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Odyssey of the Sea for the 23rd and 2 of 3 of my bids have switched to expired, Junior Suite still showing pending!  Hopefully that is a good sign!  

This coming Sunday on Allure out of Fort Lauderdale.

This coming Sunday on Allure out of Fort Lauderdale.

We just had that exact room on Allure 12/19/21!  It is a gorgeous room! Congrats!

We officially just got the upgrade and charged this morning! 🤘🤘🤘 We got upgraded to Star Class Grand Panoramic Suite, on Allure of the Seas.  Just today we got contacted from the suite concierge to let us know our Genie would be reaching out shorty!  So stoked as this is our 1st experience in Star Class, and will most likely create blog on here before we sail out, to follow our experience in Star Class (1st timers), and to show/tell about the covid lock down procedures have changed since our last cruise in Oct 2021.
Sharing our bidding on this was we where offered every room in Star Class room 2-bedroom Aqua Theater, to the Royal Star Loft suite(we where booked in Sky Class Loft Suite).  
  We bid the following per person;
Aqua Theater 2-bedroom max bid at $1,260 (min bid was around $360)
Star Loft Suite mid-range bid $1,555 (min bid $540)
*Grand Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2,200 (min bid $1,230)
Owners Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2225 (min bid $1,800)
Royal Star Loft Suite min bid $2,530(this one could go as high as around $5,500 max bid)
Surprised they took our "just below mid range bid' on the Grand Panoramic vs our "max bid amount" on the 2-bedroom(as both where available online), maybe it was the higher price point and they wanted to fill the Star Class Rooms...🤷‍♂️
Happy either way, if cruising on Allure this coming Sunday say hi!  We are in room #1758!  And I answer to Red(my hair color, and name of my business)
 
 

Big Red, Congratulations! when is your trip?  

We officially just got the upgrade and charged this morning! 🤘🤘🤘 We got upgraded to Star Class Grand Panoramic Suite, on Allure of the Seas.  Just today we got contacted from the suite concierge to let us know our Genie would be reaching out shorty!  So stoked as this is our 1st experience in Star Class, and will most likely create blog on here before we sail out, to follow our experience in Star Class (1st timers), and to show/tell about the covid lock down procedures have changed since our last cruise in Oct 2021.
Sharing our bidding on this was we where offered every room in Star Class room 2-bedroom Aqua Theater, to the Royal Star Loft suite(we where booked in Sky Class Loft Suite).  
  We bid the following per person;
Aqua Theater 2-bedroom max bid at $1,260 (min bid was around $360)
Star Loft Suite mid-range bid $1,555 (min bid $540)
*Grand Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2,200 (min bid $1,230)
Owners Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2225 (min bid $1,800)
Royal Star Loft Suite min bid $2,530(this one could go as high as around $5,500 max bid)
Surprised they took our "just below mid range bid' on the Grand Panoramic vs our "max bid amount" on the 2-bedroom(as both where available online), maybe it was the higher price point and they wanted to fill the Star Class Rooms...🤷‍♂️
Happy either way, if cruising on Allure this coming Sunday say hi!  We are in room #1758!  And I answer to Red(my hair color, and name of my business)
 
 

We officially just got the upgrade and charged this morning! 🤘🤘🤘 We got upgraded to Star Class Grand Panoramic Suite, on Allure of the Seas.  Just today we got contacted from the suite concierge to let us know our Genie would be reaching out shorty!  So stoked as this is our 1st experience in Star Class, and will most likely create blog on here before we sail out, to follow our experience in Star Class (1st timers), and to show/tell about the covid lock down procedures have changed since our last cruise in Oct 2021.
Sharing our bidding on this was we where offered every room in Star Class room 2-bedroom Aqua Theater, to the Royal Star Loft suite(we where booked in Sky Class Loft Suite).  
  We bid the following per person;
Aqua Theater 2-bedroom max bid at $1,260 (min bid was around $360)
Star Loft Suite mid-range bid $1,555 (min bid $540)
*Grand Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2,200 (min bid $1,230)
Owners Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2225 (min bid $1,800)
Royal Star Loft Suite min bid $2,530(this one could go as high as around $5,500 max bid)
Surprised they took our "just below mid range bid' on the Grand Panoramic vs our "max bid amount" on the 2-bedroom(as both where available online), maybe it was the higher price point and they wanted to fill the Star Class Rooms...🤷‍♂️
Happy either way, if cruising on Allure this coming Sunday say hi!  We are in room #1758!  And I answer to Red(my hair color, and name of my business)
 
