We apologize for the trouble, our team is aware of the outage and we are working on resolving the issue as quickly as possible. Today. With a few simple steps, guests can score a fantastic stateroom upgrade from ocean views and balcony rooms to the most expansive suites onboard our cruise ships. Just put in a $50/pp minimum bid just to see what happens for the OV (going from an aft deck 6 interior!)To Remain in the RoyalUp Program. As it turned out, we weren't huge fans of the promenade view, lol, but it got us off of deck 3 and we tried. Our Royal up bid was accepted!! Just as the title reads. Husky1987. We had the option to bid on the ATS 1 bedroom starting at $100 pp or 2 bedroom starting at $400 pp or Star Loft starting at $800 pp. The bid amount is per person for the entire duration of the cruise. Si cambio a categoría superior con RoyalUp℠, ¿tendré que pagar propinas basadas en la nueva categoría superior? Sí, al cambiar a categoría superior, cada huésped en la reserva puede estar sujeto a un monto por concepto de propinas más alto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites. We put it a $100pp on a balcony and a $110pp on the ultra spacious, we won the spacious. Needless to say - we are thrilled! Love the location of the new room, too. ) KLA , WAAAYTOOO , PPPJJ-GCVAB and 3 others. So we pulled the trigger at $800 ($1,600 total). We thought it would be great to move from our balcony to a Junior Suite after a long respite from cruises. On 5/15/2023 at 2:51 PM, Nikolas said: Hello, I placed 6 bids ( 1 day ago ) on rooms for my upcoming trip on harmony of the seas Aug 12-19 as bidding just opened yesterday. There's a Royal Up opportunity to bid on the " Ocean View Suite - 2 Bedroom (No Balcony)" that has two separate bedrooms, two baths, and while it affords suite benefits, they're not as impressive as what you'd get on some of the larger vessels. Since we now do virtually all B2B or longer cruises, and always book suites, we haven’t put in a RoyalUP bid this year. Royal Caribbean has a program called "RoyalUp" that allows booked passengers to bid on room upgrades. I did do a mock booking and the going price is considerably more. “Great news! We also want to invite you to participate in our RoyalUp program, where you can bid on an upgraded stateroom for your sailing. What does a “pending” RoyalUp bid mean? I cannot edit or cancel my bid either. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the. If you win your bid, you will get an email notifying you that your card cannot be processed and it will direct you to a web page where you can put in the new credit card. The reason why I’m sharing my experience is because prior to and after the upgrade, I had a ton of questions that I’ve been trying to look. One is a large ocean balcony and one is a Central Park balcony. There was a limit to the number of categories that you can jump in the Royal Up FAQ. When entering your information below, please make sure to use the first / primary guest last name and valid booking number for. Ours said Pending for weeks, and we were hopeful that our bid had been a success. If you get OBC on you current cabin, I would not expect a change in RoyalUp offers. I bid only slightly above the minimum bid available. We sail on April 23rd and haven’t heard anything from RoyalUp. I put in a cheap bid for a spacious ocean balcony upgrade from our normal ocean view balcony. Hope it helps. There were still other balcony in same category. Pre-COVID, once you won and got your new assignment, some have reported getting a second offer to bid higher y to z -. We booked Suite GTY and have a JS assigned, put in RUB for all the suites and all are still "pending. All reasonable approaches that suit different people (or maybe even the same person at different times). 24 hours after I upgraded for about the same as the minimum bid; my minimums decreased by at least $200 each. Bid what you’re willing to pay, what it’s worth to you. Author. So if a Junior Suite cancels, rather than that cabin be empty, Royal Caribbean's got $300 lined up because they just bumped everybody up one cabin category due to that Royal Up. If the OS goes to RoyalUp, the whole cascade of winning bids is collected, so that would be my interpretation of the stand-by price. Initially, my inside stateroom was on Deck 11. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Mariner of the Seas ®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. The RoyalUp system is based around paying for two passengers. My sailing is tomorrow. . Want a cabin upgrade on Royal Caribbean? Here's the Royal Up bidding process explained in simple and easy terms. Royal Up Bidding Questions. But here you see that the website doesn't allow me to do that, the agents on the phone won't let me do that, and. On the RoyalUp for Allure May 8, the 2 Bdrm AQ is very dated and not as shown in the pic. People on Royalup Facebook are telling me no, I can’t get my Royalup money back if I cancel a refundable cruise. You can do a Royal UP to any of the suite classes from any cabin category. March 29, 2017. e. Basically I get excited when I see it's. A. Posted July 29, 2022. The min to max bid will be depending on a ton of factors never known to us. Here's my RoyalUp timeline: December 23: received initial email for RoyaUp January 6: checked in, room showing balcony GTY January 12: put in bids (after two reminder emails from RCCL!) January 20: the OS and GS1br/2br showed expired, JS showed pending January 24: received the balcony GTY room assignment - 11th floor - category 5D RoyalUp SM – Upgrade Programme Terms and Conditions. For example, if you select a $100 bid in the upgrade tool, your bid total for that room will be $200. And FYI I had checked that link the day before (at 60 days out) and got the "30 day" notice. (Balcony) Checked the royal up link. On 9/12/2021 at 1:48 PM, Wilson said: We were not going to bid, but the minimum dropped last week for our 10/01 Indy sailing. Posted July 12, 2021. Just received my email today that I won my bid to upgrade from a balcony cabin to an Owner's Suite on Independence this weekend. Sailing is 7N Voyager ots on August 21 out of Copenhagen. we could do a minimum bid on a CLS upgrade from our GS for $200 less pp than what was offered just last week. I bidded for junior suite. We’re on the Harmony 01/30-02/06. Submitted two bids on Royal up, one for a junior suite, one for a grand suite. I bid very close to the minimum, but not the minimum dollar. I also bidded close to the minimum bid for the Grand Suite. I looked up suite perks and the suite-only perks do sound cool - like the hors d'oeuvre and cocktail hour with drinks, how does that work? We don't drink enough to justify the $850 for us to get. My cruise is over 40 days away. link_label}}. 4 days til cruise day! Just in time!RoyalUp to Jr Suite If the starting bid is under $75 per person day, I would put in a bid for $75-100 depending on where that starting bid is. The RoyalUp℠ upgrade program provides booked guests with an opportunity to submit an offer (an “Offer”) to Royal Caribbean International® (RCI) to upgrade from the original RCI stateroom category purchased to a higher stateroom category (the “Program”). If eligible, guests will receive an email that. If you do get lucky and score a suite with Royalup, all 4 can sleep there no problem. I put in a minimum upgrade bid because we would have been fine to stay in an interior. So, while the room you bid on may be sold out today, if someone in that class wins a bid for a better room, those rooms will be available to be. I always tell him it will never happen. I've bid on a JS and a 1BR GS. At some point closer to the sailing (sometimes as late as the DAY OF. Basically, crap shoot and your mileage may vary. Related:. Or maybe we would be the beneficiaries. My bid for royal up will cost me 370. On 1/15/2022 at 9:09 AM, SPS said: My Royal Up bid was just accepted this morning a full two weeks ahead of the sail date. Location: Minnesota. Since yesterday, cant change bid, royal up is locked. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Oasis of the Seas®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. It didn’t seem to make sense to me that they would hold. I'm just over 3 weeks away from my cruise. Independence of the Seas, January 31, 2022. 3k. If a cabin in one of your chosen categories is available and your bid is "right", only one of the bids will be. Note, however, that rules can change at any time, and may vary from region to region. About a week ago I was sure I was going to get my bid for the Grand Suite 1 Bedroom with large balcony but in the last 3 days that was unavailable and the Junior Suite turned to pending after being unavailable. I have a 100% upgrade success rate (2/2). If it says pending…it’s still active. Participate in mandatory advising each semester while enrolled at Central Piedmont. Surprisingly, I bid a little higher on the same rooms that was available, and I ending up winning a grand suite on the quantum. " I've heard from others on the cruise that some of their bids show expired so trying to figure out if we still have a chance with all. I cannot submit a bid without inputting a credit card. The Loyalty Ambassador and Concierge and Hotel Floor Supervisor worked. No, if you have two cabins you will need to submit two separate bids and they will be considered independently. They were very specific, no Royal Up email, no upgrade bid capability. They will select the dollar amount they. Royal Caribbean suggested I bid on multiple rooms to increase my chances of an upgrade. Starboard side, just forward of the "bulge". The Program applies to cruises, sail dates, and stateroom categories selected by. So they did. We bid on an Ocean View Balcony. I'm wondering if they've