Q. On our EN July cruise, no suites or balconies are available, but we could have bid on every category above our JS. ”. 2k. Royal up bid status missing. We have an OV Large Balcony right now. If your bid gets accepted 2 months in advance, you probably bid way more than you. Well I checked Royal this morning and got my double points. My bid was right in the middle of the "Fair" category. Location: Outside Orlando, FL (Near Matt) Posted June 10, 2022. They allowed me to bid on 4 suite types all the way up to Royal Suite. Royal Up is a program offered by a Royal Caribbean third party, that allows guests to bid on upgrades to higher stateroom categories. For more details about RoyalUp℠, click here. So I quickly went online to cancel The Key. Then Jr Suite RU to > GS = $700. “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. Yep, as long as you are fine with your current room but wouldn't mind an upgrade this is a great option. chevron. In the past, there were two ways to make a bid or. I’ve found a lot of success with avoiding round numbers and the bare minimum bids. If you change to a higher category, you may receive new RoyalUp offers, though it can take a few days; watch for them. My current Royal Up bids have also changed from "Pending" to "Submitted". As you get closer to your sail date, the Royal Up status may change. The difference between what I purchased and a Jr suite was $3000. At some point closer to the sailing (sometimes as late as the DAY OF. Don't feel it's worth any bid to upgrade. I'm just over 3 weeks away from my cruise. Florida. Remain in good standing (academic and otherwise) in order to transfer to Queens. Cruise Lines “P – Z”. We are a family of 5 traveling in two rooms. (1 euro is about 1,08 USD right now. $700 ($350/person) for a scenic balcony from an interior on an Alaska cruise. Royal Up emailed me yesterday about our upcoming Adventure OTS cruise next week. If the Royal Up bid is accepted, guests will have a wonderful start to. If someone else does that there will be no ATS available for awarding through RoyalUp. I always tell him it will never happen. You bid on the Royal suite. Just a point of personal reference: we only bid when we are on an Oasis class ship, and then only on a cabin category where there are no undesirable cabins - i. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. The Loyalty Ambassador and Concierge and Hotel Floor Supervisor worked. 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. Moderators. I put a minimum bid in for a suite last week and I sail on Sunday, still no word on whether it’s been accepted or not. On 7/29/2022 at 1:21 PM, rritter25 said: I found out earlier today that I won a RoyalUp from an interior promenade view room to a junior suite! The bid was $320 which was around the minimum bid required. RoyalUp begins on November 28, 2018. Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom $130 USD per guest. Monitoring the status of your bid: You can monitor the status of your bids by going to the confirmation email you received when you placed them initially and click on "Modify/cancel bid". 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. Royal Up (loss) (bid options) Just for stats. Owner's Suite $215 USD per guest. We bid on three rooms, Grand Suite 2 bedroom, Grand Suite one bedroom, and a Junior suite. Winning bids (from what I have read) have no particular pattern or value. All bids are per person, based on double occupancy -- regardless of how many people are sharing the cabin. The first time I got the email on 11/28, the minimum bids were much. All reasonable approaches that suit different people (or maybe even the same person at different times). 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. Initial impressions. I've noticed they tend to issue royalup offers 3 days before sailing right now, I'm sailing in two weeks and have tracked previous sailing that have a bunch of suites until 2-3 days before sailing and then suddenly they are all gone. The other says "Pending. Pattycruise , USCG Teacher and Carlos A. The offers were for $100 pp and up. Posted July 24. I think what they are saying is that the onboard staff is reviewing it vs it will be reviewed once you get onboard. 