Bid for upgrade if in Guaranteed Suite?

[VelvetSkeeter]

Hi All,

I booked a Guaranteed Suite on the aluure. I was wondering if it is still wrth trying to bid ofor an upgrade with Royal Up or if that ,  since I may have a chance to move up anyway with a Guaranteed Suite

Thanks!

[firefly333]

2 hours ago, VelvetSkeeter said:

Hi All,

I booked a Guaranteed Suite on the aluure. I was wondering if it is still wrth trying to bid ofor an upgrade with Royal Up or if that ,  since I may have a chance to move up anyway with a Guaranteed Suite

Thanks!

Chances are 99% you get a JS so sure you can bid on something higher. 

[Hogbay]

11 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Chances are 99% you get a JS so sure you can bid on something higher. 

Naa 93.215 % JS. There's a chance you could get bumped up , but a chance   🙂

 

[smokeybandit]

Yes, but you do risk paying for an upgrade to a room you may already get through your GTY

[reallyitsmema]

8 hours ago, VelvetSkeeter said:

Hi All,

I booked a Guaranteed Suite on the aluure. I was wondering if it is still wrth trying to bid ofor an upgrade with Royal Up or if that ,  since I may have a chance to move up anyway with a Guaranteed Suite

Thanks!

 

We book suite GTY when they are available and also bid through Royal Up.  We then were assigned our suite and got a 2 bedroom grand suite.  I was able to cancel our bids on grand suite and owner suite but do not want to be in the position of not being able to cancel a bid and "winning" a cabin that is of lower value than what I was assigned, so we will not do Royal Up again when booking a GTY.  I know it is rare to get something other than a junior suite, but it does happen.

Edited November 18, 2023 by reallyitsmema

[Starry Eyes]

8 hours ago, VelvetSkeeter said:

Hi All,

I booked a Guaranteed Suite on the aluure. I was wondering if it is still wrth trying to bid ofor an upgrade with Royal Up or if that ,  since I may have a chance to move up anyway with a Guaranteed Suite

Thanks!

I agree with the others that a suite gty nearly always results in a JS assignment; anything else is rare.  Don’t get your hopes up for a free upgrade.  
If I were booked in a suite gty, I’d bid on the upgrades as if I expected a JS.  I would keep an eye out for my assignment and cancel the bid if by some chance I was assigned a full suite.  Watching for the assignment would include doing the “barcode trick” on set sail pass within 45 days of cruise. 

[SG65CB]

1 hour ago, Starry Eyes said:

I would keep an eye out for my assignment and cancel the bid if by some chance I was assigned a full suite.

 

This is key. There have been a couple of posts here about people who didn't cancel their RoyalUp bid after they upgraded on their own, and they were actually downgraded when they won the bid. Once a RoyalUp bid is won it can't be reversed and the previous cabin is lost. 

[VelvetSkeeter]

Thanks for the info everyone. Makes sense. I will go ahead and place a couple bids and keeping watching for what cabin I get assigned! 

Edited November 18, 2023 by VelvetSkeeter

[VelvetSkeeter]

4 hours ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

We book suite GTY when they are available and also bid through Royal Up.  We then were assigned our suite and got a 2 bedroom grand suite.  I was able to cancel our bids on grand suite and owner suite but do not want to be in the position of not being able to cancel a bid and "winning" a cabin that is of lower value than what I was assigned, so we will not do Royal Up again when booking a GTY.  I know it is rare to get something other than a junior suite, but it does happen.

That is awesome that  they upgraded you to a Grand Suite! I could be so lucky 🙂 

[VelvetSkeeter]

10 hours ago, Hogbay said:

Naa 93.215 % JS. There's a chance you could get bumped up , but a chance   🙂

 

Funny movie!

[reallyitsmema]

4 hours ago, VelvetSkeeter said:

That is awesome that  they upgraded you to a Grand Suite! I could be so lucky 🙂 

 

It was very nice, it was a two bedroom grand suite with two bathrooms.  It slept 8 but there were only two of us.  Plenty of room! 😄