 

We officially just got the upgrade and charged this morning! 🤘🤘🤘 We got upgraded to Star Class Grand Panoramic Suite, on Allure of the Seas.  Just today we got contacted from the suite concierge to let us know our Genie would be reaching out shorty!  So stoked as this is our 1st experience in Star Class, and will most likely create blog on here before we sail out, to follow our experience in Star Class (1st timers), and to show/tell about the covid lock down procedures have changed since our last cruise in Oct 2021.
Sharing our bidding on this was we where offered every room in Star Class room 2-bedroom Aqua Theater, to the Royal Star Loft suite(we where booked in Sky Class Loft Suite).  
  We bid the following per person;
Aqua Theater 2-bedroom max bid at $1,260 (min bid was around $360)
Star Loft Suite mid-range bid $1,555 (min bid $540)
*Grand Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2,200 (min bid $1,230)
Owners Panoramic Suite just below mid range $2225 (min bid $1,800)
Royal Star Loft Suite min bid $2,530(this one could go as high as around $5,500 max bid)
Surprised they took our "just below mid range bid' on the Grand Panoramic vs our "max bid amount" on the 2-bedroom(as both where available online), maybe it was the higher price point and they wanted to fill the Star Class Rooms...🤷‍♂️
Happy either way, if cruising on Allure this coming Sunday say hi!  We are in room #1758!  And I answer to Red(my hair color, and name of my business)
 
 

It does have to do with the bid amount, and as well where you are already currently booked at (room Rate).  If you got a balcony and bid up to a suite, you have a better chance than if you have an interior trying to bid up to a suite.  If someone has a higher bid than you and is in a higher category already it will go to the higher category with the higher or equal bid amount.  It has nothing to do with on when the bid is placed...   
Plus they fill the top rooms 1st, then work there way down to what is left, when upgrading and filling rooms.
Also if you have a bid pending and all others have expired, it is a good sign.  But, it is still not guaranteed until they charge your card...

It does have to do with the bid amount, and as well where you are already currently booked at (room Rate).  If you got a balcony and bid up to a suite, you have a better chance than if you have an interior trying to bid up to a suite.  If someone has a higher bid than you and is in a higher category already it will go to the higher category with the higher or equal bid amount.  It has nothing to do with on when the bid is placed...   
Plus they fill the top rooms 1st, then work there way down to what is left, when upgrading and filling rooms.
Also if you have a bid pending and all others have expired, it is a good sign.  But, it is still not guaranteed until they charge your card...

It does have to do with the bid amount, and as well where you are already currently booked at (room Rate).  If you got a balcony and bid up to a suite, you have a better chance than if you have an interior trying to bid up to a suite.  If someone has a higher bid than you and is in a higher category already it will go to the higher category with the higher or equal bid amount.  It has nothing to do with on when the bid is placed...   
Plus they fill the top rooms 1st, then work there way down to what is left, when upgrading and filling rooms.
Also if you have a bid pending and all others have expired, it is a good sign.  But, it is still not guaranteed until they charge your card...

It does have to do with the bid amount, and as well where you are already currently booked at (room Rate).  If you got a balcony and bid up to a suite, you have a better chance than if you have an interior trying to bid up to a suite.  If someone has a higher bid than you and is in a higher category already it will go to the higher category with the higher or equal bid amount.  It has nothing to do with on when the bid is placed...   
Plus they fill the top rooms 1st, then work there way down to what is left, when upgrading and filling rooms.
Also if you have a bid pending and all others have expired, it is a good sign.  But, it is still not guaranteed until they charge your card...

