent).  My in laws in a junior suite have the option to bid on the L1 for less than $1700.  What?!?

 

I think Royal Caribbean should offer every upgrade option to everyone to keep it fair. Is this how it works now?  It’s just a calculation to squeeze the highest amount of their loyal cruisers? 😲

[Biker19]

On 5/19/2019 at 10:38 AM, Sungurl said:

. Is this how it works now?

Yes. The categories you can bid on are limited based on your existing cabin. 

[molly361]

Late post😇

[DragonOfTheSeas]

If you see several available they may be less than the Royal Up.  We upgraded from an OV to  balcony gty on our cruise next month for only $147.  This is less than they had emailed us on the Royal Up.