1. Prior to capacity increasing, I have been able to bid in Oct for a Jan cruise, which was more than 60 days. Successful RoyalUp Bid. One example is the big box TA that rhymes with Frostco. In the closing days a few cabin are for sale, probably due the flight cancellations. It's not like you lose anything by trying. I also tried grand suite (1BR). The royal up bid is capped at 2 people regardless of the. USA. They seemed to have “half” upgraded us leaving our cards unusable and the replacement cards we got from guest services unusable. It has been years since a complimentary upgrade, and only a few times have we been able to get a paid upgrade. First was minimum bid ($150pp) to move from an Oceanview to an. ago. Oh well but it would have been nice. The higher one does not necessarily take priority, no. Bid mostly minimums but one got accepted on this thread for a similar amount. #10. 240. Just do a mock purchase on the app or website until you get to the payment screen. e. What is the RoyalUp programme? A. We just received our Royal Up. 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. The Royal Caribbean RoyalUp program acts as an auction for unsold cabins. RoyalUp. 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. 6k March 6, 2013 #23 Share; Posted September 13, 2019. I am leaving on the Oasis of the Seas on Jan 13th. They don't have to have availability because they're only offering up for bid if something opens up. I had bid $210/person. (I’m leaning more towards it won’t be). They may still take bids for an ATS just in case another booking changes their mind at the last minute but there is no guarantee that will happen. Still need help?Here are some details: Upgrade Type: Obstructed Ocean View Balcony. RoyalUp is a third-party service, and their selection criteria is unknown. If the vacant suite is an OS, the bid from a person in a GS may not look impressive in isolation, but there is a nice bid for a GS from a JS dweller, and a nice bid for the JS from a balcony dweller, etc. We bid on and won our RoyalUP offer for our cruise back on Oct 17th on Allure. 2k. Or maybe we would be the beneficiaries. ago. Posted January 10, 2022. We are booked on Oasis for the 12/19-12/26 sailing next week, got another request to Royal Up bid, issue is we have 2 rooms, what happens if i bid on a 2 bedroom grand suite and we win, we no longer need the 2 rooms since the grand suite has 2 rooms, anyone have that experience?BID YOUR WAY TO A CRUISE UPGRADE. Like someone above posted, most of the benefits of The Key are included in the Sky Class of the GS. If eligible, guests will receive an email that. These were the only options we were given, and as I recall, we bid the minimum on each. If they get one cancellation (or one room that was previously held off the market) in a high. 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. LocationNY. We put bids on all 5 upgrades from Jr Suite up to Royal Suite. Most commonly 5-7 days before sail date. We have experienced that previously with the Upgrade Fairy but expected Royal to have a better plan for the Royalup program. Members. We have our 5th bid in for a Royal Suite on Grandeur ($5 above minimum) I’ll let you know how we fare. All RoyalUp bids are chances and, in most cases, low. We thought it would be great to move from our balcony to a Junior Suite after a long respite from cruises. Sailing is 7N Voyager ots on August 21 out of Copenhagen. My bids were $760 total for the Grand Suite and $350 total for the Panoramic Suite. It said. check pricing on your cruise a lot. * *Eligible reservations on all Celebrity Cruise ships within 30 days of departure date. Whether you're a fi. This way I got to choose. Members. In January we bid (just over minimum) for a Crown Loft Suite on Oasis and got it. Though I have not actually heard of anybody getting a RoyalUp bid acceptance after they checked into their original cabin, if you would consider it more trouble than it is worth canceling your bid now would preclude it…. Received the email that my RoyalUp bid was successful. Again we are in a Grand Suite and have. The last one that we won was the GS to OS on Jewel in December. 2. 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. Got the RoyalUp email today for our 12/15 sailing. so we actually saw a decrease in bid price. Take your vacation to the next level with RoyalUp — a bid-based stateroom upgrade program. Upgrade offers may also be sent by email within 30 days of your sailing as part of our. Merion, Pennsylvania. Someone in one of those categories that appear sold out may end up getting a RoyalUp to something greater and then it would free up their room, so you never really know. This is how my prior two successful bids behaved. Just go to the RoyalUp site and enter your last name and reservation number. LocationMaine, USA. . If you bid the $50 minimum, it will be double that, so $100. We're doing longer cruises later this year, but at the last minute, GF wanted to do a quickie weekend cruise for a few days. We booked an Ocean View (9214) and received the upgrade email. I got the bid offer Tuesday 2/12 and the email saying it was accepted Friday 2/15, for the April 13 sailing on Anthem of the seas. First time I’ve ever won a bid. 