It does have to do with the bid amount, and as well where you are already currently booked at (room Rate).  If you got a balcony and bid up to a suite, you have a better chance than if you have an interior trying to bid up to a suite.  If someone has a higher bid than you and is in a higher category already it will go to the higher category with the higher or equal bid amount.  It has nothing to do with on when the bid is placed...   
Plus they fill the top rooms 1st, then work there way down to what is left, when upgrading and filling rooms.
Also if you have a bid pending and all others have expired, it is a good sign.  But, it is still not guaranteed until they charge your card...

So, I put in bids for my Mariner 24th sailing. All are expired and one is pending. I am told this is a good sign, plus I can't access the eDocs for this sailing, which leads me to believe I won. From an interior to a spacious panoramic ocean view.
I mention this to a person whom I compare vacations with, and they said a FB friend asked how RoyalUp works. This person asked someone who works for the third-party agency. They said it is first come, first served. Doesn't matter if the bid is high or minimum. It is when the bid is placed. This actually makes a bit of sense because I have read of people scoring expensive suites with a minimum bid and people who placed a high bid losing out. 

For my cruise next week I just checked the site and it says everything is expired, except one bid(usually a good thing in my previous experience with this).  Looks like this may be the 1st time we will be sailing Star Class!  🤞

For my cruise next week I just checked the site and it says everything is expired, except one bid(usually a good thing in my previous experience with this).  Looks like this may be the 1st time we will be sailing Star Class!  🤞

We have only had the opportunity twice to use RoyalUp.  We bid on what we can afford, and what makes the best value.  
     Our bid that was accepted in October was just below mid-range.  The bid that we may have just got  for next week,  was lower, but no where close to the starting bid amount.  

For my cruise next week I just checked the site and it says everything is expired, except one bid(usually a good thing in my previous experience with this).  Looks like this may be the 1st time we will be sailing Star Class!  🤞

For my cruise next week I just checked the site and it says everything is expired, except one bid(usually a good thing in my previous experience with this).  Looks like this may be the 1st time we will be sailing Star Class!  🤞

For my cruise next week I just checked the site and it says everything is expired, except one bid(usually a good thing in my previous experience with this).  Looks like this may be the 1st time we will be sailing Star Class!  🤞

Around a week before my October 2nd Symphony of the Seas sailing two of my three bids showed expired.  I could no longer modify my grande suite pending room.  Kept doing mock bookings online so I knew there were at least five grande suites available.  I was notified four days before sailing that we had won the grande suite.  Ten hours later my credit card was charged.  Odd, that I was notified first then charged.  Started with a free casino balcony room.  Bid $975 each for hubby and myself for the grande suite. Cancelled my internet package as that comes with the Grande Suite.  Just under $2200 (instead of $7,000 online) we experienced the suite life.  It was absolutely wonderful.  Lots got the junior suite for a minimum bid.  

The Coco Beach Club is definitely something worth considering for days where Coco Cay has multiple ships in port. 

Not that I am aware of.  Also depends what class/room you are bidding up from.  We are bidding on Star Class from Loft Suit(Sky Class) on an upcoming cruise and bidding near the max.  
On our cruise from October of 2021 we bid around $1,000 per person to get a grand suite from our originally booked Balcony room and won(on Allure for 7-days).  Making our total cost for grand suite for 7-day at around $3,800 for two people. We also met another couple on that cruise that also got a grand suite using the same bid amount.  (Believe the min bid on that upgrade was $480).
Hope that helps.🤞

Not that I am aware of.  Also depends what class/room you are bidding up from.  We are bidding on Star Class from Loft Suit(Sky Class) on an upcoming cruise and bidding near the max.  
On our cruise from October of 2021 we bid around $1,000 per person to get a grand suite from our originally booked Balcony room and won(on Allure for 7-days).  Making our total cost for grand suite for 7-day at around $3,800 for two people. We also met another couple on that cruise that also got a grand suite using the same bid amount.  (Believe the min bid on that upgrade was $480).
Hope that helps.🤞