changed the terminology to avoid issues with guests thinking their bids are being accepted when they have not. You will be able to modify or cancel your bid(s) up to 2 hours before departure on embarkation date. Royal Caribbean makes it easy to take a shot. I went in and added minimum bids for the Grand Suite and the Crown. Posted December 22, 2019. The other says "Pending. So for a very overly simplistic example, if there are 2 bids for a RS, and a GS bid $600 and a JS bid $500. We originally had a Balcony room and the minimum bid for the upgrade was $500 each I think ($1000 total) and we did $600 each ($1200) total for our bid. Now if only my COVID test is negative. you can open your confirmation email you got when you first bid, and click on modify/cancel, when it gets to the next page I no longer have the option to modify or cancel…. USA. The first time I got the email on 11/28, the minimum bids were much. AHollyS. I’m on the Freedom. Put in a maximum bid of $250 each to upgrade from a large outside room to a junior suite on odyssey in November and won that. After reading around on Cruise Critic I saw that some people noticed their bid increments could change as the cruise got closer. You bid how much you're willing to pay above your current price per passenger (for the first 2 in a cabin) So for example I'd booked an obstructed balcony, so I can big on everything from a balcony up to a suite. 3. fid you check your bids. When you use RoyalUp to upgrade the "Berth Category" changes but the "Price Category" does not. Question: Which bid gets accepted in Royalup program? So I made multiple bids in the Royal up program, and I know they just charge you with which ever one you get, but does it go by the “better room” if you make multiple bids. The category of cabins included a Royal Suite, Owner’s Suite (2-bedroom), Owner’s Suite (1-bedroom), Grand Suite, Junior Suite, Ocean View Suite, or a slightly larger balcony cabin. Went back to check a couple of days later and it said not eligible for upgrades, checked again over the next. Just did a RoyalUp for two legs of a back to back in May. In just a few steps, you can submit a bid to upgrade your stateroom for your upcoming sailing. 25. Our new room is in the same corridor as our old room, deck 11 room 703. "Royal Up Success. It's what ever is going to net RC the most money. The starting bid for a Junior suite is $250/pp and a one bedroom Grand suite is $700/pp. Royal will look at the entire set of available cabins and RoyalUp bids and accept the combination of bids that will make them the most amount of money. Got the ocean view balcony, placed mid. In just a few simple steps, you could score a fantastic upgrade, from Ocean View and Balcony staterooms to the most expansive suites at sea. I haven't heard about my RoyalUp on that sailing, yet. Posted June 23, 2021. Thus is available to guests who have already booked a cruise with Royal Caribbean, but would like to potentially upgrade their accommodations to a higher category. Sarasota, Florida. I bid £50 for a large balcony and up to. Correct? Trying to parse your post and getting confused so I'll restate. We didn't participate because the only cabins available for upgrade from our balcony were 'mini-suites' and suites in the Haven and the 'dial' indicating whether a potential bid was a good one, didn't turn 'green' unless we bid at least $350 pp. Posted July 24. Submit your “intended major” to Central Piedmont Academic Advisor/Royal Up admissions counselor once you complete 30 transfer credit. The program has recently changed terminology so some of these words may have changed but the meaning is essentially the same. Quantum of the Seas Royal Loft Suite (Photo courtesy of Royal Caribbean) Royal Caribbean offers a pretty cool bid-based cabin upgrade program called RoyalUp. Leaving out on Sunday and was just informed that I was upgraded from a guaranteed ocean view on Deck 9, to a balcony on deck 10. While we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship is still reviewing, and may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. With yesterday's announcement on change of protocol, a bunch opened up. I even went back in to modify our original bids. Posted January 10, 2022. As you get closer to your sail date, the Royal Up status may change. To receive an email invitation to bid on a stateroom upgrade guest must be opted-in to RCI Marketing e-mails. Yeah, the Voyager has been sailing about half full. On 6/9/2022 at 8:29 PM, Pattycruise said: I just did an attempt at a Royal Up on an upcoming cruise. 