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. Got notified yesterday afternoon that we got the Owners Suite, so about 5 days notice. Location: Minnesota. July 26, 2010. Headed out on the 01/23 sailing of the Harmony out of Port Canaveral. If you get OBC on you current cabin, I would not expect a change in RoyalUp offers. I am in Ocean large Balcony and i bid for Jr. Had you bid on both a JS and a GS?So, apparently the minimums have been changed for the bids, and the old bids were eliminated. Got the ocean view balcony, placed mid. I haven't heard about my RoyalUp on that sailing, yet. My sailing is tomorrow. our Royal up bid for our cruise to Catalina and Ensenada in October was accepted. The minimum could be $100 (per person) with $10 or so increments. The program has recently changed terminology so some of these words may have changed but the meaning is essentially the same. ETXCheeses Diamond • 10 mo. For my upcoming Odyssey cruise in May I am in an obstructed balcony cabin but can bid all the way up to a royal loft suite. Total Bid: $140 USD. (Your bids sound reasonable. link_label}}. Essentially, there aren't that many open cabins to upgrade to because Royal Caribbean usually sells its cruise ships out. We successfully had a RoyalUp accepted for a 5 day cruise on Marnier in late March 2022. Posted July 12, 2021. Minimum bid $100 and we bid $120. I'm just over 3 weeks away from my cruise. Yes, solos often receive offers, but your bid, like all other bids, will be doubled as if two people are in the cabin. Royal Caribbean’s RoyalUp Bid is a bidding program that allows you to upgrade your cabin to a higher cabin category at a lower cost than a traditional cabin upgrade. 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. Only the 1 Bedroom GS had any real supply. There are so many cancellations for various reasons, RoyalUp offers being accepted at different times and people who choose to just upgrade directly that you cannot rely 100% on what is still available online at any given time. Suite. bidding on a JS you do not potentially truly cancels your bid for the GS you do want if they grant the JS RoyalUp. Prior to your cruise, you may have the option to place a bid with Royal Up to get a room upgrade. Suites that are assigned via Royal Up receive all onboard suite perks and get C&A points based on the original stateroom category. Con unos sencillos pasos, los huéspedes pueden conseguir un cambio a categoría superior, pasando de camarotes con vista al mar y balcón a las suites más caras a bordo de nuestros cruceros. It kinda goes in sections. We both thought the interior balcony (above Central Park) was outstanding. From an interior room this is what I offered. Posted December 8, 2021. 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. #2. Well, it's six days to our cruise, and checking Royal Up, I see one of my bids is still able to be changed. My husband and I (we're in our late 20s) are trying to decide if the RoyalUp bid program (min bid of $225 per person for the Grand Suite) is worth it. Keep in mind the bids seem to reflect what the original fare paid was - so let’s say your minimum was $150 a person and you bid $300 ($600) total. Booked a standard ocean view balcony for 3 last week, got an email from RoyalUp to bid on an OS, GS and Spacious Ocenview. On 11/16/2021 at 4:18 AM, Snotarni said: We're trying to RoyalUP to Star Class on the Oasis sailing on 12/12. 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. 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. 41. On 12/8/2021 at 9:38 AM, AAD said: How funny! This is our first ever cruise so this is all new/news! I think that I am going to lower my bids, after reading some threads about RoyalUp luck on low capacity sailings in Fall 2021. The email said I could. The Offer Amount does not include the higher gratuity. Bid what you’re willing to pay, what it’s worth to you. Neesa , JennaRCB , Bob_KY and 1 other. The minimum bid was $850 we bid $1250 each person. Happy where we are in a Grand Suite. So anyone who booked under the double points offer and did royal up and lost. The min bid was only $15 and we bid a tiny bit more. We found an oceanview GUAR at a reasonable price and in 2 days got an assignment on the 2nd deck of a pretty standard oceanview room. All that said we got our bid rejection on our last cruise after we boarded. 