rockraiders Posted February 14, 2022 #1 Share Posted February 14, 2022 We are booked on westbound TA in an OV. Our first cruise with Cunard. We sail in June. Should we be hopeful about an upgrade or not even bother because it won’t happen? Final payment is in 10 days. I tried to count cabins but it was a bit difficult on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PORT ROYAL Posted February 14, 2022 #2 Share Posted February 14, 2022 22 minutes ago, rockraiders said: We are booked on westbound TA in an OV. Our first cruise with Cunard. We sail in June. Should we be hopeful about an upgrade or not even bother because it won’t happen? Final payment is in 10 days. I tried to count cabins but it was a bit difficult on their website. Work on not happening, but be totally surprised if it does. Upgrades, if any, occur after final payment date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted February 14, 2022 #3 Share Posted February 14, 2022 35 minutes ago, rockraiders said: We are booked on westbound TA in an OV. Our first cruise with Cunard. We sail in June. Should we be hopeful about an upgrade or not even bother because it won’t happen? Final payment is in 10 days. I tried to count cabins but it was a bit difficult on their website. No-one really knows, but it is arguably a good approach to upgrade someone on their first voyage, thereby giving them an enhanced experience and getting them hooked on more expensive cabins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellaAnna Posted February 15, 2022 #4 Share Posted February 15, 2022 8 hours ago, exlondoner said: No-one really knows, but it is arguably a good approach to upgrade someone on their first voyage, thereby giving them an enhanced experience and getting them hooked on more expensive cabins. Yes! Cunard is smart! They upgraded us to Queens Grill on our first Voyage 11 years ago. We’ve been in the Grills ever since! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare david,Mississauga Posted February 15, 2022 #5 Share Posted February 15, 2022 We had many voyages on the QE2 with no upgrades, but on our first QM2 crossing we were upgraded to Princess Grill. So the next year we booked Princess and were upgraded to Queens Grill. The same thing happened the next year. Since then we have booked PG a few times, Britannia a few times and Britannia Club twice, but have had no upgrades. I'm not complaining; we did well. Cunard's strategy in getting us spoiled worked up to a point, but the Grills are not always in our budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare babs135 Posted February 15, 2022 #6 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Interesting topic. DH and myself had a couple of voyages, both in inside cabins, with no upgrades until our daughter joined us for her first time on Cunard. We still booked an inside cabin as she was young and fit enough to climb into the pulldown bed (!) but on arrival at check in we discovered we'd been upgraded to a balcony. So whether the upgrade fairy decided to smile on us because there were 3 of us or we just happened to be in the right place at the right time I guess we'll never know. Super surprise though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare elmsliebev Posted February 15, 2022 #7 Share Posted February 15, 2022 we were upgraded from an outside to a balcony on our first TA together, which was our honeymoon. Not been upgraded since, though to be fair we've only done 2 more since and 1 was already a balcony cabin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summergee Posted February 15, 2022 #8 Share Posted February 15, 2022 We booked a sheltered balcony as that was all available when we booked. We paid to upgrade to Britannia Club when it became available and 3 days before we were due to leave we were up graded to PG. This was for a 28 night cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockraiders Posted February 16, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Thanks everyone. Wasn’t sure upgrades really happen. Glad to hear they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AspirationalFlyer Posted February 16, 2022 #10 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I’ve done six Cunard cruises of varying lengths (Med, Transatlantic, segment of world cruise etc.) and never had an upgrade. I’m living in hope though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underwatr Posted February 17, 2022 #11 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I'm Diamond (153 nights on 14 voyages) and never had an upgrade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigrlewis Posted February 18, 2022 #12 Share Posted February 18, 2022 8 hours ago, Underwatr said: I'm Diamond (153 nights on 14 voyages) and never had an upgrade. Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted February 18, 2022 #13 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Unfortunately, we had a paid for [but nowhere near the amount to equal the true cost] upgrade Q3 to Q2. Very good economics of the part of Cunard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindylooellalouise Posted February 18, 2022 #14 Share Posted February 18, 2022 12 hours ago, Underwatr said: I'm Diamond (153 nights on 14 voyages) and never had an upgrade. Same here never had a sniff of any free upgrades, we are Diamond also with more than 30 cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LewiLewi Posted February 18, 2022 #15 Share Posted February 18, 2022 9 hours ago, Craigrlewis said: Same here! Same here; Diamond and never an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summergee Posted February 26, 2022 #16 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Going back to QM2s first refit, my sons booked the cheapest cabin for the first trip after the refit. It was 3 or 4 nights. The ship came out of refit early, they got another 2 nights at no extra cost and were upgraded to a glass fronted balcony. At the time it was a 16 cabin upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted February 26, 2022 #17 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I find the “never got an upgrade” comments interesting. My wife and I have done 8 transatlantic voyages on Cunard (Platinum level in CWC) and have been upgraded on all but two of them. In four we went from a P2 to a P1, which were instigated by Cunard. One trip on QV we were moved from a Q6 to a Q4, again by Cunard’s action. The remaining upgrade came at our instigation. Having booked P2 and seen a price drop, we called and were moved to P1. Later (we had booked early, as we knew we wanted to sail QM2 home after I finished teaching a class in the UK), there was some special promotion fare where the price for a P1 was less than we paid. We called and were moved into a Q5. The two trips that were not upgraded were (1) an eastbound on QE (only eastbound we’ve done) that was the end of a World Cruise. We booked only the last leg (Fort Lauderdale to Southampton) in P2 - one should be noticing a preferred category in our bookings at this point - and it appeared that all higher categories were sold out, and (2) our 25th anniversary trip in which we actually booked a Q5 as a celebration, which is the cabin we were left in. The QG price was at that time only a couple of hundred dollars per person higher than PG, so it wasn’t a completely extravagant gesture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P2l Posted March 4, 2022 #18 Share Posted March 4, 2022 First ever cruise week after next - just got an upgrade from BB to Club on QM2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted March 4, 2022 #19 Share Posted March 4, 2022 21 minutes ago, P2l said: First ever cruise week after next - just got an upgrade from BB to Club on QM2. A very canny move by Cunard!😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted March 4, 2022 #20 Share Posted March 4, 2022 37 minutes ago, Victoria2 said: A very canny move by Cunard!😁 Yes, I'm afraid you are doomed. 😀😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P2l Posted March 4, 2022 #21 Share Posted March 4, 2022 If that wasn't enough to doom me, my wife has just looked at the à la carte menu. She is more into "fancy" food*, whereas I have a plainer palette but am salivating with anticipation of grandeur, ambience and service. And a meal in the Golden Lion 😉 For me, the big advantage of the upgrade is that the flexible timing should allow us chance to digest afternoon tea before the next Feeding. (*I must never show her the Grills menus, or my wallet may require CPR) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted March 6, 2022 #22 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 2/26/2022 at 1:24 PM, ExArkie said: I find the “never got an upgrade” comments interesting. My wife and I have done 8 transatlantic voyages on Cunard (Platinum level in CWC) and have been upgraded on all but two of them. In four we went from a P2 to a P1, which were instigated by Cunard. One trip on QV we were moved from a Q6 to a Q4, again by Cunard’s action. The remaining upgrade came at our instigation. Having booked P2 and seen a price drop, we called and were moved to P1. Later (we had booked early, as we knew we wanted to sail QM2 home after I finished teaching a class in the UK), there was some special promotion fare where the price for a P1 was less than we paid. We called and were moved into a Q5. The two trips that were not upgraded were (1) an eastbound on QE (only eastbound we’ve done) that was the end of a World Cruise. We booked only the last leg (Fort Lauderdale to Southampton) in P2 - one should be noticing a preferred category in our bookings at this point - and it appeared that all higher categories were sold out, and (2) our 25th anniversary trip in which we actually booked a Q5 as a celebration, which is the cabin we were left in. The QG price was at that time only a couple of hundred dollars per person higher than PG, so it wasn’t a completely extravagant gesture. Shows the advantage of US, refundable deposit. UK are stuck with prices we pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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