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. The two successful bids were both Sea Class to Sky Class and we found out both times about a week before sail date. What is the RoyalUp programme? Royal Caribbean is excited to introduce RoyalUp - an all-new programme inviting guests to bid for an upgrade to a higher category stateroom on selected domestic and international sailings with just a few simple clicks. Bid whatever YOU feel the cost is worth to YOU. RoyalUp Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Notaboat. 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. 58. Your offer can be accepted anytime from the moment it is submitted up until 2 days prior to voyage departure. However, no additional promotions will be added to your reservation. . Made a bid £5 ($7) over minimum (which was discounted by I think 25% at the time too) to upgrade to balcony. The JS we were booked in before was one of the aft-facing ones on deck 7. If you change to a higher category, you may receive new RoyalUp offers, though it can take a few days; watch for them. March 29, 2017. I was in an Inside Stateroom and bid the minimum on most every category, with the exception of the Spacious Interior & Ultra Spacious OV that I bid considerably higher than the minimum. 55 minutes ago, SouthShore 5 said: Good Morning, I received an email that we are eligible to bid on an upgrade. Right now, I've bid about $50 pp over the min bid on the JS - and $60pp over the min bid on the GS. To find out if you are eligible for the RoyalUp℠ upgrades program, click here and enter your Last name and Booking number. Some people will continue to get that message and be within the 30-day time frame. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the possibilities are endless. Bid $550 per person ($1,100 total) for a junior suite. For more details about RoyalUp℠, click here. We got an inside balcony for only about $50 more for the week. If you are eligible, you’ll be able to submit bids for your upcoming sailing. In these cases, I don’t consider Royalup an option. #7. El programa de mejora de RCL Cruises Limited, "RoyalUp SM ", ofrece a los pasajeros con reserva la oportunidad de solicitar una oferta de precio individual a RCL ("Oferta") para mejorar la categoría del camarote adquirido inicialmente por una categoría superior que pueda estar. 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 11/15/2022 at 7:35 AM, Gears said: Just notified we were upgraded (RoyalUp) on our Nov 26th, 5 night Mariner cruise from a deck 2 ocean view to a deck 12 panorama ocean view. Royal Up (loss) (bid options) Just for stats. Prior to capacity increasing, I have been able to bid in Oct for a Jan cruise, which was more than 60 days. The cruise is on the Anthem from Bayonne NJ on December 12…so, five days from embarkation day. I know my chances are slim. August 14, 2008. That went from "expired" and unable to change or modify bid to "pending" and I'm now able to modify my bid. Got this via e-mail yesterday, 3 days before cruise. 2) Passengers should always compare the fare already paid to the desired upgrade. I looked through the (very long) RoyalUP thread for a while but I couldn't find anyone else that seems to have had this issue. That still has me scratching my head… I believe they limited the upgrades to one step up 🤷♂️Or did you get an invitation to participate in RoyalUp, and those are the minimum bids? You have a great cabin, but for $90pp, I would switch to a grand suite in a heart beat, with all of the additional perks. ETXCheeses Diamond • 10 mo. If the Offer is accepted, the difference between the original and upgraded stateroom gratuities (if applicable) will be automatically applied to all guests (the. You'll get an email for royal before sailing (around 30 days) with the royalup bid systems. We have received several RoyalUp emails for each leg of our B2B on the Liberty. If balcony could bid on Star class they may not bid on the GS. Royal Up is usually available once your final. Especially now, bids seem to get accepted 2-5 days before departure. If it is a popular sailing it could be as low as 800+ or in the $1000s. RCI cannot guarantee that both reservations will be upgraded. RoyalUp can leverage last minute cancelations. On my first cruise the Interior GTY has not been assigned so I gave a lower bid on a Standard OV and OV Balcony. Then, you’ll be notified via email if your bid was accepted. Owner's Suite $215 USD per guest. 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. How much do I bid through RoyalUp if my reservation includes more than 2 guests? A. 6k March 6, 2013 #23 Share; Posted September 13, 2019. 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. One example is the big box TA that rhymes with Frostco. August 2, 2011. Royal Up emailed me yesterday about our upcoming Adventure OTS cruise next week. The bids required to do that are anyone's guess. That price was worth it for us. For the GS it comes to just over 1/3 of the cost if I were to upgrade. 16. Quantum of the Seas Royal Loft Suite (Photo courtesy of Royal Caribbean) Royal Caribbean offers a pretty cool bid-based cabin upgrade program called RoyalUp. 