00pp, but was considered a “weak” bid on the Royal Up scale. I purchased a Jr Suite GTY and was assigned a Jr. Just google "royalup bid" and you'll see a link where you can enter your name and reservation number, and it should let you bid right now. and didn't win any. +65 6675 0413. El monto de la oferta no incluye la propina más alta. We only went from an interior to a promenade view and the bid was something like $15pp. All RoyalUp bids are chances and, in most cases, low. Do you think my S$1,300 (Which is around US$1,000?) will go a long way if I wanna bid for Sky Class suites?A successful Royal Up bid means that with your new cabin, the perks of the new cabin should also be included. 8. CheapMess. Just curious if anyone has actually won a RoyalUp bid from Sky Class to Star Class without bidding the full amount? Also, for newbies to RoyalUp, be aware that the room pictures are not always from the ship you are sailing on. If I wanted to bid on that the. El programa de mejora de RCL Cruises Limited, "RoyalUp SM ", ofrece a los pasajeros con reserva la oportunidad de solicitar una oferta de precio individual a RCL ("Oferta") para mejorar la categoría del camarote adquirido inicialmente por una categoría superior que pueda estar. It’s not a lot, but we were upgraded to a spacious balcony from an ocean view guarantee. Just before I got the RoyalUp e-mail, I noticed some interiors had appeared (as had other categories) and I was just about to text my TA to try to move us. Posted September 13, 2019. Not going to. #7. The minimum bids had been reduced $35 to $90 pp. Yesterday there were 5 of the one bedrooms showing as. September 25, 2009. I was happy with my room category and location is important to me. The RoyalUp program seems to state quite clearly that I can cancel or modify my bid up to 2 days prior to the sailing. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Mariner of the Seas ®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. It said. My wife is a TA and we were watching availability pretty close. Posted July 20, 2022. Royal up suite combining rooms. 5k. * *Eligible reservations on all Celebrity Cruise ships within 30 days of departure date. Florida. Meet & Mingle Photos. Meanwhile, if I had placed a bid on a Guarantee Ocean View through RoyalUp, I would have had to bid a minimum of $30 per person for the weakest bid possible. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Upon receiving an invitation to bid, passengers head to the Royal Up website and enter specific money amounts for each type of cabin they want to bid on. We have our 5th bid in for a Royal Suite on Grandeur ($5 above minimum) I’ll let you know how we fare. Plus a lot more people may be testing positive right before the cruise with how transmissible the new variant is, so I figure it's worth a shot. If someone else does that there will be no ATS available for awarding through RoyalUp. #1. Our royal up bid was accepted thirteen days before our sailing; my brother in law was accepted just a couple days before sailing. When I log into the royal carribean web site, there was a link on my home page showing my bid status, but now that’s gone. I bid anyway. so we actually saw a decrease in bid price. While a RoyalUp bid could fall within the $250 limit and certainly enhance your cruise by moving up a nicer room, the reality is the chances of you winning the bid are pretty low. Then last month, got a $200 per person upgrade from a 1 bedroom grand suite to a 2-bedroom. We originally booked an inside cabin for <$1500. Many cruisers took advantage of RoyalUp when capacities were still low. This is our first cruise with our toddler, and the ship is sold out, with the exception of interior rooms (when I. Ourusualbeach. Yes, by upgrading to a higher stateroom category, each guest in the booking may be subject to a higher gratuity amount. I just used her last name and our reservation to put in a very very small bid just to see if it may work even though we already have been randomly upgraded from interior to a. Bid mostly minimums but one got accepted on this thread for a similar amount. I’m here to share my recent experience with RoyalUp, a program that allows people with existing reservations to bid for an upgrade to a higher room category. "We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Voyager of the Seas. our Royal up bid for our cruise to Catalina and Ensenada in October was accepted. ago. LocationNear Southampton, UK. But this wasn’t welcome news for the couple. Now its status its "upgrade unavailable" but I could modify my bid. Hey guys! So I just snagged a Suite Guarantee, I am assuming its a Junior Suite, and today I can see the following categories that I can bid on: Grand Suite $0 - $700 Grand Suite - 2 Bedroom $0 - $910 Owner’s Suite $0 - $980 Royal Suite $0 - $700 I have never done a. But forgot to mention that not everyone will qualify for a RoyalUp. access to the Suite lounge with free cocktails in the evening, room service from the Main Dining Room, allllllll the extra space/storage in a suite, having access to the Suite Concierge, and I truly love the Suite sundeck (not. . JS min is like $50 and GS is like $100 and a little higher for GS w/ Large Balcony. Baked Alaska; 1 Quote; Link to comment Share on other sites. 