SirJackDaniels Posted March 23, 2023 Author #26 Share Posted March 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, Beamafar said: DH has a similar problem so it may be a glitch in the new site. Guess I’ll live without the chance to bid for an upgrade. 🥴😆 If I could put a bid in for you I would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted March 23, 2023 #27 Share Posted March 23, 2023 1 minute ago, SirJackDaniels said: If I could put a bid in for you I would Aaahh, thanks, JD. 🤗 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrowny Posted March 24, 2023 #28 Share Posted March 24, 2023 14 hours ago, SirJackDaniels said: If I could put a bid in for you I would 14 hours ago, Beamafar said: Aaahh, thanks, JD. 🤗 😁 Is that you offering to pay for the upgrade too 😏 We put an upgrade in for an infinite window, as we were happy to pay a "good" price for that, so hopefully we get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted March 24, 2023 #29 Share Posted March 24, 2023 16 minutes ago, RBrowny said: Is that you offering to pay for the upgrade too 😏 We put an upgrade in for an infinite window, as we were happy to pay a "good" price for that, so hopefully we get it. We have one booked for next week. Really looking forward to it. Love the big window view of the sea. We don’t use a balcony much, so this really suits us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrowny Posted March 24, 2023 #30 Share Posted March 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Beamafar said: We have one booked for next week. Really looking forward to it. Love the big window view of the sea. We don’t use a balcony much, so this really suits us. Was this through an upgrade, or just usual purchasing this room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted March 24, 2023 #31 Share Posted March 24, 2023 59 minutes ago, RBrowny said: Was this through an upgrade, or just usual purchasing this room? Sorry - it’s an original booking. I don’t have the facility to bid for an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGR Posted March 24, 2023 #32 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 17 hours ago, Beamafar said: Unfortunately I can’t log in. Haven’t been able to for years. Gave up trying to get them to sort it. The Ireland website was finally brought into the 21st century recently; tried to log in but keep getting a notice saying my email has to be validated and that they’ve sent me an email for validation. However I never get the email. Yet, if I try to register with my email address they say that it is already associated with an account. 🙄 It's not just Ireland. My DW can't log into her account for the same reason with the email validation snafu. We have to do a workaround on the booking side to check things like her activity and point totals. MCS IT problems do not pick on countries. They appear to be equal opportunity gremlins. Edited March 24, 2023 by JAGR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted March 24, 2023 #33 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, JAGR said: It's not just Ireland. My DW can't log into her account for the same reason with the email validation snafu. We have to do a workaround on the booking side to check things like her activity and point totals. MCS IT problems do not pick on countries. They appear to be equal opportunity gremlins. The only way I can get my points total (which I have zilch interest in 🙄) is when I have a booking on a ship that the app supports. I have no idea if the current showing of 48400 is correct as I don’t keep a record. However, I’ll be able to see what I get for our upcoming cruise when we get home as I have a booking on Seascape for next year. I’ll have that on the app and will see how many I’ve been awarded (which will be as useless to me as the other 38400 valueless points). Edited March 24, 2023 by Beamafar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGR Posted March 24, 2023 #34 Share Posted March 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Beamafar said: The only way I can get my points total (which I have zilch interest in 🙄) is when I have a booking on a ship that the app supports. I have no idea if the current showing of 48400 is correct as I don’t keep a record. However, I’ll be able to see what I get for our upcoming cruise when we get home as I have a booking on Seascape for next year. I’ll have that on the app and will see how many I’ve been awarded (which will be as useless to me as the other 38400 valueless points). Similar to what we are doing for DW. On the overall points, I am just waiting for Dave @sidari to work his magic with his friends at MSC to get us put into the new, higher level that has been in planning by MSC's superb IT department (😉) for the last few years. I think the elite level is Cubic Zirconium, or pyrite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted March 24, 2023 #35 Share Posted March 24, 2023 4 hours ago, JAGR said: Similar to what we are doing for DW. On the overall points, I am just waiting for Dave @sidari to work his magic with his friends at MSC to get us put into the new, higher level that has been in planning by MSC's superb IT department (😉) for the last few years. I think the elite level is Cubic Zirconium, or pyrite. John ... I believe it will be Schwarzkopf with a see through card ... 