Airish

Awesome! Thank you for answering and congrats on your upgrade. Unfortunately,  since I posted this my cruise has sold out of suites. So I think my chances have significantly decreased.  ??
Enjoy and Live it up for the rest of us!?

Makes alot of sense too! You guys give me hope!

When Royal first started RoyalUp, I imagined that it was in their best interest to sell all of the suites at their full “retail” price.  It didn’t seem to make sense to me that they would hold suites back and then offer them as RoyalUp upgrades.
Then I began to see how the program worked and now it makes sense for them to save some suites to use in their final RoyalUp lottery.  It seems that Royal can make MORE money on the cascade of upgrades than they can by selling 1 suite at retail.  If they are able to collect the upsell $$ from inside all the way to the high end suite, it is substantial and probably exceeds the price of a single suite at full retail price.  That would seem to be even more lucrative on the bigger ships with many more categories, which may help to explain the MOST recent recategorization scheme.  The more categories they can upgrade to, the more levels there are to the RoyalUp cascade. 
 
It’s all just a hunch. I have to real knowledge of how the program actually works.

Hello
I did the royal upgrade from sky to star class
I bid a smooch over the minimum expecting nothing but hoping for the best
We are sailing on 12/15 on the Oasis of the Seas and I found out last week.
So yes it is possible.
MadamG2U

Thank you! We are less than 30 days out and there are still plenty of suites available for regular booking. So I was thinking I had a better chance, but from reading other posts, it appears to be better if the lower class cabins are sold out-which they are. Oh well, I'm happy either way. 
 
Thanks again

I just found out my bid was accepted yesterday 10 days before my cruise!

I initially booked a spacious balcony that departs in August. I received my Royal up bid request  for a Grand Suite on June 18th.  I submitted it the same day and received an acceptance of my bid the following day ?.  It's a surprise for my son's 16th birthday and my nephew is coming along too, so the extra room will be welcome.   

I just got the updated invoce from Michelle and the difference was actually $200 LESS than what I had bid to RoyalUp!!!!!  Plus now I save $199 on the UDP I cancelled since we can eat at CK and saved $207 on the Voom Surf & Stream internet we get for free now!