A bit of a change in bidding procedure.....

[Shippy]

   When we took our last cruise, I bid for an upgrade to a penthouse & got it.

I was notified by email that the bid was accepted & then got a chance to confirm I wanted it.

   I just bid for a penthouse on our upcoming cruise in May.

The wording was very clear. Any bids before 2/24 would be subject to your acceptance. Any bids AFTER that date 

are final & your credit card is charged immediately. You cannot cancel or change your mind.

SO...be very careful with your bids !

[startedwithamouse]

As it should be. 

 

Where else can you bid and change your mind after a bid?

[Womble99]

So they changed the payment procedure? The initial terms and conditions didn't actually allow for change of mind once an upgrade offer had been made by Princess.

[Shippy]

1 hour ago, Womble99 said:

So they changed the payment procedure? The initial terms and conditions didn't actually allow for change of mind once an upgrade offer had been made by Princess.

 Actually, it did.

That is why the strong wording on the new offers going out.

[Coral]

They did change the wording. I saw this recently and also saw other posts on this.

 

Look at the price it also costs to bid. I can get the suite for the same price as the bidding. There is no savings to me to bid. If I wanted the suite - I would just call my agent and book it.

Edited March 1, 2023 by Coral

[startedwithamouse]

3 hours ago, Coral said:

They did change the wording. I saw this recently and also saw other posts on this.

 

Look at the price it also costs to bid. I can get the suite for the same price as the bidding. There is no savings to me to bid. If I wanted the suite - I would just call my agent and book it.

Prices vary by voyage. 

[cali-croozer]

That's how it was meant to be.....only bid if you can accept any location on the ship. If you wanted a specific cabin, do it at booking, at that price. 

[KKB]

5 hours ago, Coral said:

They did change the wording. I saw this recently and also saw other posts on this.

 

Look at the price it also costs to bid. I can get the suite for the same price as the bidding. There is no savings to me to bid. If I wanted the suite - I would just call my agent and book it.

I just got INT to OV for $50 total...that OV was more than that when I booked!

On Celebrity & NCL we have had good luck going from INT to BALC w/ min bids.

(remember more balconies than any other cabin category)

Our friends paid $4K for a balcony on the Equinox...we got INT for $2500 plus $350 bid got us balcony.

(we didn't tell them...)

 

[rnr4thatsme]

I'll be curious to see if this changes the amount of bidding and the ratio of successful bids (if less people are bidding).  Will the average successful bid go down since people may be less willing to risk more cash?  I wonder...

[talkorpi]

If we placed a bid before Feb 25 and it gets accepted, will I still be able to pay with a gift card? I hope so!