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare travelberlin Posted March 24, 2023 #36 Share Posted March 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Beamafar said: We have one booked for next week. Really looking forward to it. Love the big window view of the sea. We don’t use a balcony much, so this really suits us. In which ships is there this infinity window? Ivi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Beamafar Posted March 24, 2023 #37 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, travelberlin said: In which ships is there this infinity window? Ivi World Europa - a new category for MSC. They differ from Celebrity’s as they don’t attempt to create a balcony-effect area. Edited March 24, 2023 by Beamafar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJackDaniels Posted April 25, 2023 Author #38 Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 8:09 PM, mscdivina2016 said: That's actually good for you. But that will be 3-5 days prior to sailing they will assign them. As sailing gets closer, watch prices as they may come down and then people may outright buy them. Sorry to revive an old thread, but it is relevant. So, we're 24 days out from sailing, and I've had a bid accepted - granted it was for the least best of the three choices originally offered (premium suite aurea - the others were grand suite aurea with w/p and Y/C Deluxe Suite). I offered what I was comfortable with paying extra for each based on what I paid for our balcony and what these would have cost at the time - overall got the upgrade for less than half of what it would have cost at time of booking, so for us, happy days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrowny Posted April 25, 2023 #39 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Really brilliant upgrade @SirJackDaniels. I have my fingers crossed for this upgrade, but just want the peace of mind more than anything. I just wish there was a way to have a better indication, I can't even make mock bookings on MSC website to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJackDaniels Posted July 22 Author #40 Share Posted July 22 Sorry to resurrect an old thread again, but some peeps may find this of interest. So yesterday I had an upgrade offer for our Oct 8th Cruise - 79 days out and final payment not being due until 6th August - we have a YIN booked and minimum bid was £530.00pp for a yacht club balcony or £1,595.00pp for a YC Duplex Suite with Whirlpool. We're not going to put a bid in as we need to try the YIN to see if it's something we can 'live' with (first world problems hey 🤣) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocked91 Posted July 22 #41 Share Posted July 22 8 hours ago, SirJackDaniels said: Sorry to resurrect an old thread again, but some peeps may find this of interest. So yesterday I had an upgrade offer for our Oct 8th Cruise - 79 days out and final payment not being due until 6th August - we have a YIN booked and minimum bid was £530.00pp for a yacht club balcony or £1,595.00pp for a YC Duplex Suite with Whirlpool. We're not going to put a bid in as we need to try the YIN to see if it's something we can 'live' with (first world problems hey 🤣) Hi. Are you on the Grandiosa? I Sale October 8th. Received our upgrade email yesterday. For the duplex site the starting bid is £1,060 and for the Royal Suite starts at £1,7770. Not going to bother putting a bid in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJackDaniels Posted July 22 Author #42 Share Posted July 22 8 minutes ago, Shocked91 said: Hi. Are you on the Grandiosa? I Sale October 8th. Received our upgrade email yesterday. For the duplex site the starting bid is £1,060 and for the Royal Suite starts at £1,7770. Not going to bother putting a bid in. Yes the Grandiosa, our upgrade offer was only for the YC Balcony or Duplex Suite with Whirlpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare morpheusofthesea Posted July 22 #43 Share Posted July 22 Don't know exactly but here is a post from another social media poster. "They accepted our offer and put us in the YC Deluxe balcony! So for the price of ONE YC person my wife and I are getting in (total cost $2600, the "rack rate" for that room is $5300)! Happy birthday to me!" Under title "Bidding upgrade to Yacht Club." This was 2 weeks before the sailing. During our disembarkation, we were escorted to the gangway by our butler. In the elevator he told us that the Yacht Club was almost sold out on the next cruise. There were 2 cabins available and one was the Royal Suite. So it appears everyone that bid got upgraded to the YC with only 2 left on embarkation day. So perhaps it is not too wise to nibble too early on those upgrade emails until 2 weeks before the sailing date ? " Will be cruising on the World Europa from Barcelona on 27th of this month. First time in YC. Won a bid from a Bella interior cabin to a YC interior but have ended up with a deluxe cabin suite! Paying around $1300 per person in total, such great value." (another poster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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