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. RoyalUp is definitely a program where categories above what you have show as open for bidding. This is our first cruise with our toddler, and the ship is sold out, with the exception of interior rooms (when I. For a given sailing do RoyalUP wins all occur at once on the same day, or can they be awarded at various times of the day or even over several days? We had several folks on our upcoming cruise receive confirmation of winning bids earlier today, yet my RoyalUp bids all still show Pending (not Expired) and are available to Modify or Cancel. 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. Basically, crap shoot and your mileage may vary. So we pulled the trigger at $800 ($1,600 total). Posted July 24, 2022. I think I read that suites received through the royalup bid do NOT come with the standard suite perks except the double points. It took our D concierge about 20 minutes on the phone to straighten it out for us and. This is done so that there are bids to fill through the line of succession. Posted September 13, 2019. Looking yesterday prices had gone back down on our cruise and we got a guaranteed balcony for $209. Posted July 20, 2022. Our upcoming cruise was sold out, with only an occasional inside gty popping up over the couple weeks, so I did not expect my RoyalUp bids to succeed. Feb 20, 2019 - Bid accepted (obstructed outside view) and upgrade received. Florida. We just received our Royal Up. This way I got to choose. Members. Following in the footsteps of Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean is introducing a new bid-based upgrade program that will go into effect Nov. Many cruisers took advantage of RoyalUp when capacities were still low. The room was nice but every morning we had several yoga and stretch. Royal up is one time upgrade from x to y. Location: Minnesota. I've never stayed in one of those before. The only reason I even bid was because we knew from the bar code trick we were going to be assigned the only spot we really prefer to avoid. Just sharing. Royal will look at the entire set of available cabins and RoyalUp bids and accept the combination of bids that will make them the most amount of money. Notified today that my bid for a grand suite was accepted for the 7 night sailing 1/8 on Serenade - $600 total (bid $300/pp). +65 6675 0413. We bid $150 per person for ocean view and $200 for balcony for a 3 day cruise. The RoyalUp program seems to state quite clearly that I can cancel or modify my bid up to 2 days prior to the sailing. This is how my prior two successful bids behaved. We booked an interior stateroom, and put in what I'd consider fair bids for all the options, namely $150pp ($300 total) for a balcony to $50pp for a promenade view interior. When entering your information below, please make sure to use the first / primary guest last name and valid booking number for. under 500 for a balcony. Q. I guess we'll find out in a few weeks. 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. NO! I have bid on RoyalUp for 2 previous cruises. 6th. e. Then Jr Suite RU to > GS = $700. Bid for Grand Suite shows expired Bid for Junior Suite shows pending Called Royal and they have no idea what the expired term mean, Royal up is outsourced to an outside company which handles the upgrades. RoyalUp is a stateroom bidding program offered by Royal Caribbean. I also tried grand suite (1BR). It's now three weeks out from the latest cruise I've bid on, a nine day Southern Caribbean aboard Explorer of the Seas. First time I’ve ever won a bid. You have to slide up the segment. 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. Eight days out my RoyalUp bid for a previously sold out category was granted 😀. Basically I get excited when I see it's. So far my successes on Royalup have been basically every time except when I was already in a star class room on Harmony. I'm just over 3 weeks away from my cruise. So you should always look at the deck plans for your ship to see where the rooms are located for the type you are bidding on, and find the one that is the absolute worst location for you--and if you can live with that you bid, if you. Received the email that my RoyalUp bid was successful. " I've heard from others on the cruise that some of their bids show expired so trying to figure out if we still have a chance with all. Last Update: October 24, 2023 Ever wondered about the ins and outs of Royal Caribbean’s “Royal Up” bid system while daydreaming about your next cruise adventure? Dive in as I take you on a journey that’s part personal, part informative, and all about upgrading your cruise experience! Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. RoyalUp is a third-party service, and their selection criteria is unknown. This is a hard room to royalup into since it’s almost always sold out since there is only one of them. When I got my RoyalUp email last week all suites were gone. If you do get lucky and score a suite with Royalup, all 4 can sleep there no problem. April 8, 2015. I do wish they would give people the chance to bid upgrade their whole cabin, in this case, with a $100 minimum bid. Still need help?Here are some details: Upgrade Type: Obstructed Ocean View Balcony. If due to a category change, there are any RoyalUp bids you’d no longer want active, cancel them immediately. Directly from Royal Up: We appreciate your interest in taking part of this wonderful opportunity and It is our pleasure to assist you with your question on your RoyalUp bid. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. It's all about revenue. More sharing options. Si cambio a categoría superior con RoyalUp℠, ¿tendré que pagar propinas basadas en la nueva categoría superior? Sí, al cambiar a categoría superior, cada huésped en la reserva puede estar sujeto a un monto por concepto de propinas más alto. You bid on the Royal suite. I researched knowing our specific criteria and decided to place a minimal bid on a 2 Bedroom Aqua Suite. UHHH. (Balcony) Checked the royal up link. Bid for an upgrade. RoyalUp targets or makes offers based on where you are starting. The lowest bid was $130. Usually an interior cabin is not able to bid on a suite. Royal Caribbean is excited to introduce RoyalUp - an all-new programme inviting guests to bid for an upgrade to a higher category stateroom on selected domestic and international sailings with just a few simple clicks. unless your bid is locked (though I have not heard of a bid still locked when a person has checked into their original cabin. Another thing is once you are given a room, and if you dont like the area, you can call and switch to any open cabin of the same class. September 7, 2003. check pricing on your cruise a lot. I looked up suite perks and the suite-only perks do sound cool - like the hors d'oeuvre and cocktail hour with drinks, how does that work? We don't drink enough to justify the $850 for us to get. The Offer Amount does not include the higher gratuity. We never book on any B2B cruises. fid you check your bids. *. We are a family of 5 traveling in two rooms. Checking for folks opinions here on our Royal Up Bids. M Been cruising 30+ yrs on Royal, made Diamond 20yrs ago, Diamond Plus and should be P by 2020 and never received or offered an Upgrade. 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. The higher one does not necessarily take priority, no. Like someone above posted, most of the benefits of The Key are included in the Sky Class of the GS. Inside RU to > Balcony $200. Agreed there is no urgency to bid, but I liked knowing what it would cost for the bids. July 26, 2010. The RoyalUp system is based around paying for two passengers. My husband always bids on RoyalUP whenever he has the opportunity. Sailing on Sunday, waiting to hear on this GS RoyalUp bid I placed and I keep getting random Royal emails like crown and anchor newsletter, how much OBC we have, to confirm arrival time. But this wasn’t welcome news for the couple. I received a rejection letter for all bids the night of the cruise. (Your bids sound reasonable. Location: Outside Orlando, FL (Near Matt) Posted June 10, 2022. So I quickly went online to cancel The Key. Your Offer: $70 USD per guest. Like someone above posted, most of the benefits of The Key are included in the Sky Class of the GS. I’m on the Freedom. 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. Junior Suite. We booked a suite guarantee and put a lot of royalup bids in. Bid what you’re willing to pay, what it’s worth to you. (1 euro is about 1,08 USD right now. Let’s assume the cruise is refundable. So they did. It allows passengers to bid on higher cabin categories before their cruise, offering the chance to “win” an upgraded stateroom. Edited February 16 by Ready2SailAwayWe submitted RoyalUp bids for a Owner Suite and a Loft Suite. Q. You bid how much you're willing to pay above your current price per passenger (for the first 2 in a cabin) So for example I'd booked an obstructed balcony, so I can big on everything from a balcony up to a suite. Lowest bid to upgrade to Star Class is $900 PP for the ATS 2 BR. Ourusualbeach. From Ocean View and Balcony staterooms to the most expansive suites at sea. Now that sailings are at full capacity and inventory on the website often shows multiple stateroom categories as sold out, are there any recent success stories out there?Yeah. If your fare was $2k to start (no idea of course - just using round numbers to demonstrate) - you are effectively bidding $2600 on the upgrade $2k base and $600 additional. We booked Suite GTY and have a JS assigned, put in RUB for all the suites and all are still "pending. ago. In just a few simple steps, you could score a fantastic upgrade. Royal Caribbean. We had the option to bid on the ATS 1 bedroom starting at $100 pp or 2 bedroom starting at $400 pp or Star Loft starting at $800 pp. . Our Royal up bid was accepted!! Just as the title reads. 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. We put it a $100pp on a balcony and a $110pp on the ultra spacious, we won the spacious. Royal Caribbean suggested I bid on multiple rooms to increase my chances of an upgrade. With yesterday's announcement on change of protocol, a bunch opened up. For those of you that got upgraded, how much more did you bid over the minimum amount? Was the location of the room at the lower decks? I am traveling with my husband and 3 kids and need more room. If you bid the $50 minimum, it will be double that, so $100. We are cruising on Independence of the seas on Monday Nov 15th. There were still other balcony in same category. Posted January 10, 2022. The offers were for $100 pp and up. I cannot submit a bid without inputting a credit card. My sailing is tomorrow. You can do a Royal UP to any of the suite classes from any cabin category. They seemed to have “half” upgraded us leaving our cards unusable