2. I even went back in to modify our original bids. We bid $150 per person for ocean view and $200 for balcony for a 3 day cruise. Whether you have 1, 2, 3, or 4 people on your reservation, you will pay 2x your per-person bid. Posted May 16. I'm a Diamond Plus. Is it worth it to update to a spacious ocean view balcony for $325/pp or $450/pp for Ultra spacious ocean view w/large balcony?What happens with the promotions I already have if I am upgraded through RoyalUp℠? A. I’m on the Freedom. Initially booked bargain basement guaranteed interior stateroom on the 1/28 Nav, put in simultaneous bids of $30/$60 total for an Ocean View, $40/$80 total for a "Spacious" Panoramic Ocean View, Ocean View bid expired, got the Panoramic room, comparing rack rates seems to be about $80 savings from legit upgrade. The JS we were booked in before was one of the aft-facing ones on deck 7. 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. Last week my cabin was assigned, an OV as expected. RoyalUp can be used in the event of any last minute cancellations. PSL Florida. Posted November 26, 2018. 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”). On ship, day of sailing went to our stateroom and without unpacking in hopes of being upgraded then. Browse through the stateroom options below and select the amount you're willing to pay for an upgrade to each. If your reservation includes multiple guests (between 2 and 5 passengers), the offer amount submitted will be per guest but only for the first and second guest on the reservation. 800 euros for a week's sailing in a Junior Suite and that includes gratuity and the Deluxe Beverage Package x 2. The min to max bid will be depending on a ton of factors never known to us. #11. . 2) Passengers should always compare the fare already paid to the desired upgrade. That’s how I manage to upgrade sometime and canceling my RoyalUp bid because. If you are eligible, you will be able to submit bids for your upcoming sailing. Bid aggressively for the Grand Suite, on the higher end, since we got our Jr Suite for a bargain, and the total price with the bid was less than 50% of the lowest cost for a Grand Suite. This works great for a family of four; you. get a better cabin for a few hundred dollars more than my original cost which was many hundreds less than. Rare. One of mine progressed to the "expired and pending" stage before becoming unavailable, and I only now 3 hours after departure got the decline email. Good luck !! Quote;. To receive an email invitation to bid on a stateroom upgrade guest must be opted-in to RCI Marketing e-mails. Bid whatever YOU feel the cost is worth to YOU. so there is hope for bids. There's little if any advantage to them doing any pruning whatsoever of who gets the offer email; all that will be different may be the starting bid amount for each category, as they'll want to have some base value to each. More sharing options. 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. Just got my email. Some people have reported posting minimum bids for even suites. Participate in mandatory advising each semester while enrolled at Central Piedmont. 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. 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. If you choose to bid on a Royal Up, you may have to option to bid on several categories of Stateroom on the same webpage; Oceanview, Spacious Oceanview, Balcony, Obstructed View Balcony, Suites, etc. Other than the extra space I would be getting in the room, not seeing too much of a benefit to paying the extra money at this time. Posted December 7, 2022. As soon as I walked into our cabin, I was pleased to see it was quite spacious, although I was a bit surprised that the room was the same size as a. Was the minimum bid and was floored when I got it! Booking a balcony room flat out was an extra $4000 ($2000/person) so we saved a boatload (pun intended). Royal Caribbean. If the Offer is accepted, the difference between the original and upgraded stateroom gratuities (if applicable) will be automatically applied to all guests (the. . The RoyalUp program seems to state quite clearly that I can cancel or modify my bid up to 2 days prior to the sailing. 2 hours ago, rritter25 said: I found out earlier today that I won a RoyalUp from an interior promenade view room to a junior suite! The bid was $320 which was around the minimum bid required. They have this program on the off chance of people cancelling. 