topnole Posted May 19, 2022 #1 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Never bid on one and have no emails prompting me about it. So I went on Royal website and did the last name and reservation number. A box popped up saying make sure you are within 30 days of your sailing. So you can’t bid until then? I swear I’ve read people already winning bids that far out? Also, we are a family of 5 and this time we are in an ultra spacious stateroom. So that means the 5th always has a different booking number (even though in same cabin). How does that work with Royal up since it may only show the booking for 4 out of 5 of us when I put in that reservation number? Am I going to stump the cc experts here with that last question? Any advice/expertise is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewaldcruiser Posted May 19, 2022 #2 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Every ship is different. Try again 45 days out and see. Mostly invites seem to go out about 3 days out, but there are exceptions. Edited May 19, 2022 by Dewaldcruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topnole Posted May 19, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted May 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dewaldcruiser said: Every ship is different. Try again 45 days out and see. Mostly invites seem to go out about 3 days out, but there are exceptions. Are you saying invites don’t go out until 3 days before the ship departs? I thought it all happened much earlier and assignments were typically last few days before departure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HicksRA Posted May 19, 2022 #4 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Email offers for Royal Up often come well before 30 days til sailing. But the website feature isn’t available until 30 days prior. So those who received an email could have bid before the 30 days. As far as the fifth person, as long as he/she is booked in the same cabin, it shouldn’t be an issue as you only pay for two. Edited May 19, 2022 by HicksRA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topnole Posted May 19, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted May 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, HicksRA said: Email offers for Royal Up often come well before 30 days til sailing. But the website feature isn’t available until 30 days prior. So those who received an email could have bid before the 30 days. Ok. Tnx. Wonder why we don’t get any emails. Is there a setting for that or just random? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewaldcruiser Posted May 19, 2022 #6 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Wrong word, should have said most upgrades typically happen 3 days out from sailing. The email invites don't always come at all, that's why it is a good idea to start checking 45 days out on the upgrade web page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HicksRA Posted May 19, 2022 #7 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 minute ago, topnole said: Ok. Tnx. Wonder why we don’t get any emails. Is there a setting for that or just random? Who knows?…. I had a B2B on Indy and got an offer for one week but not the other. No one could explain why as it’s done by an outside company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted May 19, 2022 #8 Share Posted May 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, topnole said: Ok. Tnx. Wonder why we don’t get any emails. Is there a setting for that or just random? In our experience it is random. We received invitation emails for our July 9 Mariner on Monday and for our July 17 Mariner last night, but nothing for our July 4 Mariner (first leg of a B3B). When I went out to the RoyalUp site on Monday, Tuesday, and yesterday afternoon I got the 30 day pop up on both the 7/4 and 7/17 legs, but received the invitation email for the 7/17 leg two hours later. The 7/5 sailing is still getting the 30 day pop up. We have also gone out to their site 60+ days out and made bids without ever getting an email. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted May 19, 2022 #9 Share Posted May 19, 2022 If you booked with the BOX, you won't get emails. We recently have been getting emails on the evening prior to the cruise. They send out emails even after all staterooms are full, to cover for last minute cancellations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topnole Posted May 19, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted May 19, 2022 42 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said: If you booked with the BOX, you won't get emails. We recently have been getting emails on the evening prior to the cruise. They send out emails even after all staterooms are full, to cover for last minute cancellations. We booked directly with Royal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topnole Posted May 19, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Can anyone comment on the two reservation numbers even though we are in one cabin together? Anyone have experience with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted May 20, 2022 #12 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I think Ken has said that the reservation system only can handle 4 in a cabin so person 5 is on a separate reservation. For RoyalUP, the first two people in the cabin pay the bid. The rest do not. Even if you bid with the one person reservation number they will charge twice the bid, so bid with the four person number. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topnole Posted May 20, 2022 Author #13 Share Posted May 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, LeeW said: I think Ken has said that the reservation system only can handle 4 in a cabin so person 5 is on a separate reservation. For RoyalUP, the first two people in the cabin pay the bid. The rest do not. Even if you bid with the one person reservation number they will charge twice the bid, so bid with the four person number. Correct. 5 booked in a cabin always has two reservation numbers (5th has their own number). Are the Royal ups done based on the reservation number or the cabin? In other words, is the system set up to handle it or is Royal up just not an option for 5 in a cabin? Just curious as I’d like to try to bid on a suite if it allows me to do it for all 5 of us. Since we have a baby in a pack and play, we are able to be in most cabins that cap at 4 people. But ideally we could bid on a 2 bedroom grand suite or a CL suite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewdrewcruiser Posted May 20, 2022 #14 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 8:44 AM, orville99 said: In our experience it is random. We received invitation emails for our July 9 Mariner on Monday and for our July 17 Mariner last night, but nothing for our July 4 Mariner (first leg of a B3B). When I went out to the RoyalUp site on Monday, Tuesday, and yesterday afternoon I got the 30 day pop up on both the 7/4 and 7/17 legs, but received the invitation email for the 7/17 leg two hours later. The 7/5 sailing is still getting the 30 day pop up. We have also gone out to their site 60+ days out and made bids without ever getting an email. I just received the invitation email for the July 4th Mariner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare orville99 Posted May 20, 2022 #15 Share Posted May 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, drewdrewcruiser said: I just received the invitation email for the July 4th Mariner. We received one this afternoon as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted May 20, 2022 #16 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Sometimes those 30 day message comes up and I just key the numbers in a second time and i get royal up options. M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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