kelliejkunz Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 If anyone is hesitant to let RC pick your room by booking a “Guaranteed” room (GTY) read this! We saved over $1000 (3 people) by booking a guaranteed ocean-view balcony room. Then when RC was assigning rooms last week all the standard ocean-view balcony rooms were booked.....so they UPGRADED US TO A 1-BEDROOM GRAND SUITE AT NO CHARGE!! I had actually made a minimum Royal Up bid for this room ($1,500) which was cancelled when they gave me the upgrade. We will be in a Room 9660 sailing on January 4th, 2020. Baked Alaska, Neesa, dr martini and 10 others 10 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cruiser1 Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Just out of curiosity, how often do people get upgraded with a GTY room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 That's fantastic news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 6 hours ago, LJM9504 said: Just out of curiosity, how often do people get upgraded with a GTY room? I wouldn't expect it, but a GTY room means they guarantee it will be at least that category, so it's possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Ogre Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Well 16 days out and still no room # for us on Indy. It has shown now for over 1 week that they have been sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveinSC Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 ....and here I thought I was special because I got the highest possible "category" within my room type on my GTY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelliejkunz Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 21 minutes ago, Jolly Ogre said: Well 16 days out and still no room # for us on Indy. It has shown now for over 1 week that they have been sold out. 8 hours ago, LJM9504 said: Just out of curiosity, how often do people get upgraded with a GTY room? I think it's more likely when the ship is sold-out or close to it. Often times you don't know your GTY room # until the day before. I wonder why they didn't wait on mine to see if there were cancellations for a lower-level cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSD Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Also, keep in mind RC is trying to maximize their profits. So once the ship is near capacity they still want to get some extra $$ via Royal Up to free up lower cost rooms for last minute buyers. The only way I've heard of people knowing their room # well ahead of sailing date is if they purchase or upgrade to specific rooms (such as $$ suites). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyold Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Another data point: I signed up for 12/21 cruise on Adventure, way back in June. The GTY room was finally assigned end of November (so roughly 3 weeks out). We booked GTY balcony, but assigned spacious balcony. So it's a minor upgrade, not quite a suite, but we did get a little bit above the "minimum guaranteed". What the other commenters said above was true. RC is doing a lot of data analysis and demand / revenue management. Because if you upgrade someone from balcony to suite, that person's balcony room is now available, but RC might make more money by taking a royal up bid from OV to balcony, and then from inside to OV, and so on. That might be more profitable than just upgrading someone from OV straight to suite for example. So again, only RC knows because they have all the data of "who have bid what" so far, and they also have historical data on "how often does this room category get last minute bookings" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof4crazytocruise Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 I figured with the GTY room we'd end up with a terrible location and obstructed view. I didn't care. We aren't in there much anyway. We got a great room, mid ship. We were very happy. I won't hesitate to GTY again if we are sailing by ourselves. When with our kids, we'll pick the connecting rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdoc Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 Our New Years GTY came in at 30 days. No upgrade but in a nice spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Ogre Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 Yay!! just got the room # 15 days out. Promenade view. WAAAYTOOO, PRebecca and CruisySuzi 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Were 258 days out and all the Balcony & Suite rooms are showing sold out for the last month, I'm sure they have us tentatively slotted agains a room...the waiting continues to see when they assign us a room. This is for GYT Balcony for our Brilliance sailing in Sept. I sure hope we get the same luck as @kelliejkunz with an upgrade. However i'll not hold my breath waiting. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 My GTY cabin was assigned at 540 days out. However there are only 3 studio cabins on this ship so it's not like it was a big surprise. The GTY saved me $700 so the only surprise is that I was able to book a studio GTY in the first place. NextCruise couldn't offer it, I had to book through my travel agent. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 The only time I remember getting an upgrade was from a inside room to a Virtual balcony.....ha...but that was a neat feature. The other time I did a GTY, I got the same class room. I have an oceanview GTY booked for Odyssey for Nov....there aren't many oceaview rooms so I am hoping for an upgrade....but even if I don't I am happy with the savings I get out of it... mworkman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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