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. I also believe that means that you’re no longer in the running, and I don’t think you can up your bid. I bid on a (RoyalUp) GS, and today that bid was accepted. October 12, 2003. So, if there was a $100 minimum, you could not bid $101 or similar. 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. If a cabin in one of your chosen categories is available and your bid is "right", only one of the bids will be. NJ. sailor05. If you cancel your cruise booking and have a stateroom RoyalUp upgrade you will be refunded the money for your RoyalUp upgrade. 🤷🏻♀️ Yes , I was one of those. At one point select ships were testing RoyalUp for onboard upgrades. Posted July 13. WAAAYTOOO , Neesa , KristiZ and 2 others 4Costco Travel does not participate in any bid-to-upgrade programs, such as: RoyalUp with Royal Caribbean® or MoveUp with Celebrity Cruises. Posted July 24, 2022. My bid for royal up will cost me 370. So let's look at two Royal Up "Tree" scenarios, and why one scenario might get chosen over another, despite someone getting an OS for $100. In total, I spent $1800 for my husband and I to have an unobstructed balcony on the Liberty after the RoyalUp was accepted. If they submit a successful bid, guests will be charged automatically, and their stateroom will be upgraded. We have cancelled week-of-cruise 3 or 4 times due to other commitments. 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. the concierge can also cancel your packages on board in that case. Today. A. JS min is like $50 and GS is like $100 and a little higher for GS w/ Large Balcony. About a month ago, someone on here mentioned being able to bid on rooms for a lower than usual bid. Let’s assume the cruise is refundable. We are cruising on Independence of the seas on Monday Nov 15th. So I'm definitely hoping they accept our RoyalUp offer. From JS to Owner’s Suite. Now, one-bedroom Grand Suites are selling for $1,496 per person on this cruise. 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. They don’t allow RoyalUp. We have an ocean view balcony stateroom for our May, 2022 Symphony sailing. Then a couple of days later I noticed that they had hump balcony rooms available for like $30 more than my standard so I called Royal and changed to that and. Posted February 8. We sail on April 23rd and haven’t heard anything from RoyalUp. Submitted two bids on Royal up, one for a junior suite, one for a grand suite. This was my experience in the past 10 days. I posted a few weeks ago about accepting my RoyalUp offer and someone commented stating that anyone booked under the double points promo and accepts a RoyalUp offer, your double points offer would be void. ) KLA , WAAAYTOOO , PPPJJ-GCVAB and 3 others. And, with the Royal Up, everyone moves up. On top of it, you DO NOT get double points! If I am going to bid for a suite, the only way I am doing it is if I get double points. 3. We do get copied on SOME of the emails for the RoyalUp program, but not always. You can't combine two smaller rooms into one large room if you win the bid. It doesn't cost them anything, and that it leads you on unnecessarily is the furthest things from their minds. Author. It's always the risk you take when submitting for a Royal Up. I placed a min bid 2 different 2-bedroom options. Although we did bid a lot more on higher categories wich went out empty. That will cover all passengers in the cabin, whether there is just a solo guest, a four adult friends, or whatever other combo. 883. One of the cruises was showing completely sold out. There's no going back if you don't like what they give you. Posted July 13. Your Offer: $70 USD per guest. We received the email and bid on a Balcony, Panoramic Ocean View, and. From Ocean View and Balcony staterooms to the most expansive suites at sea. 00pp, but was considered a “weak” bid on the Royal Up scale. How much do I bid through RoyalUp℠ if my reservation includes more than two guests? If your reservation includes multiple guests (between two and five passengers), the offer amount submitted will be per guest but only for the first and second guest on the reservation. i. CheapMess. The RoyalUp system is based around paying for two passengers. One was rejected pretty early and the higher one said pending until we boarded and we received the "no go" email after boarding. 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. We bid on an Ocean View Balcony. I don’t think the max bid is needed if you’re going up one or two categories. 