Jamesszy94 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Why is it cheaper to bid on an oceanview with a large balcony than a regular oceanview? Someone elaborate... cause I'm confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Could be dynamic pricing. They may have more of one room over another for this particular sailing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesszy94 Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 3 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: Could be dynamic pricing. They may have more of one room over another for this particular sailing Oh, you're right. I've bid on an Oceanview with Large Balcony and a regular Oceanview. I figured it was cheaper this way to maybe get an upgrade, I called Royal this morning, and to upgrade from IGTY to Oceanview it was AUD$1275 and to a balcony was AUD$2050... yeah I'm not paying those prices.. Wish me luck, didn't bid too high, so hoping I'll be able to upgrade to at least one of them WAAAYTOOO, Ampurp85 and Cactus527 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 I saw this on Symphony a few months ago and in the regular booking spot, not even in RUB. There was a period of a few days where the large balcony was less to book initially than the regular balcony. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveling Mike Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 The bid process is designed to fill the ship. They are not selling very many Large Balconies so they want to move people to be able to sell more smaller balconies. Cactus527 and Jamesszy94 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesszy94 Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Well I'm hoping I bid enough for the upgrade... Cactus527 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat8635 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Location may not be great. I like booking substandard room, like on oasis interior backing to dazzles. If price drops after last payment is due, they will upgrade you for a few dollars. Or there is royal up. I personally avoid rooms equidistant from elevators. I like aft, but that's me. I've found large balconies not always in best place for me, so maybe others too, therefore cheaper! Just a guess...sometimes people say obstructed view, but not sure what that means... WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie M Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 The people I'm traveling with had a GTY regular balcony and automatically got assigned a Spacious Ocean View Balcony instead! I think that's an upgrade that they didn't have to RoyalUp for. Some people get lucky I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuet888 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 What is this bidding website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat8635 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 On royal app and site royal up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesszy94 Posted February 7 Author Report Share Posted February 7 My bid for an Oceanview got accepted.. fireclan, WAAAYTOOO and jbrinkm 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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