and the replacement cards we got from guest services unusable. For example, an upgrade from an interior room to a grand suite might have a minimum bid of $2,000 whereas an upgrade from a junior suite to a grand suite might only have a minimum bid of $500. Got the RoyalUp email today for our 12/15 sailing. The GS came through and we were very happy with it. There's no going back if you don't like what they give you. We have our 5th bid in for a Royal Suite on Grandeur ($5 above minimum) I’ll let you know how we fare. A week before sailing we received notice that our bid was accepted. All bids are per person, based on double occupancy -- regardless of how many people are sharing the cabin. So anyone who booked under the double points offer and did royal up and lost. In a GS. Just got an email from RoyalUP for our 2/27 Harmony cruise, and they are apparently having a sale on bids. we did not bid on the 1 bed ATS because there are 4 of us and we would be giving up a bathroom so didn’t make sense and didn’t bid on the Star loft seemed to expensive so just bid on. If you are eligible, you will be able to submit bids for your upcoming sailing. 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. I believe the min bid amount was $800-900 per person. Dec 17, 2018 - Final payment due. So you should always look at the deck plans for your ship to see where the rooms are located for the type you are bidding on, and find the one that is the absolute worst location for you--and if you can live with that you bid, if you. One was rejected pretty early and the higher one said pending until we boarded and we received the "no go" email after boarding. It was actually less money that we were paying for the Grand Suite. We never book on any B2B cruises. I can't say I've seen many people win their bids doing Royal Up, but it's definitely worth a shot if you're willing to spend extra for an upgraded room. Yeah, the Voyager has been sailing about half full. Since we now do virtually all B2B or longer cruises, and always book suites, we haven’t put in a RoyalUP bid this year. Going to be interesting to compare this experience with my two latest cruises, which were in a Haven Courtyard Penthouse Suite on NCL Getaway in September 2018 and a Yacht Club Deluxe Suite on. I was happy with my room category and location is important to me. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Your offer can be accepted anytime from the moment it is submitted up until 2 days prior to voyage departure. Don't feel it's worth any bid to upgrade. This is your one-stop-shop for all things Icon of the Seas. Most commonly 5-7 days before sail date. Our royal up bid was accepted thirteen days before our sailing; my brother in law was accepted just a couple days before sailing. The next day I received an email like your indicating my bids had been canceled. Get support by Phone or Email. When you use RoyalUp to upgrade the "Berth Category" changes but the "Price Category" does not. ago. I. The difference between what I purchased and a Jr suite was $3000. That's great! We are also going to be on Oasis (3/6). I went in and added minimum bids for the Grand Suite and the Crown. AHollyS. Posted December 14, 2022. Solariati • 1 yr. 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. #1. Royal Caribbean offered Stan Fernald and his wife the opportunity to bid on an upgraded cabin for their upcoming cruise. At one point select ships were testing RoyalUp for onboard upgrades. Pricing we’d be willing to bid depends entirely on the delta between the price you paid for your JS and the price of the suite you want to bid for had you booked it the day you booked the JS. At that time I did the minimum for the OS and GS. ”. In response to an email from Royal, i placed a bid on a junior suite for my April, 2020 sailing on the Harmony. I am in Ocean large Balcony and i bid for Jr. I guess that will delete the D+/P listed benefit of "priority access on stateroom upgrades, (If available) " Seems recently newer cruisers were given priority anyway. . No, if you have two cabins you will need to submit two separate bids and they will be considered independently. Perks are only for whomever is booked in the room that wins the bid. Interior View (CP or Promenade) dropped from $30/pp min bid to $20/pp and OV dropped from $100/pp min bid to $50/pp. Welcome to Celebrity MoveUp - our new program that allows you to bid on a cruise stateroom upgrade after you purchase your cruise. I had also bid $200 on a "Ultra Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony", and that was not accepted. #8. 2. Last month, I made a couple of royal up bids for my upcoming cruise on Ovation. We originally booked an inside cabin for <$1500. 2 bids. First was minimum bid ($150pp) to move from an Oceanview to an. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Odyssey of the Seas ®. We have an ocean view balcony stateroom for our May, 2022 Symphony sailing. 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. I'm just over 3 weeks away from my cruise. Is that right? Correct, you only get the points for the category you were originally booked in. Totally agree! If you want me to bid, then start the bidding at $0. One interesting note is that yesterday the cruise was showing as completely sold out except for one junior suite. 