2 bids. Royal Caribbean. I threw down 2 bids, a $15 bid for the Promenade View ($5 more than the minimum) and a $40 bid for the Panoramic Ocean View ($10 more than the minimum). #5. I made a bit in a balcony, spacious ocean view, and some others (currently have an interior room). bidding on a JS you do not potentially truly cancels your bid for the GS you do want if they grant the JS RoyalUp. For our first cruise in 2019 we booked an Ocean View. DESCUBRE MÁS. I bid on a (RoyalUp) GS, and today that bid was accepted. Hmm. As an example, we could could have upgraded (not RoyalUp, straight upgrade) to a balcony for a steal of a total price recently but we never use our balcony when we have one so we just kept our interior and used the money for things we do value. ago. From JS to Owner’s Suite. On 11/15/2022 at 7:35 AM, Gears said: Just notified we were upgraded (RoyalUp) on our Nov 26th, 5 night Mariner cruise from a deck 2 ocean view to a deck 12 panorama ocean view. Like someone above posted, most of the benefits of The Key are included in the Sky Class of the GS. e. LocationNY. 55 minutes ago, SouthShore 5 said: Good Morning, I received an email that we are eligible to bid on an upgrade. I just got the Congratulations email, got our Royal Up for our July 16 Symphony cruise. Royal Caribbean offered Stan Fernald and his wife the opportunity to bid on an upgraded cabin for their upcoming cruise. It allows passengers to bid on higher cabin categories before their cruise, offering the chance to “win” an upgraded stateroom. Then Jr Suite RU to > GS = $700. February 27, 2007. 2. I had also bid $200 on a "Ultra Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony", and that was not accepted. For those of you that got upgraded, how much more did you bid over the minimum amount? Was the location of the room at the lower decks? I am traveling with my husband and 3 kids and need more room. If we bid on it and win it, could the. Solariati • 1 yr. Members; 39. RoyalUp is definitely a program where categories above what you have show as open for bidding. As a solo. Posted March 22, 2022. Most of the time we are upgrading from Junior Suites. I guess that will delete the D+/P listed benefit of "priority access on stateroom upgrades, (If available) " Seems recently newer cruisers were given priority anyway. In that case, we had an interior, the balcony room was a $75pp minimum and spacious (literally 5 sq ft more) was a $80pp minimum. You bid on the Royal suite. I never bid but a few in my facebook group did bid and won. For my 2ndcruise on the B2B I bid in the high range for an OV and Spacious OV from a standard OV. Initial impressions. We did a RoyalUP bid from a JS to a CLS, and they put us in one dead center in the back of the ship with literally no view of the sea. We can’t even re-bid on the expired rooms. I do wish they would give people the chance to bid upgrade their whole cabin, in this case, with a $100 minimum bid. From an interior room this is what I offered. My husband always bids on RoyalUP whenever he has the opportunity. On our EN July cruise, no suites or balconies are available, but we could have bid on every category above our JS. 2. The royal up bid is capped at 2 people regardless of the. Royal Caribbean calls its program “RoyalUp. Only the 1 Bedroom GS had any real supply. I just received the email for the RoyalUp. The doubling happens regardless of the number of people actually in the cabin, whether 1, 2, 3, or more. Yay!Wonder of the Seas Thanksgiving 2023 RU from GS to CLS, OS, AT2BR, RLS. Posted November 20, 2021. #1. Can I modify or cancel my RoyalUp offer after I submit it? A. Guests will receive an email if their sailing is eligible and they will have the opportunity to browse through staterooms available for upgrade on their sailing. The Royal Caribbean International® RoyalUp® Team. More sharing options. Locate a Travel Agent. If you are comfortable with your bid then I. The bid applies for the first 2 people on the reservation, but everyone on the reservation is upgraded to the new cabin if the bid is successful. So anyone who booked under the double points offer and did royal up and lost. Checking for folks opinions here on our Royal Up Bids. Agreed there is no urgency to bid, but I liked knowing what it would cost for the bids. More sharing options. That's great! We are also going to be on Oasis (3/6). , Grand suite 2 BR, Owner's suite, Sky Loft, Grand Loft, Owner's Loft and Royal Loft) (not sure if I misspelled a. I also tried grand suite (1BR). Royal Caribbean’s RoyalUp bidding program involves the cruise line offering guests the chance to bid for an upgraded stateroom category by submitting a minimum bid. Again we are in a Grand Suite and have. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. First time I’ve ever won a bid. #8. Another thing is once you are given a room, and if you dont like the area, you can call and switch to any open cabin of the same class. 1) some of the categories listed for bid are not actually available. I am leaving on the Oasis of the Seas on Jan 13th. Mar 17, 2019 - Set sail date. We have received several RoyalUp emails for each leg of our B2B on the Liberty. If you are eligible, you’ll be able to submit bids for your upcoming sailing. If they get one cancellation (or one room that was previously held off the market) in a high. 1. Just do a mock purchase on the app or website until you get to the payment screen. Cruise was fully paid 3 months in advan. That price was worth it for us. We had a balcony and won a Grand Suite. If someone cancels, there's at least the chance your bid is accepted. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the possibilities are endless. Welcome to Celebrity MoveUp - our new program that allows you to bid on a cruise stateroom upgrade after you purchase your cruise. July 26, 2010. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Odyssey of the Seas ®. RoyalUp begins on November 28, 2018. Oh well but it would have been nice. [email protected]. It's not like you lose anything by trying. The original cost of our balcony room was around $1,100 for two people, then we offered $1,200 per person and won the Grand Suite. Posted January 10, 2022. Just kicking around the strategy involved in a RoyalUp bid. RCL Cruises Limited’s upgrade programme, “RoyalUp SM ” provides booked guests with an opportunity to submit a price offer to RCL for an upgrade from their original purchased stateroom category to a higher eligible stateroom category that may be available on their booked sailing. It's all about revenue. M Been cruising 30+ yrs on Royal, made Diamond 20yrs ago, Diamond Plus and should be P by 2020 and never received or offered an Upgrade. If they submit a successful bid, guests will be charged automatically, and their stateroom will be upgraded. virtual balcony min 25$ pp I offered 70$ pp and is willing to pay more. 2k. Prices are similar for my 10/3 Odyssey sailing. It’s strange because I had bids on this already and once I bid higher I won it in a few days. 80 balconies, 10 JS, 49 promenades, 42 OV, 9 spacious OV, 3 Panoramic OV and 1 Ultra Spacious OV remaining as of yesterday when I counted. Forum Jump. Don't feel it's worth any bid to upgrade. Back in September, on Harmony, my highest upgrade choice from a boardwalk view balcony was a JS and they wanted a minimum bid of $300 pp (I passed). #8. This was my experience in the past 10 days. •. Lantana, FL, USA. I placed a min bid 2 different 2-bedroom options. Directly from Royal Up: We appreciate your interest in taking part of this wonderful opportunity and It is our pleasure to assist you with your question on your RoyalUp bid. Members. August 29, 2022. Posted October 4, 2021. We booked an interior stateroom, and put in what I'd consider fair bids for all the options, namely $150pp ($300 total) for a balcony to $50pp for a promenade view interior. The two successful bids were both Sea Class to Sky Class and we found out both times about a week before sail date. I wanted a junior suite, but it was more than double. Royal Up emailed me yesterday about our upcoming Adventure OTS cruise next week. Royal Caribbean International. October 12, 2003. Get support by Phone or Email. Edited February 16 by Ready2SailAwayWe submitted RoyalUp bids for a Owner Suite and a Loft Suite. Let’s assume the cruise is refundable. I put a bid for a Junior suite and Grand suite. The bids required to do that are anyone's guess. On a couple of ships Guest Services pointed to a QR code and told me to submit a bid for an onboard upgrade on boarding day. Request was made 8 December 2021. Bid for Grand Suite shows expired Bid for Junior Suite shows pending Called Royal and they have no idea what the expired term mean, Royal up is outsourced to an outside company which handles the upgrades. Because there were fewer guests onboard, there was a higher chance of winning a RoyalUp bid for an upgraded stateroom category. I'm a Diamond Plus. I originally put in our Royal Up bids on 9/8 for our 11/20 sailing on SOS, we originally booked a standard balcony room. Got notified yesterday afternoon that we got the Owners Suite, so about 5 days notice. RoyalUp can be used in the event of any last minute cancellations. I purchased a Jr Suite GTY and was assigned a Jr. Did not win royalup. October 31, 2004. ) Be happy with what you have now. When a GS bids on a Star class they want people in balconies to bid on that GS. We originally booked a 2C (ocean view with large balcony) long ago. Your offer can be accepted anytime from the moment it is submitted up until 2 days prior to voyage departure. 2. 800 euros for a week's sailing in a Junior Suite and that includes gratuity and the Deluxe Beverage Package x 2.