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. With yesterday's announcement on change of protocol, a bunch opened up. A. Baked Alaska; 1 Quote; Link to comment Share on other sites. I just got the Congratulations email, got our Royal Up for our July 16 Symphony cruise. August 29, 2022. JS went from $150 to $50 and GS dropped from $250 to $150. Thank you! I can't say for certain but my guess, based on my own experience, is that they award them highest to lowest bids starting a couple weeks out and do a few every day to leave room for any new bookings. Checking for folks opinions here on our Royal Up Bids. We got one of these from Celebrity and the starting bid was $500 pp! Not happening. We sailed on Mariner Jan 30-Feb 4 (our first cruise ever). Cruise was fully paid 3 months in advan. BTW, there were no OS showing as available when we. The last one that we won was the GS to OS on Jewel in December. I think the vague wording in RoyalUp website understandable confuses some people. Here’s my take: RoyalUp is considering your pending bid, and they’d rather you did not alter it while they do so. You can access your bids on the Royal Up website until your cruise begins. We are cruising on Sunday and submitted a bid that was a bit more than I might normally bid, hoping that the low capacity might help. This is done so that there are bids to fill through the line of succession. As I recall my pp minimums included : $800 Aqua theater 2 br, $750 Aqua theater 1 br, and $350 Crown loft, $200 GS 2 br, $300 OS (when I bid, the RoyalUp minimum for OS was higher than to just buy the upgrade; obviously we did not bid on it) Our Bid for the Aqua theater 1br is currently locked/pending and others are expired. The GS came through and we were very happy with it. Just kicking around the strategy involved in a RoyalUp bid. SPS , Va4fam , HBCcruiser and 5 others. Right now, I've bid about $50 pp over the min bid on the JS - and $60pp over the min bid on the GS. Posted September 13, 2019. my oct cruise just took a nose dive so i guess no one is booking. For it to maximize potential revenue for RCCL, they will always need to have a much wider bucket of offers to choose from. UHHH. I would guess there is a cost to travel agents for working with RoyalUp. For my 2ndcruise on the B2B I bid in the high range for an OV and Spacious OV from a standard OV. All my bids are now expired except for my bid for an OV Balcony. It allows passengers to bid on higher cabin categories before their cruise, offering the chance to “win” an upgraded stateroom. Although we would almost double our cost, we got such a great deal on this cruise that if we got the upgrade, it still would be a good deal. Perks are only for whomever is booked in the room that wins the bid. One interesting note is that yesterday the cruise was showing as completely sold out except for one junior suite. The highest bid possible was an additional $800/person and that was strong. Prices are similar for my 10/3 Odyssey sailing. unless your bid is locked (though I have not heard of a bid still locked when a person has checked into their original cabin. Royal Caribbean is introducing a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program, known as RoyalUp. 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. So, even with ships showing sold out, it can still happen. RoyalUp can leverage last minute cancelations. Posted September 18, 2021. You have to slide up the segment. Husky1987. I believe the min bid amount was $800-900 per person. I have an Ocean view balcony which are currently going for $451 per person without taxes etc. It's anyone's guess. 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. Basically I get excited when I see it's. Posted July 16, 2021. So far my successes on Royalup have been basically every time except when I was already in a star class room on Harmony. Currently bid for upgrades on Sept 19th Harmony. To opt-in, to receive emails guests can sign up on our website, opt-in through the online check in process or within My Reservations section of website. Some people will continue to get that message and be within the 30-day time frame. They will select the dollar amount they. Accepted Bid Tree. There were 4 separate offers, I am currently booked in an OS. In all likelihood, the third party that runs the RoyalUp program wants to have bids in the queue for all of the higher end staterooms. It took our D concierge about 20 minutes on the phone to straighten it out for us and. Lantana, FL, USA. To find out if you are eligible for the RoyalUp℠ upgrades program, click here and enter your last name and booking number.