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. Royal Caribbean Discussion. Paying for an Upgrade to Jr Suite without RoyalUp Since I would be earning crown and anchor points, I based on if it’s worth the upgrade based on price per point. 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. Correct? Trying to parse your post and getting confused so I'll restate. Note, however, that rules can change at any time, and may vary from region to region. Neesa , JennaRCB , Bob_KY and 1 other. Browse through the stateroom options below and select the amount you're willing to pay for an upgrade to each. We placed a competitive bid for a 2BR Grand Suite on our upcoming cruise on Oasis. Bid $140 per person ($280 total) for outside cabin. The RoyalUp program seems to state quite clearly that I can cancel or modify my bid up to 2 days prior to the sailing. Offers are based on two occupants per stateroom - only the first and second guest will be charged. Royal Up Bidding Questions. Prior to your cruise, you may have the option to place a bid with Royal Up to get a room upgrade. Received our Royal Up bid acceptance upgrade today. I would have. You would only get the points associated with that original booking. Posted July 16, 2021. Essentially, there aren't that many open cabins to upgrade to because Royal Caribbean usually sells its cruise ships out. We both thought the interior balcony (above Central Park) was outstanding. Grand Suite - 2 Bedroom $155 USD per guest. 3k. 240. To receive an email invitation to bid on a stateroom upgrade guest must be opted-in to RCI Marketing e-mails. I think that would be confusing. 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. LocationMaine, USA. We just won a Junior Suite RoyalUp bid on the Odyssey of the Seas departing Nov. Good luck !! Quote;. The Loyalty Ambassador and Concierge and Hotel Floor Supervisor worked. So if you move from a balcony or interior up to a junior suite and above, you still get one point per night, not two. First time sailing in a long time. A. {{alert. Starboard side, just forward of the "bulge". Good luck with your bid if you choose to place one, and enjoy your cruise! Hello fellow Ausitnite. I put in a minimum upgrade bid because we would have been fine to stay in an interior. On 12/8/2022 at 2:26 AM, Templecruiser said: This was the heading of the email sent, “Your RoyalUp request will be reviewed onboard”. The program has recently changed terminology so some of these words may have changed but the meaning is essentially the same. I had bid $210/person. We didn't participate because the only cabins available for upgrade from our balcony were 'mini-suites' and suites in the Haven and the 'dial' indicating whether a potential bid was a good one, didn't turn 'green' unless we bid at least $350 pp. Just did a RoyalUp for two legs of a back to back in May. RoyalUp begins on November 28, 2018. I felt it was a pretty good deal as even with our C&A discount, the balcony was over $2K when we. We bid on upgrades any time we have a single cruise booked. We went from a very well located mid-ship balcony to a rear facing, obstructed JS. I don’t think the max bid is needed if you’re going up one or two categories. #11. But the cabin we already have is an aft balcony on Radiance, so win or lose we will be happy with our cabin!Anywhere from a month before to after you’ve boarded. The category of cabins included a Royal Suite, Owner’s Suite (2-bedroom), Owner’s Suite (1-bedroom), Grand Suite, Junior Suite, Ocean View Suite, or a slightly larger balcony cabin. Unable to Modify/Cancel RoyalUP Bid. So, if there was a $100 minimum, you could not bid $101 or similar. Booked a standard ocean view balcony for 3 last week, got an email from RoyalUp to bid on an OS, GS and Spacious Ocenview. This was my experience in the past 10 days. There's no going back if you don't like what they give you. RoyalUp can be used in the event of any last minute cancellations. My bid for royal up will cost me 370. Royal Caribbean International. I would guess there is a cost to travel agents for working with RoyalUp. I'm about 70 days out for my cruise and got my invitation to bid. I did do a mock booking and the going price is considerably more. 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. Since we now do virtually all B2B or longer cruises, and always book suites, we haven’t put in a RoyalUP bid this year. You can also go to RoyalUp and check on the status of your bid. I even went back in to modify our original bids. USA. Our bid for the Junior Suite was 180 euros PP so all in all we paid less than 1. The Royal Caribbean RoyalUp program acts as an auction for unsold cabins. 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. 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. Well I checked Royal this morning and got my double points. Mar 17, 2019 - Set sail date. 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. Just kicking around the strategy involved in a RoyalUp bid. They have this program on the off chance of people cancelling. We bid $220 pp, which was about 15% above minimum. On 1/9/2022 at 4:46 PM, CrusoeFam said: We sail on 1/24 - Freedom. It's anyone's guess. All that said we got our bid rejection on our last cruise after we boarded. ago. 5. com In trying to answer the question of how to increase your chances of winning a Royal Up bid, the answer is simply luck.